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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable A. c, hlnborn
Dlatrlot Attomay
Civil Courle&lldlng
Hoaston, Texsr
Dear Sir: oplnlon No. O-7385
We are in reorlpt
requestlag the opinion of th
matter. Your letter
pmaorlbsd ior thei ill- nortgagaa, nta Of ohnttel the oir1or the county or hare the rraponalblllt~, 111~ suah transrmrs and aentrd by a~ss&ora~ of oha ttrl aort- to the authority or alek?kr pt the reference tee8 r0r the porromanor or their orri- ii0ct onosrnLng ohattsl mortgager la oontalned In Artlclo 3930, Vernon’s Annotatad Civil Statutea or Texas whisk readr In part aa roilorre:
nClrrb or the County Court ahall racelte thr follow- ror riling and regl~tcrring and enter- % ~~(l~kil~n and release Of saoh Ohattal mOrtww $.75."
IIon. A, O. kinborn, iage 2
Obvloualy, tha above quoka rrctlon or Article 3930 Iupro, doer not authorize thr lmpo8ltlon or a t.75 r08 by olerkr or thr County cOur% tor rlllag or transfer8 and l 8- rldpaent8 or ehettel mortgagea. In our Opinion No. 0-6765-a. ou, thir Dapart- 8 oopy of ahloh bar pretlou8ly bara firnlahod mant ruled: '%tatutrr pnrorlblng rear ror pu 110 orfloar8 i 153 U.8. l ra 8trIotly monatrued. United htor to. %leldB, 88, 38 L. S&. 646, 14 Sup. Ct. 735. Unla8s a roe Is provided by law end the amount thereor arrlxed by law, none oen be ehereed; and an orrioer cay be required by law to prriorur rervloea ror whlah no aomprnsatlon 8peolflo la provided. 112 TOX. 268, 246 3.a. 654.”
hroCalla 18. City or ~~cmia, to Art1010 5494, Vernon’s An- We call your attention notated OItll Statutes or Texas relsting to the ahattel aort- Vihen the Iurtru- from uhloh we. quote eago reoord, in pert; enter msnt 18 the transfer of a lien, the county clerk hall on the mrgln, or under the head “nmmark8n In oonnootion with the orIgina reoord o? re.gIetratlon of such llan, a notation, mtran8rrmed by . . , . . to . . , . . thI8 . , . , . day of n tIlli&: the blank.8 with
) 19 . ..* the nams &*t~e*p&tIas and t:.; ditto of RUC:I transfer, and no:e t&a date It I8 riled ror roglatraticn.” Zt is our opinion that the perfomenee of euoh duties by the OOu.uty clerk tolls a fee ortion tif Art4018 39p eupra, wLIOh of 6.10 by virtue of that provide a I “Clerks ot the E ounty Court rhall reoslre the follow- eaoh paper - &lO.e ing raea: yill~
Thererore, our anavmr to your first quertlon la that clerk8 or the County Court 8hall oharge a tee of 3.10 for the or a8algnment or ohattel mortgager, riling 0r each transirr end that no other ree ror the perromance or tholr ofriaial duties requlnd by that portion or Artlole 5494, aupr8, above quoted, my be clarged.
Our antmar to your first questIon precludes the hoc- soslty or answerIog your draond question.
Your8 very truly