Case Information
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(.. ‘( OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lkmorablo Olereland &ml 8 Attoraey
oounty Bnrorla Oounty
Angleton, Texa8 Mr. E. 9. Stone, Jr.
Attention:
near 8lr: 1onM~th0Mlarl
oounty aaa their doputlo
sentenoe of Artfole 39oa ,&u&6,8 ho ~appolntmant of deputie8 *8aid appllaatlon shall be aeaompaaied by a statsneat uler- ing the probabh reaelpts Srom teer aasalmlons and oompanmtlom to be oolleotod .bp u&l oirloe d~lng
the flsoel year ana the pnrbablo dlrrbumememt welsh
&all inalu&e 611 iralarlea urd expen806 of m~%d of-
floei and uid aourt ahall mak@ it8 order mathoAlclng l p~0i&tmWXt Of 8U6h dr&bie8, a8Si8tlLnt8 and
. Oh*8 aad rlx the aompeneatloaa to be paid them
irlthia thb llaitatlonr herein pXW88tibed and de-
terxine t&e number to be appointed a8 in the di8- cretloa of said aourt 8hall be proper........* hn8 been rai8ed under the above w que8tfon that thlr prevl8loa amy be a llaltatloa quotation ~Upon th8 Comi88ioaer8Q Court in authorix%q expendl-~ by eJl Ofttaet OIL the 8&w
- tUlW& Of OrtiC ba8i8 in 0x0088 Of t&O fe88 eqmSb'by tid OitiiOO.
ing probable'fee8 of-6rfiqe i8 for a gpid*~amIhelp
ior t&l 0oPurie81OtleI’8’ court; la it8 Uontlaa, to
fix the uihrie8 Of the ofrloe~.a8 wall a8 MbflO8
Or depUtie8 ilad W@l8t6$lt8 but 18 Ii0 1ltitatiOn e8 t0
auabei.
.
l Uader the stntute it is my opblon, that. the ehall be tixed at-.the
'alaries or eleatea ~&ers
Hoabrable Cleveland Derls, peg6
first regular meeting of thb hamlulon~~~ Court aail the ealariea.of the depot168 ahell llkewl8e'be tired at that tlae, sad the next regular meetly oi.the'Oom- mlsaloaers* Court will bo lioadey, January 10, 1944. We thereiore'iW&e that if pO88lble you lot us hale en opinion on or before Jcauery 10. then under the stet- t&C tbb cOfIUd88iOIWS' cOUZ% w PO0888 rXWA 6~ t0 . Qay ifar a reek and etlll be in regular-term. There-
fore please let em hme the opinion not later than yea- uery l-3 or 14.w has:a popula- hae8tatbd in your letter,, Brczoria county the 1940 Pederal C44d8. tion 0r 27,069 hihabitant aeoordl~to
Thererore the oouatp aiflolels 0r osld county ere~o0mjmasatea oa en annual,salary besi8.
Art&a3 3912e, Beot$on 13, Vemonts,Amotatsd OlAl salax$e8 or ell the-rollewlag aeme&oiiioeti towit: shsrlfr, a8w88or and oolleotor ~0s~ ~ooanty atttu3my,.laalUdlag orlmlnel :&l8:~ oouaty attarneys who perrozwthe Ah1tic)8 ,bt attoraey8i. dibtrlot .olerlc, ooiuaty ale*; tr6amWti'~hldr. dlstriot .aW anbgl lmpbator~. T&e 8alarle8 of eald orflolala dare &&'I.' ~~_ #. ,. ~: .+&;i.:::~ e q&t :.%a~., .Q+;::the : t,4t& :&WC.-& :by&hm .~ia,,.~~~~~~l~~L1,;-. . . oapncltlee far thq flwal'year.1935 and not aabe thaa:the ma%@&.
emoun~~alloued suc&-o~rlcera:tauleP law8 e%lstlng 011 Aa&nst 24, . .
1935. Stated another-way; the ~8tatUte flxse the salary oi eeah. _ aoynty offlola at not lees thea the total 8U4 e8rneQ by himin hlti offlalel oapairtty ror the fl8orl year 1935. end aot ure than:.
the mnxbum amcunt sJloned~8uch~otflcer UILabr lew8 e&t* on
$l;OOO,OOO.OO vnlu@lon. Sal4 )25,000,000.00 raluatl4n~4ver and abote.the lpaxlnm smont ril~aea su4h ofrloe~ 011 lugpet S?& 1935. UnQel’ laW8 4ri8ting You ere~reepeotf%llj aQvi8rd thet thi Comd88fOnOM'
Court or Srezoria CcUaty has'the legal autho.rltp fd, .tlx the mlary of .eech or *e above nama ottlol~18 at .aot leas than tetal 8ua earned by him in his ofrla*al oapeolty for the f i8oal yea
1935 and not mere than the maximmamouut allowed e~oh offloer
. *4 pa%6
Soaorable Glbvelenb Davis,
under hwe ex%log oa;August 24, 1935.. A8:8ald oouitty has a
populitloa of maria than 20,000 and 188s.thaa 37,500 lnhabitantr
acoordlng to the 1940 Federal Cbnsus, ana an arsbs8ed raluatlan
la exoe8s or ~lj,OOO,OOO.OO aooordiag to thb la8t approve& pre-
ceding tax roll oi such county, the maximum amount ellowed such a$ for saoh (l;OOO,OOO.OO
orlloer8 ror 8alarlcs may bb ihLO~lt8~d raluattod or rraotloael part thereor la 6x0*8* 4r 8ald $15.000,-
000.00 valuation over qd above the maximum amount a8 allowed
suoh orflcers under laws exlstlog on Augtiet 21~. 1935. (See thb
ociaes of Yaoogboohe8 County v. Jlnklns, ll+O 8. U. (26) 901, and
Neoogaoohss Oounty t. Winder, 140 8. W. (24) 972.) Artiolb 3902, Vernoa*s Annotated~Glrll Statutes, pro-
vides in part:
" . ~; . The oompepsat$on whloh w~bc allored ahe depUtie8, a8d8tant8 or olerks abme naabd for their 8drvioes 8hall bb a mdsona~le Oae,. ‘not to a%- oud the SoUouing aqount8:
0 . . . . .; "2. %a ooUn&8'havl~ d pk&atioa ~oi 0+&y- *~,y*.~$~~~>~e &&~~~):: &&&;&+::$h., " ".. L: :ii~.~.:~::;i?'.i';:;;:; :l$i":~:...l::. ','. ;..~.l.;,:..~n.'.::iu~~~~.~.. thi&aaatl $3~4 hundred-( 3?*500) inhabit- . thirty~seveh 'ant8, flrat ~aulatent or.,ohief Aeputy#et to exceed
TwoThou8andDollar8 (#2;OOO;OO)pbr&inum; atheras- or clerks not to 4#eee$ Seienteen
8i8ttit8, depUtiCI8, Buad~d~Dolla~ ($1;700~00l'per annwn~~h+~ .iP In rlew.4r Art1016 3902~. veraon*d~Amiotate6.Olrll Stat-
utee, you~~are re8peotrully idvised that it-~$a our opinion that
the Coraml88lot1m~.aourt~ of,Bratorla Countyr~~~has~~tke legal author-
ity to flx the salarlas of,thb deputlee of *he rerioue county of-
ilolal.8 eat any rea8onable amount provided a&& 8mount8 do not ox-
coed the axlmuu mount mentioned in paraQaph 2 a8 quoted above.
The 8elarle8 0r first a8818tant8 or ohler dbputlos can.~ot~exoebd
the sum of (t?,OOO.OO eaoh per annum. The 8alarie8 of.other e8- slet8nts, deputies or elerk4 oannot exoesd )1,700.00 par annu+
sash. Art1816 3902 rlxes the mulmum ealar$ of asslstsnts, depu-
tie6 and clerks but da68 not fix the m$aiBum stiary OS said 8a-
al8taat8, dbputle8 or clerka. It i8 our further eplqlon that County Commlsslomers* Oourt of Bra%orla'Oounty ha8.th4 legal
authority to rlx the salaries 0r the various county QfflCiai8
named above at any e~~ount~, proriaea,.tha Iralary of each oftic4r
1s not 1688 than the mlnlmum 8tatba or morb then the merimllln abwe *5 Sonorvrble Clsoeland Cavls, jxge ,$
allowed by law en hsrotofgre mtntlaned and $hat the salarieo of
the d&putise may be fixed at anp reasonsb1.s mm net e%oeeUlng
the iparimun heretofore mentioned regardleas or the amount oarned
aa iem and 0omal11alons by said county ctl"i6lale in their of-
floial oapeoitlee.
Ws.thank you for the brief and yqur opinion rhtah h@r aided ua In passing upon your queatlon.
Yours very truly ATTCRXWY OEWICRAL O? l%XAB ,,