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T HE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
PIKCE DNIEL AUSTIN 11, TEXAS
LTTfnNEYr (cEnAt
August 5, 1947
Hon. John C. Marburger Opinion No. V-326
County Attorney
Fayette County Re: Applicability to Fayette
La Grange, Texas County of H.B. 257, 50th
Legislature, relative to
County Juvenile Boards.
Dear Sir:
We refer to your recent request for our opin-
ion as to whether Fayette County falls within the pro-
visions of Article 5139, V. C. S., as amended by H. B.
257, Acts of the 50th Legislature, 1947, Vernon's Texas
Session Law Service, page 560, the pertinent part of
which is as follows:
. . . or which county is included in
and forms a part of a Judicial District of
five (5) or more counties, in one (1) or
more of which counties the civil and crim-
inal jurisdiction vesting by General Law in
the County Court has been, or hereafter
shall be, transferred to the exclusive ju-
risdiction of the District Court of such
county or counties, and having a combined
population in such Judicial District of
more than thirty-five thousand (35,000) in-
habitants, according to the last preceding
Federal Census; . . . the Judge of such Ju-
dicial District, together with the County
Judge of such county are hereby constituted
a Juvenile Board for such county. The mem-
bers composing such Juvenile Board in each
such county shall each be allowed addition-
al compensation of not less than One Hun-
dred Dollars ($100) per annum, and not more
than Three Hundred Dollars ($300) per an-
num, which shall be paid in twelve (12)
equal installments out of either the gen-
eral fund or the jury fund of such county,
such additional compensation to be fixed
by the Commissioners Court of such county."
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