OFFICE OF THE Al-tORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

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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 holdinga oertain prleonerthat theywanttranate~d to the 0rmt.y jail, after oharges are ill&l alad a warrant issued by the proper justloeor the peaoe the oonstablegoes to the oity jail eeour88 the prisoneran4 tranaportesuoh a priaoner to the oounty jail,what mileagemay be chargedby the ooxmtable? "(al. **Under** the same oiroumstanoee 60 outlined under (a) but the aoimtablatravela to the oity jail berore ohargesnre riled in the pmp~0ounty00urt ub0rm -t f8 i88wa, .eeoureathe~

prlrmnerand)ranaports auohpriaoner to the oounty jell,what mlleagenay 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

oonstablemakes 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 trenaportathe.priaonerto the county jail (tnentymiles away). **A** few days later the ooonatable

travels to the aounty jail, 6eoure8 the defendantand transport8hiap to XoGregor for trial, the defemXdant.is eeM%tbe& to jail and the oomrtableagalx&Q!ansport~ the prisons-2; tothe oounty jal.l. #hatm%lee.gemaybeoharged by the ooneteble? -All the above questionsrefer to lnstanoes where arrests are m&e wWMn the uounty. Oonstablea ia mTanMn couaty are oa a r- basis.*Hon. Tom **A.** 

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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 prisonerafter oonviotlonto the oounty jail, ror eaoh **mlle, go-**  **and ocoafirg,,**  **by** the **nsarsat pnm**  **tioabb 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 otherwiseprovided 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 0fYioersrho exscute prone88 and perform 

### serviaes ror ~ustitoes in otiainal 

### l atlons. shall reoalve the EWWB fees allows4 to she

### iris 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 smglstratenarpsd In the warrant." Page 4

Itlaneoessarythstws bsar InBind* fact th411~tb

## ret, statuts8an, 8trfot4 00nstr904 td f-8 **by** Implleatlon are not pamlttsd. It is a ray settled mattsrthsttheoonstsbla,who ls oompsnssts4ona 

## rw bfals, ifi

not entitledto any iss at all In a ml8dammmr 

## oa80w.lsss a oonv~otlcmis 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 serPioesw~4erad in the nbf~8~00

d a 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.

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### r0regDins mharifie8 pou (tm rt3- rrp~t~a4~issdtbatItlethsopinion4~~t~~~~ mat that your questIomshouX4 be answers

(a)~Uhena emstabls is infonnsdor the lawtio

### latifal and travd.s to the plaos 

## 0r suoh rIolatlonor hisoovers a l.aWvIolatI~nuhlledr~vLng Inhis Oar. rakbran arrestwShout a warrant am4 stbsprtmnmrto tie jail it the.Oounty s&at, the s onmoB -.ehnrgamy =-tm '@!a,

N~OII a aonstsblsip.sn outlpingpno$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, punishmentn~sewed aa4 th6 prtaanar tzaudttedto jail, the oonstahlsis 4altItla4 to mIlOsige iarar~00msgingthsprleonsr~~~ui~Jan~t~ 

### oouatyjail 

### tar esuhmIlegoirigsn4omlng bythensa~stIion; Tom & crwm, Pqga 5

praotioalroute by private oonvsyanoe,tsn osnts a mile, arbyrai~~,sevenaadone-halioentsami~2e,

(0) When a oonstableis ialarmedby the poUos departmentlosated in the same oity as the oounty seat, they are holding s osrta5.n prisoner that theywanttrans**rtm-04** to 

### the 00u.e~ jul, artier 

### ohargesam rim and a waxmint lssuulby the prOper justioeof the paaoe, the oonstable ls sntltledto ssvan and ens-hslfosnts~berrile 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** beforethe. ohargss ars filed In the pmper just106oourt b&ore wqrrant is Issued, seaures-theprisonerandtranQortsswhprisoner to the oounty jail, .sush oonstabls

would not be sntitls4to w liicrsge

**r08.** (a)Mter -t **rw** -St 16 

### ~SSWU the 00~ stabls losatss thedersxslant,mmkssthe arrsstandtransportsthsprIsonerto thsoountfjaIl,:-Ui@eonf&sblswoU4 .bssntitlbd 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 antltkulto ssvsn an4 OW-hds osnts per r&lo 

### r0r eomaying a prisons n-cm MoGregorto Wuseor~l~verSa, baron, eomIatIon* p~wIde4~ the sonstablehad am tor arrestrcrr.sushp&onsr,~ and &tar oon.vMtIcm in the Justlsa Court **at** %@rsgor, the ' oonstablewould bs antitle to tan **oents** per mIls **W~UL** twveling.byprivrzte

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**

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APPROVED JUL'lS. 1989 m couurlrr