Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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stated.
*orable John C. Marbuqsr, page. 2
"(2) What lo the mlnlmum salary that is lr@.ly raqulred to ba ilxad by the. Ckuml~i0new~8 Coplrt of Fatjtte Cow&q for the County Attorney undo the ~emnt
opliiron no. P4op (Conrwwloo optionnlfo. 3053) or thir department 8 copy of ublah i8 ~nOl08.d hwawlth, -8w6ra your flrxrt quoClorr in the ~affinaatir*. The ease of VJader ~8. Naoogdoa&em County, I.40 S.W. (2nd) 972, oited by you in your briar ml80 supports thi8 holding,
hrtiole 3883, Verntm*o Annotated Tena Ciril Stat&u, redo in p&t, a8 follower
wEampt a8 otherwise prorlded Ln this 'Aat, tho.umml f6as that amp be retilned by grdnrt, oounty mad dbtri8t in thim Artia1e #hall bk 88 to11ornr aaKtloKed olw.Qnr
-. . . thoumad, flw Jmh&d (37,500) iahmbitant~~, rad L nhlah there 4 ~no oity matclU twuity-fiw thouaawl (25,aaO) inhabltmntrt Ooonty tuilgo Dlatriot or Grlmlxml Dlrtriet Attamoy, Sbrlff County Ilerk County AttOrneys Matriot Clark, Tax Oello~or, Pax A88o@~or, or the Aa8888er and colledos of Tu~8;TwaK*-6mrmK mJldl!ed mad ritty Dollar8 ($27501 oaeh; t . .”
Artlal* 3891, Vormmt8 Arrnotated Tua8 Olvll St8tuto8, rma~m in part am follower “Faoh otiioa nam6d in 'Oh:8 cha@W @h&t fh@t Oat
taf th@ aumant t-8 of hi8 oiflos pay or ba paid the of Art%010 3883, amount aUewekl Win undoz the porWoar to&mthor with the ularlo8 of him amm4tant8 arid d8gotlm8, and autha:isd expanse8 amtar &tlolo 3899, udi t&e amount ~mo~msuy to oofmr oomt8 ot prmlui!a OK ulmtaer 8oroty bon& may be repulrod by law. of tih0 ottrrsnt b-8 0f 8aoh esrioo @oIlmete& in acry ymu be ee then thd mamtnt nod04 to ealfled,aamo shallba deemad pay thm ataouutm a abare axmem iman, and mhall~' ii .o diapoae& at in the mar horein- after provld84.
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Honorable John 0. Uarburgar, page 3
*In counties oontelnlag 88 meny a8 twenty-fir* theumand and one (25,001) and not more than. thirty-saven thouuad, five hundrsd (37,500) lnheblfents, dldriot and.oo!pty offloam named hersin shall retain one-third of rueh e~eoas f.08 tuttll enoh one-third, to@her with the Want rpeoltled amounts to Thirty-fits Hundred Dollar8 in Artlols 3883. ($3500). . i .n-
r,sotlon I,3 of Art101e Ln part ns 391ie, Vernontk Annotated Texam Civil Statutes, roads follaM I Y3Bo. 13. The COfW18SiOll43r8' &-A& ill WUILtf@b@ .__ _--. _ _
having a populstlon of twenty thouearA~ (20,000) lnhab~tUtt8 or m>re~ end less thsn oae hundred and nineby thoueand (190,Oob) lnhabltente aooording to the &art prwedln& ,Pedsral Ceuue, la hereby authorined and it shellbe it@.
duty to Six the aalerler of all.the iollowlag nuad~offioora, towltr ~ehorlff, a88e880r aid oo~eetor of texep, QOURty judm, oounty attgrney, lnaludin5 orimiati dlmtrlot attorney8 & ootinty attornoye who psrrorm ths duties of diatriat attor- neys, dktrict clerk, Qounty dlsrk, tr688Wot, hide end Mf&d ill@Q@UtOt, !3kOh of raid Otf100ZO @ha= bo pa in mamy aa Ann-1 @al*Ty ln twebe (12) epti irut~lmultm of net lbS8 thenthetotal eW samedam GeqUrratlap. by hfi~ in hi@ OffiOf.61 eep8ltj io@ the fi@d TeU 1935 8~4 not tire than the 8t~lmtaQ mcUnt alhW8d @U@h CdW L&r law8 l x4tlngonAu g u8t 24.19351 . ..* 1935", tOl! the ptWpO@e Of arriring at the WiSIm Oa1EZ~tto be the aouaty #lttorn~~,t2latthe 00atat@d~6S%~ aeurt8homld paid dadriot from thr total oompsnoatlon ounad, wlleote4 and oneel- leoted, the (LX l em Sor the otilee for the year 1935, whlah werpo lemlly lowed by the 00~88f0ll0~8' eDtlrt iOr th6t y'ers. al?
You state in your letter that there mo &O doduo-. tiOLW tOP Oft100 ~elU108 in 1935. YOU h6W a&IO aTOll IA@ iOr- ther tha lni’onmtion by t~h@Oll@ that the WnUIty 8ttQZ'IW had no a@@f@t8SXt In 1935 and no 6%pt3Ik@e@ oil &floe ln 1935.
The 1930 Federal hll8W ‘and not the 1940 Federal &ilStU 18 atWf@l t0 YOW @t?Omd @UB@tb& $cM opioi~n NO. o-2582 of thlr de rtment, e oopy of wh.loh f.8 e.lMoeed herewith foryoWlnfonnton. r *4 '- Opinion X;o. O-ll91 of thla . . e - . . _~~ A~&~
on tne aa.mry or tne goumy aztornsy of Taylor County (a counriy :;svlng a populrrtiofl of &1,023 inhabitanta aoeord- in2 to the 1930 Federal Cen8us end uhers the county attorney's "firrt nmXllnum" w8s a3,500.00 find. the "full CW.S~U@," WQS $&$?w.OO under l~?wS OXiOti~ Au@mt 24th. 1935) paesed on a quqetion analogous to pour puaatlaa. i;e quote ?rCm mid C-FiXliM a8 ?O~apS~
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"You do not atate In your letter whethar or not the mlerias cf your assistants, lf any, an(l all l uthofimd expenses of your oKloe, for the year 1935, hms bran dbductxd frxi t!m fmocnt oS'your 5~u38 sslrnLng8 for the .vwr 1935.
*If the *urn 0r $5401.19 reperentr tbs mmnt earam by you ee oounty attorney in the jeer 1935" rftar dduating 8ak1rl0s of as8f6tadDt if any, +nd 'authorfsed expoa608 Of ofSloe, fos the year 1935, t&n in that e~@uk,you ark oorreot In your aonatructlon of the lew WI four salary should be w33.35.
*If, hOHW=, MhTiOO Of YOUS a88:8tMt8, if 64, and authorlsed dqp3u1e8, have not been doduotQd iros tb total of your grors earnings, then the raarr"$hpold be deQuuted, aml ~the ame rule of conmtruotlon be appllod S$ dstsrmbiirg~tha amount-of your aal8ry. Fa exampI*, ii fmlarlss of your 688i8tnnt5, if anr, aad authorlaad expsnaes of offloe, for the year 1935, aaountod to $1500.00 (Fifteen HllJldrd DOmW), and th4 &?OSS -X'll~@ Of YOU orrloe WUFO 35401.19 thaa it would be pro or to deduct !$1500.00 rran $5401.~9, making the mm of 1 3901.91, whlah would be the amount earnad by m not DP tha offlaa. four fir@t maxiaim of 33500.00 would ba deductad from
our tI6b.l earninga of $3901.19, lawin@ 8 balanor or So 401.19, am exoqas fM8. The $4Ol.19 aroscls free would be dlvld,ed by that and you would be entitled to OnCthhd or these hem, towitr the mum of $133.73. Thfd amount 'added to 43300.00 wuld be 33633.73, the amount Of *alar) you would be entitled to under suoh OWt~itf&l@.
Honorabla John C. Marburger, pago 5 -
or said oplxllon ror your in?orastlon. The *rime rsauua* allowed the acuntp attorney or mystte County under Article 3883, Y.A.C.S., ln1935, waa Under laws exis.t$ng in 1935 undu Artla1.s .*:, 750.00 per annum. he was allowad to retain one-third or axae8m $s41, Y.A~.C. 9.. tee8 ebove mid $2 750.00 ppariaurm until raah nt~e-third amesa r68S and the $2,75&.oo rim. maxisum 8mounted to the second 0r run lEQLLrrmm 0r $3,500.00
Xn tumwer ~ti your mccnd $aortlon It 18 our opini~ under the raats stated t&et .the ooPeia8ionCs* oourt of Zayette County is legally rsqulred to set the salary at the county attorney or Pay&to County at not 1088 than $3.193.40 par 1 annum and not more than $3,500.00 per annum.
vary truly your8 AiTaRwzy CENERAL OF TEXAS By (Sigrml) WM. JL;.FwT APTZOYXD IAE. 8, 19l.2 . GROYEX S'TIL.F?S (Signed)
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