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*1 OFFICE OF THE A-iTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN Pour at"ucntion in directed to krtiole 3902, Fle- ~I=hl Civil matuto3 or foxxi, a3 Polloi73:

non. Curtis Xoniro, Face 2

:-.Rnce of hi:; duties, he ohs11 sp~ly tO.th6 cwlnty cor;~2issiomrS~ co.urt of !lia County for suthoyity to appoint such doFutios,": .

nssistnats OT clerks, sttltln2 by sworn sppli- cation tJia number needed, the position to bo filled sod the mount to bo paid...."

In oonnoction with the above Article 3902, your attention is.dirootod to Article 6309, rkvised Cl011 %a- tutes of Texlm, as fCllO~YS!

*Sheriffs shall PIVO the lxaver, by wrf.tin(:, to q7pofnt on0 or Roro doputloS for t>:Oir rospctlve CGURtt,GS, . . . .WLlO ilUEl- her of doppties aFpolntod by the sheriff of any am oounty,shsll be llnited to not ex- cosdin~ three in the justtice procinot in vdllc‘: 1s locxt*d et? countg site or DUCh county, aud one i,n esch justice precinct, oud D Xmt of t2;oan s~poistmnts ahall be posted up In n oonopicuccs plsce iln tho- clor&'s OfiYOO....'."

This department he.8 ruled prior to Ond afnae the enactment CI? t!?e present salary b%li under Fjhfoh bilbar~er County is urn Tix~ot'ionin~that Article 6Ot9, suprs, hss been superseded by Arti,clo 39O2, supra.

Opihicn 170. O-12 addroesed to the lion. Chas, II, ?hocbnld, County .4ttornay, Calvmton, Tams, by %:.x. 3. 7i.t rL?lill~ , of Jmuary 5, 1939, holds that Article 6899 boo twcn superseded znd tbnt the s~~o'ictm0n.t al derxty nhor- ITT3 is In the sound dloorot.ion of the oom1ssioi1ors~ court under Artlole 3902, usir~O the followihC lau.g.mfje:

of rclp tieffaite decloinu affeotiny: the quoo- "'i'he Eeprrrtnent ^[53] not in po33essinn tioa on bond, ozid the~efcre zuist arrivs et the conclusion that Art. AEC9....whiob applies to tha 6horiffr; under the Tee ln'n, has boen symrscaod.. . . by Axtlcle 39Q2.. . .wx! by the GYfi~er3~ Selorp I~I of the 3eto of ?tms. * . . ..Tt rrsts w:thin the disoretion of the IIoRornhle Cosmissionere' Cowt oi Calves- *3 .E'on. Cu&iS Ranfro, P8&B 3

I;hn follozvlnrl: quotation in foo~nd in 'Amrant Ccunty v13. Lxitll, 01 s;;' 2nd 537:

*The cmiss~onorst court can lhit th,e nu;lbar ati aclory oi dep.ty sherifi%'ls, but they hove no power over tha lXmi.n!: of the individua:s to be op?oiEtea, and are eS,~Ci&lly FTohibitGd f?OI!? tl~';eKptiIl~ elly such Znst zmzed influence. 1.. 3. Art.

39OL"

Opinlon.T!o. O-925, directed to the Eon. R. S. auditor, Crags County, Longview, Texas, by Syahe,. County KY!. J, P. King,,zb!: July 10, .193Q, contains the following pOXXlgSt?ph:

"In ths ce~c of "-tame1 vs. Shelton, 45 SW 319, tho relovent provisions of

,'i.r%iolo GOG3 subote:lt:olly tha SUT'Q ES enacted in 3Cd3, which aants authority to the aheritf to q~oint'deputlns an% tinits their nmborwau held to be dircc- m. ^[010] the sh~Hff, W8S by gonsizl LEG? sugerseded 8nd pravio2sly at cbmon law Such aUtb?ity as WftS by this given O?Ai- to and vested in tke qxz.laainnsmt court under the r;rovis¶ons of kticln 3302,

SUJ-l3Xl. Such a construction as ~iould bar- r,onfm tha tm artioles, 0069 and 3302, SuprJJ should b,o rlvon with t'ce latter orticis controLLli~a. Yhi~o said .%-tic1e 6063 SW?kS t0 Ihi% th diSCT8tiOLI to

be ererciscc? bjj tha 3Iieriff, we cerii,oi sty thYi ouch art.icle V<nul.d, as a mtter

of law, restrict the p%iQr cf the cm-

aisniono~s' court lmdex izticle mo2,

83 5ii.fml?ei, 3houlC t&c, facts warrmt

tho nocosnity for the appoLztacr.t by the s!?erii-f of r.oro cl~~utias, than would ba p8mitted uider the provisions of Artiole m-%9.*

Son. Curtis Reufro, Pnge 4

Thus, we advise thct the she.rllPi hEs au‘thority, r;lt:! the epp7ovnl of tfio co.~i~.riionm3* court, to~ziF:-oint an addj.tio;lal depaty to mmve without my oorprmatlcn,

'i30liaviq this to ensw8r yOUr inqUiry, w8 are Vu-y truly yours