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Dear Sir: AUSTIN

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lnmoneyaIlannualsallqlntuel~(lz)equal lnstal&nents

ornotie~than the totalma8 earned aa caapensation

by Mm in hia offida capacity

for the flsaalyeerr 1935,and not more than the raoxlnRml8lwmnt tIllwed

suoh offmtr Under laws e.x.lStw on Atqtrs’t

24, lQZ.5:

. . . "(b) The oompeasation of a or& &isJmsthf3yemo?19S3beartothetotal?ees eolleeted

by suah o??lclal

dmIng suoh year."

s6OiiOA (b) Of miOb3 3899,Bedsed Cim 8fattm8 lW8dSl.IbpartM?OllO-t

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of offfce,

make an ItepDizeil

and mmrn report of c.lla?proved

cxpenms inourred

byhlmand chEir6;ed to hia county, aaooinponying suah **re** port with invoices

aovarlq such purahasea and requisitions **issued** by him ln support of suah resort. If such expenses be inaurred

in aonneatlon

with any partiaulm case,such report shallnamc such casa. Such report,lmolaes and rowlsltlons shallbe eubjeat to the audit of the' Countymditor, if any, othemlso by the Co~~Mssloners*

Court, and if it appears that any lttmwas not lnourrecl by such **offloor,** or that such ltma #OS not a neaessary or legal etponse of suoh of?lce,or E **ihsee** rowlsition, such items 1 **tlpon** proper be byeaid County ,'iudftor or court reJected,

in w2dch eat% the paymentof suah item nray be adjudleatedin any aourtof conpotent jur&Uletlon. LI.3. suoh approvcd claimsand aoaotmt.e.shall be paid ?ro?a the Mfloers* SalaryFund tmleeaotherwIseprovided hsrelu.

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Uu%er xrtlolo199,RevisedCltil Statutes, FalJ8 County is the only countyaompoelngtha S&d jtidlalal~dlutrlct

. Se awlnforscd by the Comptroller*e Oftloethet Falls County

bad a population of 38,771acaorain& to the last Federaluoneus.

Artlale3260,,

RovfsedCivilStetutacl, reads in part a8 follows:

"In tbotie

**aountlo6** of this state having
a populritlon

of not less than thirty-three thousan~flvehumlrml (33,500) andmt~ro than seventy-five

thoumuM (75,000)

inhabitants and not aontaf a ~oltyo? more than

end o.aah

suaaeedfag

Federal

aensusthere&r, and in whiab oountlea there are one or.mcm jucliclal

distrlats

and in whlohthe aounty orform3 the duty of aotmtyattorney awl distr

P ot attorney aad in whlah there 1s not sow a Ulstrlat atiorney,

the o??Iae of arimiaal dirrtriot attorney

Is hereby amated, axl shalladst from and afterThor

paESta@ Of this 8Ot. %&J offlaeshall be knownae CrZmlnal Dletrlat

Attorneyof euah caunty. em.Hon. CharUs E. Re5#35n, Fqe 4

?I The CrInimil DiatrIct Attorney shall ~e*a&owd to retain out of the fees earned and colleotodby hImtbo mm of Five ThousandFive Hundred ($5,500)Dollars psr annum, as his compensation. titer dsduotlng the Five !l'housaxd **Fire** Hundred (@5,800) DO~- lam the remIn& mount is to be apglled rirst to the pqmmt OS salaries of his assistant or assistants 19 those comtles whemo sala assistant or assistantsare now hem paid frim the feed of t&o o?PIoe of oounty attorney,'and second,the aotual and noaessaryoxpeuse Inaurmd by him end his assIstant In the conduat of hU said office as authorized **by Artlab**  **5899 of**  **t&e** Revised

X3iIlStatutesof 1925,as anaend8d, and auyotherexpo118eallomdbylaw.

.. . 'The Criminal

Mstrlot Attorney

shall at the aloso of each plonth of the tenure of said 'o??lce ndm the report Pequlred of OountyO??l08x% bgArtIo10 3899 of the RwI8ed CIvllStatutes OrlQes, as am?aded,and shall f&80, at the c&Se or eaOh fiscal year raalco the annual reportrequired

02 acrtanty

offioer8 by lcrtlole 3897 of the RevisedCivil Statutes of 1925,as amended.

*Xii is not the intention of this act t0 areateeny offloeof DistrIat MAorney nor auy otbsroonatitutional o??ioaand the office a? CrW Mstrlet~

Attorney

is herebydeclared tc be a separate

distinct

atfloefrom the aonstltut&&ial

o??ioeof distriot

attorzley

and IL0Orlzalaal d5StrlOt

attorney

shall draw or be peX%%tted to any salary

whatsoever from the State of TeUr6.
*lkls aot la not Intended andshalln~t be con5i&ireil

or c0ustrued

as repealin&

any la.w

now on the **&statute book5**  exceptthose in couf%IOt horeaith,

which shall be aumlatlve therso?**
Seation (0) of isrtlol8 3899, supa, 8 pro-d&m that cdrainal dietriOt attOrneys In %lr Eigs
in thisstate comingwIthin **a crertain**  popuX.atIon*aetit **shall be**  **ved end**  petitted **to inaur**  **reasonable and**  necesssryoxpeumeo? Immst5gatfaSorfmeandacouBmrlatfns evldanae

InariMnaloasers; aad~hal.lbeallowetlChretrQ~ta (sp) a ml10 for each mile travelled bjr hira In **autmdl.le**Hon. Charles'& Regan,Page 5

furnished by him In the dlsoharge whloh sumshall oovarall expanses0r 0fri0id busFnsss of malntenenoe,

depre- __- L.. olatlon, end operation of suoh amomobila. aon expenses shallbe reported

to the C~mmlssloners* Court of each oounty affeotedby this aot as othsr expanses reported

and 8hallbe paid by said Commlselonersl Court as suoh other exp@neerr

are paid.
Seotlon 18 of **Art1010 3918e,**  supra, prorldee‘ln

OrrOOt that saoh Crlmlnal Dlstrlot

Attorney

In this state Se-kg a dlstriotoomprislngtwoor more oouutlse the population of whloh dlstrlot **exoeeds** 150,000Inhabitantsaooording to the last praoedlng Fedoral

oensus shallbe allowsd a llum not to exoeed $500.00 per annum 'iOr

th6 neoessary

expnns Or 8UOh OirlOS, eaid 8\rmtO be paid **Only Upon**  **the** It&?&d
sworn statamant or. such 0rri00 showing the nsoeseitythersior and approved

by the StateAuditor.

It 1s **obvious** that the Loglslature did not intend to allow any expaneeIn investigating orima and aooumulatlng ~~idsn~e in orblnal oases **by** the **general pro~islom**  **of Art**  1010 9899, supra, boaausa in Seotlon5, of thl8 Artlole, the Crirminal

Dietriot

**Attorney** In all oountleeIn this state ooming wlthln ,a**oertaln** population **bracket are**  **eqowered** and pe&tted to lnour reasonable and naoasaary

expansso

in inYestigating

orlma **and** aooumulatlng evldanoe

in oriminal

oasa8, and aa ?alln County does not oame rithln the population**brqo** ket authorising

suoh expensesthis proritdon or tha ntatute doea not apply to ~a3.U county.

You are respeotfully advired that it Ia the opinion Of this department

that the Crlmlnal

Dfstrlot

Attorney

of Tall6 Countyoannot lnaur reasonable and neaessary expense in inrestigatlng

orlme and aooumulatlng oridonoain criminal oasaa.

remain TrufMng that ths 

### roreg.oing answsrs your inquiry,

we

Yourn

### very truly

ATTORHEC

OEWHRAL

OF TEXAS