Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

; !I’ ;. 1 OFFICE OF ‘J-HE ATCOWP-JEY GENERAL OF -l.XXAS i AUSTIN i ., ., 1;.,:; r , c’I.‘~l-, ./ konorcble C. S~EEO&, pabe ~2 Rrtlole 3~02, Vernon(s &luotot~ed eonas Civ-il Statutes, J&3 In part IS follo::s: “~k?mTz2 cn;- alstrict, county or’proclnzt OffLcer gl;:?ll rcc~zlre the csrickes of c:opGtic:s, acJ%i&at3 4-J” Qle~~~:o .in the pmiommoe of iii.C ciueies he shall apply to the County Co:zxiosion- CPS~ Court of his county for authority to apIxint .suoh d+uties, assistants or clerks,. statln~ b-f srrorn aagllcation the nu3ber needed, the posi- tion to be filled a?d the amount to be paid. Said apgllcstion shall be accoqsaiea by a stnte- ment shonini; the probable receipts frcx! fees, c~zmissiono end ccqxnantion to be collcotcd by said office during tIna ffscal year alla ‘the prob- able disbursosents nhlch shall include all aalar- is% ana e5penscs of ssla office; ana seid court shell~make its order a,uthorizing the appoint- ment of such deputies, assl%tants and clerks ana fix the oom2ensation to be paid them within the . limitations herein presc’ribed and determine the number to be apsolnted as inthe discretion of said court may be proger; provided that in no ease shall the Cormalssioners~ Court or any member. thereof 8tteqt to influence the apfiointnent Of .any person as deputy, assistant or Clark in any office. tlgon the entry of such order tho officers applyTn& for such assistants; de?utles or clerks shall be authorized to appoint theril; provided that said cox:ensation shall not enceod the -ma;rimun aaoirot hercinsfter set out. The coqeh- sation which may be alloeed to the deputies, ~assistnnts or clerks above named for their scr- vices shall be a reasonable-one, not to exceed tho following enounts : II . . . . a2. In CountZoo hov1nz a population of tven- Q-five thouoand and one (25,0.31) and not more l2x.n thirty-seven thoxwx?, five htizdrw? (37,500) hkLiilte~lts, first i?z;ris,'iant or chlcf depty' uot to CSCCC~~ 57~0 ITr.oilse?la 13013.a~~ ($z,or)o) per ammj OthcP easFstfXits, fhputies, Or Ol.cPkS not to OX- I cssil Sovcnteen XG.ndrod .Doilo.rs ($l’[gO) per amu:a 1 e2cl-L. . . . n /j “. '1. ,~ihc3 ahlary of',a stenogra&er for ii& Cnlzlty 2; The salcr-y of a clcx% for,tho Couz~ty .hage of Zcndoreo~ County camotexceea $17OC,;OO?er zrn~m and trust . Lo pala fmx2 the Of$'ficms Salaz-y Flt36 of the county.