OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Yalker Carrron 

Cogaty Attorney Iiudepeth County 

Warra Bluma. +exa* 

Dear Sir: 

y under iaote 

Into tho offioa ln 

0 hia office fmm 

tb very little fee6 edng in, 

r having eolleotea all ooaeirrraaete before ho went QUO, or 

salonerrv Courtb, in tier of tie88 

e8lreo to allow tho slurliT a 8alarf 

for ,ex-offioio mr110~8, an4 ha6 reque8ted me to obtain 'an opinion rrom four office a8 to the 18gallty. 

The feea and ~X~WMI feea ~1 tbie of'fioe bars far 

IB~WIX~ year8 reaohd the mxlmue au0-a ondex 
hrtmaa ~8635 *ad swi, ana ei0e88 r8s8 hare t34308 

returned to the county, ot the ecd OS the yeer. * * ** 

You further atate that by the end ot the yea the 

amount of raeo oclleeted by the office ~111 probablf sroeed tha 

mxinum but not untll arts Ootober, and that ior the rlrat ati 

months they haste amunt x? 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 etatsb raat8, you r*qu%Lit OW optiion aa to whether the CoPmissionera' Court may legelly allew 

the payment 0r oompeneation r0r sx-ofsio~o a6nlaea to the oirieu in thin tnatanoe. 

ArtioLe SBS3, Vernoa*a Annotated Cir%l Statutea, 

pr5v1ars aa iollew*r 

‘“ifhe ConnrLaaiomra~ Court ia hereby iIebmre4 

rrolp allowl* iwmpensatlon for epofifolo aenl~~a 

se agusty offieirla when 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 official bomk4 aha mum of ewpsnaation and oxoeoa feea allowed to~be rehalacid by 

him antler this chapter, Pmvlded, hWeV&, ,thr 6X 

offiale herein authoris ahall ?m allare only after 

l n qpptmtunlty rcw P pub110 heuarfng eMI sllrjr upen the 

8fUxmatite wite of at hart threm aedera Of th0 

aesnala~i~owra' oourt.* 

%%e pmhlbitiim a @ a in8t l llewfag aerp*nBclfl,oa fOP 

en-offtol~ rmiae8 to county offi6tpl* soatafned in the &we 

l tatnte boaoma iffedtivcr only ~%hoa thr eempeaeefion en4 eIaeaa feea whloh they axe allowed tar .retaln abd.~ Mach t&e 

rParimU &WOrided fef in thia ohrsptaT.* 
In ems11 oomfle8, where the offioera are oompearated en a fee boalo, rash a8 your8, a oouatp offlaer oanmot 

buteW* Uaoil near the olow 0r the ri8cal year whether hi* 

fee8 of offioe will be auffloient, after all lawful 8xp8mm8 

have beon deducted, to mke the maximum salary allowed tc~ be 

retained by him. tlowarer, the offfoer, for lnatenoe the sherirr, 

has been ronderlng to the county l x-ofiloi~ servloes trolp t&, 

wry beginnlns of the year, therefore, it i8 the aomoa and 

lawful praatloe r0r oonrPf8alooera* owarts, upon applioatloa 

of oountl offloerr, to fir thrlr reapsotlre ex-offloio eaapon8atlon in ;Iamary for the entire current year. But where this 

Proaedum 18 riot followed or 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, JOP are adtlaed .t L t the aazmdaalon*ra* court, upon a 

plloation by the sheriff, aad upen 00 lianae with 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~arder retroaatlve 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 

b 8 p a id the eheriff oannot l x o a ed for a w o ne 

(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 mar MY @nlY 

b0 proporti0n8.u~ auowd. 
In view of the facto in the inattint ease, me 

i,n &dvanoe ex-offi~lo coqensation to g akeriff wiw a~u%vBepanrntly 

~aba the nerximm corngenaatlon allowed by law to be retained by 

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-oitiaio oompenaation ao reoeived to tha ownty, and, upon 

hia teilure to do ao. the oounty bad a oauaa of 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 enaloslng 8 oopy of our Opinion Bo. O-4500, 

\ which wa d2sousaed (I alsll8r qaeatlon and reaobed the aame 

~~~lualan expraeaad in thla opinion. 

Your0 very traly, 

E. R. 3imwna 

Asalatant