OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable C. J.
County Auditor
maces county
Gorpua Ghrlrrti,
Dear Rr. Wildr :
we ha?. your
whfoh you aall our atto rent aonfllot
opiaion8 X8. 04846, G4 whloh you hare in
your pollrearloll.
8 brierly a8 fO11OWS:
..::~~
,~
..:>,,.
.,(
.,
,I::
.',
we.',
.'~
,<.,*,+- 8ub8teme, that lr
r the fiscal year 1038 end not mom than
110~ed 8UOh OffiOer8 U&F bbW8 8Xi8tiBg
ty into a hi&her population bM0k.t (LO set Out iti Arthl.@a
9883 end 88891,V.A.C.8. (100,001 - 180,000), and notid have no
Honorable C. J. Wilde, Page 2
effect on the compen8atIon to be paid tbe ralary offioeera
of auah aountg ror the year M41i
Opinion NO. O-2560 holds, in substanoe,that as
LhBtOne County
aomes within the 37,501 to 60,000 pop&a-
tlon braoket (according to the 1930 Federal Census) aa pro-.
Vfded in Artialse 3883 an4 3891, V,A.C,B., and abo oomiw
rithio the 20,000 to 37,500 populationbracket (nocording
t.6the 1940 federal Census) and baa an asses&e& valuatfon
in exae88 of Fifteen kSlllionBollars, as provided in sea-
tion 13 of Artsole 39120,