Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonomblo Erae8t Ctulma
county Attorney Paso county
El Pare, Tour
Dear SLrr
Your rewert for n reoelved”&id oare- fully eonridered by tblr de uote fmxu your re- Que8f a8 fOlluu8I
8' Court reque8ted amount that oould e Conb8rlaner8~ Court that the there ~8s 80111~ lhltstlon other ttL&? thla cn deputy constaSlco p’ar, and that the MX~E~-, hnt! been a.ll~+ ed at tine that Ccuntz placed the Castat;le of Precinct 1 03 6 relay ba8i8, The offlcsrel esl- .¶.Yy hV dO"S IlOt li.l!l.tt hl8t&bb?8 t0 B BLaris~ Of the *2 Sonomblo Enu8t hinn, We 2 in 1935, but I find
aaount Feorlv’ad, a@ I reoall n0 prOt181On liElitin& the a?nOU!Lt Of 8wy,Of de- putier as depondiqg upon the mount o? lnoaae.
“Hould you pl4are adtlrr 1se vhether or the plmod upon a doputy'r ralary 18 Artiale 8010 Unit E;r;z;la,l?-a, thoreor, aad if not, vhat ir
~h0 paptiution 0r n PISO county, fw88, aroording the 19hO Federal c4Il4U8, 131,067 idUSbit8llt8, lmd w.? understand that its preolnot 0rrker4, a8 ~411 a8 oolmty a,CT1- aers, are oaqmuatrd upon a ralary bartr, 39124, %OtiOLi 17, ‘rl4l'IMXl'8 Annotatsd T-88
Arti ID fO110Y81 civil btatUt48, rOti
“(a) The tom8 @Precinct Offloerrt u ured thi8 Act M&Xl jU8tiO48 Of the p4fSOe 4nd OonStabhS.
'ID ill 4OUIItiOS in th18 Stat4 8UOh pZ'6OinOt offloerr 8hall ecntlnue to be canpenrated r0r their 8OrYi448 on a f44 bar18 Until the Cf%m%84ioiI4r8' Court shell b6vo detctrmiaod othsrvire in rooordwee Vith the pl’OVi8iCQ8 Qi bOOtiOn 2 Of this Aot.
"In oountler vherola th4 Cmm1Irslonor8~ Court 8Wl have d~teminsd that pr4:lnCt oftloorr shall be omp4nrated on aa annual 88lary b&818, but vhsrsin they have determIned th8t oounty offloor ahall not b0 80 ooqenasted, th4 GifiaOr8’ h.bSy yuad Of 8rid OOWtJ 8hall b0 COlQOP6d and R&.4 u2, Of tOO8, O-8- end other ompenratlon aolleoted by the pre- alnet ofiIo4rr oi ruch co-x&y doporlted In r&id fund, uad CUCh fund8 a8 may be trmriorred to 8&d fund by bt’33d8SicXl’3r8’ Cailrt of the oowty. In countier vhor6 it 8hall have been
“(b) Cetermined that precinct offlccm rhall be compensated on M annual 8~de.rg ban18 It rtall be tbe duty of the Com- mlssloaerst Co-lrt of much county to fir ths takry alloved t~.zh offlarzr. Fact ?i raid OffiCOl'8 Shall in mommy a? aritual t31aq in tvelve (12) equal be paid 8m earned an insttihOnt8 of not leas ikEA the t&al *3 Honorable Xrno8tOuina,p4v 3
o~IU~tlan l mod by hir in hi8 OffiOiti aam- Oity for the ii8081 y6e 19% rad not U4r4 then th4 #!ulmm mount alloved ruoh OfflOO~ under l xl8t- w AU@@t 24, 19%. 'In l ountlo8 in whloh preolnot 0ffloor.r are paid
a 8&U7, U l ~ZWtiOtb fW th0i.l’ 84XV1008, 8wb dO8idig to l p paint on6 Or IWO drputl.8 o r offlOU Uli8tUbt8 8hrl1 ti. al.kOCLtiOXl t0 th4 C46d881OA- l r8t Court for authority appoint eueh deputy or
"In COwti48 vhsrein the oounty OffiOOr8 nmned U’4 008q?6n88tSd On the bui8 Of M tit tbi8 lU%UUd the St&a of Tsxar 8Nl not be ahargd tith rrlary, and 8Nl pay any feo or oaml8slon any pre- oinat offloer for any rerrloer by him porformod, but l ld offloer ahall be paid by th4 County out of th4 Offloercl' Salary tund rush fee8 acmaairrl0n8 as would Otbsrri84 be paid hir w State fOF 8UOh 84r- V10.8." (Undersoorlng ourr)
Artlolo 3902, Section Vernon*8 Annotated Texar Civil l’48d8 a8 fO11OV83 StatUt88,
"5. In tountler having l po ul8tlon of one hundred thousand and 0x30 (100,001 P aad not more than one huadrod and fifty thousand (150,000) i.nhabitant8, fLr8t U818tMt or Chief deputy not t0 l xooed TVsnty- rlx Hundred ($2600.00) Dollar8 per anUrn; head8 of dopartawatr may be allovsd by the Co85tii88lanerr~ Co*;rt, vhsn in their judgment ru4h ~ovul44 18 jwtlfied, 8upL of Two Hundred ($?90.00) till&F8 F'3r WUEJ ln addltlon to the amount heroin alloved, when ruch hsadr of department8 raught to bs appointed 8htil him4 prsvlou8ly l srvod the oounty or polltiti rub- divlrion theroof for not than tW0 COEttiUOU8
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Honorable Pnert Gulq, pagr I d4pUti48 Or olsrks not to
l gdemzry-threo y4U’8) OthOr uSi8tUlt8, Hundred ($2300.00) par Dollnrr Th4 8vOifiC prOti8iOiU Of Arti s4OtiOZI 17, 1. A. C. IL, rupra, vlth reforenoe to Deputy CoMtrble8, vlll olouly oontrol over senerel proti8len.8 0s Artiole 3902, deotlon 5, supra, rolatlto to dOpUti48 generilly, irrr0ru u of deputy OOnstabler Of Puo County are oanoernod. 8&UiO8
You are thorofore ro8peotfully &Svlsed that th4 ram-y 0s 4 Deputy Constable of El Pa80 County, Texas, 08mot legally the 8um of $1500.00 per mnum. exoesd
Very truly your8 ATT9RNEfM0IZULOFTEXAS Vta. f. Fanlq h8ht8Lt