Th4 questIan rubmitted to this dqwt.ment for an opinion are a8 follovrr

'(1) Md the Ccmlrrlcners Court ban the Is@ authority to make wh redwtlont

“r2) If aot, i8 the Caml8rlonerr Court leg- ally obligated to pa)' the the diffemmeo between the 8alary the treamrer l hauld be ra- eeivlng and the ralery t&at he La aotually re- ooiYlng? "

Acoordl,ng to the 1930 Rsleral Ceruw, Hop&In8 Oounty bad a populatfca of @,a10 inhabttantr, and ae~ordiag to the lg40 Federal Cen8uu, l ald oouatp had a population of 30,274.

Ssotloa 13 OS Article 39l2e read8 in pbrt a8 follovrr 'The ocmai8rloaer8 oourt ln aountler ba- apopulation 0rtwbntyth0ti88ia (n0,0OO)lrhbi- tantr ormore,andlerr th8~~onehundrednlaet~ thourend(19O,OOO)inbabltent8 ao-to

la8t prooedzng Federal Comw, im hereby autbor- u&all bv it.8 fir lred mad it t&e 8alarier of all of the ?oZlowlng mamd offiofm, to-ritr aheriff, aeae8eor and oolleetor cf taxer, aounty judge, oountr attommy, InaWUng orlmbcbl dl8- who perromn trict attcrneym and oouat attom the dutier of dfwtriot at i o~llc))r, birtriat olmlr, couuty 01* treaeurer, bide and eni6nl ilmpeo- oPf%eerr shall be paid ta money tcr. E,Oh9~ aa eanual malary In twelve (U!) equal lmtallmeatr of lesr thaa the total aim earned aa aonQMm8a- #don by hQa ia his oiiiolal capeoity for the fir- oal year 1935, and not mare thm the irie&mm amount ellowed suoh orfleer uad8r the law8 exist- lag on Augumt 24, 1935. . . .*

383 Honorable Artle Etepben8, we

This departmeat has heretofore ruled on a amber of t0 ths ?iF#t qtl88tiW prSr+nted in yOU? in- qU~Sti~# SitibU’ q-Y* we aXW eMlO#iXig eOpie# the fOlkming MIltbMd epiakms for our la?ormation. The oplnhaa are Opinion Xc. , O-2973 and O-1628. o-nggs, O-13 J

Ia reply to your first question, under the above Stit~ffWtS and invlm?e? beetion 13,&tlale3gLIM, rupra, and the aMorLtie8 sited tithe above mentioned oplnlonr the Opill%OilOfthi,

~~#~t~~adV%#~tthatit18 -t that the OOlWi88iOM~8' QOU't Of %pk%M COWAt must fix the ralary of the oounty at a sum not I 088 thea the total Slrm e-d a8 aOmptMt8atiOla by the Oo\mty $l'Oa#- urer in b&8 affl6ial eapaaltj for the iiseal ymu W55, and sot more thau the mmlmum~untal.loved8whofiicnr8under lW# OXhting Oil AU@l#t 94, 1935. !thOl'O?OX'O, PUP first qUO#- tion as above stated is rerpeot?ulQ Msvared in the negative.

In tU8 your attention to &aate Billso. 19, kIt# ml, 8eetien 13 of Artiole 3g912e, &El& that %lt ~&i~tf.# O~*ithfn~de#~t~~tiQn~tthr~adr#~~~#' to ?ZX the #a&U7 Of t&D GOWty trru~8'W

Oourt 18 aUthOriSOd l tauyrtmaot less than $600psryea~,andnotm4mtbaa@700 Xawver, t.h28 #tatUt@ d-8 IlOt brbtrclle eff.&it8 Untill p"-• amary 1, 1943, and the population bra&et In #aSA de8~t@d ~st6i$ute doer not lmolude 00Ut1eS haping the popu%at&m Of xc@clM county. ?herefwe, the above meatloned armmheat to Seation u of Artiole 3gWe has no applliutlon to the question wder oomideratioa.

Ulth referenoe to your #OWEId qUeStiOn, yvur attsn- tiOZI 18 direoted to the Quo Of ~~~gd~@b@# &UntJ V. win&r,

972 cad the ease o Xaoo&doehe# County v. JinUn#, 9Ol(evmr rerucled f the first mentioned ease hold In ff& that the proririona of the SktUte authari~ the ~arai##l~~~S' OOWt t0 fix the SW e? a oounty clerk at anf mua not less then a eertaln mlnl.mm and not aare thaa a aertala 8iadbu are mandatory and 6anaot b ie;aoPed by WUbW.8~ O? the QOOCt at th&P dl#Ol'&io& %'hi# 6ase further hold8 in eifeot tha$.#iePa the OoUAty O~88~one~8w 6ourt rejected al&We,, prere~ted’to the oouuty mdlt~, for

/’ *4 b&&aer of salary due tka Ulstriot olerk of the mnmty, rush ~38 authorized to institute ruit egainrt the mu&y offloer for such b81W~~98, though the e1al.w Vere audited and appro?ed by the auditor, as it (co8 fjhe OOUrt’S audit and pa88 Upon thW. We thbk that the ebove mentioned sues #pei?fOally aMver your in VbV second qUe#tlOII and Of Said -808 it 18 OUP OpiniOIl thUt th8 Oaai881CUL- hO1dl458 ~8' Oourt IS legally obligated to f the eoullty traarurer the dlffemnoe between the SabW7 UC Ontt.tbd &A he i8 b3&$8~y to and the salary uhieh he Is aetULkllJ reoeiYln&

Trwtlng that the ?orogol.ng fullyaa8verr pow in- quiry, ve are