**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Honorable 0. Earl EutchlnC,n 8OWty **Auditor oung**  ***county** 

### Uraham,

**Texa8**
**Dear Slrr** 

pour letter of J*b o&dni~OU

Of this depertma is aa rollora:

led in the oounty **la1** wan had and &e**ha4** earned $5.78, .aehis rcer **County Attorney**  **at** carried @lO.OO. e their annual report 

### iortba ttatrhed

a list of dollnqueiit rwb6 other oaaea. **Th% GorUnty** **AttO2 ’** **ney** lnoluded kn addltlonal to hia tee or 10.00, the oommle6lonor g40.00,?&Lohuas ths L% a6 set out in Artiols 950, code or urlmlnalErooedura. Th8 sheriff iaoluded the #!J.TS, **but dl4**  **not inolu40**  $30.00, or Me 5% whloh is allowed under Arti 951, Code or Orlnlinal ~roosdure.Eonomble 0. karl fiutohinge, Page 2

"The q~eetion is when waa the oormeiulon or tbi county attorney earned? ana was he justiriable in eettlng this up as a delinquent ree? m%hen was the coamtssion of the rrheriir **sarmd?** *Both or these orricerertiiled maximum of r68s ror the year 1943.~
Art10108 950 ana 931,Vornon'8 crlmlualproao4u.m are u r011466t

-A+olm 980. The diatrlot or to reaoh the

Annotated 00aa

oounty~$t*r58~ shau be 8atltiea to tan per oant or ,a1 mm, rorr0lturra or aoneyr oolleota4 ror tti @iate or eouatf, u&ton

judpents roooverea by himf and tzu olork of the oouit .%MtAoh *la jhdgmnt+ dm repaend ,&as11 be entitled to rive per 08nt.of the. amOu6t41, eaid ;?dgment8, to ba pal4 out or th0 amount..wk& aollobtad. Of

"ArtlOll981. me rrheritr or other ortlo~k, exaopt a justlae or **tba** peioe or his **olerk,** who 

### oolhot~.,mo~yfor**tha State**  

### oc oetmt~,l 

### roopt jury few, -un4er any proddon or this

o ode, l hall be entitLmI to rotain fire par sent themof when aolleo00&~ Artiole 3893, Vernon~r maotat c&*11 Natutoe, prorid im plrtt

wmr Mfloar nuitioned in thim Oha ter rho doe@ not oolleot the

### maxlmum mount or L 6 rear ror any fleoal year an4 who nporta delinquent ices 

### far+-hat youa*, ahall be ~antitled to reS8ln, when'oolleoted, mob part or auoh 

## +eunqtmntr-8 as Im rrurriolest 

### to" ooaplete the ga%imtmoomg~8ation authorized by Artiolos 3833, **3688-A,** and 3336 r0r the year in whloh aellnquent

## reeruer8 ohersed, and also retain the amount of lxoem rees authorized by law, an4 the resuin4~r ,or the delinpuent a06 rar that tiroal year, ahalL be paid as herein provided ror when eoll.eolsed;Horided, the provisiona or this Artiale shall not app~ly to any orrioer arter one year rko& the date he oeafks to hOld the orrioer to whioh any dalln

### quent r8018 due, and in the evnt the orrider earnfng the rU8e that are deiinquent baa not oolleoted the 88918

within twelve nonths after ha ...xonoxable 0. Be& xutohlnea, iago 3

oeawa to ho14 tha 0rrioO, the **amount** or **faea 001~**  laotad shall be paid Into the oounty trcmrrury. . .a Article 3897, Vernon~a Annotated Civil Statutes, providea 15 part:

Qaoh alatriot, oounty and pmoinot ofrioer, at the oloaa of aaoh rlwal year (omosmber31at mhalr make to the aimtrlot oourt or the aounty 15 whloh ha real4aa a morn atat~awat in Orlplloate (On fOxmadSaignS4 ud approYe4 by tha State **Audi** tor) a oopy,oi rhioh statSma& ah~ll be **foxwarded** to tha Stata Auditor **b** thS alerk d tha dietriot oourt of said aounty w fthln thirty (W) 4aya Utor th0 8e5i8ha8 b0O5 rile4in hiO 0rrioO O5d 050 00~~ to Be filed with the ooUnt wlaa said oqpy shall be fl I auditor, if anq Othati l d rith tha D

Dp*farloaerr* uourt. aSi Feport ahalt &low the amount.of all faoa, oommia6loita and 

## wauaanwtion8 whStov8r l arwdby a@14 aftiou 4urlag tb rlaaal yaari and waondry, awl show thm amount or i0tk8, 001~3 aisaioaa and'oaapanaatlona oollsotS4 by him durl the $laoal year) thirbly, aG4 r6port lahLL1eon6a B "fi &oltamlta4 rtatamant or all 

### reer aeamiaalonr and wm~nwtion~ Oar5Od aurlmg tha if8081 JSu wMh WeF, not SSllSO@d, tog8th.F with tb n~.maOf thS gptii owlag raid **fees,** aommiaaionaan4 eoqaeaa-

. . . l n drtlalr 8391,Var50ne8 A,Mobdta4 

### Clril‘Statuka, provldS8 in part:.

*.
. . *AL1ourrant feea **earn84** and oolleotadby oriioera nawa in ~~%lola 9888 during any ilraal~ year In ezooS~'or tha maximumrsnduaeaa allowed by taia AOt, and rOF thOir **.WXYfWe** and rOS the wrvlc?aS or 8hSlr dSputiS8 rad assistante and **au** thorized SrpSnaSa, together with all &l$nquent ret00 oolle0ts4an4 not uwa as provided in ArtloLo 3892, or use4 to pay aalariaa! or deputies str4

aaaiatantawhen ourrant fees lw iMUfriOi~aA~~, ahal be paid into the &sunty Treaeury in th4 OoUnty where the ex~asa aooruSd.

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. ! Honorable 0. Earl ~UtOhingS,Page 4

“~11 feee due and not wllSotea, ae shown in the report required by Artiole 3897, Shall be oollaotedby thS offloor to whose orrloe the iwa aoorued and Shallbe diapowa or by Said offloer in aacor4anae with tim proviSIonS or this Aot. *.

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In~anawer t.13

youx rkat quSatlon you an reSpSotfully advised it is the oplnlon or this aspartmnt that the wtity attpmoy wrwd tha oommisalon in question whm he obtafwd a fiinaljudgwnt in the wunty oourt in the wee imolted and that the aou5ty attorney was 5ot only juatlrlsa 15 setting up this aommlaaion ae a dollnquent ree but was mqtirad to 40 so under the provialons or tha roregoiee atatutea. It la bur fUrthor o lnlon thrt tbs oounty attorwy who obtaina the IUagwnt Pn tha OOOR$J owrt is l ntltla4 to ~paraonally r~etain tbo qwi golhr ($10.00~~ fee and tha Portq Dollar (#40.00)ab~&Salon, provided, of oo.ucaa, 

### thla amount doss not lnonaae his oompaneat.ion beyond tha muimum Oompemtion whloh he was ehtitl.d to fW the yew 1913. 15 reply to yoursecond question you are a4dwd that lt la our oplnlon that the 

### ~shul.fr oarmd the wmmiaaion authorlsed by Artlcre 951, veron!a Annotate4 uode or Grimhal EroOednre when he eotu&ly aelloatad the money. 15 otimr wei48, if the aheriir ‘did net aotwlly eol19ot the rl5e he is not entitled to a5 oozx.sUak5. The eh@rr I8 logally entitled to retain the rf*a Dollars a54 seventy-iire ‘*n&a (#5..75) as iwa earasa 15 1943, provl404; 

### oroourw, this amount **does** not iwreaw hle ooapenwtlon beyond thS wxlm~m allowaa by law ror theyear 1948. 

### frthe aherlrr actually aolleoted the rim 05 January 17, 194s, ‘raid rW was l WWd, as above Stated,when hS **aatuall** eolleoted the ri5a a@ u5- **dar** the.orrlwra’ salary IJAW’ he fa required to bepoalt this oommlasdon in **the** Orricers* salar,g Pu5d as the oou5ty la 5ow coapa5aatlng eou5ty orriclale 05 @ annual rralary basis. The sherifrproperly l xaluiied the ‘omniad,on in his 1943 report as it MS Rot earned at that time. Yours very truly

AWtmp