"i;e hsve et hd your opinion lo. O-578. "Some aonfualon hle arlsen in refersno* to tkn collection of fine0 in pollution ease8 under Houmii Bill 439, became duly elected sherfrro and uountg attorney8 nc0 Olahlrg to48 or rive per clent and ten per cent respectively, of all flnss oolleated.' *2 .cta or tbr 4&h kgish*ura, ‘Lloiue i5lil HO. 439, gegular b$ssioa, 1843, is:

*;,N AT provldsg t,i~.t it eh&ll be unlawful for tiny ;trreon, tlm, eormr?9tlon, hasociotion, town, oit,y or other yolitlcrrl subdivision ot this State any agent, arflcar, e.mploges or representative o? 86~31) tb pollute my publio body ot 8srvLc.c~ wat%r o? thie state; de?lnlng the term ‘pollut6; uerimg the term *public body o? oervlce water a? this x%tatei’ @rotid- leg oertaln exceytlone to thle~.kct; pr%eoriblng ~%ncrL- tlee tor tk% vloiatlsn of thle ;.Ct; pmvldiq, tot tbo o? thie ,ct; preeoriblng certlpin dutise sliorcazent ta &tit% cS?ioiale; proVld1~ IOF the diepoeition ai fin%8 %nd ?%ue Under thle .c.Ct; ~XpX'O881~ repallna lirtlclee 997 und 698 a? the Penal Code of Tarbe o?

1925, and Chapter 42, .rota of the tlret Called t3eeeion o r tb (2nd iaglslatum; any l eotlon, providing that asntenoe, clause, phrcise or woml of this I;ot ehf~ll bs eev%r%bl%; and declarlnp, ntl e.xerpznoy.*

section 6 or the roregolq mt ;rrorideer RInsotar aa Qonoerna the protaotlon o? ?ieh In& oti;%r edible aquatlo onlnmle, the Gem, Fl8h Ogeter Comiselon or the duly euthorfted deputiee thr-reef, %r% eep%oi%lly c~rgod. rlth an?orcemato? this iictt nnd all ?iu%e iwoe%d for vloltrtion o? thie not, md any fe%% of the errssting ofiicore shall be rezitted to the Case, fish & Oyeter Comcaieelon and e!lall be deposited in th% date Traaauryto aradit o? the General &nd.”

.irticlee 960 and 951 Vernoo*a amotated Coda o? Grialnal Zrooedurc irre general statrlt;ee oonoemirq "oo~balo~ *3 These articlea rsad 88 romws:

,011 0011BCtlone." 960. The alstriat or CouUty attm- “hrt. LWY 8&U b6 Ontitlad t0 ten pm Odnt Of all iifle8, r0rr0iture0 or money colieated for tb &do eaunty upon jwltywnc~ rooovered by him; sob tbo in whioh raid judgmmt8 olork of th8 oourt arm 8kiJl.l b6 eatiti6d rondrrad to rive per cent or tba t0 k paid Out Of tho &EOUflt Of 8aid jujgPleIit8, r&n eollwtod.” amunt Tim 8hrifr or otbr offloer, *AH. 961.

oxoe~t tho jtUtiO8 a? the poaoe or him alork, rho OOll8Ot8 s&XIOy for the b%ato Of 6OUIlt~, 6XOOpt under 8nJ proTi8iOa O? thin Code, 8b11 jaTy hO8, b6 l atlt&cI to r8t8in iivo par oont tkeraof whoa OOUOOt8d.*

tIea I;J~cG~~ by ;lny co!.~rt fx violr."l"t", yJa:3ny of tha 12b44 0r thl.9 3tat.e pertaini? sf . ihi, oysters, protection and coneervation OS ' '~ * 3 * within ten day.8 rr0m ana sfter the raoeipt 0r such ri,ie Or penalty, o~ collection to re:ait 1/a* to the Ga.ze, Fish 6: Oyster Co~:~~~ssion at raWtin, givi2g a00k8t umber or owe, ntmm 0r *rreons rined, and motion or srtiolo sf the law under which ooa- viotlon was ISCuCeQ, whsn suell lsW8 are roqutred to bo suforood by ths Gsae, Yi8h & Oyrstar Go2mi~slon.~

Lt wI11 be noted that tlm GUS, Plsh 6. Oy8ter Coa- ths duly sutborlesd deputies mi88iOn thsreof , ers exyaossly HO. 439, aupra, by o&,S&Sd With thS SniOmO3BUt Of LbUS0 aill 3titi0n 6 0r aftid ,$0t. 4otloa 6 also provides:

nib11 ritlU8 Imposed ror rio:ia tion 0r thi8 iiot and any roe8 0r arresting OrriOOr8 shall bs rsmitted to ths Gaao, ?tsh t Oyster Commission sod ohall be dsposlted in the Aato Treasury to tha credit or tb General Fund.* hot (H. The roregoing u. a0. 439, SUpr8) i.S VS&l8,

IndoFinite, aud d icrlault to InterprQt, however, it i8 00nrueiw 0~ opinion that the term "8rre*tIng ofricers * ~48 used Ia Seo- tIon 6, refer8 only to Ga:as,Ip~i8b & Oyster 60ami~slon or the duly authorized dsputie8 theroof; It &or8 not apply to pseoo 0frI08rs geenerally. %a G.;.:rt, BIsh k Oyster OoaarlssI~n and the oil a mlary duly authorized dsputfss tikreof sro qo@#gmatoQ bar1 8. Wmo the Ourno, Fish & Oystet G&msissIon or any dtiy au- thorieed deputy thereof, Is the amoating ofricor, than, of oourso, sny rem3 0r the srrestiiig orrioera must be rualttad to ths Omio, Fish & Oyster Comisslon, to be tiOpO8ftd In tlis 3.s'te Treasury to the oredit 31 the General BUna. V. A. C. 3.)

Kouss 5X11 Ko. 4311, SUp$a, tkPt$cls 97&$, is a fish sud sgster iai insofar us it Ctirioefn(, thr 0r nrt!X$e~;jg fish, oyarere and other raibls apuatio anlr&1- supa, ;~rovlBes t&t ten per aeat. of ull tines solle0tm.i tar &s itiration of the flsh sod o@tss laws ShnJl 80 td tbs pr08ec~tEng attOrEey tid bhe r8s~dUe thereOr 8hou tb t&0 GOiU3ral FUn$of this state. ice mm not oonoeraed hero wlf8, thw disposltlon ten per cant going to the prosscutkng ettorwiyi therefore,, it whetbr th,i8’ tan pap Qent Ia per- is not necessary to ,dStErXkiS 80Rsily rs:sPned by the proseouting attorney or j&ether it should *5 be pdd into the OffIoerr* Jnlary Fund. The anerers to these qwatlons depend on the f&ate in aeoh oaw, and particularly whether the county ofllcera a~8 ooflpansated on a fee or salary baaIS* 4025, and Eiouee is our opinion ‘icticlo It that

Bill so. 439, augta, muat be read and oonatruad together. I a ant It led t 0 tea wr TharsfOra , tha prosaoutm attoln0y o& or all fines oolleotad for any lntraotlon of aald H. 8.

439, rbthcr It bo an Inrr8otion oonceralng the pmtcotlon 0r fIah, oysters nnd other adlblo aquatlo animals, or aom other or t h0 iiot. It la our further opinion thnt la all riOlatiOn instances whera tha prosecution is inatlgrited by the CommIaalon its duly authorized deputies, all fess for inaklng tha arrest which deputies are antitled to oolleat from the defendant, upon oonrlotlon, are to be oolleoted and remltted to the Co:nmiaalon to \M by It deposited In the State Traasury to tha oredit ot the c;eneral Fund.

It Is alao our opinion that when a oonrlctlon has boon obtel~ned under thla hot where the oomplaint was not rilea that the rine oolleotod anl by on0 0r the commIaaion~a 0rri00r8, tha roes oarned by local orricers are to bo diapoaed of aa pro- vided for by tha general l tatutsa. Stated another nuy, the CoamIaaIon la neither intsroatsd in tha dIspoaItIon of tba fines aalleotad, nor tin rear earned by local orrloara when It did not make case nor Its orfiosra make the arrest, exoept whore a person is oonvlotod under tha aot Insofar as its conoarna the protection of auoh ffah and other edible aquatio animals, then Qm reaidge 02 t&i rina collected after deduatlng oo.zaMaIona due loos1 officers should be remltbed to the Co~ia~10n to be &posed or as provided by tha *ct.

Very truly yours