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OFFlCE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Countp Attornay
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122 and MO. O-373. laatenoes in &oh pay I was wonderlri in a oeoe where tha @and jury bailiff, ny eroaeua QO.00 a o fact thst the CCrmi.ssi~ers~~Court tho pay or deputies, would it be their pr~mlssio~ for appolutmnt of in,cur opinion 80. O-373 that the Cosstltutloo.
Of Tsxae prohibits a da3uty shcxiff fron saroine a8 bailiff30 th.o eand jury o&d aoooptin& pny for both Ofi’iioe~. kie llkuwioa held in suoh oplnlotl that a deputy bharlf$ and a grand. jury bailifr WQ both Oiflocm or the Btate.
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Honorable Pnsst G&m, page 2
Artlolss 367 and Jb’?b, Code of Crfmlnal Prooadure, rortho l p~ointmant of grand Jury baiUfrrr Artlola 368, Crlmlnsl froccdure, prcrldeo:
WA ,ballltr 1s to obey the lmtruot1or.s of the fore%ui, rmmon all wltn45se8, and, gencriiUj, to perrorm all auoh dutlcs as the iorenan my requlib of him. One bailiff &all bo alwayr with the grand Jury, it two or more are appolnt4cLw
Thus it Is a&amt that a mai jurv balllii ia sub- jeot at all tlznos to tho pokformauoe of hir duti’em am suoh during the period the grand jury is *.in se~elon,
A deputy ohorltf la subject to the orders or thr sherlrf and could be rcqulxcjd b the sheriff to poiiorm osrtala duties even thou& he.qae enti d od to no salary therefor. It 1s pooslble thorizforo .that thcr&zlght be & oonfllot between the ohcriif and tg?md Ii th6 sheriff-should oall upon WY. Ns doputy to pertarm a duty during tho time ot hi8 remlo@ to the grad jury, there would be suoh a oouillot of authority aa to icnder the 0rfi00ti lnoompat lble . Ke held In our’ opinion no. O-1263 that a de ty sheriff __
could not hold a aomxaalon aB a speoial Rawer e~oh t r owh he Fi6 believe uoh 0;~s to draw no ‘pay faF the latter poaltioa. forcoloses the questlau aubmltted and required o zr aaswer opinion w4 4nolo~s a oopy of sUOh opinion rar your ln the ao&lve, ooneldcratlon.
In view of our nnffwer to your first quastloai It 18 unneosssary to an@mr the oeoond question submttted.
Yours r&y truly