OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ztonerablr Dermn IUrkrla 

wuaty btfornry 

mluton uounty 

Wharton, Tonr 

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YOUE r0qtl08t ror, 

fully son~1dec.d bl tttir de 

quert 8O rollolm1 

h,,t?t&i%%~: c”e%?f:~ “$;“t”t,“; 

amtiMber g81,109,519.00 so: the mar 194a, 

l ooordiag to thr lart approred.tar roll. 

"AU'AORXTXZS AND DISCVsSXOIPr , 

-ht. sola seel. a , la l *r tulo rdoro , t 

the Cma l#r lo a er r t Co ur t la Oo untle8 ia l xo o ll 
Holromblo Dorman Riok.18, Page t 

Of 20 OOO 

moor 4 lhb 

sob not nor0 than 190,000 inhabitant0 

to tha lrat praoeading FodSMl~ OeMua, 

to t&x aalfirlar of 0SrtSln nand oftlol~lr, lnaludiEg the Count7 Treasurer. It dlrrota that 

the 8ab.v be firad at a sum 'not 1088 than thr 

total mm t88m8a by tha mapaotlve &ii@. ror 

the ySar 193% anQ not mrS tbrn the melnm 

amount allowed aaoh orrioer under hwm. Sri8tln6 on XiEi37!4,~ 19SSw. ft runhsr grotld’ea 

that 'in CO~~it.%48 hSVing a pOQUbt;OII Or PLOLY 

tbl 20 000 and 1088 than 37,800 inh&i ted@ 

sad ha& 

thr aalar s 

S ralmtion in exaSSa of 12 ai~lon, 

es nay bm lnoraaaed 1% ror Saoh MO 

million dollars or rra0tibii tharsor in 0x0~88 

Oi Oild 13 nllliod dollars, otaf and above the 

auou5t allowed said official uoder laws sxlat5.5g in 1938'. 

“S’rom the above it is seen that in tlxlnF; 

the Salary ioL, the County Treasurer of Wharton 

County, it la hoOaaary ths t the Camfaiaalonera~ 

Court dstarmfne the maxlaum salary +llourd thr 

cQ~un~~3maaurer under hwa exiati~ on August 

A&i in this OOJUiSOtiOIi th8 iOllOting 

t?t&Unent*and authozdtier am rO8pfJOtflllly 8ubdtted ror the Saaltanor or your dapartmsntt 

"Art. 3941 provides In subatanoe, that thr 

County Treasurer Shall rsorlvs oom~laaloaa;~ on 

money recelrrd and paid out by him not to SxoSSQ 

2#$ that what has been pSld out and rsoeir8dr 

“Art. 3042 proiidaa in aubatanoe that, 0r 

money8 rooalrsd and paid out whiah belong to 

school funUS, tho Traasurer Shall reOeiV0 II 

omnlaalon not gr8atar than * 0r 1%. 

"Art, 29Is in aubatanoe, prot%Qaa that tha 

c01~a1SSion Sllmued c o untTreasurers y l hnll aot 

erosed $2,000.00 par yaar. Herr follow oartaln 

exoeptloos, none or whloh apply to Wharton County, 

as shown above. This artlolS raa yssaed in 1920, 

and amended in 1927, SSQ 1931, and appear8 t0 

ba thr law gworning the nSXimua SalSry tor raid 

orrfoa e kugu8t 24, 1938, and is uwr00t0Q by 

Arts. 5941 Snd 3942, Sup=, 8inaa Art. 3943, baa 

. . _ 
Xionorabla ti&‘iMn 19iOk.18, Rga 3 

rapoalod thr 4bova artiOt.a8 by iBp&ioation 

due’fo the raot that it wa8 ena o tl rb obarqumt 

to said l rtlolo8, ii oonfllot rrtrta. 

9ut, in my opinion, no oonfllot batrauh 

Art.; SOU 3942 and 394S appears broauar Art. 

s(H3, by it8 rxprrs8 terms, simply limits the 

amount of oommiaalona that mq. ba eaarneQ undrr 

Art. 3941 and S942. 

%%noo tie County Tnaaurer if Wharton 

County oould earn as oommiaalona #t,OOOfOO a8 

0r August es, 1938~ by Qlraotlon or Art:3943, 

th18 sum plus 1% ior l a o h mllllon in l xoeal of 

;. million l nQ rraatlon thorooi, rhloh would 

7,000,000.00 or W40.00, maklng a total 

18 tha maximum rl0urr to lm riw 

as tha 194B salary or raid oifiolal in the 

opli~lo5 or the writer.* 

You era reap4ottully adviaad that it 18 6ho opiaIon of this drprtnent that JOU bnvm oornotly l rmwsr~d t&r 

question and that under the feat8 atated la our loWar the 

sum 0r $2,740.00 18 the maximam rigun at w hl Oh the 194t 

salary or the County Troaaurrr of Wharton County .oan ba flxrd. Sea authorltlra oltrd in and raaaoning of opinion Nor 

O-2972 of thl8 drpmrtment, rbioh among other thin@ pS@rd 

on the salary or the County Treasurer of Hunt County, Texas. 

wo l olaar herwith a oopy or said opinion for your lntoxmatlon. 

Vary truly yourr 

AT'IORIplK CBHB?AL Of TBIbs