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.,;Al1. olif&lfi dd&.of colmty.ofii&~s that are~required,bg.law to be 'approved bg the, : : oomlaslonera ,court;'+nd wblah have bee.n.ao ap+ : proved,. shall be ,m$de’pagable to:the cPunt.y ,_ : .
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$idge end saiely kept and recorded by the toun- ty olerk In 8 book kept ,f or thut purpose. ’ .’
lionorable R. V. Davidson, Attorney General’or Te&, 00. Deaeaber 12, 1906, ootistrued ArtloU 3575 or the Revised civil Statutes or 1895, *hIoh Is almost Identical vIth’Art&, ele 6000, Vi A. C. S., and held that neither a oounty .orfIaez, nor the county vas ,lIable to the aounty olerk .for reoording the 0rri0ial bond 0r a county orriot3r adthat ltva8 the duty'of the clerk to~reaord the orrlalals’ bonds vIthOut eh8rg- hg any fees therefor, See 6plnIons or the Attqrney Gen?r+ of Tex8s, ..1906-08-10, pages~ 370-r; _., ” . ...‘. :,,, (.. _, . . . * . ~. The: reaorgiIn& .or tKe oif&ial. bonds inqulx%d about ws not ror the benerlt’ 0r the. Individual 0rrici3ra but are ror the’,publIa. benerlt. anB It is the statUtO$y duty .of the olerk under Article 6000, V., A;’ C. 96,’ supra, to keep tid record’ “’ all OrfiUi8i bdnds of~aount~ ,orriOiak3 which have been ap- .,.. : proved by ti% aommlaeioners aour$ in requirement ‘-of lau. :, 4he atatute does not:pry+iribe any ,feee to the olerk f’or per- .‘. ~,. forming $hI8 sexylae. : ‘h. ._’ y”::,. :.
Ue 8nsveS $ou$ firai que&~on’.in.‘i+ n&+~, .’ 1n +&e* !to ;Vo&‘~,&b&~ &st~o~; Ii .ib. o,o&& ~~ ‘. ion that the oouuty, Is’,nst lIsble *to the .alerk .ror ~w reoord- ing rees and that it is .the @ndcit;ory .duty or the~.,olerk to reoord salu orrioial bon@&. without Ch8rgin&:&UY. f-46 ei8rerOFr phe county clerk 0r Fayette. ‘county is under. the orrz0ers’ Salsrg L8v 8gd of aouz%S qoeives it %.&ulai! .salarp,but,.~.does not reaelve any ‘Ex-off1010 ‘compens~tIon.~a ,. ,,. ,’ ‘. 2.: .’ ’ _.
Q&I~B~ Ro; O-2409 or’ ihis de&&&& %s ~Ovi&&d Only ins&f8r as it aonflicts vith %hIs holdIn&’ ‘. ”
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