ORDER NO. 12567
ORDER SETTING COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICIALS ON SALARY BA5IS
Un this the 12th day of January 1976, 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
1976, 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 serv-
ed if the County Officials and Precinct Officials of Kerr County
be paid on a salary basis as provided by law, for the year 1976.
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 1976.
It is further ordered by the Court that the Clerk of 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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T0: COUNTY CLERKS OF TEXAS
Oear Sirs:
This is a reminder for you to forward to our department a certified
copy of the order to be passed by your Commissioner's Court on
January 12, 1976, placing the officers of your county either on a
fee or salary basis for the calendar year 1976. We 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 in January of each
calendar year, shall, by order made and entered in the minutes of
said court, determine. .In counties having a population of less
than twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants according to the last pre-
ceding 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, to 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, end it shall also be the. duty of the county clerk to forward to
ring
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 hove
been placed on a salary basis, nor any fees in the event your county has
placed its officers nn a fee basis far the calendar year 1976.
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Chief Accountant III
Claims Division
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ORDER SETT NCSALARY BASIS
OF'F ICIALS
1_12-76