OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS

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Ronortiblo P. L. county AuQitor %hnrtan County Wharton, Texea

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Rex County Clerk -



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oquuipnt and alpale lists of ohatte1 

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## et0 tx-fiidem c 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 

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, TOILIB,hae a population of 29,631 aaoordera1 COMUCI

anQ the Offlaoro Eiia‘lery Lawof County Clerk of #'harton

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

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UlpittitiOM

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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 

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### o? th$aAot &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 laQ 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 

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Oplnloaaio. 0450 of thla department holds that a tax aasoaaor4ollootor or him 40 uty la not eatltled to retain pu~onally iOe8 or oomponaat on roaalrmQ ?avm tho ubllo for P oompllatlon o? llata of auto reglatratlon5, poll 1E 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 

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## 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 ounty

to perrorm

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of the

autl~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 otlvltl ee

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 

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### 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 mamarhall 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 laopo a? tho Qut 06 a? hla 

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that tha aonior~ ma rademd a0 nat ooniilot **or** ~werrara With him 

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.with 

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OpiniOA that 1%

would 

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### whetherQs not tho trenaao~on st?teQ In 

### your letter muld bo a 

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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 

### aoopeof the autioa 0s the 0rrf08 oftho oouoty alo& *TOIL then it mulQ be im 

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### tha da oqtipamt and mupplP 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 

### tlmutowhloh 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 

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the pub110a propor?ee themfor an0 **by pladng**  **ml.4 Soon**  **in** 

### th0 orrf00r8* **salary ma**  btlole 8902, ReviaoQ Cl~ll Statutofi, provldor 

### for tho appoint

### ment ofdeputloa,upon a 

### sharingof 

### tha nawmltj o?.slllne to the 

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court. The ooanalsalonow~. 

### oourt of tho oountyla 

### oharged rlththa duty 

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### ononfaal 0nd 

### mound ?lacmolaloporati0n 0s 

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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-kan 

### 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@Qthat It la t)u opinion OS this dY artwnt that It 

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### to wo oounty lq pant, bho oounty*a t rim.

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Ooulty’~ ur faa litioe 

### for the mrmoaal ro*peatdy sdrfaod that it f iiLa 0s the arpu*. You are rurthor 

### a the oplnlon 

### 0s this a0p8rtmbnt 

### thattho oountyolark &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