OFFICE OF THE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GcluIC.MIllll 

mlvmmT.aroooodla(p or the 

county, ?8za8, 

@as, la rouaa ala 

od 8nd 08rrtod 

for th8 first 81% ' 

aad thee0 hrlprrr 

math0 or the yo8r.Q 

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'Dow tba Coanimioao~~ Court kvo the 

* cauthority to make l $mp au8 8&f~FO&JriOtioA to 

UL orrio ror thputy hisa u34 not 8plry th0 

8mmmt to b 8 p a id l8oh deputy? Do08 tbr Co uAty 
hA4itGF b sV0 l lthQPt0 it188Ue ~ monthly wWMIltO t0 dO~U8hO mds? the &k08m1 t O21118 Or 

the rbova rt*trd rlaute of the Coml~~ianrrs~ 

courw- 

&rtiClO b@o@, y8PCiCiA'cl civil Stntti88, prOYid88, 

la part, m8 rallow8t 

%h’brneVrr eaj distrlet, 0aon8y or pr8ciact 

0fri00r 8baU roqalra thr, senlc48 of dspuSio8, 

a86i88nn8e M obrk8 ib th+ pWfOmnDUa Of him 

dutiO8 tie 8hal1 8p3ly to ti4 COWty COcPmiS8~O&erS' 

'CotM or Dir county tar euthoriby tc aypelat 

aaah dOQ,oticS S88iSt~Ultt8 Or dhrks, 8tatin6 

by IWO~D a~pl&Aor~ tbs na?nbr neohl, the 

position to be fill& and t&b &SOUDt to ba imid. 

;6sib applloatlen shall be l a~oapanled by a 

ctotment rhowin& th8 probable rearigto rx0i8 

rQO8, ~aai6#i01%~ Mid eOUp@58tktiWI 80 be Oolloot.4 by 8ai6 of%or U\lrt&g th4 firs&l. Y.&iaa4 the probable di8barreiwat@ WdGh still Lx01~64 sill salariss and espouses of said. asrice; 

court or coy mmber th4-0r 4 ttampt to ior2usaee 

t&8 a y p OiDtM O& f t l 4 wr8Or, tS dE+lt~, PeStitmat or alsrk In say 0fricO. Upon ths entry 

or 0troh order the offiasrr ap9lyfn~s tar 6uah 

l 88~tWt8, dOji,ati@8 0%’ OlO*S Oh@11 ?‘@,8PthOPie.cl 80 eppefM fbra; provid8d that enid eompaasttian rball not sxs4ed ths wmxb~wa emunt8 

~roinbrter 8ot oat* The ou5p6oatlom wblah 

my br Cu@YWd SC@ th4 dWptii38, 484i4ttICt6 Or .' 

akpk6 tibore naw4d for their 84PVl408 *Fall 

be I rba8aeable oaq, 00% to 4seead the roimh , 

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Prior tc th6 l naotnest of ArtioLs 39O!:,.augm, tb8 

OOUJAt~ Olorks d&erAbOd fOZ tbWWaVO8 tki4 qUWti0n Of 85. 

,, and radr contxauts for their orwpsnTharo 18 a0 lsagumga urafi in Artiols SBOP: i4diaatln8 
florronble Loo Pro660~1, Pyr 3 

that ‘tha 86larlor‘of rueh d6putl66, rrrslrtaats and olarkr 

rry be fixad by ldVat6 a@%omont botwoon thr oounty olerk 

and him doputler. Ontho other h6nd, by tho axpro provialon at 6814 l rtiolo, tho ooun~ olork is ropuftod to aaalcs 

application to tb6 oomty eoauda6loarr8~ court of his 

iOr cothority to appoint 8ueh dqmtloo, aoslrta6t6 6nd 

oounty 

Olork6, 6ktUag by 6vrora l p p llOi%tl the au&m o n madad, 

the pouftlon to be iillod aad the smount to bo paid, -end 

6614 6ourt 8b611 me& it6 a r dl or thorlz$ag the a ol~taont 

Oi’6UOb d6DUtiO6, 666i6t66t6 6nd ClsNt6 and fir t r 6 oouipea66tlon to be paid th6a dthla ths llnititious heroin prol arlbod 6nd dotrrmino tb6 numbor to bo rppofntod 6s in 

th6 dl8orotlon OS said oourt my bo ppopor.m 

Tho Su;~rom6 Court oi Tans6 lntha ea60 of El116 

Count*_r. Thomprcn, 66 S. W. 43, ha6 unequlvooally i3oadeumod 

a8 ~ooafrwy to public polloy the fixlxg or deputies’ ra~6rloo 

by prlvatm s~reoablltr Al60 6be YarylmS Casualty Compeny v. 

W&o~~;O' S. I?. fr?ad) Ξ ~h;auarar V. Uullipps, 107 3. ". 

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ThO Qoprsf66lon~r6' 6OWt ha6 linrit6d &!?ludlOtloa, 

and when otrtutory.arttbotlty 16 given for the 6xsralo6 of 

oartnin powarr and the porlonm66u of c6rtaln dutlok tho8s 

* rogtiramntr mqet br l trlotly to U6wed~a severy d l saential 

detail~psrforaod an provided l&i ths 6tatute. Tho only authorlt~,bmaer whlOh 6 s&~srihmrr~ aourt aould arrlrt in 

the l ppaintmnt or th6 deputlss nam6d in Artlcls 390& le th6 

authority owlerrsd thorala and could be oxoout6d 06ly in 

tho Illlimtlr ~rascribed in the s&t&6. btcte P. Joh13600, &E 

8. Y. (al) 110. 

In view or t&o roregolnff authorltirr, it 16 tho 

oplnioo of this d@p&rtMnt that mur fist qUtb8tlOa 6hould 

br anewred In the negatlir. 

Your 6.8OOfid quimtibn shotid llk6wi66 be rnrwarsd 

in the nogatlrs. A6 ~lr66dp pointed out, tbo oommlr610ner6c 

court ie glr6n tull authority ovmf the csr~ndituro of &and6 

for oounty olmrkr to be psi8 4ol;Qltp 

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16y666 la Cb6~Offi66 

of oounty alerk within tho aaxl?&u 1~ ta tired by k.w.. ~The 

appolatlrent br 6pgUo6tlon to ati alth th6 eo66eat of- tbo 

a6annl6sloneF6 oourt la only to b6 o~foob6d nrter 6 proper 

order authorlzlq mim 1s lakQ@ by the 006md~6iOn~r6~' eb~ft. 

&r said uourt, under thha tacta rslattrd by you, $16 a& apealfy 
Ronemblo ko Proud& Aar 4 

tho cocqoruatlon to be pal4 oaoh deputy oounty olak, a6 r* 

qQir@l by ArtlCl6 8002, the Or86r 6UthOPiSirrg SUOh 4pgOLPtwnt 16 not tha pmpar OMIr, 66d la thwetaro of no Imoo and atfoot and t&r county quditor Co48 not hto tho wWbor;ty 

to 1**ue monthly salary Warl’tmtS w&or the tOZm6 tb6,;rsOf. 

rueth 

T%usth& that bhe 6bbYo 6n6w6rS yJclxp inquirl66, ~6 

Your* Tory truly