OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Honorable Martell* NQoaalQ 

Di*triot Attorm7 

B&5 miae, 2-38 

Dear Sir; 

the above crtatsg 

questlon.ha8 been reoeir 

; as follerrr: 

of Tens la 

“1 hero thim #lo.00 and roold lib to krwm 

rhLt to do with it,” 

hrtl.01~ 6550, VBTBOB*I citil Statater, regarding judicial promoding in; 1tu18e~ 0~1808 reads, in part, 

a8 ro11olm: 
Konorable lm-t~lla l&oDonald, P6gs e 

.The 06uso shall bo dook4t46 on the probate dookot of the Court in the nam of the 

Stats of Tox66 66 plaintiff, an4 the poraon 

ohargod to be Innsane 66 defendant. The County 

AtMTney or the Diatriot Attorney In oountlea 

hariag no Coanty Attorwr, shall appear and 

npnsrot the Stat0 on the hearln(l, and th6 

doreneant Shall 6160 b4 ontitled to 4ouna41; 

and in proper eaaea the Couat~ Sad&4 laay +ppoint oau~6ol ror that prupoao.~ 

Artfolo 5661. Y~raaa~a Clril Statutes, r4ada 

66 ro114wa: -. 

*Ia auoh baa46 th4 ofiioora ah611 bs allow4d tha ahum tees as 6ro now allowad ror aleilar 

aerviosa performsd in mladelesaaor oases, and 

tha ;turon shall oaoh be all-d a fau or On4 

($1.00) D4llar, to b4 paa oat or the 08tate or 

the defendant If hs have an &rrtatr, 4th4mfa4 

by the County on aooounta approved by the county 

J'auge.~ 

Artlole'39ll4, Vornoa*a Civil Statater, provides: 

750 dlatrlOt oiiloer shall b4 p4Id by the 

Stat4 of 'iox uy r666 or 0on;risaIon for any 

aorvioo perfthmod by him * * *, 

Art1010 xmw, V4rnon*6 Cltl~ statutes, rsads, in 

part, as toll4wa: 

"S4otlon 1, tror and 6ftsr f6n~~ 1, 1936, 

in 611 Jadi0i81 DiStriOt6 in thl6 St6to th6 Diatrlot Attorney in eaoh 6uo.h District shall r4- 

oelra Sirom th4 st6to 66 pay ror his aerriooa the 

sum of Poor ThOu666d Dollus ($4,000) per par, 

rhioh eaid Four Thoaeand Dollar6 ( 4,OW) ah611 

luolade th4 irtro Xundred Dollars ( L 00) ialary 

per par now ellaad 6uoh Dlatriot Attorne~a by 

tbs Conatitation oi taia Stato; prorldlmx that 

in all Ju&iofal DiStziOtS In this Stat4 4OIEpO64d 

of two (8) or 614~14 aountloa in on4 (1) oi uhloh 

such oountlaa than is a oltl eontaial6g th6 

population or aot 1086 than ninety thoa6and 

(90,000) lnhabitanta aooordlag to th4 166t pr4- 

ceding F4deral C6aau6, the Dfatrtot Attoraey oi 
auab Dlstzlot shtil rcoBiv4 fro4 ?A4 State ar 

pap for his aeG-Tloes the 8Ull 0s 31va ThoumnA 

rin, Eundrea Collars (3,500) rw es!-, WIllah 

84id Fiva '%OUStlRd FiTS ~UBdlWd 30 f ltW6 t?s,%@) 

stiall ioluds tha Flvu Bundred Llolktra (::SOO),f 

ati6ry par year nuw allowed ruoh Dlatrlot 4ttmnay by the Constitution or tMa Stat& suoh 

l alarr ahsll bo p&l b twelve (12) ~q~uslnonth4 InstallneDta upon wazraats drawn by the Co@- 

troller or mblio xaoouata upon ttio Stats TTeasw. 

prov:Qsd that notblng la thla xot *ball ba eonatnmd ao as to deprlm Dlatrlot 'ttortwya 01 

tbo o unao all.mm~oa allowed or i 

"g 

$I oh may hersafter o citlow44 by law. 

** l + 

SOOë 3. 311 r ec ta , c o zfia .ta sio nta n~ d por - 

~tisltm wbloh nay bs earned an4 aollaoted by 

3istrlot Attorneys afieotsd by this Act ahall 

5% paid into tbs County Treasury of the Cauntiss 

in whlGb auc& reoa we asrnsd ror the aooowkt 

Or the pFOp3r SUBd. l * l í 

33cUon b 0s +irtloLe 35le6, rernon@s Civil Statutes, provide8 thatr 

“It shu b th0 3Uty Of all OrfiOOr8 to 

oharge aad collect in tbe mnner autbo~lml by 

law all fees and codssloas vhlioh am pcsrmlttad b law to be aaassaed and colloctod fz?r all 

off:0 f al ser~iob pwrozmed by thtsn. * * ** 

In view cif the for6golnq atotutea~ you a-9 rrspaotfully rrarb5ed that it la tha ogln,on 0r tkir departmnt that 

a dlatrl+zt attorney omnot personally ret&t the feea paid 

r0r hm¶llng lunucp OdCl%ilr The so0 that has been paid to you 

as ~latrlot Attornsy la the 00.59 gontlonad in,pour inN.ry 

should be refunded and deplted la the count treasury Or 

the 00w.p paybg the SMO. rr the 000t 0r t L3 lunaoypxooe6dl.q is paid b or out of the astate of the’d~rm?iaat, t&e 

attorney~a reea I to uld be oolleotsd tu part o? the ooat and 

&JX&;d in the county tmaaury of tba oounty whera the oaae 

Rowever, b&on the county pe$a auoh soata, it would 

bo an iaie gesture to pay the attorney's foe and than have 

tba attorney to rfmmd 4nd depoelt the r06 in the county treaaWY* 
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Honorable Mqqrtelle kSoaal6, Page 4 

Trusting that the toregoing fully anmver.9 

inquiry, we remain 

Your8 very tmly 

AW:LM 

your 

ATTORNEY OENERAL OF TICXAS 

Ax4011 wlllia~~ 

Aseiatant