1940 population~88 41,698 and under Article3912e, Section13, the countyattorneycould have been paid an additional2s for 1942, & for 1943, and 3% for 1944, since the assessedvaluation6for the respective precedingyears were $21,206,110.00, $21,799,940.00, and $22,195,150.00.Under Article 3902.3 the first assistantcould have been paid not to exceed$2,100.00 per annum, and other assistantsnot to exceed$I.,~oo.oo.
A countyattorneyis requiredto be a duly licensedattorneyat law, and an assistantcountyattorneymust have the 6am.equalifications as the county attorney. (Articles331 and 332, V. A. C. S.)
The State Bar Act (Art. 320a-l),which became effectivefn 1939, providesin part a8 follows:
"Sec. 2. There Is hereby createdthe State Bar, which is hereby constitutedan administrative agency of the JudicialDe- partmentof the State,with power to contractwith relationto ite own affairaand which may sue and be sued and have such oth- er powers a8 are reasonablynecessaryto carry out the purposes of this Act. ,
Hon. C. H, Cavness,page 19 (o-6676)
"Sec. 3. All personawho are now or who shall hereafterbe licensedto practicelaw In thin State shall constituteand be members of the State Bar, and ahallbe subjectto the proviaiona hereof and the rule6 adoptedby the SupremeCourt of Texas; and all personsnot membersof the State Bar are herebyprohibited from practicinglaw in thir State,
"Withinthe meaning of this Section,all perronsfurnishing evidenceof or complyingwith any of the followingprovisions &all be deemedae now liceneedto practicelaw within this State, viz:
"(a) That he ie now enrolleda8 an attorney-at-law before the SupremeCourt of this State. "(b) A licenseor the issuanceof a licenseby the Board of Legal Examinersof thfs State authorizinghim to practicelaw within this State. "(c) A licenseor the 'leauance of a licenseto practicelaw within this State by any authority,which, at the time of the ie- nuancethereof,was authorizedby the laws of thie State,then in effect,to issue the license."
Section4 of said State Bar Act authorfzeethe SupremeCourt to pre- pare and proposerules and regulationsfor disciplining,suspendingand dls- barring attorneysat law, which said rules and regulationswere to be submit- ted to the members of the State Bar and a majorityvote was requiredto adopt any or all of said rules and regulations. Said Act also authorizedthe Supreme Court to prescribea fee not exceedingFour Dollare ($4.00)per ennum per per- son to be paid to the Clerk of the SupremeCourt.
The rules governingthe State Bar, which were approvedin accordance with the above statutes,providethat the membershipfee prescrrbedby the SupremeCourt shall be due and payableby each member to the Clerk of the Su- preme Court on June 1st of each fiscalyear, the fiscal year beginningJune let and endingMay jlst of the next succeedingyear; that a member in default of paymentof said fee for sixty days after it was due Shall be regardeda6 delinquentand shallbe given writtennotice thereofby the Clerk of the Su- preme Court. Then, If the delinquentmember fails to pay such fee within thirty days after said notice,he shall cease to be a member. Provisionis also made that if at the end of ninety days after June let a member has not paid to the Clerk membershipdue for the currentyear the Clerk may strike from the rolle of