With rdorenor to your firrt Qurrtion, your attention sI%Ib, a8 l Oh EWdOd, th0 fumirh rulteblo OfSBi88iOaer8’ l OffiO@8, rart 8’ ooart mnttorr ruoh rlonar ^[18] dirrotod la of dUti.8 the tha parrormnor to Arti- our Opinion I(o. O-8384. Wador Seotioa 8 of ntlrolT mt tire l w1thln the airoretlo8 . ia an8WM Therafon, iWIitUr8, 8tat:OnO~ of t0 JOUX fir8t oount~ tin attomy, OOa+. blank8 =0.8- and i8 not oi QWdiOlp, reQUired t& O-18- bUt PU t0 *2 913 LfonOr~bls K. 0. Ball, &go P l r0 rerpocttoll~ l dTI80d that it 10 tho opInIon of thir dopsrt- OUat tbnt the ~~8e~OaOr8' cOUrt Or htUgi0 coUh~ I8 1~8011~ mthorlud to pay 0tti00 x-eat tor the coprttr Attornof, it th0 Coaai8rioarr81 horrtotorr OrOtiOO Of tho ~~iO8iOOCr8’ #tatad, Ihurt dr8iro8 thi8 ratter ruoh pal to rent. OOWt. ^[18] lOit ratlmly within the dir- fiowetor, a8 CO 83W l Otl8idW FOUr l OOOOd QUOOtioR. rh# OOUUtJ Of-

fIOial8 of hfU&O County are oompmn8atod OD a t00 ba8i8. Uth to l r-ottiolo oomp0nratIoo oi the County rttornol where rotrrenoo tb &untr Attorney IO OOmpenOated 011 a to0 baoir, end tb oom- 90aoatIon and l xOosa fO08 wbloh ti 10 l llowd to rataiD doer not teaoh the marlmm prorldrd for in ~rtiolr 5883 aad Artlair 5891, th0 OomaIooIonLer8~ Court my Voraon18 Annotated Civil Ststutcr, legally allOw CompOn#~itIOn for eX4fiOiO l 0mlc08 men, la their )udgment, auoh oompenoatIoa I8 n0ooosar~~ prorldod, 8uOh oonpenoa- tloa to r l x-0tti0i0 oarrloeo allowed do08 no4 lncroeoe th0 OOPI- penaatlon of oald County Attorney beyond the aaxIa\ua oomponsatloa mad l x~oso tSC8 allowed to bo rot&nod br him under the tm above Provided, the l X4tI0i0 Mmpea8atiOn a8 au- mentlonod rtatutea. thorlrrd by hrtlole 3095, Vernon*0 hanotated Civil Statuter, rhall b allowed only after an opportunity for a pub110 hearing and only upon the attirmetirr rote ot at loart three aomberr ot the cOt611&8- ~poolrloall~ anowering your seoond queetlon, you 8 ionerr* Court. ar o l drlord thrt it io our opinion that the Com.IooIooer8~ Court I8 1qgall.f euthorlrcd to 9~ an ex-offioio OOapsas~tlOD to tho ln aooordancr with thr 8tatUtO8 herototor'r men- County attornc~ to retain tloasd, and the County Irttorne~ 18 lo&ally psrmlttrd hi8 t008 of ottlOe ~8 long am thr l X-OttiOIO 8a1fUy and th. fa08 l uthorlrod by the foregoing otatute8 dO not exoord tbr maximum suoh County Attorney 18 permitted to rrtai.a under raid l tatutel.

Xn commotion with your 8eOOad qU08tlOn wo dlreot

p our l ttantlon to our Oplnionr Eioo. o-1649 and O-h%. 609108 of all th above mentioned o9lnlon8 are l nolosed hcrowith SOr your OoarenionOe.

Tour8 very truly UdOu w111iUE8 ArOiOta!lt AWIXP