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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
Irs. wtl.lle a’lwel, Page 6 

and the eoqun8ation to be 

paid ‘;i &t&y is hmreby rixsd at 

the 8u1 or W50.00 per ioatb plrra 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 provided hemIn 

emount to Thirty ThousauQ Dollars 

(#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 dopeirtmnt or 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, 

plloabls to sll oountles who8e popalatloa do not exooe4 

apU5,OOO end Its mlsmmt pr0ri610n8 relatIag to .thr eoqpsmsatlon to ba paid moh orflasrs, pro~ldast 

9sputIas shall be pal4 a Wary 

out 0r the gexersl oounty +und not to 

‘0r080d ow hpndrrd ~4 rirty ~pso) 

dollare par month the sszs .to be 

flxd by t&o Comdssionsr~~ 

au&in addition thersto 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 required to aooount ror 

the salaries provided for 'herein a8 

r~38 0r 0rri00 or as sahry to ths 

8hSrirr or hi.8 other doputles. suah 

deputies OS am p&wide4 Sor heroin 

shall be appointed by 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 vlolatlon of 

lam relating to hi&way8 now in dteat In thts State. Eluoh dsputtos 

as'pro~idea ror hemln shall at sl& 

time whsn in 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 apprehend span 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, such orrl~~rs 

ShsLl PSllrOm all thSlt dUf&xWI tUId Mb 

armsto for violation 0r my law or. 

this State appmrtaiping to the eoutrol 

wad rqgulatlon 0r rohlolea operatI&g'ia 

and upon any highmy, #treeit, or allay 

05 this State. . .* 

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

rta or the r& that ptq rqk~imt, aoooapaaied by a BO&IJ 

or the order of the Coamisa%oners' Oetut, raises a QUOSttamrrhfcrhralaratnscle~wi~ms~andw~ohoorrclo~8 
Yrs. 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 amandmant by the Forty-iirth Leai8- 

lature, Artiole 6699, aupra, said provisions authorizing 

the employment 0r oounty trait10 0rri0ers were, In titerlal 

respeots, the sew as existbd,~sinoe 1919 when the Thirtysixth Legislature ennoted 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-tlith Legls1ature was the addition of tha wofia found above undereoorsd, wbioh allows said trarrlo ofrIo0rs the sama riuht 

and duty to arrest violators of all laws as Other 4oPuQ 

l herirrs. The Aots of 1919, Chapter 127 ThIrt - irth 

Legislature eaaoted in fiva asot%oas, Ad beI4 &olusire authority for the agployment of suoh treffla offIoers 

up to 1925, oontalnod no expressed aode 0r ooaptmsatL~ 

suoh oounty trafrio ortloers other t&an tbs wComiaelonem* 

;flzF shall~fix their oompensatlon prior to their seleo- 

* By the Aots Of 1925, the ,ThIrty-ninth Leg&#- 

la&e*eia&ed Chapter SS, amandlng Seotloa 4 of ths 1919 

hat, Chapter 3.27, Thirty-sixth Legislature, ArtIole.6699a, 

supra, which provides that suoh deputies shall be paid s 

salary out of.the general fund, and that such salary Is to 

be tired by ths Comni6sIoa8rs~ Ceurt. 

such orri00rs ~0 in r60t 40puti08, workin under the dIreotlon or the sherirr. Eowovor, suoh orrioers 

sreza speolal alasa or dsputies, &nown as the oounty traitlo ofYIoers, a&. prior to the amandment or ArtIole 6699 

by the irorty-iIrth Legislature their dutlas mm 00nrin04 

solely to suror0enrcmt 0r the highway laua or the State and 

to this t'leld their authority was lImIted. 8boe the SWSdaent by the torty-fifth Legislature, krtiola 4499 supra, 

the htgtciature haa 80011 rlt to bmaden their mid or operetion by giving said dsputle8 or oousty trafrlo orrl00r8 

the right and duty to arrest violators ot all law@. 

Statutes providing r068 ror publlo 0rriosn am 

to be striotly oonstruod. It Ie submitted that only tho@e 

orrioers nsmsd in the roe statutse, Artlole 9883, et seq., 

when oompenaated on 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 deputies under othor 

prorisioaa of our statutee are payable and attaohsd to,ths 

orrio 0r ths sherirr sk6p109Ina oald deputIe8 uuaer 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+gIsiature proed04 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 expreeely prwtad 

therein that the pay of said &putls6 shell Ilot be Loalu&- 

06 tn the rret%lenmnts of the shariit in aoaowatlxm ior the 

ma or orfloe. 

It is a general rule of statutory oonitxuatlon 

that I speoliio provlaion rslatin6 to a partloular 8ubfe.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~r rule Jd 

that where euthorlfy Is given to do a partioular thing and 

the made or doI?& It ia prtmorlbod. it ia limltsd to be 

done In that rmda; all&her madea are exoludo& 

ATTORNBY GBLERAI, 03 TEXAS