OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

*triat or aounty attcirmy eha.U 

to ten per osnt 0r all riO48, 

s 0r w~eyt3 taiekhd r0r the 

why, apoa $udggaents remmmwd 

by hia; and ths &ark Of the 00&i in thLOh 

said julgrpents are rsgdsred shall bssntitlsd 

torirt, pat oelrt ortbs-ammntor said futgmeats, to be paid oat of the alaoantwhen oolleoted. 

*at0 shdfr 0r 0th~ orfi00r rho 80b 

leots maney ror the State or toasty, under 
Honorable, hllen C. Wilson, Page 2 

any provision of this Code, except jury 

fees, shaU be entitled to retain five 

psr cent thereof bhen coUected.q 

hrticle 4025 of the Hevised Civil Statutes concerns 

the Fish a: Oyster Laws and was psased neny years prior to the 

enactment of the Guue Law ia 1925. This Article is now a 

part of Title 67, which is entitled Fish, Oyeter, Shell, etc., 

it reads ~1s follows: 

W.f all ra30 ooUeat8d ror inimation 

0r tbs rt8h ad optor Irm, ten pm oat 

ahall 80 to the *oseouti.ng attorney, aud 

the iesldue. th0mr slmu .go ,418 guned,, 

fund of this State. All fuuda aolleote&by 

de&w&y. oom5.ulonera 8los4g the aoaet r0r regUtter oertifhatse, lSoqse8, and rents ~ior 

looat~ private oyster:beds,~ and sao$.ptbr 

aharg8s~relatlng to th*fi&iad oyatrlas~ 

as w be presortkd, &ulL'he b~,saoh,:8p 

.uti88 paid over weekly to”th6 Comal8sibn6r.. 

e&l titarriaballdep68it the aam3nkonalp 

io the side Trsasary to the aredft or the. 

gensral rmenua'.funb." 

\ T&a SQthLe&slat& ia Remat Seeslon'lnlWM enacted whst is e~diy.@&ledthe'gpllu,lar. .Th?~.Aat WM @Sa---' 

titled %eutlmg to the preaertatloon and propagation 0r,au'-- 

did animals, wild bfrda and wild foul8 OS this date.? :Xt 

was numbered Cha&ear roe. Seat&on 42 or this Aot is now Artiole. 

Ql.2 or the Penal Codei and reads a” rollore: . 

*It ahall be the duty oi'any j08tiw ~' 

or the peaoe, crlerk or any 6ourt, or sh7 

other 0rri0qr oi this State, reaii+bg 

any rine or penalty lmpoeed by my ow 

for tlolation or any 0r tBe mvn 0r this 

State pertaiPing to the protecti- apd 

conservation ot tild birds, wild fo'lrl, 

wild anJs, rich, oy8t8rr and otlmr 

wild iire, ai thin ten ds ys ircm and arta 

the reoeipt or aollection 0r ,saoh r* or 

penalty, td remit same to the Geme, Fish 

and Oyster ConmIssIon at Aa6tlO,'giriW 

d00kttt nuuber of ease, - 0r ~-mn 

rised, ana aeotiou or artlOle of the law 

under which convlctlonuas aeoared, when P:; 

saoh laws are requlred.to be enZoa%d by 
Honorable Allen CL Wilson, Page S 

the Game, Fish and Oyster Commi~sion.~ 

On hprll 29, 1926, Honorable C. L. Stone, Assfstant 

Attorney General, wrote an opinion on tbls question wbloh reads, 

In part, as r0ilo=: 

"atlcle 4025, Revised Clrll Statutes 

of 1925, provides that of all lirses collected roolnfraotions of the l!Ysh and 

Oyster 3aws, 10 per oont shall ep to the 

prowouting attornay aad the nsldoe there- 

_. 

Vhe writ*** attention has besa 

directed by you to a letter opinion, 

dated May let, 19tb. ‘eo D* L. stO88, 

uhcwasattbat tJsa aniwht&tli .StU+ 

n8~GeneralofTexas,wbi~saut~6AX'tlolea 950 and 951 or th?-@gde o? drlmlnal 

PrC88dUl-e to bS amliCd& t0 8Sidasl 

salts~ibr lnfraetlonr of *b w law. 

In the rrlt8rv6 oglnlon ksh oagstruotlon 

1s errotwOu$ ard the&on is h8r8by 8x- 

:pressly armruled em& withdrawn. ArtloIns 

, 
Ebnorable Allea C, X+llson, Page 4 

950 and 951, as anmnded, of the Code of 

Criminal Prccedare'e are g8neral statutes 

whIchhare appllcable.only in the absence 

of spe0iilc 18glslatlTa enactments to the 

ccntrsry. Artdole 912, Peual Code, sapra, 

IS clearly and aa8qulrocaU.y applicable 

to the ap8ciiic subzbjeots ecntelned ln its 

pSOVieion8, and it ObTioUdly evidencer 

the intention 0r the bglelature that au 

aMS~p8WtiOS duhedtrorthon 

ufmiaal ones for vlolatl8u ar lawa 
Honorable huen c. bilcon, Page b 

apply to the Game laws, the general statute, namely Article 

950 and Article 951 of the Code of Crimlnel Procedure, must btr 

read into Article 912 of the 3mal Cod.. 

Our oonatruction of Artlola 9l2 io further 8lPphasiZ8d 

by USid8 923qq of th8 Pend COd8. t'ht.6 tit1818 WaS Ori&Ildly 

Seation 10 of Chapter 177, Aots or the 39th I.egialatura, 1926, 

end if Went into 8rfsCt the same Qy tbat Artlole 912 went i&o 

8f t8Ot. Th8 titl8OrchSPt6riw W&I3 ~BegU&ithgth8~udIi& 

FrapplmCIand'kLineof Fur-BmminghnSmlm". Seotlon l0 of wid 

M ram38 u rallmmr~ 

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