this department,

purchasing agent of the Comnls- printed sheets for an exact duplicates &a of trust used by Uhen ona of those record ln the office of 888 this prfnted fom, e names, the description of the such other blanks as may be neces- the regular statutory recording fee trument. . . .

t1y a local represeJntatire of ml. has contended the clerk has no legal right to charge the ngular fees alloved parts 02 these instrument8 vhlch for recording countr has had printed, but should only &args for the parts vrltten in, such as the description of the lands, etc.

ln b;i!~t3~f&ii!i tay::if! t ~na~~~~&~#i~ the instrument filed for wcord, I have advised that the clerk has the right to colleat the regular statu- tory fvo allourd for the recor@.ng of the sntlrr ln- a trument .’

6-14 -.

Pononblr 8. 0. Smith, wgv 2

Artlolo 6591, lkv1s.d Civil Statutes o? Texas, ,pkovides8 alorks shall k the ncorden for thr'lr %ouat~ nspoative oouatl#rI thor shll protido and ko+ln their offlaos voll-bound books in vhich thq shall resold 811 instmment8 of vrlting l tborired or re- Qulrmd to be ma0H.d in t&e oount~ clerk’s office in the mumop bonizaft~r protldod,*

hrtialv 6595 or said strtutes grovides~ “&ah moorder sball rithout dolay, rroord every of vritlag .athorir.d to k noorded by blm, laetrkaat vhloh ir deposltui vltb him for moord, vlth the 8uk- amIlodgeeats, proofs, l fiidarits rod o~rtificatu thnto l ttaohod, in the ardor dopo8ited for noord br l ntOriry th*l VO?d fOP VOrd a ad iOtter HOP lOttOP, a a not at the root of the meopd the how a# 9 the dry o the mntb and year vhon the lnstrumoat so

retaorded vas doposited ia hi8 offloe for reoo~.*

APtiOiO 3930, m*riSSd OiVii SktUtSS, PPOViding fOP fur neoived by clerks the county oourt, oortain pro- folloving: vides, uoag other things,

•Ro40*din~ all *pa's requlW o? poxwitted by lav to be reoorded, not othervise provided fop, In- eludw cvatlficatv and seal, for o&oh 100 vords--- 151.

%arlag fully eonsidrnd rour mawat, lt appears that you have oo+nctl~ l dvlsod the olork la thv pramlaos.

statutvr provide for the reoordfng of la- strmeats 8Uch of t?ust aad p~seribo the iv* fop such in thuo statutes to indimte thS sarvic*. DO laaguqa re.8 payable cmlt rep uah 100 vords (Lo- Lagis~ton intez4.d t-11 aopiod bl hand or bf the t ~vrltrr. MO Qb hod br vhlah atmoats aball be veoordo $ !n vhat**or UnnOP suah Ia is spaolflad. the olork eaten vuoh ia8trumntr of vritiag authoriced and de- positad vltb blm for roverd, he is nqulmd c@y to take tha utd utor thm vord for rlthout delay in tha ardor doposited, VOPd and letto:, for l*ttor.

It is, thorofota, the oonsldorwt opinion of this dvpapt- aaullt~ alerk 18 wlt1t1ea to eblqp the rtatuto meat in for noordiag duds of trust used hr tha ?oderrl kad &ii *3 Koionombls Y. C. ;imith, pa&e )

'ouston without far8 being lbitsd thosr’kXb8

YOUr8 very trulY,