Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Bonorable Tor A. Craven county Auditor, 4LhLan coallt~ Waco, Toxar Dear Sir: rrolato receltlng hether or not Arti- ri1 ststutes or Taxar to oherge a is8 ‘of SON al in addition to the , Vernon’8 Annotated Ciril Statute8, prorlde8, “Clerk8 of tlm CountI Court 8hall reoalre the Sollolling r888: ** l ot lntrrrogutorler, l o o p ir r ero88- lntrrro6atorirr and all other paper8 ot reoord required to be ooplrd by him, inoladlng eertltl- oatr oi 8ea1, where the oopf doe8 not lxoeed 800 rord8,tor laoh 100 word8 154. #hea the oopy ox- orrdr 200 rordr, ior.eaoh additional 100 word8 ln 010088 0r eoo UOrd8, log l * l Eaoh oertiri- .“.-._.^“.--^----..---..-- .- I --_.-- ..-..-., ^-....^- . . . --- .-------- --- ---- .-Oat@to any raot or faotr oontalned In the re- ., oordr of hlr ofiloa 4th O~rtiflCate and Beal, when not otherwi8o provided for 80#* * *" @enorally rpoakihg, it I8 well l8tabli8hed in thla State, that 8tatUt.8 prerOribill6 tOO8 tOr pobllo OttiOOr8 -0 8triCtlr oonetrurd# and honoo a right to ire8 ra1 not rert in inplioatlon. (So0 the Oa808 of YoCalla va City ot Rookdalo, Fz469. W. 654; Binford v. Robinron, Z44 9. W. 8OTi and Tex. Jur., Vol. 34, p. 608) It 18 8tated in Tore8 JWl8PrUdanOe, Volunm34, page 511: ‘A8 herrlnbetoro 8totrd, the oompm8ation of pub110 officer8 18 tlxed by the Conrtltutlon of Texa8. Any ottiorr may not claim or reaoh any nonor without a law authorizing hir to do 8o, and olrerly fixing the amount to rhloh he i8 ontitled.' It will bo noted that thr foregoing rtatute (hrtiole 3930, V. A. C. S) authorize8 a oounty olerk to raoeltr rlrteen cent8 tor eaoh one hundred word8 wherr t& oopy doe8 not exceed two hundred word8 and ten oent for laoh additional on8 hundred word8 where the o o p y lxoeed8 two hundred word8 tor oopler of lnterroga- torirr, OrO88-interrOgstb?i@8 and all other paper8 or raoordr rrqulrrd to bo ooplod 0~ hy, inolnding e8rtlfieato and seal. It 18 onr OpinlOn that that prOvi8iOn Oi the 8tatUte reading: "raoh orrtifioatr to an7 fact or faotr oontained in tho reoordr of hi8 ottloo, rlth oartlfioatr and 8ea1, when not othenviw provided tor bo$ * ha8 no applioation whatrooror to tho quortion under oon- siderat i on. Theroioro, Jtrr OarOiull~ oonrldering ArtiOlO 3930, V. A. c. S., it 18 our opinion that a oountt olork 18 not legally au- thorlzod to charge a tea oi ility oent8 iOr a oortiflaate and 8eal in iurnirhing a oortiflod OOp7 of a will On tile in hi8 offlco. fourr 7ort truly