History
  • No items yet
midpage
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
O-224
| Tex. Att'y Gen. | Jul 2, 1939
|
Check Treatment
Case Information

*1 *I. . . WCC OF&E OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL :::::::::x non. 0. 3. 3. iWingeon

i, General Zanager

Texas Prison ‘System I

., Huntsville, Texae;

and who will no

oftense is enti

and alothlag o

Civil Statutes of Texas tied to a dls- she shall be fur- .

med, if any, his proficienag ,..; h deaarlptlon es may be prea- : ! Suah dieaharged person ehall be fur- tiaable,

: nLshed with a deoent outtlt of citizen’s cloth- ing of good quality and tit, end two suite of underwear; and when a pereon and/or aonviot aotually serves over one yeer, he shall re- aelve Fifty Dollars ($50~00) in money in addl- ~, tick to any ~money held to hie or her oredit, that. it a peraoa apd&r oonvlot doea provided

‘. = *2 ~-~----~-

--_._ - --. ..d,.....,. __ -.- r-

ia ‘-I

‘l!iEda 1 ,i i t I’

'Eon. 0. J. 9. Ellingaon; January 6, 1939, Page 8 not aotually serve one year flat time, he ahell

not reoeive Fifty Dollere ($50.00); In lieu. tot thereof a person serving less then ono year aa-

tual time shell reoelve Twenty-five Dollors ($25.00) in ticoey in addition to any money held to his or

,' her credit and a deaont outfit of oltlzen’s oloth-

lng of good quality and fit and two suite of under- wear, provided that if the aatual time served ex-

oeedg ten (10) years, the sum of money shall be

Sevehty-five Dollara ($75.00), end if the eatual

time served exaeeds twenty (20) years, the sum

of money shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

As.far as may be praatlaable the Prison Board may authorize a crcatlon of a Bureau for the purpose of- plaalng discharged prisoners ln oonneotlon with ampldyment, provided suoh will not be an extra

expense to the Prison System.*

In view ok the foreeolng stotute, you are respeot- fully advised that it is the opinion of this Depertment that when a person and/or co&lot servos as much as one year X&t .. time in the penitentiary he is entitled to the sum of $50.00

In money in addition to the olothlng es speoliled in said above quoted artlolo and the taot that suoh’peraon’s trial wea Illegal does not release the State of the obligation to .i. ,provlde said olothlng and the payment of the Bum of $50.00 . when such person iotually serve8 a$ muoh as qne year flat -I. t@e 'in the, petiltentlary. ‘, ’ AlTORNiCY GENERAL OF TEXAS

Case Details

Case Name: Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Court Name: Texas Attorney General Reports
Date Published: Jul 2, 1939
Docket Number: O-224
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Att'y Gen.
AI-generated responses must be verified and are not legal advice.
Your Notebook is empty. To add cases, bookmark them from your search, or select Add Cases to extract citations from a PDF or a block of text.