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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
goaorable E. Y. CunnlnghU
countJ Auditor
mvarro county
~orrfaaau, Texas
par Slrr
Your letter of Jul
or thl8 .d~pmtment on t
.: ing propo81ti
.C.S. providorrthat the County
1.00 fn full for hi8 8erviacr8
It 8Wllu t0 8tO that io 88llUW-
,+,,ing
t&S 6bove qUe8titXtit f8 ZUK?O88UZ’~ t0 dhW8tine
'ubethsr the reaordiag ire for puttzsq the Dead of
rsoord is a part of the 8ervfae the Clerk ir required
to rwler ror the $1.00 2ee provided in Article 7332,
or vhether he is entitled to addittonal caapen8etian
for rcoordlng the deed.”
Article 7330, Vwn~‘8 Annotated Civil Statut48, pro-
*idea2
505
“m a 088.8 in VbiOh b5dD hWe bOWi aOld,
or say be 8016, for def8tm La tba of t.u.8, p8yBent
the 8harfff ulzing tba 8uln. 6r 8ny or hi8 8UOO.W
80P8 in Offi.08, 8kMfi m&O a dead W deed8 t0 the
purohuor OP to any other pbP8QI to vhan the puP-
Oh88.r m8J diF.Ct th deed t0 be tie, Uld aaJ 8Wh
dead 8bll be bid la any 06urt of lau or equity in
th18 8tAte t0 108t m aad &WiiIOt tit&e ti thr
purob8ar theroot, 8ubjeot to be lqma6hed oaly for
rotual Sraltd.”
Artiola 7328, Vernon’8 haoUted Civil 8thUt.8, pro-
V1488 iXi put1
n
Whom the epwty lr bid off
to tbo
8ttrt.,*tie'8heriif8h*1r Wk. - 8XOCUtC
8 deed
to tha u8w
fitate, IOPM to be pra86ribsd DJid fur-
airbed by
t%m@irOlbP, the 8bOUimyl iSi OWh 0aW,
th.uloUQt Of -8, intWW8t, tj ti OOlt8
iOr YhiCh 8Old & tbr QhPk’8 r-l
088 tot Z’eOW~
deeds. Ii8 Mll Oau8e 8UOh dwdr to br PeOOPded
la tha cocord of doodo by the oopaty slerk In hla
aounty, 8nd Vhea 80 Pe6OPdUt, 8h811 torvapd the -
to the Comptroller. The c6uQt Glee 8haJ.l ba al-
titbd to a tee 6s maa dollar i or r8eordl.a~ tta6h
8UOh f.Od t0 th0 8-t(l, t0 bS tuced 08 OthSr dO8t8.
. . .
&atioa 9 of hx'tli%la
73&b, ~O%'EOn'8kW0trt.d felVi1'
8tatUte8, pl’OVide8 in PW’t tb8t 1
lktiole 7332, Veraon’r Aaamtated Oivll Statute8, pro-
Vldm la paPt I
I
. . . .
“Provldrd, that the fee8 bewln provided for
in oCXU&eCtbllUith ddilLQUOl&tt88 8uit8 8h8al1Cm-
8titUtr th cnrly fees l&W 8hAll be ohW&%d bx rtlld
scmorabl. P. Y. C -1 Ras.4 *
Bavarro Oouaty has a population OS 51,308 lRhabltaI&t8
loeording t0 the 1940 Federal hU&8U8. Theofor., the oouaty
cff1a1.18 of 8ald oounty are compen8at.d on an annual ralar
bar18 am required by Artiole 39l.28,Veraon' Annotated Civl3
8tatut.r.
h 9118V.l't0 yOoUrtJW8tioLk,it 18 OU OpiniOn that
are the 8tate of Texas 18 the puroha8lng unit the oouaty olerk
i8 entitled to the 41.00 fee a8 luthorl8.d by Artlole 7332, 8upra,
& the addltlaaal fee of $1.00 for recording the deed u author-
1s.d by Article 7328, 8upr8, to be taxed a8 other oortr in the
Oal.. When the oouaty 18 the puroharing unit, the oounty clerk
would aot be entitled to eny addltlonal oompematlcm for reaord-
lag the deed vhea the raid deed 18 reoorded by the county por-
Oha8ing the real property. Xa other Worda, uhen the Cmmty i8
the $UPOha8ing u& it,th e4 1 .00
i0. lUthor18.d by &tlOl. 73l)p18
the oaly oompennratlonto vhich the county clerk would be legally
entitled.
~xt i8 OUT fUFth.l’O@IliOIltbt Vh.ll~ OthWt8Xil%@$
wilt meatloaed la Article T)45b, VePam'8 Annotated Cl~ll 8Ltat-
utel, puroha8er the property aad ha8 the deed reoorded, the ooun-
ty clerk would be eatltled to tho regular reoordiag Se.8 a8 au-
thorlaed by law. Bouevw, ia oouatior where the county orrf-
Oia18 We coapencated QIIa rabty ba818, ruoh ie.8 rhea OolloOt-
ld must ba cbpo8it.d ig the Om~W8’ 88-y had a8 c.qalrod
by the Offloerst 8alary Im. In Other POti8, the OOUnty clerk
vccld not be entitled to retain raid foer perccnally ln oountler
s; the county 0tf16.r. are compuwrted m en aonuel 8alasy
.
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