OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eionorable au B. Eta11 

county Attorney 

iIerrir0.n Oouotr 

kerehall, Twae 

Attontkma Heni aobwtY. B 

Pirst Asrirknt 

opinion on the 

from your letter 

that you think that Attorney 

a O-6560 8x0 in~~OonfllOb. 

aragraph of Opinion Ho. O-6580 

45) whbh pmria0r aa fouows: 

we wish to point out that uhers the 

of’ aounty offiaiala opratl.nfS uader 

Salery Law have been Pet, s6me say not 

or aooreasoa uurin5 the yosr but say be 

inaroared or daqroawd the follorlng goar uithln tho 

limltatlonta preroribrcl by law. SOS O~inlons NOD. 

04595 and O-4226 of this W~rtnmt, copies of which 

an rnoloaed hmerith for your intoriuotlon.~ 
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Bon. San 8, iU11, pago 2 ,.’ 

la our Opfnion h'o. 0~6575 (approved May 18, 1945) wa 

held a8 foUewrt 

Vrogg County haa a population of 58,027 

inhabitanta apoording to the 1940 Fedora1 Conrus, 

and, the lart s~8088ril tax oaluatton i8 ro0r0 than 

#103 000 000.00. Sootion 13 Of Artio10 3912@ 18 

a plioabio to Orrgg County and tho annual oom*nrat 3 on of l a o h offlalal aantlonoil in raid Beotlon 13 

l uthoriiwd ~&or the law for tho fisoal year 0r 

kg& @ZQOObO fh0 IWO Of $3600.00 pOr 8rUWb mOrOfom, Bonrta Bill Ho; 123 ha8 no rpplioatlon rwaml1~ the oompaaratlon of w-10 oounty orflolalr of 

OX0 

P 

County who aro nunotl in ralb Sootion 13 of 

Art 010 39120. Tho sount~ trooruror 18 mOntiOnOd 

ln 8ai6 Sootlon l.3, an& the law authorlsab a mmi8um 

W?dIQOIIM&hU Or IUOAW th6A $360040 rOl th0 4OUAtg 

troaruror fo$ tho flraal oar of 1914. Thlr bolng 

true, 88id 5, 8. X'o, 123 I 8 not applioable to tho 

oountr treasurer of Grogis Gountyrm 

A oaroful rtudg of our Opinion Nor O-6580 of Kay 26, 

1945 rovoalr that the County Auditor Oi Ore@& COuuty me&o no 

inqufry ~onoorniag the proviaionr of 8onats Bill Nor 123 iA 

that roqusrt, and mid bill MO not aonsia0r06 by tho writer 

of tho oplnlon inaikuuoh a8 in a rlor o inion (NO, O-6575) 

dated Mar 18, 1945, tho County Au %I?sb~ county had 

bO6A adrlsod th8t *Sonata Bill Rio. 123 hae no appliaation 

IrOgardfng the oamponration of the.~~cpunE~.:.of~ficia~o~,.of .@egg 

County who are named in 8aib EioOtlOa 13 Of ArtiolO 39120.~ 

Although t&O prin@+Gple8 Of law a8 'rnnounaod in.0~ 

Opinion Ho. 06580 are round, thoro war no rtatuto or ootstftutional provision prohibit- the 49th Logiolaturr from 

-0ndtng Sootlon 13 of Artiolo 39120, Rovirod Civil Statutor 

Of %x48, 1925, a8 amondod, by ad&i& thoroto the followlq! 

*960. 3; That Boatian 13 Of ArtfOlo 39120, 

ROVi8Od civil Statutor of Texas, 1925, an ammdod, 

bo 8ild the 8alW 1s horoby amondod by mIdin& thoroto 

tho fol1~1 

w*(o) ‘The ConrPi8~lonerr Court is horobg 

authorlzod, whon in their ju4&mont the fiaanoial 

aonaltlon of tho aouatyand tho noods OS the 

OffiOOr8 jurtifp tho lnaroa80, to odor pn order 

1noroasisq the OORl~A88tiOI.l of tho proolnot, 

oounty and aietri0t officer8 in an aaaitlonal amount 
‘~ :375 

AOt t0 5XtHOe twoAtpflt0 (25s) pr OOAt Of th5 5UU 

allowed under tho law for tho flraal y8aP of 1944, 

prorldra tha total ocmpbnaatlo~ 8uthorisod under tha 

law for tho rIaoal pear of 19 

P 

did not oxoood the 

sum or Thiztyylx xundnd ($3 00.00) Dollar&** 

Sootion 3 oi the 5bOVtJ bet doers Aot repoal Seation 13 

of Aztiola 3912o, ~ovIaed Civil atatutor of Texas, 1925, a8 

amandod, but ~~1n3.y amend8 Seation 13 by adding tharrto tha 

above quota4 proYlaloa8r 

Saute Bill No* 123 wa8 8MOtOd 88 en emer5onoy maware, 

and on4 by I! 8triOt 5OJk~~i5AM with tho team8 thorOor 8011 the 

5ai6~i08 0r OrriOial8 ‘or oountiea l rfaotod thomby bo inor+ared 

for thr roaalnfler or lPb5. In othorarbr, a oountr (auoh~ 85 

Grog& Oow$~) that 0-a within tha pXOVi5iOA8 Of the Offfoora' 

8alary LOW, (ma not t0 Srnato Bill No. 123) oammt 

grant itr ooimt 

f 

8 salary lnonaaoa for tha rerolrindor 

of this yoatv Ho 0pI~iof1 Nor O-6580), but a county (rush 60 

~OlVe8tOJI CO<y) that 00-I Within tho QI'O7iUiOA8 Of 8OAOtO 

Bill No. 123 buy grant it5 oounty oftialal8 aalary~Inaroa8e8 

for the xwmlndor of 1945. (860 Opinion No. O-6646). 

The miapoA55tloA of tho oounty traaruror or iiarx4aon 

County la aontrollod b 

SoOtiOA f) Of ATtiOb 5 

Sootlon 13 of Artlalo 39120. Undo? 

L&i& the OOUUtp tXoclMl'SZ' 18 allowed 8 

aOqona5tIon or *not 1056 than tho total aura oarnod a5 eoaponaatlon by him ln hla offlolal oapaolty for tho flroal poar 

1935, a&d AOt PeopO than tho m8XlRWi amOUnt O~OWOd 8u5h Off1oOr 

UmIttP the law8 5riating 011 Atigust i&, 

had a populqtlon of tib 937 amoor& 

1935.” AI XaXPi8OA County 

and had an raaaaaad rahatlon of $1 ? ,562&O in 1944, tho rmxlto the 1930 yeaoral aonsur 

m.im oomponaatlon the oounty tnarurer aould have retalnod for 

1944 wan tho am of $2,000,00 (Artiolo 3943). Thoroforo, our 

Oplnlon NON 0-6646 fr agpliaabla to Wrrl5on County, and wa 

8N) herewith l AdlOBtna g OOpy Of @ho #amr,, 

In viaw of tho forogolng it 18 our opinion that tho Comtisalonorat Court of iXarrla6n Oounty ha8 the authority to lnmoaso tho 8al8Xy or tho aounty troasuror for tho romainarr of 

1945, aubjaet to tho prorlrion8 of 8onato 8113 No. 123. 

IA oOnnoatIon with tho foregoing ‘(10 aaU your attontlon 

to Oplnlon NQ, O-6576 whoreIn it ~stattis.. aa followrl 
” Any Inoreaae ai aalwy for the year 

1945 m;a; ie tn tha proportion aa the balano8 of 

the year relater to the total annu81 inorsaw thrt 

may be mada under raid Aot. In other words, ff 

tb iqgrraao in oonpenratioA ia allowed 

ia’& hum lrt; then the inoreaae ror 1945 would 

br 'I/lltha. + . , The oom&wiaatioa for th. month8 

paaartl oanttot be 19areased, 

“In QOMOOtiOIi With the iOPO6Oi4S ?I$ dk%Ot 

i 

our attention to tit. 689a-11, V. A. 0. 9.. whiah 

8 ln part ‘an r0u0wat 

**When the bUdget haa been fl~8lJ.y approved 

by the Comalarionars~ Court, the budgot, aa approvob by the Court ahall be fi.Jad with tha 

Olark of the County Court, u.14 taxer lotied only 

ia BoOOXdMo@ therewith., and no eX&MtAbitUN Of 

th? fun68 0r tho aounty ehall themartsr be mad0 

oroapt ln atrlot oomplianoe with the bud&et aa 

adopted ~by tho Court, Xrcrept that eaergenoy 

exprnditurea, in Qaae ot grave publio nooearity, 

t0 Li%86t UAUaUal 8Ad UAfOm8OeA OOAditiOA8 WhiOh 

oould not, by roaaonably biliigent ,thought and 

attention, hero been inoluded in the orLgina1 

budget, may from tisie to tine bo authoriaed by 

tha Court a4 MOA~IBOA~O to tha original budget, 

XA all oesoa where auah am9nlPeAt6 t0 the 

OtigiAnSl budget 18 md8, a copy Of the Order Of 

the Oourt amending the budget 8haU ba filed with 

the olrrk 0r th4 County Court, 4Ad attaohed to 

the bud& originally adopted.** 

Your8 very truly, 

ATTO&i%Y O&l&;RAL OP Ti!lixAS 

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