Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable5. Y. Prestoa County Attorney Chlldraaa County Chlidresa,Tems Attention: fionoreblo C. C. ~OU&tGll Dear cir: larese cowltfr la 8 paid an sx- aaloners*Court uthorlzad the e order settingthe %mrlfr~a and a oopy or the order autholc Lent or a deputy end his salary to be paid out of the General Fund, are inolosed herewith. *I hate oheoked the atstutes oovering the eg- polntoent or dimutica, and the recaa Or the Sherirr*s orrios, and 1 oan not find my etstuts authOriZing the comiisslonors~ court to pay a depnty 8hdrr out 31’ the r,unerzal2-d. .. 3onorahle $. i'. ?rsaton, raga 2 *it is ;ay oplnlon that such order is void. I would ap-,raolnte'an oplnlon ZP~E you oh the velfdft: sf t&e lnoloaedorder. *. . . ." The populationor ChildrsEa County, Texas, aooord- lag to the 1940 Federal oansus Is 12.147 ihhabftants,and es stetcd In your latter 1ta'oSflcersare oonymsntsd on tka tee bsola. IQttaie 6ai9, V~Pflan',S &Qoti,tedTexas Cl~ll ?tat- utes, reeds lu zart a9 r0ii0w3: “. . . . Provided further, thnt lS fh the c:inlsn OL'tho CouuiosIoners~Cmrt Sees of the sherirr’s ofrlceare nat ruSS:cientto :ustiSy the peymmtof salaries or ruoh deputies, the Commit- sIonars* Court shall heve the power to uey sam :ut LX tke ;:enemi Fund of zcld.count7." ?ection 1 oS hrtiole 3902, %rzonqs Amoteted Texas clv3.l which est.6the caxi~ 3alr;rles CU?deputier-, Xatutss, eaalatentaand olerks in oouaties'otthe claes oS Childres8 County, rundfias follows: ., ,~ ~ *I. In oountles harln;;a pofulatIon OS txenty-ilve thcuaahd (25,000) or :cza iuhabltanta, first assistaht.or&let deput? ziztto exceed Z'f8htesnHundred ($l800.00)Oollara gc;retiaua; -, . other asa:atahts,deputlee or alerks ri3tto OX- oeed Flftcez iiuadred(#l~OO.OC)Dollars per an- nos each." In ymr letter you do not state wcether tke deputy sheriri eCpoiotecisac F?ohlol deputy of an ordlnmy Ceputy. IiY the d0puty ap:3olnted was okief XaLut;. 3LerifS it is cur opinion that the osdor oS ths Oourt alloWihC him A saltmy of GlS0.W per contb (12 months or yearly salary et such sionthlyIRW would be $1800.00)payable out OS the &en- erai fund was wild provided t&t OS round in the order that foe3 0r the sbrtlf~s ofrio Were3 insufxioient to pi;r ame. . , ” . 3’ c- c- r. Fodorablo d. X. Peaton, ?alie 3 It the dey$y sppointed was not B ohief ;:t;rutY kls saiary ooulcinot have kjen legally set at mm than .,:125.oO per month (12 zconthaor yearly selary.wouldbc$l500.00).