OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable A. c, hlnborn
Dlatrlot Attomay
Civil Courle&lldlng
Hoaston, Texsr
Dear Sir: oplnlon No. O-7385
We are in reorlpt
requestlag the opinion of th
matter. Your letter
pmaorlbsd ior thei ill-
nta Of ohnttel nortgagaa,
the oir1or or the county
hare the rraponalblllt~,
111~ suah transrmrs and
aentrd by a~ss&ora~ of oha ttrl aort-
reference to the authority or alek?kr pt the
ii0ct tee8 r0r the porromanor or their orri-
onosrnLng ohattsl mortgager la oontalned In Artlclo
3930, Vernon’s Annotatad Civil Statutea or Texas whisk readr In
part aa roilorre:
nClrrb
or the County Court ahall racelte thr follow-
ror riling and regl~tcrring and enter-
% ~~(l~kil~n and release Of saoh Ohattal mOrtww
$.75."
IIon.A, O. kinborn, iage 2
Obvloualy, tha above quoka rrctlon
or Article 3930
Iupro, doer not authorize thr lmpo8ltlon or a t.75 r08 by
olerkr or thr County cOur%tor rlllag or transfer8 and l8-
rldpaent8 or ehettel mortgagea. In our Opinion No. 0-6765-a.
8 oopy of ahloh bar pretlou8ly bara firnlahod ou, thir Dapart-
mant ruled: '%tatutrr pnrorlblng rear ror pui 110 orfloar8
lra 8trIotly monatrued. United htor to. %leldB, 153 U.8.
88, 38 L. S&. 646, 14 Sup. Ct. 735. Unla8s a roe Is provided
by law end the amount thereor arrlxed by law, none oen be
ehereed; and an orrioer cay be required by law to prriorur
8peolflo rervloea ror whlah no aomprnsatlon la provided.
hroCalla 18. City or ~~cmia, 112 TOX. 268, 246 3.a. 654.”
We call your attention to Art1010 5494, Vernon’s An-
notated OItll Statutes or Texas relsting to the ahattel aort-
eago reoord, from uhloh we. quote in pert; Vihen the Iurtru-
msnt 18 the transfer of a lien, the county clerk hall enter
on the mrgln, or under the head “nmmark8n In oonnootion with
the orIgina reoord o? re.gIetratlon of such llan, a notation,
mtran8rrmed by . . , . . to . . , . . thI8 . , . , . day of
) 19 . ..* n tIlli&: the blank.8 with the nams
&*t~e*p&tIas and t:.; ditto of RUC:Itransfer, and no:e t&a
date It I8 riled ror roglatraticn.” Zt is our opinion that
the perfomenee of euoh duties by the OOu.uty clerk tolls a fee
of 6.10 by virtue of that ortion tif Art4018 39p eupra, wLIOh
provide a I “Clerks ot the Eounty Court rhall reoslre the follow-
ing raea: yill~ eaoh paper - &lO.e
Thererore, our anavmr to your first quertlon la that
clerk8 or the County Court 8hall oharge a tee of 3.10 for the
riling 0r each transirr or a8algnment or ohattel mortgager,
end that no other ree ror the perromance or tholr ofriaial
duties requlnd by that portion or Artlole 5494, aupr8, above
quoted, my be clarged.
Our antmar to your first questIon precludes the hoc-
soslty or answerIog your draond question.
Your8 very truly