OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY G
AUSTIN. TEXAS
TQuwxebloB. Y. cauuliltgb*r
a0wy AudStqr
xevsrxocouatiy
Coralaam, Taxaa
opinionHo. o-2565
Daex ~“iX, R*: S*larfaa,o? afflaer881
mvanc afnintyee aHoat-
ed br dxop M po@crtlaa
oi salt3oounty kleu
60,000 aad amp rd rslttrr
tloa below $2O,OOO,OOCLOO.
m;aed apon thase iirate, geu a&k how tha salariescb
the aountyeftlaaxlrtwill bm tifeattdb xemma of the &Qg la
populstioa of nmarro aoturty to b&m 80,000 oaa drop In oulsop
valuetlentw balm $2O,OoO,ooO.CO.
Ed.exlarr et youx eountg 0trc2e3-8 Isma haretettwa been
psldin 86aorduneenpth th8 toX.lfmine
provisionor Artiale3891,
VemQn'% Anaetatedai7il statuteaof !raxa8,aa oaaatudbJ Aat
1935, 44th l~s;ialaturs,
p. 52, ah. 327, PaO. 1%
9fn 6ouatierP
aontcaialng mirty thswdaadand
one (bS,OOl)aad not ma% then on* hundred
thousand(100,000)inhabitsateaistrlatand
aountyoitioarsaaaacd herein fak8l.l mtilln 001-
third of sluohexoese~raea until suah ax&o-M :
tQ@bX dth the 8mOLUit ap0aitiei: ia m’bhti
3$83, amouatetw Irorty “e9er. &uxc¶risd
and Fifty
i-mllara (%750.00).*
Pectiwn13 of iartIcsle
3912e provldaain parts
~uthorlzw!! cmntl
It ahsll be Its duty to fix the
salasiead ell the fo1laringnewd oiiiaare,to-
nit: alwrlff,asaemaw and 8ollootm of team8,
ooultt judge,oolllrtyattwrwy, InoltadIllg
er&llIml
4Iet rIat ottornapaand oountpattoPrma rho
fora tha &tie8 of Olatxletrttornegrr, di%tx2""
6t
alark,owaty cl.ark, treama-er,hIdeaa~b~nIml
Inapratmr. Eaoh of se14 0tr106x*Jr 1 uaid
In mosey en mumal 6alwy In Wmlva lquel l*
Tll1936shaa~tioaQT ulariubar
the oftIa8x6Maad In 8eotIon13 oi hrt1sl.a
)plaa aa*8 wu* .fixad .and
:awd pprrokn
exist& on&t& 2br 1935, ritlirefamuw
to t&o maximm meow& ellwd ursh ettioarr
aid aaid lrfiolo prcmI6ed thart;
the mIdmar&
akoul4notk law Wantha totaluaaarrrb
~rsoqouatI6nby awh ofCIoff~fathaIr
affI8i81oapmItIas its the fiubmlIOU 19
. . * We rn oi thu opininnthat thu uUr r*;
fox tha oftlaaxawnad In 8astIon13, hrtiala
39m, aupxll In coantIrsk87Ixlg m pulation
of 20 000 inlLb Ita nt6
wx wua ,lu!lr*esth a n
190,& Inhebiteatr,Rooaw4ingto the lent
lnaanuohas lFaverroCoutg dms not now huva a
In exosm of @2O,O000OO.OOthet pert oi Scratian
vrjluetior:
13 or ArticleB12a *hioh pxwidms for 6 l$ inonerie In tha
e salcwieaof of~ioer~ terreach $1,00O,O00,00value
tion in mxaw4s of $20,0OO,OOO.0O,in aountieshaving a popa-
Ietieabotwaan37,500 sad 60,000would not be npplIaablr.
It ia 0~1‘opinion,therefore,that the oalariao
to be psid affiaersoi'Niavarrw County unt?erthe ebws quoted
provisionof section13 of Article3912a 1~ unaffectedby Ita
changein pogmletioafron above60,000 to belw 60,000 popu-
Fxon.E. T. cululln&harn,
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