Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

67 - - OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN '8 Annotatab Clrll Statuta8, a8 I_ Son. 6. X. Filler, pa60 2 per nanth. Prorl484 that in oountlor h8ring 8 ‘;. 68 pul8tlon of not lo** than thirty-fir8 thouwind r35,000) ~4 not aOr8 tb Ali&htr thousand (60,000) an4 0ontaM.n~ a oity oi aor than Want -nine thouund (29,000) population, oa* jur8nli8 olfloer may b0 appoint06 br th* Commie8lonar8~ Court, rhea in thdr opinion tha 8~~;008 or ruoh orrioor 18 n*o484, who88 mmla~ shmU not oxowl Two Hundred DolL8r8 ($200) per month an4 a x nr erno tto lx o 884 TWO Xuadr84 ad lfrtf Dollars (r 250) per year, Ur4 aa In ruoh oouatl~* thr Comdrdonora~ court uy lppolnt an l**l*tant to tha mid jur*nilr orrioor, whoa in thrlr opinion 8uoh 88818t8nt ir n808888rFJ Who80 aalarp lh811 not lroood Oao Hun4re4 8n4 tifty Dollar8 (31501 per month. Prort484 further that, in oouutlerhsring 8 pa ulation OS not la** th8a twenty thouran (20,000 P 8n4 not iarm* thsn llghty thou*snb (gO,OOO), as 8houn by the 1940 todora Canrur or any future Foboral Conrur an4 whloh ham an ar*rr*r& valuation of taubi* proprrtr of not 1808 than Yourtwm bAllion Five iiunilred Thourand Dollar8 (jU,,500 000) and not nor0 than Slxtarn Dollar0 t $16,OOO,OOO), on0 juvrr~llrofrioer mr,llllon a ebyolppolntod by the COmal8alaner8'COUrt, when in their judgcwnt luah oifloer la n*odob, who *hall reoeivo a 8alary nd to *x0084 Two XunfArobDollar8 (b200) per month. wS81ar18* 0r pia jursnllr orfioerr an4 thalr l88l*tant* *hall be rixe4 by the coaml88lonor** Court, not to *x0884 th8 8um8 horrln mentioned, ma any bill tor th0 lxpmir0a not lxo00ding the 8u.w haroln prorid* ior, lhall,~booortlfled by the oounty judga l* bolng neoerury in th* perforaanor or thr duties 0r a 5uronl18 orriarr. Tha cammie- aloner** Court of the oounty 8hall prorid* tha neooraary fun48 for the pa$moLitOS ularlor an4 l~p 0n808or the 5~~8n110 orrloorr pwt48a ror ln thin Aot.+ * +" Hon. 9. Mb Plller, pa40 3 Th8 rboro guoto4 prrtr 0s 8814 Artlol* prorl8lon8 48slingwith ths qu88tlon8wk84 opir~lon Tsflor County la thonbr ruthorirrd jurOnli8 orriorr not to lxoe04 tru sum 0s on8 mmu-ou mm honty-fire DOU8rS ($125)pr math. NO protl8lonis ma48 than&a for t&o ppMt or .sR~@@@ to rot th8 bsn8rit 0s juruu8 or 0rri00r8 to lwntios 8itorto4 88 Taylor count 18 th0nrore, Tlfkr Gout7 ournot py ta or for thr b0mit 0s it8 JUTS~~ 0mnr uiy 8u8 a8 l~pn808~ Tours mrf tsar, ATToluGcr 0mswI CR TNXM . Br 0, 2z4FL-z fas,‘n. B00#8tt 8 mrirtant