Case Information
*1 OFFtCE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXA8
AUIlTlN
Honor8blr Joha 0. Blsnobi
COadJ Auditor
vlotorlr County To188
‘11otorl8, , requertln6 the
Fop Your htter Of d8Qartncn II proaent.4 in your opinion’ of this lagulry read8 in part Iub of Vietorte county Of 23761, 8ad uadar th8 18W thr y 8hrll"b8 $l2$.00 par math, ana OtOPi8 COUJlty i8 &~,000,000.00. iOn that th4 llt8t ?Od@rd COII8U8 68 t, due, t0 the ?OOt that quite 8 Ulliti.8 in th$8 COUntJ WOXO Dot th0 il8t OfInV’(118Oa, Wa, 8OOOraing C?A r8tlCSJ rrgl8tretlon tbr populmtlon 8hOWOd 8OQO 33000.
-8 0ti1OOr8 Of ViOtOTh COWItJ or. har- in6 mbbt h8rd8hip8 in Mi!it8idIg d@pUtia8 8Od
olerka, due to thr feet OS the two U. 8. Air Burr8 1008t.d h8r8, hare takrn 811 rv8118ble hrlp mad 8r8 8till 8dVOrtf8ll& tOr IlOX' Ei8LI. Thr Sheriff ha8 Jurt rooelvcd rrri@mtlm of deruty who bar km la hlr Ofti SOT the pad IOVOD JOlr8.
. . 88 EOnO?8bl4 John 0. Blanohl, page 2
“Would 8?&WMht8 he8rlag froti you if the Com- p8y
Jli8SiCSl8r8 COUrt bl8 the 8UthOrity thin drputr oospensatlon, 44 C8puty 4~d rlnmr print 8dditiOUal 4IDwt .a Vlotwlr COUatr h4e a populrtica or 23,761 lahrbl- tent8 rooor4ing to the 1940 Federal Censor. Artlole 3902, ~OI'KiOIl'8 .annots.taa c;lVil St6tUte8, prW1dO8 in part2
(1 . . Tho OOnF4tIS4tiOn wbloh nay bo 8llow4d to tho*d&mtler, Wldlltnnt8 014rk8 abOot named t6r their 8erVi408 8hrll b4 8 r448GMibl4 OIL4, not t0 eXO68a tbs fOlio~in& 8I?CMt88 .~. -1. In oountlee heving 4 populetlon or tw4nty- *.
ilre t:.ousand (25,000) or 1088 lnhobltents, ilrrt 888i8tUat Or 0hi.f d.FUty not t0 rroeed :~i~t4OAk t%Uld?4d ($l606.00) bllOr8 per WUltK@; Other &88i8t- 4nte, C8putlto or elerkr not to sxooed Flftarn Fun- area (#1500,00l b118r8 per annum onoh.' Ths aaxicum aompoa88tlar of Uir ahlef de uty 4hrrlii Ylotorle County oannot 6x0666 El6hte6a ??undrcfl 1 $1800.00) Dollar8 par wmu4. The merlauci eoapensatlon of othrr depu- ty 8hrrfft8 in 88ld OOUUty @OMot .X080& tha Sum Of ?iiteW Dollar8 per aaura 8eoh. . mb4rea b of Artlollt 3899, Yernc~~8 hnnotetod Parrgrrph
ClVll 8tUtUt48, prorluo8 In prrtr Th4 COti88iM4r8 Court Of the OOWlt~ of thr'rie;&'8 roridenO8 my, UpOn the written end 8uorn 8pgilloatloa of th6 8herl:f tfctlng the nooersity therefor, purohrrr w&psOrit 8 Burr8u cf Crlalml 14mtliloat:oa suoh aa oeaor88, tla43erprlnt oard8, 1ak8, 4honloal8, aloro8oop48, redlo end laboretwy rqulpment, r i:ing anrd8, illlng oablnetrr, tom ~88 and other equipment., la kreplng with 8Yrten in U8* rlth DopIrtpWnt Of PPblll f&f&T Or thi8 %etO, or the ualtoa Et&e8 Department of furtloe end/or Bureau of Crlr.inel fd0atirloatlca. . . ." Thr Pub110 crfety Dlreator authorized br Art1010 Clrll PtatUte8r (lb), Annotrtd Vornon'8 *3 Hoaormble John C. blonohl, pm@ ) ta 0Strr 8a8f8teaoe. rnd, wbon praotlo-
able, &h&iofk, to 8b0?lff8, 0h10Cm of polioo, und otbor porn60 aSflosrm in emtrblimh~~ tiioleat lo001 in tholr bimtriotm. buroaum of ltlrntlflostloa Cleasrslly 8perkiw, it 18 rtatmd in Texs8 Jurimpru- eeaoo, Vol. 34, pa 531;
“Aa orfisor is not entltlo6 to mny oomp~mrtioa in mdbltloa to that rhlob hmm boon fired by 18% for tho prriormanae or hl8 oftioo, or dutisr own thouah tkm 0omprarrtloa H) flrod uarosmonablo or lansdequrntc. Ue amy bo requlrrd lmu to ymrionu rp00iri0 orvloom or dlmohr rg e l 44ltlonrl dutioe whloh no oompdnsmtion i8 provided. The obligm- tioa to periorm much rorvlos8 imposed mm 8n ln- 0ldOnt to ths orrioa, an4 ttm 0rrioOr hi8 roorpt- an40 thereof doeme to have engaged portorn thfn rithout oomponrstion. . . ," It 1~ further Toxar Jurleprudoaor, Vol. atrtod
3&I P* 534: *A8 tfm bar0 meen, an ortloer is not mntltlsd to roarlis ray oon:a4oratlon for him orfiof~l nar- WhLob has boon prwldod by +lomm othor th8a that 1SU. ee ay not rooovor rrom third por~on8 oom- pensrtlao for porromanoo of aotm rlthin tho 800pm 0f him 0rri018i 4uti48; an4 rr00t will not b0 ho is to rrcolrr from glvon oontrmot rhonby the oounty or rrorP third porronr 4ltCorent, or a Creator or lomr oonpOarrtion for blr orflolal 44r- vi008 tban tbst rhloh bar booa promorlbed by law.
But mm to rote wblub 8a orrloor 18 under ao obll@- tloo to Tortor beonu8o Oi hi@ ofiibiml oharaotmr, he 8tandm 811 doe8 any non-orfloial psrman; ubloh auoh a prrson may lmufully do ho mmy do, sud ooa- traots rhloh trlleto individual day Qakt and an- foroo may maka an4 o&moo. The ooriud84ionor8~ aaurt may employ bin to perform 8orvloee rhloh rm not rmqulrod of him by 18w, and nmy oontrsot to pmf him sbdltional oompsnm8tlon therefor. p.s nay enteE into agroomontr with prlroto la4lrldual8 to rrador 'uiiorrlmlal rerrtorm in oosmldor8tlan of the pmywnt or dlrmot oompoaaatloa thoroior; and ho may l arfi l *4 ,
Bonorrble John 0. Rl~~ohi, pago &
coward lt 18 uadar no obl~qrtlon booauso OS hi8 ottlol~l porltlon 40 tho partlouhr not tor rtilob thr rrmrd hsm b44n pro~lrod.* (Al80 l utborltlea oltod Toxsr Jarlrprudenoo undrr thm toro~olng quotmtloa.)
Tt Is our opinion ttmt any rmrrlomm portone by deputy horlrr a8 a tlagor print oxport l ro *en1008 por- roraed within tbc roopo or bla OfflO~Bi butlrm. Apparently tho Lsglrlaturr !atoadad tor thr Cberlft or hi8 drputlar to ln their 0tri4id portorrp 8UOh BerviOr8 orpaslty, rtui qwl- iri46, 48 the Leglslstur4 utborlm44 the Co~88lonrrm* Court purohasc nn4 pay ror qulpnent tor 4 Bureau 0r Cf’,;!yal fdmtirio6tloa r0r the 2h0rirr (moo .2rtiolr 3699,
In ilsw the roregolaa, It 18 tba oplaloa 0r thlr departnent that any 84rvloo8 porrormod a deputy rherlit 88 a tiagar yrlnt OXpOrt are psrtorm+d III hi8 OiilOiml oageolty rnd within roope ti hi8 OiiiOlal dutl48. Thrrotore, it ia CUT further 0plalOa thnt 8 deputy SbOTlif would sot bo an- tltlod to my extrr or dCttiOnml oomp4ao4tion ror ru& acr- A8 Bb0T4 tatad, t&4 o4Xis~~ mmlory i0r Chiet rloem. 2rputy zharlfi or Vlotorls County oaanot 4xoood %lefitmon Rundred (8l800.00) Ijollare per yrsr. Th4 maxlnrum oomponmrtlon or other deputy 8herlttr 0r Orld oounty oonnot 4xoood Flrt44n mndm4 Dollar8 u4r nmm 404h.
Yours very truly &doll Wllllamm lt4slatant AH/JOP