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l?onor~bl.e R. A. Barton, Page 2 

Tropor ratloi.aad dlupoatltlon o? the sus 

or $le.80.-' 

ab,i80uRT duo oifiobra of thb 

Art. 105s. C*C*P* 

court ulldor 

Q,uctatlon froza ywr oplnlen 

to T8w A. bP*ven, uouaty .&eltior, 

walk lay BDh. lQ39. 

O-785 tddrebrrsd 

FfoLoaaan County1 

"(Where e oonvlotion 18 had in t&i0 ptiao 

Court and @UT e p8rt Of the oomtr (ire oollbotb~, 

the BUUI oollocrtcd should be preratoa between tho 

ormers and thb oountf in tho easio prwortion 

(18 to whloh l aoh waul4 have beea entitled to 

reoeivo therefrom had 811 co&c beon oollooted, 

Art, MB, U*U.P* mw8ver Bin00 the jwtioo ot 

,the peabe is &mid by tho County, hks brfal fee8 

i l h o ul.e a a t b e o o no leoroin e the pror~!:tlon. 

Art6 1088, 1084 a.a.P.f 

T@u follbmi tb8 8am pr8obauro in your 

oplnioa 0460, (I&o& April 8rd. 193% 

"IIn bnntbr JiUtlM court opinion, you 

5kto that thoro &elf. ba no di~orl:~tlon 

b8twben th8 otSt8brr or tha Court, but thbt 

the diapaaltlm *hall bo in usual proportion. 

*~rtlo$e to9 8nd suaoeedine; artlol*n 0r 

c.0.p. ;rotido for thb orooutlon or judgmnont 

in a nl8baaabnor osw, and juQ8 thnt tho 

6tmposition of the OuEl of $.lr?.ao wuld follow 

810nt; the line 0r your opinionb es naee:ee for 

e ju8tlor aoust. Fl8arb edviwt 

*cpdaan ?m. II. 

"AI% 1058 t3,a.T’. proridon in art as 

foll.owat *TIM oountg shell b8 liable for onahalf oi tha foes of tf;b oftirp*r* of tha 
xmorablo X.-AI Esrton, Bga 3 

court when the 60f0naant faila to pay his ?laa 

an6 lay8 his iins out In tha oounty &ill or 

dlsoharges ths MUM by mana of working ruoh 

rieb out dI tho aounty roada or on any count9 

pro jaat~. * 

WP YrwlBwEt 

"art. lCS1 C.C.P. proridba that the County 

Attorney shall'roo~Ivo for oonrIolions o? a 

nladoimmor nature tho sum of $10.00, 

vlrst: xn the event the dsfbnaant aad prrltl 

hiu tina in oath, the, County AttCmnOp wauld ha+* 

reoslvbd ths sum of @O.OC ior his fobt 

” ;aoocd : In tho event the ddatdnnt hnd 

remed out and dlscharga4 his ilao in $811 at 

1-r 0:: the county mad, thb county Attorney would 

hare naeited iron Calhoun COuMy, tb sufa oi $8.00 

aa hia ieo, under art. 1086. 

ree of 

Thlrdt IR tha oaae at bar, the promtad 

the county Attornor oa the $l&80 wtid 

only be a froational part o? tho $?S.OO a~ pmtided for under MO. TWO above notmi. 

‘Ymuld the County AttO&%Wy be e~atitlbd to 

noolvo froz the County the dittazunoo between 

the prorated part OS the #l&80 end Fhe @.OO 

PreTIdul under Art. x0. 1058. 

%lkowi%o b&&l the aomb rulb apply to the 

other office rs oft the oourt." 

wm papuiation or aalh0tut~icount9, mxaa WX+~* 

to tbm 1940 9Wersl oonaus la 8,011 inhabitenta. ‘~8 fartiw 

a 5uma from your latter that the Cotlut~ and pnolnttt qfrloora 

of chua county, cabs, ar(, opbretfng uadortbb fee nyetwm, 

and that any aalsries paid to them are otoftlalo aals~I~8, 

allowed Ln the mount and ;nannor a8 tha law prorldea. 

enoweru harsto ara bsssd u~gon tfro abesta assumption. 

oy 

Art1010 1085, V.A.G.E.?., nab8 as followat 

"The Count-7 slm?l be liable to l aoh oifloer 

und wltnbfaa brivin~ ooutn in 0 mIadom8anor oaoe tar 

only one-half thereof where the dafaubnt ha8 satie- 
fled tho fine and oorete adjudged e,galnd him in full 

by labor in the workhouse, on the oounty far+, on tha 

pub110 roads or~upon any publfo works Of tti 

oountyj and to ;:sy swh hali of mob legal 

oosts as may have beenso taxed, not lnoluddlag 

oommla~lone, the oounty judgm shall ieaue h&.8 

warrant upon the oounty treamirar In favor of 

the proper party, and thtl B&SW 8hall bm paid 

out of the road and bridge fund or other funds 

not otherwlaa appropriated. 

YOUr i&tW diiBOiOlortC4S t&It the tin* in th&B O6Utbe 

was $25.00, the oost 447.50j that the Qafendant psid &kLSO 

in oath and laid out $30.00 tl>ti in jailj tbo oounty attornayla 

foe wa8 $lO.OOj tha trial fee in oo:mty oourt is $5.00 under 

Artiole 1574, T.R*C.O.F., la taxable ae oosts and belows 

~00 the oouuty. You 60 not stat. the exaot mount8 of fo.8 

Bue to the olerk, sherifT aad ooneta?lo but the amount due 

M j+ntly wol~ld be $Sg.UO. 

Oplnlon Nos. O-469 and O-755 of tbls dopartmcmt 

hold that where o~Uy 0 pert or the fine and aoats alu 

oolleoted, that the money oolleotad should go ilrlrt to the 

p$yment of the oost8 and Iha balmo,o, if any, to tha amunt 

of the tine and that where than is not USOU& eoll~oto4 

to pay all of the aost8, the maoy oollsotod ohould be 

prorated, and that in suoh oaae one offioar had no priority 

ovor another. said opiniona further hold that the trlel 

ha bolonglng to the oountyahwald,ba oonsldond in the 

prsril tion. 73 quote fro* Opinion Ho. %+7&W as iollkrrr~ 

*In view of the trial fae ebova provided, 

being a pert of the oost8, end by maeon that 

the Justioo oi the Naoe being paid bg the 

oounty, it in our opinion that the $3.50 in 

pumMon should be prorate6 on the baalra of 

$8.00 to the county attornoyj #J.SO to the 

oonatable and &GG to the taounty, whiob figurer 

spproxlqtaly sixty four and a fraotlon oenta 

on the dollar. The oounty would gat fta 

pro rate scrrt of the paymnt.” 

::G 0nelose herewith 0opie6i or mid opinions ror 

your infori%ation. 

opinion No-O-1578 of this department, approve4 

in Llmltsd Confersnoe, I:oldtj that a oomtsble ui:er8tlng undm 
the ?a8 system Is entitled under Artlo$s 10515, V.~.C.C.F., 

to half costs from ths ootnty an thet pirt of the time s 

defsndant rszmins IA jail or works for ths ootinty rrhsn he 

so dleohargss prt of hIa SIue and pays off a part of 

Eme. “ia snolose h,srwlth a copy of ml4 oriInIon ror 

your Iaformttion. 

Tie pilot* fro&$opinlon x0* o-;Llwi or tlie de- 

;iartimnt a8 follower 

*Ia answer to pour iiith qusstion, It 

IR t: a opInIon of this departwmt that wimrs 

oniy a g-art of the fins and ooets are oollsotsd, 

that tbs miney oolleoted should @ fIrLt 6s 

the paymenf~ O? the oO8ts 81~4 th8 bslanO8, ii 

an~r, to the aznotu& of the fine, and that whers 

there Is not emugh a0lloote6 to pay all the 

oosts, t&a swner oolleotsd should bs proreted 

betwosn the arrertiag ofiiosr, tha oorsty 

attorney and the oomty. That no oiflssr has 

priority over another in suah matter. YQr 

exa rpi8, if the tine aad oosts amunt ,to 

$S%OO; as In your ease; Ohe fes of the 

ommty attorney unounts to #S.OOj ths to8 

of ths oonstabls amounts tc $X3.00 and the 

trial fes mounts to $4.OOj Lf ths d8fandant 

paid $6.00 in ossh snd the bslsnw 15 work86 

out 011 the county farm ths ErrsatIng offiso~ 

would bs entitled to $.LbS of ths ossh paynnat, 

the oouaty attorney would be satit to 

$1&s or the oash payment and ths oounty’ (as 

Its portion or the trlnl fee) noold be entltlsd 

to $1.09 of the or?ah pqxaat. The amoating 

orfIo8r and ooatty sttornsy would alss w 

entitled to rscsIvs pay,~mt from the oounty 

under Artlole 1056, V.A.C.C.P., one half of 

th8 bu110t3 0r the r088 ior th8 thi0 tb0 

flefsadsnt worked out ths bslaaos of his fIm 

aad oosts. undsr. the oxawls Guoted absn 

the arresting ofttoorrauld be sntlt1ed to 

neeIvcr tram the oountj the ~‘um af $1.89. Ths 

total sum reoslved bp ths arrsrting orrioor 

frozi both SOLWOOS would be $Z.l~,* 

xe l a810~8 herswith a oopy of raid Opinion for 

your l5fcrmtlon.