Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
QRAl.0 c. MANN
Ronortiblo P. L.
county AuQitor
%hnrtan County
Wharton, Texea
oplnlos Ho. 0-188~
Rex County Clerk -
paid by thb/County,
oquuipnt and alp-
ale lists of ohatte1
08cet0 tx-fiidem
gular rtipul.ateQ
816, wbloh fee i6
uty and raid rirm5
in riteined by raid
ed by tlala deputy 0f
there being no
ble ot preparation
reQarde, the
rmwil one between
ii&l end the firnu~ and
be kept advised au to
mm8 are rilea forre00ra;
fee of oiriee of the County Clerk which
into the Salary Fupri of tho County?"
, TOILIB,hae a population of 29,631 aaoord-
era1 COMUCI anQ the Offlaoro Eiia‘leryLaw of
County Clerk of #'harton
l-hi last paragraph in Artlule 8891, Ii~lssQ Oioil gtntutsr
orTexas l-w&i55r0imt88
Vhe aOmpen8atlOn,
UlpittitiOM
~0 ti%imumS
hOrtdn
fi*eQ &all al8a apply to all teoe and campematiion *Ix&-
Hoover oolleotw? by aald oftiasr8 ia their offlola aa-
paolty, whether aooomtoblb ad foes OS offloe under the
pl?OSOnt1RW,CUId al&ylW, &OAOl'Rl and~Q%Oiti, toth.
5. P. L. Mar&aa, Page e,
OOAtm i8braby -elf ZOpeahd. m OAlyk&x16
~AQ a h a r a a .o 04JSlpM8lXtiOA
tw ? lx a @ tr r tYn
th ep r o vl-
a lo nao? th$a Aot &all bo reuarde received by Bhsrlrr~
tar apprehenrlon or orlmlatua or ‘mgitlrrs rmm
justloe aAQr0rthenootmyorstolen property, and
moneya reaelvo4 by the County JuQgoa aab Suatlooa or
the Paaoo for parfotiug norr$aga oemazonles, nhloh
mm 8hall not bo laoouutable tar laQ not roqulrod to
be raportw3 am ieea of ottioo.”
goation b 0r &Ma10 Sol&, Revisea civil statutor 0t TWOS,
pro~lQoo that It ah&l bo the Qut o? all ofiloers to oharge anQ
oolleat la the manner authorlreQ i y law all ieer and oominlaalons
rhlah aro pordttod bgo”,‘dtgba~sam.5 and oolleotod for all
ot?lalal aerviaoa Aa snd when auoh foam are
oollootw? they ahap” 1 bo dapo8 f ted ii the’O??losra~ Salary FunA
or the oounty.
Oplnloaa io. 0450 of thla department holds that a tax
aasoaaor4ollootor or him 40 uty la not eatltled to retain
pu~onally iOe8 or oomponaatPon roaalrmQ ?avm tho ubllo for
oompllatlon o? llata of auto reglatratlon5, poll 1E ta, oortl-
riaatoa o? taxes, rta., but that @amaawet bo paid into thd
O??i``ra’ S8laFJr Fund or thr oounty,
Oplnlon Xo. O-921 o? this damnt holds that& dam&
ing up of oil aad ga6 ml&ml leaqea, nrlt%ng dootIs, oontrsots
or othu1*g51 aootaaeats are outulQo 0rthe loopa 0r fho &MO8
o? Um oounty alork; tb& tho inking o? abatraata o? title la
outsI@ of the aoo 0rthe Qutm 0r w00mty 0utlkf that th0
pricing ad 80``El o? ibid not@6 may or may not bo WJVIO~I
ulthlla th aoop0rthedutlor Orthe munty olexk and that the
iaat6 in aah awh on80 uill~Qokxmlne this quoatloq that tho
Wmty alerk haa no authority tu wo oounty anployoea palQ by
th eo o untyto p er r o rl
morvloaao uta lQ~
tbr B OOP,
o f th ea utl~a
o? the o??!oe o? the oount olark$ that labor paid ?or by the
munty-should not be web iiy tha olerk in the per?orm8naa of
lo tlvltlee o? the olork outrrlde OS the aoopa o? thm autios of
hla ofilae; that It im tha duty or ththeoouaty oloxk to oharga
mQ oolleat In tho mmaar authorized by law all roes an&w
mlsrlons whioh ara peamlttad by law to ba aasoaaeQ anQ oolleoteQ
for all o??lolal renloea psrformod by hlm a&that mama rhall
be drpaslted in the ofiioem~’ &lw’PunQ of the oountyi that
the county olerk may ohargo and oollecrt ?or aervloee rr0rssd
by request, whloh are notwltlilntho la o p oa? tho Qutr 06 a? hla
0rfi00, pmvia0b that tha aonior~ ma rademd a0 nat ooniilot or
~werrara With him 0rriomCbitl?a 'myI ara tot in vlolatlon of
.
with ~6pttOt
foYOU qU@BtiOA
M UO OftheOpiniOA
that1%
would be a qUSk3tiOA 0r fnot 88 to whetherQs not tho trenaao~on
st?teQ In your lettermuld bo a ltrlotly personal transaotlon be-
twebn the aepw olo* aa an ladltidual and tho rim8 or lndirl-
duals.
I? ii nn i atrlotly ponoanl traAaaatl.on uul not within
th0 aoope of the autioa 0s the 0rrf08 oftho oouoty alo& *TOIL
then it mulQ be im roper ibr tha da ty oounty 010x9s to use aounty
oqtipamt and muppl Poa and uao tho t p” se end labor pala.?orby the
oounty in the ?urthereaoo of. the privatebuslnoaa o? the deputy
olork rw his own prirnto riMn0iti gain. f? this l aiirity ot
the deputy elork Miortared with Us otflalal dutlor ubI took up
valuable tlmuto whloh ho should daroto to the dutl a of him
aaployment the oouaty an6 the Ofrloera~ ‘Colary Ftu2 uwid muster
thereby anb w&Q anata 8 situation whloh should bo reiaedlod by
the mu&y olwlc MQ the oommisaionora* oourt.
Suoh eervlooa 0aul6 k Utillted by the ooudty ala* ana OOW-
~laiadonora” Oourt for th0 bone?lt or the oounty olerk*@ o??iioe, the
Orfloora~ salary Fund lnQ tho uouuty, by tho o%mty olerk~a roqtir-
lag t&t a oortlfloate bo plaoed on @ala lirrtb or reoorda anQ by
oharglngthe pub110a propor?ee themfor an0 by pladng ml.4 Soon
in th0 orrf00r8*salary ma
btlole 8902, ReviaoQ Cl~ll Statutofi, provldor for tho appoint-
ment ofdeputloa, upon a sharingof tha nawmltj o?.slllne to the
oomilaalonora~ court. The ooanalsalonow~. oourt of tho oounty la
oharged rlththa duty o? t& mlononfaal 0nd mound ?lacmolalopora-
ti0n 0s tih000wty g0wmtiant.
2hamr0A, you are nlrpatiully advlaaQ that It is thi oplnlon
or this dopartmont that I? the aorvlaaa mentionob in your latter
are la truth aad In Saot personalaowloo8 0s the a0poty.oomy
ala-k an an 1nQfr;dualma are not fylaoa within the aoopa 0s
tho dutlaa o? the oountp olerk*a o? 00, 8nQ I%Ila ~pelm:ttoQ to
i!oso by tho oountyolark, ho mq MtW% same. You are ?qthor
roapeatfullyaQvla@Q that It la t)u opinion OS this d artwnt
that It would bo $a@~% r for thq’ .munty olork ta ~penu
Y t hia de-
put to wo oounty lqur pant, b h ooounty*a tr im.
aAd ,a 0Ooulty’~
faa 9 litioe for the mrmoaaliiLa 0s the arpu*. You are rurthor
ro*peatdy sdrfaod that it f a the oplnlon 0s this a0p8rtmbnt
that tho oounty olark &ould utillrio the 8ervlaos o? hla dowtloa.
and the feolUtlos 0s his 0ffdo0, ln~tho ool&otlon 0s seem-for .
the benefit of the oounty alark* o?$ioo j the O?Sioerr!*.. Salary
Fund0stho oounty and the ‘qouatf.
Truatlngthat thla l&la?ae$ort;ly anmrora your lnquli7, m
are
;v*i.rJr;,
.xluly yours