8 brierly a8 fO11OWS: ..::~~ ,~ ..:>,,. .,( ., ,I:: ', .'~ .', we. ,<.,*,+- 8ub8teme, that lr

r the fiscal year 1038 end not mom than 110~ed 8UOh OffiOer8 U&F bbW8 8Xi8tiBg ty into a hi&her population bM0k.t (LO set Out iti Arthl.@a 9883 end 88891, V.A.C.8. (100,001 - 180,000), and notid have no

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effect on the compen8atIon to be paid tbe ralary offioeera of auah aountg ror the year M41i

Opinion NO. O-2560 holds, in substanoe, that as the 37,501 to 60,000 pop&a- LhBtOne County aomes within tlon braoket (according to the 1930 Federal Census) aa pro-. Vfded in Artialse 3883 an4 3891, V,A.C,B., and abo oomiw rithio the 20,000 to 37,500 population bracket (nocording t.6 the 1940 federal Census) and baa an asses&e& valuatfon in exae88 of Fifteen kSlllion Bollars, as provided in sea- tion 13 of Artsole 39120, <the salary offlcera of suab eoun- ty aould reaelve a aompen8atfon for,tbe year 194$ of the marinuniallowsd under BeI4 Article8 %83 and 3891 for ooun- tier within such population braokat, aa firat above set out, plus the amoUnt allrmod under Sootion 1s of said Artiale 391eS for countis aomIng withfn the population bmaket and above th6a8@86rd va1UatiOn, a8 next 8bOVe 8Ot Out.

Wo.aro unabl8 to fh¶ any aonfllct in thoeo opin- ions and we bolieo that tbey'eorreotly 8tatO the tiw %a rsprd to their 8UbjWt mtkr. ‘#8 oau. to your l ttmntlon that tha roviror ill 1s oi said ~Alp8lOl8 wl68* ~in.lwBrb to hOl’8.8.d

seation acap8nutlOa In countlas aoalag withia thdr tenm. 8re de puGlent upoa -- -- 3. and S

lloabllltr in any future rlu tioa braakbts a8 coatalmd~ io'applleab1e onli by the term8 of said Arttale 305%0~ an-ma in fbiJ3g the MXimUm lgorrat Of 8Ukp88atta 1x1 allmod ia fho8a OOCLllti~8 ooriUj'dth%U the- tONUld I O? n&d drtiOh8 1iritB aaah MXingpI* 3803 and 3891 OII &JRU8t 84. lm8; 8ad On08 under htion ^[80] f%Xed the provi8ion8 8~0 in it 8tB 8 mgaMle88 S;xed h y 00~ a8, MO-t of Boation 1S 8ald, or a8 inOma8d Of fUtUl’ ‘0 CihUl@8 ,Of p0 L by ~rtmntwe ArtIoN 391180. ./ Trwtlng *hi8 rill aid you in YoOr itUdY of MI& opiaion8, wa are

Your8 very truly, Al’ToRlosr G3IWSBAL OF TEXA8 hPPR0VVirD UAI 3, 1944 Oeo. P. Blaakbum

Acting A’l?tOkKlZI GSNSRAL Or m. ( 8igned 1 BY Robert L. l.attImO~ AaaI8tant RLL:FF:JCY

APPR0VS-D: Opinion Gomaittee By 0. s., cha1rPran