OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENRRAL OF TEXAS .
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Honorable R. h. ycyche county Auditor Gregg Coilnty .Longview, Texas
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Your reoent request for an oplnlcn of this~de- partment on the question otated herein hasbeen~reoelved. We quote from your letter as follows: eR~?ior~tothe Pederal Census 0+.X940 Gregg Oounty ,&a&a p,oghl~ti~i~ of 16,778 and ~ao~oordikg: tO.the 1946.osnauti~takenthe oounty ha8.a poptia- tion of,~S8~027,.L Aooording to the last',.-approved.., tax rolLthe oountp has a tar ovalnationof ~~ : $196,600.00. ThCoouuty Is-on a salarg~~baal.8 by order Or the OonaaissionerovOonH. What is the law govemlng the number ~of deputlee of the sherift and what is and maxlmum salary of his deputies? (There fs a spealel~&: allowS.ng14 deputies iOr the sheritf 0r.this aountyi) That is the salary~~ofthe Gauntg Commis- eioners for this oounty and what expense for oar and'othor expense may be legally al.lomedthe Commieeloners? (There is,a special law on ex- penses whioh ~110~s them $X50.00per month.) "What is the salary of the oountg auditor of this oounty? (There is a lam providing #4,200.00 .
XonorableR. S. Wyoha, Pep L.
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That is the salary of the Tudee of this county? T&hat is the salary of the Sourty Superin- tendent of Zohools and expenses allowable? "There have been pendinp iAl'lsrelating to some of theso otlloers azd sxpsnses In the press& le&ilaturu but I do not knairif any of '.:- , &en ~pasaed~..": _. '. ,...'...:. .. :.. .... ,. . .. h.1,. .:: ..- .',_ .'i .,.,
" Artlole BBBQb, Vernon's Annotated Girl1 8tatute8, La not applloabloto Gre@ Got&q ra~fhir atat\itO :applimb only ,tothoue oowxtl%3 . of leM'th3& trrntf thowand ~dnh@biW&a ~8o4a6rding-Wthe last'prowi% 22% Fkdaral Con&a and havlna.a pro&r m&iation~Fa~ar- awn of 0x10hundred million dollars, aaoordingto the ap- proved State and,odunty tax roll8 for the preoedlngyear. Tha numbar ot deputfea to Whlah the sheriff 1s antItXod~ Is fully disoussed in our Oplnlon No. O-l& whlohhw~~'are elloloalrig ~ror your infor5l%tloa.'TheilrinLwmand nrariwua oalaries'of auoh deputies ia .goromad by.Seafion9, ei .A&- tlolo 39O~;Perzion~a~Anmtatml Civil ?W&titM, whiahpro- vlda3 in sfieot that lx-oount%oahar%ng 6 populationOz~.~ SV;SOl and nbt zuxe than~60,OOC~&&abltantsthe salary et the.fizst deputy,6hP11.not,~xo~8~&ilGG,GO:F annum-and _. the aalex+ bf othurdeputiom :&all not.oxaoed $l8W.oO.pu ah&moaah. : Tt 13 apparent thut thu above bf &tIola,'39GlS #&Id&a a nmx&mumsalary for the deputlau a8 above statad but it does not fix ay .tilmum ~lary. There&ore, the aaxImum 8alary ol th6 deputies.ortha ahorlff 1s tha ma&m& aS~~$.SlOG&O~r uinivafor the tfrut deputy and i$l80&00 par annum for tha bofherdapPtles. The a&&mm salsly oreall suah deputies -Lonot riurd by law but may be dotwml.wd bg ths Gmmiaslwea?a~ Court. Izireply to youraeooad pwstlon,iyour attent%o& is dire&ad t6 Artiole 2380, Vmmon*s AnnotcltodCIvIl StstuWe, whloh provides, among other th%ngrr,that the oalarler of the oounty oommIssioners In oounties hevine assessed value- tlons OS more than asventy-aIfht mllllon and one dollars and less then one hundred end thirty mUllon dollars as shown by the total assessed valuations of all property oertlfied by the oounty assessor and approved:by the oom- mlasioners~