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### OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY

GENERAL

OFTEXAS 

### AUSTINIrs. wtl.lle a’lwel, Page 6



### andthe eoqun8ationto be paid ‘;i &t&y is hmreby rixsd at 

### the 8u1 or W50.00

per ioatbplrra

th0 r008 0r orrio 00raOd by gala tmfria 

### orrieor; to be Paid in 1i.u 0r the 

### deputy

alroreamant 

### orrlosr at oromg, Tuas~aadnotto~ameUenyUmSt~ by the pm3 

### 0r the 

### at&O.*Mrs. wlxlle O’lieal. Page 5



### 8dtm83nt8 0r the 

### shear ia 

### EUOOW~- ing ror the ress or 

### 0rrioh for the purpoM 

### or thIa &aw, the Coa&esIoners~ 

### c0urt~ or 0owiOe -0880 iundO rr0r 

### th0 motor rtiglstrmtlon fees providedhemIn emount to Thirty ThousauQDollars (#50,000)or over, nay use 

### not amemding 

### rir0 (e) per aeat 

### or aaid 

### rude; and not to axoeed riven axd onedmlf (o&l par eont 0r 8wh rtmds in 00tmti08 modring a lesser 

### wount from suoh regtstmtIon. **Bald** 

### doputiee shall at d..l the8 ooopamta with the polio0 dopeirtmntor eaoh oity or tom dthla the oounty, In the 

### 6nr0rO08id or arid traiflo laws th?mln and In all 

### other

Artiele 6699a. Revised airild3tatu*8, 1085, plloablsto sll oountles who8e popalatloado not exooe4apU5,OOO **end** Its mlsmmt 

### pr0ri610n8 relatIag to .threoqpsmsatlon to ba paid moh orflasrs,pro~ldast

9sputIas **shall be**  pal4 a **Wary** 

### out 0r the gexersl oounty 

### +und not 

### to

‘0r080dow hpndrrd

~4 rirty ~pso) dollare par month the sszs .to be flxd by t&o Comdssionsr~~ 

### au&inadditionthersto t,betL>L siexims~ oourt Is hersby authortied to protido at the bxpbnae 0r th8 oounty suoh neosssary

### dr0m, 0@8 aud b-8, such bsilgas to bs not lees 

### than t*o lnohes by thrue lnohem in di.mensloM,~

ana other'nemssary *quipmeat,.

to inollide

a motoroyole and Its maiatwwaa, as Is xeaeosary for thsa to disaherge their duties, The aaU+es paid to said deputlea ~aotlng ~8 suoh hic9rraJ

airleer shalla **be** paid.

direst to said deputies by the wDpiSSloams' oaurt, and suoh salarIes shsll **be** Idependent **of any**  **salary or**  

### rem

paid **to** 

### the 8brirr **MU.** all 

### 0r hI8 eoprrt;iw not 

### SO a&lag (U 

### nigawor

orri0em; ~4 the 8h8rirr=s, Willis O'mlfil, Page 4

shall not be requiredto 

### aooount 

### ror the salariesprovided for 'herein 

### a8 r~38 0r 0rri00 or as sahry 

### to ths 8hSrirr or hi.8other doputles. suah deputiesOS am p&wide4 Sor heroin shall be appointedby ths aamissioaem* oourt and be **Deputized** by either the 

### 8hrirr or any oonstabh 

### or the oounty In whloh they am sppolntod, and 

### mother 0rri00n S~SU mkS orrests in this State 

### r0r vlolatlonof lam relatingto hi&way8 now in 

### dteat In thts 

### State. Eluoh **dsputtos** 

### as'pro~idea

ror hemln shallat sl& 

### time 

### whsnin the 

### perromwoe

### as their dutlss ueac a full tmlrorm nlth a asp and badge, the badge tobo dIrplaa4

on the outsIdo

### 0r ths 

### unirom %n a 00n8plauoua

~1608. suoh orrioen

In the perrormnoo of their duties, onlyleavingtlmhighwsytopursue IUW 

### orrender

whom rmoh ofiloSr8 -M OQ888; to apprehendspan the hIghw&y lt-



### . Wo arrest by any suoh orrloer shall be binding or vN.Id upox tha psrson apprehaWd I? the offtom maklng suoh arrest was In 

### hiding or ii ha set ati-apto 

### SpPrShSna&KmSOnstmtvSlserYlles

or suoh 

### 0rfleen Drotided for 

### hSrSin. nor 8hhaL;L

8m r00 ror the 

### armeta **mad by**  suah ofitoors **be** oharuo 

### ~d”tt8 UO#tS

Or D&i to SUOh 

### Bf! ?iOtWS Inunyo~
oars ShrilllaLe ~11

emxtst, suchorrl~~rs 

### ShsLlPSllrOm

all thSlt 

### dUf&xWI

tUId Mb
armsto for violation

### 0r my law or. this State appmrtaiping to the eoutrol wad rqgulatlon0r rohlolea operatI&g'ia **and** upon any highmy, 

### #treeit, or allay 05 this State.

. .*

It IS we%1 for us fo aoaslder sarsrbatthe histery or the fomgoitlg statutes **and** their qqlioatlon ISI rta or the 

### r& that ptq rqk~imt, 

### aoooapaaied by a BO&IJ
or the 

### orderof the 

### Coamisa%oners' Oetut,raisesa 

### QUOSttamrrhfcrhralaratnscle~wi~ms~andw~ohoorrclo~8Yrs. 1yillls O*Nec.l,

Page 5

the mathod of oompen#atIOn as provid04 In the ComrissIoaora* Court order; that is, whether sama Is euthorlmed.

Prior 

### to the amandmantby 

### the Forty-iirth Leai8- lature,Artiole 6699, aupra, said provisionsauthorizing the employment0r oounty trait10

### 0rri0ers were, In titerlal respeots,the sew as existbd,~sinoe 1919 when the Thirtysixth Legislatureennoted Chapter 127 with ~rtiole 6699 oontainea in Seotlon 5 tharaor. It will be nsted that the only ohengo In aaid UtIo1e ,-.ade by the yorty-tlithLegls1ature was the additionof tha wofia found above undereoorsd,wbioh allows said trarrlo ofrIo0rsthe sama riuht and duty to arrestviolatorsof all laws as Other 4oPuQ l herirrs. The Aots of 1919, Chapter 127 ThIrt - irth Legislature eaaoted in fiva asot%oas,Ad beI4 &olusire authorityfor the agployment of suoh trefflaoffIoers

up to 1925, oontalnodno expressed

### aode 

### 0r ooaptmsatL~ suoh oounty trafrio ortloers other t&an tbs wComiaelonem* ;flzF shall~fixtheir oompensatlon prior to their seleo- * By the Aots Of 1925, the ,ThIrty-ninth Leg&#- la&e*eia&ed Chapter SS, amandlngSeotloa4 of ths 1919 hat, **Chapter** 3.27,

Thirty-sixthLegislature, ArtIole.6699a, supra,which provides that suoh deputiesshall be paid s salary out of.the general **fund,** and that such salary Is to be tiredby ths Comni6sIoa8rs~ Ceurt.

such 

### orri00rs ~0 in 

### r60t 40puti08, workin under the dIreotlonor the sherirr. Eowovor, suoh orrioers

sreza speolal alasa or dsputies, &nown as the oounty **trai** tlo ofYIoers, a&. prior to the amandment or ArtIole 6699 **by** the irorty-iIrth Legislaturetheir dutlasmm 

### 00nrin04 solely to suror0enrcmt 0r the highway laua 

### or the State and to this t'leld

their authoritywas lImIted. **8boe** 

### the SWSdaent by the torty-fifthLegislature, krtiola 4499 supra, the htgtciaturehaa 80011 

### rlt to bmaden their 

### mid or 

### operetion **by** giving said dsputle8 or oousty trafrloorrl00r8 the 

### rightand duty to arrest violatorsot all law@.

Statutesproviding r068 ror publlo 

### 0rriosn am to **be** striotlyoonstruod. It Ie submittedthat only tho@e orrioers nsmsd in the **roe** statutse,Artlole 9883, **et seq.,**  when oompenaatedon a fee basis, are entitled to any 

### retbe oarned ror 8~~Io8a perroamed whereIn.suoh rtw are 

### rixsd by law. -The tees earn4 by regular deputiesunder othor prorisioaaof our statuteeare payable and attaohsdto,ths 

### orrio 0r ths sherirr sk6p109Ina oald deputIe8uuaer the80 laws. Suoh deputies In oountlae oa a fee basle are oompeasated out 0r the 

### be8 0r the partloular

### 0rri00, their only
means 

### 0r oompensation. Nicit only hoe the L+gIsiaturepro

### ed04 a dlrr0rsnt. methoa for ~0mpensatIag 

### the oounty trar-

### ria ar~ioers authorlzzefl under 

### the pro~Ision8

or the r0rc goill6 stetuties

but the Isgielelturs haa expreeelyprwtad therein that the pay of said &putls6 shell Ilot **be** Loalu&- 06 tn the rret%lenmnts of the shariit in aoaowatlxmior the 

### ma or 

### orfloe.

It is 

### a general rule of statutory oonitxuatlon that I speoliioprovlaion rslatin6to a partloular8ubfe.t ut @mm in rtmpeat to that subjaot, an aLpinat@nual 

### prorlsiozu inother parts ofthelars ublohmlght0thuw%m bo brad mYNl&b to inaluilo 

### it. Amthbr rfaili~rrule Jd that **where euthorlfy**  Is given to do a partioularthing **and** the made 

### or doI?& It ia prtmorlbod.it ia limltsd **to be**  done In that rmda; all&her **madea**are exoludo&

ATTORNBYGBLERAI,

03 TEXAS