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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVERSELLERS 

ATTORNEY OENCRAL 

HGB. c. c. 018eB 

county kttorlmy 

:wlisler county 

Kermit, Tax88 

Dear Sir: 

d.^. aalarler br nanei canty 

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0rti0OrO fox>945 at an 

,’ ,,I ., 11s inor@ase over and 

above maximum allored 

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euah ot?Iorrs on Awust 

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To have r&hod your rseent rrqurrt ior an opinion, 

from whloh we pUgtO ga idlO~S1 Y.- %. 

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-The pertlaulsr quastlon PfhesIre to hare 

enswere is based upm the folio-4ng faOta: 

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“(1) That the Coaalssloners’ Court of Wnkler 

Countf, Texaa>;has pareed at itr Jmuary regular 

,terwan order putting all oi the oounty and pre- 

~‘-alaot oiiloiala On a- salary bar16 iOr the yam 1945. 

m(2).-Thst thr population OS Wnkler County 

eoeordlng to the 1940 Federal Consu8 la 6,141; 

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.\ ‘(3) I~‘1944 tta approved tax roll waa In the 

sum OS ‘2&819,098. ‘. I.-..a’ 

Van the CommissIonera * Court oi v;lnkler County, 

‘Texas, proooedlng under Article 3912(e), 7eo. 15, 

pay to the oounty judge, the sheriff, the tax ssaeasoroolleotor, the county and dlatrlot Olerk, end the 

county attorney the eleven per cent inorease in 0018~ 

penaation ror the year i91*5?” 
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Hon. 0. 1. Olsen, ~sge 2 

ceatlon 15 a? Artlole 3912a. V. A. C. S., reeds, 

In part, as r0ii0w8: 

ma CommlssIonersl Court in or>ustIes having a 

population o? less than twenty thousand (20,000) Inhabitanta, eooording to the last preoedlog Federal 

Census at thr iirst regular meting In January of 

esoh oalondar yesr, mey pssa en order provadlng ?or 

oompensstIon of 811 county and preolnot offloers on 

a salary basis. The Conmissioners Court In eaoh or 

such counties ia hereby authorized, nnd it shall be 

its duty, to fix the salaries o? Crlmlnal District 

Attorneys. In the event suah Court pssses suoh order 

they shell peg to eaoh o? said Dlstrlot and County 

o??Ioers In money an annual sslary in twelve (12) 

equel installments o? not less than the total sum 

earned SB compensation by said otflcer In hie said 

ofriolsl ospaolty ?or the fiscal year or 1935 end 

not more than the maximum allowed suoh oiflcer under 

laws existing August 24th. 1935, Snd not more than 

the maximum amount allowed such officer under laws 

existing August 24, 1335, provided, thst in counties 

having a populstIon o? leS3 than twenty thousand 

(20,000) Inhabitants, according to the lost preoeding 

Federal Census, and having an assessed valustlon In 

exoess o? Ten Million (~lO,OCO,OOO.OO) Dollars acoordlng to the last praacding approved tsx roll o? ouoh 

county the maximum amount allowed suoh o??ioera as 

salerles may be Increased one (1%) per ocnt ?or esah 

One Killion (~1,000,000.00) Dollars valuation, or 

freotlonal part thereof, In exoess of said Ten !.‘Il.lion 

(~10,000,000.00) 3ollsrs veluatlon over end above the 

~~?xlrr.urn amount allowed suoh of?Ioers under laws exlstInc; on August 2i+, 1735; provided, however, no salaries 

covered by this rocticn shall exceed the sum o? Pour 

Thousand Five Hundred (:.L,500.00) Dollprs reqardlass 

of the percentage o? Increase in population and voluetion &nd provided ?urther that In all counties ?:avlng 

a nopulation o? not leas than twenty thoi.Lsand and cne 

(20,001) nnd not moro than tvdonty-?!ve thousand 

(25,000), scoordin~ to tha last ?receding +dersl 

Census, nn(i ahich has an assessed velustkn in axceas 

or %ent.y-r?ve YillIon (‘25,000,5OO.C0) dollars HOcorcii;ig to the lest preceoing al?nrovo~Z tox roll of 

such oountles, the ccmty ju@?, rhcri??, county 

attorney, ~sscs::or a& collector a? taxes, county 
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Non. 0. c. Cloon, page 3 

alork and dlatrlot dark, the marbum salary 18 

hareby firad at Three Thousand Tovan fiundrad au8 

Fifty (33,7!YJ.O0) Dollars. . . . .* 

Under tho exproar authority ot the above atatuta, 

your Ccamiaalonota~ Court may rix tha aalarloa of woh oifloera 

ror the ansuln(y yaar ll$ over and above tha marlnum amount 

ellowad such ortlcara under lows oxiatln# on August 24, 1935, 

prorldad none of suoh aalar:ea shall axaaad tha sun of Four 

Thousacd live Eundrad (@+,500.001 DollSrS ragardlaaa of tha 

peraentage 0r lnoresae In population end valuation. 

?e 0811 to your attention that tha population 

breoket by xhloh the n?axinum salarlea ailowtd auuh orrloara 

la fixed, la deterrainad by the Federal Canaua of 1930, but 

t;le inoreaae or ciaximum salary allowed umhr Ceeo. 15 of l ald 

Art. 39120, aupra, lu dotim&;:cd by the last prooedlag Faders1 

Census (19401, together with the hot preoadlng approved tax 

roll (194k). me bellevo thla la fully axplelnad in our 

O9lalon No. ~-5986, a oopy or whloh la horoto attaohed. 

Trusting the above fully enawars your question, we 

are 

Your8 rorg truly, 

R;t:rt