~FF~CEOF~HEA-~T~RNEYGENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN ' 

GROVER SELLERS 

~TroRNLI OMEnAL 

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Honorable B. T. salters 

county hudilpr 

3slth County 

Tyler , Term 

237 

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of recent date rethe. above state& 

wing ohareee! 

Filinp~ original. nstition' 

.50 

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 

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.~ ..~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’olerka of the Diafrlot Courts shall reoelve 

the to+lowlne feea In 01~11 case8 ror their aervloea: 

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:Dooketlng eadh oa&%, to be oharged but onoe ~. .50 

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Filing eaoh paper - 

Filing origins1 petition 

-15 

Xnterigg appearenos of eeob party to’8 suit, 

1.50 

to be charged but .onoe ’ 015 

.;. . ,. . . . .‘d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \. . . . . . . 

~~eeriag eech witness .lO 

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Baoh, rlniil judgment .I.:50 

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Taxing ?,he bill of oosbs .in ii?y 0886 .:. :. ~:~ 

with :oopy of aamB 

. 025 

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‘~~ .Art%ole 3933, R. O.‘.S:‘, I&’ enended d,~ H. 9. 642, &th 

Leg.,. 1945; in pert, pt-ovidekr .~ 

’ * *sh&irra’ and Cokablea. shell receive the 

tolJ.wlng ieeai 

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“For eeoh eaai trled.in the distriot or. ” 

-bounty Court, a jury fee shall be taxed ror 

‘the %ertir of .50 

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31th referonoe ts your question conoerolng the construotion of the lsneuee;e,‘tF~teTing eppesranoe of 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 by 

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Hon. '8. T. %'Jalters, page 3 

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

~12, 3931, S.ennicl Soport -of the ittorney Genertil ofthe 

Ct8te Of ~09.06, Zez:tenbcr 1,~ 1930 to Augunt 31,.1932, pp. 

307-309, tlpinlcn %d. 2371. 7% quote from Che~ebove nentloned 

,opinion ee 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. (iiticle 1972, 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 ocmpenseted by fees, horrevor,'~the'Cl~cit~~iot 

olerk is geoerellg peid 8 scparete and 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 ~8 file 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~ In&i&e t2.e r<CQrd i;f th& entry 0: c,Q sppcc.rbnce by either oerty, whether by petition, mswer, 

waiver, notion. or the apeciel appeerancs provided 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 'entered the 

appesranoo* of that partioulor party 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 appaaranos off eaoh, 

8nd every perty to a suit whether plaintISS, defendant, 

or Intervenor, where such perty actually nakas 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 

the ease 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 authorized by law, and provided the clerk 

vctunllg makes 3n entry of suoh appearance upon tha docket with 

the date8 thereof?. .~. 

~3 to’your question pertaining to.the feea oherged for 

the Item ltsted in sn uncontested divorce 0888, It Is our opinion 

-\*ethe 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,