OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY **GENERAL** OF TEXAS AUSTINRomrahle Jim Weatherby, page 3

a State h08Mal for the mnta ni~f~ day& for 0beervetIon an y Ill for not sxos8&ing or treatment, and etwrb so'.uW jWP shall believe suoh lniormtlon to be true, he shall forthwIth, in term tk or vaoatlon, fix a day and plao0 iOF the hearing and dstermintng Of the matter, whlah 

### plaoe shall ba *Ither in tbr co~hows of the aounty, or at the resldenoe 0s the pem00 md, or at any oth0r place in the oowy (IStSrocounty juago my eeua bs8t for swh person and shall give notice to such @rson or the time anh ?lace of suoh herrin&. mm xmnnox and rn;~xW~~~~'

*uQh hewing 18 rpeolticmlly set trutin she

. The .statut* imposer 116duty upon the aolulty attormey $0 

### reyreesnt the State In slmh im6ringrr or~pltotmedinsm.

that it's@OPinion No, OwIi112104 sf this department hold8 not the dutp'of the oaunty rttorney to mpresent the 3tate fina proeeedlng authorized by ArtA0.l~ 31930-l. v. A. T. 0. 3.. an4 that UId 8t8tute 40e8 not provide ior a.LL under aaId artI fee8 for orri~n ~ortd~tbg hear&~

ale. WO en010ss hareriCh a copy Of Said 0ginm for 90~ InrOmaion.



### M PointedQut 

### inoplalon Ho.wisaB4,PrcpoaaaImp under Article 51030-1, V. A. T. c. 3.. am sot 1-0~ groOa*6~IUP, and Uut Artiols S&l, V. A. T. E. 8.1 Plrevldlng fe- for o~ioer8 and Juror8 in iuway *asal, ha no 8pplloet ion.

Seation 3 or ArOiole 919804, pro~ldc8,amon1~ OtAOS 

## thlngqtbat the oounty ohall provia* t,nmtiwartatlon to and Pr003tha State !rorgltalfor 8uoh per8On 

## tempom?d~Y mmmlttod to suoh ho8pltal by the countp oourt, but that+ the aounty Sk11 bo raimburaed for sutihetpexms8.ii the patient or relatives are finanoiay 

### l s&o to pay 8u0h ~SpOlUl~S*
Btatut~~8preooribing fee8 for p&blIo 0lfIee~ er8 strictly construedi end hame a ri&t fO fees my.not YS8t in iaplioation. 654. MoCalla v. city o? HWcdaSs, M-6 8. W*

Thho con8titutiof; rhOa the 003pnsation of oert&n ofricers and authorlzee the,tsgIalature to provide by I.QWfor th. CO:~peneetlon of all othar ofilOSi'~, 8emt*, q'cantu,and ;ubllo ~Ontrr:~otora. Pur#uant te the tkuthfJfitar tl:uacOnf%rrad, numrous atatutem hare beea passe4 fidW

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### hereinabOv8 

### 8,trted the eompeMatioa of publlo otfiosra ftiflied **by** the Coaatftuticm 

### or btatutes~ hn off$oer MY not 

### clal? or rrsoh nay somy vtthout e kr authorizing hka to 40 **80,** and clearly fixing the amount to whiah he is entltlod. 

### Sinford ?. IiobiiMGn, 

### !344 3. W. 80'11fdQl,MnaaCounty v. Bog.. **~888,** 31118. PI.346; 

### Duo108 *. 

### lkrrlrCounty, 891 9. w. 6U, aSCirnnd 898 

### 6. R. &I; CrOSby County Cattle Co. v. 

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881 8. w* 8W.
*rtlal* 3l#Zb-1 **4088** 

### notprovide any 

### fessforany aCfi8ere

norUO*Qitprovide for 

### aay~8oat.s to **be** 

### taxe4 a::alnst

the 

### oountyOr tha eatsto of the tmspOFarilf oostdttd paxson. Se have alm bwn 

### usrblr to find any SbptUtO 

### nhieh pwddu that 

### the ooak of such preo*cwngs ehsuld be pai4 a8 the 00868 in **1UJWOy plWJW4fLt&S,**  **OiYil SUit#,**  **O?i?hiti** 

### sasos or any other

### prmomll~sr

&bwwYrr if th8 fdM'%ff tI'U~O2tS 8 WFSDn 

### tUpaxwily aommltk~ 

### to a IHate hcmpltal umker of the aoan, wa thlak **under Sehofi.on**  **3 cpf**  **Art** 

### froper.stidsr **a18** 

### 2519%-l the 00m;l 0h0ad pep the a024 trfor

hi0 l **otw r~p8ti888**  **iemarr~** 

### In tho trcrtiportatitali **Ol SUOh**  **RbLYOa to**  **t&O 8t8t0**  

### hfJ8pital.

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