Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
/
Eon. IfubertC. Wright
AGGiStGnt COUlty Attorney
w1llaog county
RapndVill.8, ??eXtUI
on onthe above statad
questionhas be
as follows:
esloners* Court
he is entitled to such additional
n, Is the amount therpsofecetby
d If 80 ad, whatsis suoh amount?
"3. II not so set, how and by Worn is
suuh OJeountdetsnnlnad'?
Hon. Hubert CL Wright, Pegs 2
Article 38S3, n. c. S., reads In part es roi-
lOPiS:
"Exoept as otherwiseprovided in this
Aot, the annual r8eS that may be retained
by precinct,oounty end distriot offloors
mentioned In this &rtlols sh&U. be es fol- -
1OWS:
"1. In OOIUIti8SOOntaining hrsnty rive
(23,000)thousend or less inhabitants:County.
Judge, Distrlot or Cr5.dnel Dlstriot Attorney,
Shsriff, County Clerk, County Attorney, Dis-
triot Clerk, Tar Collaotor, W Assessor, or
the Assessor and Collaotor of Taxss, TWsnty-
four Hundred ($2400.00)DolLare eaohl Justloe
or ths Paaoe end Constabla, delve Hundred
($l200.00)Dollera aaoh..,."
,
Section 3 of Article 3926, R. C. 8. as amended,
made as rollare:
Tot presiding over the Ccmm.lsslonsrs*
Court, ordering sleotlona and making raturns
thereof, heerlng and detsmPiulng01~11 (MUSOB,
ii any, end trenaeotingall other 0rri0ial
businsss not otherwIseprovided for, the
county Judge the11 reosl~s mh salary from
the Couety~Traasuryas the Ccawelssloners*
Court may allow him by order, payable monthly
from the Oenerel runds or the oountf, proxddad,
that In oountieshaying ~290,ooo,wo.00 eesoaa-
ed valuation,or more, end whioh ham estebllsh-
sd therein institutloesfor the uare of both
dependentand delinquent boys and girls, the
County Judge shall receive as sx-offioio salary,
not to be aocounted ror as i8tWt0r offloe, end
in addition to ail auount8 allowed under the
~.:eximum
FW ~iii, the r\dhor ``lll 0r $3.000.00
per ammu, payeble monthly out of the generel
lunds or the oounty."
Artiole 3893, 77. C. S. provfdes that:
The Gomissioners* Court Is h8reby debarred
rr0m allowIng compensationfor ax-officio services
Hon. Hubert 0. Wright, Page 3
to county ofrlclelswhen the corn.pensatIon end
excess fees whIoh they are allowed to retain
shall reaah the xmximm provided ror In this
ohapter. In oases where the oompensatIanaml
excess fees whloh the officers are ellcmed to
retain shell not reach the msxlmum provided .
for In this ohapter, the Caum1sslon!rs*Court ;
sha sum aaP.xnsationfor OX 0rri0i0' em-
vices tien, in their judwnt, euoh oompensa-
tlon Is neoessary,provided, suoh oompensatlon
for ex officio services allowed shall not In-
crease the oompensation~Oi~the%ffIoIalbeyond
the m of OcmnpensatIonand tUOOSS fees
alluwedtobs retainedby hla underthis ohap-
ter. Provided, however, the ex offiolo herein
authorizedshall be al&mad only after an oppor-
tunlty for a publio hearing end only upon the
aitinuetirevote of at least+&aeqmmbers of
the Commissioners*CourLw
Artiole 3891, R. C. S., reads In part as fol-
lows:
%aah ortloer named in this Chapter shall
simt out ~0r the ouIT(tntrees or his orffoe pay
or be peld theamountallouedhl.mun er thepro-
visions of Artlole 3683. together tith the sal-
aries or Ns assistants end deputies, and
authorizedexpeneas under Artlole 3899, and the
amount neresaery to oover costs or pramium on
whqterer surety bond may be required by law. 3.f
the eurrent tees or auoh office oollectedIn any
year be more than the amount needed to pa)-the
fmounts above 8pe6iried, Stme Shal.~be deemed
fJXC0SSr88S, and shall be disposed of In the namer
hereinafterprovided.
. "In oountles containing-twenty-fivethousand
(25,000)or less inhabitants,Dlstrlot and County
ofrlaers named herein shall retain one-third of
suoh 8``88~ fees until auoh One-third,together
tith the aIIIOuIlt8
SP8Omed in Article 38f33,amOUnt
Bon.Hubert
c. wright,Plug8
4
'-toThree Thousand aOl.lem ($S,OOO). Pmolnot
oitloere shell retain o--third until suoh
one-third,togetherwlth the ammt spsoifled
ia Artlole 9885, &mount6 to Foul-t&m Hundred
Dollars ($1400).....~
Theonlystotute nouinfom3erorc4rrlngdtrwtlf
to oompsnsatlondue a oounty judgs forpresiding over the
oommisRionem~ oourt is aulml~TlsionS, Art1018 S925, aapn.
Under ArtlolasSSSSand 5881, R. C. S.. the mrl- ~.
ma ?em $or the oouaty Jude. of Wlllaoy County ls Thrm
Thatlsaad(b,ocO) malam. Arttale SWti, supre provides
r0r00mp~etl~r0rer00ffioio smlaesd&arr&allusumea
thereof rhea thq acmpansation anll8x0(988rees maoh iho mul-
mm pnntiad by laws.
Tim CM Rundz;sdand3Unety-fire ($195.00)Dollars
ex ofrio monthly salary allmadbythoComi``loner8'
court oaapeaaeteethe aaunty#~&ge r0r presiding 0-r the
oowl~slonem~ aourt or&mtng eleetloas end lvlkfnPreturns
themaurbiandt-``inga~othstotfioialbus~annd
othemlse pro*idod iOr. _~
You am respeet~ullfadrlsed that it la the opin-
ion Q this departmsntthat the oounty Judga of Wllleoy
County is not entitled to oddktional oolapensaiiontar pro-
sldiag oter the aommf.seloners*ooart. Aswehavasmswamd
your flret queaitlonin the aegetivo, it is not aeoessory
that we answsr the questions Noa, 2 and 3.
Trustlngthatthe tmegolngansworsyour inquiry,
we rem&In
Very truly your8
AT!iVRWEY-RAX OF ,mXAS
APPROVES JUL 8, 1939