OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Rononblo IS, A, Rod&or, Paqm 3 

“9, 7or oont87ia a ptironu afsor ooariotion to tha oount7 l kl, ior l a a h PIlo, ! 

going and do&q, b7 tho nearrrt praotiaablo 

rout0 by pr:VatO OOtWJ~OO, tOE QMt8 l ri18, 

or by ratlutay,, 8OVOA Md onddt OOnt8 8 DUO, 

a1O1 7or aonto7fn 

011 & UUr M t Of l @88 f 

a prl8oner 8rn8tod 

8WOd trOa anoth8r 

aounty to thr 8ouH or jail ot the aouat7 fror 

whioh ?A8 pro0088 ~8 lrrurd, for l aoh Jl8 

8ntelrd (otnd and ooaiag, Or the noaro8t praatioabl8 route, twelto and one-h4lf ooat8. 

"11. for OaOh tiI0 h8 M&J ba oempllod 

to 8rarcrI fn l raautind arlmlml proorrr and 

8IalWXl~~ Or attaohirq WitlW88 nbfon uul onehalf aenter TOr tr~v~ibg in ih0 8erViOO Of 

pFOOO88 not otherulro provldeb for, the #um 

of aeven urb onr-half oente for (3(ioh milo going Ma r.turala& xi two or molu puron8 

l ro mentioned la the UQU writ, or two or 

more writ8 in the 8um aaao hr 8hal.l OhargO 

Oni7 fOr the di8t~100 aOtU& 4iid 1&00088&?i4 

travolrd in thr 8am0." 

Arti ioil vIPnOn’8 AIUiOtat~d Cod0 0f mJk.%Mi 

~rooeduro, read8 an foflou8~ 

‘Ilo itO& of 008tS 8b83.1 br tared toZ l 

purported 8enlar whioh war not pOriom8d 

iOF 8 8bZ?ViOc, for WhiQh l&O tee i8 *X&Wk& 

or 

proridad by law," 

Artiolr VW, ~o?noh*r Annotated Tourn Coda of 

criainel ?roorduro, ma68 a6 iollonrr 

‘ihen a $&pent has been rendered 

against a defendant for I peouniuy finr, 

ii he 18 prosent, he rhau bo inpriron.6 

in jail until, dlsoharg@d aa povldeb b7 

law. A OtIFtlfled 002~ Oi WAOh jU&gWtSt 

shall be w$fioient to l uthorfzo suoh iaprieonaent . " 
Eonorablo IL A, li0a808, Pa60 4 

%hen a poouniu~ f lno hS8 bea adjudwd 

&@iJl8t 8 dOiOn&&h not &UOOOBt 8 Oapt88 

shall rorthwith bs 1Ssued for hl8 arroot. 

The sheriff shall l xoouto tho saw by plaoin( 

ths 40f0dim in jail." 

Am010 789, vO#~d~'8 hIUtObtO6 TOXS8 CO60 Of 

Criminal Proooduro, roada a8 follw81 

Vhoro ouah Oa~i88 1SSUO8, is 8u 

okato th8 roaaitlorr -1 uouat of the 

judgmoat aa the amuat unpaid thenon, 

~a 0-a tho shsrirf 00 t0k0 the a0- 

fondant and plaoo him in Jai; unii;h;ho 

u00iu-d au6 upa 8-h jua 

furthor ooot8 of aolloot 'I" ng tho soaio aro 

pia, or until the darenamt I8 other- 

~180 lopylly 4lSahar8Sd.* 

tit1010 998, vomoaQ8 Aano$ataQ T8nr cod0 of 

CriPrFnal Proooduro, read0 S8 fOiiOW8l~ 

*:;ihon a adondant her been oonmittod 

t0 jail ia aOf!Uit Of th0 fiJP3 atI6 008t8 

/ l dJuOgo6 againat hi.@ tho further onforooaont of suoh ud&nd ohall bo ia aoaordanoo 

wl# tho pror i 81On8 of this CO402 

btiOi.8 793 8Bd 196, ~OMOll'O mOt8t0d T0X08 

cods of Crlahai proaoduro, prod40 for the 8oti8rS0tm 

or JudgPento la blsd8u.eanor oases by plaolng t&o oonvlatod 

derondant la the oouat7 work h o o o use, untfy a r l m, to., and 

by eongdlliry aald bsfW&lat to labor bt0. Artiolo ON, 

VSMOB’8 Annotated Tax88 C&O of CF d nai ~roooauro, 18 Spplioablo to Justfoo Courts, and duls rlth the satlsfaotlon 

of judwents in Juatioo Courts in criminal Caao8e 

xtlole 795, Vernon's Annotated loxas Cod8 o? 

SrfmFrul irdOehr0, reaC8 as r0ii0wS; 

*:ihen , by the juGgment of the olurt, 

a Jofsndaat 18 to bo lmprlaonod in JSll, S 

carti,Pie& co;,y of ouch jucgzent shall bs 

Yurflcient authority fclr the sheriff to 

plsoo auoh dofondant la jail." 
Artio1e 796, Yornon’o AMotatoQ Tom. cod. 0r 

crImiaA1 Proooauro, road. a. iOUOuoI 

.A oaplao ioouod for the arroot and 0011 

ritoioaS of on0 ooavlotrd oi a riod*mmnor 

enaltl oi uhioh or aaf per8 thorooi b 

in jail.* 

lutfol. IO?, Vornua’o Anaot.tod Tom. Qodo of 

crlmlaal Proeoduro, roads a0 r0iw0t 

“A doratdult *ho ha. remhod ia jail 

the length ut tlmo roquIre.6 by tho jud&mont 

-11 b0 6100har&.& Tho l horlfi oh8U rw 

turn tho oopy of the or the oapiar 

undo? ohioh the doion t wao lBpr1.oB.6, to 

tho proper oourt, rating how It was oxooutod.* 

Thfo dopaxtment h&o ropoatodly ruled 

and ahf3rlrro uo no% entitloa to r000 

psrformod as outlined by tho irr etatutor, 

o-106, o-698, o-768, 0463, 0460, aa maay 0-r 0pia~0 0f 

thio aopartaeat. 

Opiaion Ro. O-850 or thir dopartmaa8 holds t&t a 

CoBrtablo ir ontitled to tho Ius Of $t,OO for 1wlly l xooutia( 

a valid warrant oi l rroot la a aiodeoioanur ~~80, l uo h goooo;oz: 

torod $ last the doioadmt 011 00nvi0tlon, Thio a0 

ropoato fb riled howoror that a Oenotable IO not on 0” Itlod to 

any rOOO ror making $lloml l rfeoto. 

Opinion No. 0463 of thio dopartaukt holdo that a 

Conotablo lo not entitled to ohargo and oolleot a for or &SO 

ror taking a ng lppror lna g b un6 ln a nLo do mo a onaor r u0 a looo 

ho ecuaplioo with Artioio 873 and 3tiolo t77, VorBoBto AmotaSed 

Toxao Codo of crimI~1 Fruooduro of Texas; that a ooaaitssnt for 

whloh a poaoo oHIoor IO allowed a ioo of $1.00 IO for l xeouting 

a valid order of tho oourt, aftor oonrlot:on oi a dofondant, 

cIrsot:w tLat the dofondant bo plaood in jail and oonfinod t:Loro 

~5atii th0 judgment or tho 0m-t is bati0ri0a and that a rol~aoo 

for whioh a raoo ofiloor IO allcrroi a fob 0 #LOO IO SOr roa! 

1 

loaol~6 or l ohargl~ a dofondoat fror the for00 aad offoot d 
Eonorablo E, A. Bodg.8, Pyo b 

a $~dgmon* reotralnlq U 

0 tfi%oB itO. ~116~ of this doputmbn% holds tha$ 

only rhoro E ho hots Bow tlut the dofondant IO 

uoto4 of a Co~tablo at #o tlmo ho plwdr 

r ia 0 i0 o h0 OsQa k b lO l Btitb 6 )b l 

rurthw hoi60 that rhon tho dorenndant 

Juotioo 0r the pear* and mama 10 l ooe t0a b 

th0 Jwtloo %a paymeat e2 60rOawb rir0, th0 00~0 P able t 

not l tiu0a to a roio~oo r00. 

;iO l ROlOOO herwiSh 00piOO Oi OpiaiaO XOO. O-563, 

CW.lB9, 04104 ana 04437, whloh pars oa puootionr similar $0 

tho qUO.tiOB Lnv0ivba hor0i.a. 

In rnoror to your first r;uootion you uo roopoothrlly ahired that it IO the opinion 0s thl(i ea0puwm2t~ that; 

1. Tho Ooaotablo 10 ontltlod to #&OO ror oaoh 

10~1 arroot made. ii0 1 0 l R titiOt0 a 21 f0 Oer0 OT ii%Og aU- l 

rooto, 

2* Tho Oonotablo IO ontltlod to $1.00 ror l xooutlag 

oaoh raUd oommitaont la d.odanoanor oaoeor Tho oommitmont 

i~ouoo only after oontiotion 0s a 60rmdaat. 4ho l ooaritmont* 

or authority for iQUIooludat, whloh tho Donotablo l x6@~808 

in mIodemoanor o8ooo where a poounlary fin0 has b8oa ad&ago& 

against a defendant, and whore tho dofondant IO prooont, IO a 

oortiflod oopg of bwh judgaioat, as outlined by ~.?tiolo 787, 

0. C. P* xi in ouoh oaoo th4 dof~dant b not preoont, 

th0 moapla:i%horIsad and dsooribod In rrtloloo 780 and 743) 

c, C, P,, oupra, is tho l owimltumW uhlah tho Conotablo 0x0-’ 

outeo* 3hers tho juQzfaBt is imprisorsmnt in jail Artioieo 

795 ana 796; c . a . P, l wka, 

suok aabeo wouli, be oithor a 

apply and thr moocaftnen~R in 

oortiffod oopy 0s tbo ju 

or a *oapiao*, clopendent upon th0 faotb involved thsro ?‘Tho n. 

Constable would exsouto the “OtmBltmMP br ploolng th0 defendant iz jail as dirooted ln the orbur; when thie was dono by 

virtue of a rail6 oomnltmont tho Conotablo would hwo oarnsd 

his for and bo ontltlod thoroto it, as and when, SSBIO was oolleotea. 

3. The Coaotablr is entitled to tl.30 for takIn& 

ad a .proving defendant** bond In a mIsOoiw3anor oaoo prori606 

9ape i 0 done in acooraanoo with law aa in OWIQ~IUIOO with 

,ixtIol88 273 .Ind 277, Yernont8 Anaotatod Texas 0060 Of OririMl 

Proooauro. 
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BonwabU II, A, Hodgoo, Pago ? 

4. The Coaatablo is not l ntitlod to a reloaoo foe 

unlooo ho ii8 tho dorondmt ia his aotual and legal oustodr 

at the tins t&o doronaaa~ myo - hlo rmo ana oooto or oat~of~oo . 

saao by hyiin& it ou8 4 jail and tho Conotablo thot uad thorn 

ro1oaoro tho d0r0nam rrw tho for00 4md l r r 000r t a uagplurs 

rootraining hl.n. The t;sn g~oloa80m oortoplatso a. SUL 

rite ~4 0 

“y: 

lot@ rolo&oo and dioohargo iron t&o judgmoit 

rostralain& t l defo nda d, 

4ruo’Ung that this l atlofaotorily moworo your IaQuiry, we are 

Vary truly 7ou-8 

AT'XRHtT OW W TEXAS 

APPEOVEDOCT 24, 1940 

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ATTORNEY GZNERAL OF Tms