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 lxcea11of 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) dollarsHonorbble C. J. Wilde, Page 

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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 a0 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 **bc** aording 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 **bt** torneys 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 &~aeuS,

hati b rVi,ng

U l 66.66.d

~1WtiOll ia lX

### 60s~ 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 FifteenNillloa (E:Oi:%%O" D@llmr mllMtioaovw8ad~bovotbBmxlmm MiOUEt

l

### iiff0d StWh Om~OPS

WA&W kV6 l *iStiBg
oa August 24, 19x1 aad rovlded that la aouatios hwing a papul8tioa of t L rty-revent&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 tvsatymilliOn dollrrm ($20,000,000.00), MooI’d

### lag to thap~ooodiag8ppovodturoll8 ot the oouaty. There**to-,** 

### the aboYe quoted portifm of 

### so0t1c’n13, Arttale 39120, **SwPb,** 

### vbs rppliocrble to 8ueoesCounty,wkioh provided thrt 

### the abxlmum allow6 suoh 

### offloor WI 8alarle8right k lnermaod oae (19)pes oeat for ewh oae millioadoll&r6 (~1,000,000.00) rrkntioa, or frvatioor1 thenot, ia l**XOS66** 

### & atid tvea

### t millloa dollws tie 

### valustioaover' md *bow. urximuaslloved SU6hOffi6eM Wider **hV6** 

### l xiStiS#

onA~@16t 24, 

### 1935.
If the report of tbe 1940 Fedoml Oea6us **is** 

### offlol8lly made beion January 1, 1941,mvl wid 

### report Shov6 ttmt RueeesHaaorabk 0. J. 

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COWit b6b I iahab 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 lxee66 of **said** 

### tvWymW.laa(~20,000,000.00 dolti 

### vUwtloaov8r mulaowthe a

maxlanm **moat** 

### &llove suah bfflaerr 

### underlaw 

### 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~llymdm by tku dlreator of the Otxa8w kfon baawry l# 1941,Md that the offIoor8who 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 xlstfngA-t 2k, 

### 1935. Tsusthgt&t the for4golagfullyumvor8 your InQu-Y# w rw=-