Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Your recent req ion of thi# 4qmrt
mont upon the qawtlonr le ted haa been re-
aolted.
8' Co&lktloglly
in ~4dltlon
00.00 to 6QTW
expelme, do-
~8 ier tho oourthowe,
00.00, and when It Is oon-
e foas of offloe till Bob
rotorthe year?
"2. Ii the above plan 1s not authorisod
in this oounty wham the tooe 02
by law,
orffao will not @,xoeed#Og.OO ror the per,
my thlroeurt pay, in adbition to an ex
0rrhi0 selary for tha sheer, any amount
for deputy, Jailer hire and expenses of ear
Bonorable John R, Moors, F'arge
2
used in oounaotlonwith dutlea of the Shar-
iii*a dqmrtsmnt , - or, la the aathority of
the Comm.laslonsra~Oourt with referonoe to
mlarlea and allowsnoofor osr axpenss
lialtad to the approvrl ar aettlng ot
amounts whiuh may ba dtiuoted by the ahorlff
ot tha end of the pear only In the ovaat
thst he has axoesa fess to looount fos?
*The aitustion oonfronting the Commla-
stonera' Court in this oounty la to properly
finmao the Eh4rlrr'D orfi04 nh4n the r448
, 0r that orrioe ha4 never axaaada4 &NO.OO.
By tho reason of Incnaao la the papulatlon
0r thin 00mty, th4 sh4rirf*a orri04 ~8s
aepsratrd from the ofiiao QS Tax dolleotor-
A44*440r. The oontamplatadfeaa derlra4
from the Sherlft*s offio~ alone will not
be edequete for the propar oonllootof tha
ofiioe, aa viewad by tho ~oaorriaalonara*
spurt.
-Umlor Artlolc 6849 St. C!. 8. aa amaided
by Wnaral $awa, &l@‘ii~Se& 1aC’oallq& aaa-
41011, 1929. it naaa ---- Tro~lde4 iurthsr,
that if, In ths opinion ot the Coraiealoners*
Court fess Or the .Shariif*a otfioe ax-4 not
surrfcisntto justify the payment of mleriee
of suoh doputles, the Ooamiaslonera~Court
shall hate the poioerto p8y the same out
or the Gmutral Fund 0r 4814 oouaty'.
voes this Artlolr sa aaaaded llit the
1Mtetlon upon the powsr or the Oommlasionere’
Court M) aa to allow other oofapaneatlon than
grnntad under ~Artlala3883 and 3891 H. 0. S.
when in their opinion thao la a aao~saity,
for the sdequete end propar couduot or the
f4heritr'm ofriae, to pay aeld 4eputi48 out
of the generel fund, WC118 id.50 Pl.bWiUg the
Sheriff sn ex orriolo salary within the
limitstfonsof Article 3895 Rawle 6. R.*
V?s818 inl~wmd thst Jaok County haa a '~opulstlon
of 10,196 inhRbttsnteacoording to the lost Bea~srsl mnaua,
Honorable John W. Mocre, Page 3
ana the tb oounty orrioi~la or so14 00unty a~ 00rpti-
asted oa a tab kale.
Artlolb 3934, Pornon' Annotated Civil Ststutoa,
prarldma I
Wherirfa ahall alao raooiyo the follow-
ing ooaponsatlonl
'1. ?oorall proossa issued from the
Suprome Court or CIourt.8 or Civil A$psale,
and aoned by them, the smo fees a8 are
ellowmd then for alailor aorvico upon proowe
iseued from the dlmtrlot courts.
“2..
Yo rlumo nlng
jur oin
r dlatriot
s
and aounty oourta, oonln~ all elsctloa nc-
tloea, notloea to worawra of roads and &o-
lng all bthsr pubLl0 buainor8 not othorwleo
provided for, not eice~ding one bhotiaaad
dollar8 per alum to bs fixed by tho oom-
miaaionars~ SourB at the same tlms other
ox otrlaio rlarlea dire ihod, and to k
psld sut~ot.th* goaozal fund4 oi tha aouxktyf
providti~d, tbt'no auok 81 offiolc salarj
aholl k alleaod any &oklf? who hoe ra-
osivbd the wxlmu`` aslarp allowed by low.*
Art1018 3995, Parnon~a Anaotsted Civil statuka,
mods as follower
'*rheCommissioneratCourt la horebg da-
barred fro@ allowing oompensationfor ex
0rrioi0 aervloee to 00tmty 0rri0i4ia uhea th0
compensationand exocss fees which t&my are
ellowd to retain shall reqch t&a mnxlmum
prcvldrd fur in thla ohapter. In oasoa where
the ocaiponaationand oxcena aa v&ioh tho
ofrloora sro allmod to rots, It ahell not
reach Ohs m~xixt,mprcyidod for in thin
ohapter, the Commissionerm~Court ahall
allm crcmiponraticmr0r ox orri0f0 eervicea
when, lritheir judgment, such ccwqqneetlon
is neoemery, prmlded, such ocmponsation
C
Eonorabla d0hn.W. Ibore, Pago 4
for ex offialo servl6es U1a.d shall not
lnaraase the eampensatloaaf tha offlolal
beyoad the Mxlmum or ampeasatlon and ar-
aaas Seer allowed to be rrtalned by him
uader this ahapter. Pravided, however,
the es orrlolo hsnla lathorlsed shall ba
allowad only a fter la oppartanlty rOr a
pubilo hearing and anly apon the drir8+
tit* rots of at Least thm maabwa 0r
the Commlsalonera* Courti.*
Undar Artlola 3883 aad Artlole 3S91, Bemoa's
dnnotatea clvll Statutes,ths maximum oapensatim 0r the
! aharlfi ok Jaok County mna o tlxaeed ~,OOO.OO per annum.
.
l3nderthe abave rntloned atatutes, the Com-
missionan' Court oau le@ly alla thwsherltf ex oftiolo
ocmpenaetlon not to lxond #1,09(3.00per year, provlde4I,
that the said ax orri810 oompansatlondoa8 BOt inoreaa$
tha eapensation or tha aherift beyond the xmsxlmum as /:’
prwlded by law,
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Artisle lOU, 004% 46 CririnalProaedure, pro-
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easus
vldas la part,
r hsr u~.~ o r ::i*a
v%,allo?aaae nrkrde
shall eta l
,-:‘:~
lle?n,no$~ tide
&::r
i ih ~ss
For the,baard
r o rjailer
o rturnkey, lxoept in aaantla8 0r r0rtp thou-
sand populitlon QC ame.* With rererenoe to the ooapen-
satlon or Janitor for tha aourthausa,said aompenaatlon
la not be ba ragarded a8 part oi the aompensatlonoi the
akarlrf, but such oampensatlonmay ba alloaad and paid
bg the Corri.lasloners*Court under the general power (md
authority of said oourt by virtue of ArtloX 2351, Vernon's 'L
Annotatad Civil Statrotos.Tikenrore, your rmt question
is respeotiollyaaswred in tha negative.
Artlole 6869, Vemon’a Annotated Clrll Statutes,
reads an followsr
'Sheriff8 ahall have tha parer, by writ-
ing, to appoint one or more deputies for their
raepectlva oountias, to oontlnue in orrh
during the pleasure 0r tha therm, rho ahall
have power and authority to parfox% a11 tba
aote and dutiaa of their prlnolpals;and evsry
person so appointed shall, before he eater8
upon the dutlaa ai'his oitloe, take end aub-
aarlba to thenofi%alal oath, uhlab shall ba
lndoreed on hi6 appointment,togethar with
Honorabla John W. Moera, Page 5
‘the oertlrioataof the offioer admialsterlsg
tha sama; and auoh appointmantand oath shall
be raoordad in the otfioe af the &wnty Clark
and degoslted In naid otiioe. The IWR``T Of
deputies appolntad by the sberirf of any ens
oounty sball ba 1lnltnclto not axoaedlag
three la tha Juatl.aepreolnot in Uhlah is
luuatsd the oountg alta or such oounty,
and one la esah Justloe preoinat, anb e list
of these appointmentsshall be posted up In
oonrpiououaplaae in the Clerk's ofrios. An
in6lotmentror a relony or any boputy sheriff
appointed shall operate a retooat!an of his
, appolntmantaa au& deputy aherltlt. Fro-
rlded further, that if in tha opinion of the
Conmlrslonwa* Court reea 0r the sherlSf*a
orrloe are not 8urrlolent to ~uatli~ the
payment or aslarlea of auah drputlea, the
Commlsalanars*Court shall have the power
to pay the same out at the General Fund oi
6ald OOUnty.*
Article 6871 provides la paa38
Wh8na*er in a``“houut~ It bwoou ae-
eeuary to employ yarda fbr the aare,keepln&
or prisoners and the leourlty or fs@a thr
shwirr ply, with the approtsl 0s th& boa-
missioner8 Court, or in oat30 0r amergenoy,
titb the approval oi the County 3udga,
employ nuah number of guards aa may be
noceseary; and hia aoommt therefor, duly
ltemlud aad sworn to, shall be allowad
by uid Oourt, an6 paid out ot the County
Treasury. . . .*
In tleu or Artiolea 6869 and 6871, 8uprat In
answor to your seaoralquastlan you are odvlrad that it is
our oplslon that the ComaLseloners*Court aan lagallg pey
the salerles of deputy &erlffe out of the #general. fuad
or the oouaty, if in the opinion of tha Corraloaioueral
Court, fees or the aherirfie orriee ore not sutfloient
to justify the paymant ai aalarias of euoh deputies.
The salaries of suah daputlea are to be detvrorlnad an
provided by ArtlaZe 3902, Vernon58 Annotated Clrll Stat-
utes. Alav, the salarise 0r guards for the aarekoaping
of prisoners and the aeourlty of'jaila, may ba paid by
the Commle#lonsrr'Court aa provided by Artlola 6871.
Konoreble John W. Moors, Pega 6
In rim’ of Artlole 3899, V*rnOn’~ Annotatea Civil st~tutw,
you we rurthor aatisoa that it la our opinion that am
a0m omn0t logdly pay 8utomoBi`` ox-
a0uimis~ioeer**
PUIWI or the sherirf*adepartment,b u t le ProrUW by
Se&ion A of Artlole 3899, suo hlxpeneoa met be paid out
of the ri3e6aarnea by ad.4 offioer.
Trusting that the forrgolng fully anenver8your
inquiry, w are
VW-y truly yours
A?PROWD PEB 7, 1941 ATPORKEYUlWRAL CFl’EXAS
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