OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
oplltloR no. o-
m: CtfiCCllW
of OQuKt
stated.
*orable John C. Marbuqsr, page. 2
"(2) What lo the mlnlmum salary that is lr@.ly
raqulred to ba ilxad by the. Ckuml~i0new~8 Coplrtof
Fatjtte Cow&q for the County Attorney undo the ~emnt
opliironno. P4op (Conrwwloo optionnlfo.3053) or
thir department 8 copy of ublah i8 ~nOl08.d hwawlth, -8w6ra
your flrxrtquoClorr in the ~affinaatir*. The ease of VJader ~8.
Naoogdoa&em County, I.40 S.W. (2nd) 972, oited by you in your
briar ml80 supports thi8 holding,
hrtiole 3883, Verntm*o Annotated Tena Ciril Stat&u,
redo in p&t, a8 follower
wEampt a8 otherwise prorlded Ln this 'Aat,tho.umml
f6as that amp be retilned by grdnrt, oounty mad dbtri8t
olw.Qnr aaKtloKed in thim Artia1e #hall bk 88 to11ornr
-. . .
thoumad, flw Jmh&d (37,500)iahmbitant~~, rad L nhlah
there 4 ~no oity matclU twuity-fiw thouaawl (25,aaO)
inhabltmntrt Ooonty tuilgo Dlatriot or Grlmlxml Dlrtriet
Attamoy, Sbrlff County Ilerk CountyAttOrneys Matriot
Clark, Tax Oello~or, Pax A88o@~or, or the Aa8888er and
colledos of Tu~8;TwaK*-6mrmK mJldl!edmad ritty Dollar8
($27501oaeh; t . .”
Artlal* 3891, Vormmt8 ArrnotatedTua8 Olvll St8tuto8,
rma~m in part am follower
“Faoh otiioa nam6d in 'Oh:8 cha@W @h&t fh@t Oat
tafth@ aumant t-8 of hi8 oiflos pay or ba paid the
amount aUewekl Win undoz the porWoar of Art%010 3883,
to&mthor with the ularlo8 of him amm4tant8 aridd8gotlm8,
and autha:isd expanse8 amtar &tlolo 3899, udi t&e amount
~mo~msuy to oofmr oomt8 ot prmlui!a OK ulmtaer 8oroty bon&
may be repulrodby law. of tih0ottrrsntb-8 0f 8aoh esrioo
@oIlmete& in acryymu be ee then thd mamtnt nod04 to
pay thm ataouutm abare a ealfled,aamo shallba deemad
axmem iman, and mhall~' .o diapoae& at in the mar
ii horein-
after provld84.
n. . . .
Honorable John 0. Uarburgar, page 3
*In counties oontelnlag88 meny a8 twenty-fir*theumand
and one (25,001) and not more than.thirty-saventhouuad,
five hundrsd (37,500) lnheblfents,dldriot and.oo!pty
offloam named hersin shall retain one-thirdof rueh e~eoas
f.08 tuttllenoh one-third, to@her with the Want rpeoltled
in Artlols 3883. amounts to Thirty-fitsHundred Dollar8
($3500).. i .n-
r,sotlonI,3of Art101e 391ie, Vernontk Annotated Texam
CivilStatutes,roads Ln part ns follaM I
Y3Bo. 13. The COfW18SiOll43r8'&-A&.__illWUILtf@b@
_--. _ _
having a populstlon of twenty thouearA~(20,000)lnhab~tUtt8
or m>re~ end less thsn oae hundred and nineby thoueand
(190,Oob)lnhabltenteaooording to the &art prwedln&
,Pedsral Ceuue, la hereby authorined and it shellbe it@.
duty to Six the aalerler of all.the iollowlagnuad~offioora,
towltr~ehorlff,a88e880r aid oo~eetor of texep, QOURty judm,
oounty attgrney, lnaludin5 orimiati dlmtrlot attorney8 &
ootinty attornoyewho psrrormths duties of diatriat attor-
neys, dktrict clerk, Qounty dlsrk, tr688Wot, hide end
Mf&d ill@Q@UtOt,!3kOh of raid Otf100ZO @ha= bo pa
in mamy aa Ann-1 @al*Ty ln twebe (12) epti irut~lmultm
of net lbS8 thenthetotal eW samedam GeqUrratlap.by
hfi~in hi@ OffiOf.61eep8ltj io@ the fi@d TeU 1935
8~4 not tire than the 8t~lmtaQ mcUnt alhW8d @U@h CdW
L& r la wl 8x 4 tlng o nAu g u 8t . ..*
24.19351
1935",tOl! the ptWpO@e Of arriring at the WiSIm Oa1EZ~tto be
paid the aouaty #lttorn~~,t2latthe aeurt8homld
00atat@d~6S%~
dadriotfrom thr total oompsnoatlonounad, wlleote4 and oneel-
leoted, the (LX lem Sor the otilee for the year 1935, whlah
werpolemlly al?lowed by the 00~88f0ll0~8' eDtlrtiOr th6t y'ers.
You state in your letter that there mo &O doduo-.
tiOLW tOP Oft100 ~elU108 in 1935. YOU h6W a&IO aTOll IA@iOr-
ther tha lni’onmtion by t~h@Oll@ that the WnUIty 8ttQZ'IWhad
no a@@f@t8SXtIn 1935 and no 6%pt3Ik@e@
oil&floe ln 1935.
The 1930 Federal hll8W ‘and not the 1940 Federal
&ilStU 18 atWf@l t0 YOW @t?Omd @UB@tb& $cM opioi~n NO.
o-2582of thlr de rtment, e oopy of wh.lohf.8 e.lMoeed herewith
foryoWlnfonnton.r
.'-
. Opinion
on tne e
aa.mry
X;o.
- .O-ll91
. of
_~~thla
A~&~
or tne goumy aztornsy of Taylor County (a
counriy:;svlnga populrrtiofl
of &1,023 inhabitantaaoeord-
in2 to the 1930 Federal Cen8us end uhers the county
attorney's"firrt nmXllnum" w8s a3,500.00 find.
the "full
CW.S~U@,"WQS $&$?w.OO under l~?wSOXiOti~ Au@mt 24th.
1935) paesed on a quqetion analogous to pour puaatlaa.
i;equote ?rCm mid C-FiXliMa8 ?O~apS~
n. . .
"You do not atate In your letter whethar or not the
mlerias cf your assistants,lf a ny,a n( al ll luthofimd
expenses of your oKloe, for the year 1935, hms bran
dbductxd frxi t!m fmocnt oS'your 5~u38 sslrnLng8 for
the .vwr 1935.
*If the *urn0r $5401.19 reperentr tbs mmnt earam
by you ee oounty attorney in the jeer 1935" rftar dduating
8ak1rl0s of as8f6tadDt if any, +nd 'authorfsedexpoa608 Of
ofSloe, fos the year 1935, t&n in that e~@uk,youark oorreot
In your aonatructlonof the lew WI four salary should be
w33.35.
*If, hOHW=, MhTiOO Of YOUS a88:8tMt8, if 64,
and authorlseddqp3u1e8, have not been doduotQd iros tb
total of your grors earnings,then the raarr"$hpold be
deQuuted, aml ~theame rule of conmtruotlon be appllod S$
dstsrmbiirg~thaamount-of your aal8ry. Fa exampI*, ii
fmlarlss of your 688i8tnnt5,if anr, aad authorlaad
expsnaes of offloe, for the year 1935, aaountod to $1500.00
(FifteenHllJldrdDOmW), and th4 &?OSS -X'll~@ Of YOU
orrloe WUFO 35401.19 thaa it would be pro or to deduct
!$1500.00rran $5401.~9, making the mm of 1 3901.91,whlah
would be the amount earnad by m not DP tha offlaa.
four fir@t maxiaim of 33500.00 would ba deductad from
our tI6b.learninga of $3901.19,lawin@ 8 balanor or
401.19, am exoqasfM8.
So The $4Ol.19 arosclsfree would
be dlvld,ed by that and you would be entitled to OnCthhd
or these hem, towitr the mum of $133.73. Thfd amount
'added to 43300.00 wuld be 33633.73, the amount Of *alar)
you would be entitled to under suoh OWt~itf&l@.
Honorabla John C. Marburger,pago 5 -
or said oplxllonror your in?orastlon.
The *rime rsauua* allowed the acuntp attorney or
mystte County under Article 3883, Y.A.C.S., ln1935, waa
750.00 per annum. Under laws exis.t$ng
.*:, in 1935 undu Artla1.s
$s41, Y.A~.C.9.. he was allowad to retain one-third or axae8m
tee8 ebove mid $2 750.00 ppariaurmuntil raah nt~e-thirdamesa
r68S and the $2,75&.oo rim. maxisum 8mounted to the second
0r run lEQLLrrmm0r $3,500.00
Xn tumwer ~tiyour mccnd $aortlon It 18 our opini~
under the raats stated t&et .theooPeia8ionCs* oourt of Zayette
County is legally rsqulred to set the salary at the county
attorney or Pay&to County at not 1088 than $3.193.40 par 1
annum and not more than $3,500.00 per annum.
vary truly your8
AiTaRwzy CENERAL OF TEXAS
By (Sigrml)WM. JL;.FwT
APTZOYXD IAE. 8, 19l.2
.
(Signed) GROYEX S'TIL.F?S
FIRST At?SIS'f'~ATTORNEY G-
A?TRC!PSD
Or-fBfOl!l
COkt%l'%TEl!
BI B.FI'.B.ChairmM
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