m;aed apon thase iirate, geu a&k how tha salaries cb the aounty eftlaaxlrt will bm tifeattd b xemma of the &Qg la populstioa of nmarro aoturty to b&m 80,000 oaa drop In oulsop valuetlen tw balm $2O,OoO,ooO.CO.

Ed.exlarr et youx eountg 0trc2e3-8 Isma haretettwa been psld in 86aordunee npth th8 toX.lfmine provision or Artiale 3891, VemQn'% Anaetated ai7il statutea of !raxa8, aa oaaatud bJ Aat 1935, 44th l~s;ialaturs, p. 52, ah. 327, PaO. 1%

9fn 6ouatierP aontcaialng mirty thswdaad and one (bS,OOl) aad not ma% then on* hundred thousand (100,000) inhabitsate aistrlat and aounty oitioars aaaacd herein fak8l.l mtilln 001- third of sluoh exoese~ raea until suah ax&o-M

: dth the 8mOLUit ap0aitiei: ia m’bhti tQ@bX 3$83, amouate tw Irorty “e9er. &uxc¶risd and Fifty i-mllara (%750.00).*

Pectiwn 13 of iartIcsle 3912e provldaa in parts *2 ~uthorlzw!! cmntl It ahsll be Its duty to fix the salasiea d ell the fo1laring newd oiiiaare, to- nit: alwrlff, asaemaw and 8ollootm of team8, judge, oolllrtyattwrwy, InoltadIllg er&llIml ooultt 4Iet rI at ottornapa and oountp attoPrma rho fora tha &tie8 of Olatxlet rttornegrr, di%tx 2"" 6t alark, owaty cl.ark, treama-er, hIdeaa~b~nIml Inapratmr. Eaoh of se14 0tr106x* Jr 1 uaid In mosey en mumal 6alwy In Wmlva l quel l*

Tll1936shaa~tioaQT ulariubar the oftIa8x6 Maad In 8eotIon 13 oi hrt1sl.a )plaa aa*8 wu* .fixad .and :awd pprro kn 2br 1935, ritli refamuw exist& on&t& to t&o maximm meow& ellwd ursh ettioarr aid aaid l rfiolo prcmI6ed thart; the mIdmar& akoul4 notk law Wantha totaluaaarrrb ~rsoqouatI6nby awh ofCIoff~fathaIr affI8i81 oapmItIas its the fiubml IOU 19 . . * We rn oi thu opininn that thu uUr *; r fox tha oftlaaxa wnad In 8astIon 13, hrtiala 39m, aupxll In coantIrs k87Ixlg m pulation of 20 000 inlLbItant6 wx wua, l u!l *es than r

190,& Inhebiteatr, Rooaw4ing to the lent

lnaanuoh as lFaverro Coutg dms not now huva a vrjluetior: In exosm of @2O,O00 0OO.OO thet pert oi Scratian 13 or Article B12a *hioh pxwidms for 6 l$ inonerie In tha salcwiea of of~ioer~ terr each $1,00O,O00,00 value e tion in mxaw4s of $20,0OO,OOO.0O, in aounties having a popa- Ietiea botwaan 37,500 sad 60,000 would not be npplIaablr.

It ia 0~1‘ opinion, therefore, that the oalariao to be psid affiaers oi' Niavarrw County unt?er the ebws quoted provision of section 13 of Article 3912a 1~ unaffected by Ita change in pogmletioa fron above 60,000 to belw 60,000 popu- *3 Fxon. E. T. cululln&harn, PlJ@ 3