Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Jaak ?. Hemphill Oounty Auditor Upton county BsWn, Taxa Dear sir: of thxd.- ad8 in part an inion on eaoh of . Ronorable Jaak F. Ilemphill, pego 2 Honorebls Jack F. Hemphill, page 3 Under Brticl66 3883 end 3891,Vornon*s Aunoteted Ci+iil Stabutoe, t ho 6mx26uunccqpsnrat;ion end the 6X0668 tebs %llowed to bs retelnsd by the county judge, county aad Uis- tslct o&irke, ecu&y attorn%y, aherirr, end ta~,e%a6saor- collector 16 $3000.00 each ~por year. The county offlalel.6 Of mid OOUnty.em n01 cOmpaB6et~d on an RIUZURl6alarjr bea$a. The tinimum @elary,-ef fall. raid county offioiels, sxooptin&j the auditor and the county oomml66ionors cannot br less then the total sum earned by ~6ach 66 oompsn~satlon by 6.al.d oftlcor in hia aeid otflciel capeoitg for the fieoel year 1935. Tho meximnrnsalary of seld Ofrid oannot be more then tho mexianuuallowed oech of said offioials undar law6 ati8t‘ing An&gist24, 1935, except that 6uch mexlmum may be inoree%ed one prr oent for .eaah $llOOO,O~O.OO ~veluetion or fraotional * part ther6oi, An exoaa6 of #l0,000(~00.00 .veluetlon ovdr an4 above ths ~ximum amount allowed saoh ofiiasre ~undsr lawtb sxistlpg cm August ~24; 1935; provided, how6War, no salarias oovored by 6eld Ssotion 15, supra; shall 6xoeed the 6~6 of. ~.:$4*~500.00. _~' ~' Honoreblo Jack F. Hemphill, pegs 4 we now cousidor ycur .QwEt~On wf&h roraronca tomthe animal salam of the oounty audtt~f. Soot&on 1 0r Sonete Bill no. 119, AOt6 or th6 47th h~iEl6tUFtl, 19W; providsbr Honorable Saolc B. Hsmphill, page 5 *xn oouutiee &l&~ the, rollowi& asseward ta3&a- 8ions, respwtival~, as &hmn by tha total.asssserd valuationa or all pxwpsrBi4r ~OertWlad’by the oowtf Honozwble Jaok F. Eemphill, pago 6 and 1484 than$30,000,000 not to exoaad ard411 williem8 A88i%ttult AHtAMM