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HonorableB. T. salters county hudilpr 

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of recent date rethe. above state&

wing ohareee!

Filinp~ original.

nstition' 

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1.50 Enteringe~peereiioe or ljleintitf .is Filing W8VSr Entering opgeurance of dofmaant 

### .I5 .15 Swearing two wltnessaa 120 Jury Fee rc.r"heriff -50 Judpont, fins1 1.50 . ..’.~ ..~18SS6 advise If thqebove tees are oorreet.a
hrtlcie. 

### 392?,8. C. F., BB mended by il.9. ’ 642, rota 4.9th

Lee., 1945, In part, provides: *The’olerkaof the DiafrlotCourts shall reoelve the to+lowlnefeea In 01~11 case8 ror their aervloea:

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eadh oa&%, to be ohargedbut onoe ~. 

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. . . .. . ..e.*....*....................... Filing eaoh paper - Filing origins1petition 

### -15 Xnterigg appearenosof eeob party to’8 suit, 

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### 3933,R. O.‘.S:‘,

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### 642, &th Leg.,. 

### 1945; in pert, pt-ovidekr .~ ’*

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. :, . : “For eeoh eaai trled.in the distriot or. ” -bounty Court, a jury fee shall be taxed ror ‘the%ertir of 

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. . . . . . 31th referonoe ts your question conoerolngthe construotionof the lsneuee;e,‘tF~teTing eppesranoeof esoh perty ‘to a hit, to be oherced but onoe $0.15”, this departmnt oon- &rued the id~entical lnngusge fk 6 &onferen_ce opinion .written

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..-Hon. '8.T. %'Jalters, page 

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Honoreble Semn V. Allred, Attorney Genernl., :aated'&tober ~12,

### 3931, S.ennicl Soport -ofthe ittorney Genertil ofthe Ct8te Of ~09.06, Zez:tenbcr 1,~ 1930 to Augunt 31,.1932,pp. 

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%d. 2371. 7% quote from Che~ebovenentloned ,opinionee folloxs:

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"The expression leaoh party to e suit*~iziolddes, of couree, esch plaintiff ma eeoh defenderit.There ased be no oonixsicn in properly construing the.ex-
‘pression ‘entering eppssreaoe~, ea Article :.3927,: JLf It is borne In tind that the clerk is paid:noC.for wnet the aefanannt does or for the nennor~~in'whiah he enters his eppeeranos, but for the aorvice:wbloh the olerk perform in *interins, the eppemanoe' of either or all parties to the Euit. "TtiS olerk of B district eouxt la entitlea.to:a fee for filing a petition, an 6mv1er orotner plead- $ng in my civil oause. He ban eerned thie filing fee, &mwever, then he endorses upon the petitIon the number of the suit, the dstc on vthich it was.riled, si@m his nalce

officialIg thereto, and. fLlea.aene among papers of the ct%me. (iiticle1972, Revised Civil Statotet3,

1925). No furthw act on the part of fhe clerk ie necesasry, whefl he has complied with these repulremtlts, in order to eern his.fse:for'fil- --ing-the-pstition. n&i?lg ocmpensetedby fees, horrevor,'~the'Cl~cit~~iot olerk is geoerellg peid 8 scpareteand dlstinot:fee for sech 8nd wcry servioe he perform. In .addltion ,to the filing of the pepars, the olerk is requlrad*.unatir ~Artlole

1973 to: ",yXsep ~8file docket which shell show'in oonvenient torn the mmber of the suit, the names of '. the ettormys, the naaes of the pnztles to t3e suit end ths object thereof, ma in brief form the offloer'e raturn on the proo%m, cad all eubseluent'grooeeaings bed in the cese, with the tiates thereof.' "The 'subSeouent,prooeediu~8' in a ceee mdoubtedly :-:olJl~

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th& entry 0: c,Q

sppcc.rbnce by either oerty, whether by petition, mswer, waiver, notion. or the apeciel appeerancsprovided for l'l_IQ Article 2046. The Beeplnp, of this record by the district clerk is of utmost Ic?portence OS the court, to the.partIee 8na their attorneys,ana to the orderly e&zInIatrfitlon

of Juntioe. A proper dl~scherge of thesa duties Involves oareful ana dotsiled efforts on the part of the diatrlctolerk Sor whloh we belleve t.!:e lew Intended to provide oonpensstion. It seem to us that when G clerk enter@ upon his dookat a notetlon to the effect that an ansv:er, waiver, or speoIa1 appearance

was filed under 6 oertein Cete by e nemed dofendent,

he has just 86 effectively 'enteredthe appesranoo*of that partioulorparty to the suit 08 though It has been r8OOrded In the minutes.
. . . *Wa have, therefore, oonoludsd,end you are 80 adolsad, that the dfstrict clerk la entitled to a ree of Fifteen oents ior entering the appaaranosoff eaoh, 8nd every perty to a suit whether plaintISS, defendant, or Intervenor,

where such perty actuallynakas his appehranca In tny OS the nanncr8 provided by lew, and where the clerk aotuelly m&es en entry of such eppearsnoe upon his docket with the dates thereof.". Xe further aall to your &tention that the above Eontlone& ophlon wea sustained by the Suprezze Court OS' Texes In theease of Euohanan v. Glrvin, 176 3. X-(26) 729.

In view'of the foregoIng you ere advised that the dlrtrIct'clerk.~is

authorized to oh&e GO.15 for entering the : ecpsaranoe

of eaoh end every party to a suit whether plaintiif, Ctiendent

or intervener,provided such perty~aotually nakee his v>vesronoe

in e manner authorizedby law, and provided the clerk vctunllg

makes 3n entry of suoh appearanceupon tha docket with thedate8 thereof?. .~.

~3 to’your questionpertaining to.the feea oherged for the Item ltsted in sn uncontesteddivorce 0888, It Is our opinion -\*et he Itans listed by you and the mount charged per item are Ia cosfor&ty with the provisIons of Artioles 3927 and 3933, supra. ~Wirlg~. !?e

trust that the foreColng setI8iaotorlly enswers your
Yours very truly,