Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN Hon. H. Y. cFantlltlgaasp OoUnty Auditor r?atarro county Corsiama, T e x.a 8 RittIs the eonstable mileage And related Dear Sir; past yeac;lu roun4 above the al&wed hi0 ill dedueted a8 hao been pai& lS# 8 he now enbltled to irr $480.00 whioh inaladee report OS one oonatablo tanr erred fo in the above quoa- .oo grorsa oolleotlone, #%.mo, fSe8, 183aviRg #700.00 over his ram this he deduota his deputy aonstable:s salary and his telephone anh, telmgraph bill and the above mentIoned $430. for traveling erpemma whfoh shows that ha does not owe the county any exoess feebl to2 the year. 272 Ron. E. T. Cunnln@mn, page 2 -hit3 &%!B thing OCCUlTed iA the yefir 1938 and OA the same baeia the Oounty made the constable pay back to the oounty $96.00 iA eXC888 tees. In the eVeAt you rule that he ie allovped to deduct his traveling ex- peAsee, ehould the county reiund him the money paid for the yaar 19587 *'Plea88 give ~1) a ruling as to whether he ie allowed to make these deduotlons.* ArGlcle lC65, Code of Criminal Prooedure, reads, in part, aa followSi The followlag fees shall be allowed the sheriff, or other peaoe offloer performing the same services in miSdeme&AOr casea, to be taxed against the defendant on conviction: *1. Fofexecuting oath warrant of ar- rest.or capia8, or making arrest without war- rant, two dollars. For oonveyi~g a wittisasattaohed by hiat It'atiy oourt out of hls oounty .?our dol- lars tar each day or fractlo~al pa& thereof, and his actual necessary expoAsea.by the mxu- est practicable publio ooAveyeAoe, the amnmt to be stated by said offloer, under oath and approved by the judge of thecomt .frap which the attaohment iesued. =9. For OOAVayillg a prlaoner after OOA- riotion to the county jail, for eaoh mile, gOiA$ aAd OcoliAg, by the AearelSt prectlcable route by pri+ate oomeya~ce, ten aente a Fle;,or bJr railway, eeten end one-ht6lI CeAtfI . "10. For conveying a prisoner arrested on a warrant or oaplas Issued from another CoUAty to the court or jail 0r the oounty 273 from rhioh the prowas WAS issued, for eaoh BUS trsvaled going and aanting, by the beer- est pr.sotiaable route, twelve an8 one-half cents. '11. For each mile ha.eurybe oompelled to travel in exeouting c;rininal process and OT 6ttW3hiAg WitAW3, BBVM 6Ad m- tTUltLlOltin(T: half cents. For traveling in the service of process not otherwise grovfded for, the sum of seven and one-half oenta for eaoh mile &o- in& and re&rning. If two or more persona are menticxmd in the same writ, or two or more writs iA tha aame case, he shall oharge otiy for the distance aotuelly and Aeaeeaarily traveled in tlv3 sme.v It is necessary that we bear in &Id the faot that the tee statutes are atriotly oonstrued end fees by iTaplioat.ioAare not permitted. It is a rery settled matter that the constable, who is campenaated on a fee besis is not entitled to any See at all in a miade&aee~- or C%Se unless e oOAThti0~ is obtained. Tex. JUT., rol. 34, p. 4s6& . LEoCalla vs. city or Raekdule. 46 s.P;. SM. The ebove mentioned statute expressly pro- vides tees by,the way of acaqeaaetion for the pertleu- lar servioea enuraecetsd therein end unless ths partiou- lar serviae is aotually perfoamed the oiiioer is entitled to no ree rcm auoh service. The fees provided therein are allowed only when such MlZVioea are aotaally per- formed by the offloer. When en orfiuer exeoutea a warrant of arrest or aapiaa Ln a ml6deraeknor case or m&es a b&al arreat without P warrant, he is entitled to the mm of two dollars. Where it is AeOesW?Il'yfor auah ofricer to do rmy traveling in connection with the exeouting the warrant oi arrest or oapies, he is entitled to the rLlsnge provided by.Artiole IGaS, Code oi Criminal Procedure, au2ra. However if it is not necessary to do any trmeling in ereOut& a warraAt,oi arrest, ox ~~pf~a~o~re~?~~f~$~~~A~~~~~~l~h~?~~e~~~~uah o*ficerS 25’4 Tbareforo, your f’irkt ausstlon f8 ree;isotfully ennwer- 06 la the no~utivs. Flth mforsaoe to your twoad quortion, wa direct your attention tO Sootion 4 of Artiole 8868 and hl-tiole 9891, %WAOA’S dUlOtRt.6 cilil. titlhUtO8. i&C- tfon 4 of krtlols S#S, nupra, mada, io part, an fol- lGW*: *'In oountiefb ooataining airty thousand and onn (60,001) aa4 not zorm than one hundred. tbausand (100,600) Fnhabitmt8: County Judge District or CrirPlnal District iittome~, Eherkf, County Clerk, County httosaoy, Dirtriot Clmk, Tax Colloator, Tax ks%ee~~r, or the iaiieasor and Collaotor of 2%x60, Four Tha~sand ($4000.00) Dollcra eaeh; Jttatico of the Eea6s end Comte- bls, Twnty-one IPmdra4 (C8100.00) Dollers *aoh.* hrtlolo 5891, Vmxm*r iixiotaste4ClrU~ Etat- ute8 rmt8, in part, an rollowar *In oountlcw oontalnitq strep thcxasand and aa (60&O a@ nat more thaA on0 hun- drsd t hcu&wid 4160,000) inhabitants, dieeric an& oounty affitaors ~00404 herrin ah011 retain oze-Chird of euoh BXQB~W facrr atll lsuoh one- 2Y5 276 277 ths3necus4~ry trwelln~ expen468, hcluding th4 ex.gea4e ot $44 ,011 and a rea4onable &mount at 'up4taep 4, iaaurrud by the oonnta- blr in *the d18ahlirsg af bls otflcinl d;lties, proride he OO;4;dle& rlth krtlcleo 3839 Cnnd ss91, bUpr(L." For your aonrrnlator w4 er8 enalo4in& 0 aopf Of our opinion Isa. o-l.666. we 40 30t bar6 suifioient r4ett3to tmswr your thtr4 gussttan. X9rhwver, Lf yau will pre44oat us 411 th4 rcatctr0gmiiag 48id ~~444tht, a ~.ili b0 @=a to gira It cur roost eurbful oon4M4r4tion. Tyuating that tha forrgoin6 sully atS4mM your tuqtliry* we rc85ala A&o11 Uillf4#w ASWb ksaistaat 2~1. (4. op:nfox O-rS661 APPROVEMAR 28, 1940 LJJU4d ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS