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.,;Al1. olif&lfi dd&.of colmty.ofii&~s
that are~required,bg.law to be 'approved bg the, : :
oomlaslonera ,court;'+nd wblah have bee.n.ao ap+ :
proved,. shall be ,m$de’pagable to:the cPunt.y ,_
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$idge end saiely kept and recorded by the toun-
ty olerk In 8 book kept ,f or thut purpose. ’ .’
lionorable R. V. Davidson, Attorney General’or Te&,
00.Deaeaber 12, 1906, ootistrued ArtloU 3575 or the Revised
civil Statutes or 1895, *hIoh Is almost Identical vIth’Art&,
ele 6000, Vi A. C. S., and held that neither a oounty .orfIaez,
nor the county vas ,lIable to the aounty olerk .for reoording
the 0rri0ial bond0r a county orriot3r adthat ltva8 the
duty'of the clerk to~reaord the orrlalals’ bonds vIthOut eh8rg-
hg any fees therefor, See 6plnIons or the Attqrney Gen?r+
of Tex8s, ..1906-08-10, pages~370-r; _., ” ....‘. :,,, (.. _, .. .
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.~. The:reaorgiIn& .or tKe oif&ial. bonds inqulx%d about
ws not ror the benerlt’ 0r the. Individual 0rrici3ra but are ror
the’,publIa.benerlt. anB It is the statUtO$y duty .of the olerk
under Article 6000, V., A;’C. 96,’ supra, to keep tid record’ “’
all OrfiUi8i bdnds of~aount~ ,orriOiak3which have been ap- .,.. :
proved by ti% aommlaeioners aour$ in requirement ‘-of lau. :,
4he atatute does not:pry+iribe any ,feeeto the olerk f’or per-
forming $hI8 sexylae.‘h. ._’: y”::,. .‘. ~,.
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Ue 8nsveS $ou$ firai que&~on’.in.‘i+ n&+~,
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1n +&e* !to ;Vo&‘~,&b&~&st~o~; Ii .ib. o,o&& ~~‘.
ion that the oouuty, Is’,nst lIsble *to the .alerk .ror ~w reoord-
ing rees and that it is .the @ndcit;ory .duty or the~.,olerk to
reoord salu orrioial bon@&.without Ch8rgin&:&UY. f-46ei8rerOFr
phe county clerk 0r Fayette. ‘county is under. the orrz0ers’
Salsrg L8v 8gd of aouz%Sqoeives it %.&ulai! .salarp,but,.~.does
not reaelve any ‘Ex-off1010 ‘
compens~tIon.~a
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Q&I~B~ Ro; O-2409 or’ihis de&&&& %s ~Ovi&&d
Onlyins&f8r as it aonflicts vith %hIs holdIn&’ ‘. ”
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