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4 OFFICE OFTHE AII'ORNEYOENERALOFTeXAS AUSTIN i
-c.- -a-Honorable Charles H. Poteet, Page S

since Crane County ie not able to quallry under the optional road law. *Weare intarested in having a reply as soon so possible, since if weare doing enything ille@. wewant to stop sane. Please let us have your opinion byMarah 85th.” Artiole 6785, Vemon*s Annotated Civil Statutes, re

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to in your letter, authorizing the appointment or a apbclal road overseer, does not apply to Crane County an the 

### 00naiti0nea0notaxlet asspeairiea 5.0 Articleu 6771-6769, Vernon*e Annotetsd Civil Statutea.

**Fran** the facts stated in your letter, and for the purposes 

### 0r this opinion, weasuuw that you 

### hamrorerrea to a road superintendent as mentioned In hrtl~ls 6745, VW

### non’s Annotated Civil Statutes, WhlOhmds es follovm;,

*Thfhe 

### oo5alstafonare oourt of any county subjoat to this law mayappoint&d a aompetont parson aa road ruperlntahcent ror auah oounty, or one such superintendent in each oonsaissioners precinct, as it shall detemlns by an order madeat a regular tern thereof. Buoh order shall be entered on the minutes Of ruoh oourt, **and** shall not to vold.ror want 

### or form but a subetantial oomplianoe with the grw~slorls 

### orthis subdivision shall be 

### mriolent. Every road euper,intendent shall bea quallried voter In the aounty or preolnot 

### for which he Is appointed, and

### shall hold his orrics ror two

### years or until ramved by the 

### oonmisai~nerta dourt for 

### g00aoauss. woOountJ ehall be under the operation of this lawwhose ooimiasionara oourt does not appoint a road sugerlntendent OCR super.!.ntendents,w Artiales 6749-6761, provide:- **for** the appointnisnt Of road superintendents, set forth their duties and powers, and fix their salnry, elm.

Article 6743, Vernon*8 Annotated Civil Statutes, provides : %aeh road superintendent shall reoeive suoh salary ea the comalusioner8 court may

## rix, to be paid on the order of **oaid** oourt at atatrdHonorable Charles EL

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lnterval.8. in tt0wtm 

### 0r 18~ th6n 

### rirt880 thoumnd lnhabltmta tho oounty superlntendent’s mlary shall never exoeed one thowand dol..LRrsper annuq and in aountles cb sore than fifteen **thowend** inhabitants it shall not **8X080a** twelve hundred dollars 

### per annum. The Mlary 

### orpreolnot 8u~erintendent.r ln 00ukt0 

### orL~SOthan 

### rirtesn **th0wMd** inhabitant@ still net ezoeed three hundred dollars pieraoiauui,**and la**  oountl,iro of over fifteen thousand Inhabitants, it ahall mvev: sxoeed rour hundred dollars mr annum. court may**suspend** tha mlary of tiny rugerlntendsntk whom oontinued eervloes am not needea.* .Cr?meCounty has a population of 8,841 lnhmbitantr aooordlng to the J.mt Bederal 13eaaua. It will. be noted that hrtiale 8743 i)roVldes thnt win oounthe 

### orlewd than flrtean **thousand** inhabitante the oounty **r:~patitendentis** rslary etnU aover eroeed one thoumnd dfdlara per annum . . .(IThaw 

### ior8 the comtals810ner**court or Crane county 00Illdnot lw&y pay mid road su?erlntend.ent a **salary** emeedlng **one** thouaend **dollore** per year.

BP Ardell Wllliamm Asrlstant

AWtoO APPROVEDAPR 7, 1941

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