Opinion No.

Honorable John W. LaGrone Hutchinson County Attorney P. O. Box 985 Borger, Texas 79007

Re: Salary of county auditor and assistant county attorney.

Dear Mr. LaGrone:

You ask two questions concerning the setting of salaries to be paid by the commissioners court.

1) Does the District Judge of Hutchinson County possess the discretion to set the annual salary of the County Auditor at an annual sum in excess of that being paid by Hutchinson County to the Tax Assessor-Collector?

2) Do the grievance procedures set out in Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, 3912k, Section 2, apply to the Assistant County…