Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

315 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Bonorazle J. M. Wlllla1118 county Auditor Tarrant County Fort Yorth, Texas Dear sir; Your request for 0 reasived and carefully aonal&re& by this qUOt8 fl’Oa YOUr request am follawr: 'b$b.&d.i`` department8 in County or Dia- triot tS$loes 11 reoeive not lerr t&ala @,5CO.- 00 per "&me the la8t part of first plr8&raph Ist the maximus amount of salaries of department ha&let” Subdivlrrion (h) of Section 19 of Article 3912e, Vernon’s annotated Texa8 Civil Statutes, applicable to OOUD ties hcuiw a population lu BXGBIIII of 1~0,000 inhabitant8 Honorable J. IL WillMtas, page 2 eccordlng to the last preceding Federal Census, and applicable ta Tarrant County, Texas, reads 13 p8rt aa follcva: “(h) Whenever any diatriot or county offi- oer, or prec&zt officer when such offioer ia compensated on a salary baala, vlth the oxoeption of district attomeya and crMna1 dlatrlct at- torneya, ahall require the lsrvloea of deputlea, aaslrtanta, and employee8 in the performance of hla dutiaa he ahall apply to the Coaaalsalsnera~ Court for authority to appoint auah deputlea, aaalatanta, and smployeea, atatlng by SYO~Aappl.i- OatltX the number needed, the pO8ltlOA t0 be filled, the duties to be performed, and the amount Such application ahall be aocompanied i; ?a%iient ahowing the probable receipts from Saea, o~mm.taaiona, MCI compenaatlon to be col- lected by said office during the flacal year and the probable dlaburrementa vhloh ah811 lnolude all salaries and expense8 of lald office; and said oourt &all make its order authorlrlng the appoint- awt of auoh deputlea, aaafatanta, and clerks and fix the COUQI8AtitfOAto be paid them within the llmitatlona herein preacrlbed and determine the number to be appointed as in the dlacretlon of said aourt may be proper3 proolded that In AO case shall the Commiaaionaral Court or any aWUber.thereOf attempt t0 bflM~Oe the appOlAt- arent of 8ny person aa deputy, aaalat(Ult, or clerk In any office. Upon the entry of auoh order the officer8 applying for auoh d8pUtie8, aaalatanta, and employees rrhnll be auchorirod to appoint thsmi provided that said compensation ah811 not exceed the maximumamount heswlnafter ret out. The maxi- mumcompensation vhlch may be allowed to the depu- ties, aasiatanta, or clerk8 above named for their asrvioes shall be aa Solloua: Virst Baelet8At or Chief Deputy not to exceed Three Thousand Six Hundred ($3,6CO.O0) Dollara per annumj one a8siataAt or deputy AOt t0 exceed %'hree Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollara per annum; other as- alatents, deputies, and eatployeea AOL to sxased