OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

Your recent req mont upon the qawtlonr le aolted. ion of thi# 4qmrt ted haa been re8' Co&lkt

loglly in ~4dltlon 00.00 to 6QTW expelme, do- ~8 ier tho oourthowe,

00.00, and when It Is oone foas of offloe till Bob
rotor the year?

"2. Ii the above plan 1s 

### notauthorisod by law, in this oounty wham the tooe 02 orffao will not @,xoeed #Og.OO ror the per, my thlr

oeurt pay, in adbition to an ex 0rrhi0 selary for tha sheer, any amount for deputy, Jailerhire and expenses of earBonorable John R, Moors, F'arge 2

, used in oounaotlon with dutlea of the Shariii*a dqmrtsmnt , - or, la the aathority of the Comm.laslonsra~ Oourt with referonoeto mlarlea and allowsnoofor osr axpenss lialtad to the approvrl ar aettlng ot amountswhiuh may ba dtiuoted by the ahorlff ot tha end of the pear only In the ovaat thst he has axoesa fess to l ooount fos?

*The aitustionoonfronting the Commlastonera'Court in this oounty la to properly finmao the Eh4rlrr'D orfi04 nh4n the r448
**0r that**  orrioeha4 never axaaada4 &NO.OO. By tho reason of Incnaao la the papulatlon 0r thin 00mty, th4 sh4rirf*a orri04 ~8s aepsratrdfrom the ofiiao QS Tax dolleotorA44*440r. The oontamplatadfeaa derlra4 from the Sherlft*soffio~ alone will not be edequete for the propar oonlloot of tha ofiioe, aa viewad by tho ~oaorriaalonara* spurt.

-Umlor Artlolc 6849 St. C!. 8. aa amaided **by** Wnaral $awa, &l@‘ii~Se& 1aC’ oallq& aaa41011, 1929. it naaa ---- Tro~lde4 iurthsr, that if, In ths opinion ot the Coraiealoners* Court fess Or the .Shariif*a otfioe ax-4 not surrfcisntto justify the payment of mleriee of suoh doputles,the Ooamiaslonera~ Court shall hate the poioer to p8y the same out

or the GmutralFund 0r 4814 oouaty'.

voes this Artlolr sa aaaaded llit the 1Mtetlon upon the powsr or the Oommlasionere’ Court M) aa to allow other **oofapaneatlon** than grnntad under ~Artlala 3883 **and** 3891 H. 0. S. when in their opinion thao la a aao~saity, for the sdequete end propar couduot or the f4heritr'm

ofriae, to pay aeld 4eputi48 **out** of the generel fund, WC118 id.50 Pl.bWiUg the Sheriff sn ex orriolo salarywithin the limitstfonsof Article 3895 R. 6. R.*

V?s818 inl~wmd thst Jaok County haa a '~opulstlon of 10,196 inhRbttsnte acoording to the lost Bea~srsl mnaua,Honorable John W. Mocre, Page 3

ana the tb oounty orrioi~la or so14 00unty a~ 00rptiasted oa a tab kale.

prarldmaI Artlolb 3934, Pornon' AnnotatedCivil Ststutoa,

Wherirfa ahall alao raooiyo the following ooaponsatlonl

'1. ?oor

all proossa issued from the Suprome Court or CIourt.8 or Civil A$psale, and aoned by them, the smo fees a8 are ellowmd then for alailor aorvico upon proowe iseued from the dlmtrlot courts. 

### ì2.. Yor l um onlng

jurors in dlatriot and aounty oourta, oonln~ all elsctloanctloea, notloea to worawra of roads and &olng all bthsr pubLl0 buainor8not othorwleo provided for, not eice~ding one bhotiaaad dollar8 per alum to bs fixed by tho oommiaaionars~SourB at the same tlms other
ox otrlaio rlarlea dire ihod, and to k **psld sut~ot.th** * goaozal fund4 oi tha aouxktyf providti~d, tbt'no auok 81 offiolc salarj aholl k alleaod any &oklf? who hoe ra**osivbd** the wxlmu~~ aslarp allowed by low.*

Art1018 3995, Parnon~aAnaotstedCivil statuka, mods as follower

'*rhe Commissionerat

Court la horebg dabarred fro@ allowing oompensationfor ex 0rrioi0 aervloee to 00tmty 0rri0i4ia uhea th0 compensation

and exocss fees which t&my are ellowd to retain shall reqch t&a mnxlmum prcvldrd fur in thla ohapter. In oasoa where the ocaiponaation

and oxcena It

aa v&ioh tho ofrloora sro allmod to rots, ahell not reach Ohs m~xixt,m

prcyidod for in thin ohapter, the Commissionerm~ Court ahall allm crcmiponraticm r0r ox orri0f0 eervicea when, lri

their judgment,such ccwqqneetlon is neoemery, prmlded, such ocmponsationC Eonorabla d0hn.W. Ibore, Pago 4

for ex offialo servl6esU1a.d shall not lnaraase the eampensatloa af tha offlolal beyoad the Mxlmum or ampeasatlon and araaas Seer allowed to be rrtalned by him uader this ahapter. Pravided,however, the es orrlolohsnla l athorlsed shall ba allowad only after la oppartanltyrOr a pubilo hearing and anly apon the drir8+ tit* rots of **at Least**  **thm maabwa**  0r the Commlsalonera* Courti.*

Undar Artlola 3883 aad Artlole 3S91, Bemoa's dnnotatea clvll Statutes,ths maximum 

### oapensatim 0r the ! aharlfi ok Jaok County m n a ot l xaeed ~,OOO.OO per annum.

. l3nder the abave rntloned atatutes,the Commissionan' Court oau le@ly alla thwsherltf ex oftiolo ocmpenaetlon not to l xond #1,09(3.00

per year, provlde4I, that the said ax orri810 oompansatlon doa8 BOt inoreaa$ tha eapensation or 

### tha aherift beyond the xmsxlmum as /: ’ prwlded by law, P Artisle lOU, 

### 004% 46 Cririnal Proaedure, pro- 

### ,,.i ,I vldas la part, v%,allo?aaae shall krde For the,baard 

### : ,,,,,. e ar sush sru~.~o r::i*anra,-:ë:~~::rih~ss e tl lle?n,n oi

$& tide ror jailer 

### or

turnkey, l

xoept in aaantla8 0r r0rtp thousand populitlonQC ame.* 

### With rererenoeto the ooapensatlon or Janitorfor tha aourthausa,said aompenaatlon la not be ba ragarded a8 part oi the aompensatlonoi the akarlrf,but such oampensatlon may ba alloaad and paid bg the Corri.lasloners* Court **under** the general power (md authority of said oourt by virtue of ArtloX 2351, Vernon's 'L AnnotatadCivil Statrotos.Tikenrore, your rmt question is respeotiolly aaswred in tha negative.

Artlole 6869, Vemon’a Annotated Clrll Statutes, reads an followsr

'Sheriff8ahall have tha parer, **by** writing, **to** appoint one or more **deputies** for their raepectlvaoountias, to oontlnue in orrh during the pleasure 0r tha therm, rho ahall have power and authority

### to parfox% a11 tba aote and dutiaa of their prlnolpals;and evsry person so appointed shall, before he eater8 upon the dutlaa ai' his oitloe, take end aubaarlba to then

ofi%alal oath, uhlab shall ba lndoreed on hi6 appointment,togetharwith, Honorabla John W. Moera, Page 5

‘theoertlrioataof the offioer admialsterlsg tha sama; and auoh appointmant and oath shall be raoordad in the otfioe af the &wnty Clark and degoslted In naid otiioe. The IWR~~T Of deputiesappolntadby the sberirfof any ens oounty sball ba 1lnltncl to not axoaedlag three la tha Juatl.ae preolnot in Uhlah is luuatsd the oountg alta or such oounty, and one la esah Justloe preoinat,anb e list of these appointmentsshall be posted up In oonrpiououa

plaae in the Clerk's ofrios. An in6lotmentror a relony or any boputy sheriff appointed shall operate a retooat!an of his appolntmantaa au& deputy aherltlt.Frorlded further, that if in tha opinion of the Conmlrslonwa* Court reea 0r the sherlSf*a orrloe are not 8urrlolent to ~uatli~ the payment 

### or aslarlea of auah drputlea, the Commlsalanars*

Court shall have the power to pay the same out at the General Fund oi 6ald OOUnty.*

Article 6871 provides la **paa38**

Wh8na*er in a~~“houut~It bwoou aeeeuary to employ yarda fbr the aare,keepln&
or prisoners and the 

### l eourlty or fs@a thr shwirr ply, with the approtsl 0s th& boamissioner8 Court, or in oat30 0r amergenoy, titb the approval oi the County 3udga, employ nuah number of guards aa may be noceseary;and hia aoommt therefor,duly ltemlud aad sworn to, shall be allowad by uid Oourt, an6 paid out ot the County Treasury.

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In tleu or Artiolea 6869 and 6871, 8uprat In
answor to your seaoral quastlan you are odvlrad that it is
our oplslon that the ComaLseloners* Court aan lagallg pey the salerlesof deputy &erlffe out of the #general. fuad
or the oouaty, if in the opinion of tha Corraloaioueral Court, fees or the aherirfieorriee ore not sutfloient to justify the paymant ai aalariasof euoh deputies. The salaries of suah daputlea are to be detvrorlnad an provided by ArtlaZe 3902, Vernon58 Annotated Clrll Statutes. Alav, the salarise 0r guards for the aarekoaping of prisonersand the aeourlty of'jaila,may ba paid by the Commle#lonsrr' Court aa provided by Artlola 6871.Konoreble John W. Moors, Pega 6

In rim’ of Artlole 3899, V*rnOn’ ~ Annotatea Civil 

### st~tutw, you we rurthor aatisoa that it la our opinion that am a0uimis~ioeer**



### a0m omn0t logdly pay 8utomoBi~~oxPUIWI or the sherirf*adepartment,b u t le ProrUW by Se&ion A of Artlole 3899, suoh l xpeneoa met be 

### paid out of the ri3e6

aarnea by ad.4 offioer.
Trustingthat the forrgolng fully anenver8 your inquiry,w are
VW-y truly yours

! A?PROWD PEB 7, 1941 ATPORKEYUlWRAL CFl’EXAS

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