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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN Ltr. R. lL Bemley
County Auditor
iloidnney, Texas
Murr $irx
*Please advise p8 88 to rlzethew t&b&e the proper procedure ioc h2m to foIlor ip tbis<rseeorwht~tNe&he shorildburebrongbt the prisoner dfsectly
te UcginneJ and turned him over fa the 8hdPiftaadletthe she&?2 then carry him t43 Xlmeadlle and la case ftmt clal5 xxlleujp from Bkuamrwille to Bc- Hinaey. Thl6 is a question that ha8 aM6en a
Mr. 3. 12. Ueasley, tray I, 19.39, Page 2
Sew times already and probably will arise more times before our jail Is oomplcted and we can move into it. n
Article loa, Cede of Crininal Prcccdure, reads in part as follows:
*In each county where there has been cast at the preCeding Fresidential elec- tion three thousand (3000) votes or more, the sheriff and constable shall receive the followiug fees3
aSection 4. For rtrmovlng or ooovey- ingprlsoners, for eaohmile going and com- da& lxmludlng guarde snd all other neaew wry expenses, rhea fravellng by railroaa, feut eenfm (lo 1. When traveling othemlse than by roll x4! Sa, Marfsest teats (14 ); protiaed that Where pore than one p wner x4 is 60 ooa~eyod or ramored at ~t.hft ease the, inadd%tAonto the fours Snfi he &all&e allowed eight oonfe (a$' p" per mile ior each addllAoaxil priaone%*
We are lafotmed by fhe Comptreller~s OfYlae that coll.inCountp oastatthe pmoedlngPreeideatia3 eleotlon over thme thousaad (3000) mfea. Theretare, ArtAcUe x029, wpra, wuldbe applicable to Collln County.
Article hO31, Code of 4Wimluel ProoMure, reads as. Solloret
Wbem xaervleee hwe been rwUerfxd,by any peaoe offlaer other than the shetUT, ouch ae are e4nrmerated In the tw premed- lag et-f&lee, aueh oifioer shall reaeire the t3Bme fees therefor ae are allowed the sheriff. The t3ame x&all be fared in the sherirt'e bill of co&s, and nofed therein PB woe+ due euah peace offloer; and lhen received by such sheriff, he shall pay the same to such pence oSSfoer.a Articles 217 and 233, Code of criminal Procedure . . read 8s follossr
*Article 217. In each 0888 e3itmier- ated in this chapter, the person making t&e arrest shall inantxliately take the per- *3 i&r. R. E.. Beaeley, Hay 1, lQZ39~ page 3
son arrested before the magistrate who may have ordered the arrest, or bofOP2 the nearest nag%strate where the arrest was nadc without an order.
*Article 23x The officer, or person csecutlng a warrant of arrest, shall take the person whom he is directed to arrest forthwith before the magistrate who issued the warrant, or before the ms@trnte nrrmsii in the warrant.*
You are respectfully advised that it is the opinion of this department that when an arrest is made in the county uhere &he offense is wmifted the aoaused muef be taken be- Sore a maglsfratq an required by Artdales 217 or 230 of tibe. .Code OS cri~~inil Procedure, and t&of fhe OtYloer iu entitled to be’ aoqmm~&e@ for rmoring or amveqiag primnerr, fW ewh mile going aad umingb ludludiag guards aa ill other nweseary eupenee, when travelSag by railroad, fam oenta 00~)~ Kben traveling Othe~~me fhan by~~rallroad, fourteen (x4$); and where more than one prtsoner ia mo eonreyed or re- ~~oredrt the same flme, &I MdLtian to theto~goingho ehall be allowed eight oenfe (a#) per mile for each addSt%onal primmer. the forerping aaeuere yOUP lnqulry, ua Trusting
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