OFFICE OF THE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GcluIC.MIllll
mlvmmT.a-
roooodla(p or the
county, ?8za8,
@as, la rouaa ala
od 8nd 08rrtod
for th8 first 81% '
aad thee0 hrlprrr ~
math0 or the yo8r.Q
.
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'Dow tba Coanimioao~~ Court kvo the
authority to make l $mp au8 8&f~FO&JriOtioA to
UL orrio ror thputy hisa u34 not 8plry th0
8mmmt to b 8p a id
l8oh deputy? Do08 tbr Co uAty
hA4itGF b sV0
llth Q Pt0it~
188Ue monthly wW-
MIltO t0 dO~U8hO mds? the &k08m1 t O21118
Or
the rbova rt*trd rlaute of the Coml~~ianrrs~
courw-
&rtiClO civil
b@o@, y8PCiCiA'cl Stntti88, prOYid88,
la part, m8 rallow8t
%h’brneVrr eaj distrlet, 0aon8y or pr8ciact
0fri00r 8baU roqalra thr,senlc48 of dspuSio8,
a86i88nn8e M obrk8 ib th+ pWfOmnDUa Of him
dutiO8 tie 8hal1 8p3ly to ti4 COWty COcPmiS8~O&erS'
'CotM or Dir county tar euthoriby tc aypelat
aaah dOQ,oticSS88iSt~Ultt8
Or dhrks, 8tatin6
by IWO~D a~pl&Aor~ tbs na?nbr neohl, the
position to be fill& and t&b &SOUDt to ba imid.
;6sib applloatlen shall be la~oapanled by a
ctotment rhowin& th8 probable rearigto rx0i8
rQO8, ~aai6#i01%~Mid eOUp@58tktiWI80 be Ool-
loot.4by 8ai6 of%or U\lrt&g th4 firs&l.Y.&i-
aa4 the probable di8barreiwat@WdGh still Lx-
01~64 sill salariss and espouses of said.asrice;
court or coy mmber th4-0r 4 ttampt to ior2usaee
t&8 a y p OiDtM O &f tl4 wr8Or, tS dE+lt~, PeSti-
tmat or alsrk In say 0fricO. Upon ths entry
or 0troh order the offiasrr ap9lyfn~s tar 6uah
l88~tWt8, dOji,ati@8 0%’OlO*S Oh@11 ?‘@,8PthOP-
ie.cl 80 eppefM fbra; provid8d that enid eom-
paasttian rball not sxs4ed ths wmxb~wa emunt8
~roinbrter oat* The ou5p6oatlom wblah
8ot
my br SC@th4 dWptii38, 484i4ttICt6Or
Cu@YWd .'
akpk6 tiborenaw4d for their 84PVl408 *Fall
be I rba8aeable oaq, 00% to 4seead the roimh ,
iOg ~Uao~n.tlr
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Prior tc th6 lnaotnest of ArtioLs 39O!:,.augm, tb8
OOUJAt~ Olorks d&erAbOd fOZ tbWWaVO8 tki4 qUWti0n Of 85.
,, and radr contxauts for their orwpsn-
Tharo 18 a0 lsagumga urafiin Artiols SBOP: i4diaatln8
florronble Loo Pro660~1, Pyr 3
that ‘tha86larlor‘of rueh d6putl66, rrrslrtaats
and olarkr
rry be fixad by ldVat6 a@%omont botwoon thr oounty olerk
and him doputler. Ontho other h6nd, by tho axpro pro-
vialon at 6814 lrtiolo, tho ooun~ olork is ropuftod to aaalcs
application to tb6 oomty eoauda6loarr8~court of his oounty
iOr cothority to appoint 8ueh dqmtloo, aoslrta6t6 6nd
Olork6, 6ktUag by 6vroral p p llOi% tl
the
lthorlz$ag
r
o n madad,
au&m
the pouftlon to be iillod aad the smount to bo paid,
6614 6ourt 8b611 me& it6 a r do the a ol~taont
-end
Oi’6UOb d6DUtiO6, 666i6t66t6 6nd ClsNt6 and fir t r6 oouipea-
66tlon to be paid th6a dthla ths llnititious heroin pro-
larlbod 6nd dotrrmino tb6 numbor to bo rppofntod 6s in
th6 dl8orotlon OS said oourt my bo ppopor.m
Tho Su;~rom6Court oi Tans6 lntha ea60 of El116
Count*_r. Thomprcn, 66 S. W. 43, ha6 unequlvooallyi3oadeumod
a8 ~ooafrwy to public polloy the fixlxg or deputies’ ra~6rloo
by prlvatm s~reoablltrAl60 6be YarylmS Casualty Compeny v.
W&o~~;O' S. I?.fr?ad) Ξ ~h;auarar
V. Uullipps, 107 3. ".
.
ThO Qoprsf66lon~r6'6OWt ha6 linrit6d&!?ludlOtloa,
and when otrtutory.arttbotlty16 given for the 6xsralo6 of
oartnin powarr and the porlonm66u of c6rtaln dutlok tho8s
detail~psrforaod
thorlt~,bmaer
an provided
* rogtiramntr mqet br ltrlotly to U6wed~a s d
every lsaential
l&i ths 6tatute. Tho only au-
whlOh 6 s&~srihmrr~ aourt aould arrlrt in
the lppaintmnt or th6 deputlss nam6d in Artlcls 390& le th6
authority owlerrsd thorala and could be oxoout6d 06ly in
tho Illlimtlr ~rascribed in the s&t&6. btcte P. Joh13600,&E
8. Y. (al) 110.
In view or t&o roregolnffauthorltirr,it 16 tho
oplnioo of this d@p&rtMnt that mur fist qUtb8tlOa6hould
br anewred In the negatlir.
Your
6.8OOfid quimtibn
shotid llk6wi66 be rnrwarsd
in the nogatlrs. A6 ~lr66dp
pointed out, tbo oommlr610ner6c
court ie glr6n tull authority ovmf the csr~ndituroof &and6
for oounty olmrkr to be psi8 4ol;Qltp 16y666 la Cb6~Offi66
of oounty alerk within tho aaxl?&u 1~3 ta tired by k.w..~The
appolatlrentbr 6pgUo6tlon to ati alth th6 eo66eat of-tbo
a6annl6sloneF6oourt la only to b6 o~foob6d nrter 6 proper
order authorlzlq mim 1s lakQ@by the 006md~6iOn~r6~' eb~ft.
&r said uourt, under thha tacta rslattrd by you, $16 a& apealfy
Ronemblo ko Proud& Aar 4
tho cocqoruatlon to be pal4 oaoh deputy oounty olak, a6 r*
qQir@l by ArtlCl6 8002, the Or86r 6UthOPiSirrg SUOh 4pgOLPt-
and
wnt 16 not tha pmpar OMIr, 66d la thwetaro of no Imoo
atfoot and t&r county quditor Co48 not hto tho wWbor;ty
to 1**ue monthly salary Warl’tmtS w&or the tOZm6 tb6,;rsOf.
T%usth& that bhe 6bbYo 6n6w6rS yJclxp inquirl66, ~6
rueth
Your* Tory truly
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion