Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonorsble 0. f. Ml&r
UoantyAuditor
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UorpusUhrlati, T*ur
Dorr 8l.m
g l p o y llr tlo n o f 9 1 ,71 4 ,
braok&, la tbrt it ha6
L~S rx643afng 360,000,000.00.
ion in the roar 1935worn in
,000 thantore, thr Ootintt
( pi& in fhb fW OffbJr 01~
wea sntltladto reorlvo 14$, or l$ for la o h
one aill$onor frrotlon theroof,over md abon
the IIUX~SUJB
r#unt o f#6WO.O0 lllourdu&Of
&tisl~.394Sla iooordsnoe 4th aa opinion rbn-
derrd by your oftlo..
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“ArtI8le 391b& Sootioa 6; #t&or 'Zt 8ball
u, -be the duty of all offlow to ohrrge end oolloot
mm In the 8~8~ manor suthOrIxrd by 18~ all fro8 rnb
sodrrIonr rhloh41) pwa.¶ttod by la- to k l88@ 8-
rb 8aa 001180t*a for 811 0rribid aenlae portoraod
b7 thaa 48 an6 when ruoh ie8s era oollsotrd thar
Shallbe Argosited in the Oiilosrr 8alrry?ua6or
inad8 provided la this rtot.'
With thlr provI8Ion Ia aInd arb ~8 not aor-
root IO aarumrpin(l
that any rea oollroted by the
Oouaty haaaurer rroa the Dr8Ina@ DIstrIot 8horrld
be Urpoaltod fo thr offiaarr ralary iuadt*
Xa our oplnlon Ro. o-2940, readsred Daorrcbmr
14, 1940,
and round on pago 359 of the Annus1BepOrt of the kttorney
Cenrrrl for l940, we held th&t
** l * where the ooaal8rionorr* oourt bar
88t and ilxsd the 8alarJOS the oounty trarsurer
uaber thr protlalonm cU the OfflOera' aalar?
t89, hOt:OB 13, -tiOh 391-, verIiOSl'8 ohi1
StGutr+ the tre88PrOr 18 no tltltlml to rw
tala mm him OWII, 00aal8810n8 all01~0A hln MAOr
th0 provirlo~qf Artlole8148 of a8-W &tatutaa
(rslstfag to ooamIrsIoa8 for rsadrSag8nd dim
burrla# fuadr of drslacgo dl8triotr) but 88~0
should ta pal& into tha 9fftoers* Sal8ry fund
rroarhlohb* drrxr his la h r y,*
your reoond rrqurrt statoar
r+ + +*
7iuroer QoPnty, prior to 1940 had 8 populrtlon
of 81,774, thI8 &Ing the aiflolal oensu8 OS the
;Irar 1930. On&r the 1940 ooa8ub Xueoor County
0r st,681.
hsA 8 populatloa
a * l 1 ,
qnder thb 1930omnsu8 of 81,974,Bumor@bounty
oom08 In the gopulatloa bracket or 37,F~O0laA 1088
than 60,OoC lnh8bltantr through*hIehbrrokat, Ufitlar
:
a
Ronorabl8 0. J. Fildm, ?sdm 3
Art1010 5885, fro o fr io r*ro
er 8 latitlod, •88~5i-
iZIg Of OOMO* that it us‘ earnad, 8 nrxira~llOf
~4,280.OO. ttlrn~UOO.8 oounty lama the br8oht8
of 60,000 to 100,000 the maximrm amount sllowmd
roe orrioerm ~0~16 k Sr,r9o,oo.
*On AtAast 24, 1938 the fee OrriOarB or
Zh~8008County, bein& In thr populrtloa brrokot
oi 37,901 or lesstbaa 60,000 rmoolvm4 l msxi-
0r *4,280.00. wouldthis88~m a0
3t~8i otrioer
MdSr the 1940 OSUSUB, whlah B0V.d the Sm. off:-
oer In Aueoo8 aounty to the population brroket
of 60,000 to 100,000 b o latltlod to the maxi-
mua aaiouotOr $4,980.00, thisbsingthe lXiBt:Ilg
ilU Oh AU&Tint84, m%6, for OOUDtieB Of thti Sb?
*In meld Artiolo 391~it, sootion 12, for
orrleerm in tbo braekrt Of 97 500 and less than
tSO,OOO mre allow8d. In addition to thissaxlmum,
aa lnormasm of 1% per dlrOOO,OOO.OO In 8x0088 0r
Q20,000,000.00. Aooordlng to the last pnooodlnd
8~QroV.d tax roll. of 8uOhOoimty %U tha OSW Or
1Woes County, the vslo8tlon in ths year of 1935
MS Q33,4lS,?b4.00, whlahwouldrllorthe i.0
orrloer0r mOo*r couatr en laonsmo or 14$ over
sad lb o vathe muxhup amountrlltimd the fee otfi-
oer in 1926, brrmd On the OOUBUS Of 1920 apply-
Ina ~b::riueommCouaty.
“IO othrr w&l# doe8 the- too offloor who ln
thm mar in tbm 57800-60000 pa~ulrtfoa
39511 mm8
braa L t rmm8Iu in that lsr a a br8okWfer sub8rquont
psrr, or born8ho with the ohemge la pOpdstloa in
the ymmr 1940 0omm~8 amvo to tbo higher br8ok.t
and be oomp8n88tod rOoordin&l``g
‘In our Opinion Ao, O-2544, dstmd August 6, 194O cad
8ddrSSBOd t0 YOU, rapmtrd OA m6. 83L)Of the AMU Report
of thm Attorney Canoralfor 1940,u8 oonsldepd tk fret that
thm 1940 OOUSUB ha6 rrl8rd #UOO88 OOMty ~biS$ of the 39,80+
60,000 018Sm in 300tion 13 0r hrtlolr 391ee 0r v~raods ano-
tated CivilStatutesBIIdhod loft it ‘Ubbjeotto tho maerr
prorI8loam of thisseation rrlrtlly to oountlea in the 80,000-
I Hononblo0. t. wild.;PS@O 4
190,OOo01888, fn this O&~inion 10 held that 88 8 romoit of
the rl88 la poQulstIoa, tbo 00nrm18rionorm" ooart oould no
longer 866 on0 par ornt for ueh one ~llllon doll8rmr8lu8tion,
or rrSOtiOA81 part thereor, la ax00880s tumty mlllIoadollerg
v8lurtIoa, over'8narbovothr marlmumamountrllor0d oouaty
OfriOerBUIidtW 1818 SXiBtiag OA August 24, 1936, t0 th. 8818rimB
0s ruoh OffIOOrB, 8Sa ~0 ruloa that ofrIo8rm who 8ro OOapmBated
On an ``81 8818rf bSBi8 lhuUldbm PSI&
** * *an 8nnualrrlaryIA +elve equalmoathlr
inSkm1~&8 Of Dot 1088 th#U th0 tOk1 BUIS l~r r d
88 oospensatIoa by tbun in their OrriOiSx 08p80:t~
iOr the fISOSl YSSr 19% end Mt ..aOrOthenthe
maxlmua wouat 8110wod suoh orrlosrr under laws
On du&Ut 24, 1938."
lXiStintJ
fn Ojddon h'o. O-2882, d8kd August 14, 1940, and rw
Fort*6 0A page 248 0r thm AnnualReportor the Attorney cemrsi
ror 1940,we dca&t with 8 SitUlltiOll relstlroto the **1srie*
or OrriOt8rB 0r Travis county,mhrro the popuxrtlon 0s that
oouatfhad Saoreamod froa W,W7 inhmbltIk&B ln 19!3O t0 110,686
inhabitants IA 1940. ThisOQIAIOAhold8that the OhSn@ La
POpUlStiOa ha8 A0 OffSOtVJhStSO@V~r UpOa the MXk~tlnSlOWit
8110%84 8UOh OffiOOrS under law8 OXiStiq On Au&tat 24, lOSti,
and thatsnohSlOUtlt 18 th8 011,811OWOd OOUrltieB la Oh. 60,001-
100,00001aSS, t0wit,$4,760.00, end not the aaouut prOTide
for COUlitimBIn thm lOO,OOl-130,000 olasr,towit,@5,800.00.
In our OpinionNo, O-2660,datedAugust8, 1940,
and rrport0d on page 2U or the Anauel !Mport of the Attoraq
Conersl ior 1940,w dm#lt uith 8 OOaVera0 SitUStiOa in uhloh
thm lD40 o8n8us reflsatrd 8 dmormsmo fa population with 8
oonmmqurat drop fromon0 popal8tloa breakat to snotharuadar
Artlola 3085 an6 ?Ml, ‘Iid w. ral.6that the d@OrrBB~ in POPU-
18tionhS8 no lrf00t oa thr maximum 88lBri08 8ii09i04 lra9narat04
orrl0Orm under l8wm mxlmtIag on August 24, lDZi5.
X8 ima1thatthm8.OpiniOAS,~
OOQimSOf whioh(I-
lnOiOB @ O
d,
Ontr oLOUT
l QUmBtiOlA. OA Aujy‘t 24, 1928, HU0008
COMty h a 4 l pOpU.htiOlr Or SiBma 8OOOrdiq5 t0 thm i88t
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Eonorablr Wilde,Psgr 6
prO08ding oenmm, ead, throu&b the ooablned dfeot ot Arti-
0108 3085an6 5501,the marioummount ellomodma H 850.00.
In no naEeULer8
The rub8rquent rl88 in population thi8 aufl-
mm elmlnt.
Ikl~18~Of the,8bova Opinions, th. ib8t ;U88tiOn
stated i5 the W3DtiOn Of thi8 Qjdni01.1iS 8ll8r9r8d in the
affi?n~tiV~, and the 8eOOIid qU88tiOfJ ia rnsu8nd in the
lL8&8tif8,
‘RU8tiUg thatthIJ
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