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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable 5. Y. Prestoa
County Attorney
Chlldraaa County
Chlidresa, Tems
Attention: fionoreblo C. C. ~OU&tGll
Dear cir:
larese cowltfr la 8 paid an sx- aaloners* Court uthorlzad the e order setting the %mrlfr~a and a oopy or the order autholc Lent or a deputy end his salary be paid out of the General Fund, are inolosed herewith. *I hate oheoked the atstutes oovering the eg-
polntoent dimutica, and the recaa Or Sherirr*s orrios, and 1 oan not find my etstuts authOriZing comiisslonors~ court to pay a depnty 8hdrr
out 31’ the r,unerzal 2-d.
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3onorahle $. i'. ?rsaton, raga 2 that such order is void. ;ay oplnlon *it is
I would ap-,raolnte'an oplnlon ZP~E you oh the t&e lnoloaed order. velfdft: sf
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The population or ChildrsEa County, Texas, aooord- lag to the 1940 Federal oansus Is 12.147 ihhabftants, and es stetcd In your latter 1ta'oSflcers are oonymsntsd on tka tee bsola. IQttaie 6ai9, V~Pflan',S &Qoti,ted Texas Cl~ll ?tat-
utes, reeds lu zart a9 r0ii0w3:
“. . . . Provided further, thnt lS fh the c:inlsn OL' tho CouuiosIoners~ Cmrt Sees of the ofrlce are nat ruSS:cient to :ustiSy the sherirr’s peymmt of salaries or ruoh deputies, the Commit- sIonars* Court shall heve the power to uey sam :ut LX tke ;:enemi Fund of zcld. count7."" ?ection 1 oS hrtiole 3902, %rzonqs Amoteted Texas which est.6 the caxi~ 3alr;rles CU? deputier-,
clv3.l Xatutss, eaalatenta and olerks in oouaties'ot the claes oS Childres8 County, rundfi as follows: ., ,~ ~
*I. In oountles harln;; a pofulatIon OS thcuaahd (25,000) or :cza iuhabltanta, txenty-ilve first assistaht.or &let deput? zizt exceed
Z'f8htesn Hundred ($l800.00) Oollara gc;r etiaua; -, . other asa:atahts, deputlee or alerks ri3t to OX- oeed Flftcez iiuadred (#l~OO.OC) Dollars per an- nos each." you do not state wcether tke deputy In ymr letter
sheriri eCpoioteci sac F? ohlol deputy of an ordlnmy Ceputy. IiY the d0puty ap:3olnted was okief XaLut;. 3LerifS it is cur opinion that the osdor oS ths Oourt alloWihC him A saltmy of GlS0.W per contb (12 months yearly salary et such sionthly IRW would be $1800.00) payable out OS the &en- erai fund was wild provided t&t OS round in the order that foe3 0r sbrtlf~s ofrio Were3 insufxioient to pi;r ame.
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r. d. X. Peaton, ?alie 3
Fodorablo
It dey$y sppointed was not B ohief ;:t;rutY kls saiary ooulci not have kjen legally set at mm than .,:125.oO per month (12 zcontha or yearly selary.would bc$l500.00).