OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bnorabla John T. Eutohlson
Oouaty Attorney
Urnalar
Coun8g
Parh, lbmaarr
Ikar Sir:
Your 18ttar of ib 3, raqaertla&tha
oplaloa of this t¶epmQmaO aa atated Chania,
reads, la part, a8 Ibllmat
%he pa)ror tha
#l!iO.OOa month,
hay do sot have say
bow#lSO.OQ a moath
fhdp have thr *l&t
pag'a& that awiwnt, aad order
d out of fha gmaral fund :oSthe
has a populatloa oi jo&S Inhabitants
l!eQeralcbMU8.
Artlola
3902, Varmn*a Aaaotatad Girl1 Stahutrr,
prcwldrr~,
ta part, am'Mll6w8:
*Hon.John T. Hutohlaon,pa%.2
diatriot,
_ Funty or
-_ preolnot
._
orrioem ahallr*qulrr ffu a*rno** or a%puci%s,
aaalstantaor alarkr in thr p%riora%no% of hla
duties he shall apply to tba County Coml%slon%r%*
Oourt of his county for authority to appoint au&
deputlea, aaslratanta or al%rka, atsting by sworn
applicationthe numbor naadrd, the poaltlon to bs
tlllaa and tha amount to b% paid. sala applloa-
tloa ah%llb% %OOoapanladby a etatammt %honlq
the probable moalpta rroa r%%a, ooml%slona and
%mp%n%%tlon to ba oollro8ad by aald orflcr dur-
ing the iieoal year and the probable dlabura%nmnta
which ahall lnaludr all aalarisrand expanasa of
said ofrio%; and said oourt shall m%k% it% order
atitborlelae; th% appolntmntior audh daprtl%a,
aa%latant%aa ol*rk8and flx the compaasatlon to
br pald thamwlUin the limltatkmd boreln pn-
aorlbrd ariddefertin% th% number to br appolntad
as In tb diaOr%tlOnOf %%ld 00iarOm%f ba pr0p%r;.
provldod that In no.oaaa aI&aXltubaOoaml%%lon%ra~
Court or %ny armbar *nor att%mp$ ta lntia%n0%
.th%appointmat oi~'.anf poraon aa deputy., aaslat-
ant or olrrk In any ottloa. Upon the .*ntry0r
auoh order thr orrlarra applfing ror aueh aaal*8-
ants a%putl%8 or olrrka ah%ll.be %a*rl%%d to
appoint thrla; provided bb%t aald %%tap%naatlon ahpll
not ~rraeadthe nnaxlmuaam0uat herdlnaftsrsat out.
The ooap%mitlon whloh my b% pll0vmd tooth% do-
put&as,-aaalti8aatr or olrrksabov% namad ~z'or thlar
aerriors am1 br a r%a%onabl% on%, mot to oxoard
the romwlag amount*:
(I . . . .
“3. In ocuntleshaving a population.or(37,501)
thirty-a%t%athousand ilrr hundnd and on% and uot,
more than alxty thousand (6o&OO) inhebitents, rlrat
aaaiatantor ohirf d%puty not to %xo%%d tnnnt@ono
huudrod ($2100.00)dollars p%r %n!U; other aaolet%nta,
deputfee or olerke not to sxossd %Ieht%%n hundred ($1800.00)
dolbme per annum onoh. Frorldad that nothing in this
Act ahall br oonetrusdas .r%p%%llngor aifeotlig Bsotlon
2 or B. B. No. 694, Chapter 315, dots 1995, 44th L%@la-
Letura, page 724.*
Tbo forrgolngprovlalon of Artlola 3902, 1% applloabl%
to Lamr county as said oounty ha% a population of 50,425 lnhabl-
Hon. John. T. Rutohiaon, pas% 3
taata according to the 1940 Fader%1 Cansus, The marlaum
annual salary that the County Oormlaalcmar%*Court oan
~lagallyauthorize ror the ohlef deputy ah%rlff of aati
oouaty la Rr%nty-on%Hundr%d Dolhr8. Ths ~~ximuprsalary
for other deputy aharlffa oannot ls@ly %xo%sd Rlghtsen
IlundreaDollars saoh par annum.
Th%rofor%,ln anaw3r to your flrat queatlon, you
adria%d that it la our oplnloa that th% Caralaalon%rafCokirt
of Lamar County does not hate the la&al authority to authorlzo
%n lnomase ln the salary or tih%twa deputy sh~rlfra in %ny
amount exossdln$ $150.00 raoh a mtinth,
In tlew 0r the4tirs~olng~atatute and wha$ haa h%reto-
iorr barn a%lda your asaond qttoation la r%ap%otfuUy anawarad in
the nagatlrae
Your* vary truly
A'M'ORB31RQBiERAL
OF+EXAS
‘Bo
(a) Afiall Wllll%ar
Aaalet%nt
AWttP
Asrio
APPROVEDJAR. 8.1944
(a) Grover sS3.le~a
ATTQRNtYG,BTtRAL0F~TRX.M
APPROPtD OPINION CO-
BY (8) EWB, aIRMAX