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Hon. John R. Shook, Page 4
special judge.
Article 557, Code of Criminal Procedure, reads
as follows:
"A special judge seleoted or appointed
in accordance with the preceding articles
shall receive the same compensation as provid-
ed by law for regular judges in similar cases."
Bexer County had a population of two hundred
and ninety-two thousand five hundred and thirty-three
(292,553) inhabitants according to the last Federal Census,
an5 paragraph (d) of Setion 19 of Article 3912e, Vernon's
Civil Statutes, epecifiaally designates the amount of sal-
aries to .be paid county officials in. counties having a
population in excess of One Hundred and Ninety Thousand
inhabitants. Therefore, Bezar County would come within the
provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 19 of Article 0312e,
wherein the salaries of the county official. of such coun-
ties are definitely provided. Section 15 of Article 5142b,
Vernon's Civil Statutes provides additional compensation
for county judges of counties having the population desig-
nated in Article 3912e as members of the county Juvenile
Board in such counties.
Sections 1, 2 and 15 of Article 5142b, Vernon's
Civil Statutes, read as follows:
"Section 1. That the provisions of this
Act shall apply to and affect such counties
only in the State of Texas as have, according
to the last preceding Federal Census, a popula-
tion of not more than three hundred ahd twenty
thousand (320,000) inhabitants, and not less
than two hundred and twenty thousand (220,000)
inhabitants, according to the last preceding
or any future Federal Census.
"Section 2. The Juvenile Board of such
counties shall be composed of the Judges of the
several District and Criminal District Courts
thereof, together with the County Judge there.
"Section 15. The members composing said
Juvenile Board in such counties, on account
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1529, text, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth258717/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.