The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31] Page: 275 of 1,313
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FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE-SECOND CALLED SESSION 1997
Forty-fourth Legislature, Chapter 465, Page 1762, be and the
same is hereby amended so that the same hereafter shall read
as follows:
"(f) The district attorney or criminal district attorney shall
be authorized to appoint nine (9) assistants and fix their salaries
at a rate not to exceed the following amounts: two (2)
of said assistants, Four Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars
($4,500) per annum each; two (2) of said assistants, Four Thousand,
Two Hundred Dollars ($4,200) per annum each; one (1)
of said assistants, Three Thousand, Six Hundred Dollars
($3,600) per annum; one (1) of said assistants, Three Thousand
Dollars ($3,000) per annum; and three (3) of said assistants,
Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($2,700) per annum
each. He may employ three (3) investigators and fix their salaries
at not to exceed Two Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars
($2,400) per annum each. He may employ two (2) court reporters
and fix their salaries at not to exceed Two Thousand,
Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars ($2,280) per annum. each. He
may employ one (1) combination stenographer and accountant
and fix his salary at not to exceed Two Thousand, One Hundred
Dollars ($2,100) per annum. He may employ one (1) stenographer
and fix his salary at not to exceed One Thousand, Eight
Hundred Dollars ($1,800) per annum. He may employ one (1)
chief civil clerk and fix his salary at not to exceed Two Thousand,
One Hundred Dollars ($2,100) per annum. He may employ
two (2) abstracters and and fix their salaries as follows:
one (1) of said abstracters at not to exceed Two Thousand, One
Hundred Dollars ($2,100) per annum, and the other abstracter
at not to exceed One Thousand, Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800)
per annum. All such salaries above mentioned shall be payable
from the Officers Salary Fund, if adequate. If inadequate, the
Commissioners Court shall transfer the necessary funds from
the general fund of the county to the Officers Salary Fund.
In all counties in this State containing a population of not less
than two hundred and ninety thousand (290,000) nor more than
three hundred and twenty thousand (320,000) inhabitants, according
to the last preceding Federal Census, the district attorney
or criminal district attorney shall be authorized to employ
two (2) court reporters and fix their salaries as follows: one
(1) of said court reporters at a salary not to exceed Three Thousand
Dollars ($3,000) per annum, and one (1) of said court
reporters at a salary not to exceed Two Thousand, Seven Hundred
Dollars ($2,700) per annum.
Should a district or criminal district attorney be of the opinion
that the number of assistants, stenographers, investigators,
or other employees above provided for is not adequate for the
proper investigation and prosecution of crime, and the efficient
performance of the duties of his office, with the advice and consent
of the Commissioners Court he may appoint additional
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31], book, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18824/m1/275/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .