OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

HonorableYalker Carrron Cogaty Attorney Iiudepeth County Warra Bluma. +exa*

Dear Sir:

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Into tho offioa ln 0 hia office fmm tb very littlefee6 edng in,
r having eolleoteaall ooaeirrraaete before ho went QUO, or

salonerrv Courtb, in tier of tie88 e8lreo to allow tho slurliTa 8alarf for ,ex-offioio mr110~8, an4 ha6 reque8ted me to obtain 'an

opinion rrom four officea8 to the 18gallty. The feea and ~X~WMI feea ~1 tbie of'fioe bars far IB~WIX~ year8 reaohd the mxlmue au0-a ondexhrtmaa ~8635 *ad swi, ana ei0e88r8s8 hare t34308 returnedto the county,ot the ecd OS the yeer. * * **

You furtheratate that by the end ot the yea the amount of raeo oclleetedby the office~111 probablf sroeed tha mxinum but not untll arts Ootober, and that ior the rlrat ati x? months they haste

amunt to lees tbran 0~00.00. The Qaaraiaalonera' Court wm.aBI

likr to allow oompem3.&loa Sor ax-4ffieio aervioas not to 6xaeed $1,000.

Under the above etatsbraat8, you r*qu%Lit OW optiion aa to whether the CoPmissionera' Courtmay legellyallew the payment 0r oompeneation r0r sx-ofsio~o a6nlaea to the oirieu in thin tnatanoe.

ArtioLe SBS3,Vernoa*aAnnotatedCir%l Statutea, pr5v1arsaa iollew*r

‘“ ifheConnrLaaiomra~ Court ia hereby iIebmre4 rrolp allowl* iwmpensatlon for epofifolo aenl~~a se agusty offieirlawhen the wwf+nafitio~ -a er**aa tees which thry sra ailme k, xatah ~a#ioU n&eh tha asdmum prottad r0r in 

### thi8 ehaptes. In maea where the c+Mqenaatlon aad exeeea feea *B&ah tba officer8 are all0wOd to xetab ohall not paoh, the mmlmwa pmvtdea ror in this ohapta, tBr Qcmulaaionera* 

### aotm asall allow bcnapenaatiaa fop 4sx-offtoi6 l smLw8 when, in their JutQsoitt,~ auoh aoxpoaaetfon i8 n8868itaxy,

proriaad,auoa 00qnmetIan to* ox offlsln senlaoa all&w4 ah&l& net inWeaae the Ooapcmaation or the officialbomk4 aha mum of ewpsnaation and oxoeoa feea allowed to~be rehalacid by him antler this chapter, Pmvlded, hWeV&, ,thr 6X offiale herein authoris ahall ?mallare only 

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### a@ain8t l llewfagaerp*nBclfl,oa fOP en-offtol~ rmiae8 to county offi6tpl* soatafned in the &we l tatnte boaoma iffedtivcr only ~%hoa thr eempeaeefionen4 eIaeaa feea whloh they axe allowed tar .retaln abd.~ Mach t&e rParimU &WOrided

fef in thia ohrsptaT.*In ems11 oomfle8, where the offioeraare oompearated **en a**  **fee boalo,**  rash a8 your8, a oouatp offlaer oanmot buteW* Uaoilnear the olow 0r the ri8cal year whether hi* fee8 of offioewill be auffloient, after all lawful 8xp8mm8 have beon deducted,to mke the maximum salary allowed tc~ be retainedby him. 

### tlowarer, the offfoer,for lnatenoethe sherirr, has **been** ronderlngto the county l x-ofiloi~ servloes trolp t&, **wry beginnlns**  **of** the year, therefore,it i8 the aomoa and lawful praatloer0r oonrPf8alooera* owarts,upon applioatloa of oountl offloerr, to fir thrlr reapsotlreex-offloioeaapon8atlon in ;Iamary for the entire currentyear. But where this Proaedum 18 riot

followedor rhea a0 8uoh oompeaaation haa at euoh a tti been fixed for a&~ officer,or haa be- i&x@ xor 80~~ offleaa bat not Sor all, it 1s legal far the awwaiaaio~ra~ OOUlTt at a later tlati to fti such otxapeu~tf~, u Q& thefr Witmont such ooazxmmtlaa is neoesaary, rar theeoflioera wha hew not ?wm theretcmre allowed aaoh oompenemtion. Opinion Ao. 84M9, a oopy oi whiah la hemlth e.noloaeU.

It appaara ~fror J~UF letter that no order has heretofore been mad@

by the ~daalo~ero* aeart of four uouatt with nf brenoe to ex-offiolo eoagenaatlon ‘to tba ohexit? for the aurrent year, therafore that orrlasr htaa not **been** paid any auah ottqpenaatloa for aa part of the **ourrent** T-P. Vnodrr **the?*** faota, JOPare adtlaed .t L t the aazmdaalon*ra* court, upon a plloation **by** the sheriff,aad upen 00 lianaewith Art1ola Y &es. **nay enter**  **an owlor**  gmnting **th4 um~**  **w thin**  **the rtatatory**  llait tl%otl by Art. %%.

You are'rarther **alvise that,**  un4ler fbho Soalia Hated. in the lostant oaee, the eOm8lS8lOner8' 0 Ita~arderretroaatlve to SanUary 1, 194S. lQ6 %x88 564, 16T 8. 1. 810, ,/ OT aa order allowin oompcuu4tlon for thb resrrfaiW part of this year. If tke&er la ma&8 retroaotire**to** ~afM&aF~ 1, tb ~hr~ff fray

**than** bo issued**a** warrant rer tha month8 that hwe elapsed since that bat*. Honever., ii tha ordor is prospeatite and oaly ror the rmaiaber 02 the Yea*, tb roarinrrrp

b8 paid the eheriff oannot l

xoaed for aw one (1 008, beaaaSe&tiale MS54 @pr@fiieaq mia the MXISUVA amount that may be d&Owed a ohfliff p* *mw *a eompnaatloa for ex-erilols aenloea- ft fellow* that wh*re l ao& ~rpeaaatloa 18 allow& for al tW@ l*a# tw QM pm the fuu aompenaatlon for one 

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auowd.In view of the facto in the inattint ease,me

i,n &dvanoeex-offi~locoqensation to g akeriffwiw a~u%vBepanrntly ~aba the nerximm corngenaatlon allowedby law to be retainedby him for that yesrr, aralualv~al **the ex-oriloio**  eompenaation **paid** hkP **bl** the county, that if bso&ar hia duty to return the amount of ex-oitiaiooompenaation ao reoeivedto tha ownty, and, upon hia teilure to do ao. the oounty **bad** a oauaaof aotlon agr.inst h&an&ah$a bondamen-for MS an&u& ao unlorwfully ratal&. 8rrant Co nty. et al. v. tbllia. et al.76 8. W. (84) 198,‘amor dia~aaed.

ihi 8re enaloslng8 oopy of our OpinionBo. O-4500, \ which wa d2sousaed (I alsll8rqaeatlonand reaobed the aame ~~~lualan

expraeaad in thla opinion.
Your0 very traly,

E. R. 3imwna Asalatant