OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

QRAl.0 c. MANN 

Ronortiblo P. L. 

county AuQitor 

%hnrtan County 

Wharton, Texea 

oplnlos Ho. 0-188~ 

Rex County Clerk - 

paid by thb/County, oquuipnt and alpale lists of ohatte1 

08 c et0 tx-fiidem 

gular rtipul.ateQ 

816, wbloh fee i6 

uty and raid rirm5 

in riteined by raid 

ed by tlala deputy 0f 

there being no 

ble ot preparation 

reQarde, the 

rmwil one between 

ii&l end the firnu~ and 

be kept advised au to 

fee 

mm8 are rilea for re00ra; 

of oiriee of the County Clerk which 

into the Salary Fupri of tho County?" 

, TOILIB, hae a population of 29,631 aaoordera1 COMUCI anQ the Offlaoro Eiia‘lery Law of 

County Clerk of #'harton 

l-hi last paragraph in Artlule 8891, Ii~lssQ Oioil gtntutsr 

or Texas l-w&i 55 r0imt88 

fi*eQ 

Vhe aOmpen8atlOn, UlpittitiOM ~0 ti%imumS hOrtdn 

&all al8a apply to all teoe and campematiion *Ix&- 

Hoover oolleotw? by aald oftiasr8 ia their offlola aapaolty, whether aooomtoblb ad foes OS offloe under the 

pl?OSOnt 1RW, CUId al&y lW, &OAOl'Rl and ~Q%Oiti, to th. 
5. P. L. Mar&aa, Page e, 

OOAtm i8 braby -elf ZOpeahd. mOAly k&x16 

~AQ a h a r a a .tw o04JSlpM8lXtiOA ? l x a @ t r r tYn the pro vla lo na o? th$a Aot &all bo reuarde received by Bhsrlrr~ 

tar apprehenrlon or orlmlatua or ‘mgitlrrs rmm justloe aAQ r0r the nootmy or stolen property, and 

moneya reaelvo4 by the County JuQgoa aab Suatlooa or 

the Paaoo for parfotiug norr$aga oemazonles, nhloh 

mm 8hall not bo l aoouutable tar l aQ not roqulrod to 

be raportw3 am ieea of ottioo.” 

goation b 0r &Ma10 Sol&, Revisea civil statutor 0t TWOS, 

pro~lQoo that It ah&l bo the Qut 

oolleat la the manner authorlreQ i 

o? all ofiloers to oharge anQ 

y law all ieer and oominlaalons 

rhlah aro pordttod bgo”,‘dtg ba~sam.5 and oolleotod for all 

ot?lalal aerviaoa 

p” f 

Aa snd when auoh foam are 

oollootw? they aha 1 bo dapo8 ted 

or the oounty. 

ii the’O??losra~ Salary FunA 

Oplnloaa io. 0450 of thla department holds that a tax 

aasoaaor4ollootor or him 40 uty la not eatltled to retain 

pu~onally iOe8 or oomponaat P on roaalrmQ ?avm tho ubllo for 

oompllatlon o? llata of auto reglatratlon5, poll 1 E ta, oortlriaatoa o? taxes, rta., but that @ama awet bo paid into thd 

O??i~~ra’ S8laFJr Fund or thr oounty, 

Oplnlon Xo. O-921 o? this damnt holds that& dam& 

ing up of oil aad ga6 ml&ml leaqea, nrlt%ng dootIs, oontrsots 

or othu1*g51 aootaaeats are outulQo 0r the l oopa 0r fho &MO8 

o? Um oounty alork; tb& tho inking o? abatraata o? title la 

outsI@ of the aoo 0r 

pricing ad 80~~ El 

the Qutm 0r w00mty 0utlkf that th0 

o? ibid not@6 may or may not bo WJVIO~I 

ulthlla th aoop 0r the dutlor Or the munty olexk and that the 

iaat6 in aah awh on80 uill~Qokxmlne this quoatloq that tho 

Wmty alerk haa no authority tu wo oounty anployoea palQ by 

the o o unty to p errorl m orvloaa o uta lQtbr ~ BOOP, o f the a utl~a 

o? the o??!oe o? the oount 

munty-should not be web ii 

olark$ that labor paid ?or by the 

y tha olerk in the per?orm8naa of 

l o tlvltlee o? the olork outrrlde OS the aoopa o? thm autios of 

hla ofilae; that It im tha duty or ththe oouaty oloxk to oharga 

mQ oolleat In tho mmaar authorized by law all roes an&w 

mlsrlons whioh ara peamlttad by law to ba aasoaaeQ anQ oolleoteQ 

for all o??lolal renloea psrformod by hlm a&that mama rhall 

be drpaslted in the ofiioem~’ &lw’PunQ of the oountyi that 

the county olerk may ohargo and oollecrt ?or aervloee 

r 

rr0rssd 

by request, whloh are notwltlilntho l a opo a? tho Qut 06 a? hla 0rfi00, pmvia0b that tha aonior~ ma rademd a0 nat ooniilot or 

~werrara With him 0rriom Cbitl?a 'myI ara tot in vlolatlon of 

. 
with ~6pttOt fo YOU qU@BtiOA M UO Of the OpiniOA that 1% 

would be a qUSk3tiOA 0r fnot 88 to whether Qs not tho trenaao~on 

st?teQ In your letter muld bo a l trlotly personal transaotlon betwebn the aepw olo* aa an ladltidual and tho rim8 or lndirlduals. 

I? ii nn i atrlotly ponoanl traAaaatl.on uul not within 

th0 aoope of the autioa 0s the 0rrf08 oftho oouoty alo& *TOIL 

then it mulQ be im roper ibr tha da 

oqtipamt and muppl P oa and uao tho 

ty oounty 010x9s to use aounty 

t p” se end labor pala.?or by the 

oounty in the ?urthereaoo of. the private buslnoaa o? the deputy 

olork rw his own prirnto riMn0iti gain. f? this l aiirity ot 

the deputy elork Miortared with Us otflalal dutlor ubI took up 

valuable tlmu to whloh ho should daroto to the dutl a of him 

aaployment the oouaty an6 the Ofrloera~ ‘Colary Ftu2 uwid muster 

thereby anb w&Q anata 8 situation whloh should bo reiaedlod by 

the mu&y olwlc MQ the oommisaionora* oourt. 

Suoh eervlooa 0aul6 k Utillted by the ooudty ala* ana OOW- 

~laiadonora” Oourt for th0 bone?lt or the oounty olerk*@ o??iioe, the 

Orfloora~ salary Fund l nQ tho uouuty, by tho o%mty olerk~a roqtirlag t&t a oortlfloate bo plaoed on @ala lirrtb or reoorda anQ by 

oharglng the pub110 a propor ?ee themfor an0 by pladng ml.4 Soon 

in th0 orrf00r8* salary ma 

btlole 8902, ReviaoQ Cl~ll Statutofi, provldor for tho appointment ofdeputloa, upon a sharing of tha nawmltj o?.slllne to the 

oomilaalonora~ court. The ooanalsalonow~. oourt of tho oounty la 

oharged rlththa duty o? t& m l ononfaal 0nd mound ?lacmolal oporati0n 0s tih0 00wty g0wmtiant. 

2hamr0A, you are nlrpatiully advlaaQ that It is thi oplnlon 

or this dopartmont that I? the aorvlaaa mentionob in your latter 

are la truth aad In Saot personal aowloo8 0s the a0poty.oomy 

ala-k an an 1nQfr;dual ma are not fylaoa within the aoopa 0s 

tho dutlaa o? the oountp olerk*a o? 00, 8nQ I%I la ~pelm:ttoQ to 

i!o so by tho oounty olark, ho mq MtW% same. You are ?qthor 

roapeatfully aQvla@Q that It la t)u opinion OS this d 

Y 

artwnt 

that It would bo $a@~% r for thq’ .munty olork ta ~penu t hia deput 

9 

to wo oounty l q ur pant, b h o oounty*a tr im. aAd ,a 0 Ooulty’~ 

faa litioe for the mrmoaal 

ro*peatdy sdrfaod that it f 

iiLa 0s the arpu*. You are rurthor 

a the oplnlon 0s this a0p8rtmbnt 

that tho oounty olark &ould utillrio the 8ervlaos o? hla dowtloa. 

and the feolUtlos 

the benefit of the 

Fund 0s tho oounty 

0s his 0ffdo0, ln~ tho ool&otlon 0s seem-for . 

oounty alark* o?$ioo j the O?Sioerr!*.. Salary 

and the ‘qouatf. 

Truatlngthat 

are 

thla l &la?ae$ort;ly anmrora your lnquli7, m 

;v*i.rJr;, .xluly yours