OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bnorabla John T. Eutohlson 

Oouaty Attorney 

Urnalar Coun8g 

Parh, lbmaarr 

Ikar Sir: 

Your 18ttar of ib 

oplaloa of this t¶epmQmaO 

reads, la part, a8 Ibllmat 

3, raqaertla& tha 

aa atated Chania, 

%he pa)r or tha 

#l!iO.OO a month, 

hay do sot have say 

bow #lSO.OQ a moath 

pag'a& 

fhdp have thr *l&t 

that awiwnt, aad order 

d out of fha gmaral fund :oS the 

has a populatloa oi jo&S Inhabitants 

l!eQeral cbMU8. 

Artlola 3902, Varmn*a Aaaotatad Girl1 Stahutrr, 

prcwldrr~, ta part, am'Mll6w8: 
*Hon. John T. Hutohlaon, pa%. 2 

diatriot, Funty or preolnot _ -_ ._ orrioem ahallr*qulrr ffu a*rno** or a%puci%s, 

aaalstanta or alarkr in thr p%riora%no% of hla 

duties he shall apply to tba County Coml%slon%r%* 

Oourt of his county for authority to appoint au& 

deputlea, aaslratanta or al%rka, atsting by sworn 

application the numbor naadrd, the poaltlon to bs 

tlllaa and tha amount to b% paid. sala applloatloa ah%llb% %OOoapanlad by a etatammt %honlq 

the probable moalpta rroa r%%a, ooml%slona and 

%mp%n%%tlon to ba oollro8ad by aald orflcr during the iieoal year and the probable dlabura%nmnta 

which ahall lnaludr all aalarisr and expanasa of 

said ofrio%; and said oourt shall m%k% it% order 

atitborlelae; th% appolntmnti or audh daprtl%a, 

aa%latant% aa ol*rk8 and flx the compaasatlon to 

br pald thamwlUin the limltatkmd boreln pnaorlbrd arid defertin% th% number to br appolntad 

as In tb diaOr%tlOn Of %%ld 00iarO m%f ba pr0p%r;. 

provldod that In no.oaaa aI&aXl tuba Ooaml%%lon%ra~ 

Court or %ny armbar *nor att%mp$ ta lntia%n0% 

.th% appointmat oi~'.anf poraon aa deputy., aaslatant or olrrk In any ottloa. Upon the .*ntry 0r 

auoh order thr orrlarra applfing ror aueh aaal*8- 

ants a%putl%8 or olrrka ah%ll.be %a*rl%%d to 

appoint thrla; provided bb%t aald %%tap%naatlon ahpll 

not ~rraead the nnaxlmua am0uat herdlnaftsr sat out. 

The ooap%mitlon whloh my b% pll0vmd tooth% doput&as,-aaalti8aatr or olrrks abov% namad ~z'or thlar 

aerriors am1 br a r%a%onabl% on%, mot to oxoard 

the romwlag amount*: 

(I 

. . . . 

“3. In ocuntles having a population.or (37,501) 

thirty-a%t%a thousand ilrr hundnd and on% and uot, 

more than alxty thousand (6o&OO) inhebitents, rlrat 

aaaiatant or ohirf d%puty not to %xo%%d tnnnt@ono 

huudrod ($2100.00) dollars p%r %n!U; other aaolet%nta, 

deputfee or olerke not to sxossd %Ieht%%n hundred ($1800.00) 

dolbme per annum onoh. Frorldad that nothing in this 

Act ahall br oonetrusd as .r%p%%llng or aifeotlig Bsotlon 

2 or B. B. No. 694, Chapter 315, dots 1995, 44th L%@laLetura, page 724.* 

Tbo forrgolng provlalon of Artlola 3902, 1% applloabl% 

to Lamr county as said oounty ha% a population of 50,425 lnhabl- 
Hon. John. T. Rutohiaon, pas% 3 

taata according to the 1940 Fader%1 Cansus, The marlaum 

annual salary that the County Oormlaalcmar%* Court oan 

~lagally authorize ror the ohlef deputy ah%rlff of aati 

oouaty la Rr%nty-on% Hundr%d Dolhr8. Ths ~~ximupr salary 

for other deputy aharlffa oannot ls@ly %xo%sd Rlghtsen 

Ilundrea Dollars saoh par annum. 

Th%rofor%, ln anaw3r to your flrat queatlon, you 

adria%d that it la our oplnloa that th% Caralaalon%raf Cokirt 

of Lamar County does not hate the la&al authority to authorlzo 

%n lnomase ln the salary or tih% twa deputy sh~rlfra in %ny 

amount exossdln$ $150.00 raoh a mtinth, 

In tlew 0r the4 tirs~olng~atatute and wha$ haa h%retoiorr barn a%lda your asaond qttoation la r%ap%otfuUy anawarad in 

the naga tlrae 

Your* vary truly 

A'M'ORB31RQBiERAL OF+EXAS 

‘Bo 

(a) Afiall Wllll%ar 

Aaalet%nt 

AWttP 

Asrio 

APPROVEDJAR. 8.1944 

(a) Grover sS3.le~a 

ATTQRNtY G,BTtRAL 0F~TRX.M 

APPROPtD OPINION COBY (8) EWB, aIRMAX