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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

P,bruup 8l, 1939 

Bon. 1. P. Eaord 

aouat Aaaltor 

Boll mount, 

sutoa, Tohuo 

Door art 

9ur0he.8. the l pplleo 

oqmtitln bid. while 

rlif dome all of the 

Artlrlo lC40, Coda of Crlmlnd Fvooodure roads 

00 rollou~r 

Vor the Safe kee91~5, l upport and malt+ 

tenanoo of prioon~r8 oonflno6 la jr11 or undu 

guorl~, nR ti* Jh\'rs 'm aiiTm08 Xm +dimwlag ohargeol 

"1. Pot the rafokerp of-eaoh prisoner for 
. 

Bon. L. P. Hoard, Iabruar7 2l, 19s9, Page 2 

m&h da7 the sum ot ilftwn oeato, not to 

l xooad the sun of two hundred dollar8 per 

month. 

-2. ?or 8upport and raalntenanoo, for 

omoh prlaonrr for l ooh 687 l uoh an antouut 

_ 

so ma7 bo flood b7 the oamalaslomr~ ooart 

provided the l uao a-11 ba reaaonab17 l u??lolont for auoh 9ur~ooa, and In no went oh11 

it k loqa than fort7 oats per da7 nor 10re 

th o 2 l wont7-flro ornto par da7 for l eoh 

prisoner. The not profit8 shall oonotltute 

?a*8 of offioe and #ball bo 8ocountod ?or b7 

tha l herl?? in hla annual rogort am other 

fasa now prwldtid by law. 3h0 l herl?? ahall. 

la oaoh report furnish an itomltrd rrrl~ied 

aooount of all l xpandlturao oada b7 him for 

ieeding and melntenaaoe ot prlaomrm, aooonpaa7lng 8ooh report with reoelpto an6 

rouohuo in support of ouoh it&ma of ofpanditura; and tha dlffennoa batuaan ouah 

arpondltura8 and the allount allowad b7 the 

omml.aolonero oourt l hnll be doomed to 0011- 

otltutr tha net proilto for whloh aald.o??lou shall eooount a0 tees of o?floa. 

“3. Tar neoeoaary aedloal bill and 

raaaonabla extra oompanoetlcn for l ttantlon 

to a prlaoner &urine aiokneaa, l uoh an amount 

aa the oOmd~8lOnOr8 oourt of- the oounty whuo 

the prlaoner la oonilned ma7 de.termlns to.ba 

Just and propar. 

l 4. 7or reasonable funaral l xpenoao in 

oam of death.' 

On ‘xa7 a., 1933, Ron. Juno0 19. hff, a0w7 

Attorney, Orange, T8xa0, submitted to this Department almost tha ldmtloal quertloa praoonted in 70~ inquiry and 

on Juno 6, lQW, Iion* Raau 0. DoWolfr, A8olatant Attorne7 

Oanaral, randmrad an opinion oonotrulng Artlola 1040, 

Code of Criminal Prooadura; holding la affaot that the 

oharl?? ha8 the authorlt7 to fmd prisoners to the axolualon of an7one elaa and that tta 3omxlarlonsro~ Court has 
Bon. L. P. Henrd, Februnr7 Zl, 1939, Page S 

no l uthorlty to oontraot for feedlug OS prlsonars on 

ocqwtltlro bid.. 

It ia too well settled to nqufrs the oltstlon 

of suthorlt7 that the Commloolonara~ Court 1~ l oourt 

of limited jurisdlotlon and has onl7.attoh l uthorlt7 aa 

lo given by the Conatltutlon end stntutea, either ex- 

~3017 or by neooooary fmplloatlon. 

P. 

Thl8 Dapartmaat 

8 unswnre of an7 statato~7 protlalon or other authorlties outhorlsln~ t,he Commloslonaro* Court to raoslte 

bids ?or.the feeding o? prisoners. Artlola 1040, Code 

of Crlrinal Prooedwe, aupra, bxpreasl~ oonfors the doty 

o? ouln(l far and teedin o? prisoners upon the sharl??. 

Xt is an elementor rule of oonotruotlon thnt 

era the l tntute prwldaa the means on6 aanner in whloh 

s 9srtloular thing or dut7 lo to be puiormed, it must 

bo pu?ormed in thnt manner and no other. Texas Jurlogrudanoa, Vol. 59, page 156. 

T'L~ sre raopeotfull7 adtlaed that it.18 the 

opinion of thla Department thet tho aherlff has the 

suthorlt7 snd la l uthorlsa6 by atatuts to reed and purohese 011 iup naoaouar7 for tha mslntananae of 

priaonara l nd thnt auoh authorlt7 18 not oonferred upon 

the Ccmmlaoioaero~ Court, either dlrsotl7 or lndlreotl7. 

Trusting that tha foragolng anawara 7our inquiry; I roaeln 

Very tin117 tours 

ATTOR!fEY Cl5ER.U OF TEXAS 

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