OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. 5. F. Blgbn Eounty itttvrnsy 

Braeorla CounQ 

An&itm, leas 

Pear 81x1 A 

Opinion No.O-JILW \ 

Ret 5larlan cif 0 

& ,f 

mI aslonnbrn 

or Bxaaerla ounty. 

0 Caamiaarionar6 am, naturrai6lng their ealarlee if 

blb, aad, nseblests, to say 

,OOO.OcL *aluablon lkasorla rundr to.pay euoh eel&tier. 

n on maWag the Bill an a 

&h* be Oonstrtwted to alban that 

the bikhrd~ill of Qhe CQmmLasionerr shauld be ia- 
Ron. J. P. Wan, Pam S 

aludeU also. 

“1 would appreoiate your opinion on this 

mattbr.” 

Artiale 39lSa, Seotion 15, Ravimd Civil Statute8 

of Texas, a oopp of whlah 700~ enoloeed in your letter reads 

as follfmba 

“Sea. 15. Ths hnmisolonerel Court In 

oountiarr having a poptilatlon of leas than 

twenty thousand (80,000 ) inhabitante, aoaordins to the last preaedln(2 Federal Canma at 

the first reuular #ee$lng in January of eaoh 

oalsndar year may pass an order 

?or oompansat ion ti all oounty 

r0viaing 

a ni PreOifiOdt 

officers on a salary basis. Thi+ C~ssloner8* 

Court In eaoh of such oountlas ie hereby authoriaea, and It ehall btl lte duty, to fix tha 

@alarias of’ Criminal Dlstrlot Attorneys. In 

the event eudh ,oouxt parses suoh order they shall 

li)~ 

ap to each of said Distrlot and Count,y offioers 

n money an annual 8alary in twalve (13) equal 

in8tallments of not lam than the total sum earnad aa oarmpansation by mid offleer in hi8 said 

otliolal oapaoity far the gisoal year o? 1935 

and not ,~ore than the marimum all&m auoh oft%- 

oer under laws exleting August 24th 1935, and 

not mwe the the m&mum amount a li owad suoh 

srtfloes unddi lane erietlw August 84, 193s. 

prapidad, that in eountiea having a opulatlon 

or 161~8 than twenty %houana (83 0007 lahabltants, 

aooonllng to the labt preoading gederal Cenaus 

and havin an aseessed valuation In exosss of 8&n 

Million ( sf 10,004,000.00) Dallar~ aaoordlng to 

the last preaeaing approved tax roll of auah 

oounty the maximlda amount allcued auoh offloera 

aa salarfe6 may be lnoraasea ona (1%) per oent 

for eaoh One #illion (81,000,000~00) D0lJ.a-s 

valuation, or fraotional part theraof, in axoasf~ 

or stid Ten ?ZilllOn (#lC,OOO;OOQ.OQ~ Dollar8 

valaation over and above the maxImum amount allczwed such oftloera ,under laws exi&in& on August 

34, 1935; provided, however, no salaries eoverea 

by thie ,Seoti,on ehall~ex!~sd the firm of Four Thousand rive Runiwea ($4,500~~00) D~llare regardless 

o? the perasntage al inotiaee ixi population and 

valuation and pravided further that in all oounties having a .poptilatlon of not lees than twenty 
Ron. f. 9. Bxyan, Faga 3 

thousand and one (EO,OOlj end nor more than 

twanty-rive thowma (eS,~OOO), aaoordIn& to 

the laet pmasdlna XTederal Censuib, and nhloh 

has an aeeeeeed yaluatlon in eXOB88 of ‘Ikentyitve Xillion (&!S,OOO,OOO.OO) Dollar8 aOOOxaiug 

to the last prsoedlng approved tar roll of suoh 

oountlea, the aounty ;judge, sheriff, aounty 

attorney, afmessor an6 oolleator of taxea, oounty 

olerk and dietriot olerlc, the maximum salary is 

hereby fixed at Three Thousand Seven I!unarod and 

Fifty (#3,780.00) Dollara. 

“(a) The oampensatlon of ai Criminal DIstrIot 

Attorney, or County Attorney who performs the 

duties of nfetriot Attorneys, togcther with the 

compensation OS hti assistante, shall be paid out 

or the %nanty Mfloere* Salary Fund, but the 8tat.a 

shall pay Into suoh Fund eaah year en mount 

equal to a sum whioh bearer the same proportion 

to tha total salary of tauoh Criminal Dlstrlot 

Attorney, or County Attorney pertorminR the duties 

at a Dlatriot Attorney, tagethex with the salary 

of Me aasirrtants, ae ~a11 felony fesa oolleotea 

by moh ofYials1 aurlng the year of 1935 bear to 

the total faeci oolleoted by euoh offlolal during 

mob pear.’ 

The pbpulatlon of Brazorla County, Texae, aooord- 

%ng to the last preasding Fecteral Census le 23,054. The 

Comptroller aleo’ Inform8 u6 that ths 1939 aesssned valuetion o? Eiranrorla County ie $49,670,531. 

We reiapeotfull 

2350, 8330(l) and a3!50(3 3 

aall your attention to Article5 

or the Bevlead Clvll Statttes 

of 'Pexaaa, whlQh read as follows8 

Article 3330 t 

*)m counties having the rollowing aaoosoed 

valuations, rsepeotively aa ehm by the total 

a6~ssersed valuations of ah propertlea certified 

by the oauaby LMWMBSO~ and approved by the CmmIssXoner8 Court, for eaunty purposes, for the 

previous Feax, iron, time to time, the Co:.hnty 

Ccm&selonsre a2 suah counties nhall each recc?ive 
0lttkXla1 ~a1~rS.e~ not to mooed ths awxlnts 

herein speoitlad, eaid salaries to be paid 

in equal monthly installments, at leeat 

one-half and not exoeadinp; three-fourth6 

out of die Road sad Triage Fund and the rimainder aut af the Oensrsl Fund of the 

eQunty$ sat4 nrrecsaead ,valurtians and salaries 

applloeble tharreto being es follows: 

Sa5erfee to be paid "&emsmd Valuations sash Comdeeioner 

8 

6,OOO,OOl ana lees than 

1O;OOO;OOQ not to ex0etba . . . . 

m,oooiooi ana me than 

13~000,000 not t0 6imQsa . . . . 

13,OOO,OOl and less than 

zo,ooo~ooo not to axoeba . . . * 

~O;OOO;OOl and lef4s than 

80,OOO;OOO not~ta uxaeed . . . . 

SO~OOO~OQl w@ pleas than 

78;00&000 noli 60 sxoeea . . a . 

78~ 000 oob~ ma leas than 

wb;Oati;OOO not “to uxmed. . . . 

lSO,OOO,OO1 f and lese than 

lSO,OOO*OOO aa to oxaced. . * . 

lS0,000,OOl and over . . . . . . 

.imoo.oo 

.$1a00.00 

.#1a00.00 

.4eeao.o0 

.&400.00 

.&400.00 

. ’1 :c%i: . 

%I oountiea havln asmesed valuation cf 

less than Ft~ur Killion 8 lo6 Euridred Thouezind 

Dallara (‘t@,SoO 0001 eaoh aaaanirssloner &hell 

reosfve Five f>o&rs (8s) per day far eaoh day 

served eo oambmlon~r, and a lllce amount when 

aot%n,g an sx-offioio~ road arnpsrintendsnt in hla 

CommW~loner~s Preoinot, providing in no event shall 

his total,oompupensatlon exceed Eins Huntlred Dallarr (#POOP in any one year., 

WI aaunties bavina asesssetl valuation of 

mom than Four BillSon )Ita Bandred Thousand and 

One EdJars ( and lssa than Six Mllicin Pillars eat& ootmlselaner shall 

ruosive Five per ilay for eaoh day 

semta RB wmmisslcner, and a llku zmmunt when 

aot,lng~as a-af?l.aio ‘meid aupe*lrlntandent In h%s 

C!omaiaeloner*e ~ealnet, pr0viaiba in no event 
Eon. J. P. Brran, Pew 5 

shall his total compensation exosed Twkelve 

Kundred Dollars ($leOO) In say one year.” 

Artiols 2550(l): 

“86 salary al each County Comie~ioner 

and each County Judgs’mag be paid wholly out 

of the County General Fund or, et the option 

OS the Coaxaleeioners Court, mayibe paid out of 

the County Genaml Fund and out of the Road 

end Bridge Fund in the fallewing proportions: 

Oount Judge not to exaeed seventy-five per 

oent T IS%) e? euoh salaries may be paid out of 

the Road and Rridgs Fund, and the remainder 

out et the General Fund of the County, an8 

eaoh Cauaty Ctmmisaienerta ealar 

disoretlen of the kaxis~ioners E 

IBAY, et the 

ouxt, all be 

paid out of the Read land Rridge Fund; proviaed this ‘Seation ahell not qply exaept in 

oeuntins where the eonatitutional limit of 

twenty-five cents (2Qtl on the One Hundred 

IMlare lQI100) le l.evieQ for general pu2-pof~ss.v 

Axtiole lS%O( a) I 

@Qie Qnmlssicneria Court et Its ~firat 

raguler meeting eeoh year ahall, by order duly 

made and entarea upon the Kinutes of same Court, 

fix the aalariaa of the County CcmrSesionerla 

ror suoh peer, within the linits ee provided 

ior in thPs Ad.” 

YetI are reapeatfully advised that ft 1s the opinion of this dspertmetit that Artiol,ee 8360, 2350(l) and 2%0(2) 

govern the saleriea and method of payment af mum of the 

eeunty m!annd@eiolrero ‘of Rraaoria County end that their 

xalarlee aenuot exoead &,400.00 R8r annum. 

Very Wuly yours