**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**GROVER SELLERS**  **ATTORNEY GEP4ERa.L** 

Honorable 0. Kennedy County **Attorney** Bee County Bearille, Texar Boar Sir:

Your lottsr of June of thiu~dspartmmt is, In ueueting an oplnlon

Ii or 16,481 Inaderal Conmw,

0. 123, dots 02 theb9th Legislature, nding'hrtiole8 3891, 3902, and .Bootlc$8 e 39120 V. A. c. Y., allowing additiodal oompenaation ror osrtain dfetrlot offioerr, county **and** preoinct oifioere and for deputies, olerke and aasiatcrnta; repealing Seotlon 2 of Artiole 3934. Senate Billxo. 123 ia in part a6 followa:
l seotion 1. Thst Artiole 3891, Revised Civil Statutes of Texae, 1925, as mended, be and the SEUWJ la hereby amndrd’ **bg** addIng thereto the folkmingr

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w*(a) Thr aomiaaionera~ Court **la** harrby authorizod, when in their jut@uont the fin@nolal~ OOAdltion of the **oounty** snd the need8 of the offiorra juatiry thr inoreaae, to anter an order inoreaaing the oompenaation of the triot Orrioore in 45 add9noinot, tional oounty and diaamount not to efooed twantptivo,.(25$) ger 

## wontOf the au allawed under the. 16w for :Oheii8oal year 01 1944, provided the total roqmaatfon iuthorizad uadoc the law for the Siaoal **fear** of 1944 did nob ox&red the mm of Thirtiyair xundred.()3600&0) Dollarr.* *sm. 2, ThaOArtlole 3902 Rovind Civil Sta'tut.8 Of l'mae 1925 l

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## andthe aaao la henby luand.d'Bj .d& thonto’th..follomlngt

“‘9. The Qommfralonorav Court I8 herebyau- -thorimd ~whonin thoIr ~ud&me58the finanoial oonditioaoi the oounty and tha nerdr' o? the 

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l d 0-8 ot any dlatrfo$, oouatyoc prooinot btitw,. ju8tify the i5oma6o, to **enter** an order iaoroaaln& the oompnastion of euoh **deputy,** eaaiatantor olork Fa an additional 8moauatnot to 

## 0x0004Omntprit0(2%) per sent 

## or the awn l Zlows4 under, thr law for theiiaoal year of 194, pro?ided the total OO~~naa8iuti a~tddrtzed under.the law for the rl6oal oar dr 19bb did not oxorad Thirty-air Murd~d ()3~0O.OO)Dollsra.*’

,. ve0. 3. That sootlon 13 

## or Artiol.439ue, B,rimd Glvil Statute& of l'oxar, 1925, kmmended, be and the 

### rams is hereby aaoadod by adding thereto the foLLo?ring,

*‘(o) The Uomralaaionera~ aourt lr horrby au- 'thorized, Whenin their j~dgrnont 6ho 

## rlA0A4181'00~- ditlon~ oi the oounty and the aoada of the orrloera justify the inerears to enter an order inoreaalng the ocunponaation of ~jhe trio@ orrioora in an lddf roolnot, ttonal oounty and dieenkountnot to exoord 

## tr05tprire (2%) per oont 0r the sum a1lowodardor the law for the fiaoal year oi 1944, provlbedthe total ompanaation authoriaod under.tho law tor the fia6al year or 1944 414 not exoeod the oumor ThirtyairHu5drad ($5600.09) Dollars.*, 9300. 

## 4. That

## SOCtiOA 15 of Artlolo 3912e, Reriard Girl1 Statutes of Toxaa, 1925* aa alasndod, be and the eara is hereby mended by adding thorottp, the 

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iI \ Honorable 0'. 

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**a*(b)** The 

### Wfmiaaionera~ CourO is horaby authoriaed, whoa in their Judgnqt the fiAaAOi61 oondition 0r the oounty **and** tha needs 

## 0r the orri00ra juatirj the in~reaee, to anter an order ~inoreasing the 

## o0rSpOA88tiOA‘of the P rOOinOt, mXiQty and dietriot 

### Offlooia in an add tfonrt anount aokte exoeed’ twonty4~re ,(Z5$) por~oo~t~o~ thr qa allowed under bha'

### law.~ror

tl@ riaoal year of 1944, prortdod the totaloOmpeA8atloA,authoriud under the law for the ;~ORR 8ar or 194.4 did not 

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## a (#3600+00) Dollara.B Wean 5. T&al)sootion' 2,of Art1010 3934, Rorlaod~ air11 Statuti8 of Texas, 1925,~ be and the aaiao is hereby in au things ropalod~ and all laws or parts of law8 ti o~nfli.ot with the proviaiotia or this Aot are hereby npeslad 5.5aofar as, they O@AfliOb."

Xn our Opinion No. O-6592, a oopy of whlbh 

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## *The maxima 0x-orrioiooompeneatio5 whloh may be allowed said Shariif 18.

### ang sumwhich when added to other oeapenaation and exoeae free ali**owed** to ba nteined .by him under said Artiol@a 3683 and 3891, does not oetiae SUOh0rri00tto reoeivo a total o0apnaation in axoaB8 Of Three ThOua8ndSeroa Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($3 750*00) per year. In 

## A0 even8 oould the 

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and9x-0rri0i0oompensation rotsine by bin exceed the nmxinumof Three Thousand 

## Seven Hundred 

## kaaFifty Dollars (~3,750.00)
., In’ other words,, the m6xl.m~ amount of oom~naetion from any aouroo whioh hs is allowed tom, retain oannot exosed Three Thoueand S~vsn Kundrsd and Fifty Dollars (43,750JW w r-rr*

IA view or the 

## r0re~0ing it ia the opinion 

## orthis departmont that Senate ,Bill 

### No. 123, aupra, authorlao tha Oomiaalonera* Court, when in their Judgment the finanoial oondition

or the oounty 

## aAd the ASOdSor the orri00r8 Justify the inoroaao, to enter an order raising tha maxima oompenaation all.owad by law to an amount not to oxoaed 25$ of the 8umallowed for the fiaoal year of 1944. In other words, lt allows the Donunieeionera~ Court to rains by 2% the maximumamount. . ,.

of ooaq6nsation from any dour01 uhioh ho ir allowad to retab The l/3 exaeaa fee8 ‘provided ior by brtiala 3691 ir inaluded In the max5.mu-a. <. Stated anothbr 

### way,no ohanm in the iPannor,aad laethod 

## .0r ooaputti~ thr, total 

## roe8and oompen8atlon to be allo&d auoh 

## orri00r8~8 -de. by searto ~iu 80, 123, but it o&y raisrd the maxiawn tiount rllowed by 25s. ,

Jo 0.~Dsrir, Jr. 

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