Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

oFFICEOFTHEA~TORNEY GENERALOFT- AUSTIN rfonorableGee. H. Shepperd comptrolleror Public Account5 Austin, Texas Dear ?Er.Sheppard: Gpinion NO. Q-%a0 He: Xey the conpensbtionof an additionalDeputy Clerk r0r the Court,of Civil Appeals ror the Fifth Supreme Judi- oial Dirtrlot be paid out or roe5 0r orriot3oolleoted ,bythe Clerk of that oourt? We have your letter of May 22, 1941, propounding ror en opinion by this DepartmInt the above&aptioned ques- ticn. Tour request is 85 r0u0w5: *You will please advise 5e whether or. not the oompensetiono? en ad~ltlonaldeputy my be paid out 0r r595 or orrio 00u5oted by thla Court, whloh are on depoelt in the 'StateTreasury. If this oannot be.done, you will please advise whether or not the Court has the authority to retain in their possee-, 51011ret38aufrioientto pay the salary 0r the additional deputy." Section 3 or the General Fmvlslons of the aur- rent Judiciary AppropriationBill declarea: "All fee5 paid to any 'Oourtfor which epp~oprletionsere made herein ar to any or the clerka, orricers or employee of.any such court, whether such re5s am ror Orri- cial or un0ff.l oial copies of opinions, or. for other serPioes or documents, shall be depositedat the cloee of each mcnth in the BonorebleGeb. H. Sheppard - page 2 _ _ Ge~eral~~evenue _ _ or the Fund ena 5na11 De oarrreaas a ._ State Treasury special aaao*nt _._ In said Fund ror the oourt aepoeitlng same, and none of auob fees &all be retalned,by or paid to said clerks, officers or employas. Eeoh court employe whase‘seleryis provided for herein, except porters, shell file with the Comptrolleret the end of each ?nonthen effldevlt showing that he has not retained any compensationout or any court fees or other fees received by,hin or the oourt dur- icg that month end showing.that al.1such fees have been deposited is tke State Treas- UY. The Comptrollershall.not Issue TV%'er- rant In payment of the eala'ryof any suc5 emp?oye for any month unless and until the etfldavlt required herein has been filed for that mOnth.* It 1s generallyundersto..d to be the rule that the L&tgIelattuemay not by a general appropriationbill repeal or amend a ~generalstatute. It Is not neces:7sry for us to peas upon the sufficiencyof this section of the appropriationbll to repeal or effeot Article 1833 of the Revi5e46IvIlStatutes or 1925, whIoh ArtIole de- clares: *Each Clerk may appoint one chief deputy. With the approval of the court .he may appblnt addItiona&deputies who shell be pbIQ out of t'bereea colleot- ed by the Clerk, not to exoeed $100.00 e month. gaoh deputy shall give bond to the Clerk ror the~falthfuldischarge of,his duty." Artiole 1833 has been superseded,however, In respect to the partioulermatter under oonsideretion,by senate Bill MO. 431, Chapter 2 or the 46th Legislature, Regular Session, Vol, 1, p. 619, dhioh reads e5 fOllWs: "SECTION 1. The selerjes of all State offioers end all State empl.oyees except those Constitutibnal State of- Lionorable Gee. H. Sheppard, pegs 3 Sloere who86 salariesare 5peolSieally SIXed by the Conetltutlon,shall be, for the period beginningSeptember 1, 1939, end ending August 31, 1941, in such sums or amounts es nmy be provid- ed ror by the Legislature in the gener- al appropriationbills. It is specir- ioelly declared to be ne of the In- tents hereof that the Legislature shall also fix the amount of supple- mental salaries hereafter,out of Court f’eSS end receipts, t.0 be paid to the clerks end other employees of the Courts of Civil A:peels',the Su- preme court end the Court oS Cr&Inel Appeals. "szc. -2. All law5 and parts ,oS law5 firing the salaries OS all State ofSlo,ersand employeee,.exoeptthose ConstItutIonalStete orficeruwhose salaries are speclfioellyfixed by the Constitution,sre hereby'speolf- Iuelly repeeled in so fer a5 they are fin oonSlIct with this Aot. -ItIs 6peoISIoellydeclared to be one of the Intents hereoi that any end all laws authorizing payment of supple- mental salariserrm 0o::rtreoelpts ana Seea to (-lerksend other employees OS the oourts OS civil Appeals, the Supreme Court end the Court of Criminal Appeals; 'arerepealed'In 50 Ser as they ere in conflict with this Act." Thb ourrent biennial appropriation for the re5peotIve courts OS Civil Appeals makee.no epproprle- tlon Lor the,DeputyClerk mentioned by you, and there Is, thereiore,no authority Sor the appointmentand compenaatlon'>S any Deputy beyond the two Deputle.5 epeolellymentioned In the epproprietlonbill and for whom speoliio salaries have bc.-nepproprleted. Honorable Dso. A. Sheppard - 4 we trult that what wa have naid au:'iioisnt- ly anrwm8 your Inquiries. Very tx1 y yours ATTORNEY GEWRAL CP TXi4S a/ Grover Selletis BY %AB Chairman FIRST ASXSTAR'T ATTCRlJRY GENXUI,