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*1 343 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN *2 Irs. wtl.lle a’lwel, Page [6]
and the eoqun8ation to be
paid ‘;i &t&y is hmreby rixsd at the 8u1 W50.00 per ioatb plrra th0 r008 0r orrio 00raOd by gala tmfria orrieor; to be Paid in 1i.u 0r deputy alroreamant orrlosr at oromg, Tuas~aadnotto~ameUenyUmSt~ by the pm3 at&O.* *3 Mrs. wlxlle O’lieal. Page 5
8dtm83nt8 0r the shear ia EUOOW~- ing ror the ress or 0rrioh for the purpoM or thIa &aw, the Coa&esIoners~ c0urt~ or 0owiOe -0880 iundO rr0r th0 motor rtiglstrmtlon fees provided hemIn emount to Thirty ThousauQ Dollars
(#50,000) or over, nay use not amemd- ing rir0 (e) per aeat aaid rude; and not to axoeed riven axd onedmlf (o&l par eont 0r 8wh rtmds in 00tmti08 modring a lesser wount from suoh Bald doputiee shall at regtstmtIon.
d..l the8 ooopamta with the polio0 do- peirtmnt or eaoh oity tom dthla the oounty, In the 6nr0rO08id or arid traiflo laws th?mln and In all other Artiele 6699a. Revised airild3tatu*8, 1085, ap- plloabls to sll oountles who8e popalatloa do not exooe4 U5,OOO end Its mlsmmt pr0ri610n8 relatIag to .thr eoqpsm- satlon to ba paid moh orflasrs, pro~ldast
9sputIas shall be pal4 a Wary out 0r the gexersl oounty +und not to ‘0r080d ow hpndrrd ~4 rirty ~pso)
dollare par month the sszs .to be flxd by t&o Comdssionsr~~ au&in addition thersto t,betL>L
siexims~ oourt Is hersby authortied to protido at the bxpbnae 0r th8
oounty suoh neosssary dr0m, 0@8 aud b-8, such bsilgas to bs not
lees than t*o lnohes by thrue lnohem in di.mensloM,~ ana other'nemssary
*quipmeat,. to inollide a motoroyole and Its maiatwwaa, as Is xeaeosary for thsa to disaherge their duties, The aaU+es paid to said deputlea ~aotlng ~8 suoh hic9rraJ airleer shalla be paid. direst to said deputies by wDpiSSloams' oaurt, and suoh salarIes shsll Idependent of any
salary or rem paid to the 8brirr MU. all hI8 eoprrt;iw not SO a&lag (U nigawor orri0em; ~4 the 8h8rirr
=s, Willis O'mlfil, Page 4
shall not be required to aooount ror the salaries provided for 'herein a8 r~38 0r 0rri00 or as sahry to ths 8hSrirr or hi.8 other doputles. suah deputies OS am p&wide4 Sor heroin shall be appointed by ths aamissioa- em* oourt and be Deputized by either the 8hrirr or any oonstabh or oounty In whloh they am sppolntod, and mother 0rri00n S~SU mkS or- rests in this State r0r vlolatlon of lam relating to hi&way8 now in d- teat In thts State. Eluoh dsputtos as'pro~idea ror hemln shall at sl& time whsn in the perromwoe as their dutlss ueac a full tmlrorm nlth a asp and badge, the badge tobo dIrplaa4 on the outsIdo ths unirom %n a 00n8plauoua ~1608. suoh orrioen In the perrormnoo of their duties, onlyleavingtlmhighwsytopursue IUW orrender whom rmoh ofiloSr8 -M OQ- 888; to apprehend span the hIghw&y lt- . Wo arrest by any suoh orrloer shall be binding vN.Id upox tha psrson apprehaWd I? the offtom mak- lng suoh arrest was In hiding or ii ha SpPrShSna &KmSOnstmtvSl- set ati-apto serYlles or suoh 0rfleen Drotided for hSrSin. nor 8hhaL;L 8m r00 ror ar- meta mad by suah ofitoors oharuo ~d”tt8 UO#tS Or D&i to SUOh Bf! ?iOtWS Inunyo~
oars ShrilllaLe ~11 emxtst, such orrl~~rs ShsLl PSllrOm all thSlt dUf&xWI tUId Mb armsto for violation 0r my law or. this State appmrtaiping to the eoutrol wad rqgulatlon 0r rohlolea operatI&g'ia and upon any highmy, #treeit, or allay 05 this State. . .*
It IS we%1 for us fo aoaslder sarsrbat the his- tery or the fomgoitlg statutes and their qqlioatlon ISI rta or the r& that ptq aoooapaaied by a BO&IJ rqk~imt, or the order of Coamisa%oners' Oetut, raises a QUOS- ttamrrhfcrhralaratnscle~wi~ms~andw~ohoorrclo~8 *5 Yrs. 1yillls O*Nec.l, Page 5
the mathod of oompen#atIOn as provid04 In the ComrissIoa- ora* Court order; that is, whether sama Is euthorlmed.
Prior to the amandmant by the Forty-iirth Leai8- lature, Artiole 6699, aupra, said provisions authorizing the employment 0r oounty trait10 0rri0ers were, In titerlal respeots, the sew as existbd,~sinoe 1919 when the Thirty- sixth Legislature ennoted Chapter 127 with ~rtiole 6699 oontainea in Seotlon 5 tharaor. It will be nsted that only ohengo In aaid UtIo1e ,-.ade by the yorty-tlith Legls- 1ature was the addition of tha wofia found above under- eoorsd, wbioh allows said trarrlo ofrIo0rs the sama riuht and duty to arrest violators of all laws as Other 4oPuQ l herirrs. The Aots of 1919, Chapter 127 ThIrt - irth Legislature eaaoted in fiva asot%oas, Ad beI4 &olu- sire authority for the agployment of suoh treffla offIoers up to 1925, oontalnod no expressed aode 0r ooaptmsatL~ suoh oounty trafrio ortloers other t&an tbs wComiaelonem* ;flzF shall~fix their oompensatlon prior to their seleo-
* By the Aots Of 1925, the ,ThIrty-ninth Leg&#- la&e*eia&ed Chapter SS, amandlng Seotloa 4 of ths 1919 hat, Chapter 3.27, Thirty-sixth Legislature, ArtIole.6699a, supra, which provides that suoh deputies shall be paid s salary out of.the general fund, and that such salary Is to be tired by ths Comni6sIoa8rs~ Ceurt.
such orri00rs ~0 in r60t 40puti08, workin un- der the dIreotlon or the sherirr. Eowovor, suoh orrioers sreza speolal alasa or dsputies, &nown as the oounty trai- tlo ofYIoers, a&. prior to the amandment or ArtIole 6699 by the irorty-iIrth Legislature their dutlas mm 00nrin04 solely to suror0enrcmt 0r the highway laua the State and to this t'leld their authority was lImIted. 8boe SWSd- aent by the torty-fifth Legislature, krtiola 4499 supra, the htgtciature haa 80011 rlt to bmaden their mid op- eretion by giving said dsputle8 or oousty trafrlo orrl00r8 right and duty to arrest violators ot all law@.
Statutes providing r068 ror publlo 0rriosn am to striotly oonstruod. It Ie submitted that only tho@e orrioers nsmsd in the roe statutse, Artlole 9883, et seq., to any retbe when oompenaated on a fee basis, are entitled oarned ror 8~~Io8a perroamed whereIn.suoh rtw are rixsd by law. -The tees earn4 by regular deputies under othor prorisioaa of our statutee are payable and attaohsd to,ths orrio 0r ths sherirr sk6p109Ina oald deputIe8 uuaer the80 laws. Suoh deputies In oountlae oa a fee basle are oompea- sated out 0r the be8 0r the partloular 0rri00, their only means oompensation. Nicit only hoe the L+gIsiature pro- ed04 a dlrr0rsnt. methoa for ~0mpensatIag the oounty trar- *6 ria ar~ioers authorlzzefl under the pro~Ision8 or the r0rc goill6 stetuties but the Isgielelturs haa expreeely prwtad therein that the pay of said &putls6 shell Ilot Loalu&- 06 tn the rret%lenmnts of the shariit in aoaowatlxm ior the ma orfloe. is a general It rule of statutory oonitxuatlon
that I speoliio provlaion rslatin6 to a partloular 8ubfe.t ut @mm in rtmpeat to that subjaot, an aLpinat @nual prorlsiozu inother parts ofthelars ublohmlght0thuw%m bo brad mYNl&b to inaluilo it. Amthbr rfaili~r rule Jd that where euthorlfy Is given to do a partioular thing and the made doI?& It ia prtmorlbod. it ia limltsd to be done In that rmda; all&her madea are exoludo&
ATTORNBY GBLERAI, 03 TEXAS