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*1 .::. 515 OFFlCEOFTHEAlTORNEYGENERAiOFTEXAS
AUSTIN .
GROVeR SELLERS
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Hommblo ILax.FI;
County Attorney.
Ochiltree County PerrytOn, Tfim a - ,
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above Attar . . :i _: '. : , ,.I SJ . : cud the wtmp3nt paya .the lull auout without per- nitting any property to .be:lti7i.e$ on. r. *I nhall~ap~recitite an opinion which.will alixrify tlxta .Statute for m.'"
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Artidle 3933, Vernon*s Annotated Civil Statutes, reeds as foUOWi31 and ‘Constables shall receive the follow43 wi52ara
fees: Serving each orl&.nal citetion in a civil suit; l l $1.00 Sunmon.in&each wltsoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3 .50 and returnin& eeqh writ , Lavy~ of attaohment or sequestration . . . . . . . . . , . . b l . l i~2.00
copy or attacaent writ and return for recording . $1.00 Levy* tp302 execution . . . . . . . . . . . l .a . $1.00 0r axacution . 41.00 i(eturn . . .’ i . . . each writ or igmiabm3ri~ Gr*ol&* serving proqsaa not otherwise provided ror . . . . . .i’ ‘~. $1.00 Serving eaoh writ of lizjuncti4a . . . . . . . . . $1.50 ml&g end gpgroving aeoh bond, and returning
(rane to the proper Court when neofmanry . . . $1.00
Bndorelng the forfeiture Or any bond required ..tobeendorsedbyhim.. . . . . . . . . . . . .$ -50 Exeouting, end returning each writ or possession 3,’ 00 ‘..~ or rsetltution . . . . C~ i . . . . . . . . . . . . y .
~Pootlng the advertlsfments fork sale uuder the
exeimtion or any order of sale. . . . . . . . . . $l,OO -Posting any other notices required by low and ;~l 00
not ot,*.srwise provided for. . . . . . . i . . . . . y .
B64utiog a deed to eaoh purchaser Of reel
estate under execution or order or sale . . . i ..: $2.00 %xeouting a bill of sale ta each surahaser
.er personal property under an executibn 0~
order of sole, when dtmudod by purchaser . . . . . 42,oo For each case tried IE the i)is’t,-i.ot or Cosaty
Court, a jWY r%e ahtill be taxed fox the
sheriff or . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 3 .50. For eervicee in dealgnsting e homae& . . . . . $2.00,
Vor traveling in the service of any civil process, Sheriffs .and Constables aBall reoeive nevt~~ Ed one-half ‘.(7&l. Oat5 for Cecii d.10 going end cmingj if two (ir mre persona are mntioiied ic tile writ, he shall 0h~0~se f4$ the distancti ootuelly and fieceoaarily traveled 5.n the serv.100 ~of saze. *OoUectir~g money on an exeoution or an order .oP mle, . .
. : :tihen tiia mi!! is nede by a sale, for t&e first. Cm Zuudred ,.
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to tar amid ooualieion 88. coats fn the ori6lnal suit. Frog 01s order of t!x court granting add ;;iPtioa and ,adjud@g appellant liable for aald oammisaion, this ., appeal ia proseouted. eArtiole 2460 Of the %ViSOd Or 189.5 : StatUt88
pr&dss as followsi *sh~rirra 6sd.L roaoive the followin@ fees: * * * Collacting 2zoaep qm an exucutlon OT order or sale, v&n tha sem is uulde by a sale, for , the first one hundrsd dollars or 1088, four per cent;
for #e second ace hundred ~dollara, three per cent; for 611 ~~(30 over two huh&red dollars, two ,per oeot.
,;%E the mohey Is collected by the sheriff without s
one-half of the above rates shall be allowed IhI&: The actof lS97 (9~. Laws X397, c;5) chahgee
the 8Wunt of oomifm$ons allowed sheriffs for oOl- leatlhg mney oq ass order of 6sle when a sale is aads, but make8 ilo chaoge in the forsler lqw ao~to the co.zmisslons allowed when the mney is oolleoted without sale*
We think it clear, under the proviefona of the before quoted, that appellee Thornton was uot ., statute 'entitled to a.coza&Ieaion upon the nomy pald to Zewas only allowed a oonmlaaion appellant by Brooo48r upon moey oollectftd bye h.lz: The statute fixes the fees' .~. allowed the ofrioor for serviaoe in the exeoution 0r tke
writ prior to the 6818, aiid if the sale ie not mde and the,noney due on the Judwent is not oolleoted by hin, - he is entitled to no COI-m.iasio~.*
Applying the rule of law therti laid down, the offloer Con be al.lcm,-ed a coimisoion only upon aoney ectually oo~lected br him. The statute fixes the reea 'allowed the officer for 8WVioes. In the executior,of a writ prior to the 8al.e. The facts eubdtted by you ohow t&et an ezeoutioa &ed been @aced ia the hands or the sheriff and that be had actually oolleotad the amout of the executioh azd court aoats without m&Fug levy’ uPOn any speoiflo property. It is our opinion,thereforo, that se is entitled to one-half or the oomiasiom3 allowed by said 3933 unt!ar.the provisim authorizing auc:i omaisefors .. Article is collected ivithout a sale. Said statute provides %m nrmeg 0 Qpecifio fco for levying an ex0cution, but it does not r6qUirB that a levy a&all be made oii sgeoific property Wder an ereoUti4n
Dollarta ($100) or 1888, four (4) par oent; for the _ seoond Ooe huxlre8 Dol&ira (;ilOO) , three (3) per omit; for all ema over Two r;uh&'ed Dollars ($280) an6 not exceeding One Thousend Dall6ra ($1000) , tvio (2) * per centi for all SUB over Ones Thouoond ~ollarn (;;lOOO)
sncl not exceedIn@; Five Thousand Dollars (;5COO) r one (1) per oent; for all sums over yive Thousand Dollara(~5000), ona-half sf one per oent.
Then the ammy la oollarot&3 by the Shuriff or Constable without a sale, one-half of the above ratea shall be el- lowed him.
"For every d&y tho Sbrlff or his deputy shall attend the District or County Court, he shall moeiva Pour Dollars ($4) e day to ho I&G by the comty for eech bag .t~hat the Cheriif by hixwlf or a deputy s&all attend aaid court. .!
In the o&se of Lee Vs. Droocks, et Sl, 131 S. Wli 1195,~ the court had unbar oonsideration whether or not ah offioer was. enti- tled to oozmlasions where an exaoution ha8 bean placed in his handa, he had levied upon certain property and ttdviartisa$ it for eale, and lo the mantim the defemlant in the exeoution had psi& the amunt of said judgment to the pi8ihtiff. In OolOiq that said oificer UP8 not entitled to the oo:mieslons ~provlded for by Article 2160 of the Civil Statutee,'whlch is now snld Artiole 3933, the court held es .followsr
.*Appallant having reooverod a juclgmnt in the oo& below atgdrst apgellee Broooka fork the wn of $17,316.68, with foreoloeure of a vendor's lien upon B. survey of land in Liberty County, procured the :~.
lssuancs of an order of 6016 upon aaid ju&mrt ox June 5, 1909, ard the aam was placed in the lzmds Of app@llee J. iL ThOrhton, Wmatabh3 of pr6OinOt Do; 1 of said county, for execution. Thornton levied upon the 1011.d aud obvsrtiss6. it to be aold on. July 6, 1909. On Jurie 24, 1909, n>pell%e croooks paid the mount of the judgzmit, Interest, and coats of suit : to oppslltint Lee, who thereuyoa directed tka order of sale to be rotumod uhexeoutea.. Appulles Thorsmtqn madle tho return ca direct& on June 29th and i~i aaia ..~ roturn ~oloim;c?d~, tn oSldltion to the fees ellowed by 1% for 'the levy, ailvortisemmt, rrad~ ruturn, a oi~~~lssion of $58.59, upon the mount osllected by 6gpallant i,n : setiefaotion of the gzincipal alid la~rest d.uu 01i. said juafpriect. t0 POy this : ijpO0 t&i SfUGGi Of G>pdlGIit ?horritoh filed 10 tii3 court below B Uiotion .: '~porlGtisslon, I, -, ‘.. (. i, ‘. .,~. ) .) : *5 bet@3 t36 sberiif is.authoriz%d t0 make oQlleotio& OS the amunt tUs, or before he ia entitled to rXV for OoUueting oaid aaunt.
:k.at would bs AOthiAg cioi% thaII taxing additiccAal costs for ser- &es that did AOt teed to be porformd, nrld clearly, t&z failure to rmk6 the’levy should riot. be oonatrued to Frcveut the sheriff parformd by ‘hh. fron bid&g gtaib for the services octutilly
.’ is trust t?LBt this satisfaotorlly answers your inquiry.
~: Yours very truly, L@aisiant