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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN OIOYRl) SaLLLmm
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Hon. 3. M. Williams
County Auditor
Tarrant County
Fort Worth, Texas
Dear Mr. Williams: Opinion No.
connunication in which you request our
Court of Tarr
county funds
quent from Gatesville, Texas, ad to us, are that such child under the terms of Senate Bill was committed to the State Training School that he remained in said institution for ir and under the merit system employed by ntitlad to be discharged rrom said Instittition on of that period of tine. When the tize for a release cane, it was xade manifest to the Judge of the 96th District Court that he had no people with whom he could live and that he was less than fourteen years of age but was a big, strong, healthy boy for his age. Application was sought and permission obtained to p&ace the boy in the home known as Boystown, Nebraska, and he was taken by an assistant juvenile officer of Tarrant County, Texas, in an autoraobile Prom Fort Worth, Texas, to said institution upon an order of the Judge of the 96th District Court.
Hon. J. Ed. Williams, page 2
Upon careful study of Article 2338-1, V. A. C. S., we are unable to Sind any authority given for the placing of a delinquent child outside of the Stats of Texas.
Therefore, the act of transporting such juvenile outside of the State OS Texas would be unauthorized by law, and the expenses of such trip would not be an allowable charge against county Sunds, the sam not "being necessary in tl-e performance of the duties of a juvsnlle oSSicerm as required by Art. 5142, V. A, C. S.
Trusting this satisfactorily answers your inquiry, we are
Yours very truly A'PKRNEY G%:~~L OF T3Z.S 3y (s) Robert L. Lattimore, Jr. Assistant RiL:rt RLL:Sl0
UPP,OVED JUX 27, 194.4
(s) Geo. P. Blackburn
(Acting) A'-PTCR$~ fZ$Pid x
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