OFFlCE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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the ooqxumatlon to be paid thea tithln the
liotitatlonahornin p,rssQrIbcd ariddOtsmIne
the ma&or to be appei.tie4se In the dIr.ure-
tion iS srid uourt my be groper: pmvltied
thet la no ctxsenhR11.the Comxlusiwyws*
Court or any member ther+of attmpt to Influ-
mot! the eppo9lntrmtof any person as wg&!aai~,
aesletant or olark in any ofrim. $oa.the
CSK?,T~
oi 6uch Order the OffiWJru mpplyI!I&
for suoh (~sslstanta, deputies or olerks shall
be authorized to appoint them; provtae4 bhat
said aac.peneatlat shall not lxaeed t&e maxl-
mum mount BerulMttar metout. The earapenoa-
tlon whiah nny 8s allowid to the ~deputIbs,
nas:stnnta ar alerks above named Ear their
semloos shall be a roseona&le one, not to
oxosed,the fallowing 6usvxmtst
*l. In oountles having a population or
twwty-five thoun6ad (S&00) or leue iababi-
tents, first essistsnt OP abid deputy not to
mxoeed Li@teen Ruedred~(#18~0.~0) Dollars
pet ennum; 0th~ assistants,ita fibs 0T clerks
not tf~ sxoed 4FW8eea lftmdred(rlSOO.001 DOI-
lero pnr snnum 6sch....*
'Ihelan l..pos*ouyoe eaaa elecatlvs '8Imoldl of
the county oertaln d#ilss commoted with bie'attlo~rrhioh
he ia obllpm#d to fsIthfullydlsuberg0 and.parfo~~~.Es
is msponalblo for oerteln aatr ai tla deputy; m&in She
ratter of attsndiae;to end periow~ the autls8 ef hlr,
office, tha law holCs him res)pnslble. Xi~nfduties oonneot-
ed with a public o?flae nuat naossaarilg be pertomU bl
olarloalworkera, asslat~nts an4 deputies, who eonsaqusnt-
1.y pe9l=fOr~ their dUti@S 60101r Wider the diTSatiOll Of the
prlaalpal *n of'tluo. ~epaalally 18 this true ahers their
Uutiee sre ncltre%ulatsctby statute.
%unty alerk deputies are oonaidsrrdpub&~ offi-
CQFB. 'i?la true senm they .performgovsrnmontrrl~~funotions,
sharing the rnsponsfbilitadirof~ios with thefr pritiolpal.
In our oginioa Hi5 01lG41, 4lreate4 to Ron, Tom
lkray,county At;tomey, &zarlllo, 'Paxsa,arittawby IIan.%I.
47. 3. ~-ia pl, izttorney
~reistant Ganexul, it wae hdd that
"the ccy;.~:iml::n@ra'crux-tof a county does not have the
autkqrity to ~?a% an order providing that no vaoations
with pay aball be allorPadany emplo~so of the oounty or
deputies ar astiistnntn of aouat7 offleers until kmd un-
leas ~N!I percons have b6en employed for a parlod of OIM
year. Suo!lordm, belnff.bb%yond the soaps oi ptxferand
suthority veatad ia the a~mia~tioaers’ crnwt, Is ultra
rims nnn vo:d."
Tjnderii*lcle 3802, eupm, the omqmnsatlon
which ia sllcwed to dqn&ies, uasi~ants and elerktr o?
the various aountp ofiicla~n fox their nsnlara h f$xe4
on an annual beaia not to exo~d the maxiapsrthsre1.n~
st0tod.
You tee rss+pecttully 8drlocrdthat it is t&k
oplnicr:of this deprrrtaent that the oomty-clerk haa the
aathoritp to,pay a deputy WI wgu.In~ salary during the
.+#tJ?@or 6th deputy f%m a~bys!ont due to aioknese
ox raaatioa for a reasamble length ot Wm.
Quang tlwt th? hregoln& fully anmnora your
inQUiXY, we xemln
very truly youra
A?l”‘W:W 0&2#E'RAL
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