**OFFICE OF**  **THE Al-t** **’ ORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Honorablr 

### J. 8. Be~uld~ln CountT **Attomw** Johnson Cotmtr Cleburw, Tasar
Dear Sir: **Opinion No.**  **Q- ~68**  

### orfi06r6*

Your nqu68t ror 0 oarofully aonsldered **by** this **requsrt a8**  tollaerr

oatltlrs him 

### e quote froa your

t6an or orrio* sented thr comill for Buns

Retlaod Clril Btatubioh he olaime sums for tlmrs yeE38,

the last prroedlng vlng an asaes86d nlufirteen 

### Hilllbn 015,wo,-

traotiond part thereor, ln **excess of**  **said** Pifteen !.!llllon

($15,000,000.00) Dollars valu**atiw** over and 

### l

boqr tha maximaura

mount allowed 

### m8h 0rrioerr **undrr** laws 

### l xi rtin g

on ktwst 2b, 19351'

### 3910 ad810-r8* court ha8 l mnwiy rix84 the 8OkdO8 Ot thh, TU~OW C&OOtiT@ OrriOU8 Or the Qoanty, at thr brglanlng of th8 yoar1 bwoT8r, OOW Of **th.** 8dUi88 UUO i5OrMl88d **th.** POlrOCItOgO authorIs **by** the above m8ntioard law. 

### 'I vlaw OS th8 holding In 'Coi4~slonera; Court 0t Rae0 doOh. Cl o unty VS. F3 adrr

lt al 11) 3. %'. (d 277 it 18 

### y OpiaiOn 

### that 

### th;' 

### aOSXd8siO5U8'COIA **would** 

### not **be** l 

### lthorlamd at t&i8 tint8 to l

ntu a5 

### ordu that would oha the aotlon ot the Coti in ii* the Or th0 OmOO?8 for WY Of th8 PTW&OW pa289 

### Y&at **tha portion**  **of tha**  **Statutr** 

### uotbdabove, i8 not Mn&atOTy On the Coeai88iOnWB OUrt to in8 oraaaa tha salaries 

### 0r the offloars la q;;;e;tparwt 

### rm. a **reaafn~** or the provlsfon. 

### Courthariw railed eaoh year to m&o atah an laoraan, and hari~y 86t tk 8alarg of the offloor r0r 8aoh yau in 8OOOTdBIM8 with othrr pm~8lne
or the 

### law, ruoh l



### ation **would be**  **blade** Comi8810n8rr' OoUI'tat 

### thi8 th8, a8 2 80 Oil the 6iti8tOJit Oirb~8 Of t&i8 8oUnw holding OrrhO at the ttu the 8OhdO8 WOT8 8.t.

TOUT O~i~hWl 18 dO8iTOd With ~OfOFOIlO8 60 whathar or 

### not suoh oiTi8ar ha8 a 

### mild @lain againrt the bounty ror any 8am or am bl rea8on of thD 0&dOSWr8' OOlUt hibIT t0 i5OrM8. t& 8alUiO8 

### Woh ma? th0 &‘UO8nt~O 

### allonbh unau 

### the a-0 

### prod8ioaa. 

### "Ii SO, would the payment or mm, at thir tlma, by the JI?88Oat ha=i88ion*ra* Court, br in erreot ohmglag the pretioua aotlon or the aourt ia ii&g thr 8elarles 

### for the rsspeotive p?an, in sash a gm.nor that would oonfllot wlth the holC' ipr or th0 a0m in the Naoog&eh@8 County oaar? 

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### 5l2

Nonorabh J. II.Baaldwin, Wo 3

**The oomi88lorU8** **’ Ooat**  **la ww**  **tL.8** **~~l:*~~UhtiOfi** Of tW.litr th6ur@lbd(?o ooo) inhabitant8 or more clod 1088 than 0~ huad.reQ &a nlnaty 

### thouaaod (196,000) 

### Inkabltantr 8OwrdiIIg 

### to tha lart **preoeding Fodoral**  **Camn** I8 **hmoby** aothorire4 and **it e&all**  **be** 

### it8 **dut** 

### 0i **ai th0**  

### r0118dng **nana 0**  

### tlo8rr, **I to**  **hx the**  

### Baler188

**t84tc au**  

### lff, aaae8aor end oolleotor 

### or tax.8 

### oouaty @duo, wunty 

### l

ttornolr, 

### lnoluQlng crI8lnal 

### AIitrIot **atbr** nor8 and Omnty attOrMy8 who JWfOT8 t&O dutie8 or Qlstrlot attornqr, 

### dlrtrlot **oh*,** **aoantr olork,**  

### tnamrer, hide and anIma1 lnrpeotor. Eaoh oi raid 

### ofiloers

8hall be pal4 

### in moneyan aIUNIa1 

### l aleq ln twrlrs (12) **equal** lnetallntmts oi not less than the 

### *atalau0 earned at oogpemnatlon br his ln hl8 

### orriolal oapa0IO~ 

### for tha rhoal 

### par 1935, an6 not 

### more than 

### th0 ISUIJWI wow rllmea suoh 

### OrriO8r on&u hW8 Ui8tily 011,



### h@l8t 44, 19551 mOrid*d 

### bhat in oountle8 havlag 

### a population 

### or **tweatr** thtxtaand (20,000) and 1888 than thirty-aoren thousand fiV@ hundred (37,500) aooordlng to the la& preoeding 

### Federal Census, und having an assessed 

### YalUation in lOWS Or FirtIBW mliOn ($i5,000,000ao@ D0iiU8, 

### l ooorbing to the lsrt approved preoedliq 

### tar roll oi 8-h 80&r th8 16tiillO~~t til8UOd 8U8h Or

### ri088-8 a8 8alulos "9 be lnona884 8~0 1s) 

### pu **oant for**  eaoh On0 XI1 

### ion ($1 000,000~00 Dollar8 ~luatloa **or** fre*Uoml **rt hereof**  **La** l**om8 oi**  uld **lUtea** Yillion ($1 ,008,%w! &lb?8 -S**ation over**  **8nQ abwr**  **tk8 Mama**  **arOW& 83.hW8Q**  **rOOh** 

### 8fflOU~ MQU l&W8 

### l Xi8thg 

### 8n Awut % 19351

. . . . ~8 qu0ts ire8 the **8ourt ’**  **r** oplnlon ln the 

### oan 

### 0i aOlsiS8iOIy)T#' cOtITsOf Be 113 S. W. (2) Pe 279, l8 to1 -f 408h88 **OOMty 1.**  **wi!kb? 8t**  **il.,** W8:

**“ All**  

### lesus8InvolvaQ in this a 

### moot. speed T. Keyr, 109 8. a. 24 **Suprcms Court.**  

### The order In lmm, **br it8**  **hm** 

### and by 

### r0rce or 

### the 

### statute, rxplred 

### at**fxerg ~~l&at#**  **Oen8.t b8**  **r8qair.4 EM**  rtu Y 

### order lo 1938, YIxlmgmlarler fbr 1937 *iti **On it8**  **fO0e rOti&**  **be Wi&**  **ti -**  **d88iOWO~ a0mt**  

### l 3- r.a

**fn** 

## l **nt8rLy tke**  

### l **rdu b**  **i8u0** pellee8 **are** net 

### wlfhoutramQr **up Raak**  fJou& t. 

### RI&tower, Tot. 

### 011. **APR.,** 

### 202 8. II. 802.
-A~JwI dbU4I8806." **(%68XWaOTh Om8)**  The olalms ot **WI&r,** Oouaty ClerL,lad tialttn8, M8trlot alert,

agalnet NaO0&SOOh88 COUaty, lnV0lvoQ In 

### the **above** 

### l 

### tri04 suit**were lbtbr**  tri04 out on 

### their**merlt8.** 

### We quote 

### from the **ooPCtp8 OPiaiOn**  **in the**  8aw **of** Naoogbooher busty v* VinbOT, A&fJ EL w. (2) 972, 88 fOiiOW8:
"The r0uorlng facts 

### a** without di8putrl **Appbii~, xinder,**  **wa8 thb**  

### 4u.y **0leoted,** 

### q~ifl04 a nd l 

### otlog**Oouety** Clerk Or Naoogdoohee Oeuaty **&wing** 

### thb year8 

### 1937 and 19% **Na8ogaoohu** 

### Cotan**ty** ua8 under tb 8alary set 

### law, ArtIrla3912e, 8eOtiOn 

### 13, **'lblVlOB'0** 

### hill, CiVil 8tidQtb8, 

### bll4t Artlole 

### 3891 art. 3891. R. C. S,, ~@mon@8 Ann. Clr. St.



### kdsr the80 statutes the ralary 0r 

### the County Clerk of Naoogdoohes donaty wae poterned by the &&mum or 

### ealary earne4 So 

### 1935 an;i **a** maximum **ealary** of $3,300. The Oounty Cierk oi Ha00 dOOhO8 

### Oouaty In 

### 193 P eamd 

### u T **nation** 

### or h o ortloe the 8IIa of 

### 28b.16. Oa uuary 13, 1936, **at** a 

### n(tdar 8088Lbn oi the eOId88iO~ **er8' wurt,**  80 **order wa8**  en8er8d by 8aU **ooart** ririag app01100*8 8alaxy **at** 

### #9,W,l4 **th8** 

### moua barnad at 8a&X'y by th8 WNEty lti 0 .t Uia ..oD, ty 

### in 193s. Later in raid month, 

### f rnuav 

### 3lrt, at 8 oalled t3eseion 0r 6aia aourt, hi8 

### nlary ma8 iisea at 

### $3 350 per 

### year. Qn Juuary U 

### 193 **t&o ~d8don.T~~**  **OOUrt in**  **H&U “**  **8dOP R**  **406 hi0**  

### rala

**‘ p**  

### at $3,000,for S&t **par,** md 

### on Jar+ uary 10, 938, da **court** 

### ria 

### hla ralam at ~3,000 ror da **yeem** 

### Thlrwar 

### 9286.l6 1808 than **the** minimum 8a&ary 

### ror 1933, and S3SO lsrs than ;;&e:slary a5 rlxea 

### by the order 

### or January 

### 31, Apgellee prayed **odgabnt** 

### for $572.32, the bl&woe 

### between the .3,OOO per ye%s rOr 

### 1937 3 and 

### 1938,and the alniaumOS #3r286r16 as fixed 

# .513

# -.-514

-Ho think thhr0rd.r rizirrg qqollro'r ml4ry aa* 

### at tlw ro&llAr tom on Jam&~ l), 1936, war in aooordwoe rlth tha law, aa4 that t&a womt then iixed w t&a enma nlarr or 

## l ppmll.0, $3 286.16, andor **the fmotr**  **ud t&a**  **law U(LI**  **propor,** .afki la oontroll.ling hem. Artlole 391k, motion 13, V@7lon's Ann. Cilc Bt., flxw the salary of Couatr Olorkr in the tiara of oouatlor in WI&&

$j,OOO uw dthoat ruthori~, and 10 void.* 

### uro t o t he s a w l

lYo o t lw th r WH o f Hwo gd o o hu COI ML~ 1. finklaa, uo 8. w. (2;) 901. 

### The LM&UD a mint l oountr oftlaor of Johnson Oow~, Tesw, (raid oowt7 hali a popuktiw of 53 317 inhabitanta 

### l

.oorbin( to the 1930 hderti a.--) @odd r@- tainumlmr Lam 

### l **lstlnglrywt24,** 

### 1935, bdor~raarrgh 3 or Artlolo 3891, V, 

### A. C. 8.) war 

### #3,YJO.O0 **Jwr** mnn~a In t&la ooxlneotian180 opinion Ho. o-2582 of thL dwlutmerit,a oopy of uhioh 18 moloead hrrowitb.



### The population of Johnson **CoUnt7,** 

### Texas, aooording to the 1.9i+O

Federal Conella ie 30,384 inhablt?mt8.

### ve m w i*h

toa th8b 8h a )w uu l

f w a ua m

u a t Artiole 3912@,

t. A. 0. SC, quetr4 

### in mm lotk?, 8lhdy th a l dea loa era~

00uI te la a r ow8

ea brke

of llYl oa ra

w- d a r the O rfla ua

tia ury Ad In th a

wthed 

### otill#e4

b y thm etetutr, 

### le rloulv pmlulm ad Uewetiiat3a~~it 18 ler

### talaly aot mzdrbw.

lt 

### 18 ear oplnlon that 

### t&a umnt7 

### et#oor uelor the h o ts stat.4

wo uld mo t b a lm l nlrr r lala a g8uet us wan*. 

### Tha 

### wmleelonora~ wurt of Johwoa Oowty roula not be omp8ii0e to eet the eelary 

### 0r 5i7 oouat7 offl80r

### uulu the Of

### floere’

8nluy Law at morethan 

### the efflolel e-1 Y@ of 881~ orrlocrr

ror thr ?lsoaipeer 1935 mad stun tkat 

### mm1 be wbdl ot 

### to

the 

### l!mrlw a



### set in pa



### . 8. (rrletlag

Awwt 24 1935

T ph 3 of Artlele 

### 3691,V. A. The oourt In its 4laontlcm et 

### tka prepr Urns * MA wuld not *row!4$1,joo,co fizF?x; 8llarrdefxlltlonaL eumti (in L!ltlon to Chr 

### $3 506 00 mxlmm) as 

### sot oat io the portion ot ArMale 39120, f&o&n i3, qaotd 

### in par httrr, R

### rotldsdtha rnlratlonr aathorlcad

mm, but lt 

### 18 cur oplnloa 

### t at 01etiIy lib 

### wmt woal(L 

### sot at 

### thin tlm allow seam retro*otir*l7 

### for tL, past four ll8.P us aa ro**quaat& bf**  **thr** 

### oiiioer. **To 8Un**  **mah** 

### additio **owe** 

### rrtroaotlvely 

### would al80 br 

### lahiblted **b7** 

### seotion 53 of A?t101. 3 

### 0r 

### our Stats 

### Constitution, whioh provides

as ?ollawer l S ee, 33. 

### The 

### L&eleturs shallhat.no parr 

### to grant,Or b authOris aa7oount7 0T mklnlolpal

l 

### athopit7tograat,an7oxtn oompmatlen, toe or 

### allowmoe to a 

### pablleefflwr, 

### agent, eonant er rontra*tor, after nr+l9r bre bean

### rfhnaua, or a mntraat &a koh uOer*i 

### inb, end ~rfOmled ill wkolo OQ in #UC; 

### no% pey, ear 

### a8thorlzr tha pwmant or amyolala 

### onat8d l



### galnetan7 oounty 

### or miuJol#6llt7 of the State,andora.117 l 

### groaImnt

or OoBtraot,

made *i&hoot authority

of law.* Aim 800 the follalmg oano~l Pierson

1. Oalvorton

Count7,131 S. y. 

### (21 27; **Jones** 

### v. V~ltmenn,

171 S. 'X.

i?87. Very 

### trulyyour0 ATTOR8ET

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