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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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Honorable Ralph Brook
County Attorney
Lubbock County
Lubbock, Texas
Dear Sir: opinion No. -43
Re: Consta - ex of oio salaries
Your request for opin upon the.fo w n stated
question:
"Can a Constable d a i n -officio
* salary out of the go ralof a county
where he does not rece e salary
allowed by law for his rv ee rendered to
the county and for ich he receives no
compensation.
h as been recoiv a ea efuy con ered by this department.
You ao ate in ouletter that the preoint
officers of Lubbo C ty ae o penated on the fee basis.
The opula on f bbook County, Texas, aooording
to th 19 oral Cea u s 51,782 inhabitants.
Arti e 834 Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Stat-
utes pr vides pa t as follows:
S@c t otherwise provided in this Act,
the a n es that may be retained by precinot,
count and istrict officers mentioned in this
Article 11 be as followet
"3. In counties containing as many as thirty-
seven thousand five hundred and one (57,501) and
not more than sixty thousand (60,000) inhabitants,NO COMMUNICATION 15 TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DEPARTMENTAL OPINiON UNLESS APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR FIRST ASSISTANT
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4302, text, January 12, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth261553/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.