OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Jca Z. 2isbrr,
District &tcIn*y
hl hl@6tin4, %X46
.be4il 6UbEittPd $0 U6.
ttw that the pcpula-
t it *OUl& 666¶5 to,
fX&S6iOn4r6' COUXt
010 oulary In ad&ition to
In addition to the raer ot
hs Com~l66~onar6* court
8 salary ths tea per omt of
$ 88 this amaunt does not
anaea under Artiole
r oent frou. the
you that the Co~rdsoionera’ Court night
pay the 4ount 6y OD CS-OitiCiO 6&ihl'y ill M48itiOn t0 th4
t446 O? OfflO 4~ a&i aalarp ia aaaltion~to tha f6tr a006
sot exaee6the %axtm.u&. The county attorney oould ?&em hlra hi8
OWE 6tUnoqIlrpher,and pay,b4r kiim6eif, but -6 ik not b41iW4 that
tbors atatutac ref6b4d to iuthorizo the Cozmlcsionar8* Court to
86t Mid6 ton per oeat of tbe adinpu4nt t&ix46 or say otbar amount
to ?aao the odary of a 6tsrOtrapber for tba county attornsy.
Eon. Jos. 2. r'isber, ?a,-t 8
-e are *able to asa how a oounty 00~16 enter into r
contract cr agroemsnt to aet 46lda ten per sent of the delinquent
tax66 to pay the sclary of a etrnographer rcr the oounty attorney
w:thout oaid agreement being incorporated in, and becoming 4 part
Of, a au&tract entered into betweea the oouty and scmoone to
otrlleot dslinquent taxas. is stated in an ophiion, by tbe EGX.
Giem R**i:tWiS, sddrsoso4 to you CC =une 12, 1939, wblob ~4 quote.
13 part as ~ollow6:
"Articla 7XXia, Revlscd Civil Xstutu6, places at)r-
taln llnAtatl.:ns upon such po*:car ic contract,. A6 said
Sy the Coztrds6ion of kppsais in the caac cf asterwo:rd
vs. f",cndersonCounty, 62 -. i.. (2d) 66, *The power to
provic;e for tba coll4otlor of delinquent tare6 and pree-
crlba the ocxpancatloc to be pald for servlasa rend4r6d
In tLat respect resides erolusivcly in the Legislature
exoept as given by statute a 'acmdssioner61 oourt
ia'&eriens to contract in tho respsats mxitionsd.~w
It 13, tb.eretore, cur oplnlon thet the Coxz5sslonorsq
Court ;rf jasper County doe6 not have tts autborlty to set saida 354~
per cent of the d4linCuont tax46 belonging to the oountp to pay
the salary oi a etenographer for the oounty attorney to 6s6i6t
In the tiling of dellngtent tax 8tit6.
~;e trust that this anrmora your inquiry, vi6 ac4
Very truly your6
i, grTDIzL:::.Y
GF.rfRAL 03 TSXAE
By 3&Ccib@ *
4issiatent
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COMMOTEE