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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

OROVER SELLERS 

mrom4rr GENCRAL 

~enorabl~ Bowlen Bond 

county AttorneJ 

Flws atone coun tl 

Teque , Tsxa I 

DeBI' Mr. BOnd: 

Tour request for an opinisr from 

fOY 10101 

"On July 9, 1948, Joloo 

Terry, ages 10 and 18, re 

reside in Llne*tone Count 

glory of t.he Eoathern Pa0 

Fortham, In Freeat 

on the same night 

glarlos in Merl 

were apprehea 

stone Cormtyr 

3th day of JuY ft 

quemt ohlld, and dl.sem by oormnitting the 

01 to Individuals b Cimestone 

omed that the judgment of the 

whiob I bare not been furnished, 

of these boys until tbe7 beerat 21 

*Ill o otlon barn been taken against the boya In 

Freertome Countys8eatlon 8, Art. S338-1, Ternon's Annotated 

Statuterr l m amatded, providea ln Parts 
. . 

4i4 

*%a JmGUletlon ohal Y hare boa obtained 

by the oeurt in tbo 0080 et aa7 Oblldr sob ahlld 

da11 ooatiaoe under the jurlsdiotlen of the ooart 

until be kooaao twaaty-On. tP1) yoara of ame tm100s fIiaoRarged prior tboreto; a~* aentlaued juridlotion ahall, borovor# la no mmamer zju&Sy 

l r aonetltuto a bar to anbuquaat 1p $dd loa 

preeadlags a#@art mob ehlld uador the prmlaien0 Of thle AOt.' 

-6eotiea 6 et Art. ta36-1, of sold Aot ptovideo ia part: 

,'X'be Ju~a~lla Wart havia jprladl~~iau ai 

a ahlld - Wander tbo ease to the Jaren1l.a Court ~, 

of the Comlr is whlab the ahlld la p@aOntlt reaidlag, and shall wad traaroript of reaordm at the 

Judge of the etlirr Wart, ablah aball be tiled la 

tha otfloe et the olerk o? -oh oeautg. 

sYaestlon: Aiter the l d~udlaatlon of a ehf,ld 

to be a delinquent ohlld lm tba Juvallo dour* in 

one County, oomittlng tbo ohild tpfll he baoom~e 

21 Tears of age, doea tbe Juralle Court of l aatber 

ootmty l oqulr0 Juriullatlon of a6b abild upon a 

petition tiled aubmequant to tbe l djudieatloa in 

tRo former ammty, baud on ?eYanlOas aoh oommltted la the latter aotmty prior to tbr l djadiertloa 

in the former oount~?' 

It la the opimlen of this dopartamat your qtteatloa 

d10u1d be atimered In tbe aegafite. 

..~, 

6aotloa 6 Artlole &3-1 Rerlaod Cl+11 Statute0 (Vernon's Innotated Btatuten), whiob you quote4 ampbati~ll~ rates 

that ab~a juriadlatlon ahall bare bosm obtaiaed by the oourt ln 

the oac~e of an7 ohlld, .nuob oblld shall oontinue under the jurfapit?en of the sourt mfil he bowmOs tmnty-one years o? l ge# 

. 

It till ba oboewad this juriadiotien wbloh abidea for 

the time dated lo over tba m, rot tba partieufar ot?anse or 

eat with tiiob the ahild la oharged. It 1s a roll-settled prlnoiple of law in thlo stata, tRat whare a OOurt of aampatait Jurlmdlotlon first l oqulrea jurladiotloa of tbe abject wafter, it baa 

exotusire firlsdlotlaa thereof to tbe and of the proocadiag* 

cferefand ‘1. Ward, ZSII 8. T. 1063. 
41: 

gmorable Borlom bond - page a 

Our oaaolodea la ompel1ed by tbe aubjoot or purp a l tatod la the tltlo to Benate BIYY Ho. 44, the Aot in qoew 

*ioar am tollorei 

,Aa Mt. the purpose of wbloh la to *bongo 

the mUled tar baadllag delinquent Mldrea from 

the preeont awlrlaal proaeduro to gmrttlanrhlp 

in ardor to aooura tar eaal~ ohlld Oortag wltbIn tJmAot aeb onret ~ldmoo aad OOatrOl as 

+I11 sarvo the oblld a woltare and bomt latoreat ot tbe Stat01 l l l m. 

Tbo latter portlea of seotloa 6, aothorialng aubaequtlent oraddltlonal prooeodlngm a@aat mob oblld la not at 

811 lnomalatent with tbe aonatruotlon we hate @tan, but ir 

mbordinata tboreto. and auob mabsequent or l dd.ltlonal prooosdhga dmald bo lnatitidod in the oourt baring OXOhIdTe jurlsdlotlon# or. I? such 8ddlflOnOl prooeadlag should be lnatituted 

in another eoQIIrtr it 8ould bo rOSJOTod upon propor plea ot 

ing ault to the oowt bariag tlrat l eq ulr ed jurlsdlotlon. P 

endCloreWar7 truly pure 

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