The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27] Page: 43 of 1,943

FORTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE-FOURTH CALLED SESSION. 31
"Article 2994. Collector's Fees for Poll Taxes.-The tax
collector shall be paid fifteen cents for each poll tax receipt
and certificate of exemption issued by him to be paid pro rata
by the State and county in proportion to the amount of poll
tax received by each, which amount shall include his compensation
for administering oaths, furnishing lists of qualified
voters in election precincts for use in all general and primary
elections and primary convention when desired, and for all
duties required of him under this title; provided, that collectors
in counties having a population in excess of 25,000 as
determined by Article 3889, shall receive only ten cents for
each poll tax receipt and certificate of exemption issued by
him.
SEC. 2. Article 3886 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas
for 1925 is hereby amended so that the same shall hereafter
read as follows:
"Article 3886. District and County Attorneys of Large
Counties.-In any county having a population in excess of
150,000 and having a county attorney, the county attorney
shall receive, and in counties having a population in excess of
150,000 inhabitants which do not have a county attorney, the
district attorney or criminal district attorney shall receive all
fees, commissions and perquisites earned by such office; provided,
that the amount of said salary, fees, commissions and
perquisites to be so received and retained by him including in
case of district attorneys the five hundred ($500.00) dollars
provided by the Constitution shall not exceed the sum of six
thousand ($6,000.00) dollars per year and the excess fees allowed
under Article 3891; in counties having a population less
than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) inhabitants the
district attorney or criminal district attorney thereof shall receive
all fees, commissions and perquisites earned by such
office; provided that the amount of said salary, fees, commissions
and perquisites to be received and retained by him, including
the five hundred dollars ($500.00) provided by the
Constitution, shall not exceed the sum of eight thousand
($8,000.00) dollars per year. All salaries, fees, commissions
and perquisites so earned and received by such office in excess
of said amount during each and every fiscal year shall be paid
into the county treasury of said county in accordance with the
terms and provisions of the Maximum Fee Bill, except as to
such portion of such excess as shall be used and expended in
the payment of salaries to deputies, stenographers, investigators
or other employees, as herein provided. Each such county
attorney and each district attorney or criminal district attorney
in counties of over 150,000 population having no county
attorney, may appoint 7 assistant district attorneys, one of
whom shall receive a salary not to exceed forty-eight hundred
dollars per annum; one of whom shall receive a salary not to
exceed forty-two hundred dollars per annum; one of whom shall
receive a salary not to exceed thirty-six hundred dollars per
2-Laws.