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**OFFICE OF**  **THE** 

### ATTORNEY **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AU8TlN** 



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Attorney Yrlo,

## county P8Usal1, wur Dear Slrr OplnloaSi. 04098

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## mat&t oa the **above** Itate

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### r**ee8irad.** 

### tata Ohi1 8tatat.r

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### 1899,**VerBOn ’**  **AmOtatd CiVil**  

### sktUtm8,

thereon, ln rooorb **book8** to **be kept**  **for** 

### thr pUr**POIO. ”**  **ArtiOl@** 

### 5937,**VOfllOB ’** **I** AlUl0tat.d **citil StatUt@8,**  

### nad8, **in QUt**  **, 68**  **rOuOW8;**44Y

mno?abh i#OO&OW cUX%iO, Paga g

"The olarkr O? the dirtriot OOUrt8 8hall raoalra 

### the r0imdng tea8 in Oi~il 

### oa8e8 ror their Se??i008: 

### ~8aoordIng ratarn8 0r anr writ, 

### where suoh return i8 required by law to be **reoordad,** iUolodIag the 

### returnon all wrIt8, axoapt subpoena* . l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .so

1Ow8: 3 **quote** from Tax. Jar. Vol. 24, p. 208, 

### as rol-

*Statute8 preaorlblng Sear' for pabllo OiiICa8 are 8tti8tlr Wn8trUad right 

### to fee8 

### may not rest in 

### i ead hence a 

### mplication. share this right I8 left to oonetruotfoa, the languaga or the law mast be Wnotrued in raror of the government. **Xhera a**  **8tatUta is**  capable Of two Wn8trUOtiOn8, one of whioh w00ld give an 

### offioaroompansation ror 

### hi8 samiOa8 in addition to 

### hi8 ilalary, aBd the 

### othernot, the latter oonrtruotion 

### should be adopted l + l* An officer ina~**be** raqulrad 

### by law to persona 

### 8paoifia 

### 8ar~ioa8or dlsoharga addltionaldutia8 

### for whioh no oospan8atlon 

### i8 

### provided. Tha obligation to 

### periota OUoh SOX'ViO~a8

18 ilQO8ad as an inoidant to the Ofr~Oe and 

### tha aitioar by hi8 aooaptanca tharaor Is dee.nad to hare engaged to Pax-form

than without oompaasatioa. 

### Terra111. Xlag,14 9. K. 2d) 786; **Burk** 1. Bexu CoMty, 271 5. W. 122; 3dcCalla T. City 

### of Boakdala, **244** 

### 5. By. **444.** Artiole 3927, lupra, provider **that** tha Ohark oi the di8trlot oourt ahall 

### reoaira fifty (SO#) oants 

### Sor raoording 

### the ratUrn of ~ZLJ writ, whare 

### suah ratUrn I8 raquIrad by law 

### to **be** 

### reoordad, IaolUding the return on all writ8 eX#apt subpoenaas. **This 8tatUta**  **doe8 not**  **provide a**  **fee** ror **8tatI43** rho **0frlou*8** **return** 

### on **procas8,** 

### in briar form3L, in tbs alark*r rile dooket.

Artlola 1972, aupra, does aot require the raoord- .bg th0 

### 0rri8u*8 return on procasr bat merely raw1x-a~ that 

### a notation of said 

### return be briefly 8tatad ~a the oS*rk*s tile 

### doolcrt.

## 450 lfoaorabla ?ioodrow CWti8, **Pug*** **3**


### The oaea 

### of **Taxa** 

### Il. 8. Railwayv. **Parker,** 

### bb 9.X. Sl33, hold8 among Other thing8, that 

### under a r rtatuta l

### llowIng fear for the recordingof return8 

### on anywrit rhea ruoh **ra** turn 

### 18 raqulrqdby law to ba reoordad,the **olark mny**  

### not oharga a **Sea** for 

### raoordlngthe return on a oitatlon, there 

### being no law whiah raqulra8returnof oltatlonto be reoordad.

In view 0s 

### the **foregoing rtatuta8**  

### ~00 are rarpeotray 

### adrilled

that It 

### I8 ths 

### opinion 0s 

### thi8 dapartaaatthat the **olerkr** 

### 0s **the** 

### di8triot court8hat@ 

### no legal nuthorltyto oharga and oolleotn raoording far for tlm **ofrioar~8** 

### return on **proca88** whara 

### 8uoh return i8 **8hom** 

### in *brief **row on**  

### the olark’r file dookat;n mare 

### notation **on** 

### the **olark*s** 

### fila boakat rhowlng 

### the orrloar*8 

### return on pro0888doe8 not antItla the olark to any reoording f

### ea. Tharafora,your qua8tion i8 ra8pNZtfIdiYanrwarad 

### in the aagatiTa.

You are further adrisedthat such olark8 **are** antltlad to a **fifty** (SOQ) cant 

### Sea for raoordiagthe rattis of imy writ, where eueh return I8 requiredby 

### law to be raoordad, **and** 

### ruoh returns 

### are aotuallrrecorded.

Trusting that 

### the foregoingfully auawero your 

### fn**Wry,** 

### we remain **Tour8 vary**  **truly** 

### ATT&HEY**GESXRAL** 

### OF **TEXAS** ***,W~~** 

### Ardall Uilllams

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