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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
goaorable E. Y. CunnlnghU
count J Auditor
mvarro county
~orrfaaau, Texas
par Slrr
Your letter of Jul
or thl8 .d~pmtment on t
.: ing propo81ti
.C.S. providorr that the County 1.00 fn full for hi8 8erviacr8 It 8Wllu t0 8tO that io 88llUW- ,+,,ing t&S 6bove qUe8titXt it f8 ZUK?O88UZ’~ t0 dhW8tine 'ubethsr the reaordiag ire for puttzsq the Dead of
rsoord is a part of the 8ervfae the Clerk ir required to rwler ror the $1.00 2ee provided in Article 7332, or vhether he is entitled to addittonal caapen8etian for rcoordlng the deed.”
Article 7330, Vwn~‘8 Annotated Civil Statut48, pro- *idea 2
505 “m a 088.8 in VbiOh b5dD hWe bOWi aOld, La tba p8yBent of t.u.8, or say be 8016, for def8tm 8harfff ulzing 6r 8ny or hi8 8UOO.W tba 8uln. 8kMfi m&O a dead W deed8 t0 the 80P8 in Offi.08, purohuor OP to any other to vhan pbP8QI the puP- Oh88.r m8J diF.Ct th t0 be tie, Uld aaJ 8Wh be bid la any 06urt of lau or equity in dead 8bll ti thr tit&e th18 8tAte t0 108t m aad &WiiIOt to lqma6hed oaly purob8ar theroot, 8ubjeot for rotual Sraltd.” 7328, Vernon’8 haoUted Civil 8thUt.8,
Artiola pro- V1488 iXi put1 n lr bid off Whom the epwty to tbo
8ttrt.,*tie'8heriif 8h*1 r Wk. - 8XOCUtC 8 deed to tha fitate, u8w to be pra86ribsd DJid fur- IOPM t%m@irOlbP, 8bOUimyl airbed iSi OWh 0aW, intWW8t, Of -8, tj ti OOlt8 th.uloUQt iOr YhiCh 8Old & tbr QhPk’8 r-l 088 tot Z’eOW~ deeds. Ii8 Mll Oau8e 8UOh dwdr to br PeOOPded la tha cocord of doodo by the oopaty slerk In hla aounty, 8nd Vhea 80 Pe6OPdUt, - 8h811 torvapd to the Comptroller. The c6uQt Glee 8haJ.l ba al- to a tee 6s maa dollar titbd i or r8eordl.a~ tta6h 8UOh f.Od t0 th0 8-t(l, t0 bS tuced 08 OthSr dO8t8.
. . . 9 of hx'tli%la 73&b, ~O%'EOn'8 kW0trt.d felVi1 ' &atioa pl’OVide8 in PW’t tb8t 8tatUte8, lktiole 7332, Veraon’r Aaamtated Oivll Statute8, pro- Vldm la paPt I
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“Provldrd, that the fee8 bewln provided for in oCXU&eCtbll Uith ddilLQUOl&t t88 8uit8 8h8al1 Cm- 8hAll be ohW&%d bx rtlld 8titUtr th cnrly fees l&W *4 scmorabl. P. Y. C -1 Ras.4 *
Bavarro Oouaty has a population OS 51,308 lRhabltaI&t8 l oeording t0 the 1940 Federal hU&8U8. Theofor., the oouaty cff1a1.18 of 8ald oounty are compen8at.d on an annual ralar bar18 am required by Artiole 39l.28, Veraon' Annotated Civl 3 8tatut.r.
h 9118V.l' t0 yOoUr tJW8tioLk, it 18 OU OpiniOn that are the 8tate of Texas 18 the puroha8lng unit the oouaty olerk i8 entitled to the 41.00 fee a8 l uthorl8.d by Artlole 7332, 8upra, & the addltlaaal fee of $1.00 for recording the deed u author- 1s.d by Article 7328, 8upr8, to be taxed a8 other oortr in the Oal.. When the oouaty 18 the puroharing unit, the oounty clerk would aot be entitled to eny addltlonal oompematlcm for reaord- lag the vhea the raid deed 18 reoorded the county por- Oha8ing the real property. Xa other Worda, uhen the Cmmty i8 $UPOha8ing u&it, th e 41.00 i0. l Uthor18.d by &tlOl. 73l)p 18 the oaly oompennratlon to vhich the county clerk would be legally entitled.
~xt i8 OUT fUFth.l’ O@IliOIltbt Vh.ll~ OthWt8Xil%@$ wilt meatloaed la Article T)45b, VePam'8 Annotated Cl~ll 8Ltat- utel, puroha8er the property aad ha8 the deed reoorded, the ooun- ty clerk would be eatltled to tho regular reoordiag Se.8 a8 au- thorlaed by law. Bouevw, ia oouatior where the county orrf- Oia18 We coapencated QII a rabty ba818, ruoh ie.8 rhea OolloOt- l d must ba cbpo8it.d had a8 c.qalrod 88-y ig the Om~W8’ OOUnty clerk by Offloerst 8alary Im. In Other POti8, vccld not entitled to retain raid foer perccnally ln oountler s; the county 0tf16.r. are compuwrted m en aonuel 8alasy
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