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OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
aOr and CIOlhOtOF Of tAXW, OOUAty $X&Q COWltJ
ettarwg, incrluding orialnQ1 dlstrlot attornry0.
and county attorneys V&Uperform the duties of
dietrlct ottornoya, distriot olerk, oounty clerk,
treeaurer, hide on4 cin$ml inspaotor. &oh of said
offioer5 ahall ba paid in money on annuel selary
In twelve (18%) equal ilmtemrmnte of not Less than
the total SUDI earn04 a6 oampeasation by him in hi8
offlolel onpffloity for the fleool year lOs5, ana
not more than the lliumm aBlotint cillowed su&h
orfioer wlQ9r Lowe exifstiAg OA August 84, 1035;
provided tlmt 10 ootantlee havlq a populetlaa ai
tutmy thousimd (80,000l ena 10~1s than thirty-
nvea thousand five huntid (37,500) laoording
to the la&t pnoeQi~ Ftd%rd CQ~QUI and havInE
843 e68e~ew ~alttdd0n In 61~0eb8 0r dfts~~ m.ni0n
($15,000,@00.001 Dolx,aro, BOOOrdiagto the 1ase
approved preodding tax roll of suoh oountp t&
PaxfifM mount allowed ouoh affloern a6 oalarles
my bs In raaaed one (1s) per oont for saoh OZUI
Killion ( g 1,000,000.00) Dollars valuation or frao-
time1 &mrt th.rroi iA eX08#8 at aaid Fifteen
Elllion (~lS,OOO.oob.OO~ Dollare valuation over
and above the lnsrimummwunt allowed suoh offiocrrm
under lawu ~xlt3tlxl8 011r,uguat84, lOStli...@"
’ Thla Departtmmt he14 in our opinfon O-SlSa a aopy
of whioh ie hemto ettaohod that om&saloni~ eutho&d bf
AFt101e 3941 Bmriseu civil !kiatuteo LO&S*otAnBe &m&or be
oharf~ed to the county ia those oountiee with tmstlty thousand
(80,000) Inhabltante or more, oamequcnC2y ouoh oom~eei~as
are not to be depositad in the O?fioere’ 8alary Fund of the
muntY*
Sootion 6, (b) Artlole 3812e Veraod’s Annotated
aivil Stetutee, provides that the Cdaraionors* Oouti shall
WonBier from the general fund of the County to the Offloero*
hlaxy Fund ox Fuada of auah Cciw~y, euoh fun46 ea mey be
nwwssary to pay the selar~os aud other olaiehs ohex’&eable
egafnst the sfme v&m th frtonies Us osited thestb fin, LA-
BQffioimt to meet the ofe3.mi &my% bi 8 theretroin. cmly UAder
and in 6ccorQaaoe tith tkis provialon my suoh an amount
Mlarssary, not exoaedi~~~ the mount fixed a8 the salary of
Fur Count ‘PreaeureP, under the pmviaiono of seotion 13,
Article 39s 26, eupm, be tmmIerred into the offiosrot
Wary mua.
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Bcmerable Wewell Gaarbron, page 3.
It 1s the opinion of thi@ lbpartmnt that your
quelrtian be, and it is,thomfare, anewwed in tti ne&s-
tivs.
Yours very truly,
*UG 4, 1943
FIXiT ASSISTANT
ATTXWZY GENERAL
BY
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