Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUBIIN
e3c Soaorebla C. J. Wilde, Pege 2
&aid for the tine.servea in eueces county on the basis of.tha re>ortars of both the 94th and 117th district 'courts. 'i'he re- .?ort%r for the.l28tk distrlot court haSa period of iorty we*ka in Nueoes county.
-The repxter for the Crb&ial t¶i3tfiot coart h&s 8 period of fifteen vreeks in Mlacss ~County. '.
"Is it &r oL?ini& that the saloriea 'of t&se court reporters be'@.d on th0 .baais of $3,0X.00 3er almuuiz for the tfm' ln,~uoces Couqty only. This, of .~ served - COUlYi%, would not affoot the salaries paid these r%gorters fro.3 the other oountioe in whiah they serve.
Vhe -miaY ~trzkmlly believes [33] stated above t!xat the rqorters should bo gaid on.t?l%se basis ot5arxk~s it would b% discriximtizg to yay the r%;rortnru of
t&se courts, who serve in IJueces Coilnty' full ti=le axi roceivs the salmy of G3,OCO.OO end to pay the rej7orters'in,Shose ooarts Miich ser~%'S~f;usce% County only aart tise on the basis of ..$,?CO.GO for the time
served in Eueces CoUKty..”
titicles~ 232Sb and L327a, V&sn*s~A&otatea civil Statutes,‘r%spectivaly, resd a3 follow: . : : The 'salary of the official *A%.& l f32Bb.
.ixhortha& rqortco! in eaoS~Judiaia1 ~Iiistziot i:? eny coo&q of this Stats which al.oc%..con-~ ~~atitutes two 'or ~cra~Judi~ia1 'Xistricts, inky.
addl.tioa to~thn c~pells%tlon ior l';ctulscrfpt :. fees,+sprovidea br law shall be .$3,COO,OO .~ por.:anni~~,~t+o $8 paid as the zmlsry of, othsr COL~t:repcrters are pia, out of t.lls'general i'und.~~~ Ethel county." . . ,.
rArt.. 2327a. In eacb~Judicial District J 09 this Jxste. conposed ,ol one colmtj- only, arS,
ir. ?:hich couzty thsro is oniy one District. . court, and sfso In 'anvil JudiclEg 3i3triat coqogad of two (2) Or Sore coultias, snd.also 3.n each Judiaial District co=$?%sd of ones couaty, ,.
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Dxorc!Ae c. 3. iViilde, ,2?age 3
wdch cougty c~aqosas ak30.8 prtion of an- othar Judicial District~i',the salary of the official Court Sie>orter shall be Wenty- seven ii$ndred Dollars ($27CO), c;er annum, it additioa to the cosp3nsation for tram-.
crigt fees aEd allotsames roz enpilses 50% providsd.by.lsw; said saltiy td be gaiU nmthly by the Co~&ssit.aers Court of t!m 00uct.y or counties, out of the Ceseral ?und of the co~uutyo~ countins, upo.n the certi- fiqata of the ijistriot~ Judge; p.zuvided th&t via acy Jufi.cial Estrfct c~<osed of tvm (2) or L:OX corraties as&I salary shall be said by such counties of the DLstrict~ in ;xo?ortion to Che nzxbor of weeks grovidsd 33 law Par holding Court in tiie res.p3c~iv.3 counties 3.9 tha~Dis<rict; end provided. ~.
thct in a 2lstriot wi::3rein in any courtp tLn3 tapL -say co3tizue until tha businasa is disposed of, aikch co*titF 33ii:l zay in
~m~ortion to ths tim Court Is eotually ksld in sun,'l c~ouaty; movided, ho?davar, chat in &q-s County, kas, the Court Re- porter shall ba paid cut of the JUrp Pun& of said ao*xAy upm *a certificate of che,JUg or' the District Court of said cout:r.
. V?mided further Zhat rotlzinzj in tIAs Aot 3ball 129 construed.as in my vay era- selling Rrtic1.e 2323 of the Rs-vised Civil '5taVAtes.of 19%5,:3cF CtiapteY59 of the Gen-
oral Lews of thz %@lar Session ofths Forts-fi,-st Lei;iglature. 1929. ncr shall t4fk,A3t in u;P Gay r&al or:asand any' local or 3;ecFel law passed. at,the Regular or Xzst and second CBllad Sessions of the Zortpfirst L5&3letare of 1929." -
,Crticle~2.%6h &S enzcte+bp the Gist Eozorable C. J. Wilde, Page':4
*Iii ~cse of illness, press of official work,'or gnaooldable~dlsabliitg of the offi- pial shorthand reporter to perform Ns ~duties ia reporting gc00aadingS in 0oUrt , the ,jUtl ;e , of tha court-may, in his disorstion, author- ize a da9uty shorthand reporter to aot during ths'absence of said offiaial shorthand reporter,.~ and aaid deputy shorthantl rsporter.shall re- caiu?, &urla&j the tim he act& r:r said orfi- cial shorthand reporter, the same salary and foes ua .tha~oifloial shorthand reporter of said court, to be, paid in the zanner provided for th5 official shorthand re?ortsr; but ther.’ said offiaial ahorthand~ rsportsr ehall also racaive hiss salary in:,full during said.tem- porary dlsabilltp to sot, The necekeity for a dsguty oftiaial shorthand raporter shall be left entlrelp within the disaretion of the jud,y of the 00urt."
Chapter 66 of the General Laws of the tia&ar,Ses- sioa of the 4lst Legislature, 19.29, is Article 2326&, Ber- * awprooides for espesses con's Annotated Civil jtetutes or: all ofticlal shorthand rqxorters and deputy' official th& dietriat courts of this State, shorthand reprtersof ana prasoribes. the maomr 05 pagnente
fa think that Artfcle 2326b, supra, with refaxinas~. to the salary df the ~oificial shorthan®ortar in each judicial district in any~countg of this state which alone oanstit;;tos- two'ormor8 judioialdistriots, does not au- ,thorize a salary o? $3,000.00 psr annum for the reporters in the ?4th or th5117th distriot ccurts. &pareatly, this ntatute appl~os only where the count$,alopa csnstitutss two or aore judioial dietriots and whiah doea. not compose also a cjortion of another juaicial district. .It will be noted that Article 2327a, sugra, spea%fisally proviQqs in gart: ',, ,.
". . . also in scoh Judicial District co?%- ., 2osed of two (2) or mora oeuntios, and ala0 in
.each .j'udicial distriot~ composed of one Counte v;;%ich county comsos5s also a txortlon of anozhor 1 i t the salary of th fficlal. ii1 iEz$ &&~~~ ,"&J. be Twenty-save: imdrod
.’ Dollem ~J$z~co) pe annw, in addition to the
oozpmr;ation,for transcript f+ea and allowanoe y'or axpenses now provided~by law; . . .," (&xier- scorinff our8.)
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