OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Euy 20, 1939
Hoa. 0. B. Carron
cotmty Attorn4y
county
xator
Ode66a,
Texa6
on tha above
thllt orrlae.
part* r0z.mf6t
a applicant shall da-
ng ree with the aounty
l r i?Ltg o r the application.
the County Judge attitled toa
u fee for holding the hearing upon
ia th4 6UitteTOr Eaib,tWli-
The next to the last '&wagraph or~i3eetimi6,
yrtle 23,of the TO%66 Liquor Co6tr0~ Aat re6d6 a6 rob
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Hon. 0. 3. 04rron,Bay 80, 1959, Psge,e
original llawo of any ala66 here& pra-
rldad, uoept Bmnoh Lioon6i6 anU Temporu~
L1046646 ahall be mtbjeot at the tiBe of
the heax& thereon to a fee of Fly6 Dollara
($6). wbioh ree 6hall, b7 the OoiintyOlerk
be depoalted in the County Tma6ury and the
applic8nt shall be ll6ble r0r no other reee
koept 6ald aprlloatlon m an6 the annual
u0.M. fea required Or hi8 br thi6 ht.*
The oourtm of thl8 #tat* lw+o'huM that pub110
0rri0f816 6847ahug ottw 8uah roe6.86 uo 0p0dri0*
.authorisedby statuto~ ana that the ra4t t&t the.bgL-
lature ha6 not author&d th. fee for his 6OX'dOi that
ithaajadwadutyti thopubll6 0fYi43al4006 notauthar-
I.20Mid 0rri0w to 6hargo l rec. The ooa6titutloa
rht6 the caapett6atlott or ugrtafn ofilou6, and authpriaes
the La~slature to provldo br law ior the oanpututatioaof
all other orr.ioer6,6em6ats;agenta and ~niblloaontrao-
tars. Pur6U.d to the ‘UthOrit~ thU6 Ooais~'~Wd,mmer0~6
6t‘tUteE h‘Ye been 6646 rbfttgfh0 OamipWtMtiOItOrVU-
:Oti OhEM Ot Of&6. Th4 power rxtthe lagl6latumJ
to rir the aOqmW‘tiott Of OffiOU8 i6 lf6Iit.dbf the
pro~l4ion6 of the oon6titutlott prohlbitlag the ~666484
oi bO‘1.r 6mid bW8iOrbidditlgthtt grrnfing~iUtl'8
ao6pen6ationror6e-mi0es4lro6~ronder~, and rixfag
the w 0~p4666tionor 00rtain 0rr104~6. m.6 P-Z
may bi d616gated by the X.e@rlature to the goy6rnlng boUle6
Or QOUIttiO6,anmi4fpri OO~OtVttfOM or uiEtrfat6, aad thI6
ha6 been &oM in YUiOU6 166t6XAO.6.
m hereinbefore statsd, the oaPp666ation of pub-
lic 0rri0em I6 rired by the oonstltution El& 8t‘tUt4t6,
#I otfloermay not olalwor Noelva q moner rlthouta law
iutbori6lng h5.mto do DO, .and slaarly rlxln8 the amount to
rhioh he 16 ent:tlSd.
An otiloer 1s not entltlea to any oaqmumtlon in
‘dd,lt:onto thatwhiBhha6 beentlred b~Uwiorthe+erlar-
EEIZJOO
or hl6 dutle8 of hl6 otfloe eyen though the oixap4ns4-
tion 60 fired is unroaronable or bdequate. He repPbe
requiredby law to pariOn 6QMiri6 6UYfOe6 6nd disoharge
additional duti66 for whioh no aopeneatloa I6 pmviA6d.
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&on. 0. 6. Sexron, Sey LO, 1939, 2~35~ 3
'ihe obll~xt.i,-nto perform sxh services 1s lm;;o?ed as
ircident to the OrriCe, :ind the CrriCdr by !.ls scce?tmce
thereof is deessd to have ecgsged to psrfom then without
cozpensotlon. Tex. Jur., Vol. 34, p. 507, 511, 515 ant
yj 5; Crosby Ccunt:.',C:ot.t+le
Co~..psnyv. :Ici;ermett,201 24 293;
z:cCalle v. city or RockL'ole, 246 5:~C54; Terre11 v. King,
14 'Y 2nd 76%.
The Leglslzture has speclricel:y ?rovlded test
Flvr Dollars sho,:ld be the only fas the a;plic-nt should
have to pay in oonneotlon with hls ap;lioetlon, exoept ths
ocnual lles~se fee rs@red by the Liquor Control Act, and
that tba sum of Five Dollars should be by the county clerk
deymslted 1~ the county treasury, and nblther the oountf
judge nor the aounty olerk would be authorized to charge
an additional fee ic oonnectton with said app:lcotlon.
* On Woreuber 8, 1937 anl April 22, 1938, this de-
prrtrant in passing upon the 98310 ,;usstion as submitted in
your i~;ulry held tbrt neither the oounty jud,q nor the
oounty olerk WRS authorized to charge sn aldltlonal See
in connectloc with the applicatloa and thet the. on:y fee
t?.ct could be sssessed was the Fire Dollar See provided for
by S8CtiOE 6, Article 2 or the Tees illuor Control Act
and that this See must be deposited by the county clerk
alth the county treesurer.
YOU me respeotfully advised that It 1s the opin-
ion of this Eeprrtment that the county Judge 1s not entitled
to a fee for holding the herirlng on h??lloc.tiona for beer
;;nd .slne retslltrs’ ~em1t.s and thct the county olcrk la
not. eotitled to a fee ror rlllnr such appllcatlon and his
clerical work in connection uith such a;plicetion.
Trustin thrt the for8gOing a5SueTS YOUr in?UirY,
we remln
i-our.9very truly
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