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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Oovemor or Texer
aunttn, Texas
Dear Sir:
tione upon 0r 8herirr8, ohlere and uyorr to peaial 0rriOOrth thir dep.mmnt or upon tha above p , rate8 rour letter au rollor8r irani rblch they of uggeated by the ian Deremw r0r and towm oaua ary poliaemsnt r0rt2.m in 0ae8 0r of Pexae have appointed such n. In all oaae8 known to m llcentsn a0rv4 without compen- *I have been caked whether e city oan, by ordlnmce, aoaaieoion theae non-ealaried poliae- men aa speoial ofrioere authoriee thelatc be ctrmed with guns and pietols dwiag period their trainlne, IIS well es during an actual emergency.
Xonorable Coke titevenaon, page d
*In the davelopswnt of our defeaee organi- station in the State tho yueatlon beer uleo ariaen yr; to the mpsoiflo deZlnltio:i or iimltatlone on authority to be exerolmed by &herllfa, Ehleia of polioe ard mayor8 with respeat to the appolnt- ment or apeaihl offlcere.
W I shall rppreolat’e en oplnlon froa you, therefore, on these tm point a, to-wlt :
“I,. Uoea an lnoorporated olty in Texan have the aothorlty to authorize, by ordlnanoe,
the amIng of s?eolal officere with gUna
piatofa? are then upon the
aa. What llaltatldna authority whloh may be exerelaed by aherlifa, mayor8 with reapeot %e.
ohleis or polloc
the appolntseat OS apeolal oifloera?w
The petilnent pmrta oi ertiola 483, Penal Code at Texas, are: Vheever ahell oarry on or about hle peraon. . .ahall be punished by fine not
any puto1. ie;s one h&red dollar8 nor more than Yive than hundred dollar8 or by oonflneimnt In juii for not 1.88 than one mnth nor mere then om reef.”
nrtlole 484, Penel Cod0 or Texae aualcea certain to artlole W3, aup~a, the pertinent exoeptlone part8 al-0 :
“The, preaedlng ortlole shall not apply to a in actual aerrioe 88 a mllltiamur, person nor to any peace oltloer In the aetual diaaharge of hiB nor to the oarrying arm8 on one*8 otfloial dutfea, own yremiaea or place of buaineoa, nor to persona traveling, nor to any deputy wnatabla, or speolal ~ol~oemn who.recaivea a oomgenaatlon of forty dollar8 or ;POre per aontn ror hia aerviaea ae euah offiebr, ma who la appo.lnted In oonfornlty with the etatutaa euthorlzing auoh apgolntaent . . . ."(underatoring: ours)
82 Honorable Coke tctevenson 9aga 3
IO believe it to have been the Legislative intention and opmial policesen from to prohibit deputy oonstablm eraa unleee they were reoelvln~ forty dollars per carrying mnth or mime.
ihder the ittot8 before us, it is our opinion that an iacorporated city ha6 no power b; ordinanoe to authorize the appointment of epeoial oifloara and per&It thes to be the laudable parpose aoutemplated. auah armed even for artiole 483, aupra. wouid be In violation
In our Opinion #o. O-12, WY held that, under the S902, Vernon*8 Beviaed Clvll Statutes, provisions of’ ~tlala the l herlrr of Galveston County ml&t appoint as many depu- ties as he might be authorlrad to appoint by tha oommiaaloa- era* oourt of said oounty, aatlng within Its dlaoretion aa to the neoeaalty therefor. md la our opinion Ho. O-l&M, M the approval of the eom.iaalonera~ oourt, held with that, l 4Utlonal aherlrra Uepatles might be appoioted to serve wlth- out pay. We enoioae harewlth eoplea of said oplalona. In the avant a oouli881onerB* eourt authorize8 l herifi to appoint l dditlonal depatlea to serve without puy, order authorizing l ueh appointi?umta Should state that are to be allowed no salary, else
deputlea to be appointed they might be able to reoover Zor thalr l ervloea on a quantum mmult baala. Enrria County v. Afleville (Civ. App.) 84 8. U. (iSad) 834.
Tours very truly, rw 0 yd Armetrolag Assistant