OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable5. Y. Prestoa
County Attorney
Chlldraaa County
Chlidresa,Tems
Attention: fionoreblo C. C. ~OU&tGll
Dear cir:
larese cowltfr la
8 paid an sx-
aaloners*Court
uthorlzad the
e order settingthe %mrlfr~a
and a oopy or the order autholc
Lent or a deputy end his salary
to be paid out of the General Fund, are inolosed
herewith.
*I hate oheoked the atstutes oovering the eg-
polntoent or dimutica, and the recaa Or the Sherirr*s
orrios, and 1 oan not find my etstuts authOriZing
the comiisslonors~ court to pay a depnty 8hdrr
out 31’ the r,unerzal2-d.
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3onorahle $. i'. ?rsaton, raga 2
*it is ;ay oplnlon that such order is void.
I would ap-,raolnte'an oplnlon ZP~E you oh the
velfdft: sf t&e lnoloaedorder.
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The populationor ChildrsEa County, Texas, aooord-
lag to the 1940 Federal oansus Is 12.147 ihhabftants,and
es stetcd In your latter 1ta'oSflcersare oonymsntsd on tka
tee bsola.
IQttaie 6ai9, V~Pflan',S
&Qoti,tedTexas Cl~ll ?tat-
utes, reeds lu zart a9 r0ii0w3:
“. . . . Provided further, thnt lS fh the
c:inlsn OL'tho CouuiosIoners~Cmrt Sees of the
sherirr’s ofrlceare nat ruSS:cientto :ustiSy the
peymmtof salaries or ruoh deputies, the Commit-
sIonars* Court shall heve the power to uey sam
:ut LX tke ;:enemi Fund of zcld.count7.""
?ection 1 oS hrtiole 3902, %rzonqs Amoteted Texas
clv3.l which est.6the caxi~ 3alr;rles CU?deputier-,
Xatutss,
eaalatentaand olerks in oouaties'otthe claes oS Childres8
County, rundfias follows: ., ,~ ~
*I. In oountles harln;;a pofulatIon OS
txenty-ilve thcuaahd (25,000) or :cza iuhabltanta,
first assistaht.or&let deput? ziztto exceed
Z'f8htesnHundred ($l800.00)Oollara gc;retiaua; -,
.
other asa:atahts,deputlee or alerks ri3tto OX-
oeed Flftcez iiuadred(#l~OO.OC)Dollars per an-
nos each."
In ymr letter you do not state wcether tke deputy
sheriri eCpoiotecisac F?ohlol deputy of an ordlnmy Ceputy.
IiY the d0puty ap:3olnted was okief XaLut;. 3LerifS
it is cur opinion that the osdor oS ths Oourt alloWihC him
A saltmy of GlS0.W per contb (12 months or yearly salary et
such sionthlyIRW would be $1800.00)payable out OS the &en-
erai fund was wild provided t&t OS round in the order that
foe3 0r the sbrtlf~s ofrio Were3 insufxioient to pi;r ame.
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Fodorablo d. X. Peaton, ?alie 3
It the dey$y sppointed was not B ohief ;:t;rutY kls
saiary ooulcinot have kjen legally set at mm than .,:125.oO
per month (12 zconthaor yearly selary.wouldbc$l500.00).