Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

Zonorable C. 0. k&ndcnhall
cowty Auuditor
Ghaabsrr county
Anahws, Totrrr
Dear Blrt oplnlon RO. O-6726
FLeg ConrtltutioAalit

Your raqueat ror 4~ opl
84 rouowr;

*fill1 you kindly
as to thl8 Act bei
0 Chanrbar8
751.1aooord-

ouzity in thir Stat4 whom
he lsrrt preobding Federal
wventean thoumnd, fire
leor 44~4~1 thowand,
than
County Judge nay, with
88loner8' Court, employ
t 4 ralsry not 4xaeabing
We Dollars ($125) per
fixed by the Zommla8ionere*
oouoty wernntr drawn on
County General Fund under the or&or8 or the
cond6rloner~~ court or 8uoh wullty,-

are are about sarenty-rive (75) oountier within
the braoket ret forth in mid statute and to
;?‘onoreblr C. 0. Mndanhall, page 2

whioh this statute i8 applicable. Said statute. i8 not in
vi014ti0n 0r 4ng pr0~1410n or th4 cofi4titUti0+, th0mor4,
it la our opinion that mm8 i8 oOnbtitUtiOnq,&

The hat Federal oonaua in 1910 ahow: the opula-
tion of Chamber8 County to be 7,511, thamfore 84 Pd Aot
appllea to uid oouoty.

Thia 8tatuto bmoaaa affootiv4 on May 18, 1915, but
your attention ia dlmoted to th4 raot thrrt, in our opinion,
the oaployaent of 4 itenographer or 4 olrrk iOr the b414noa
or thia year, 48 authori44d by said rtatute, would be aub-
joot to thr budget law (Art. 6894-9 - 6894-11, V. A. c. s,),
and that, in order for 4 atano$raphar or olark to be amploy4d
under the term8 or 8sid rtatutr ior the balanos or thlr year,
thr oounty budget would have to b4 amended in aooordanoe with
raid buuet law, 48 rat forth In euf O~iniona Nor. O-5164 and
0-5053-A. oopiaa or whioh 4ra onoloaed horswith,
iv4 trust that thir 44tirraotorily lwwer 8 your Foquiry.

Yours very truly,
ATi!OiUGYGMkRALOF T&M

BY

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