gFFICE:OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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liable for -3. other lee8 eresgt said ep~lluatioa fee
an4 thtf’umuel liaenas $80 mguirod uf r&a by thir set.*”
ke wte that under the gmvieicna af.Article 667-01,
j.~.o.C., the county alark ts Cesifjllated ae the oollooting agent
$or the oountp cut6 that 130fee la prercribetl tb tke olerk tar hts
r~~lc88 in oolleetin~ ‘end Cepoeltizg the five ($5.00) dollare
~iacn8e tee. Yen are thereioN, ~Btioed thet such Pee is not ths
~&$otr~Z’Of fOS .thrt i# to be d~CQesite6 in the 0ffiQeX'U Sdl&~
.
The language t&the ebovo artfale pwlitas bnly 2'0~ the
4egosft 05 ~46fd fees ln the County Treseury , 8na the statute neither
lwl~wites the pextfuular eon&y tnnd~ into ahioh the fee shall bQ
-:lrpositod agr spcoflisa the purpose gor whbh the countp my erpend
the aacwwleto4 Yunll when O.QlleQt@d and deposited. It secmfi, how-
etef, that the &egZalotnPe intended.theare fess j by Uagoaft iate the
mnty Txw?+ux~, to be erailabl~~ror oxp~e&tXtarc by the eoudy Yor'
!ts general benefit. Thus, in the abse5o4 CY! aay'~epwiila ststu-
t4ry4lreation es to the gatilonlar paxpbse for uhtoh sue& fees are
te be ex~en&d ,Ud the ~ltrtioo~aE f~u?id FQ V&iGh depOc%it&, it is
ok opi13k1nthat 8aiw shbulu be deposited in the ~tmeral zunb or
the oounty~.