OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN



## *triat or aounty attcirmyeha.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 shallbssntitlsd torirt, pat oelrt

ortbs-ammntor said futgmeats, to be paid oat of the alaoantwhenoolleoted. 

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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 ~1sfollows:

W.fall 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 **reg Utter**  **oertifhatse, lSoqse8,**  **and rents**  **~ior** looat~ privateoyster:beds,~ andsao$.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 Trsasaryto **the** aredft or the. gensralrmenua'.funb." \ T&aSQthLe&slat& ia Remat Seeslon'lnlWM enactedwhst is e~diy.@&ledthe'gpllu,lar. .Th?~.Aat WM @Sa---' titled %eutlmg to the preaertatloon and propagation

0r,au'-- did animals,wild bfrdaand wild foul8 OS this date.? :Xt was numberedCha&earroe. Seat&on42 or this Aot is now Artiole. Ql.2 or the Penal Codei and **reads a**  **”** rollore:

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*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 lmpoeedby 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,aithin ten ds ys ircm and arta the reoeiptor aollection 0r ,saoh

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### 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 byHonorable Allen CL Wilson, Page S

the Game, Fish and Oyster Commi~sion.~

On hprll 29, 1926,HonorableC. L. Stone,Assfstant Attorney General, wrote an opinionon tbls questionwbloh reads, In part, as r0ilo=:

"atlcle 4025, RevisedClrll Statutes of 1925,providesthat of all lirsescollected roolnfraotions of the l!Ysh and Oyster 3aws, 10 per oont shall ep to the prowouting attornay aad the nsldoe there-

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Vhe **writ***** attention has besa

**directed** by you to a letter opinion, datedMay let, 19tb. ‘eo D* L. stO88, uhcwasattbat **tJsa** aniwht&tli .StU+n8~GeneralofTexas,wbi~saut~6AX'tlolea 950 **and** 951 or th?-@gdeo? drlmlnal PrC88dUl-e

to bS amliCd& t0 8Sidasl salts~ibrlnfraetlonr of *b w law. In the rrlt8rv6oglnlon ksh oagstruotlon 1s errotwOu$ ard the&on is h8r8by 8x- :pressly

armruled em&withdrawn. ArtloIns

,EbnorableAllea C, X+llson, Page 4

950 and 951, as anmnded,of the Code of CriminalPrccedare'e are g8neralstatutes whIchhare

appllcable.only

in the absence of spe0iilc18glslatlTa enactments

to the ccntrsry. Artdole912, Peual Code, sapra, IS clearly**and** aa8qulrocaU.y applicable to the ap8ciiic **subzbjeots** ecntelnedln its pSOVieion8, and it ObTioUdly evidencer the intention0r the bglelature that au aMS~p8WtiOS duhedtrorthon ufmiaal ones 

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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 8ft8Ot. Th8 titl8OrchSPt6riw W&I3 ~BegU&ithgth8~udIi& FrapplmCIand'kLineof Fur-BmminghnSmlm". Seotlon **l0 of**  **wid** M ram38 u rallmmr~

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