OFFICE OF THE Al-tORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

/ 

son. Pam A. Gramn 

County Auditor 

MoL8nMll coutq 

wloo, mxas 

Dear Slrf 

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Hon. TWA. Craven,Page 2 

"(a). When a oonstable Is lnromed by 

the police deportment, $ooatea In the imue 

olty a8 the county seat, they are holding a 

oertain prleonerthat theywanttranate~d 

to the 0rmt.y jail, after oharges are ill&l alad 

a warrant issued by the proper justloe or the 

peaoe the oonstable goes to the oity jail eeour88 the prisoner an4 tranaporte suoh a priaoner to the oounty jail, what mileage may be 

charged by the ooxmtable? 

"(al. Under the same oiroumstanoee 60 outlined under (a) but the aoimtabla travela to 

the oity jail berore oharges nre riled in the 

pmp~0ounty00urt ub0rm -t f8 i88wa, 

.eeoureathe~ prlrmnerand)ranaports auohpriaoner to the oounty jell, what mlleage nay be 

oharged by the ocaxetable?;! 

"(al. Arter WalTalIt for arkest is isswd 

the eomtable,locsatedthe dar+mdant, S&CM 

the arrest awl traaspeta the prtsoner to tba 

oountyjail, what'rmileageraybeobargedbythe 

oomtable? 

*(il. LQOregor $8 meaty tiles rrcar th8~ 

oounty seat. !Che oonstable makes an ameat at 

'MoGregor, oharges qo riled with the Justios 

of the Peaoa at JhSregor, the trial at the deiemlant Is postponed, there aram faoilitiee 

for keeping a prleoner at Mobrsgor and the oonstable trenaporta the.priaoner to the county 

jail (tnenty miles away). A few days later the 

ooonatable travels to the aounty jail, 6eoure8 

the defendant and transport8 hiap to XoGregor 

for trial, the defemXdant.is eeM%tbe& to jail 

and the oomrtable agalx&Q!ansport~ the prisons-2; 

tothe oounty jal.l. #hatm%lee.gemaybeoharged 

by the ooneteble? 

-All the above questions refer to lnstanoes 

where arrests are m&e wWMn the uounty. Oonstablea ia mTanMn couaty are oa a r- basis.* 
Hon. Tom A. Cravsn, Page 3 

Artlole 1065, C. C* P. reabs as follows, In 

part: 

The rollowlng tees shall be alla*ed 

the sharlfr, or other psaoe oitioer pee 

rormlng the same servloes in misdemeanor 

oases, to be taxed sgalnst the 4sfen4fmt 

on 0onTl0t10nx 

" ..m . . . . . 

*'0. For oomeybg a prisoner after 

oonviotlon to the oounty jail, ror eaoh 

mlle, go- and ocoafirg,, by the nsarsat pnmtioabb route by private eon~eyaxm~, ten 

asnts a tile, or by.rail~y, seven an4 onehalf osnta~a rile. 

" . . . . . ..~. 

*l.li; Fareashml3.ohenmybe scmpslIs4 

totraTsllnaxeoutiPg QriRinalpro~ess~ 

smoningorattaahfngritness, amona 

one-half oonts. For traveliag In the servlos 

or proosss not otherwise provided ror, the 

sm0r ~f~~O~and0~-hdr00nt~ r0r0drll0 

goingana~mtuxnlng~ I?twoermm persoas 

aremmzt&xtsd in the ekmewrit, ortwo or 

more writs in the tame oaso, he 8haXlolmrge 

only for the distanse aotually and naoesearlly 

traveled in the .sameTa 

Artiols 1067, C, C, P. reads as folltmsr 

wComtables, marshals or other peaoe 

0fYioers rho exscute prone88 and perform 

serviaes ror ~ustitoes in otiainal l atlons. 

shall reoalve the EWWB fees allows4 to sheiris r0r the mime servtoest* 

Al#OlO2S!i5oithOCOdOOfOrlnindlh9OU4~ 

readsasr0Uksr 
EIoa. Tam k Craven, 

is direottld t-0 a-rest r0rthdtih berore the 

aragistrnte who Issued the wantmt, or betom 

the smglstrate narpsd In the warrant." 

Page 4 

Itlaneoessarythstws bsar InBind* fact 

th411~tb ret, statuts8 an, 8trfot4 00nstr904 td f-8 

by Implleatlon are not pamlttsd. It is a ray settled 

mattsrthsttheoonstsbla,who ls oompsnssts4 ona rw 

bfals, ifi not entitled to any iss at all In a ml8dammmr oa80 w.lsss a oonv~otlcm is obtained. Tex, J' 

the ~88 0r whm0n coanfy ~8. mda~, 19 su 

~~,holdslnncriieat that unless the etatutsscargrwrrr4 

provide reesbytbewayor oompenmtlonforthepnrtLeulnr 

~~~8~4~4byan~iosr,tbeaortrts~~no~ 

to fixa~~~~aable oompensationthererorns thsyrould 

La a.etlon -batwwn man an4 man ror serPioes w~4erad in 

the nbf~8~00 da eontraet. 

mar the strict intergrstati0n 0r the f00 rtatutes, partloular4in.orImInRltml?W3whersths86stsare 

abnrgednnd taxe4aiwlx& defsndast,there4oas not-went 

to be any reammable basis ior lib6 aonstruut~on. 

fn visa or the r0regDins mharifie8 pou (tm rt3- 

rrp~t~a4~issdtbatItlethsopinion4~~t~~~~ 

mat that your questIomshouX4 be answers 

(a)~Uhen a emstabls is infonnsd or the lawtiolatifal and travd.s to the plaos 0r suoh rIolatlonor hisoovers a l.aWvIolatI~nuhlledr~vLng Inhis Oar. rakbran 

arrest wShout a warrant am4 stbsprtmnmrto tie 

jail it the. Oounty s&at, the s onmoB -.ehnrga my 

=-tm 

'@!a, N~OII a aonstsbls ip.sn outlping pno$nst 

hears oror4Iseovsrs alaw*iolstIa~ an4mskasalsgal 

arrsstwithoutawsrrsnt~flcansportie~ pds~asr toths 

orriee or the Justioe' ob ths Pesos of his preoiaob, *hers 

0harge8 43~13.riif34, punishment n~sewed aa4 th6 prtaanar 

tzaudtted to jail, the oonstahls is 4altItla4 to mIlOsige 

iarar~00msgingthsprleonsr~~~ui~Jan~t~ 

oouaty jail tar esuhmIlegoirigsn4omlng bythensa~st 
Iion; Tom & crwm, Pqga 5 

praotioal route by private oonvsyanoe, tsn osnts a mile, 

arbyrai~~,sevenaadone-halioentsami~2e, 

(0) When a oonstable is ialarmed by the poUos 

department losated in the same oity as the oounty seat, 

they are holding s osrta5.n prisoner that theywanttransrtm-04 to the 00u.e~ jul, artier oharges am rim and 

a waxmint lssuul by the prOper justioe of the paaoe, the 

oonstable ls sntltled to ssvan and ens-hslf osnts~ber rile 

aotwlly travel,lad In @ng ror and retur+ng swh priscmer 

to the OoMty jail. 

(4) nl4erthese4me olruumstanassasoutlInsduIl4sr 

(a) but the oonstabla fnm6ls to the oity jail before the. 

ohargss ars filed In the pmper just106 oourt b&ore wqrrant 

is Issued, seaures-theprisoner andtranQortsswhprisoner 

to the oounty jail, .sush oonstabls would not be sntitls4 to 

w liicrsge r08. 

(a) Mter -t rw -St 16 ~SSWU the 00~ 

stabls losatss thedersxslant,mmkss the arrsstandtransportsthsprIsonerto thsoountfjaIl,:-Ui@eonf&sblswoU4 

.bs sntitlbd to ssven an4 we-hnlf oents~per- ml& a0ttqll.y 

and neaosssari4 t~mQled In gsirrrs for find setwnin8 6uah 

prisonertotheoountyj6~IL 

(r) The oonstablewonld be antltkul to ssvsn an4 

OW-hds osnts per r&lo r0r eomaying a prisons n-cm 

MoGregorto Wuseor~l~verSa, baron, eomIatIon* p~wIde4~ 

the sonstable had am tor arrestrcrr.sushp&onsr,~ 

and &tar oon.vMtIcm in the Justlsa Court at %@rsgor, the 

' oonstable would bs antitle to tan oents per mIls W~UL twveling.by privrzte oomeyanoe, an4 seven and one-h&S pent8 

~raile~snt~vsllngbyrrril\rqp,wh~transportillSswh 

p"di 

sdner rrom the :Jnstloo, Court or E®pr to the oowty 

ja 1 at the oeunty Set& 

ping the rmwing ~wers your iaqtey, ra 

an, 

Tours VeTy truly 

AlTOZ+.kT -aFw n 

APPROVED JUL'lS. 1989 m 

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