OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

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HonorableRalph Brook countyAttormy Lubbook Oounty Lbbbook,Teras

mnt on the abovo rtatod qu 00 -or fhl8 dopartprt a8 r0uOttm

and ral8lmg a dl8- the City OS Lubbook ty ~onstablo, 

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ha, Bslt took the billfoldwhloh oontaimd Cla ‘s money from hlrr,

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pookot, Clay ours4tl Be i t violentlyand Belt eltbor pushed or slappedUlry in an 

## effort ho quiet him. fXay*a oohdibion was suoh that olther thb blow knooked him down or hs is11 dotm and in the fall, his Isg was brokan.Honoreblo Ralph Bsoat,~pagb 1

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.tionas tofhoth4r oz not Clay was ~8 ~prldnsror . .tho Bounty at th4 tlm o$.&X~ i4uqeni.bhh4r ,’ or not, -even,tlm&h. ho.~weo. a priammr g the CotxnG -’ ’ ty at tb-~t54yt.oi the Snjtwy, the, QountF woul&, b4 :_;-: bound or.

authorized;upoa groper **e+tion bp**  th4 Codrslcme~ Court; ta;.psy the.hosp%Wl eq,ense? I L 3.nourre8 tht3gh. tha treatment or a ~rQ3oner~ injur@ by ths'enlawful'SO~-0i &t QifiOya + ?trfk-. lng h+Ea, .~.'.: : "It i 8 z+ o&l& thet,~the'Counby .L liable adI I bar4 eo idvise& th~~Pouua%eeianbra Court Md :, the County~

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## the **00th ot**  Crinlnal Prooabu~sprovides thet+Eaoh'Fo'=ty. shall be llabti ior eU.er~ea inoUrreit on a@-. ..- .aount oi the uafe keeping 03' pri~~!mr4 4mfin0~ in jail or kspt uudex guard ;,.....: Artiole '~ 1040, Paragraph3 **provides** thmt therei shau. bemae an allcmno~ to th& sh4rLlf for prieonora *for nooessary~aicrsl bill and **roesqnable** 4xtr4 co~p4nsatlon

ior et$ention to **a** prisonor’dcrlng sIoknfma,such an amount a8 the Cciaaris~ioqera~ court oftho oountjr.wher4'th4 prisomr is eoniinea nty dsCeme,tO b.8 jUSt ena PW4rc:~

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.Artihle16I&j'Vernon*s AGotatedXode 0r ‘Criminal Prooedure

i reaaa ln part a8 r0ii0rs: *Por.thm'sa~ekeepf& support and maintsnanoe Of prlsenera.oontined in Jail or antler

guard, the Rherl#.sb;all.bu

allone& the tollowing ohargest

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me$oal'bilX-dni reasonable ears. ooainwmitio4for attention to a prisoner durlng Sfgheaa, aaah a~ amount ao the .Comfssfonera~ Cqurt oi:the county where the prlaonei.iaconfined -/ may.determfqeto be j-3 an& prope4r.

: :It rill ba noted thad Artiolea id37 and 1040, sapra 'make the aotity.liablefor'all expense lnaurred.on aooouut or' 'the .saielCuepfng

Ot'prisonarsoonmmd fn%.Jafl or kept under .-. guard, with oertain~eroeptions, and Artiole'1040speoitioally provides ror.neoessary mediosl expanses and reasonableextra ocmpenaatfon

r0r~ attention to 8 prisonor.~~lng~aiokne~s when saoh prisoner is oonff.nned to Jail or uuder.gaard._ Thi oou&'o&.aiala & Lobbook County are aompeni sated on an annaal'ealarf~ba6ia, thereiore not all oi the provisions 0r Art1010 lOhO are applioableto saia county. In other words, under ths officera salary law the Sherfii is not entftled.tothe roes and eompensatfonsallowedby suoh statute. However, the oounty Is ltsble under Artloles 1037 anat lOI&, tar the neoeasarymediael.expenaeZor a prisonerdaring siokl neas when them

prlaoner'isoonifnad in jail or uuder War&.

. '. ._ Itis &ate& in Corpas furls; Toi. 50, p? 3638..

. a'. Quler a .statute proviaing ror &iioal atte&noq to p.rfsoners, ati, oompensationtherefor, ~the.general

rule is that no allomnoe otin be made except umler.theoirouustanoeaand in the manner providea ior by etatute; bat an exooptionto this rule has been reoognizm~fn the case oi ti ph sfofan employed in the ease or an emereenoy.. Enthe * absence or a statutory provfslon ror medicax at-. tendanoe,it has been held that suoh attendanosis a proper expense.oi fxprisonment;~ but other oasesI -. _. 

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hold that;

the 6mployment or a physician by the
_ sherlrr or:by,;a11 inapeotora doe8 not lmpo8e llability on the **-oeuntf for**  eertloes renaor&by the phyalalan;an&th+t no~paymsnt~oan-ba made out or the oounty hr& for **naralng a**  prisoner oonflned In . jail on a qrladnal, &a,rge2~. ._ .

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. &..- i: It **is** iarther"statad'ln C&pus JUrls,.~%~I~ SO, -9.

. . .~ Ilund& a~ktritea~Jmpoaidg **on** oountiectllability . .! **~for ’**  the oare tit

prisoners, the llabilfty,~oi a oounty .laoontrolXeQ by,. and is **aubjeot** to, :thereatriotiona 'of thr:partiealar**statute. ‘**  **. It**  **aounty is**  **gen- -**  **,** orally liable~ror.the. oar8 and.mslntenanoe of Its : ' 0m prlaon8,ana or priaon~ra 00nrinef3 therein r0r offeneea~

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within the ootity.> ~Theoonnty .'~. ls~alao-llable,~An~~eome jurlacUotiona~

ta tha aherlrf ror the paard **or prisoners**  aosmaittea andor aui thorlty or a statute, :in.purausnoe~ot- a olty,.vlI-,' lege,-lor~'tom

arM.nanoe,..Pmere.d oowity.prlsoner aufterlng~fromaontegloua diseaaci has baen **removed** to a~peathouse or other p&aoe, rent ot suoh plaoe 1a.a prop+ **@tar~,~gai.ns~ the**  a0uuty.r~ ~: .i ttnder'the~fsota

state&, In jmirir'

izi&ry,;it is shown :'-I.. that the partywao~lnjured We~oontlned~ln~jalX an4 WETS ra-:.;.-.i morea to tha hospital-farmedical treatmdnt,,by the County sot-: : **ing on**  the adrloa **or: auggeetion**  of the County health offloer. **From** the **faota ~ai**  **stated above,**  WI assume thatthe party was ~.. not release& b~t‘mtiined~k **prisoner** oil the County. Theretore, it ls.ouropinion~that the Oounty.1~authorized and raqulred to $ay.the:-maalaal expeuae.lnthe above mentioned 0888.
.~ Trustln~'thet the rore~l~g'fully'~anawe~s your inwiry, we ari: _' _ :.
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