OFFICE OF THE ATI’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUST ’** **IN**

m5. Jallle O'xsal County Auditor carnon county 3+ulhandle,T'ei+% l%ar :~adaill:

Your latter 'ioh of ti& ~epktment .r0iior5i

c fee& of the t&y. ySOO.VV per ha Comalissloncirs he County Judge ollthlynt 815V.vv and all tha fees

turn in to~the County sny 9xc688, feea uhould'be more than the.

Carson Count.y~ha.8 a ~opulatlon of 6,563 inhabItant aocording to the 1940 ~%3aral~Cantua. l'heaounty officials br sa'd countg~are oompen86ted on b)ftPebasis.f

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SW33, Vernon.8 hrinotcted CIVIL S.atutas, **reads** In pnrt as followr:

n?xcopt ac ot>crwlee provided la tt‘.fe 

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### foes th?t o?sy be z+A.rrIcsd by precinct, county and dietrfct offloere metitlonsd in tk:i:i **Article** shall bs as tollowe: .

*CountyClerk, County httorney, i;lstrlctclerk, 7% : Colleotor, Tax .r.baeenor, or the lmessor and ColIectof Taxa5, Twenty-four Eundmd ($2400.00) 301- . .1ar6 each; JlWtiCe **Of** the **t ’** **e6Ge all6**  G'OESti;tl~, Tweloi Hundred ($1200.00) DolJare eaoh.

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hl6.Off&~ $fA#r ori‘bstiid 'thiamoPrrtall*d"‘h~,'.-&ir &- ..@.&. **viaiooe** 

### of~rrtiole ?iE@J,~~together ~5th the-Sal-. ai-let

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### deputiee,and atitlior- .ized expense under ~rtiulo 5899' an6 the~tiount .&caasary to oover 00&s of gren&a~on ofhat&fer swety bond xay be SE ulrsd .bby iaw. If the pur- .retitrees of ri-~oh.drr P08 eoll~eufsd 1.h any year be more than the antountnwdud to pay the euzounts above speoirled; .aame shall be 

### deemederects Isea, aad shall bs dli?~passd. of in 

### the aanner hexshatter provfded. *In,&unties aontalnlng twenty-ilvs thouaiand (25,000) ox less inhabitants, VI&riot 

### aad CinIMy .s.. officers wed herein aEal1 rotala one-third of 2. suoh.exoaks rsss until ~1200one-thbl, tog&he; with tb,amounta speoifisd in Artiole S&S,. ae%zun'$a to Thrq Thousand ~ol.larr (gZ,VOV). Freolnot of+..,' 

### rhr6 shalLretain one-t?~irduntil euoh one-third; ~t.Li&-t!mr

tith the amount gprolfl.ed in artleh 3BBS,. amounta to lqurtean Xundred Sol&z-e (.$14OC). ’

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r&at8 a~ Article 3896, Vexnon's Annotated Clvll F.tetutes,

~013O& : "Ibe Comlselonere* Court Is 

### bereby aebsrrwl iron allowlng aompeneatlon for sr-0rffci0 service8 

### to caintyofficials when the coicpsnsation en2 excess fees which they are allowed tc rata13 shall reach the nsxlmmprovlded for 

### in this ohayrter. In cases were the cmpensation an& exoess fess whloh the officers am +llowsd.to retqln shall not .* . 

### reach the'

matium prorlaoa 

### for in this chapter the Cammia~lonkrs~ Court .uhallallcw.conpeas&on. for 

### ax-oiilolo se.svloesw&an, la their Judgewe, dtiehoomgeri5ation 2s ziecasaafy, 

### provided,suoh compensation for.ex-officio .servloes allowed &all not 2ncreare the crompencation of the official be- ~yowl the iaazlsiam of osmpeasatlon ana.ero,essrpes. allowed t.a

### bezetidqed by him under th%s ohepter. " ~roridad,~howevir,:~he 8%~officio hersin.authorlred shall be allowed ~only aft&r 80 opportunity for a pubZi0 he&r%ng,end oiilyupon.the aff&aatl.ve vote ai ,.at. Atmat three..'~wharq~9Ct~fa. ,~~aslo.4erp,~. .

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; ,.:,. _. ,.. ; ;... .:..I,. . . :.; .. Under iirtiole'$88S 'andArtlole J891,.sp@a,.the niathum **0ompensatloa** end the exoe8a feaa ali0wfta to be retained by the County Judge of Carbon.C&mty 

### 1s $3,000.00 per mr. Fnen the bxr+i3nsatlop and 8x0888 f5ea.allowed by' these statutea do not exoeed th~,aaxinu?.n com.+matloa and : 4x044s feds proYlded,therefnP 

### then by virtue .of :irtlcl&t.S895, aupra, the Ccraaiaslo.nera* Carvt- Is authorized to alloweon+ 

### pmsatioo for,ex-orri~io ssrvioa8 in any 

### amoimt,’ providei%.the oosi@nsation r0r a-0fri0i0 sbrvicea together with the 

### compensation sad excess.r0as tdibw~a by the foreRolne ststutee do not exceed the a~xlmum of ~3~OOO.C0. In other'worde, ia com

### pllanoe**witA** httl~Le'XS5, **qupxa,** the Comtlssioners* Court is authorized to~ellow any amount as 

### compenoatlon for exorflclo services when suoh mount sbslf not.l?.cieaes the .com- '. pensntloa of the off&cial beyofid the mximtm 0: aompensati.on end excess fess a$loiweS to be retelnad by the offiobr under t.heloregoln~ statutes. (m3 'Jecrtloa lT2, ?~xae~Jurisprudenoe~? 

### Vol.34 m&r the title of mblic Gffioars and the 0~8s Of irndersonCounty v. %o;rklns, 187 2. F. 1019);

Tt 38 noted Wet. you stat8 in your letter that the rss6 0r the county aubee amount to epproil~tltely .$300.00 per.:

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1. year and thst the'Gommlsslo~ers~ Court has allow& the amount of $150.CG as ooirpenurtionfor sx-offlclo servloes per month or :1.,800.00 per year. i%ler the fects otateQ the fma snd coxpensatlon for ex-orfiolo services reoslved by tbe county Judge are wfthln the marlsma amount thrt oan be legally retsltied by.hlm. Therefore you nre rcopactrully aavi8ed that the Coucty judge oan legally retain his compe~wtlog for er- .d$:olo earvims SUBabove laeatlonetnnz?the fees'r~~oelvetl by 

### iirt~e of. b.3

8 0rriO0. 23 otksr 

### words the County 

### ;iud~c oan retalp.all reap reoe+reC by hilil t?y drtue of hia 3ftSce and 3he 31.8GG,M) oommieation for ex-cffloio services. vrovide6 the 

### ~ibkpensatlon ?or .6x-offlalo'servloes &s&her 6lkh the cof>enaetior end l xcssd fess allowed by lem do not exkea the 

### n&xlmum Of $3,C!GO,OO per yaar.~i

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