**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 IlOtli.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 1sevhether 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 p4fSOe4nd OonStabhS.
'ID ill 4OUIItiOSin 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 detctrmiaodothsrvire in rooordwee 

### Vith the pl’OVi8iCQ8

### Qi bOOtiOn 2 Of this **Aot.**
"In 

### oountlervherola 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 pre**alnet** 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-lrtof much county to fir ths takry alloved **to** t~.zhofflarzr. 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

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mod 

### 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

### xl8t**w AU@@t**  **24, 19%.**  'In l ountlo8 in whloh preolnot 0ffloor.r are paid **a 8&U7,**  

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### r8t Court



### for authority **to** 

### appoint **eueh deputy**  **or**



### "In COwti48 vhsrein 

### the oounty OffiOOr8nmned **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 pre**  

### oinat 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 84r**  

### V10.8." (Undersoorlng 

### ourr) Artlolo 3902, Section **5,** Vernon*8 **Annotated** Texar Civil **StatUt88, l** **’ 48d8**  **a8** 

### fO11OV83

"5. In tountler having 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 TVsnty**  

### rlx 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&F8F'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

**y4U ’** **8) OthOr**  **uSi8tUlt8, d4pUti48**  **Or** 

### olsrks not **to** 

# l gdemzry-threo Hundred ($2300.00) Dollnrr par

. **Th4** 

### 8vOifiC prOti8iOiUOf 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 Constableof El Pa80 

### County,Texas, 08mot legally **exoesd the**  **8um of**  

### $1500.00per mnum. Very 

### truly your8 ATT9RNEfM0IZULOFTEXAS



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