OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonomblo Erae8t Ctulma 

county Attorney 

El Paso county 

El Pare, Tour 

Dear SLrr 

Your rewert for 

fully eonridered by tblr de 

Que8f a8 fOlluu8I 

n reoelved”&id oareuote fmxu your re8' Court reque8ted 

amount that oould 

e Conb8rlaner8~ Court that the 

there ~8s 80111~ lhltstlon other ttL&? thla cn deputy 

constaSlco p’ar, and that the MX~E~-, hnt! been a.ll~+ 

ed at the tine that the Ccuntz placed the Castat;le 

of Precinct 1 03 6 relay ba8i8, The offlcsrel esl- 

.¶.Yy hV dO"S IlOt li.l!l.tt hl8t&bb?8 t0 B BLaris~ Of the 
Sonomblo Enu8t hinn, We 2 

aaount Feorlv’ad, a@ I reoall in 1935, but I find 

n0 prOt181On liElitin& the a?nOU!Lt Of 8wy,Of deputier as depondiqg upon the mount o? lnoaae. 

“Hould you pl4are adtlrr 1se vhether or not the 

8010 Unit plmod upon a doputy'r ralary 18 Artiale 

E;r;z;la,l?-a, thoreor, aad if not, vhat ir 

. 

~h0 paptiution 0r n PISO county, fw88, aroording 

to the 19hO Federal c4Il4U8, 18 131,067 idUSbit8llt8, lmd w.? 

understand that its preolnot 0rrker4, a8 ~411 a8 oolmty a,CT1- 

aers, are oaqmuatrd upon a ralary bartr, 

Arti 39124, %OtiOLi 17, ‘rl4l'IMXl'8 Annotatsd T-88 

civil btatUt48, rOti ID fO110Y81 

“(a) The tom8 @Precinct Offloerrt u ured in 

thi8 Act M&Xl jU8tiO48 Of the p4fSOe 4nd OonStabhS. 

'ID ill 4OUIItiOS in th18 Stat4 8UOh pZ'6OinOt 

offloerr 8hall ecntlnue to be canpenrated r0r their 

8OrYi448 on a f44 bar18 Until the Cf%m%84ioiI4r8' 

Court shell b6vo detctrmiaod othsrvire in rooordwee 

Vith the pl’OVi8iCQ8 Qi bOOtiOn 2 Of this Aot. 

"In oountler vherola th4 Cmm1Irslonor8~ Court 

8Wl have d~teminsd that pr4:lnCt oftloorr shall 

be omp4nrated on aa annual 88lary b&818, but vhsrsin 

they have determIned th8t oounty offloor ahall not 

b0 80 ooqenasted, th4 GifiaOr8’ h.bSy yuad Of 8rid 

OOWtJ 8hall b0 COlQOP6d and R&.4 u2, Of tOO8, O-8- 

81~8 end other ompenratlon aolleoted by the prealnet ofiIo4rr oi ruch co-x&y and doporlted In r&id 

fund, uad CUCh fund8 a8 may be trmriorred to 8&d 

fund by the bt’33d8SicXl’3r8’ Cailrt of the oowty. 

“(b) In countier vhor6 it 8hall have been 

Cetermined that precinct offlccm rhall be compensated on 

M annual 8~de.rg ban18 It rtall be tbe duty of the Commlssloaerst Co-lrt of much county to fir ths takry 

alloved to t~.zh offlarzr. Fact ?i raid OffiCOl'8 Shall 

be paid in mommy a? aritual t31aq in tvelve (12) equal 

insttihOnt8 of not leas ikEA the t&al 8m earned an 
Honorable Xrno8tOuina,p4v 3 

o~IU~tlan l mo d by hir in hi8 OffiOiti aamOity for the ii8081 y6e 19% rad not U4r4 then th4 

#!ulmm mount alloved ruoh OfflOO~ under 1~8 l xl8tw AU@@t 24, 19%. 

'In l ountlo8 in whloh preolnot 0ffloor.r are paid 

a 8&U7, U l ~ZWtiOtb fW th0i.l’ 84XV1008, 8wb 

offlOU dO8idig to l p p a int o n6 Or IWO drputl.8 or 

Uli8tUbt8 8hrl1 ti. al.kOCLtiOXl t0 th4 C46d881OAl r8t Co ur t for authority to appoint eueh deputy or 

"In COwti48 vhsrein the oounty OffiOOr8 nmned 

in tbi8 tit U’4 008q?6n88tSd On the bui8 Of M lU%UUd 

rrlary, the St&a of Tsxar 8Nl not be ahargd tith 

and 8Nl not pay any feo or oaml8slon to any preoinat offloer for any rerrloer by him porformod, but 

l ld offloer ahall be paid by th4 County out of th4 

Offloercl' Salary tund rush fee8 and acmaairrl0n8 as 

would Otbsrri84 be paid hir w the State fOF 8UOh 84rV10.8." (Undersoorlng ourr) 

Artlolo 3902, Section 5, Vernon*8 Annotated Texar Civil 

StatUt88, l’48d8 a8 fO11OV83 

"5. In to untler h a ving l po ul8tlon of one 

hundred thousand and 0x30 (100,001 P aad not more than 

one huadrod and fifty thousand (150,000) i.nhabitant8, 

fLr8t U818tMt or Chief deputy not t0 l xooed TVsntyrlx Hundred ($2600.00) Dollar8 per anUrn; head8 of 

dopartawatr may be allovsd by the Co85tii88lanerr~ Co*;rt, 

vhsn in their judgment ru4h ~ovul44 18 jwtlfied, 

the 8upL of Two Hundred ($?90.00) till&F8 F'3r WUEJ 

ln addltlon to the amount heroin alloved, when ruch 

hsadr of department8 raught to bs appointed 8htil 

him4 prsvlou8ly l srvod the oounty or polltiti rubdivlrion theroof for not 1088 than tW0 COEttiUOU8 
. 

Honorable Pnert Gulq, pagr I 

y4Ul gdemz ’8) OthOr uSi8tUlt8, d4pUti48 Or olsrks not to rHundred y-t($2300.00) h rDollnrr eo par 

. 

Th4 8vOifiC prOti8iOiU Of Arti 3120, s4OtiOZI 17, 

1. A. C. IL, rupra, vlth reforenoe to Deputy CoMtrble8, vlll 

olouly oontrol over the senerel proti8len.8 0s Artiole 3902, 

deotlon 5, supra, rolatlto to dOpUti48 generilly, irrr0ru u 

8&UiO8 of deputy OOnstabler Of El Puo County are oanoernod. 

You are thorofore ro8peotfully &Svlsed that th4 ram-y 

0s 4 Deputy Constable of El Pa80 County, Texas, 08mot legally 

exoesd the 8um of $1500.00 per mnum. 

Very truly your8 

ATT9RNEfM0IZULOFTEXAS 

Vta. f. Fanlq 

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