### OFFICEOF THEA’ITORNEYGENERAL **OF** 

### TEXAS
**AUSTIN**

mm. Q6aa 8. vupnrr Dllielab Attorney Clsbuma, Tom6
Dear a1r1foriron Calu3tp hna 4 ~opu3atlon or thtrtythr4o tkowand, **thrs4 hundred**  **and** 6eQent40n **(33,317) lnhnbitan8r,**  aacwd?n~ 

## tothehat Federal Census.

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### raqulra the asrvlcss ei deputies,aosiatanto or clerk.9in the perlornanoe of hflb

dutlas be i&all apply to the oounty Cemlsslanerr' ccurt or bfb oountq ior authority to appoint &oh degutles, **&BaiIItRntm** Of clsrkn, ctatinfi by sworn at~lioatioa thr 5untbm na6666, the position to be ffl,ledanb tha mount to be pcld. C&d epplfoation mhaL1 be eocoapaoibd hy R statemsat rhewlatgthe gmbabu norlptn frezcfee8, Oocama168ion&!

6$&Qaor;pon68tiaa

to be coilootcd br s8iQ aii%e Curing the tincal ear awl tha pZ'Ob@bly

di6&U'6WMnt6 Which 6hihal 3:16C$U58 all 6alti66 end 6xpen666 o? 5saidOlfiCO; aad 

### SSlQ oow't shall take **it6** order authorlsing tha 6 polnta4nt Of su6h d&pu8:4a, eiMl6t&nta enQ 0 art8 and fix the cwip?snratino to be 

### pnld f t&440 rlthln th6 1~iaStat~lena lamsin pnrorfbed and detrmlhr the numbor Co t6 appofntsd ~8 in tho dlmrstion of a&Lb oourt aray he proper; prorldo~ that to no ~an(r a&al2 tbs Coxmi~alonOrI* Court or 

### any mmber thrrro.t atteiwt tc lafluen44 the 

## nppalntarsat of ray parson ae dbputy, 

## o~meimtant OF elbrk in any 

## atfloe. Lpv’pon aI4 sntry of 6Wh CrQ4P the ari1abrr applylag fe+ auoh asef6trnts, 

### drjxition OT alarkks&all be *uthauisod 8a ap old t&m; pretldad that said oi#eps1&6ation 6 63% not 4~19446 the Hd.BIUar ii al?!etmt tr*P#&wtar *et out* ;TlM 

### oaapQ3satlon w&uh mug bo rl~oW to tllu dsputlsa,

l rilCt5&3. or alwkm &bare aw.mS for their ewvlae8 8hall be 6 mtmoaablk Qne, not to sxoesd tha Sal&w- :&@ **RaXWltlt**

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### Of t?lentF-fir4

thousand and on@ (i%,#lf WXd not

### T : ra than thirty-seven thou&and firs huadrod 

### 57,boQ) inhabitants, ftsst acaLmmt or ~ohtef deputy sot to rrossd Two Thouaand'boll.ara (IrS,OW)par anntzlsg othar 

## a661atant8, Oeputierr,
cm olerkr lmt to 

## atr0esa Ejavo?ltorn

Kun4red Dallam I w?OO) par am trah* Fmvidad, how- *lot* that 

## in all a0 .icrs ocntaiolng a rspulatlcsl,of nat 1638s tha!&wiirty thow#4nb (3i ,000) war more than thirty-oeven thousand, five bun- 

### &64 (37,SOO). aaaoraing 

## te thr la8t prec4dlng 

### Foderal Cenma, on0 hevin~ a velwtlan 

### in e*- c\as8 of ltighty-Sivo b~illi& 90llars 

### ($05,000,000), and in all ccuatier hevi,q an asrrsrssd 

### raluntlon of not leaa:

than Y'wtmty-#seven )rilllon 

### Five KuudrstlThtwaafmd

Gollars I

W?,SOO,OQOf nor mwe 

### than %watpaeven Elll.lon Eovoa Hundred Thousand ?kdlarr (~~~,TOO,OOOf,accordin(Jta tbo lant approved tax roll, and o(rRtiairiistg a gcpulation id 

### not lwm then fifty-three 

### tchousand nine httabrtid (S3 903) nor 11101-6 

### than tiftp-four thouran4 e54,oc& 

### acoordin 80 the laot preoedl:w Fedoral. Cam& Sanr (4 u8ise in ths Tax ~olleator *ml 

### hmwmcr*a of lob may sso*lvr net to tmceed Ibsnty-four Flundrrd 

### Dollam (&MO) 

### per 6mnmo

’s&, tba remaiiidec cf the’deputisr in #aid ai’fios &all recalvb 

### noterceedin$ S6vbntren BWFad DcUars ($1700)par arwlurc eaobrR 

### FM +errtlon arises *hethar or aot the birtriot Attorney 1s a rtats otiiaar or B Uia8rlab arfloer wlthin tba 

### weanlag of title10 3902, mph. 

### Wegwto from Corpue Jurlr, Vat. 16, pa* 'l&97 a8 fallow:
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### prorrautiq attiomeyr ctm rtrte OffiOOT8 CU' OOU$ OffiCOl-6 UWld W&6 ti 6.- 

### #eat4 ,upotbweir CI

L raiifuation $38the ecmatlt\niima ~3 s$atu#r ot the.vwiMb8 BtaOba. liMe,pr~om,1$t.r8u8es eb twa8ttfqtW~~ thw 

### are hJd't0 be 

### 8tate offie*PB nOt+ltEI*t4ndfrpg txbei~ dubisr are aonflned 

### to 8he 

### illrtrlatr~ far whtsh tbry are 

### sleeted or ag;polnted and Chrif 

### cmpnrrtion ii paid by the oonntf, while un&er atherr thy 

### are ngarded a8 wun8y oifia6rfh xn mm jaiadiotiop they are,nsither state EOfaountp of?losP~, but oircuit cr diattiot 

### offioer~.*In an opimion written by Hon. Rusl C. xalksr, 8eptember &7, 1934, aedrersed to Bon. A. 1. X&&hhura, County AtMitbt, Houstctn, Tern&, this departmot h&l4 thst 4 dfstrfet rttornsy wss 6 aietriae 

### otflaer ratbsr than a 

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## mmtht& opi~nioa &Elfcbllowsr

“We ml& ~.&a&&ttl&d in tbir &tat& th&t the or?ide of 

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## judge 26 a dirtriot otiioe and 

## notm owmty of prsainat oftfoe within tha meain,g aT tba eleation l&w& ot thlr State, and thir rtqardl&&8 or the trrritorial 6rt,ent

of the dietridt involvrd. fWsilton ~&r Wtaro., 881 SW 804 (Cit. ,$878s 306 (Su A p.),

r* ct.); x?Qands

vs. m@81 tm,

9 II88V i!d104O Cm. of Agp.). vith 

### regard to his poritios (16 a oaurrty,

distrlot or 

### &t&r efflees, tha dtstriot abtornor is in a post- 

### %ioa imy 6fsllar to 

### thbt bt 

### the diatriot jdtgo md it fs 6ub;acitteff tb6t the autborities us% oite~will 6upgm-t the pmpo6ition f th6t 

### tba distrist attorney is a aistriet r*th-hsr

the4 l o cunty or stat0 

## orri~e~r.*

In vfew of the far&~l.n$, pu bra n&pwtfullp &dvi&&d thst it is ths o~inlon af thins dsportasnt that 

### the etmak&sit5a~r6*imart h.mstha legal rutharltl and pmor So ol,lm the ditiricat ottorne~ of Johnson County to employ
a o,l&ry:

b &Qlpliono& with Adial& s908, rugn.
Trustlug that ths 

### faregolngfully ansmrs your I.ru?#i~,

M ramrln

no& very truly