OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
Honorable t;tsphen F. Eebert, papa 2 

perform the dutTF:s of district attorneys, dietriot alerk, country zlfi;k, treasurer, h:l.de and 

anlmel Inspector. 

*bell, 3. In all ca~ehl wh.ere the Coznirslontws* Court shall huve determined thet oounty 

sffioers or preoinot offioers in suoh aounty shell 

be oompenseted for their services by the papent 

or an annual salary, neither the Stats of Texas 

nor say oounty shall be oharged with or pay to sny 

of tks offloers 80 cagensated, eny fee or oonaai8- 

elan for the psrfcrmcnas ot any or all of the dutiee of their offiaaS but euoh oftlosr6 shall reoeivo esid salary In lieu of all other fees, oommissions or oompenaetioa which they would otherwise 

be authorized to retain8 * * * provide% iurther, 

that the provisions of this Eieotlon #hall not affeat ths paynant of costs in oitil oama by tba 

State but all suoh cost8 80 psid ahtl1k be a4WXU&- 

88 ior by the offioere collaotin~: the sum,, a# 

they are required undss the ~rovia10~1 of thlr 

iiot to eoaount fox teea, oolllni~siona and ooeti 

oolleoted ir0m prlvste ~8rtleta." 

E'xior to the enactment of tke Cffioero~ Galrry Law, 

thr, bSlelature law fit to limit the oararaisaioar to be l llowe4 

to any oounty treawxer by the provfsionr of Artiolo SW8 VWarm*8 Oiril Statutea, not to exceed $2,000,00 anntrall~+ AlthouSh 

Sactlon 13 of Artiola 2.9120, was amended and more reoenbly by 

the 46th Legislature, an exemlnation of the ori&aal Offloarrt 

Salary Bill, /iota cf 1935, 44th Legislature, 2ad CaLled Ssssio~k, 

Chapter 465, reveals l&t the treasurer was rpsolfioslly narasd 

therein 884 pl-tWently BhOWll ill ~t+CtiO~ 13,. In this recpeot 

said original aot did not ooafllot with or repeal Articles 

3945, 3942 end 3943, relating to the oo5~mfmslon5 authorlzad 

to DO reaslvs4 by the oounty treesurerr 

In oux opinion no. O-Q$S, rendered January 83, 1939, 

found oa page 24 ot the Attorney General's Aanual Rbgort for 

1939, we held that Artl?le 3$%2e does not require the ooxaisaionore' wurt to bet the salerg of the oountg tr%asurer at 

th8 n&a&mm, but that it may Six the oompensetioa of the QOunty 

trearursr at any rate not exceedfng the statutory rate and may 

l%$duo* the xexkult mm to be paid to 14880 than the statutory 

cut and thet ths oounty d~oe# not owe ths tram8uF8F the dii- 
Honorable iitetphen P. Reberf, pa+ 3 

ference bet-men the s;nl~ry fixed by tha oomfenfonerS* court 

snd maxlmm provided by 2tiole "943. 

Khem dZ?ir.aFo districts aI.8 created under the 

provielone of Chapter 7, Title 1.?a, Vernoxl'a Ciril 2tetutel#, 

by Artiole8 8146 and U147, it la the slendatory duty of the 

oounty treasurer to asmme the duties of the treasurer of 

auoh distriot and ho is required to ereouto bo d for the falthrul disohsrpa of euoh duties) open aa aooount vA.th the dlatriot 

and keep an eoourete aooount of all money6 reaaivsd by him belonging to suoh dlstriot end of all anounto peld out by h&n. 

By the p~0visiOn8 of Artlole 8148,it ia provided that the 

trbsrursr shall ba allowed 6s pray for hi8 ssrvloes a8 suoh, 

on+Fourth of on@ per cent upon 811 oroney reorlred by him for 

the aooount of euoh dlstriot end one-eighth of ona per oont 

upon all. money by his! paid out upon the order of the dletrlct. 

X8 era aindful of ths oonetruotion given Artiolos 

89U - 3843 ti oonneotion with the ebova mcmtioned srtfolea 

pertaining to the dutlen and oommii~8lons allowed the oounty 

treasurer RS trnenurer of a drnlnsgn diatriat in the on(~e of 

Barrita County VI. Charlton, S. Ct., 843 5. PI, 489, sffirming 

judp:-:mt or the Court of civil Appafi15, Charlton vts, mrrir 

county, 228 s. ru'. 969, in the light of and in oonneotfon with 

the mtxlmum fee bill previously to the enaotzent of tlm Mfioetrml Salary Law. Under the holding in that oam, the traasurer would be authorized to retain ouch additional fees allowed 

him under the proviefona of Artlola E3l.48. B%JIOO the 8mot- . 

sent of the Otiionrn’ Salary Law an4 as espres8ed in hotion 3, 

eupra, with the tresmrer cxpre@*ly namid therein, it 18 ap- * 

parant that the ~egialatum intended the oounty tresrurer to 

reo~ive his salary in lieu of all other feem, oonmis11ton6 or 

oompensatlonlr whioh he would othsrwire b@ ailthorlzed to rntela, 

with auoh oo,m&~ione allowed him b y any drainage diet I t to 

be pleoed In tha officera* eslary fund. Y& find that zuzh 

00nau0ti0n 0r tb4 orri06re * Sfelery Law relative to the 00~ 

mieaionn ellowed the oounty treesurer under the provi6ions of 

Art?ole 8148, Vernon'8 CIVIL titatutae, has been rollowed by 

this dnpirtmnt datlcq frola it& original tmaotmnt. 

krtlale 39126-2, eubaeatlon (e) raremad to in 

your letter, spplfcs only to oountiaa wtiese the pOpulati0n is 

in excess of 335,000 eeoording to the last preosdlng or any 

ruture Federal oensue, oonseque3tly it does not apply to 

pour oounty. It alpht be interesting to note, however, t&et 

eincr the sneatmmt of the original Qfflosrrr* %l(rry Lew, the 
Ronoreble .%@ien P. liebert, Page 4 

Legislature hiia de&t with the oouhty treasurer in certain 

oountles, separately from other oou&ty offiasrs in that although Article 3912e-2 underwent two amend~ente by the Leglslature, not until the ensotment of house Bill 874 by tho 46th 

%gi8lature, Chapter 11, found in the Speoial Lawa of Texas, 

page 607, now appearing a8 kbeeotlon (a) to whloh you refer, 

does the provision appear whloh reade Where euoh treasurer 

acts also as treasurer of any navl(cation and dralnege districts, 

he shall reoeive 8nd be ehtltled to reta:n auah oosnPensetlonSrcm suob districts as is provided by krtlclerr 8281 and 8148, 

Revised Civil Ztatutoe of Texas, 1923r" 

It la tharafore the opinion of thin departzsnt 

that where the oonmlesloners~ court has aet and fixed the 

ealary of the oounty treasurer under the provisions of the 

Orricers' Selary Law, Seatfon 13, Artfole 3012e, Vernon's 

Oi~il Statutes, the treasurer is not entftlod to retain 81) 

his own, eoramlaetono allowed hti under the ~rorlsions or 

A~tiolo 0148 or eeld statutes but sama 8houl.d br pal& Into 

tha officers* salary fund fromwhich he draws hi@ salary, 

Yours very truly