**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 ~1,800.00annufll

lng the $2,100.00. $2,1ooroCand came varro county had mom I bssec on the 1930 CeJleW. lie ld remain the mutut, We l itustlon tim g',

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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 coastablenom OcQeS uncer. .In thle conetsble'eannual mport he ret8 3 

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item money paidfor lnforustloa in OPL cases. ShoulC **that** be anauthoritsd expense item?

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### BOMf. csa tea be 4oae?m kvame Couatr had (L populatlan of 60,507 Lababltanta 

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Artlole SW, **Voraoa~a** 

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**. .**  **.** urtloo of the po800 aaQ : ’ oomtable, W.&teen lfunQwQ ~1800.00)Dollar8 mch:
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one-third,together vlth tbr amount 8pecIfleQ ln Artlole 3863, amounts to Tveatpfio HuatlracY Dollan (@OO.OO).” The foregoingprovleloar of hrtlole 3883 urd 3891, Vomoak% brhOt4ted **civil** 8tatut.8, lm th8 DIí OVi8i OM l lleablo **to** th. oonrt8ble vho Is aompema ted QII l fee baalr %a

la van-0 County a s add County has b population of 51,3Q8 Iababitantraocoldlng to the1940 Federal Cewor. Flume provlrla18 of the foregoing **rtst uter**  *hioh am 

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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 canplle6vlth.

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. 8eatloCL9 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 t o m q u ln t h a t uy s a 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 

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