OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

/ 

Eon. Ifubert C. Wright 

AGGiStGnt COUlty Attorney 

w1llaog county 

RapndVill.8, ??eXtUI 

on onthe above statad 

question has be 

as follows: 

esloners * Court 

he is entitled to such additional 

n, Is the amount therpsof ecet by 

d If 80 ad, whats is suoh amount? 

"3. II not so set, how and by Worn is 

suuh OJeount detsnnlnad'? 
Hon. Hubert CL Wright, Pegs 2 

Article 38S3, n. c. S., reads In part es roilOPiS: 

"Exoept as otherwise provided in this 

Aot, the annual r8eS that may be retained 

by precinct, oounty end distriot offloors 

mentioned In this &rtlols sh&U. be es fol1OWS: 

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"1. In OOIUIti8S OOntaining hrsnty rive 

(23,000) thousend or less inhabitants: County. 

Judge, Distrlot or Cr5.dnel Dlstriot Attorney, 

Shsriff, County Clerk, County Attorney, Distriot Clerk, Tar Collaotor, W Assessor, or 

the Assessor and Collaotor of Taxss, TWsntyfour Hundred ($2400.00) DolLare eaohl Justloe 

or ths Paaoe end Constabla, delve Hundred 

($l200.00) Dollera aaoh..,." 

, 

Section 3 of Article 3926, R. C. 8. as amended, 

made as rollare: 

Tot presiding over the Ccmm.lsslonsrs* 

Court, ordering sleotlona and making raturns 

thereof, heerlng and detsmPiulng 01~11 (MUSOB, 

ii any, end trenaeoting all other 0rri0ial 

businsss not otherwIse provided for, the 

county Judge the11 reosl~s mh salary from 

the Couety~Traasury as the Ccawelssloners* 

Court may allow him by order, payable monthly 

from the Oenerel runds or the oountf, proxddad, 

that In oounties haying ~290,ooo,wo.00 eesoaaed valuation, or more, end whioh ham estebllshsd therein institutloes for the uare of both 

dependent and delinquent boys and girls, the 

County Judge shall receive as sx-offioio salary, 

not to be aocounted ror as i8tWt 0r offloe, end 

in addition to ail auount8 allowed under the 

~.:eximum FW ~iii, the r\dhor ~~lll 0r $3.000.00 

per ammu, payeble monthly out of the generel 

lunds or the oounty." 

Artiole 3893, 77. C. S. provfdes that: 

The Gomissioners* Court Is h8reby debarred 

rr0m allowIng compensation for ax-officio services 
Hon. Hubert 0. Wright, Page 3 

to county ofrlclels when the corn.pensatIon end 

excess fees whIoh they are allowed to retain 

shall reaah the xmximm provided ror In this 

ohapter. In oases where the oompensatIan aml 

excess fees whloh the officers are ellcmed to 

retain shell not reach the msxlmum provided . 

for In this ohapter, the Caum1sslon!rs* Court ; 

sha sum aaP.xnsation for OX 0rri0i0' emvices tien, in their judwnt, euoh oompensatlon Is neoessary, provided, suoh oompensatlon 

for ex officio services allowed shall not Increase the oompensation ~Oi~the%ffIoIal beyond 

the m of OcmnpensatIon and tUOOSS fees 

alluwedtobs retainedby hla underthis ohapter. Provided, however, the ex offiolo herein 

authorized shall be al&mad only after an opportunlty for a publio hearing end only upon the 

aitinuetire vote of at least+&aeqmmbers of 

the Commissioners* CourLw 

Artiole 3891, R. C. S., reads In part as follows: 

%aah ortloer named in this Chapter shall 

simt out ~0r the ouIT(tnt rees or his orffoe pay 

or be peld theamountallouedhl.mun er theprovisions of Artlole 3683. together tith the salaries or Ns assistants end deputies, and 

authorized expeneas under Artlole 3899, and the 

amount neresaery to oover costs or pramium on 

whqterer surety bond may be required by law. 3.f 

the eurrent tees or auoh office oollected In any 

year be more than the amount needed to pa)- the 

fmounts above 8pe6iried, Stme Shal.~ be deemed 

fJXC0SS r88S, and shall be disposed of In the namer 

hereinafter provided. 

. "In oountles containing-twenty-five thousand 

(25,000) or less inhabitants, Dlstrlot and County 

ofrlaers named herein shall retain one-third of 

suoh 8~~88~ fees until auoh One-third, together 

tith the aIIIOuIlt8 SP8Omed in Article 38f33, amOUnt 
Bon. Hubert c. wright, Plug8 4 

'-to Three Thousand aOl.lem ($S,OOO). Pmolnot 

oitloere shell retain o--third until suoh 

one-third, togetherwlth the ammt spsoifled 

ia Artlole 9885, &mount6 to Foul-t&m Hundred 

Dollars ($1400).....~ 

Theonlystotute nouinfom3erorc4rrlngdtrwtlf 

to oompsnsatlon due a oounty judgs forpresiding over the 

oommisRionem~ oourt is aulml~Tlsion S, Art1018 S925, aapn. 

Under ArtlolasSSSS and 5881, R. C. S.. the mrl- ~. 

ma ?em $or the oouaty Jude. of Wlllaoy County ls Thrm 

Thatlsaad (b,ocO) malam. Arttale SWti, supre provides 

r0r00mp~etl~r0rer00ffioio smlaesd&arr&allusumea 

thereof rhea thq acmpansa tion anll 8x0(988 rees maoh iho mulmm pnntiad by laws. 

Tim CM Rundz;sd and3Unety-fire ($195.00) Dollars 

ex ofrio monthly salary allmadbythoComi~~loner8' 

court oaapeaaetee the aaunty#~&ge r0r presiding 0-r the 

oowl~slonem~ aourt or&mtng eleetloas end lvlkfnP returns 

themaurbi andt-~~inga~othstotfioialbus~annd 

othemlse pro*idod iOr. _~ 

You am respeet~ullfadrlsed that it la the opinion Q this departmsnt that the oounty Judga of Wllleoy 

County is not entitled to oddktional oolapensaiion tar prosldiag oter the aommf.seloners* ooart. Aswehavasmswamd 

your flret queaitlon in the aegetivo, it is not aeoessory 

that we answsr the questions Noa, 2 and 3. 

we rem&In 

Trustlngthatthe tmegolngansworsyour inquiry, 

Very truly your8 

AT!iVRWEY -RAX OF ,mXAS 

APPROVES JUL 8, 1939