Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hon. Truett Barber
District Attorney
Colorado, Texas
Dear s1r:
0piclon So. o- Ret Salaries or la oowlttee Your request Your request
are herein stated has are herein stated has
We re8tate We re8tate yo
taaicmsrs WaAt at or July) thdr sslblo to rriae i!aea than January It be perml8sible for the opm. preolnats 2 and 3 to put in tbai.~ &iyS per L%OAth Wld thQ OwrmiS~OA- not 1 an8 4 to put in thalr time ye per month?
Article 2380, 8. C. 8., made in part am follows: * . . ..Ia oounties having aasassed rcrlua- tion or Lam thanlour Uillioa Fire PIundr~d Thousand Dollars (#4,SCO,OOO) eaoh aori@iia~lon- er shall reoeive Salvo Dollara ($5) per day ror
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saah day served as oomissioncr, and a like amxnt when aotlnq a@ ex-olfIcIo road super- Intentlent In El0 Ccmalssionsr~s Freclnot, provldlng In no evsut shall his total. armpsn- satlon exoeod Wine lWa6r8d Oollars ($900) In any one year...."
The above quoted s?+tu+ sp4~ffIoa~~~ pr~l$eil that thtb salary for each oanrnissloner Iu counties having assesasd valuation OS lass than $4~500,000.00 ehall be $5.00 per bay for eaah day 8erved 68, ocxmnlsaloner, and a 1Ike amouut when asting as 8x-offioio road su erinten- dent In hia comissIoner~s preelnot, providing % no event shall hi8 total ompensatlon sxoeed $900.00 in any Oae year.
In view o? the foregolag etatuts we think that your questL-rm oan be answered together. Therefore, fou are wepeattully advised that it Iu tha opinion of this departmat that the oaaDlrissiouar6 am not pswftted to agree as to hem many days eaoh month they shall turu in to tha oommlsslonant court for thI6 Work and that sush ~. oomml5slonew cm6 only mitiea to the salary a8 p~wlded
by the statute.
TrustLug that the fore&ug aasweru .$%ur iaqulw, we Nmlaln
Very truly yours ATTOR?3EYOX?JJfRY~%'SX.i@ BY tcLtf&OA. Ardell;f;;lMT AT:AW
APPRwg+ ATTORNEY G$&%RA; 0~ TEXAS