*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVERSELLERS

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Zonorcble S. H. Allen

county nttoxncy Hadlton Counbp

Radlton, Texas

Dear Sir; request1 ng the

Your lstter ot Fab ‘ompcAaation of opinion or. this department as followo: .?htrlff of:Ystilton C f or said oounty are oonpwuwted

~flolals Q perforwmce of their oflfloisl sarvioes ual salary basis. i.rtlole or the State Constitution,

anonrj other thiog, provilss in ef’ieot that tne Coadsslonara* Cart in Counties huving a pOptibtiOU Of lea6 (20,000) lnhabitcmts sooordln~ to the then thousand last s&all have tiae authority to de- prt~csding fe3eral census, terdne whether county ofl’ioars mhall bb compeiisatc.6 on a fbt haeia or on a ealerp baeia.

Iionorabls 3. R. Allen, pa&;* 2 ’

.:;eotlon 2 of Artiolr 39126, ?ernoa’s Annotated ClVil ::tatutd8, provides iA part:

*IA oountles havlnc: 4 population of lees thousand (?O,OOO) lahabltanta ao- aordlng to the last praorlllng tedbral. eonbum, shall likwise be tne duty of the Conmlssion- l rs* Court, by its order duly 1~38 and eatsred moor6 at it Pirat regrller meetin& in Jan- uary ot eaoh 0, Unbar yeer, to dstwmlno whether 4 oounty 0frlOiA of suoh oountp (cxolucilna oounty uurveyorc, of vital st~tlstlos registrars notarj p&lios) shall be OOmpGrl8etd for t(?e fisocrl your ou the basis of an annual salary or whether they shall Oe oo=.>wwntrSU on the basis of fees earned by tbm in tha perfomaooa of their offiolsl duties, an3 it rhall also be the duty of the oowty clerk to forward to the Comptroller of i’ubllo Accounta of the Otete of jlst dap of Januwl,‘a Texas, on or bbfors certiflcd copy of sail order of ealri Cormisaionsrs~ Court.”

\ UAdbX' Art!.oler 388j and ~el’non’c Annotated Zitatutes, Me maximum oompansation that mcy be ra-

talne3 by tbe .“.hsrlrf of :iao;ilton County cannot ~xobsd Throb Thouband ( $jWO) '30111~s per aniium. The lherlff *under Artlole to psy or be pal:1 the Is authorlssd amcuat rtlig#ed bin under the psovlalons oi id%lole )82j, together with the salarise of hla aaeistan$s and deputjas. an.i a&horized exp&~~ses wlur Artiols 3839, and the awlunt ~aeaeasary t3 cover costs of prelrium on wnatsver siiretg bonds that may be rbqufrad by law, out of the o.irmnt feee of Me. o,Crloo. If tbc o~rrTi?.lt fees of auoh ofriou, oolisoted 5~n any yaar, be r.ore than the amount naeded to pay the fu!mmt above 8geCiflea.

the BC~ snali be .iea;,& axoeos leas and &-ml1 be dlui.0.~ed 3691. 310 :shdrr of ln ~JJG wnncr Etated ln ,.rtlcle to sake the atove ded.mtloae in arri+in.:, at a&hrized his maximum oospensatioc.

Honorable 3. R. Allen, pa&e 3

hrtlole Vernon*8 Annotated Civfl Jtatutea, ~rClVidO6:

Vherlffs, ahall also rcoeivr the following ooapensationz

"(1) Tar all prooees tesuc from the 3ipreaie Court or cgurts or Appeals, terted by ther, the mffie f6a8 es are elloued ttem for rlz.ilar services upoz&roaena issue frocl the Metrlct

Courts.

“(2) For eum~onlng jurora In dlstrlot aountp oouxU+, serving all tl6otlon notlwm,

notice6 to overseers of' road8 and doing a11 other Fubllc b;rslness not otheruloa provided ror, not exceeding ijne Thousand ($1,000) 3011~s per annum to be fixed by the Comlseloners~ Court at the awae time otimr ox off1010 salaries are fixed, snd to be psi3 out of the general funde of the oo$lntyl provided salary shall be allowed any EhQriff who baa reaelved that no auoki ox offZolo

E ~maxf.mum s&lary al1we.i by 1ew."

:,z sboro s;atcr;1, und6r id.iole and Artlale )891, Y6rLlsll'B AflIlOt@it+d civil i%tUtGE, :liaXihlU!? COB- pensetlon 3htirirr of t.Kailton County oaanot oxces~l Three Thousand (&jOOO) ‘Dollars >er annum.