**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** Hon. LInton S. Satag*,PageB

dred and seventy-nine(Sl,799)nor more than fifty-twothousand, **seven** hundred **and** ameaty' nine (SZ,7791, **aooording** to th8 last pmoeding FederalCensus OS the UuIted States,JustIoe8 of the Peaoe and Gonntabler *hall hare and r8- oslte as fees of offloe Twentyderen mha~a end Fifty Dollar8 ($WSO) eaoh per annum. Prorlded that aaoh JUtIoer oi the Peaoa and Ooastables 8hall al80 reoulra lxoeaa fee8 In aadltlon thereto **by** retainingone-third **oi** mob %xoea8fee8 uutll auoh one-thirdof auoh pxoua f%e8, togetherwith the 8aia amount of lbentyaeven Hundredand Fifty Doll8ra (#Z7SO),equal8 the sum of Three ThousandDollar8 ($SOOOl.*
Y3X.Z. All law8 or parts Of law8 in 0011- illot herewithare hereby repealed.
*fBcI. .S. This Aot 8haU beoane efieatlre on and after It8 paaaage.

**“ 8x.**  **4. The**  faot 

### that **the** paaaaga **of O&p**  ter t20, AOt8 of the Regular 8eaaion of the **Forty** third Legislatori,1995, Page OM, rade.haeqwe provIaIonror+be oompen8atlon of the Ju8tioer OS the P%aoe and ConstablesIn 8uoh OOtllltIe8, whloh Oti881Qn and failureto 80 prwlde will, result in a rerloua impairment of the work of the Jurtloe Court% and Oonatablea,**and** Impo8e an uuduehardship on those Ju8tioea of the Pea08 and COn8table8 in thq larger oltleo in l

### uoh oouutlearho will reaoh theirmaxIam% fee llmlt8 and e~eaa fee8 of ofiloe long betora the end of the ourruntye(LT, and who will be **expeoted** and requiredto serve the publla In thsirmany dutIe8 without ramnorutlon thereafter,

and tha iaot that l uoh offloiala are oalled on and requiredto performm%uy dutloa for ?hIoh no fee or other oempenaatlonIs provided, oreate an emergenoyawl an lmperatlve publlo neoeaslty that the Colutltutiotml Mule requlrl.ng bill8 to b% read en three soreralQay8 be, %ad the same 1% hereby atuperidetl, and this Aot 8hall take %?feot and be In Soroe tr%m aad after its passage, and It Is so eaaoted.* The aboimentloned Ast was finallypaaasd In Yay, lSSS, and iIl%d with the Saoretaryof State on M%y 17, 19SS. Naturallythe queatlon%rI8e8wðer Or uOt It ti WIfe8t from th% langosge in the Aat It8eli that it was Oh% &Etultlon of thu Legislatureto Iaore%%ethe rarinuu allewaaoe to auoh otilourafor the eatlrs year, lSJS, aud all futum c _~

### Hon.L¶.ntonS.Ekva6e,Pye 8

years, or 

### whetherit raa th8 

### fntunt to m&a 8aba l pplf- sable only to the&portI~O? tie p~1@355oh solla~ sd the effeatlvmdate 0r t&a Aot.

Tbs eater&pnoy 8lau8e olearly IndIeatu an l tt 2: 

### on the part 

### of the L6gfrlatacre 

### to make the fnareaae 

### in 8 aryt0 applytbroughout the 

### l urr0atyearo?l935~ The me oftbword~ourrent~aar~ la 

### IndIeatIrs oftbe lntontof the Legislatureto treat the 

### allmauae to the Justioea o? thePea and oormablea as klngona ymrlybaaie, t&at la,?romfauuaryX toDeoamber 32. The rrauneratlonfor these offf sea was treated u being 011 a parly 

### ba618,a~%d the 

### inoruao **proilded** for in the Act wa8 elearly lnteaaed to emer the 

### entireyear ior 

### whichthe nxlatumSee 

### limit was ptorid8d.’ 

### It la true,aa a apuak &WO8QO8tiV84 alla mot 

### a oontrary

IatsDt 

### on the feat **either br**  aprua implidation muah laws 8ay have a retroaotirsl??eot. 668 the 8~08 Ot CUX~a. Boblaoa 3.W 8. 1. ll49* &8riOan ~UXF 

### sty co. or 

### P. T. vs. Axtell60. 8s 8. w. (8aj 9l5.

The Juatioeor 

### the Peaoet~~38 his 

### salary6 8ompenaatlon

otn a 

### par4 basis. His duties carry on throughIt t tha -t year. 

### At t&e end or *at o-t mar h8 nqulrod to mke a m 8tatOM¶ltof th0 report m 

### ~~~t~h~~eea,aonmIaaIoaa and ~enaatlmu t&m



### . See ArtleleS391,Vera~n*sCIvll8tattlt.8. I? 

## aurf.ag moh year the alat1as o? the 

### peaa h8 rooelvad tees In exmaa oftheltita proa~rIbedbyl.am?m his remuneration, he has to reimburse the county. U he ha8 

### reaelved

equalto or lea8 than the ~S~SWIS

throughout

such ya%r and was not pro ratable. We quote traanthla oa8e aa?ollmar

Vhe fee H&ate pmvlder a 8ertala p8r
eunt ofl

aaea8bd valuation a8 py for the aaaeaaor~a 8ervIoea. 

### The ooupea8at.tlon inmot.EOn. Llnton s. Savage, Page 4

?or taking renditions only. xhe statute does not 8Eayhe 8hall reaeive So muoh ror part o? hi8 work and something else for othar o??IaIal duties. I? the oampen8atfoa was dlrlaable, it would bs poaalbla to apply the 1930 Fee Statute to part o? ralator’a aoaomt8 end the 1QZfi law to tither portions tharao?, but, alaoa It 

### Is Impo8slble to plsoe vloea, It must be a value upon his aeraral 8erassumed that the Lsglalature Intended to apply the new rate to the ~1OEs8errloea a8 a whole. xhI8 18 all the more rea8onable a oonolualon In rl~w of ~the Saot t+at the Leglslnture kufiw he oould not present his bill for 8enIoea until the fall 0s 1985. At the tiae his aooouut baoame due, the new rate was erfeotlre. I? the Legislature had 

### lnteaaed to apply one rate to part of the aooount and another to the other, then he rhould hare provided a method for doing 80. 1t rhould hate plaoed a value on eaoh part o? the work. Mot having done so, we hold thora was no auoh Intention on the part of the lawmakers. Wethink tbl8 o??IoIo rhould be paid tmdar the 19SS statute. We ha+e 80 authority awer* thf8 8ItuatIon, and oouuy eel ofte none* we **awe that no ettoraey la thie oaae has found any authority in point.* Wedo no; pass **upon** the ooaatItutIonalIty of 

### the. 8t8tutehere Involved, beaaU8e 

### notreqmeatea. Eowawr, r0r your Iniormatlon, we are herewith eaolo8lng aoplea of OpInIon 

### 1908.

7% sad 643. h view O? the foregulug authorities, you are rmapeottolly advised that It i8 the oplnloa or thI8 

### department that’the Juatloe8 of thm Peak and oanrtable 8errIng a8 auoh o??lel8la In the oouutlea 

### thatame within tha popolatluu braekstaa8 above designated were entitled to oolleot a maxImumor ‘f

’hrrr ThouSand Dollars (#3000) for their 8ervIoea throu&otit the year or 193s and no proration was 

### intended by 

### t&3 Legislature.

Trusting that the foregoing Nip eaawara your InquIry,werueIa, Yours wry truly

EDOCT 23, 1939 AT¶'O~NEY~EHSRALOTTEXAS

A@fbdJ&YGENERALOF TEXAS