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Hr. 0.8. oerrem '
Couaty Attorney '
Wwssa, Texas
Dear Ur. Gwrroai
OQlafon ml. o-87
Rsr Title of Ex-ol'fiofosalary
oonstm~tlon Artlale SQf&,
&&ion 15, applicable to
EQtur county.
Your rwquest for dn opinion ptrtalnlng to
owrt~in quwstlona propounded in your latter of January
2nd has bean reaelred, the question reading ao followa:
*Are WQ, a0mp Attorney and CoulltJ
Judge entitled to be paid an annual
salary of 83,OW.OO plus the l$ men-
tioned aborw provided thw Conmissioners'
Court should so detenslne? Can the
ComaLaeionars~a0uFt pay u8 some ex-
oifioio salary and allow ua to make
OUT - 8d~ry out of wxuwss ri3d-
I am herewith attaohin(! a copy'of an opinion
medewd by thd Ron. 3ooottGaines, a iomer Assistant
Attorney Oeneral of this departmwnt, uhder date of
Deomaber 11, 1936, whioh, In my opinion, would apply
to LEetarCounty, as%Udnq that Eator Cauntp ha* a pop-
'lation of lees than twsmty thousand inhabitant&
In rfew of tke attaobd opinion no SX-O?~IOIO
loapasatlon in the foam of ulariea or feda oan be
alltmed by tke OanmUaioner8* CouTt emept order the
pro+lsloat~of Artlolw 3895, as amended, now in sirset.
It ie my opinion that the one permit lnareaae
mentIonad ia Artiols 3912e la Seation 15 ir allmad la
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lddltlon to the salary in whatever amount within the
prorision~ and aidmum under Artlale 3883 and naxlmtm
al&owed, the court awes propwr to fix.
The ccurt may deteralne this amount, then
add the one peraent inoraaaa as fired by the oounty's
valuation, '#hiohSUB of the two amounta shall be d&-
sigated as the annual salary in the order passed by
the oourt umier the pr6visions Of seotscn 15, JWt1010
39124%.
.~, Yours rrspeotfully
~ATTORRET O'ElQ$?AL
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