oFFICEOFTHEA~TORNEY GENERALOFTAUSTIN

rfonorable

Gee. H. Shepperd comptroller

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Dear ?Er.

Sheppard: GpinionNO. Q-%a0

He: Xey the conpensbtion of an additionalDeputy Clerk 

### r0r the Court,ofCivil Appeals ror the Fifth Supreme Judioial Dirtrlot be paid out or roe5 

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oolleoted ,by the Clerk of that oourt?

We have your letter of May 22, 1941, propounding ror en opinion by this DepartmIntthe above&aptioned questicn. Tour request is 85 

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*You will please advise 5e whether or. not the oompensetion o? en ad~ltlonaldeputy my be paid 

### out 0r r595 **or** 

### orrio 00u5oted by thla Court,whloh are on depoelt in the 'StateTreasury. If this oannot be.done,you will please advise whether or not the Court has the authorityto retain in their 

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### ret38 aufrioientto pay the salary 

### 0r the additionaldeputy."
Section 3 or the General Fmvlslons of the aurrent JudiciaryAppropriation Bill declarea:
"All fee5 paid to any 'Oourt for which epp~oprletions

ere made herein ar to any or the clerka, orricersor employee of.any such court,whether such 

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### Orricial or un0ff.l oial copies of opinions,or. for other serPioesor documents, shall be depositedat the cloee of each mcnth in theBonorebleGeb. H. Sheppard - page 2

Ge~eral~~evenue

Fund 

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_ _ _ _ ena 5na11 De oarrreaas the State Treasury a specialaaao*nt

._ _._ In said Fund ror the oourt aepoeitlng same, and none of auob fees &all be retalned,by or paid to said clerks, officersor employas. Eeoh court employewhase‘seleryis provided for herein, except porters, shell file with the Comptrolleret the end of each ?nonthen effldevlt showing that he has not retained any compensation **out** 

### or any court fees or other fees receivedby,hin or the oourt duricg that month end showing. that al.1

such fees have been depositedis **tke** State TreasUY. The Comptrollershall. not Issue TV

%'errant In payment of the eala'ry of any suc5 emp?oye for any month unless and until the etfldavltrequiredherein has been filed for that mOnth.*

It 1s generallyundersto..d to be the rule that the L&tgIelattue

may not by a general appropriation bill repeal or amend a ~general statute. It Is not neces:7sry for us to peas upon the sufficiency of this section of the appropriation

bll to repeal or effeot **Article 1833**  of the Revi5e46IvIl **Statutes** or 1925, whIoh ArtIole declares:
*Each Clerk may appoint one chief deputy. With the approval of the court .hemay appblnt addItiona& deputieswho shell be pbIQ out of t'be reea colleoted by the Clerk, not to exoeed $100.00
e month. gaoh deputy shall give bond to the Clerk ror the~falthful discharge of, his duty."
Artiole 1833 has been superseded, however, In respect to the partiouler matter under oonsideretion, by senate Bill MO. 431, Chapter 2 or the 46th Legislature, **Regular** Session,Vol, 1, p. 619, dhioh reads e5 fOllWs:

"SECTION 1. The selerjesof all State offioersend all State empl.oyees except those Constitutibnal State of-Lionorable Gee. H. Sheppard,pegs 3

Sloere who86 salariesare 5peolSieally SIXed by the Conetltutlon, shall be, for the period beginningSeptember 1, 1939, end endingAugust 31, 1941, in such sums or amounts es nmy be provided ror by the **Legislature** in the general appropriation

bills. It is specirioelly declared to be ne of the Intents hereof that the Legislature shall also fix the amount of supplemental salarieshereafter,out of
Court f’eSS end receipts, t.0 be paid to the clerks end other employees of the Courts of Civil A:peels', the Supreme court end the Court oS Cr&Inel Appeals.

"szc. -2. All law5 and parts ,oS law5 firing the salariesOS all State ofSlo,ers

and employeee,.exoept those ConstItutIonal

Stete orficeruwhose salariesare speclfioelly fixed by the Constitution,

sre hereby'speolfIuelly repeeled in so fer a5 they are fin oonSlIctwith this Aot. -ItIs 6peoISIoelly

declared to be one of the Intentshereoi that any end all laws authorizingpayment of supplemental salariserrm 0o::rt reoelpts ana Seea to (-lerks end other employees OS the oourts OS civil Appeals, the Supreme Court end the Court of Criminal Appeals; 'are

repealed 'In50 Ser as they ere in conflictwith this Act."
Thb ourrent biennialappropriation for the re5peotIvecourts OS Civil Appeals makee.no epproprletlon Lor the,DeputyClerk mentionedby you, and there Is, thereiore,

no authority Sor the appointment and compenaatlon'

>S any Deputy beyond the two Deputle.5 epeolelly

mentioned In the epproprietlon bill and for whom speoliio salarieshave bc.-n epproprleted.HonorableDso. A. Sheppard - 4

**we trult**  **that what**  ly anrwm8 your Inquiries. wa have naid au:'iioisntVery tx1 y yours
ATTORNEYGEWRAL CP TXi4S

a/ Grover Selletis BY %AB Chairman

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