OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Ralph Brook 

county Attormy 

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, ,arrertIlk on the 8tlwot. wit 

ha, Bslt took the billfold whloh oontaimd Cla ‘s 

money from hlrr, Clayls,~ pookot, Clay ours4tl Be i t 

violently and Belt eltbor pushed or slapped Ulry 

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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.tion as tofhoth4r oz not Clay was ~8 ~prldnsr or . 

.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-. 

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"It i 8 z+ o&l& thet,~the'Counby .L liable 

adI I bar4 eo idvise& th~~Pouua%eeianbra Court Md 

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the County~ AeMtor. &?tia14 IO.037 .or the 00th ot 

Crinlnal Prooabu~s provides 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, Paragraph 3 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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.Artihle 16I&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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- 'njr: .~ti~neoimaqr~ me$oal'bilX-dni reasonable 

ears. ooainwmitio4 for attention to a prisoner durlng Sfgheaa, aaah a~ amount ao the .Comfssfonera~ 

Cqurt oi:the county where the prlaonei.ia confined -/ may.determfqe to be j-3 an& prope4r. 

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:It rill ba noted thad Artiolea id37 and 1040, sapra 

'make the aotity.liable for'all expense lnaurred.on aooouut or' 

.-. 'the .saielCuepfng Ot'prisonars oonmmd fn%.Jafl or kept under 

guard, with oertain~eroeptions, and Artiole'1040 speoitioally 

provides ror.neoessary mediosl expanses and reasonable extra 

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 applioable to saia county. In 

other words, under ths officera salary law the Sherfii is not 

entftled.to the roes and eompensatfons allowed by suoh statute. 

However, the oounty Is ltsble under Artloles 1037 anat lOI&, 

tar the neoeasary mediael.expenae Zor a prisoner daring siokl 

neas when them prlaoner'is oonifnad in jail or uuder War&. 

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

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Quler a .statute proviaing ror &iioal atte&noq to p.rfsoners, ati, oompensation therefor, 

~the.general rule is that no allomnoe otin be made 

except umler.the oirouustanoea and in the manner 

providea ior by etatute; bat an exooption to this 

rule has been reoognizm~fn the case oi ti ph sfofan employed in the ease or an emereenoy.. E nthe * 

absence or a statutory provfslon ror medicax at-. 

tendanoe, it has been held that suoh attendanos is 

a proper expense.oi fxprisonment;~ but other oases 
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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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It is iarther"statad'ln C&pus JUrls,.~%~I~ SO, -9. 

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Ilund& a~ktritea~Jmpoaidg on oountiectllability . .! 

~for’ the oare tit prisoners, the llabilfty,~oi aoounty 

.la oontrolXeQ by,. and is aubjeot to, :the reatriotiona '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~ o#jiamltted, within the ootity.> ~The oonnty .'~. 

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~from aontegloua diseaaci has baen removed 

to a~peathouse or other p&aoe, rent ot suoh plaoe 

1a.a prop+ @tar~,~gai.ns~ the a0uuty.r~ ~: 

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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-far medical 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.ln the above mentioned 0888. 

.~ Trustln~'thet the rore~l~g'fully'~anawe~s your inwiry, we ari: _' _ 

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