OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS

**AUSTIN**

Hon. Allen c. W5.lso2.l County Attorney



### unty,,haareueltd cpf yvar l&tar tm read8 a% follciwa:Hon. Allen C. ~?ilson, June 1, 1939, Page 2

Ke have determined the population of Kendall County to be 4,970, according to the 1930 Federal Cenpus **and esancod**  **thflt the**  **oounty attorney**  **la compensated**  annually on the fee basis. we here elso determIned ttlet Kendall County is in the 38th JudioIal Dietriot which 1% composed of p1orethan one oounty. It will be neo%s%ary thnt we give pertiouler attention to the statutes reletbg **t0** the **Cmpen%etiOn** payable **t0** di%triot attorney% in auoh districts conpoaed or two or more oountiee.

Artlole~86, Cod% ob (IrImIml PromduP% 1988, relating to the dutlelr of oouaty &tornoyia, .grWhn



### Vh% ooaaty 

### attorn- %haU attmd 

### the terms of ell oourtsin h&% my&f ,bir%Wthe grad% of dlstrlotmn-t, an& ~slmll +%pmMnt the State In all odmlytl o&m8 **underhxaalaw** atlolaor pro%eoutIoJ'Il~%aId oount7~ and In 

### th% abomoe of tho distrlotattorn%yh% %hall r%~~-%e%nt

the Stat% alon%,,,or uhm rwqu%%t&d, %h%ll aid ths distrlotatt%rxuy.ia.tho~pro%%- ~- oution oi any OM% In 

### b&elt OS ths~lStat% in ths distriat ookt; and In 

### tioh,oe%o%,h% %hall TM~ITS all OT onrbalf or the fee% allaed **by** 

### law to dI%trIotattormoyu,aooordlngacr h% aotmd alone OT Jointly..?a %u+h ~a%%%h% ehsll moeire all or on%-haIroi the t%m altar %&by law to 

### the di%trI%tattorney who%% dutl%8 ho p%rfona%,or ~e%I%taia.p%#k+i%&, bat : shell rw%Iv% no part oS~th%aonatitutianat aaalu'y allowedto eaoh dicrtrlob attorn.y,aa**OQTding** 

### a% he **SO$ed a.~OxtO**  

### OT **join-; &wovId.d**  

### thatTees ~ollsoted**by** 

### the aount the stats for suoh **~%er~io~** 

### %b%l I attarnoyhraa b% **deddlreted** 

### by ths Ck%@roller of Publio **A%ooaait%**

### f&W% th% Sees wbiah oth%x'uI%e wuld here b%%n paid **.tO** the diatriot attorney had-h% npr%%%nted the State **alone;** provided iurther thI% artlolo .%hallnot bs aonstru%d a% 

### InhIbItlnsanY oounty ettornsy from voluntarIlp,nith the <ro%%%M of the diatriot attorney, es%l%ting the dfetria't attorney In the **perfowanoe OZ**  hi% re%p%%tiv% dutl%%, without aomapeneation."

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**Hon.** Allen C. Kllson, June 1, 1939, Page 3

hrtiole 3(386(f),

pertaining to the cmpensatlon of district attorney8 dn all judioial distrlata so;;l% state, contain% the follo~lng relevant provi-
:

Wee. 3. All **fees,** oo?%mi%slons and: perquisites which may **be** earned and oollooted by Mstriot Attormys aff%%ted by thirrA%tshallbe paId Into th~CoantyTraa~ mury of the 

### 00ant1eal In whloh Eaah eM .aw euned 

### for the l

ooouat o? the propor fund.*

ItuIllba~odtha~&tIole eSof Chew* of ta-l3llInBl

PNoedtJre, MMS ho shell reoelre 

### lamdby lawtodltstriof aoted alone 

### or

joIntly.” 

### :

In the oeas OS Yogss va. Sheppprd,Ucm~troW, 67 81 Pnd 860, 

### opinion~by the ComIssIon'ot &Q&, Seation (a) and edoptedbytbe Supr8mc1 Court, thrown Iuvolvodths question 

### oi the oounff attorney&oIn& urtltllld to done-half

of th8 foe a8 prodded In Artlule 

### lOSS, *de of CMmInalProaedarsior *amIstlngthe BI8tri.H Attorney In the trial of oeWn f%lony oa%eo. Thwdcort held 

### that the ao2MItatioarl **md pr**  

### diem **salary f%zOd**  **and pa**  **bl.0 by**  

### the etats wider **the ~rwIsIonm**  **of** Artisle 1021 Eaoe of GriPlin0.l 

### Pmoedw 1938 as amondad to disth~t attorneysof math jadidnl dihlot~ 4dtubd ouch **dlatrlot** 

### attorneysim the hati 

### asprcwhmd in Artiolel035,andthatbyr%aeonuf s&t tiltgioll, the **wux&~ya~torneywouldnotbs** 

### entlt;lsd to anyport%3Boi.

. Uhlls onlythe f%%s aa 

### pm8orIbed In **aria** Arttale 1OS 

### were Involrsd,we do not 

### believe the hold- 'l&gwould hate b%sn dlrferent had the 

### aommie%Ion% a0 prorided 

### ror In ArtIol% 950, Cod% or CrI!aIml Prooddur%, been inmlved alao. In both ln%tan%%%, %uah fee% end
O~iSSiOM d8pand OU Wh%th%r SUOh i%e% ad OO~%%iOn%

ere allaned to the (ListrIOt attorS%yr It Beam% oleer, therefore, that under the above euthorlty the oounty attorney is not entitled to any fees or aomnI%siona ia aesistlng the dilrtriot attorney ia the proseoution o?Hwi. Allen C. ;.il%cm, Tuna 1, 193, ?ege 4

felony case% in judicial distriota corqmeed of two 

### or
more oounties, wher% his rlEht to 

### Bald rees or amnlsslons deponclo upon their being payable or fXlow%d to the district attorney and to whom suoh feeis or oomnieoioue arc no longer payable 

### or allmred.

**We** 

### has y8tto dIsom!wthatportion ofyotm requ%st eb to the dI.spo8ItIon of Bush riner and tou, whloh phase of your quution 

### till now **be** 

### dtit WIOur attsntlonla UImotod to the Aat oi 1935, **by** 

### the 44th **~slature,** 

### 8n4 **Called** 

### fSu6Ion,Ch. 4&S,., 11(101 Ineorpomt@d intb~&vIwdcI~L)ta~eaoi1981)u~-- Artio1e 5585(t). YouwI&lf%ti hsrelam~e th* -lo- 

### ~an~wovlalon

of said l rtlole,beirrg

Se&Ion 5 aat

It la to be noted &at the aba*e~prorimIon of Artlole 5655(t)providorr that rrnoh

feea,otmmlm%oa+ and perquleltes

wh$ohmay be oarnod 

### end oo&leotwlbye the dlatrlotattommy rtf%%tmdby the eot 8h8llb% paid Into the oounty tZM6UI7 of th% oountlssin uhiab saol'fee%are earnedfor the aooount of the proportund. Thlo provIsIonoith% lSta+&.t* ~upumdWJthatof ArtS 01~~10~1,whiah ionmrly direotedthe dlstrlotalerk **to** 

### transmiteU mmalselo~s aad teocr ellaed distrlot attorney%by lew In **dI%trIotcr** 

### ecmpoaedo? two or m%r% ooantles to.

the 

### -state

### treuarer~ While no **alt** 

### roeson ior the Lo&slatura ehmrr(ssthy dlepcmi ion at mmh T- ieees end oommlsslo~ **and** 

### allaringthe oountyta rat&In
mane when formerlytheywere **pa%d.fo** 

### the atate 1% di& alosed In the eot, su%h polioyand ~dispo%Ition app%er8 to be pursuantto end In l

### oaordwith the oonditutiOadl amendmentof 1935whmioh provides in pert, *all f%@a samed by dWtrI%t, oounty **and** 

### preolnotoffio%r%ahall be mid Into the oounty 

### tresaurywhore eerned 

### Sor tho eoooant or the proper fund."

It is, th%r%ftm%, the opinion 

### or this 

### dep%rtm%ntHon. Allen C. Cfilson, June 1, 1939, Page 5

that in judlcisl districts oomposed ol two or more counties, the county attorney is not entitled to any fees or comlssions payable under the provisions of. Article?950 and 1025, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1923, for assisting the distriot attorney of euoh districts in the prosecution of felony ceses. Such fines colledted, less other comisslons authorieea by law, along with auah Sees as authorized to ba taxed aa aoat&!, are to be p&id Into the aounty treasury of the ocmnty In whloh, BuOh Neeare earned, '

Xith raieranea c;,the aoeord paragraph of your lbttor, whloh ti~olve+ganaxully mmerocw Saaf guestiozm, 

### ta bs d.oideCl.

Under t~eprovi8ioaa of Artialtk 430(a) of 

### the P&l Cot!+-;Acts oi the'48H ~i#la~, Re@alar 

### Ssassion,

lQSS; ch. 336,wo o,wl@m +wSth a copy of 

### 00ropinionHo; O-647 **rmxlored** toSfr~Siforris C. R+enthal, **OA?mi8tmt Iil.a** **’ istriot**  **Attorney, Eou8ton,**  **Texas,** on **IKay 5,**  

### 19~39 uhlehopinion 

### wa believe, will satisfy you and liksiy oover.anylaw q~imatlona ratsed in the oonstruotfon 

### or fida Arti 

### 450(a),Penal aoda, and its appllo;ta:ty to those sots mntioned in tfl8 p&%on of your

. Trusting the above anawsra 'fourletiier.of Wy 19, 1939, we remain



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