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OFFICE OF THE ATT’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

urnham pl.? 

### lottmr the opiaioa of thl8 depart
mm loftor reaar, ti part,

t hulla oount~ ttleorr Salary

t7 Clark, 

### Countf Sheriff, Qountr

, and Dlatriot Clerk’e Offioea

rupport the hi&h oalarle8 paid the heada of thr Ia@ Oiilorr, dorr thir ooanty pessosr the authority 

### to put thr 

### ootmtf baok 

### on thr 

### ha Barfr?

‘3. Doer the raunin County Qonrdraion~r~ Court harm the lq$al authority to lower the ralarlea of thr above aaaed otfiorr l ffeotirr tan, 1, 1945 tbur informlag all prorpeotirr Oandldater &ut what eaah ofSf0r will gay beginning Jan. 1, j o* + *(IHonorable Parria Pirtle, pig0 a

rwin County had a gopulation o? 41,lbSinhabltMt0 aooordlngto tha 1930 IrodoralCensus. The population oi said

oouatr aooordlag to tho 1940 rodoral Conaua 18 41 064 lnhabltenta, TherOforO, Art1010 39130, Vornon’a Annotated Civil Statutes, oomronlf brown as the mOf?ioor8* 

### Salary Law* la applioablo to aald aouaty.
Sootloa 61, Artlola lb o? tho 

### State Coaatltutlon, prorider a

"AU dlatrlotorrloorrat the State of Texas and l 

### u l OMtr OffiOo~8

b OOUUtiO8 harin6 a pOpdlatiOn of twenty thousand or **mom.+**

### l ooordlng to the thoa last prooodlng Federal Conaua, ahaU horn th9 **flra~** day of January u&dthorooftos, **aad**rubuqaont to tb rlrat TO@W or .poOiid .O.don Of tho k&Slat ptoafter the rdoptlckof this rwolutlon ba 

### oaaponaatrd on 

### a 

### l oluy basis. In all ooantloa & this Stat., 

### the oomrlaaion~ra~ oourt shall **bo** l utho riaod

to dotrrmiw rhothrr pnolnot oiiloora shall be oomponaatrd on a fro basis or on a salary basisi and la oouatioa hating l popalatlon 

### of loaa 

### than twrntl. thousand, 

### l ooordln6 tb.



### tb thoa laat prooodlng

### Fodorhl Conauu 

### the oommlaaloner~~oourt rhall alao hare the aathorlty & dotoreino rhothor tho oounty orrloora ahall bo domponaated on a for basis or on a 

### salart basis.
-All fees oarnod by diatrlot, oounty an6 preoinot 

### offlooro ahall 

### 80 paid Into the County Troaaury whore oarnodfor tha amouat of the propar fund, proridod the 

### Wr lnourrod br 

### the Stat*,, 

### l oantt and

### any munloipallt~, mrei8 oaao whore a paupor*a oath la filed, ahall bo paid 

### &to the Oounty Troauur~ when oollootod and protidod thatwhore eny oitloox is oomponaatod rkoolly on a rso baa18 l uoh fooa may bo rotainod bl auohorflorr or paid inw t?lc, Trearury of tho oounty as tho 

### oommlaaionrra~ oourt mardlrrot. AU notaries publio 

### oopntr l umoyora **au6**

### publie wol@mra shall **oontinuo** 

### to b ooPprnaato4 on a foe Paris.’

Bootion15 o? Artlolq 39180, 

### Vernon*aAnnotatrb 

### Olvll Statutes, prorldo8, IlI part:

### 665 Honorable Parria Pirtle, page 3

vh0 0oamiarlonera~ court 

### in oountloa having
a population of twenty thousand (%O,OOO) 

### or pore and

### loam than one hundrrdand (~g0,~0~).inhabitanta aooordlly to the Fedora1 Ginaua, is horobfauthorlead 

### and Itsdutr

totit 

### the l

alarIoa or iL1 the r0u0wing 

### im,taod oriIoor8 or.taroa,~ 00011y Jodgr, 

### oouaty attorney, iaoladlng

t 

### to-wltr i~orlft,l aaoaaor-oollootor 

### orImIa~1 dlatrlot 

### attorno~a and 

### oounty l 

### ttoraoya whoprrfoa the titles 

### of dhtrlot attorno~a, dirtriot 

### olerk, oouaty 

### olofk, troaauror, hido aad l almal Inapao- 

### aor. &oh of said offloor shall 

### be pald in nonor 

### a8 annual l

al4ry la twolvo(18) aqua1 laatallmenta of not l~aa than the total am l araod as oomponaatloa by him In his 0rri0ial. oapaolty for the fiaoal par 193s 

### and not sure than the m.sxfmum aamuat allowad 

### auoh orffoora uador la*

l xtatlng on hq$uat 84, 1935; ~rorfdod t+t in oount&ia hayi* a populstlon0r twenty thouoand (ao,ooo)wxd look 

### thanthlrtprrovrn thousandfire 

### hundred (a7.090).

l ooordlng

to tho last

### preoodlna ?odeml 

### Condor aad 

### ha*1 fiitqn mIlllon( 7 

### an aaaoaaod 

### ralu.atloa~In oxoeaa of

16,000 QOO.00) the &at approved 

### prooed dollars, aooordlngto 

### in& tax roll of Bald oouatr the; lLIzieup

omoUnt allowed auohoffloor aa salary my bo inoroaood 

### 088 

### par(l$j oent for 

### each one 

### allllon ($~.rOOO,OOO.OO)

dollars Valuation 

### orrraotlonal part thoroof 

### and In 

### oao~aa of raid 

### rittoon nillion (#15,006,000&0) dolXara valuation o*or and above the maximumamount allowed aaoh ofr.iscra under laws oxiatlng oa August 84, %W5$&kid provided that oountiea having a population of thirty-reran thsuaand rim hunbrod (37,SOc and 1088 than sixty thouaa.nd (60,000) aooordlng to the last preoodin& FederalCensus and,hatfn an **aaaerrerd** valuation I~~oxooaa 22 Law&y

### mlllloa (#.80,000,000.CU), dollars, a~~ardiag tothe lastprooedlng 

### approved tax roll of raid oounty, tho maximumamountollorod auoh or?loora as 

### aalarlea, may be Inorraaod one (1%) per omt for l aoh tmo aillion ((1,000 000.00) dollars ralaatloa 

### or fraotional part 

### thereof, L lxo oaa 

### or raid

### twenty nilllm ($~O,aoO,~OO~OO) dollars valuation eves and above 

### the m8W!a amount 

### tiloued aaoh ortloerr 

### under tha laws l rlstlng on August 84, 10311r +***

Sootlon lb, Artlolo 3!318o, l upta, rpaoifioally 

### protldoa that tho aalarloa 

### of the offloors

### nawd therein shall bo paid InHonorable Parr16 ‘Pirtlo, p~go 4 

### 666

twoit equal installmanta or not loam than the total l- earned in oompjnration by him 

### inhfa orfiold oapaolty 

### for the timal yeal: or 1935, er,d not more than the 

### AWAX~~UOI amount a1lo~3d mmh offioor under the laws oxl6tfng on August 84, 1935~Byannl.n County haa an as808806 valuation in 0x0088 

### 0r twenty nillion dollars

l ooordlng to the last prooodlng 

### .S$protod tax roll Of auoh ooanty, 

### the uuimua amountallowod~‘auoh 

### otflort8 as ralary nay ba lnoroaard one 

### peraont 

### for oaah 

### one mlllloa dollars or fraotional part thereof, in lxooaa of 

### the aald twenty million dollar valuation 

### otorand above the maxigp amount allowed auoh 

### offloor under laws oxlatln( 

### oa huguet l%; 1938.

It is noted that ~00 rorar to Yi6ada 0r th County Judge, Coantf Clork,*oto. For the purpoaoa 0r this opinion, wo la auu that you aean the oounty otilolal~ named in tbo firat question aubmIttod in your lnquirr.



### In anuwor to your first~uoatlon pu **are** crdtleed that the ml&au and nsrfmum aalerloa at auoh oounty ofrloiala are fixed bJ statute and that 

### the ooaaiaslono.ra, oourt la d~otoraining the anount of aalarior 

### to be roooltod by auoh 

### oounty offloisla ha8 th6 A&t and authority under Sootlon 15, Art1016 391e0, aupra, to fix the salaries of auoh orrlolala In any amount 

### not loam than the 

### total sun earned 

### as oomponaatlon bf the otfioor in his offioial oapaolty for the rimoil year of 1956, and not more than the maximumamount allowed auoh offloor under laws l xLatlng on August 84, WM. (Ill support 0r thlr statonant 846 the oa868 of laoo@dooher Count, t. Jlnklno, 140 5. 1. (Ed) 901; and Wacogdoohos County t. Winder, 140 SW(2d) 97fi)

In anawer 

### to your aroond question,, you are roepottully advieod that the oomlaslonora ' oourt 0r Fannln County 

### has no authority whataootor to put the oounty baok oa a fee baria in 

### tiow of the foregoing prorlafoaa of the Uonatitutlon and statutes oltod above.
With roforonos to that It la our opinion that thour third question, you are advised a oommi8alonora~ oourt ot Tannin County has no legal authority to lower tbr 

### aalarloa oi the oounty OfflOlal8 oi raid 

### oounty l ffootlto January 1, 194% 

### ffoworor, when the ooaml881oner8, oourt of as14 oountp aerta at Its rlrrt regular Boasion In January 1945 

### to fix the ealarlea of raid ofilolalr the Dourt must la view of the forogola# rtatutory pro?l8lona, fix the lalarics oi auoh oounty offlo~ala as required by Sootlon 13, Artiolo 59180, 8upra. Stated another way, the oomnlilelonorr, oourt of saidIbnorable -Perrle Pirtle, pagO 5

oouaty at it8 fir88 regular meting In January 1945 ha8 the right **and it**  18 its duty to tit the salari88 of raid oounty oftioialr, a8 herstofora 8tated, at **not** 1058 than **th4** total 8uIo l arn8d in oomp4n8atloa by l

aoh 0fri04r in hi8 orrioial oapaolty r0r the tironl rmar 19S5,and aot mr. than the rarirum urartnt allowed ruoh OrriO8r undrr the law8 4Xi8tiZig OLL August 24, 1935. The 8al.ari.08 Or ruoh OmO8r8 anned in lkotioa 15, Aftiole 59180 rhall be paid la twelve rqual fII8talkUOIAt8 a8 provided ia raid 8tatute. (Seotioa lb, Artiolr Solsle);
Yours very truly

8T (J2uf!adh

Ard811 William8 ii88i8tant
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