This we 0nBwOr In th0 OfilrnstlvO. fcr a fee for f ilinp, etc., of ohattal here ~~~ke5 provliiar th6 ltr language not bsing perfsctly oloar, it ia

mortgagee, end, lncutibwt upon WI, ,lf pouelblo, to eeoertfdfn its *51&g rram its texts ma to 00rimtrue it in the light 0r it.8 settine end I.eglela tlva p.urpa%%. aone%0uently, w% tilleve the Laaguage th%r%- in eete uy 0 #tn.&e maxlmua fw 0r ?S oents ror perforatenor of all the eervlcee lleted in this partlauler lt%m, L 0.. illIn& rB gi8tttrln~:, l nt%rlng #atlefe%tion an4 release, to b.# peld to the ClWk upon his filing th% ahattol mott@@; therefore, uo e44ltl6nal cha::$% may be mede for th% entering of eetlefaotlon ql releeee of the uCatta1 mort&age ,a# that sorric~ 18 aonoldorad payment of IS wate. Thie %onntruo- @eluded in the oha lnltlal t&on fOllOtrs in vjea of t&e fed that thie awruhent PHB peered to inoreoeo r065 on4 the s?ngla paym%nt 0r 7s oents ror the erevfoeo~ Mat%4 Is en inaxseae yroportlanate to t&c- lnar6eeer Ii2 thei other itaw tf the etatute. me morteieger not only mea the ohattel mortge&% but he le aleo bound by etatut@ (ML b4.06, .9&S., to have ~eatleraotion entered when the obligation la psld; thsreiore, thv burden of having .the Clerk~p&foxm tti ~e~vloee listed in this ltan reet# on one pexeon., the mort&a&ee.

~?eo etatut+a bmw ken striotly oamtrueQ by #uthorltiea in T%xes; lliuetreted by the languwe urad in MoCaUe VS. aitr 0r ~oekd510, 246 s;. w. 654, 112 'pex. ~09, Le., *‘Court0 of this etat% heve adc?pt%d the ~1% oandrning tr;%tly tt;aoo #te,t,gt%r pneoriblng fees rox yublio 6ffio%r# and a@ala+t per- mitting awt! rees by lraplicetlon. fJ0 orriwr le permitted to oollcrot reed nor oomml~ai~ne unle#e the eese are provided for and the amount theraof a%olered by Law. Thlo 18 true notwlth- standlag ruoh grriosr my b% required by low to porrorm aps6fri0 eerolose ror which ao oompeneetfon lo prfsvld%d.w

E!olalng ea we have, cast 9S osnte shell be pa id upon fill&l& t2r the ate tt%1 mortgtjge,, we proaobd your aacond a ,oherge or oentn bs atrde ror cuestlon whlah aeko, vi0uld releaeing tbe %batt%l IPortgage filed prior to 9%ptemb%r 4, lobs?” BY thts queetlon wo aBe- that you oont%eNetd 8 sltua- tlon wherein e chattel mortgage hae been riled under th% prfor rtatute, end a roe or 25 oen,te oolleeted and then rcrfeaeed eubsequent 00 25aptsraber dt 1945, uuder t&e new amndment. Thie xf a charge of ES oente were allowed I we answer 10 ths n%qative. for snterlng sstiefeotlon add release of e cbettel mort$ege,

i *3 tha arrective llate of floues Bill 042, it WQUld give alter to ths old statuta, 8pscli)lue the esount or ii3 osnts, efieat whioh li%a been rapoaleb. Hering daoidwl thus, MC) are oon- fronted with the nuestlon or what amount is to be oharged, if any? Tim% ree?nd to be no cuaatlon but that the Leglslsture t880bri3ca 0rrh-di reee qi it dee;w 3ay dl~l~tlcrh am7 Slstrlbut4 just. 54 ‘I’nx. Jim., 30. 115, htbilo Offloim:. Howover, it Is our’ opinion thlst the Lepialature did not Intend to dlmlnlnh tha rem 0r the county Cl,erk ‘by lm~lloetlon in oorlJ9olltlatlq t+e m%rvlosa Ln the mu amendment and bg its rail.ure to pro- rid6 a zsparstb 036 ror 4~~tm3.5~ rati~r~Oti0~ ants reierae oar. On the ooatmiry, the obvious intent of the a,ot ia to luerease the varlour fee8 or Gouhty ena xe glvo eifesh Olerk, to that intent ge storm below. The mw amsna~eent set8 a* a s’tkndcrd et 7s cent8 fc3r all the srrvtoea llated in &la tl,eulrr ltas and thle amount vm bollmve to be the aontro In& 5”” faotot under theea alrounwtanoaa. me mote from 54 Tax. Jur., 3ec. 115 (Publie efrle4m3),er folwa: “!VhePe ior whloh OoqimMtion i8 tWr~iOe8

allowmi are not ~ootapl%te and paymat doe8 not beaorm otter d statute lnorsesS.ng the ooqiiasation .Lue .Until hns taken effsct, the oftioir I6 8ntltiaO to ampen- atlon for the antlre work at the incrsarred rate, the oompeneatlea not, being divisible, end no prorlalon baviug boon mada to the oontraTy.* Zh the oaai or i%vo,aart 1’. Terrell,‘%34 8. W. 046, nh%rrrsin a ‘trx ae%aJwr p~rfnrmml part of his 8arrlaoa uuclar one fee statute snd the rmm~der under a ner rtituto whlah lnoreased his Seda, ths suprclm OQWt or Texas otateea:

The statute BQIS got 6ay he shall Peoelvo 80 muah for part 0r his work and armatbln~ else r0r cthar 0rri8m dutier. ff the .oompensa tlon. war dl*<ialbla, ‘it wuuld ba posajbla tb a.p~ly thQ 1020 to part or relator* r8e statute end. the 5 aooount law ethos partfons thareor. &it, alnoe it 1s ~wossl8ble to nlaor a relua upon hls~ eavaral ser- vloes, it auat b,s asrutib that the I&glsil,aturO &%- *4 jfonorab1.e Shelby K. Long - pa&e 4

tended to apply the new rata to his 192s aervlcea aa a whole . . . . If the Leglrlatura had lntsnbed ap:,ly one rata to a part oi tha aooount an6 an- other to the other, thsn it 8houl.d have p~ovide6 a method. rOr U~in(l, 80. It should hare .pfsoe&ci value on eeoh part Of the work. Hot hsvln(r don* so, wa hold that there was no auoh intention on the part of tha lmmakera.” Under this holding, la our opbloa the Clerk it that

tmy reoeloa inoreasad Seas haead on tha new amendmeat for hia entim work. A8 the Clerk has already noolved 88 aant for the Initial part performmae of the entire sorrloe (filing and raoorAln&,e?an though auah aarilae wee rendered under the old tatuta, it ia JUT opinion that the mort~gaa should reoelra oredit ror ma14 amount end pa9 the addltlonol sum or 50 oanta upon the alerk’r antorlapl retlaraatioa end roleera sum oompletlng of the ohattel aumi~aga, latter tha pay- mnt .oi 75 cents ror the sntlm traaaaetion aa llate& In th0 new roe 8tebut~. As u@ have 8eld tlM tha am anundnnnt aeta up a tendard ot 75 6enta ror th8 imrvlasa in .1:8tea $hlq Item, we bellets thla to be a fair and reasonable in- tarprdtatlon of what le@lolat~r.r* lutenao& thereby.

The third clwstlon you propound la, *Ii a ohattel is filed nab a fee or 75 obnto ir oolleat~d, en6

mortgage later, a trenafer or the ahattel lrortge,g Ss filed, oould aa adAitiona1 ret3 or oenta be aoll*oteQ?n This ww answer la the neeatP+e. The fee atstuto doaa not provide apaoifioal- ly for trenarbrs of obattal ~iartg~goa SZIA th4tXOfOre no ohare for ths filing thereof. anloaa a fee or 75 oent#t tray be ri?h is provided by lew ror an oftfalal r~rvloa~ ragulred to ba par- rortwd end the amount thareot tipnd by law, nom aan lautdlp be oherg,ad, therator. Bueoea Caunt~ T. Curringtoa (IOU) 189 mx. 897, l$Q a. x. (Ml 687.

The rourth clna larrt weattoa ,you propound la, *If

l chattel mortgage and a trfmtr8r of same in the same Inatru- mcnt is filed, should tlw proper $a@ to be oollsoted ba 75 *5 PonoF4ble Shelby K. X&n& - paeo b

aont8P Tbls wa a~wr ia the 4tffmatlte nod rpply the same cweoning 88 ret out under quwtlon8 numbor one and thr44, i': ? ~.~ l a~.ra .

x4 tr out that thla o plaloa l 4bl4eaatmUy n8mti* <four auortionr 411 tfi*WB.

Tour* vary truly