OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Bonorbblo 0. J. Wild. 

Couuty Auditor 

meter county 

Corpus Christi, Tsxbs 

ment on the above etated Q 

ion a? this deprptn reosived. 

Cenm~, bnd hbvm bn assessed valubtion in l xcea11 of twenty ml.llion 

(20,000,000.00) &~lbPs, bOOOPding t0 

the lart pmoedlng approved tax roll 

of such oountp, the maximum amount 

alloved ruch officers bs sblarltts, aar 

be inaPeb6Od one (1s) per cent for each 

one million ()1,000,000.00) dollars 
Honorbble C. J. Wilde, Page 2 

VblU&tiOn or fraotional part thereof,. 

in excess of said Twenty Million 

()20,000,000.00) Dollar6 valuation 

over and bbovs the maximum mount alloved suoh offiosr under laws existing 

on August 24, 1935.' 

'Inasmuch as Rueces County due to an In&ease 

in population steps out of the class mentioned in 

the bbove quotbtlon, this office would liks to know 

on what ba8I6 a Fee Ofilcer's Sblary could.be paid 

after the census had beoome offlaial. Ths vbluatlon of lfueoss County for 1939 and blso 1940 will 

be In excess of $~~,oo&:;:ooo.oo, however, in view of 

the fact that ths populatfon will bs approximately 

93,000, could Ye after Deoelabsr 1 pby 6alari66 on 

the same basis as in the year 19 a 0 until some offiolbl autlon had been taken by the Legislature in 

the form of au Amsndment to the Artiale mentioned 

hereinabove," 

Section 13 of AFtlo 39120, Vernon's Annotated 

civil Statutes, reads In part as follov6r 

"The commIssioner6~ oourt In counties having a population of tventy thousbnd (20,000) 

Inhabitanta or more, blld 166s than one hundred 

and ninety thousand (190,000) Inhabitants bcaording to the lbst prsaeding Federal Census, 

is hereby buthorleed bad it shall be its duty 

to fix the sblarl46 of bll the Sollovlng named 

officers, to-wit: sheriff, assessor and odlleotor 

Of tbX66, county judge, oounty attorney, lncludlng orlrinal district attorneys and county bttorneys who perform the duties of distrlot 

attorneys, dlstriot clerk, county clerk, trebsurer, hide and bnlmrbl lnspeotor. Eaoh of said 

officsrs shall bs paid in mnsy an annual SbbPy 

in tvelvs (12) equal ln6talli66nt6 of not less 

than the total sum ebrned bs oompen6atlon by 

him in his offiaisl capaolty for the fiscal 

year 1935, and not more than the n~xlaum 

amount alloved such officer under lavs existing 

on Augu6t 24, 1935; provfdad that In counties 

hbvlng b populbtlon of twenty thousbnd (20,000) 

and less than thirty-seven thous&d five hundred 
Hoaorrblo 0. J. Wilde, P8g6 3 

(37,900) aoocwdiag to the last p~aedlag Federal 

& ~a euhS, a ti b r Vi,U ng l 66.66.d ~1 WtiOll ia l X60s~ of Fifteen clilllon (~15,000,00O.O0)~Dollmi, 

bIH$ord;(nltothelut~pproYed pMu6dlng tmcroll 

of sueb touaty the mmimimSmtxat~lloved Suah 

oftioom-u ula~l.8 m7 be lnorusod OM ( 1s) 

=P 6-t ra oat oa6 wiii~n (~i,ooo,boo.oo) 

Doll&m w.ubtion or tnatloml 

l xuocs of said Fifteen Nillloa (E:Oi:%%O" 

D@llmr mllMtioaovw8ad~bovotbBmxlmm 

M iOUEl t iiffSt0d Wh Om~OP S WA& W k V6 l *iStiBg 

oa August 24, 19x1 aad rovlded that la aouatios 

hwing a papul8tioa of t L rty-reven t&oumDd 

five htmdMd 

sux! (60,000) 

1.66 than sixty thouto tits lbst psra#llng 

mlonlC#asus,mld&ving6ause6red vuwtian 

la OXI). of lwonty Wllioa (~20,000,000.00) 

Dollrrs,boo~to the lastpnowUag;p~*ad 

tax roll ot suoh oouaty, the mximm 

bV4d SW& Ofti~OPS U UbPiOS, my b 

we (l$) 90 ‘mat ior eMh Olw xillloa ( 

Dol&M va1tlbtioa O? fwotioml part th4P6of, la 

0~00s of uld %!v*nty I(illloa (~20rOOOSOO0.00) 

Dollms ~lJStlonovw6adbbovottbn8xlmm 

WUnt rlbWd SWh OffiGP tilldO? bV6 SXiStiBg 

a~ August 24, 1935.6 

Awording to the 1930 Federr Oeasw, Bum.8 Oouaty 

VU w there ~~ti66 b CL p~titiC'&l Of thbtJ-SOMa 

thousand, iiva huad?sd bad 1686 thbn sixty thouaud 

(60,000) iabbitUit6, md had UI u8ess6d propex'ty vrluatloa 

ia l XOSSS of tvsaty milliOn dollrrm ($20,000,000.00), MooI’dlag to thap~ooodiag8ppovodturoll8 ot the oouaty. Thereto-, the aboYe quoted portifm of so0t1c’n 13, Arttale 39120, 

SwPb, vbs rppliocrble to 8ueoes County, wkioh provided thrt 

the abxlmum allow6 suoh offloor WI 8alarle8 right k lnermaod oae (19) pes oeat for ewh oae millioa doll&r6 (~1,000,000.00) 

rrkntioa, or frvatioor1 thenot, ia l XOS66 & atid tveat millloa dollws 

tie 

valustioa over' md *bow. 

urximuaslloved SU6hOffi6eM Wider hV6 l x iStiSonA~@16t # 

24, 1935. 

If the report of tbe 1940 Fedoml Oea6us is offlol8lly 

made beion January 1, 1941, mvl wid report Shov6 ttmt Rueees 
Haaorabk 0. J. WIldo,'Pqo 4 

COWit b6b 

iahab I tMt6, then the Nwrs quo-d portion of Wotlon 13, 

Artlalr 39120, SUpr$ vhIah p8l’dtS Offi04PSr S&&lSi86 to b6 

faa~ased oao per aent (1s) fm wh on8 mlllioa (~l,OOO,OOO.OO) 

Dollar8 vSlmtlon, OP fraotIorulp8rtthePoof Ia l xee66 of 

said tvWymW.laa(~20,000,000.00 dolti vUwtloaov8r 

mulaowthe maxlanm moat &llove a suah bfflaerr under law 

l XfSt~ oa August 24, 19X, vi11 not bo rpplIoab1.r to Bueaes 

quoted seotloa of Artlo16 39l26j pcavlded, u l bw6 itated, 

the P66UltS of the 1940 Cen8u8 m OffIal~lly mdm by tku 

dlreator of the Otxa8w kfon baawry l# 1941, Md that the 

offIoor8 who MO 00 ted 

be paid In waoy 

aa U baa-1 salwy buie should 

aamnue18~lmyIntlm1v.eqWl 

HU#lth.ly iartrlb8BtS Of IlOt 1688 t&l3 th@ tot&l Sm 6amed 

b8 corapoasation by them La their offlalal oapbaity for the 

fiscal per 1935 8nd not more than the nxlmm amount 8lloved 

8uoh OffiMPS utxlor 1~8 l xlstfng A-t 2k, 1935. 

Tsusthgt&t the for4golag fullyumvor8 your InQu-Y# w rw=-