**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Honorable Aubr eyRobiron

Dear Sirs

We eoknowledg ur letter o? rsoent date, reedlng es t

soholastioshare **ark,** end eooording Bred by your d8partOt'OOUAtJ superhtendhe period forwhich the

Department cb Eduoatioa has reary from $2000,to jlSO0, aIlAU3lly perintendenthas Inhis pos,ression ten **by** this sam auditor onMeroh ch time this same question exactly arose, end he ruled as follows:
et This Department has held consistently for a number of yeerr that the salary of thr **superintendent** could not be rsduoed durFng the term for the reason that he is eleoted to the office upon thst basis, eAd thereforeee loag as the incu:nbent

holds the otflce he is entitledHonorable Aubrey Robleon Paer 2

Vhr Cpaestlonto **be** answered 1s: ** Can the 83. ary of the County Superintendent of ldorrleCounty **be** reduoed from $2000 to $1800 annually, beoause of thedrop Ln roholastlosor must it remain nt $2000?*" Replying to the above question you arc advised that opl~lon O-1833 olted by you dealt onlywith the qU06tiOA Of the OXlSteAO6 Of the Offi Of COUety Superintendent rrh6~ the 8oholastlo 06~8~6 fellsbelow 3000, (end oartalnrelated questions) but did not de61with the qusstionof the relary o? the Oounty Superintend6nt.

The salary of the County Superlntsndsnt le fixedby Article 2700.'R.C.S. 1925 rhloh reads es follower

"The 616OtlVE COllQty SUp6riAttXld6RtBshall reoslts from the Avalleblo Sohool Fund of their rsspectlve oountles annusl salariesbass6 on the roholastlopopulation of suoh oountlrsee r0li0n0: nPopuletlon 3000 or less 

### 3ooa to is000 4001 to 

### 5000
".
. . . "Inmaking the annual budget forCounty Admlnlstretlon expenses the County Sohool t'l'USt6Wsh311make 6llOWaAO6 Out Of the State Available Sohool Fund for salaryand 6Xp6AB88 Of the OffiCe Of tb? COUAty SUp6FIntendeAt end the name shell be detsrmlned by the resident scholestlo populationof the oounty. It shellbe the duty 0: theCounty Board of Trustees to file thebudget for county edainistrstlon expense with the %Cste Depqrtment o-

C Eduoation on or beiora September first of eaoh soholastlo year, thebudgst to be approved snd 06rtiff6d to by the Fresldent of the County Roard of Fducqtim and attested

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to by the County Superlntsadent. The oaf&- psrrsatlooherein provided for 8hsll be paid mOAthly upon the order Of the County Sohool Tru8tses; provided that the 6alery for the month of Seitember shallno6 be paid until 

### theCounty UperinteAdent preasnts 6 reoaipt from the State Superintendent rhowing thst he has made all reports required oi him,*
Thls~**de** artment, in o lnlon Ho. O-&806, held that when the soho astlo populat P 4OA is lnoreassd frca a lower to a higher breoket, the salary of the County Superintendant is oorrespoadlnglylnor66664, and we think thr rams au10 should be applied when the 6oholaatlopopulation 18 deoraased.

You are advised that the ralary of the County Superintendent of Morris County 16 $1800 80 longa8 the soholastlo population reavlnebelow 3000,but if it should increese ln the next or sny suooeeding odnsu6h%s salary will b6 oorrespondingly Increased, in eooordenos with the salary soh6dule oontsLn6d in hrtiole 2700...


### Yowp very truly-,.

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