88 are in receipt of youS/.letteP of .?anuery qw:,tlnK opinion from

ycv!r letter are as fol’lowa:

Asmaaor of

em&oykd h&e been deslgmated the heed of ?.he de- partment. 'The eroployees OD. this list represent all of thr, employees In this offloe. “For your information, the IWO Census Fives

Monteonery County a population of 14,508. The 1939 valuation is $51,423,000."

Ke dlreot your attention to Xrtlcle 3902, Kevleod Civil Statutes, wh:oh ro[<uletes the salary oi' dep'ltlcs and esoiritants for district, oounty or Freoinot offiof.rs. We note from pour letter, (18 etove quoted, that Uont@omery oounty haa a population of less than 25,000. This be!ny, true,, slont~o~nery oounty offlcors' Zepu- *2 Hon. A. E.'iilokerson, February '7, 1939, Fai.e 2

tIea*, aaaiatants' or clerks' salaries would be coverned by Section 1 of Article 3902, and for YOUI! oonrenlence v;e set out said Section:

"In oounties havlnc a population of twenty- five t?.cusand (25,300) or less inhabltanrs, first assistant or chief deputy not to exceed Flghteen Hundred ($1800.00) Dollars per annum; other ae- slatents deputies or clerks not to exoeed Firteen Hundred ~.$lSQOOOO) Dollars per annum each." From the lanoua.Te of the Article, as above c!ted, we are of the oplnicn, and you are SC advised, that eech o;P the officers named in aald Aot are entitled to one ch.lef deputy whose salary will not exceed $1800,00)per annum. It further provides that the salarir,s of other assistants, deputies or olerks shall not exceed the aum of $1500.00 per mnLa. 'The salaries of all such deputies, assistants or clerks must be ?et by the Commissioners' Court.

Yc:urs vetzy truly By (slsned) Geor.e F. Kirkpatrick Assistant GPK*FG

APPROVED:

(el.qed) Gerald C. Mann

ATTO"nNEY c-l?N-ERAL OF TEXAS