OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS** AUSTIN

**&aorable Art16**  **Stephens county**  **Attorney Eepklw**  **county Sulphur**  **Sprinsa,** Teraa **Dear** 

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per anaum vhere the **reoelved a**  ralary **OOfnt3KbJearO~** a ralated **queetion7 roquemlng**  **an ogdnhm**  r&m rtatedbfu been

part aa follwr :
t have over to re- &i&3 0.00 vhere

f the Couaty **Trearurer** refemed to abme facts I smlumy 1, 1933, the Couaty !rre~- tvo thouwmd dollam ($52,000) par atmum,whlah vaa

i I bellewe, the i!axUtm amount of ieer he v&m a loved 7 atate 3.av to retain. During the year. 1933-19 0, lnelwl~e, he reoslv**sd** rrlxteen

hundred dollam ($1600)per annum, but at the beginnfnaof’ the aurrentp%r the mRlW$ vaa rsduoed f'rom

thla $&600.

figure to sLS hundped $12; ($600),a Peducrtion of JSD evsa tbctasasd

lmncrable 

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'In Deoember, 1939, the Coml8eioner8 Court publialy Pnnotusaed their Intention of rsduufag the trearurer*8 mlarp f'rcm #lf&O to 600, beginning Jmiary 1, 19'41.

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Th4 questIan rubmitted to this dqwt.ment for an opinion are a8 follovrr

'(1) Md the **Ccmlrrlcners** Court ban the Is@ authority to make l wh **a** redwtlont

**“ r2)**  If aot, i8 the Caml8rlonerr Court legally obligatedto pa)' the **treasurer** the diffemmeo between the 8alary the treamrer l hauld be raeeivlngand the ralery t&at he La aotuallyreooiYlng?

" Acoordl,ng

to the 1930 Rsleral Ceruw, Hop&In8 

### Oounty bad a populatfca of @,a10 inhabttantr, and ae~ordiagto the lg40 Federal

Cen8uu,

l ald oouatp **had a**  population **of 30,274.**  Ssotloa **13** OS Article 39l2e read8 in pbrt a8 follovrr 'The ocmai8rloaer8 oourt ln aountlerbaapopulation 0rtwbntyth0ti88ia (n0,0OO)lrhbitantr ormore,andlerr th8~~onehundrednlaet~ thourend(19O,OOO)inbabltent8ao-to the la8t prooedzngFederal Comw, im hereby autbor**lred mad**  it **u&all bv**  it.8 duty to **fir t&e**  **8alarier** of all of the ?oZlowlng mamd offiofm, to-ritr aheriff,aeae8eorand oolleetorcf taxer, **aounty** judge, oountr attommy, InaWUng **orlmbcbl** dl8- trict attcrneymand oouat attom who 

### perromn the dutier **of dfwtriot**  **at**i**o~llc))r,** birtriatolmlr, couuty 01* treaeurer, bide and eni6nl ilmpeotcr. E,Oh9~ oPf%eerr shall be paid ta money aa eanual malary In twelve (U!) equal lmtallmeatr of not lesr thaa the total aim earned aa aonQMm8a- **#don** by hQa ia his oiiiolalcapeoityfor the firoal year 1935, and not mare thm the irie&mm amount ellowed suoh orfleer uad8r the law8 exist**lag on**  **Augumt 24,**  1935.

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HonorableArtle Etepben8,we **3**

This departmeat has heretofore ruled on a amber of **qU~Sti~# SitibU**  **’** t0 ths ?iF#t qtl88tiWprSr+ntedin yOU? inq-Y* we aXW eMlO#iXig eOpie# Of the fOlkming MIltbMd epiakms for o-nggs, **O-13** J our la?ormation. The oplnhaa are Opinion Xc.

, O-2973 and O-1628.


### Ia replyto 

### your first question,under the above Stit~ffWtS and invlm?e? beetion 13,&tlale3gLIM, rupra, **and** the aMorLtie8 sited tithe above mentioned oplnlonr ~~#~t~~adV%#~tthatit18 the Opill%OilOfthi, -t that the OOlWi88iOM~8' QOU't Of %pk%M COWAt must fix the ralary of the oounty treasurer at a sum not I088 thea the **total** Slrm e-d a8 aOmptMt8atiOla by the Oo\mty $l'Oa#- **urer** in b&8 affl6ialeapaaltjfor the iisealymu W55, and sot more thau the mmlmum~untal.loved8whofiicnr8under lW# OXhting Oil AU@l#t94, 1935. !thOl'O?OX'O, PUP first qUO#- tion as **above** stated is rerpeot?ulQ **Msvared in**  **the** negative.

In tU8 Billso. 19, kIt# your attentionto &aate 8eetien13 of Artiole 3g912e, &El& that %lt ~&i~tf.# ml, O~*ithfn~de#~t~~tiQn~tthr~adr#~~~#' Oourt 18 **aUthOriSOd to**  **?ZX** the #a&U7 Of t&D GOWty trru~8'W 

### l tauyrtmaot less than $600psryea~,andnotm4mtbaa@700 p"-• Xawver, **t.h28 #tatUt@**  d-8 **IlOt brbtrclle**  **eff.&it8 Untill**  amary 1, 1943, and the populationbra&et **de8~t@d** In #aSA ~st6i$ute

doer not lmolude 00Ut1eS haping the popu%at&m Of xc@clM county. ?herefwe, the above meatloned armmheat to Seationu of Artiole 3gWe has no applliutlonto the question **wder oomideratioa.** 

Ulth referenoe to your #OWEId qUeStiOn, yvur attsntiOZI 18 direoted to the Quo Of ~~~gd~@b@# &UntJ V. win&r,

972 cad the ease o 9Ol(evmr 

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f Xaoo&doehe#County v. JinUn#, the first mentioned ease hold In 

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ff& that the proririonaof the SktUte authari~ the ~arai##l~~~S' OOWt t0 fix the SW **e? a**  **oounty clerk**  at **anf** mua not less then a eertaln mlnl.mm and not aare thaa a aertala 8iadbu are mandatory and 6anaot b ie;aoPed

by WUbW.8~ O? the QOOCt at th&P dl#Ol'&io& %'hi# 6ase furtherhold8 in eifeot tha$.#iePathe OoUAty O~88~one~8w **6ourt rejected**  **al&We,,** prere~ted’to the oouuty mdlt~, for



## /’b&&aer of salary due tka Ulstriot olerk of the mnmty, rush

offloer ~38 authorizedto instituteruit egainrt the mu&y for such b81W~~98, though the e1al.w Vere not **audited and**  appro?edby the auditor,as it (co8 fjhe OOUrt ’S duty to **audit** and pa88 Upon **thW.** We thbk that the ebove mentioned sues #pei?fOally aMver your second qUe#tlOII and in VbV Of the hO1dl458 Of Said -808 it 18 OUP OpiniOIl thUt th8 Oaai881CUL- ~8' Oourt IS legally obligatedto the dlffemnoe between the SabW7 UC f the eoullty traarurer &A he i8 b3&$8~y Ontt.tbd to and the salaryuhieh he Is aetULkllJ reoeiYln& Trwtlng that the ?orogol.ng fullyaa8verr pow in

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