be proper;providedthat ln no case shall the C~lsslonerc' Court or any mcmbcr thereofattempt to Influencethe appointmcntof any person aa deputy,'aaalstant or clerk In any offtcc. Upon the cntry'ofauoh order the officers applyingfor ouch aaslstantc,deputiesor clerkaahall bc authorized to appointthem; providedthat sold compcnaatlonshall not exceed the maximumamounthereinafterset out. The compensation which m~y'bc allovedto the deputies,assistantsor clerks above named for their servicesshall be a reasonableone, not to exceedthe following amounts: . . .v
(The act sets the llmitationaon salariesaccordingto differentpopulationbrackets.)
The provisionof Article :.:XY, V. A. C. S. prior to the 1935 amendment,as follows:
"The maximgm compensationwhich may be allowedfor deputies , . .i -
BoaorableTan A. Craven, page 3 (O-4454)
to the offloan named In said Article 3883 for iiMp or aasirtanta services;shall beaa r0ih0, to-wit:. . ."
was cntlrclyclimlnatedfromSectIon 14 of Senate Bill 5.
Article 3902, aa amended,authorizesthe appointmentof deputlcs,asilstanthand clerks for district,county and precinct officers. There can be no questionbut what the county treasurer is a county officer.
You arc rcepectfullyadvised that It la the opinionof thla departmentthat the CountyTreasurerof McLcnnanCounty vould have authorityto appointa deputy If the provisionsof Article 3902, V. A. C. S. arc compliedwith. It la OUT furtheropinionthat such deputywould have authorityto slep varrantawhere the treasurerwas authorizedto algn such warrants.
OpinionNo. o-283 of thia departmentIs overruledInsofar as It conflictsvlth this opinion.
Very trulyyour6 ATTOFlNEXQ2JERALOFTEXAS
By /s/Wm. 3. Panning
Wm. J. Fanning Assistant APPROVEDM&R 10, 1942
/a/ GrooverSellers FlXTASSISTAKl' ATTORNEY-