OFFICE OF THE AHORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

gonoFable S. M. Simpson, Br. 

county Attorney 

~ahv counw 

pat Rock, Texas 

opinion Ha. O-30 

Rer Haxlmm so~qp 

end related 

Yvur resent request for 

mat on the questions a8 are h%re 

We have been Inform 

vrfttea Pequaat, that the que 

aa oplnton of this department 

nllstlon that may 

be mt&ned by the she 

ion8 tha rherfff is 

ovmpea8ativat 

elves a warrant evlq t&t3 state 

ctsd Item or lnalude It a8 Sees 

lff of Gontho County retain aomysmatea of a deputy vhen the alaa for 

sherlff'r amma z'eport 8s betng 

Coaeho County ha8 6 populetfon of 8%~ Z%muvand, One 

hadred and ninety-one (6&Q) Lnhabltante ac~ordlag to the last 

Fec?erSr Cenms, and the cout&$~~officl.als oi a&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-1051 hold8 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 of Artiale 3883, together with the 8alarie8 Of hi8 a88i8tUlt8 and 

d@pUtie8 and 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 

fr the current 54108 of such office, colleated in nay 

year,&3 morothan tha amouataeodedto pay the amouatabore 

8peOi?&Bd, the UlsIb 8h11 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 JlO liollt, 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 slcpensea alloved 

by SeQtlOn (a) o? Article 3899 are rubjeot to the oilers of 

the wuaty auditor, If any, othervicre by the co!4mi8eionerst 

WuPt. 

With refereme to yo\ur f'ow?th qumtlon, 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 for Lo the 

8hel'i?f'8 SMual W&XWt. %ouelVW, it 18 our opinion that a 

Wnraat, such ?~ei above mentioned, 18 merely evideme OS the 

ladeb&@dM88 and wanot be regarded a8 e pymnt o? oorqxm8stian 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 unoolleated item or fee In hi8 annual reports however, ii the 

VWlWlt 18 dlroounted aIkd the mOaS#y 18 I'ebeiWId by the 8hel'i??, 
%amzmble J.X. S34#8an, Sr.;Page 3 

be hhauld 8hov the 8emm LB fee8 oolleated 

por lr l 

in arid mnuslreti reply ta pow fifth que8tloa, you 8.m adti8ed 

at the &miff waa0t legally retain ooaqpenultion for perfo- 8WVh308 Of 8 deputy WhCIi th0 Chi8l ?Cr th. 8ClW i8 

p&cad fa tha aherif'f~s report as befog for services of a 

dsp\rtg - Ia other vord8, the8 8hwlfC my wtaftt cuty compen8atf@t for 8iwv~oen hn perform8 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 

VbioJt aoo~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