OFFlCEOFTHEAmORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSIIN
Xonarqblo C. J. *tide
a0my hator
mloe** County
Oorpur Ohrirtl, Toum
Dur Sir:
eta1 mb&Wmnd m-
heata roportior r*-
la Other Botlraand fiit~ pu 0-t of the time in art-
iw a 88n lotnal auletmt court nportar abang* the
&rtua of tbo amount o? nlary to be paid?*
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Honorable C. J. Wilde, h(le 8
ArtSaX 8W3 o? tha FLmlmd Civil Statutesprovides:
l'xaoam of lllnus, pros8 of oiYi&al uork,
qr unaroldablo dlubllltq of tha oiiioialsh~rtbspd
roprtor to perform his duties in rop0rti.n~ prooud-
lqs in oourt,the JuQ. o? the oourtmay,~lahis
aisoretlo4,lathorltea &eputy sb~rtbaadnporter to
lot duringtha lbssaeo o? uld ~f?ioialshortbsndre-
~portor, +u¶ said deputy lhorthmd reporter shallrey-
odrr, duringtbo timeho lots ?or said offlolal
sbortbmaQreportor, tha same ulary and raaa as to
tha officialshOrtbandreporter of 8aid oourt,to bs
id la,tbsmanner proribs for tba ofSioi81sbort-
c nd nportu; but the said o??lolslshorthml rt
porter sball alao %soslvohts salary in full 6urlng
said taporary dlublllt~ to aot. Tha nmoessltyfor
a aeputy offtoiml sharthn4 reporter absll ba Je?t
ontniy rlthln the 4lseratlan of tba Jualgo of ths
.
Thusit o lur lylp r s r r m tha sta tute
that ‘the
jud@a of theoourt has the ae@
soretlon an4 authority to nma
a aoputy she&than&npor$ar upou his flndl~ that the oiti-
elal amart rsportor 18 ill; 18 prosad by o??lelal work or
hem boom afmroidabll;l
ruulaed tumble to par?t+rmhis &&ties.
h Emma that tha pamon sorvi~~as deputy abort-
lmnd reporterimOlva4 in your iaqrriry was mad to mob post-
tlon by the juQ@ o? tbm omrt In uhloh bm is now senin&.
Taur 0 inian totpostprunmu that the u&g* o? the oourt ha4
no lTI ienoe before Mm thst the o??lola f shortbandroportar
uas ill* promeel b offloim&rork or aaavol6ablyron&W~ia-
oapebleor pm?6 nx rigthe duties lmposo4 Qpon him, St tb tiw
be sppointodthe doputrsborthasdreporter. Uhmtharor not
the o??lola~ oourt raporteuss ill, pressedby oifloialWC+?&
qr tuurol4ablynabend lnoa ble of par?omlng his &&to8
us8 a faot qu~stloa for the r Uge TV pas@ 8, and ‘IO pruuma
that ha aotd 0~0~ the ?botsmado knowit % m and that ho
lot.4 in6oo&?auh.. Our answr Mtw8ll ?o&wr th0nrom
that the deputy 8hwthaM keporter18 at Itied to tbm arm
ssluy an4 ?mes a8 18 provl48d for tb efilaialehortlmnd ro-
pertor ?or tha timelrrod by blm.
?!a p,ss noi to the soeondphau of your question
r.auiJagr
I.
HonorableC. J. 11118e,
Pa&e 8
*In otbsr words,if the dutLe8of a person 80
employ06were saoh.tbstfifty garb eont of the tlms
-8 ooaupSe4in other duties and fifty per oant of
the time id aotla&ae an lo tua llsslstaatoou+ re-
~tc$;sa(ethe st,atus
otthe amount of salary to
H lr o not sure that we fully understandthe import
ofyourquestion, but will prooee6 to dh9ouss the matter gen-
erally.
Wo ?lna no reptireoent in the statutesrhioh ukes
it mqhdatory that a shorthand reporter doroteany glwtn aurber
of boars to the duties of his o??loe. It is su??lolmt to the
lraaution bf the dutieslmposod upon him tbst be.1s~lvdlable
to the ,oqqptand liti6SIltS'fCW suoh srnlee Ss the a& re-
quir**. He it**& no tlotusllyexeautean latlve duty within
any oas &a~,, It su?floestht ha is svaIlsblo for saoh duties
as be .I8oallulupon to perform. It natunll~ ?ollowstha'the
mi&t'8xeoizt& the dutlrs of bin positionby working in hi@ o?-
floe an hoar uoh &*J or WOE by not appearingat the @our%
houses'taXi, We find no probibltlanIn the statutu against
h islnga(llag~ln atberwork, with or withoutsompsnrtlam,dur-
ing tho,w hours he is not actually reporting.
i
Wbwtlwr er not the deputy offloial shorthandr#poHOr
inroWe in your ia@- Ls.acrtlngfrrr the o??lolslsboM$an~
repcuAer',HOE tlbu&h ho sjwxls but fifty pox'sent of his time
lntbe sxooatlonof the duties irmposed upon blm, is a trot ques-
tion WblOh tbe.Leglslature ha uen flt to rest in the .hulds or
the jUdHdi(l* OS the 60urt in whioh he sSrVS8.
Trustingthat this dlsousslonMl1 aable you to
properl:p dlsposo of the issue boforo you, wo are
Yours very truly
APPROVXD SE?'?;8, 1,041
/‘I/ ~rorer.W.lers
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