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*1 OFFICE OF THE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN GcluIC.MIllll
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roooodla(p or the county, ?8za8, @as, la rouaa ala od 8nd 08rrtod ' for th8 81% first ~ aad thee0 hrlprrr math0 the yo8r.Q * c- 'Dow tba Coanimioao~~ Court kvo the make $mp au8 8&f~FO&JriOtioA to UL orrio ror thputy hisa u34 not 8plry Do08 tbr CouAty 8mmmt to b8 paid l 8oh deputy?
hA4itGF bsV0 l lth Q Pit~ t0 188Ue monthly wW- t0 dO~U8hO mds? the &k08m1 MIltO t O21118 Or rbova rt*trd rlaute of the Coml~~ianrrs~ courw- b@o@, y8PCiCiA'cl civil Stntti88, prOYid88, &rtiClO
la part, m8 rallow8t %h’brneVrr eaj distrlet, 0aon8y or pr8ciact 0fri00r 8baU roqalra thr, senlc48 of dspuSio8, a86i88nn8e M obrk8 ib th+ pWfOmnDUa Of him tie 8hal1 8p3ly ti4 COWty COcPmiS8~O&erS' dutiO8 'CotM Dir county tar euthoriby tc aypelat aaah dOQ,oticS S88iSt~Ultt8 Or dhrks, 8tatin6 IWO~D a~pl&Aor~ tbs na?nbr neohl, the be fill& and t&b &SOUDt to ba imid. position a~oapanled by a shall ;6sib applloatlen rhowin& th8 probable rearigto rx0i8 ctotment rQO8, ~aai6#i01%~ Mid eOUp@58tktiWI 80 be Ool- loot.4 by 8ai6 of%or U\lrt&g th4 firs&l. Y.&i- aa4 the probable di8barreiwat@ WdGh still Lx- 01~64 sill salariss espouses of said. asrice; th4-0r ttampt ior2usaee court or coy mmber tS dE+lt~, PeSti- t&8 aypOiDtM&t Of l 4 wr8Or, tmat or alsrk In say 0fricO. Upon ths entry ap9lyfn~s tar 6uah or 0troh the offiasrr 88~tWt8, dOji,ati@8 0%’ OlO*S Oh@11 ?‘@,8PthOP- provid8d that enid eom- ie.cl 80 eppefM fbra; paasttian rball not sxs4ed ths wmxb~wa emunt8 8ot oat* The ou5p6oatlom wblah ~roinbrter my br Cu@YWd SC@ th4 dWptii38, 484i4ttICt6 Or .' akpk6 tibore naw4d for their 84PVl408 *Fall the roimh , be I rba8aeable oaq, 00% to 4seead iOg ~Uao~n.tlr “, -~
” . . . (1 tc th6 naotnest of ArtioLs 39O!:,.augm, tb8
Prior OOUJAt~ Olorks d&erAbOd fOZ tbWWaVO8 tki4 qUWti0n Of 85. ,, and radr contxauts for their orwpsn- Tharo 18 a0 lsagumga urafi in Artiols SBOP: i4diaatln8 *3 florronble Loo Pro660~1, Pyr 3
that ‘tha 86larlor‘of rueh d6putl66, rrrslrtaats and olarkr rry be fixad by ldVat6 a@%omont botwoon thr oounty olerk and him doputler. Ontho other h6nd, by tho axpro pro- vialon at 6814 l rtiolo, tho ooun~ olork is ropuftod to aaalcs oounty application to tb6 oomty eoauda6loarr8~ court of his iOr cothority appoint 8ueh dqmtloo, aoslrta6t6 6nd the pouftlon to be iillod aad the smount to bo paid, -end Olork6, 6ktUag by 6vrora l p pllOi%tlon the au&m madad, 6614 6ourt 8b611 me& it6 ardo r l thorlz$ag the a ol~taont t r 6 oouipea- Oi’6UOb d6DUtiO6, 666i6t66t6 6nd ClsNt6 fir 66tlon to be paid th6a dthla ths llnititious heroin pro- l arlbod 6nd dotrrmino tb6 numbor to bo rppofntod 6s in th6 dl8orotlon OS said oourt my bo ppopor.m
Tho Su;~rom6 Court oi Tans6 lntha ea60 of El116 Thomprcn, 66 S. W. 43, ha6 unequlvooally i3oadeumod Count*_r. a8 ~ooafrwy public polloy the fixlxg or deputies’ ra~6rloo s~reoablltr Al60 6be YarylmS Casualty Compeny v. by prlvatm W&o~~;O' S. I?. fr?ad) Ξ ~h;auarar V. Uullipps, 107 3. ".
ThO Qoprsf66lon~r6' 6OWt ha6 linrit6d &!?ludlOtloa, when otrtutory.arttbotlty 16 given for the 6xsralo6 of oartnin powarr and the porlonm66u of c6rtaln dutlok tho8s detail~psrforaod an provided * rogtiramntr mqet br trlotly toU6wed~asd every saential
l&i ths 6tatute. Tho only au- whlOh 6 s&~srihmrr~ aourt aould arrlrt in thorlt~,bmaer the ppaintmnt or th6 deputlss nam6d in Artlcls 390& le owlerrsd thorala and could be oxoout6d 06ly in Illlimtlr ~rascribed in the s&t&6. btcte P. Joh13600, &E 8. Y. (al) 110.
In view or t&o roregolnff authorltirr, it 16 tho oplnioo of this d@p&rtMnt that mur fist qUtb8tlOa 6hould br anewred In the negatlir.
Your 6.8OOfid quimtibn shotid llk6wi66 be rnrwarsd in the nogatlrs. A6 ~lr66dp pointed out, tbo oommlr610ner6c ie glr6n tull authority ovmf the csr~ndituro of &and6 court 16y666 la Cb6~Offi66 for oounty olmrkr psi8 4ol;Qltp of oounty alerk within tho aaxl?&u 1~ ta tired by k.w.. ~The appolatlrent br 6pgUo6tlon to ati alth th6 eo66eat of- tbo a6annl6sloneF6 oourt la only to b6 o~foob6d nrter 6 proper authorlzlq mim 1s lakQ@ 006md~6iOn~r6~' eb~ft. &r said uourt, under thha tacta rslattrd by you, $16 a& apealfy *4 Ronemblo ko Proud& Aar
tho cocqoruatlon to pal4 oaoh deputy oounty olak, a6 r* qQir@l by ArtlCl6 8002, the Or86r 6UthOPiSirrg SUOh 4pgOLPt- wnt not tha pmpar OMIr, 66d la thwetaro of no Imoo
atfoot and t&r county quditor Co48 not hto wWbor;ty to 1**ue monthly salary Warl’tmtS w&or the tOZm6 tb6,;rsOf. that bhe 6bbYo 6n6w6rS yJclxp inquirl66,
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Your* Tory truly