Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

? OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY AUSTIN GENERAL OF TEXAS Ron. Fi, L. Roberson County Attorney Wlnkler county Kermit, Texas Dear Oplnlon Ro. o-13 this 0 a~ ention to Art1016 ers Q ourt from allowing oom- pensatlon for s to such offloers oter end e maximum allowed under Artl- In the event your preolnot basis of an annual salary, that portion of Section 3, Statutes, 1925, which reads: In all oases where the Comnlsslon- determined that county of- in such oounty shall enlther the State of Texas allbe chareed-~wlth-or pay to any of the of:lcers -so~.oompensated, -any..fee or, commission for the perfomanoe of any or all of the duties of their offloes but suoh otrloers shall reoelve said-sa&ary In lieu of ell other fees, commissiona ore-oompensatlon which they would otherwlse be authorized to retain;’ It la, therefore, the opinion of this Department Ron. R. L. Roberson, February 3, 1939, Page 8 that the Commissioners1 Court would not be authorized to award a preolnot ofrloer an ex offlolo salary other than in oompllanoe with the above provisions, Very truly youra ATTORNEY~E$-ERkL;OF TEXAS BY wInK:Aw APPROVED t