Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
+q‘pnorable Wm. PO Dar16 @hl ty hII* tor
Ellis aounty
lamhaehie? Texas 0pi.n1on Ilo* o-7199
Deir Yri Dariu
tier c on l truati Tour request ior axI oplni
for is as follormr
*I would l ppreaiate v inion am to whioh aountyr if ined below
of fees to a 0011 eases in a murder ught to me by the oon- OR 8 elear picture of opinion on the matter, neither for papmnt of aomts for senioe ould the aonmtable to perform r&me dmilar oamem whioh may some up?’
On aereral oooadons thin Department has aonstrued sub- dlvi6ion (b) of Se&ion l? of Senate Bill 6 of' the 44th Leglmla- tare, Seoond Called Seanion , which mabdirlsion, insofar ao psrti- nent, is as follon~r
*In oountlem wherein the oounty offioers named in this lot are aompenuted on the banis of an an-
804 ~naal wlam, the Nate or Tuam *all not be
ehargeQ rltb anQ &all not par m7 fee or eom- ui8don to aar pree!lnot offkoer far any mer- riaea bj him performed, but UiQ otfiaer ohall be paid by tho dowty out of the Oifiaers’ 8a1- iry Furid auoh fees and wmmisdono as roulQ
'etheni~e be paid hia by the Hate far mah O&VlOO*."
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