**OFFICE OF**  **THE AHORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

gonoFable S. M. Simpson, Br. countyAttorney ~ahv counw pat Rock, Texas
opinion Ha. O-30 

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Yvur resent **request for**  **mat** 

### onthe questions a8 

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We have been Inform vrfttea Pequaat, that the que aa oplnton of this department nllstlonthatmay 

### bemt&ned by the she ion8 tha rherfff is **ovmpea8ativat**

elves a warrant evlq t&t3state ctsd Item or lnalude It **a8** Sees


### lff of GonthoCountyretain aomysmatea of a deputy vhen the alaa for sherlff'r amma z'eport8s betng

Coaeho 

### Countyha86populetfon of 8%~Z%muvand, One hadred and ninety-one (6&Q) 

### Lnhabltante **ac~ordlag** 

### to the last Fec?erSrCenms, and the cout&$~~officl.als oia&id county me aem- ,‘3renkated

an a fee baeicr. The sheriff **of** Conch0 County, in sddition to llis.other duttbs, %a the aemessor and ao~eotv~ of tams.l[wrdbble **S.W. Sbxptoa,**  **SF., P6@**  **2**

Undor Artlelea 3@3 aad ,691, Vernon'8 Annotated civil Stetute8, the m8x3nem oompensat.tion that may be retelaed w the sheriff caaaot extwd $3,000.00. Our Opinion Bo. o-1051hold8 that vhere the 

### offfas of 8heriff is combined with w &?lae o? arres8or-oolleotor, that $S,OOO.OO 18 the uexlm ?ee alloved to 8uch officer by the above meatioaed 8tatute. A 8-y of thi8 **Opinion is**  **enolo8ed ?Ol** **’ m**  **b?Ol ’** **a&lOU.**

In reply to your recoad quertlon, you am sdvlwd $h8t the 8herfff 18 authorlted under Artiale 3891 to pay or k paid the amouat~alloved him uader the provi8ion8 ofArtiale 3883, together with the 8alarie8 Of hi8 a88i8tUlt8 and 

### d@pUtie8and authoriwd expenses under Article 3899, mad the twnult **neoes8ary to**  **aover CO8t8**  **of premlrup**  **on whatever**  **8UlWtJ** $$58emybe required by hf, ottt **of** the current fee8 ofhi



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ofsuch office, colleated in nay year,&3 morothan tha amouataeodedto pay the amouatabore 8peOi?&Bd, the UlsIb8h11 be deemed eXOOe8 fee8 utd 8h811 be dirpO8od of in the manner rtated In Artlele 

### 3891. !i!he rhsrl?? 18 authori8ed to a&e the above deduotion in 

### arrivtag at hi8 mufmm aompeawtlan.

In 8Mwer to your third qub8tiOn you are cdviwd 

### that thStW 18 JlOliollt,in dolbbP8 snd OWlt8, 8JMOifiOd bf th8 8tituteltbptthe 8hWiff ~dedIWtind&esnniainghi8BW&lSuU OaQeamation but he 18 allowed to make the deduotioa8 for the 

### l X&wnditurer above mmtionedy hoveveF, the slcpenseaalloved by SeQtlOn (a) o? Article 3899 are rubjeot to the oilers of **the** 

## wuaty **auditor, If**  **any,** othervicreby the co!4mi8eionerst WuPt. With refereme toyo\urf'ow?thqumtlon, we hve been **unable to**  find **6ny ae8e**  **lrhere the**  **OOUct8 have**  **pa884td UpoIL**  **thL8** QM8ttOa Or any 8tatUte 8mrping a8 t0 how a

## V6rHUkt rWeivbd by the 

### sJaerl?f

from the State rbould be aooounted 

### forLo the 8hel'i?f'8SMual W&XWt. %ouelVW, it 18 our opinion that a Wnraat, such ?~ei



### abovementioned, 18 merely evideme OS the **ladeb&@dM88** and wanot be regarded a8 e pymnt o? oorqxm8s**tian** due the sheriff, until the 8heriff WtMllJ **WOeiVd** the JWney oa 8aid varrant. Them?om~, you u-8 

### adviwd that it 18 our opinion that the 8herifi should lf8t **8aid** 

### warrant a8 **an un**  oolleated

## itemor fee In hi8 annual reports however, ii the VWlWlt 18 dlroounted aIkdthe mOaS#y18 I'ebeiWIdby the 8hel'i??,

### %amzmble J.X.**S34#8an, Sr.;Page**  

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be hhauld 8hov the 8emm LB fee8 oolleated

porlr l in arid mnuslreti reply ta pow fifth que8tloa, you 8.m adti8ed at the &miff waa0t legally retain ooaqpenultion

### for per**fo- 8WVh308**  Of 8 deputy WhCIith0 Chi8l ?Cr th. 8ClW i8 p&cad fa tha aherif'f~s

### report as befog for services 

### of a dsp\rtg - Ia othervord8,the8 8hwlfC my wtafttcutycompen8a

### tf@t for 8iwv~oenhnperform8 provided said wmpm8ation **d-8 not**  exawd **the mxf8aam** 

### a8 crllwed by law, but he aamot 

## retain wqvawbtion tar p8rfortdag wrviaee above hi8 the alaIm for rush ow macUmaalthough **EioIl 113** 

### placed **in the**  **Eiherfff ’** **8 wport**  **a8** being ror serviae8 of 

### a deputy.

We Iwo lwamang hwewith the variou8 iMtPUtlUt~t8 VbioJtaoo~iftd 

### par inquiry.

Tru8etlg that the Toregolng fully aamm yuuP inwavrg, we ax@8
VOPy truly youm ATTOR%%X tfU%RAL OFTEXAS

AWtAW APPROVEL:Pm 4, 1941