OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Euy 20, 1939 

Hoa. 0. B. Carron 

cotmty Attorn4y 

xator county Ode66a, Texa6 

on tha above 

thllt orrlae. 

part* r0z.mf6t 

a applicant shall dang ree with the aounty 

l r i?Ltg or the application. 

the County Judge attitled toa 

u fee for holding the hearing upon 

ia th4 6UitteT Or Eaib,tWliThe next to the last '&wagraph or~i3eetimi 6, 

yrtle 23, of the TO%66 Liquor Co6tr0~ Aat re6d6 a6 rob 
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Hon. 0. 3. 04rron, Bay 80, 1959, Psge, e 

original llawo of any ala66 here& prarldad, uoept Bmnoh Lioon6i6 anU Temporu~ 

L1046646 ahall be mtbjeot at the tiBe of 

the heax& thereon to a fee of Fly6 Dollara 

($6). wbioh ree 6hall, b7 the Ooiinty Olerk 

be depoalted in the County Tma6ury and the 

applic8nt shall be ll6ble r0r no other reee 

koept 6ald aprlloatlon m an6 the annual 

u0.M. fea required Or hi8 br thi6 ht.* 

The oourtm of thl8 #tat* lw+o'huM that pub110 

0rri0f816 6847 ahug ottw 8uah roe6.86 uo 0p0dri0* 

.authorised by statuto~ ana that the ra4t t&t the. bgLlature ha6 not author&d th. fee for his 6OX'dOi that 

ithaajadwadutyti thopubll6 0fYi43al4006 notautharI.20 Mid 0rri0w to 6hargo l rec. The ooa6titutloa 

rht6 the caapett6atlott or ugrtafn ofilou6, and authpriaes 

the La~slature to provldo br law ior the oanpututatioa of 

all other orr.ioer6, 6em6ats;agenta and ~nibllo aontraotars. Pur6U.d to the ‘UthOrit~ thU6 Ooais~'~Wd, mmer0~6 

6t‘tUteE h‘Ye been 

:Oti OhEM Ot Of&6. 

6646 rbfttgfh0 OamipWtMtiOIt OrVUTh4 power rxt the lagl6latumJ 

to rir the aOqmW‘tiott Of OffiOU8 i6 lf6Iit.d bf the 

pro~l4ion6 of the oon6titutlott prohlbitlag the ~666484 

oi bO‘1.r 6mid bW8iOrbidditlgthtt grrnfing~iUtl'8 

ao6pen6ationror 6e-mi0es4lro6~ronder~, and rixfag 

the w 0~p4666tionor 00rtain 0rr104~6. m.6 P-Z 

may bi d616gated by the X.e@rlature to the goy6rnlng boUle6 

Or QOUIttiO6, anmi4fpri OO~OtVttfOM or uiEtrfat6, aad thI6 

ha6 been &oM in YUiOU6 166t6XAO.6. 

m hereinbefore statsd, the oaPp666ation of public 0rri0em I6 rired by the oonstltution El& 8t‘tUt4t6, 

#I otfloer may not olalwor Noelva q moner rlthout a law 

iutbori6lng h5.m to do DO, .and slaarly rlxln8 the amount to 

rhioh he 16 ent:tlSd. 

An otiloer 1s not entltlea to any oaqmumtlon in 

‘dd,lt:onto thatwhiBhha6 beentlred b~Uwiorthe+erlarEEIZJOO or hl6 dutle8 of hl6 otfloe eyen though the oixap4ns4- 

tion 60 fired is unroaronable or bdequate. He repP be 

required by law to pariOn 6QMiri6 6UYfOe6 6nd disoharge 

additional duti66 for whioh no aopeneatloa I6 pmviA6d. 
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&on. 0. 6. Sexron, Sey LO, 1939, 2~35~ 3 

'ihe obll~xt.i,-n to perform sxh services 1s lm;;o?ed as 

ircident to the OrriCe, :ind the CrriCdr by !.ls scce?tmce 

thereof is deessd to have ecgsged to psrfom then without 

cozpensotlon. Tex. Jur., Vol. 34, p. 507, 511, 515 ant 

yj 5; Crosby Ccunt:.' ,C:ot.t+le Co~..psny v. :Ici;ermett, 201 24 293; 

z:cCalle v. city or RockL'ole, 246 5:~ C54; Terre11 v. King, 

14 'Y 2nd 76%. 

The Leglslzture has speclricel:y ?rovlded test 

Flvr Dollars sho,:ld be the only fas the a;plic-nt should 

have to pay in oonneotlon with hls ap;lioetlon, exoept ths 

ocnual lles~se fee rs@red by the Liquor Control Act, and 

that tba sum of Five Dollars should be by the county clerk 

deymslted 1~ the county treasury, and nblther the oountf 

judge nor the aounty olerk would be authorized to charge 

an additional fee ic oonnectton with said app:lcotlon. 

* On Woreuber 8, 1937 anl April 22, 1938, this deprrtrant in passing upon the 98310 ,;usstion as submitted in 

your i~;ulry held tbrt neither the oounty jud,q nor the 

oounty olerk WRS authorized to charge sn aldltlonal See 

in connectloc with the applicatloa and thet the. on:y fee 

t?.ct could be sssessed was the Fire Dollar See provided for 

by S8CtiOE 6, Article 2 or the Tees illuor Control Act 

and that this See must be deposited by the county clerk 

alth the county treesurer. 

YOU me respeotfully advised that It 1s the opinion of this Eeprrtment that the county Judge 1s not entitled 

to a fee for holding the herirlng on h??lloc.tiona for beer 

;;nd .slne retslltrs’ ~em1t.s and thct the county olcrk la 

not. eotitled to a fee ror rlllnr such appllcatlon and his 

clerical work in connection uith such a;plicetion. 

Trustin thrt the for8gOing a5SueTS YOUr in?UirY, 

we remln 

i-our.9 very truly