Inventory of county records, Young County courthouse, Graham, Texas Page: 5
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hearings. In counties with fewer than 120,000 people, the
Justice of the Peace may also serve as coroner, as well as
act as registrar of vital statistics in unincorporated towns
of less than 2,500 people.
TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR
The duties of the Tax Assessor-Collector are outlined by
the Constitution in the following manner:
there shall be elected by the qualified electors of each
county an Assessor and Collector of Taxes, who shall hold
his office for four years and until his successor is
elected and qualified; and such Assessor and Collector
of Taxes shall perform all the duties with respect to
assessing property for the purpose of taxation and of
collecting taxes as may be prescribed by the Legislature.6
In counties with less than 10,000 population the offices of
Sheriff and Tax Assessor-Collector are combined into one
office, although the electorate has the option of making the
two offices separate.
SHERIFF
The office of Sheriff is an old one in American local
government, tracing its roots back to the Anglo-Saxon heritage
of the English-speaking people. In Texas, the office has been
provided for in every constitution of the Republic and of the
State. The present Constitution provides that
there shall be elected by the qualified voters of each
county a Sheriff, who shall hold his office for the term
of four years, whose duties and perquisites and fees of
office shall be prescribed by the Legislature, and vacancies
in whose office shall be filled by the Commissioners Court
until the next general election.7
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Sumners, Bill F. Inventory of county records, Young County courthouse, Graham, Texas, book, 1975; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25169/m1/16/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.