Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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COllDff Attoroa~
xotor County
Odrrm, Texas
DIar Sir:
LI thr aborr pue8tlon oerrfull~ Oon- rtatad rldarrd br thlr
al Procadura OS Taxa8, pro ?'aid 8herlff6 and oonateblr SIotlon 1 o?
allraer frrs. 680- fro8 ror attaohin& on 3 of aala l rtlclr Jury 1D aaoh ~888 lrlaturr of Taxar, prorldaa mllrae0 rlalnrl prooarr and rumonlng or Swtlon 6 o? raid artlolr al80 raying attached to court, proridw tar8 snd rltnoase8 l xp0arr8 Sor ooavrylng dtnraarr in hab888 oorpus pro- oaodl~r out of hlr oounty, rto. soatlon 6 ot raid r rtlolr p r o rldar fr o8 fo r l ttmdlau prllonar8 on
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Arti018 1034, CO48 Ot CriJBiDal krOOBdur8 of prOYfd88 for the BXaainatiOD and approval or Tarar, diBBpprOYa1 by the di8triOt jUdg8 Of tha officrrr’ aooount rgalmt the State.
Artlolcs 3883 all6 3891, RBI188d CiVil. 8t~tUtBB Of Taraa, 88t Out the MIilWm f888 rhlOh may be retained by PrBOillOt, OOUnt~ WI6 dirtriOt OffiOBrB Of thi8 Stat@.
% Cal1 yOUr attention t0 th8 1a8t paragraph 3891, RaIisrd Civil Statute8 of Texas, which of b.rtiOlB read8 a8 fO11owBl
*The ccaip8n8ation, limitation8 and %axl- mum8 herein fixed shell also apply to all ?888 BIld CO?3ptIllBatiOD WhEtBOBl~~ OOllsOtad by aaid officer8 in their official capacity,
whether aooountsbla 88 fess of offior un- aor the FI'BBBnt law, end Bny law, caneral or apccial, to the OOntrBry i8 hereby ex- pr888l.y rBpC9lBd. Th8 only kind and oharao- ter oi oompansation axcnpt from tha provlrlons of this Act shall be raaards ra~air8d by
Sheriffs for apprehension of Orimill81# or fugltlr88 from juatlaa end for the rtootery of stolen property, and EonBy reaaitad by County fUde88 Of the Pea08 for 8Xld ~UStiCBB marriage osremonics, which mm ~crforalng shall not be accoantabl8 tir and not requirrd to be reported as fas8 or offica.w ClBarly, th8 fe88 Bet Out 1029, in !hiUlB
Coda of Criminal Procadaro, do not Oclpa rlthln any of thr exooptlonr In the last paragraph of Artiola 3891, Rotlsr4 Civil Statutrs, mpra.
T0a are thaNfOr r88pectfully adrisad that it IS the opinion of thlr department that your question should be anrrsrrd in the affirmatirr and it ie 80 anaw8r84.
Tour8 vary truly
APPROVEDZ'J!B 23, 1940
Wm. J. Fanning Aaairtant