OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN **GROVER SELLERS,**  **ATTORNEY GENERAL** 

Honorable :;;.

J. Tomsend couzlty Attorney Aogelina County Lufkin, Texas LIelear sir:

raquesttig an op subjectmatter. of recent data bent on the above

etati tha Sees aarAsd In which the county

Art1019 39128,Vernon*s Annotated vides in part aa follows: x$~~&;ersl Court of eaoh county In

at its first regular fneating in JiiAUaryof &ch calandaryear, Shall,
~.by.ordermade and entered ln theninutes of said .court, deternine whether precinot officers of suoh county (arcapt publio weighers and registrars of vital stetistfos) shall be compensated on a salary basis as provided for in this Act,

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## ..JL.z:.J. Townsend8 pa@ 2

or -whhsther

they ohall receive as their cozqensatioa, 3uch fees of office as my be earned by thea: Y,thz perfomance of the duties of their officss, 

## Sec. 3 of Art. 3912e, 

## 7. A. c. ii., is a3foJ-ims: 758

*In all case3where the C0zi~i3aioners~ Sowt shell have detemlmd that county oflicers cz preoinct officers IIIeuch county shell be cozpersated for their service3 by the cement of au ahmol salezy, nuithz; the Stat& 3f-Tesaa fiorany co;lr,tp shall be chargeawltc or pay to say 

## ort**ilti 0-i**  **iC3r3 90**  conpwisatea, **ELY** r’se or coi7.~Ao3~~3for **‘ it3**  pr**iV&ian~e or**  any or **ail 01** **’ it&**  **c!:uties OS**  xrldlr ofr~ceo out aitoi;

osricer3 anau r3colve YS~:.3ulary
**n llL3U**  Oi **&Id OcZh?r**  **1333, COnrsi**  9s **I**on3 or cozqwflation which they V.~LU! stkmvise be euthorized to retain; providkd, homver, that ths ssse3sor snd collector of taxes 3hal.11 c;mthxe- to collect 3cd mtaitl :or the benefit of~'thoWficorsl salary Bund or fuhds hsrainafter provided for nll:feea and com.bsio&a which he is authorized wider iev to collsct;

## 9kait shallbs hi3 

## dutyto accollrt Sor aA to pay all suchzoniss received by Nz into the fund or-eat&and provided for under tha provisioh3,of thisAot; provided further, that the provleiuna oA

e.tiris

5ectlo3 3haU not afSect the pa-t of cants In oivil oases by the State but all such costs 30 paid shall ba eccourrtedfor by the officers collecting the sauce, as they are ” rec;uFraZ:

uhder the provisions of thisAct to aocouot f~or

fees, com.i.a3ion3 end costs collsoted from private partietr." ('Jnderscoriug our3)

Sea. 3.0s Art. 35133, 3upra, prohibits the k5Zt.e or : Cour;ty

fro= _=~ying

any 

## ret3to ofr'icursconpensstad 33.3 i / 3akry basis and stetes that the s8lery of such,oSticer Shall be in lieu of aii fees, oormisoiorsor co~qmnsatio~~ which they : wouldotherwiase authorized to rsteti.,

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iiOn. ii. 5. Touaaend, Pace 3

Sec.,4 of Said article states that iricounties containing a population of less than one hundred and nimty thousand (190,000) inhabitants aheroin the county or preoinct officers are coupenseted on a salarybesis, there shall be oreated a fund to be known as theUffiCarS' salary Fund."

sec. 5 proviaeaz *It shallbe the duty of all offioera to ahnrge and oolleot in themanner authorized by law all fees and comi9siOQs which are peruitted by lew to be assessed and collected for all offioial servloe performed by them. As sadMen such Seas are collected they shell be deposited in the Offioersc Selary FLCd, or funds provided in this Act.” Vjetherefore answer your queatios in thenegative.
Youra very truly,

p----q~ 1 J. C, Savi5, Jr.

Aasistent