OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Your recent req 

mont upon the qawtlonr l e 

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 not authorisod 

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, Jailer hire and expenses of ear 
Bonorable 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 referonoe to 

mlarlea and allowsnoo for osr axpenss 

lialtad to the approvrl ar aettlng ot 

amounts whiuh 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 aitustion oonfronting the Commlastonera' Court in this oounty la to properly 

finmao the Eh4rlrr'D orfi04 nh4n the r448 

0r that orrioe ha4 never axaaada4 &NO.OO. 

By tho reason of Incnaao la the papulatlon 

0r thin 00mty, th4 sh4rirf*a orri04 ~8s 

aepsratrd from the ofiiao QS Tax dolleotorA44*440r. The oontamplatad feaa derlra4 

from the Sherlft*s offio~ 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 

surrfcisnt to justify the payment of mleriee 

of suoh doputles, the Ooamiaslonera~ Court 

shall hate the poioer to p8y the same out 

or the Gmutral Fund 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 salary within the 

limitstfons of Article 3895 R. 6. R.* 

V?s 818 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. 

prarldma I 

Artlolb 3934, Pornon' Annotated Civil 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 umo nlnjg urorin dlatriot s 

and aounty oourta, oonln~ all elsctloa nctloea, notloea to worawra of roads and &olng all bthsr pubLl0 buainor8 not 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 raosivbd the wxlmu~~ aslarp allowed by low.* 

Art1018 3995, Parnon~a Anaotsted Civil statuka, 

mods as follower 

'*rhe Commissionerat Court la horebg dabarred fro@ allowing oompensation for 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 ocmponsation 
C 

Eonorabla d0hn.W. Ibore, Pago 4 

for ex offialo servl6es U1a.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 orrlolo hsnla l athorlsed shall ba 

allowad only a fter l a oppartanlty rOr 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 mna o t 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 evldas la part, v%,allo?aaae shall krde For the,baard asur sh sr u~.~o r ::i*a nreat l ,-:ë: lle?n,n $~~ti& ::o i de r ih ~ss 

ror jailer or turnkey, l xoept in aaantla8 0r r0rtp thousand populitlon QC ame.* With rererenoe to the ooapensatlon or Janitor for tha aourthausa, said aompenaatlon 

la not be ba ragarded a8 part oi the aompensatlon oi 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 

Annotatad Civil Statrotos. Tikenrore, your rmt question 

is respeotiolly aaswred in tha negative. 

Artlole 6869, Vemon’a Annotated Clrll Statutes, 

reads an followsr 

'Sheriff8 ahall have tha parer, by writing, to appoint one or more deputies for their 

raepectlva oountias, 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, togethar with 
, 

Honorabla John W. Moera, Page 5 

‘the oertlrioata of 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 

deputies appolntad by the sberirf of 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 appointments shall be posted up In 

oonrpiououa plaae in the Clerk's ofrios. An 

in6lotment ror a relony or any boputy sheriff 

appointed shall operate a retooat!an of his 

appolntmant aa 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. . . .* 

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 salerles of deputy &erlffe out of the #general. fuad 

or the oouaty, if in the opinion of tha Corraloaioueral 

Court, fees or the aherirfie orriee ore not sutfloient 

to justify the paymant ai aalarias of 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 prisoners and 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*a department, b ut l e ProrUW by 

Se&ion A of Artlole 3899, suo h l xpeneoa met be paid out 

of the ri3e6 aarnea by ad.4 offioer. 

Trusting that the forrgolng fully anenver8 your 

inquiry, w are 

VW-y truly yours 

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

(8) tireid c. )aenn 

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