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OFFlCEOFTHEAlTORNEYGENERAiOFTEXAS 

GROVeR SELLERS 

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County Attorney. 

Ochiltree County 

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anorrble &AX WC Boyer, pa&e 2 

Artidle 3933, Vernon*s Annotated Civil Statutes, reeds 

as foUOWi31 

wi52ara and ‘Constables shall receive the follow43 

fees: 

Serving each orl&.nal citetion in a civil suit; l l $1.00 

Sunmon.in&each wltsoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3 .50 

, Lavy~ and returnin& eeqh writ of attaohment 

or sequestration . . . . . . . . . , . . b l . l i~2.00 

copy or attacaent writ and return for recording . $1.00 

Levy* tp302 execution . . . . . . . . . . . l .a . $1.00 

i(eturn 0r axacution . . . .’ i 

serving each writ or igmiabm3ri~ Gr*ol&* 

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proqsaa not otherwise provided ror . . . . . .i’ ‘~. $1.00 

Serving eaoh writ of lizjuncti4a . . . . . . . . . $1.50 

ml&g end gpgroving aeoh bond, and returning 

(rane to the proper Court when neofmanry . . . . $1.00 

Bndorelng the forfeiture Or any bond required 

..tobeendorsedbyhim.. . . . . . . . . . . . .$ -50 

Exeouting, end returning each writ or possession 

‘..~ or rsetltution . . . . C~ i . . . . . 

3,’ 00 . . . . . . . y . 

~Pootlng the advertlsfments fork sale uuder the 

exeimtion or any order of sale. . . . . . . . . . $l,OO 

-Posting any other notices required by low and 

not ot,*.srwise provided for. . . . . . . i . . . . . ;~l y . 00 

B64utiog a deed to eaoh purchaser Of reel 

estate under execution or order or sale . . . i ..: $2.00 

%xeouting a bill of sale ta each surahaser 

.er personal property under an executibn 0~ 

order of sole, when dtmudod by purchaser . . . . . 42,oo 

For each case tried IE the i)is’t,-i.ot or Cosaty 

Court, a jWY r%e ahtill be taxed fox the 

sheriff or . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 3 .50. 

For eervicee in dealgnsting e homae& . . . . . $2.00, 

Vor traveling in the service of any civil process, 

Sheriffs .and Constables aBall reoeive nevt~~ Ed one-half 

‘.(7&l. Oat5 for Cecii d.10 going end cmingj if two (ir mre 

persona are mntioiied ic tile writ, he shall 0h~0~se f4$ 

the distancti ootuelly and fieceoaarily traveled 5.n the 

serv.100 ~of saze. 

. *OoUectir~g money on an exeoution or an order .oP mle, 

. : :tihen tiia mi!! is nede by a sale, for t&e first. Cm Zuudred 

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EOnomble xax W. Borer, gag6 4 

to tar amid ooualieion 88. coats fn the ori6lnal suit. 

Frog 01s order of t!x court granting add ;;iPtioa and 

,adjud@g appellant liable for aald oammisaion, this 

., appeal ia proseouted. 

eArtiole 2460 Of the %ViSOd StatUt88 Or 189.5 : 

pr&dss as followsi *sh~rirra 6sd.L roaoive the 

followin@ fees: * * * Collacting 2zoaep qm an exucutlon 

OT order or sale, v&n tha sem is uulde by a sale, for 

, the first one hundrsd dollars or 1088, four per cent; 

for #e second ace hundred ~dollara, three per cent; 

for 611 ~~(30 over two huh&red dollars, two ,per oeot. 

,;%E the mohey Is collected by the sheriff without s 

one-half of the above rates shall be allowed 

IhI&: The actof lS97 (9~. Laws X397, c;5) chahgee 

the 8Wunt of oomifm$ons allowed sheriffs for oOlleatlhg mney oq ass order of 6sle when a sale is 

aads, but make8 ilo chaoge in the forsler lqw ao~to 

the co.zmisslons allowed when the mney is oolleoted 

without sale* 

We think it clear, under the proviefona of the 

statute before quoted, that appellee Thornton was uot ., 

'entitled to a.coza&Ieaion upon the nomy pald to 

appellant by Brooo48r Zewas only allowed a oonmlaaion 

upon moey oollectftd bye h.lz: The statute fixes the fees' 

.~. allowed the ofrioor for serviaoe in the exeoution 0r tke 

writ prior to the 6818, aiid if the sale ie not mde and 

the,noney due on the Judwent is not oolleoted by hin, 

- he is entitled to no COI-m.iasio~.* 

Applying the rule of law therti laid down, the offloer 

Con be al.lcm,-ed a coimisoion only upon aoney ectually oo~lected 

br him. The statute fixes the reea 'allowed the officer for 

8WVioes. In the executior,of a writ prior to the 8al.e. The 

facts eubdtted by you ohow t&et an ezeoutioa &ed been @aced 

ia the hands or the sheriff and that be had actually oolleotad 

the amout of the executioh azd court aoats without m&Fug levy’ 

uPOn any speoiflo property. It is our opinion,thereforo, that 

se is entitled to one-half or the oomiasiom3 allowed by said 

Article 3933 unt!ar.the provisim authorizing auc:i omaisefors .. 

%m nrmeg is collected ivithout a sale. Said statute provides 

0 Qpecifio fco for levying an ex0cution, but it does not r6qUirB 

that a levy a&all be made oii sgeoific property Wder an ereoUti4n 
Dollarta ($100) or 1888, four (4) par oent; for the _ 

seoond Ooe huxlre8 Dol&ira (;ilOO) , three (3) per 

omit; for all ema over Two r;uh&'ed Dollars ($280) 

an6 not exceeding One Thousend Dall6ra ($1000) , tvio (2) 

* per centi for all SUB over Ones Thouoond ~ollarn (;;lOOO) 

sncl not exceedIn@; Five Thousand Dollars (;5COO) r one (1) 

per oent; for all sums over yive Thousand Dollara(~5000), 

ona-half sf one per oent. . 

Then the ammy la oollarot&3 by the Shuriff or Constable 

without a sale, one-half of the above ratea shall be ellowed him. 

"For every d&y tho Sbrlff or his deputy shall attend 

the District or County Court, he shall moeiva Pour 

Dollars ($4) e day to ho I&G by the comty for eech bag 

.t~hathe Cheriif by hixwlf or a deputy s&all attend aaid 

court. 

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In the o&se of Lee Vs. Droocks, et Sl, 131 S. Wli 1195,~ the 

court had unbar oonsideration whether or not ah offioer was. entitled to oozmlasions where an exaoution ha8 bean placed in his handa, 

he had levied upon certain property and ttdviartisa$ it for eale, and 

lo the mantim the defemlant in the exeoution had psi& the amunt 

of said judgment to the pi8ihtiff. In OolOiq that said oificer 

UP8 not entitled to the oo:mieslons ~provlded for by Article 2160 

of the Civil Statutee,'whlch is now snld Artiole 3933, the court 

held es .followsr 

.*Appallant having reooverod a juclgmnt in the 

oo& below atgdrst apgellee Broooka fork the wn of 

$17,316.68, with foreoloeure of a vendor's lien upon 

B. survey of land in Liberty County, procured the :~. 

lssuancs of an order of 6016 upon aaid ju&mrt ox 

June 5, 1909, ard the aam was placed in the lzmds 

Of app@llee J. iL ThOrhton, Wmatabh3 of pr6OinOt 

Do; 1 of said county, for execution. Thornton levied 

upon the 1011.d aud obvsrtiss6. it to be aold on. July 6, 

1909. On Jurie 24, 1909, n>pell%e croooks paid the 

mount of the judgzmit, Interest, and coats of suit : 

to oppslltint Lee, who thereuyoa directed tka order 

of sale to be rotumod uhexeoutea.. Appulles Thorsmtqn 

madle tho return ca direct& on June 29th and i~i aaia ..~ 

roturn ~oloim;c?d~, tn oSldltion to the fees ellowed by 1% 

for 'the levy, ailvortisemmt, rrad~ ruturn, a oi~~~lssion 

of $58.59, upon the mount osllected by 6gpallant i,n : 

setiefaotion of the gzincipal alid la~rest d.uu 01i. said 

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ijpO0 t&i SfUGGi Of G>pdlGIit t0 POy this 

?horritoh filed 10 tii3 court below B Uiotion 

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bet@3 t36 sberiif is.authoriz%d t0 make oQlleotio& OS the amunt 

tUs, or before he ia entitled to rXV for OoUueting oaid aaunt. 

:k.at would bs AOthiAg cioi% thaII taxing additiccAal costs for ser- 

&es that did AOt teed to be porformd, nrld clearly, t&z failure 

to rmk6 the’levy should riot. be oonatrued to Frcveut the sheriff 

fron bid&g gtaib for the services octutilly parformd by ‘hh. 

.’ is trust t?LBt this satisfaotorlly answers your inquiry. 

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Yours very truly, 

L@aisiant