OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**



## Hon. 5. F.Blgbn Eounty itttvrnsy Braeorla CounQ An&itm, leas Pear 81x1 

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Opinion No.O-JILW \ Ret 5larlan cif 0

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mI aslonnbrn or Bxaaerla ounty.

0 Caamiaarionar6am, 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 albanthat the **bikhrd~ill** of QheCQmmLasionerr 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 maypass an order ?or oompansat

ion ti all oounty r0viaing

ani 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,yoffioers n moneyan annual 8alary in twalve (13) equal in8tallments of not lam than the total sumearnad aa oarmpansationby 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 amountali owadsuoh 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 amountallcued auoh offloera aa salarfe6 maybe 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 amountallczwed suchoftloera,under laws exi&in& on August 34, 1935; provided, however, no salaries eoverea by thie ,Seoti,on ehall~ex!~sd the firmof 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 twentyRon. f. 9. Bxyan, Faga 3

thousand and one (EO,OOlj end nor more than twanty-rive thowma (eS,~OOO),aaoordIn& to the laet pmasdlna XTederalCensuib, andnhloh has an aeeeeeed yaluatlon in 

### eXOB88of ‘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 

### oftaxea, oounty olerk and dietriot olerlc, the maximum salary is hereby fixed at Three ThousandSeven I!unarod and Fifty (#3,780.00) Dollara.

“(a) The oampensatlon of aiCriminal DIstrIot Attorney, or County Attorney whoperforms the duties of nfetriot Attorneys, togcther with the compensation OShti assistante, shall be paid out or the %nantyMfloere* Salary Fund, but the 8tat.a shall pay Into suoh Fund eaah year en mount equal to a sumwhioh bearerthe sameproportion to tha total salary of tauohCriminal Dlstrlot Attorney, or County Attorney pertorminR the duties at a Dlatriot Attorney, tagethex with the salary of Me aasirrtants, ae ~a11felony 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- %ngto the last preasding Fecteral Census le 23,054. The Comptroller aleo

’ Inform8 u6 that ths 1939 aesssned valuetion o? EiranrorlaCounty ie $49,670,531.

Wereiapeotfull 2350, 8330(l) and a3!50(3 3 aall your attention to 

### Article5 or the Bevlead Clvll Statttes of 'Pexaaa,

whlQhread as follows8 Article 3330t *)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?ive0lttkXla1 ~a1~rS.e~not to mooed ths awxlnts herein speoitlad, eaid salaries to be paid in equal monthly installments, at leeat one-half 

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not exoeadinp; three-fourth6 out of die Roadsad Triage Fundand the rimainder aut af the Oensrsl Fundof the eQunty$ sat4 nrrecsaead ,valurtians and salaries applloeble tharreto being es follows:



## Sa5erfee tobepaid 

## "&emsmd Valuations

sash Comdeeioner

86,OOO,OOlana lees than 1O;OOO;OOQ

not to 

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. . . . m,oooiooi 

### ana me than 

### 13~000,000

not 

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. . . . 13,OOO,OOland 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~ maleas than wb;Oati;OOOnot “to uxmed.

. . . lSO,OOO,OO1

f and lese than lSO,OOO*OOO

aa to oxaced.

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

# .imoo.oo
.$1a00.00 .#1a00.00 

### .4eeao.o0 

# .&400.00 .&400.00 ’:c%i:

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. %I oountiea havln asmesed valuation cf less than Ft~ur

Killion 8

lo6 EuridredThouezind 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,gan sx-offioio~ road arnpsrintendsnt in hla CommW~loner~sPreoinot, providing in no event shall his total,oompupensatlon exceed Eins HuntlredDallarr (#POOPin any one year., WI aaunties bavina asesssetl valuation of mom than Four BillSon )Ita Bandred Thousandand OneEdJars ( and lssa than Six Mllicin Pillars eat& ootmlselaner shall ruosive Five per ilay for eaoh day semta RBwmmisslcner, and a llku zmmunt when aot,lng~as a-af?l.aio **‘ meid** aupe*lrlntandentIn h%s C!omaiaeloner*e ~ealnet, 

## pr0viaiba in no eventEon. 

## J. P. Brran, Pew5

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 Fundor, et the option OSthe 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 maybe paid out of the Road and Rridgs Fund, and the remainder out et the General Fundof the County, an8 eaoh Cauaty Ctmmisaienerta ealar disoretlen of the kaxis~ioners E IBAY,et the ouxt, all be paid out of the Readland Rridge Fund; proviaed this ‘Seation ahell not qply exaept in oeuntins where the eonatitutional limit of twenty-five cents (2Qtl on the OneHundred IMlare lQI100)le l.evieQ for general pu2-pof~ss.v Axtiole lS%O(

a) I @QieQnmlssicneria Court et Its ~firat raguler meeting eeoh year ahall, by order duly madeand entarea upon the Kinutes of sameCourt, fix the aalariaa of the County CcmrSesionerla ror suoh peer, within the linits ee provided ior in thPs Ad.” YetIare 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 paymentaf mumof the eeunty m!annd@eiolrero ‘of Rraaoria County end that their xalarlee aenuot exoead &,400.00 R8r annum. Very Wuly yours