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!& OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY QENERAL OF TElUiS AUSTIN
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l?onor~bl.e R. A. Barton, o? the sus Tropor ratloi.aad dlupoatltlon or $le.80.-' ab,i80uRT duo oifiobra of thb court ulldor Art. 105s. C*C*P* Q,uctatlon froza ywr oplnlen O-785 tddrebrrsd FfoLoaaan County1
to T8w A. bP*ven, uouaty .&eltior, walk lay BDh. lQ39.
"(Where e oonvlotion 18 had in t&i0 ptiao Court and @UT e p8rt Of the oomtr (ire oollbotb~, the BUUI oollocrtcd should be preratoa between tho and thb oountf in tho easio prwortion ormers (18 to whloh l aoh waul4 have beea entitled to reoeivo therefrom had 811 co&c beon oollooted, Art, MB, U*U.P* mw8ver Bin00 jwtioo ot ,the peabe is &mid by tho County, hks brfal fee8 i l houl.e a at be o onoleo r oe in th e pror~!:tlon.
Art6 1088, 1084 a.a.P.f
T@u follbmi tb8 8am pr8obauro in your oplnioa 0460, (I&o& April 8rd. 193%
"IIn bnntbr JiUtlM court opinion, you that thoro &elf. ba no di~orl:~tlon 5kto b8twben th8 otSt8brr tha Court, but thbt diapaaltlm *hall bo in usual proportion.
*~rtlo$e to9 8nd suaoeedine; artlol*n 0r c.0.p. ;rotido for thb orooutlon or judgmnont in a nl8baaabnor osw, and juQ8 thnt tho 6tmposition of OuEl $.lr?.ao would follow
810nt; the line 0r your opinionb es naee:ee for e ju8tlor aoust. Fl8arb edviwt
*cpdaan ?m. II. "AI% 1058 t3,a.T’. proridon in art as foll.owat *TIM oountg shell b8 liable for ona- half oi tha foes of tf;b oftirp*r* of tha
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court when the 60f0naant faila to pay his ?laa an6 lay8 his iins out In tha oounty &ill or dlsoharges ths MUM by mana of working ruoh rieb out dI tho aounty roada or on any count9 pro jaat~. *
WP YrwlBwEt "art. lCS1 C.C.P. proridba that the County shall'roo~Ivo for oonrIolions o? a Attorney nladoimmor nature tho sum of $10.00, vlrst: xn the event the dsfbnaant aad prrltl in oath, the, County AttCmnOp wauld ha+* hiu tina reoslvbd ths sum of @O.OC ior his fobt
” ;aoocd : In tho event the ddatdnnt hnd remed out and dlscharga4 his ilao in $811 at mad, thb county Attorney would 1-r 0:: the county hare naeited iron Calhoun COuMy, tb sufa oi $8.00 aa hia ieo, under art. 1086. IR tha oaae at bar, the promtad Thlrdt county Attornor oa the $l&80 wtid
ree of only be a froational part o? tho $?S.OO a~ pm- for under MO. TWO above notmi. tided ‘Ymuld County AttO&%Wy be e~atitlbd to County the dittazunoo between
noolvo froz prorated part OS the #l&80 end Fhe @.OO PreTIdul under Art. x0. 1058.
%lkowi%o b&&l the aomb rulb apply to the other office rs oft the oourt." wm papuiation or aalh0tut~icount9, mxaa WX+~*
to tbm 1940 9Wersl oonaus la 8,011 inhabitenta. ‘~8 fartiw a 5uma from your latter that the Cotlut~ and pnolnttt qfrloora county, cabs, ar(, opbretfng uadortbb fee nyetwm, of chua and that any aalsries paid to them are otoftlalo aals~I~8, allowed Ln the mount and ;nannor a8 tha law prorldea. oy enoweru harsto ara bsssd u~gon tfro abesta assumption.
1085, V.A.G.E.?., nab8 as followat
Art1010 "The Count-7 slm?l be liable to l aoh oifloer und wltnbfaa brivin~ ooutn in 0 mIadom8anor oaoe tar only one-half thereof where the dafaubnt ha8 satie- *4 fled tho fine and oorete adjudged e,galnd him in full in the workhouse, on the oounty far+, on tha by labor pub110 roads or~upon any publfo works Of tti oountyj and to ;:sy swh hali of mob legal oosts as may have beenso taxed, not lnoluddlag oommla~lone, the oounty judgm shall ieaue h&.8 warrant upon the oounty treamirar In favor of proper party, and thtl B&SW 8hall bm paid out of the road and bridge fund or other funds not otherwlaa appropriated. diiBOiOlortC4S t&It the tin* in th&B O6Utbe YOUr i&tW
was $25.00, the oost 447.50j that the Qafendant psid &kLSO in oath and laid out $30.00 tl>ti in jailj tbo oounty attornayla foe wa8 $lO.OOj tha trial fee in oo:mty oourt is $5.00 under Artiole 1574, T.R*C.O.F., la taxable ae oosts and belows ~00 the oouuty. You 60 not stat. the exaot mount8 of fo.8 Bue to olerk, sherifT aad ooneta?lo but the amount due wol~ld be $Sg.UO. M j+ntly
Oplnlon Nos. O-469 and O-755 of tbls dopartmcmt hold that where o~Uy 0 pert or the fine and aoats alu oolleoted, that the money oolleotad should go ilrlrt to p$yment of the oost8 and Iha balmo,o, if any, to tha amunt of the tine and that where than is not USOU& eoll~oto4 to pay all aost8, the maoy oollsotod ohould be prorated, and that in suoh oaae one offioar had no priority ovor another. said opiniona further hold that the trlel ha bolonglng to the oountyahwald,ba in the oonsldond prsril tion. 73 quote fro* Opinion Ho. %+7&W as iollkrrr~
*In view of the trial fae ebova provided, being a pert of the oost8, end by maeon that Justioo oi Naoe being paid bg the oounty, it in our opinion that the $3.50 in pumMon should be prorate6 on the baalra of $8.00 to the county attornoyj #J.SO to the oonatable and &GG to the taounty, whiob figurer spproxlqtaly sixty four and a fraotlon oenta on the dollar. The oounty would gat fta pro rate scrrt of the paymnt.”
::G 0nelose herewith 0opie6i mid opinions ror your infori%ation.
opinion No-O-1578 of this department, approve4 in Llmltsd Confersnoe, I:oldtj that a oomtsble ui:er8tlng undm *5 under Artlo$s 10515, V.~.C.C.F., ?a8 system Is entitled pirt of the time s to half costs from ths ootnty an thet defsndant rszmins IA jail or works for ths ootinty rrhsn he so dleohargss of hIa SIue and pays off a part of prt Eme. “ia snolose h,srwlth a copy ml4 oriInIon ror your Iaformttion.
Tie pilot* fro&$opinlon x0* o-;Llwi tlie de- ;iartimnt a8 follower
*Ia answer to pour iiith qusstion, It
IR t: a opInIon of this departwmt that wimrs oniy a g-art of the fins and ooets are oollsotsd, that tbs miney oolleoted should @ fIrLt 6s the paymenf~ O? the oO8ts 81~4 th8 bslanO8, ii an~r, to the aznotu& of the fine, and that whers there Is not emugh a0lloote6 to pay all the oosts, t&a swner oolleotsd should bs proreted betwosn the arrertiag ofiiosr, tha oorsty That no oiflssr has attorney and the oomty.
priority over another in suah matter. YQr exa rpi8, if the tine aad oosts amunt ,to $S%OO; as In your ease; Ohe fes of the
ommty attorney unounts to #S.OOj ths to8 of ths oonstabls amounts tc $X3.00 and trial fes mounts to $4.OOj Lf ths d8fandant paid $6.00 in ossh snd the bslsnw 15 work86 011 the county farm ths ErrsatIng offiso~ out would bs entitled to $.LbS of ths ossh paynnat, would be satit oouaty to attorney $1&s or the oash payment and ths oounty’ (as Its portion or the trlnl fee) noold be entltlsd The amoating to $1.09 of the or?ah pqxaat.
orfIo8r and ooatty sttornsy would alss w entitled to rscsIvs pay,~mt from oounty under Artlole 1056, V.A.C.C.P., one half of 0r r088 ior th8 thi0 tb0 th8 bu110t3 flefsadsnt worked out ths bslaaos of his fIm aad oosts. undsr. the oxawls Guoted absn be sntlt1ed to arresting ofttoorrauld neeIvcr tram the oountj the ~‘um af $1.89. Ths total sum reoslved bp ths arrsrting orrioor frozi both SOLWOOS would be $Z.l~,*
xe l a810~8 herswith a oopy of raid Opinion for your l5fcrmtlon.