Case Information
*1 “I ._ I OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hondrablo I. ?ndooki
COUld~ Auditor
O~lvortonCount~
0~1108toa, 90x88
D8rr Slrl Opinion MO. o-6992
VlOO8 88 8 w did not noolvo mntlonod 88 8 #mbOr aompoturtion l provided for him.
h8 rat p888.d br the 49th bgi8htUX’+ 5139, &WOV18iOU V88 ndo fOF 8E18Kidiw Arti of not 1.88 thn $600.00 par 8nnum 008QOM8tiOKi 8Kd not PLQM thrll $1,200.00 p8r 8MU& VhiOh i8 t0 b0 paid t0 th0 COU8tJ jU&O a180 -*8 V.11 JUdge8, in tVOlYV l qU81 iMt81 1- 8 th0 DirtriOt 8OHnt8.
Honomblo I. Predookl, ?8g* 2 th@ COW&y Judge l'WOiv.8 8 88l8l-y of 'As
$4,750.00 irOE th. 0ffiOOr8' S8bFy ?und in IllOathl~ iWJt8trhOnt8, JOUP CQiniOll 18 l'IB8~Ot- ?UllJ nquO8ted lf I 113 8UthOriS.d t0 rpp%'ove o&im 8ld 8lgn 8 nrrent the Cwnty payable Judgr 88 provldod for in the 8PslldwDt to Artlole 5139."
Artlole 5139, V. A. S ., 88 8Wnd.d by Hous. Bill 331, 49th prOvlde8r b~i8htUl'O,
"In 8ll7 aounty hevlng 8 popuL8 tioa or more than 8Wenty thoursud (70,000) inh8biknt8 8nd le88 th8n one hundred thourand (100,000) lahabl- tent8, 8OOOl-31~ to the 188t pnoedlng Feder81 Ckl8uI, tb0 judg.8 Of th0 88Y8l-31 dl8trlot 8Ud O~ibBiMi di8tFlOt OOIAFt8 Of 8UOh OOUntj, togothor with the oount~ Judge OS 8uOh Oounty, 8P. henby oonstltuted 8 JuVen118 Bard iOr luoh oounty. The U#Omb8r8 oompo8lng 8uOh Ju~~~lle Bcerdln swh oounty rh8ll eaoh b8 rllcwed 8ddltloml aom n88- tlon of not lesr thsn 31x Hundred Dollars ( 3" 600)
r 8nnua8nd notmoro than'hrelva Hundred DolZerr $1200) annum, vhlah 8hall b8 paid in tvelve r equal iMblhW&8 Out cf the @m.x'al fund of 8uCh Oount~, ruoh 8UW818dltiOMl OOEpOn88tiOn to be fixed by the Comml88iomc8 Court of suoh c ounty
"In 81~y aounty herl 8 population of one hundrsd thOU88nd (lCC,OOC 01' Over, 8OOOrding to prwedlng PederalCenrru8, judge8 of IeveN dlrtrlot 8Od OrtiiMl dI8trlOt OOllPt8 of 8Wh aourity, togother vith OOunty fudg. of 8ah oounty, 8re hereby oanrtituted a Juvenile Borrd of 8Wh OOwty. The rnnual ralary of eaah OS the judge8 Of th. aiv1l 8nd OrimiMl di8trlot oourtr of rwb oounty a8 mmbbr8. Of 8ald board rhall be Plfteen Hundnd Dollar8 ($3,500 in ad- dition to th&t paid othm dl8trIOt 3 udges of the Stste, 88id 8dditloml 88ir17 to k prrld monthlf outOfth0 fund8 Ot luchoouxity, g.Mlr).
upon the order of Coml88lOn0F8 Court." *3 Honorable I, ?nd8akl, ?ago 3
The 8010 and l xpre88 pur p08. at th e l undmont -8 to p r ovldo for l xlrtonoo of 8 County Juvoollo bo8rd in oorkln oountlo8 vtmn 1100, pr8vlo~8ly l xi8ted, tarit, ooun- tie8 hwlrrg a pOpUl8tlOn Or aor8 then 70,000 lnh8bltantr and 1888 tlmn 100,000 lnhablkntr, l ooordlng to la8t pmood- lag Fedora1 Consur, and to provldo addltlorrrl l nnU81 oompm- Board. m th. MVly 0OMtitUt.d 8rtiQil t0 th8 w&Or8 la8t pzleoedlng Fedora1 COMW M 1940 pl80@8 the COurMO8 oi Camsron 8nd Uuooes, along vlth Oalve8ton, vlthin popula- tion braokt o? thl8 Aot.
The foregoing law 8peolfIoa11y provider that 8oh member of the Juvenile Board sh811 bo rlloved ddltlon8l ccmpmmatlon of not 1088 then Six Hundred ( 600) Dollar8 8nnum and not mor8 then Tvelve Hundred t $1200) Dollar8 per annum, vhiah Beard Inoludes the County Judge of Oslve8ton County a8 a member. Bolng 811 8IMZ'UdBOut oi the O+giM1 IOt, vhlah h88 been ao~trued by our Court8 vlth refermum to the 88lary of Dirtriot Judgor, langu8ge of themmndlng por- tion I8 8uffIaIent to aarry vith It the aon8truotlon plraod upon tha orIgIna rzmndod portion of the rat. JOM8 V.
Alexander, 59 8. W. (26) 1080; Bollsrd et 81 v. H8rrI8 County, 102 3. Y. (26) 1961 [39] Tex. Jur., p. 175.
It 18 therefore our opinion that the County Auditor of Qalnrton County 18 authorized epprove 8 warrent proper- ly lrrued to the County Judge in aaoordanae vith provI8lon8 of Art1018 5139, Y. A. 3.
YOUr8 vary truly .- ,./ - / r.5. __ \E Q”.,.“..