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**8 In**  **~0aBLng the**  **statute set**  **up seems**  **to me**  **that only**  the du4Bcmorable

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eleoted otileexs,deputies,**Oar** MIleage,**and** genera1 office expense aab suppliee **MA be**  **paid O@t**  

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-Salmy Funa. Hore+ar, 

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opinion covetingthese **questi;ms** ttioroughlp will he oi great aasistanoe to ua, and f am 8ure will go n lbng 

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** . . .nHonorableCliffordS. Roe, Pegs b

&mole Countyhas a populationof 22,339 inhabl**taut8** aoaordlng to tho last preoadl* federal 0onau8. Seetlon 19 **or** Artlole 3912e,Ver~~on*s **Annotated Qitir**  **Statutes,** ,wntlonsd in aonneotlan with ysur first questiononly ep plies to tho6e oowitlee, having a popilatlon in exoess of **l$?O,OOO inhabitants**  **aooordlng to**  **t&e last**  pr8oeQlngfe&*ral 00naua. Therefore, Seotlon19 does not apply to Panola County. Eeotlon 4 or Xrtlols 3912a,**Vernon*~** **Annotated** ~lri3. Statutespr0rld6r:
%.I all oountleaof thlo state containing a populationof 1t98 Thousand (19O.000 thm.oo$,I3iWmM and Ninety Lnheblttitr

aoaordiagto the last preoedlogFadsral ostiue. wherein the County 0~ P~eolno

t ofriom4 are 04xap0nmtedon e salmy beEi* wAaos the provlt3~ons of Q&lie

hot, there shall be orsateda funU to be known a8 the Off%- oora* Salary AIIld

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### County, Texas. sueh runaehallbo kept~epan%eulaapart fro81 all other oounty tutuIs, end bill be held and dlabureeQ 

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**oMoor8** ana the mlerlea or deputies,**assistants** ebd olerks of offlaers who are drtdng a salary fro10 said runa under the prrorialons of the Aat, and to pq the authorized er-eness of their off& Bea* Suoh **fund** ahallbe dopositod in the Uouatr **Depo~lt~z=y end**  **shell be**  proteotetl **to t&-m** 

**ww er**  tent a5 other oounty funds.m 3action 4 of Artlole 39120, aupra appliess to all oountioahating a populationof less than 1~0,000 inhabitants eooordlagto the last prsaedingFederal 0anmu wherein tbs oountg or preolnotofflosraare oompenoatedon a salary baslr **under** the pmvl5lon~ of the salary law, Therefore,this provlslon of the Statute **applies to**  Ekmla County.

In answer $0 rour first question,you are a&vised that it is our oplnlon t&at there osnnstbe meata& a fmd for ea4h offloer afraoteaby the provleionrl of the saler?law in a oountyhaving a populationof lass than 190,WXJ lnhabitanta aoooraing to the last pre0ePlngFedetil 8enaafh Panole County 

## is authorlzcsd by the proViHona of Saetlon 4 of Arti010 39~0 to weate only one fuud lsnown OS the 0ffl00~~’Honorable Clifford S. Roe, Page 5

salary Funa of said county, ana it la the duty or a.11officera to charge end oolleot in the manner authorized by, law all fee5 end 4ommla5lona which are permitted by law to be assessed ana oolleotea for all offiolal services performed by them end a5 end when suoh fee5 are 40118Oted they shall be depoeitea in the orrioera * *salary Fuzul as provided by the Aot. All offiaera of said oountg who are oampenaated on the salary basis nu5t be paid out of this fund.

With referenoe to your aeooud question, you are advl5ed that no dlalma other then the aelarle5 of offioers and the aalerlesof aeputiea,assistantsand olerka or 

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### are drawing a salary from eald fund uuder the protieions of the Aot and the authorized expenditureor thalr offioe8 4en be paia from suoh orfleers* salary Fund. It la immaterial

whether 

### or not there ia.a aurplua in raid fund ne other expenditures are authorized. Seotlon 6 of Ar-tlolr 39120,paragraph (4) apeoifio~lly providea:

"Any money5 remaining in the Offloera( Selary Fuhclor Funds of ahy county at 'the end of any flaael year ertsr all aalerieaand authorlasd expenses lnourred against eald fund for said ye~er alrallhave **been** paid araybe, by order of the Oom- .mlaalonerat

Oourt, trensferrea to the oredlt of the gm6mi tu~d or the 00unty.-
.With refermoe to your third question you are eavlaed that the Offloors' Salary Law la not applioeble to Oouuty Commlsslonera and that the County Conniila5lonera oen not be paid **out of**  the Offloors' Salary Fund. couuty commlssloneramu& be paid In the mknner and out of the funds as authorizedby Artlole 2350 and Artiole 2350(i),Veruon*r AnnotatedOlvll Statutes. Artlals 2350(l) provldear

*The salary of each County Commlaaloner end eeoh county Judge may be paia wholly out or the County General Fund, or at the optlon of the Oemmissioners' **Court, may**  **be paid**  **out** of the County General Fund and **out** of the Road and Bridge Fund in the followingproportioner CountyJudea not to exoeed seventy-five peroent (75$) OP auoh 5elarlea may **be** paid out of the Road and Bridge Fund, end the reaalnder out of the General Fund of tha County, and each County GoUmlssionera* Salary mey,B;onorable CllfNrd 9. Roe, **Pege** 6

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of tba Wmlasione,zs’ **Court** all **be** paid out of the Road ana Bridge Funal providea this Seotionshall not apply exoept in oouaties where the oonstltutional limit of twentr-fire aente (25g) on the one hundred **dollar valuation**  is levied r0r gan0m purpot30a.~ ThIe Artlolewaa snaotea in 1935 by the 44th Lsglslaturs,page 1036, ohapter 362, **eeation 2,**  **berore the**  orri00rO' Salary Law went into dr80t. tbrreotive

Jit~ry 1, 1936. The Of’floera’ Salary Law beome Artlolee 2350 and 2350(l)hare no appli0ationto the payment**or the**  salaryor a County**Judge** or

**a** oountywhere the oountp oltflaerr, are compensatedon a salmy basis. In all euoh o0untle8,the Oouuty Judgea are gotemed by the provirlonsOf the OfYiO0rs’Salary **Law** and tauat be paid ln the aam@ manor aa other oounty oirloereare pala, bp WammI# 4hMt 09 th0 OrflOM’ SalarJhm4.

**We** now 00naideryour fourth question. Seotion 5 or Artlola 39120,**?ernon~a** Anneteterl airI **Statute6** propdaoo **lo.** partr
“It shallbe the duty or all offl0ers to **oharge** anb 00lleot In the manner authorized**by** law all raea and **oonualssionm** whioh are **pormlttea** by law t0 be laaeamd aa 0m00tOa ror all 0friobz remleer perrozmea br than. A8 and when suoh rees are 00lboted they &a811be deposited in the OttIwrs* Salary Fund, or **Fur&** pmvldad Wf 8 ht. * (Aloe see Seotion 3 or Artiola

. The Orfloere’Salary Law speoifioally **requires** the orrioerawho ax-0

oompematsa on a salary basin to 0olleot all fees ana aommiaelons whloh are per@tted **by law**  to be amomed ana oolleotedtar all eiiiolalsertioesperfOrmd **by** them and such rees and oDlnmiaaiona when oolleotedmust be depooltedin the Ofiioers’SalaryFund. 3eotion 7 or **Artlole 39l2e**  provides:

“Allmanlea drawn rrom said Oriioers’Salary Funa or Puna ahallbe paId out only on warrant0 approved**by** the CountyAuQl.tor fn oouutleahatlng a CountyAuditor;otherwiseall olairaa against eaia Aind shall ifret have been audited and approved by the **Codserionerts*** **Oourt or**  said Countg ana the money ohallbe dl@bur#ed00 8ulush approrsdRonarableOllfford8. Bee, ws 7

olalmsby warrauta arciwn by the aoun$y Treasurer
on sala iand, ~. i iw
Your rourth ip&stlonas stetea above is in taot two questions or at least oontaimtro parts. In view or thq foregoing eta&ate*, we respeotfully answer the first part 0r your fourth questionin the negativeand the sosond part in the erfirnative.

Trustfngthat the forsgolngfull;r answersyour inquiry,we are Youri vary truly
A!iTOMWY WWXRAL **OF** TEXAS

h. AFPROVEEJm 29, 1942