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*1 - - 560 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Zonorable C. 0. k&ndcnhall
cowty Auuditor Ghaabsrr county
Anahws, Totrrr
Dear Blrt oplnlon RO. O-6726
FLeg ConrtltutioAalit raqueat Your ror 4~ opl
84 rouowr;
*fill1 you kindly
as to thl8 Act bei
0 Chanrbar8 751.1 aooord- ouzity in thir Stat4 whom he lsrrt preobding Federal thoumnd, fire wventean leor than 44~4~1 thowand, County Judge nay, with 88loner8' Court, employ t 4 ralsry not 4xaeabing We Dollars ($125) per fixed by the Zommla8ionere* oouoty wernntr drawn on County General Fund under the or&or8 or the court or 8uoh wullty,- cond6rloner~~ are are about sarenty-rive (75) oountier within the ret forth in mid statute and to braoket *2 ;?‘onoreblr C. 0. Mndanhall, page 2 Said statute. i8 not
whioh this statute i8 applicable. in vi014ti0n 0r 4ng pr0~1410n or th4 cofi4titUti0+, th0mor4, it
la our opinion that mm8 i8 oOnbtitUtiOnq,& The hat Federal oonaua in 1910 ahow: the opula- to be 7,511, thamfore 84 P d Aot tion of Chamber8 County appllea to uid oouoty.
Thia 8tatuto bmoaaa affootiv4 on May 18, 1915, but your attention to th4 raot thrrt, in our opinion, ia dlmoted the oaployaent of 4 itenographer or 4 olrrk iOr the b414noa or thia year, 48 authori44d by said rtatute, would be aub- joot to thr budget law (Art. 6894-9 - 6894-11, V. A. c. s,), and that, in order for 4 atano$raphar or olark to be amploy4d under the term8 or 8sid rtatutr ior the balanos or thlr year, to b4 amended in aooordanoe with thr oounty budget would have raid buuet law, 48 rat forth In euf O~iniona Nor. O-5164 and
0-5053-A. oopiaa or whioh 4ra onoloaed horswith,
iv4 trust that thir 44tirraotorily l wwer8 your Foquiry.
Yours very truly, ATi!OiUGYGMkRALOF T&M BY
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