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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AU8TlN 

EoaoraDl8 luoodrou Curt18 

COilrrtr Attorney 

Yrlo, county 

P8Usal1, wur 

Dear Slrr Oplnloa Si. 04098 

Tour rrooat CO mat&t oa the above Itate 

l 8 t0 

inion OS thir dopart88a r ee8irad. 

tata Ohi1 8tatat.r 

ra t ha aumbu 

1899, VerBOn’ AmOtatd CiVil sktUtm8, 

thereon, ln rooorb book8 to be kept for thr pUrPOIO.” 

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 return on 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 offioar oompansation ror hi8 

samiOa8 in addition to hi8 ilalary, aBd the 

other not, the latter oonrtruotion should be 

adopted l + l * 

An officer ina~ be raqulrad by law to persona 8paoifia 8ar~ioa8 or 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 

P 

ax-form than without oompaasatioa. Terra11 1. 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. 
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lfoaorabla ?ioodrow CWti8, Pug* 3 

The oaea of Taxa Il. 8. Railway v. Parker, bb 9.X. 

Sl33, hold8 among Other thing8, that under a r r ta tutl a llowIng 

fear for the recording of return8 on any writ rhea ruoh raturn 18 raqulrqd by law to ba reoordad, the olark mny not 

oharga a Sea for raoordlng the return on a oitatlon, there 

being no law whiah raqulra8 return of oltatlon to be reoordad. 

In view 0s the foregoing rtatuta8 ~00 are rarpeotray adrilled that It I8 ths opinion 0s thi8 dapartaaat that 

the olerkr 0s the di8triot court8 hat@ no legal nuthorltyto 

oharga and oolleot n 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 pro0888 doe8 not antItla the 

olark to any reoording f ea. Tharafora, your qua8tion i8 ra8pNZtfIdiY anrwarad in the aagatiTa. 

You are further adrised that such olark8 are antltlad to a fifty (SOQ) cant Sea for raoordiag the rattis of imy 

writ, where eueh return I8 required by law to be raoordad, and 

ruoh returns are aotuallr recorded. 

Trusting that the foregoing fully auawero your fnWry, we remain 

Tour8 vary truly 

ATT&HEY GESXRAL OF TEXAS 

*,W~~ 

Ardall Uilllams 

A8aiatant