that the pcpula- t it *OUl& 666¶5 to, COUXt fX&S6iOn4r6' 010 oulary In ad&ition to In addition to the raer ot hs Com~l66~onar6* court 8 salary ths tea per omt of $ 88 this amaunt does not anaea under Artiole r oent frou. the you that the Co~rdsoionera’ Court night pay the 4ount 6&ihl'y ill M48itiOn t0 th4 6y OD CS-OitiCiO tha f6tr a006 t446 O? OfflO 4~ a&i aalarp ia aaaltion~to sot exaee6 the %axtm.u&. The county attorney oould ?&em hlra hi8 OWE 6tUnoqIlrpher,and pay,b4r kiim6eif, but -6 ik not b41iW4 that tbors atatutac ref6b4d to iuthorizo the Cozmlcsionar8* Court to ton per oeat of tbe adinpu4nt t&ix46 or say otbar amount 86t Mid6 to ?aao the odary of a 6tsrOtrapber for tba county attornsy.

Eon. Jos. 2. r'isber, ?a,-t 8

-e are *able to asa how a oounty 00~16 enter into r contract cr agroemsnt to aet 46lda ten per sent of the delinquent tax66 to pay the sclary of a etrnographer rcr the oounty attorney w:thout oaid agreement being incorporated in, and becoming 4 part Of, a au&tract entered into betweea the oouty and scmoone to otrlleot dslinquent taxas. is stated in an ophiion, by tbe EGX. Giem R**i:tWiS, sddrsoso4 to you CC =une 12, 1939, wblob ~4 quote. 13 part as ~ollow6:

"Articla 7XXia, Revlscd Civil Xstutu6, places at)r- taln llnAtatl.:ns upon such po*:car ic contract,. A6 said of kppsais in the caac cf Sy the Coztrds6ion asterwo:rd vs. f",cnderson County, 62 -. i.. (2d) 66, *The power to provic;e for tba coll4otlor of delinquent tare6 and pree- crlba the ocxpancatloc to be pald for servlasa rend4r6d In tLat respect resides erolusivcly in the Legislature

exoept as given by statute a 'acmdssioner61 oourt ia'&eriens to contract in tho respsats mxitionsd.~w

It 13, tb.eretore, cur oplnlon thet the Coxz5sslonorsq Court ;rf jasper County doe6 not have tts autborlty to set saida 354~ per cent of the d4linCuont tax46 belonging to the oountp to pay the salary oi a etenographer for the oounty attorney to 6s6i6t In the tiling of dellngtent tax 8tit6.

~;e trust that this anrmora your inquiry, vi6 ac4 Very truly your6 grTDIzL:::.Y GF.rfRAL 03 TSXAE i,

By 3&Ccib@ * 4issiatent FCC : s

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