Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATI’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUST’IN
m5. Jallle O'xsal
County Auditor
carnon county
3+ulhandle, T'ei+%
l%ar :~adaill:
Your latter
'ioh of ti& ~epktment
.r0iior5i
c fee& of the t&y. ySOO.VV per ha Comalissloncirs he County Judge ollthly nt 815V.vv and all tha fees turn in to~the County sny 9xc688, feea uhould' be more than the.
Carson Count.y~ha.8 a ~opulatlon of 6,563 inhabItant aocording to the 1940 ~%3aral~Cantua. l'he aounty officials br sa'd countg~ are oompen86ted on b) ftPe basis.
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~?Zrar. -til.3.10 O*#eel, page 2
'~.:rtlcls SW33, Vernon.8 hrinotcted CIVIL S.atutas, reads In pnrt as followr:
n?xcopt ac ot>crwlee provided la tt‘.fe :ct, the annual foes th?t o?sy be z+A.rrIcsd by precinct, county and dietrfct offloere metitlonsd in tk:i:i shall bs as tollowe: . Article *County Clerk, County httorney, i;lstrlct clerk, 7% : Colleotor, Tax .r.baeenor, or the lmessor and Col- Iectof Taxa5, Twenty-four Eundmd ($2400.00) 301- .
.1ar6 each; JlWtiCe Of the t’e6Ge all6 G'OESti;tl~, Tweloi Hundred ($1200.00) DolJare eaoh.
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mtlole 3891, Feinon's Llrlotatad- Civil stitutss~~~ ‘&ovidea in part .a8 follow5:
“Faoaah. offloer. wed .&a thld ~ChsptdP shaii Llw$ti ,Wt:..Or ~tiI~;tWXZ5~t .r8qit.Of hl6. Off&~ $fA#r ori‘bs tiid 'thi amoPrrt all*d"‘h~,'.-&ir &- ..@.&. of~rrtiole ?iE@J,~~together ~5th the-Sal-.
viaiooe ai-let .or .bie aasis.tauts and deputiee, and atitlior- .ized expense under ~rtiulo 5899' an6 the~tiount .&caasary to oover 00&s of gren&a~on ofhat&fer
swety bond xay be SE ulrsd .bby iaw. If the pur- .retit rees of ri-~oh.drr P 08 eoll~eufsd 1.h any year be more than the antount nwdud to pay the euzounts above speoirled; .aame shall be deemed erects Isea, in aanner hexshatter aad shall bs dli?~passd. of provfded. *In, &unties aontalnlng twenty-ilvs thouaiand
(25,000) ox less inhabitants, VI&riot aad CinIMy .s..
officers wed herein aEal1 rotala one-third of 2.
suoh.exoaks rsss until ~1200 one-thbl, tog&he; with tb,amounta speoifisd in Artiole S&S,. ae%zun'$a to Thrq Thousand ~ol.larr (gZ,VOV). Freolnot of+..,' rhr6 shalLretain one-t?~ird until euoh one-third; ~t.Li&-t!mr tith the amount gprolfl.ed in artleh 3BBS,.
amounta to lqurtean Xundred Sol&z-e (.$14OC). ’
e .“’ (..’ Exrr. Willie O'Neel* paga 3 ..-.
I. Article 3896, Vexnon's Annotated Clvll F.tetutes, r&at8 a~ ~013 O& :
"Ibe Comlselonere* Court Is bereby aebsrrwl iron allowlng aompeneatlon for sr-0rffci0 service8 to cainty officials when the coicpsnsation en2 ex- cess fees which they are allowed tc rata13 shall for in this ohayrter. reach the nsxlmmprovlded In cases were the cmpensation an& exoess fess whloh the officers am +llowsd.to retqln shall not .* reach the' matium prorlaoa for in this chapter
the Cammia~lonkrs~ Court .uhall allcw.conpeas&on.
for ax-oiilolo se.svloes w&an, la their Judgewe, dtieh oomgeri5ation 2s ziecasaafy, provided, suoh compensation for.ex-officio .servloes allowed &all not 2ncreare the crompencation of the official be- ~yowl the iaazlsiam of osmpeasatlon ana.ero,ess rpes.
allowed t.a bezetidqed by him under th%s ohepter. " ~roridad,~howevir,:~he 8%~officio hersin.authorlred
shall be allowed ~only aft&r 80 opportunity for a pubZi0 he&r%ng,end oiily upon.the aff&aatl.ve vote ai ,.at. Atmat three..'~wharq ~9Ct~fa. ,~~aslo.4erp,~. . . . . . : ,. ~. ~., .- .~~ ~, ,. _~, .,' _.~: ,... 'cMIs;*:. . . . . ,.. ;. ,.:,. _. ,.. ; ;... .:. .I,. . . . . :.; ._ . . . . ”
Under iirtiole'$88S 'and Artlole J891,.sp@a,.the niathum 0ompensatloa end the exoe8a feaa ali0wfta to be re- tained the County Judge of Carbon.C&mty 1s $3,000.00 per mr. Fnen the bxr+i3nsatlop and 8x0888 f5ea .allowed by' these statutea do not exoeed th~,aaxinu?.n com.+matloa and : 4x044s feds proYlded,therefnP then by virtue .of :irtlcl&t.S895, aupra, the Ccraaiaslo.nera* Carvt- Is authorized to alloweon+ pmsatioo for,ex-orri~io ssrvioa8 in any amoimt,’ providei% .the oosi@nsation r0r a-0fri0i0 sbrvicea together with the compen- sation sad excess. r0as tdibw~a by the foreRolne ststutee do not exceed the a~xlmum of ~3~OOO.C0. In other'worde, ia com- pllanoe witA httl~Le'XS5, qupxa, the Comtlssioners* Court is authorized to~ellow any amount as compenoatlon for ex- '. orflclo services when suoh mount sbslf not.l?.cieaes the .com- pensntloa of the off&cial beyofid the mximtm 0: aompensati.on end excess fess a$loiweS to be retelnad by the offiobr under t.he loregoln~ statutes. (m3 'Jecrtloa lT2, ?~xae~ Jurisprudenoe~? Vol. 34 m&r the title of mblic Gffioars and the 0~8s Of irnderson County v. %o;rklns, 187 2. F. 1019);
Tt 38 noted Wet. you stat8 in your letter that the rss6 0r the county aubee amount to epproil~tltely .$300.00 per
.: [1] year and thst the' Gommlsslo~ers~ Court has allow& the amount of $150.CG as ooirpenurtion for sx-offlclo servloes per month or :1.,800.00 per year. i%ler the fects otateQ the fma snd coxpensatlon for ex-orfiolo services reoslved tbe county Judge are wfthln the marlsma amount thrt oan be legally re- tsltied by.hlm. Therefore you nre rcopactrully aavi8ed that the Coucty judge oan legally retain his compe~wtlog for er- .d$:olo earvims SUB above laeatlonet nnz? the fees'r~~oelvetl by 23 otksr words the County ;iud~c oan iirt~e of. b.3 8 0rriO0.
retalp.all reap reoe+reC by hilil t?y drtue of hia 3ftSce and 3he 31.8GG,M) oommieation for ex-cffloio services. vrovide6 ~ibkpensatlon ?or .6x-offlalo'servloes &s&her 6lkh the cof>enaetior end l xcssd fess allowed by lem do not exkea the n&xlmum Of $3,C!GO,OO per yaar.~ i
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