Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. 268 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 1 ~’ Hnxxorrblr Tom A, Craven County Andltor Yebutaaa County aao,~ Tsznr Darr Sir:, Your lettsr ei the opinion of t&la depa ah of’floe fa the uonl s &motnted Civil uPi&xr Courts in all c haPin& a populatlcn of 4 hundrad thoumnd (106,000~ aa ona hundred sad nlnoty 000) inkabltanta aaeordin~ an oftiosr aaaed in See. 13, Ch. 1.61, of tha hota ot the 2nd Called Srsslon a? the 45th Lnglsleturr, tier4 auch otiloar~a fwlarp la dctaralnod la cc?aplisso* 71th tha lrwsa whlah nxiated on Au&at 26 1935, and ii bsssd uron population, aba i 1 owf!uta sad fix tha salary of n&oh of eucA ofliOeTc Boaarable Ton A. Craron pa@ 2 la.tbo rsxlmm rnount nbloh oould have been paid eooh of auoh offlocra under tba laws existing on Au&uot 24, 1935, acoordlng to 8he federal osnaua of 1940, and therseftsr ‘qooordlng to ah6 Lest pruaedlng fadoral oeneua; . providol that the oomalraiotie~a oourt io a814 oouatlrr a~ lutEo?ized to amend tha ~r464nt ordu of raid oourt fixIn& tbr msxhum ml~ry oi uia offloors for 6h4 tlrosl e4r 19ibl from and aftor the etfeotlre date of 1his lot fosr th e .M & qo lo r -14* t1 *0*1 r o a rlooording , to lilw~&~ OOO)QS of 1940, aad thanaftor aooordia i&‘the last pteoedlng iederal amaw.* The oounty troraurer 18 rrp4oj.iioallya~ la Sootion 13, of Chqptor 465 of the Aote oi the 2nd Called SwuioR of tho 44th I#gl8lat~O (90~. 13# Art; 39l2a T.A.C.S.). sbb: 40p0aat b014 p cpid011 NO. o-3132 ~128 0th.r thiog~, : Tt10 oounty tr*eaur4r, bulnq apeoIiloally named in Bootion 13, Artlola 39126, lupr8 , t&o moth& of ilxlms t&booouatr treaaurorla eceapaa- #rtloa forarriy prmerlkb by AFtlo 394l, Revtied Civil Statutes, 1925, ha8 beea aup4~ nodad by tha foregoing protialoae of thr VMloara* Salury Law 4a 6Esy apply t0 oountlrr Of tmnty thourand ~20,OOOl lahabltonta or man.. .” I&i 7i9W Of th0 iOS6gOiIlgl StatUt68 gOU 820 r68p0Ot- fully adtlaod that It la tho opFaian of thl8 dqmtmnt that the 0oua8y troasurur of YoLoaaaa ooufit ia laaluded aa cm of tha Off ibeM to whoa the maxIa~# ?a x ary mantioOe6 In tsld ltutllte nua t b o paid. 8tuted another’ my the aalary b? the county trsclsurer ol’ JdoLeaaen oounty ahotid be ooapu86d en4 find at tbo mazlmsi amount whloh oould have Men peld t&4 ootiaty 6ruasurer u&let the laua exIstin& cm Au&sat 24, 1935, looordlng to the trderal oeaaua at 1910. ‘Ioar* tory truly &Tl’ORKXY OZKERALQ ‘JXXA3