ORDER NO. 12304
ORDER SETTING COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICIALS ON SALARY BASIS
On this the 13th day of January 1975, at a Regular Term of
the Commissioners' Court, with a quorum being present, there came
on for consideration the matter of compensation of various County
and Precinct Officials of Kerr County, Texas, for the year 1975,
as provided for in Article 3912e, Section 2, R.C.S, of Texas and
Article 3912e, Section 6, R.C.S. of Texas. And it appearing to
the Court that Kerr County has a population of less than 20,000
inhabitants, according to the last Federal Census and that the
interests of the County would be best served if the County
Officials and Precinct Officials of Kerr County be paid on a
salary basis as provided by law, for the year 1975.
Upon motion duly made by Commissioner Stone, seconded by
Commissioner Bartel, and unanimously approved by the Court, it
is ordered that the County Officials and Precinct Officials of
Kerr County be paid on a salary basis as provided by law, for
the year 1975.
It Sa further ordered by the Court that the Clerk oŁ the
Court prepare a certified copy of this order and send same to the
Comptroller of Public Accounts in Austin, Texas.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS Y
COUNTY OF KERB T I, EMMIE M. MUENKER, Clerk of the County
Court and Ex-officio Clerk of the Commissioners' Court of Kerr
County, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is
a true and correct Copy of ORDER NO. 12304, passed by the Commis-
sioners' Court on the 13th day of January A. D. 1975, as the same
appears of record in Volume N, Page 584, of the Minutes of the
Commissioners' Court of Kerr County, Texas.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office, at Kerrville, Texas, on this 15th day of January A. D. 1975.
EMMIE M. MUENKER
Clerk of the County Court and Ex-
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Court of Kerr County, Texas
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Austin
R08ERT S. CALVERT
COMPTROLLER December 31, 1974
T(1: County Clerks of Texas
Dear Sirs:
This is a reminder for you to forward to my department a certified copy
of the order to be passed by your Commissioner's Court on January 13,
1975, placing the officers of your county either on a fee or salary
basis for the calendar year 1975. I shall appreciate your sending this
order as soon as possible after your Commissioner's Court meets at its
first regular meeting. This is needed to determine the basis for the
payment of money to your county officers and until it is received, this
department cannot either pay your county or your county officers any money.
The above request is provided for in Article 3912e, Section 2, R.C.S.
which reads in part, "Sec. 2. The Commissioner's Court of each county
in the State of Texas, at its first regular meeting 1n January of each
calendar ~eear, shall, by order made and entered in [he minutes of said
court, determine....In counties having a population of less than twenty
thousand (20,000) inhabitants according to the last preceding Federal
Census, it shall likewise be the duty of the Commissioner's Court, by its
order duly made and entered of record at Its first regular meeting in
January of each calendar year, [o determine whether county officers of
such county (excluding county surveyors, registrars of vital statistics and
notaries public) shall be compensated for the fiscal year on the basis of
an annual salary or whether they shall be compensated on the basis of fees
earned by them in the performance of their official duties, and it shall
also be_[he dui of the county clerk to forward to the Comptroller of Publi
Accounts of the State of Texas, on or before the 31st day of January, a
certified copy of said order of said Commissioner's Court." (Underscoring
supplied)
Until we have received such order, this department is placed in this posi-
tion, we can neither pay your county any monies under the provisions of
Article 3912e, R.C.S. Sec. 6,(a) in the event your county officers have
been placed on a salary basis, nor any fees in the event your county has
placed its officers on a fee basis for the calendar year 1975.
Sincerely yours,
Robert S. Calvert
Comptroller of Public Accounts

ORDER SETTING COUNTY AND
PRECINCT OFFICIALS ON
SALARY BASIS
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