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*1 OFFICE OF TNS ATTORNSY QSNSRAL OF TSXAS
AUSTIN rddreeeed to the
19&l, on8 upon uhloh you forth hen%n in the doeire thm 0~1 t toria to your roQueet: pox-0 rolioring UIdor Artlolo l bino emomamont, county 18 r o o olr- l MUI 08 r ot on md haa raoolt.4 db0m e0rn t0 th0 to APtiolo 164s aI amen&- w)* . 0 .
Ilcmomblo Ralph Brook, Pew 2
"(1) Will tho Qorri88Ionorr~ Court k r o quln~ to l p p r o r o thir o rder b o r on th e o ouut~ Auditor 008 nooIro I ulary or &2w.O0 par ‘Mlllt
"(2) con th e Oad88Ioaor8~ court rix l lowr ulory than thrt ilred by Dlrtrlot JUdgO‘?
*()I Whet would bo tho 8818ry of thr County Au4itor c ourt do om not l ntor It“ writton tho rent tho CamnI8aIonor8*
oona‘nt rna ppror81 oi tho order DirtrIot JuQor, 8 oopy oi @Ioh I8 rttrohmd to thI8 1otterV
That portion of Sootion 1 oi domto Bill Ro. ll9, 47th tA~.lotur o, l wn&fnq ~iolo 164s. Rorlrad civil sktukr ot Tuer, roadrr 1645. In any OOUnty hsVinR a
“mlola
,gopuiOtion 0f thwy rit0 th0~88nd os,ooo~
inbrbit8nt8, or on?, rooordIn(t to prooodlng Toderal C8n~ua, hat& tu
nluatlao o? lrittron KIllIon ~Ils,ooo,ooo.oo) Dollar8 or over, roo~rdln& thr last a prorob tar roll, th8ro 8h811 k blonnI8lly 8ppo ntsd DLL ufw 0f 800ow8 On4 tin-088, th tit10 of maid ottloor to be County Auditor who ‘hall hold hi8 off100 ior two (21 l nr8 ad who sh8l.l for ii I8 8orrloo8 to thr r o o olvo l oomponeetlon oounty a8 8uoh County Auditor, 8n annual 88lary more than tho 8nnual ‘dory sll~wod Or paid tho A88888or rnd Collootor of Tan8 in hl8 oounty, and 1888 than the annual 88lary llond ruoh Auditor under general law provI(lod In Art1010 1&S Rotind Olril Stototor, 88 88i4 WI010 d8tod an Tanuary 1940, ruoh molar OS tho Owty AuUtor to ba 1, dot0 r&l a4 Dlatrlrt JuQo or rix0d 8d Dirtriot 3ud I makin& rush eppointmnt and harln8 jurl8 lotion In thr oounty, ai‘Jorfty Ho~orrblo Ralph !Jr+c, pa& 3 ‘xl4 ro‘0rd0d
COUTt Of th0 l OMtY, UId th0 ci0rL tbBZ8Or
8holl omtliytho uuo swob8wT&a8o totho Cclaieelonon' Oourt uhloh hell oOu8o tho m to bo rooorded in it8 mInuto8~ titer l olery County Auditor ham barn flxod
by thr MotrIst Ju&m or DietrIot JuA~B, no ohoiuo in 8uoh 8OlOry ah011 thOrOertor koclro 8rr00titi until tho bOgInnIn(l or the next nOU- W rleorl p*rr, or county. Prd(led her- ever, any In8r888o In tho uhry of any suoh County Au4ltor, over en4 rbovo annual 881- l ry allmod euoh County Audltoz un6or tho gen- In Artlola 1645 em 8aId oral law prtnldod Artlolo xletod on Janwr 1, 1946, 0h811 only ba dit780a u pumItted rth the arpn.8 eon- rent end rpprorel Of the OaeaIeelonor~f Court the oounty who88 county Auditor etfeoted or aey km eftaotod by the provlelone of this Aott ruoh l on‘ont and qQr ovo1 ot ouoh Cawle- rionorm’ Court rhell k pldo by older ot ouoh Court end roeordod ln tho mInuto8 thr Cm- B.f88~Onor8' Court of euah oQUllty.*
Under Ml018 164s prior to I'tr uondmnt by cCen.ete Bill lo. ll9, b7th togi‘l‘tu?o, rti a‘ ppliod to Lubbook on Janurr 1, 19bO. tho rnnuel 8Olery oi the oounty mu- ditor u08 flso4 t y thr LOgIrlOture to bo oatput rra! the lert ppr07od tox rolle, xoood 13600.00 rnnu8lly frapr eaunty fun&r snd paid monthly out or the gwmrrl fund or tho oounty upon order of the ooaI881on8r8’ oaut on the ba8le ob )ltSiOO per oooh Yllllon Dollue Or m8 Or postion thoroot. Ao by tho prori- lona or Artlole 1647, Rev i a06 Oirll !xetutee, ururrroted by Pen- eta Bill Ilo. 119, ppoimtmnt ol tho auditor nmine untlu &rI~IotIon of the dletrlrt ju6 8 thlr omondmnt. ??a tipd PO prO~i8iOM ln tho A8t author 1Iag thm oamf88ionor8~ 8oupt to fix tho l onaty 8a61tor98 88l8ry.
It uI11 k noted tram bao quoted provlelon8 ot mwo Bill Ilo. ll9, t&t a 1ImItetIoa ID pleood upon the dfetrlot dud88 or jud@‘, in dotrr8f.nIn8 the MlkUal l olary @ 8UOtl OOUEtJ *4 Boaoreblo Ralph Brw, Pap h
rU4Ut~B~ Suoh 1iNtatiM 18 th8t th0 ranarl ulery 80 tlad m6 6oturinod l hrll k not-that& 8-w 80luyoll0~0d or PDF& th0 “‘0~80?-.0~00tO~ Ot t@X@8 h Lb l mty 8nd nOt 1.88 than tho ranual 88lar l llanr;d mob l U4ltor pador gononl 18~ pro~ldod In Art1810 1 l LS, Rerlud Olril Ptetutoe, a8 IBM l letod on January 1, 1940. This avndmrnt rorldoe r0r the poooduro tho uthmlaed fnon880 in the ! wler 88 ort8fn oounty l u41- the odor iIxin(: end ~etermln aa when ulery ut8 torr fo rth on amount l xoo8dIng that allowed rud tor uador t&o en- i”f oral law a8 abow rktod tho oonront of tho eti88lonor8* rout to lth0 OZ?dU Of the df8triot fud60 or judg08 mwt 8hOw ~iYlr~- tltoly It8 rppso~81 tho 8omIerlonor8~ court by ardor noordod In tho nlnutor 0r tho oowaI88lonor8’ ourt or 8uoh oounty to bo rtO0tiv0 .
Whet m heto arid above I8 In roo~rd dth our Intorprote- tlon 0r am8ndmnt *a met forth In our Opinion Ilo. 0-3801, BP- provod AUgU8t 1, 194l, a oopy of whloh ,I8 hereto rtteohod. thle deperliment that
It la, therefore, 0 i&m It ID dlrontlonrry with the o olpp 88Ionr~e~ oourt whetha it rlll e?prove ardor of thr dletrlot judgar lnorerrln~ tho eelary . or the county auditor of Lubbook County under kmte Bill No. 119, 47th L*glrlmturo, whlah in order to IN dt00tir0, met bm appror- d by tho ecnd88lonu8 I oowt. TO b8 8ff8OtiTO f IX tha OWOAt yoer, euoh l.nor8888 mu8t b8 within tho prorieioar of tho county bud@.
In mnawu to our woon4 and third pwrtione, la our oplniou that Senrtr RI J Ho. 119, lJth Lo~el8tur0, do80 mu- thorlro oaaIeelonor8* ‘Ourt to rh the 8818r108 or thr oaln- ty 8udItor8 rlthlq It8 protI8Ion8. srhrro tho auIe8lonor8' court ntor It8 wrlttui romeat end pprorrl or the 0rUrr UdgoB pOTfdfn(l 8n IIiOrOaBO in BOlary ?Or th0 OOUII- the dietriot ty 8udItor, h a ralu would rouln that fixed undu th8 genorrl law 8ppliO8MO t0 LUb Ok COW&y and 80 OC6UQUtOde to ggoordmnoo rlth the tongolng oon81u8Ion8, It rpp8are
thmt pu hetr orrmotl 8dTi8od your 0oami88iowr8* Oourt rdth rotu8no8 to the quoet i 098 utittod.
Tours vary truly OEXBIUI. Oz, mtAS AT!‘fRXl?T APROVED APi'ROVFD AU0 21. 19&l OPINION Oermld 0. Maan By
OOYMTTEX (8igwa)
7 3. W. B. OlPit8RAL Ot TEXAS ATTORNEY
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