OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROYER SELLERS 11 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

Honorable B. Y. Cunnlnghsa 

county Aucltor 

Mavarro County 

Conlcana, Texas 

as followmr 

estlng the oplnlon 

ereh, is ln pnrt 

In him aIm.ml 

18 entitled to 

fee bar18 and 

claims that he 

I am OS the 

to ~1,800.00 annufll 

lng the $2,100.00. 

$2,1ooroC and came 

varro county had mom 

I bssec on the 1930 CeJleW. lie 

ld remain the mutut, We l itustlon 

tim g', Fti3srtz3 Countr 18 a little 

I em taking the 

ua uroppei b?3lou 60,000 

into the lover bracket 

800.00 per par. 

"Pleaee advise vhlch bnroket this coastable nom 

OcQeS uncer. 

.In thle conetsble'e annual mport he ret8 

a8 an expense item money paid for lnforustloa in 3 OPL 

cases. ShoulC that be anauthoritsd expense item? 
%uld it bs l-1 ior 0~1 County Cle*, Dlrtrlot 

Clark and Tu As8e**or enQ Collector to hey s&mBaaeat noorar pad ror out of our Pwm8a4a e 

mea t P a Q? %a a r e t& la g the l ttltuQo th a t they am 

yeeen~pu i o?&vameCountyanQwmlQbelrg8l 

id for out of ths Pomaaeat xBpromBeat 

BOMf. csa tea be 4oae?m 

kvame Couatr had (L populatlan of 60,507 Lababltanta 

l ocorQlng to tha 1930 hdenl Cairur. S+l County bad 4 09ul4- 

tlon of 51,308 lahabltaatr aoeoadiag to the 1940 FeQenl LUS. 

Artlole SW, Voraoa~a AmaotateQ Civil Statute* la, 

la part, a* ~ollcnfr: / 

.., 

"sxoept as otborul88 9mwi&4 ln th is l ot tha 

urnual refe tbbtata~bs retalaed by pnoinot, ommty, 

ant3 dirtriot 0rri08n mntionsd in thla Art1010 8hnll 

be as fo11ov81'. . . 3. In eouptlu ooatalalag a* 

may A8 Thlrtp&vea mousaae Plv0 fhnrdnd oao (f'l,Wl) 

aad not ooro than Slxtr ThowaaQ (60 000) iababltuitr, 

or ooatainlag a oltr of ov0r 9Wat&vv TbouaaaQ 

(25,000) lnhebitaatr, . . . urtloo of the po800 aaQ :’ 

oomtable, W.&teen lfunQwQ ~1800.00) Dollar8 mch: 

Artlalr yJg1, VenioaG Ana0tat.Q Civil sfiatutes l8, fa 

part, l 8 roiiwr: 

'3aohoffloo?ameQ la thir ohpterohall first 

out of the ourreat tees of his office piat or bs paid 

ra -0w ail0w hia -0, th0 9mir10ar or hti0ie 

~88),tt3gothorvith tha 8ala?loa oshla urlrtaat 

Qoputles, aM wthorlsed oxpease uader hrtlole 38p9, 

rrd the ummtneoe8u~to ooverawtof yllez:twe, surety bead IIS~ be nqulml by fav. P 

fees of ruoh off100 0olleotmQ in my tsar be moziza 

theamountaee&dtopr~ theaacmntrabwer 

same aball be QoeaeQ exoooe fees, enQ l ball r Qlr9o:eQ 

of la the usme? hereinrites 9rovlQeQ. 

l . Ia o o ua tleo or a tda l.l * a mg a y a * shlrtp 

Sevea +&84aQ Ilve HuaQreQ Ocu (37,501) mb not mora 

thna slxtr Fboueube (6o,ooo), or 0oataialrJg a cltr of 

over hrenty-Plve 12houurnd (25,000) iahabitantr, Qlotrlet aad oouaty offloen aaaeQ her&n *ball retain 

oae-third of muoh l xoesa feer until lueh one-thlN, 

togothsr vlth the 8mouat rpeoifl.eQ la Artlole 3883 

amtnmtr to PortpTvo HuaQraQ PlStp ($4250.00) Dollarr. 

Preoinot offioen ah11 retala one-third until ruoh 
PIanoreble 1. I. Cuunlngbm, page 3 

one-third, together vlth tbr amount 8pecIfleQ ln Artlole 

3863, amounts to Tveatpfio HuatlracY Dollan (@OO.OO).” 

The foregoing provleloar of hrtlole 3883 urd 3891, Vomoak% 

brhOt4ted civil 8tatut.8, l m th8 DIíOVi8iOM l lleablo to th. 

oonrt8ble vho Is aompema ted QII l fee baalr la %a van-0 County a s 

add County has b population of 51,3Q8 Iababitantr aocoldlng to 

the1940 Federal Cewor. Flume provlrla18 of the foregoing rtstuter *hioh am l ppliMble to oountlor ounta 

more thaa 100,000 l.nbabltantr am Do -7 

60 001 md not 

longer app ladle to Savarro 

The mxlmum oompenmatloa of the oonsbable l.nqul~dabout 

23*axceed hreatpTv0 Hundred Dollam ($2200.00) per m. 

In determining the lraxtaup ooapeasatloa of the aomtable, t&o 

*ppllcable statutes horetofom quoted 8uat b8 canplle6 vlth. 

We cmaot oategorleal 

Y 

aasver our 8econd questicm, 

as ve do not MAYO 8uSfloloat fao a upon d luh to time an opinion. 

If you still desire our epIa.Im re@wQ 

9 

this quertlan, please 

stat. laQet8l.l theaatum of aasu lava veclrrpdthe lafomfitlon 

*eoureQ. Upon the Ileoelpt of this Infomratloo, ve vi11 be glad 

to give this questha our furthor oaouibsratlan. 

Ue aov oomlder your third pwrtloa. 8eatloCL 9 of 

Article 8 of thr ~8~'Cormtltution pwsarlber the wdmun wits 

of taxes for geaerel purposeaD for ro~4s and brldfpa, for judea, 

awl for the erectlen of pub110 b~llQ&ags~ streets, sewrs, vater 

vorks and other penmaeat lnproveuaeat8. The lxeaedlate purpose of 

8dd 9~0~181~1n 0r the cfnwitution i8 to imt the atwmt of taxes 

that might be mired for the several pumosesj but it I8 also 

QorlgaateQ to lahibit uae88lvr rxpsrd1tum* for say rwh purpose, 

ud to mq uln th a uy t sa d l ll moa4ws raised for tax8tIoo *ball 

ti applleQ to that 9wtloular purpose 8ml a0 other. (Ault v* &la 

Couat~, 116 8. Y. X9) 

The aase of Ml v. YlllIaas, 202 9. V. Ed& holds, 

among otbep things, that the Cen8tltutlm aoateqZits8 that, as 

a matter of amoa hoa;wir$ fair 4-l , tJLxBcaeytalceafmal 

tho people eateaslb 

LT 

be exjmded for that 

purpose alone, as ve 1 as the mm, for that plrtloulm ola88, 

shall not l xomQ the pr6rcrlbeQ Nnwlmm. 

The a.A*e of HenQeMar county v* Burke, 262 s. v. 94, 

holOs,emng other thing8, that the rtrtuk requires Wletw 

and l ll mang ~aisodby taxatlaa ior- muoh 9urpwo rherll be 

applied, fatthlbl4 to that partleular purpose, aa needed therefor, WUS aot to roJ other purpose or we vhateoever. 

2352, ~W~I~X*S Anootatad civil statutes) (Artlcle 
w e&l1 OUP l ttea tlto ea the r011ovla# lay&OS 

8eotloa 9 or Artlo i l 8 of t&a Camtltutlon, to vlt, 

l mtlae 0fpub110 buIld&q l trots, 80ver8,~tewo~ ud 

othrr. puQumIt lmproveBeat* . 

Uatler tba fealllarrule ofooa8trwtIcmlmwaa* 'eju8Uea 

hatriot afork rrtd p arrerror-4011eoEor eorild not bo reaaowb& 

eaerlsm, reootrd books er pa rmaeat reoorQ8 of the ootmt7 olork 

aoMtmaa to be ul other pelmaeat lsplwewat.= 

of uMoh I8 eaalored for 

mood books for tha 

oould not M piid for 

xa vlev or tbo rowgo 

7 

r uth o r itk r p o , u l u r emp o etfill7 uJvlse6 that it i* the opia 05 or thla tiepebat that the 

permaeat reoord8 for tb8 0-t olerk, dlstrlot ole* rod tax 

&**o*sor-oolleotor urknot be pa IQ for out 0r the Pexaaamt xmwwanaat FwIof the oouatp