**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **i**

**AUSTIN**

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What ooarisa~onshould be oollaetad by the &mnty attommy, dietriot attornsf, duetloeof the pews,, sheriff and aoturtp olark
cm eaoh tine aolleetsd?"

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0. C. **P.** raade arr.follms:
Three Dollars shall be paid **by the**  **oOmty to**  the County Sudgo, **or** Judge of **tha** Court at tiw,Mr. Fred Norris,April 13, 1938, Page 2

aad TWO Dollars and fifty oents shall be paid by the county to the Justioe of the Peaoe, for eaoh orinlnalaction tried and finally dippossdof beforehim. Provided,however, that in all countieshaving e populationof 20,000 or lees, the Justloe of the Peaoe shall reoeivea trial fee of Three Dollars. Suoh Judge or Justioe shall preeant to the Conmissioners'Court of hie oounty at a m&ar term thereof,a written eooount spaoliyw eaoh oriainalaotion in uhloh he alalms 8-h See, oertlfledby 6uoh~~J~dge'or Justioe~toti' oorreot,and filed wltAthe Ooun~y.Clsrlc. The Comml8alqlera* Oourt ahll approve ~moli eoootmt for suoh amount as.they find to.~bs oormot, and order a draft to be.$ismedupok' the CountyTmarumr ln~fevor oP~~suo@,Judg~.,,~ or,Justloofor the amount 50 **&pproved.** ,zrovlded the Oomlsslonern~ Court .shall.aot py any aooountor trial fees ln any.,oa8r.trlad and In whlah an aoqulttalIs had~ualrer~.ths State oi Teres was reprorented in the frlal of sald.oause

by the County Attotiey,~~Or.h.ls asalstant, XMmbal Distriot Attorneyfor-hia .aaaiatant, and the oertiiioate. oi'aeldAt't.orney is ettaohedto.siidaooount $~rtlfylng to the faot that said aause wan tried, and the &ate of Texas 

### wan represontad,.~uul. that in his ludglnent

hem was 8utflolent**evldenoe** in said oauae to demand B t+l oi same.*
Artloles 950 and 951 of the Code of Crlmlnel **#irooadure** read aa follows;

"Art. 950. The dletrlot or oounty sttorney shall be entitledto ten par oent of all fines, rorreltures af moneys oolleotedfor the State or oounty,upon judwnts reoovered by him; and the olerk of the oourt in whloh eald judgmentsare rendered shall be entitled to five per oent or the amount of **said** judemerits, to be paid out of the amount when oolleoted.

*Art. 951. The sheriff or other orfioer,~2. Fred Norris, April 13, 1939, Page 3

except a justiceof the peaoe or his clerk, v'=.o collectsmoney for the State or county, eroept jury fees, under any provisionof this Code, shall be 'entitled to retain five per cent thereoi.when colleoted.W
Article1052, supra, that the county judge, specifically provides
or judge or the court at law, shall be paid $3.03 by the oounty, for each orialnal aotion tried and'flnally dleposedDf before him, sash statuterurther provide8 that the )uetloe of ths,pwos shall moelre t2.30 in all oountieshaving a population 'inexoess of 20,000 and $3.00 In all oountleshaving
a populationof 30,000 **or** less for eaoh orlmlnall otlon tried and finallydisposedof before him, suoh fms to **be** paid **by** the oountywhen suoh olalms em fllad in o=plianoe rlth Artlole lOsZ, C. C. P. It is -to&a& whether.~the

defendant

who 1s oonvioted in auoh or-a& notion paya his fine **s&d** costs or work6 his fiw aid. costs out on-the oountyfarm, pub110 **roads** or other pub110 works of the oounty, or satlqfleaauoh fine &d.

In view of the fomgolng statutbs,you em mepeotfully

advised that it is thti opinion of this DepartYou are rurther advised that the distrlotor oounty attorney shall be entitled to ten per oent of all fines, forfeituresor money oollectedfor the state or county upon judgments reooveredby him end the olerlc of the court in whkb suoh judgmehtsare rendered **ambe** entitled to five per oent of the amount of such judgment?Jr. Fred Norris,April 13, 1939, Page 4

and that the sheriffor other offioer axoept the justice of the peace or his olerk.ivho colleotsmoney for the state or county,except. jury foes, under any provision of this code, shall be entitled to retain five per oent thereof, hll of these oonmlsslonsare to be said out of the mount, when collected.

Trusting that tbc foregoinganswersyour inquiry,
we reaain
Very truly yours
ATTOW ~BXERAL OF TEXAS

BJtiuA J

Ardell Wllliu~ Arsistant

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