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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Hnxxorrblr Tom A, Craven
County Andltor
Yebutaaa County
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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
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