OFFICE OF THE All-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honora blo 

2%2 # 

Dear Sir: 

c. L. Irin(t 

Dttrfot Attorne# 

Texar 

opinion Rio, o-6653 

Bar 

nrs@i raraala.that two praons a 

orrioer ahot hlswhile he wa 

8tation. Subsequently they 

in Bar Liexlob, end Ted-al a 

ltutlon at Texarkana. 

alnst both offenders 

ure the return of 

for the purpose of 

Uled the oxand r6turnlng thm to thbfr 

xpanse ot a mmal guard, 

0 a8k.d u8 tlm fOllowi~ 

the C&88iOllW’8 CMlrt Of Potter 

, provld8 fund6 with whlohto wy the 

returningThompeoato6uaarlUo to atand 

ah0 th4 wqmn8as 0r returning Day to 

to t88tie ill th8 trial -ilist ThOPpmn? 

“(a) hL6af tbr, Oit)r c&S8iOn Of th@ OitJ Si 

Amarillo, Texas, pOVid8 fund8 with whioh to pay th* 

l xpen8a8 or retuxnlng Thompson to ~ril3.o to 8~d 
152 

Bonorable 0. L. Kiag - pago 2 

trial, and also the expcrnsee or returniag my to 

AmrIUo to testify In the trial against Thoaq80n7a 

b the Outset we 8hould like to paint out that Toxar 

ha8 RO right t0 8eOUFO t&O return Of the pri+lU8 inqpilWd dOUt 

UlbWth8 hW Of l XtZWditiOII a8 it aQpliO8 only a8 betroan 8kt@8 

and not a8 botwaen a state and the T8deral governmukt. 22Am.rur. 

2% Sin00 the Paden govoxnnwnt ha8 the right to uolwIvo otutody 

Of the &W18OSiW8 Wit11 th8y &Ve 8OI’VOd th8ir 8UltOfiOO th.r -1 

br returned to Annrillo only by ooa8ent or that 8ovdgnty. 14 

*a sur. 921. In the ab8enoe of uprass authorIt tha oourt8 

h4vo h8ld that the Attorney Oenar61 ot the 0, 9. a8 a mttu ot 

c0mlty imy In hi8 dl8oretion allow the tra?illrer OS a Foderal 

pri8onu under 8antcmoe to a 8tata 00-t for trial, *provided 

it dos8 Wt &tMVOnt 8ZlforOOm~at Of the 80&8lW8 Or the hdUa1 

OOUrt8, or Wd8i¶gu the pri8oMr.' See Pond v. r888Wdar, 268 

u. S. 264, 66 L. Ed. 607, 22 A. L. 2. 079, 42 Sup. Ct.~ Rep. SOQj 

&Am. Jur. 92lj also IlOt Ia 22 A. L. R. 826 aad 62 A. L. R. 

Turthermoro to faoflitata the,bandling OS peraoa8 who have 

oftkl~d both 8tats and Fedaral 8overei5aty, the Gongres8 ia 1940 

w88.d th8 iOlbWiI@ @tatUtOl 

Wh8nevsr any person oonrlned in any penal Or 

oorr8otional Institution pureuant to a udgm8at of 

oaaviotlon of an Oiia8e againfit the ted Stat.8 

h8 boea Indlotad or Oonvfote4 ot a t8tiZV in 8 

oout of record of an Stata other than th8 State 

in whfoh ruoh Qer8On f 8 Con&d, the Attorney, @enoral shall, if he finds-it in the 

to Q 80, ujmn thr teque8t of the x 

ublio int.rMt 

0V~Z?l02' 01 tie 

l xoeutive authority of euoh 8t+tO, +d upon th8 _~. 

pro8entation of a o~rtlflsd 00pr of 8Uoh fndfOtment or &ulgmat of ooavlotlon, oauro 8uoh Wrsoa 

t0 b0 tM4iI8rOrSSd piOr to hi8 ram88 t0 a P8N1 

or oorreotional Lnstltutioa 8ltuntod within 8uoh 

State that ir authorlcod to rooeivo united Stat88 

Prl8on.f8. In t ho event mro than one 8uoh nquuo8t 

i.8 presanted In rocrpeot to any prl8onu, the liftorney Qener81 -11 dotWmirio In hi8 di8UrOtiOE *hIOh 

Z’8qUS8t 8hould reooivo pr8roruso8. TB* 8XP-88 0f 

per8oaasl aad traa8portatlon InoUrred In oarfW 

out the provisiona of the section'shall be ohafeesbl* 

to th8 appmpriatloa ror thm .*mapport OS United stata 

primnors.** Tit. 18, Sea.+766 P. S. C. A.; 0. 176~ 

800. 1, M Stat. 176. 
153 

mnorbbl8 0. L. King - p&e S 

It would thw appear that the Attorarr Oonual of 

the United Stat.8 in hi8 dl8orotlon, E&J aot oall pormit the 

trial br Texas OOurt8 Of primnor 8Ol’V~ a I.&oral 8WltWlO0, 

but that h8 18 aut,?orliod to trMlf8r prlsoaorr ooatlned out 

Of the 8tatO t0 h&OIWi in8titUtiOAI8 Within th0 8tat8 in aid 

of the -b&38. 

Sin08 the jWObl8m Of 8OOUr1ly the rOtWl# Of th888 

pri8Oaer8 to Amarillo 18 olearly not a prattor of utradltloa 

and thuo b8iryy no O-888 8tatutory authorfty prorid for 

8uOh OXpt+ndihr~r, th. potOr Of l oOk~i88iOiWW8' OOurf OX a 

Qity Oomid88ioa to protido thorn w8t root On an implied authority if it Ui8t8 at au. 

A ajW#Td88iORU8’ cOti’ aUthO?ity 18 8wOtiy hit06 

t0 QOWOr8 given by SCK&itUt%On or 8tatUte Or t0 8UOh 

a8 are neoe8earily ll~T&x. Jur. 86 TU8 

ve. Travis County, 

g Baldwin 

Court 18. wallaoe (Civ. 

W. 4180; Ooami881on0r8 

and Aader8on v. Wood (Sup 

s. 'W.~ 26 536; 11 Tsx! Jur, b66) 

W. 1084. In th8 oa8e la8t 

oltod it i8 8ai6, nnihore a right is ooont8rrad or obligation W 

po8ed on maId oourz, It ba8 implted authority to ueroieo a 

broad di8~r8t~OII to aooom 118h the purpo8a intaa080.” Wo know 0s a0 0On8titUtiOMl or 8 L tutow dUtr right or oblI6atioa 

whioh ha8 bOSn plaoed UpOn ths ~OfSd88iOll.r8’ aOWt iJl 0011- 

nectioa with the xetun 0s Pedenl prl8oaers to Toxa8 rot 

trial. In thhr rbsenoe of 8uOh l p lWi8& On We 880 a0 ba8i8 

iOr imply- an aUthosItp in this OOBn0Oti~nn. 

we kli0v8 a diifer8nt r&110 would a ply to the City 

C0mKGl8sloa under the faOt8 you bavo outlined La the ab88aoo 

Of a O&FtW &UYOVi8iO&L Of th0 city 45s &ESkrillO t0 tha OOIitrar 

b the ua8. Of th8 City of -8iW V8. Wbb, &Or. App.) 89 !P 

S. w. 736, in uptml&ln.$ th8 authority 0s t&L* aitr to 8QPro rlate 

tund8 for a 8poial pro800uCor in a murder -8o~ari8iiw 0 ui 0s 

the killa or a olty ~~Uoaimn u&U@ npking an arre8t, it -8 

8Uda 

%%enevor a olt]r 18 authorisod to l ppadnt and 

hV0 polia~ OhUgOd with t&O dUtiO8 Of Q-O@ Offi00r8, th8 oity, in ttm l b8eaor 0s ohartu prmI8Ion 

try t&8 ooatrw, hlB8 the implied QOWU, 8X8rOI8abl8 

at it8 bi8Or@tiOn, t0 provldo 8ultabl. m-8 for th8 

protootlom of it8 @108- in th. bona iid* d-ah-U*. 0s th0ir 0rrioiai duti08., The dutle8 Of a wtlio~ 
r 

Hoaorabl8 0. L. w - pgo 4 

are p0FfOlrsl00 for the benefit 0s the QUblIO aitd 

tho pUbli0 18 di?ootlP oono0rn80 in pr880rr l ng and 

proteotiag tb80 orriosrs fro0 the h8urd 0s duth 

or bcdll~ i1i&?iO8 to mhloh th prr0rnnnoo 0s thoIr 

OfffOial dutf.8 8XpSa th.O. Ahdo fiOS,Ur~ oOn8i&Uationr pure4 per8oa81 to the 0rri0er, it ia for the 

QUbliO mood that three OifiOW8, l 8 in8tTUWQt8 t&Uou(@ 

Whiah the Oity QUfOM8 it8 iuaOtion8, 8&u b0 8hlUd8d 

rt0m th0 p" .On@l &SW&8 WhhiOh attend t&a dimOhar#p et 

their Off 0i.i dUtiO8. 

*If l at,& liO.Ull be ruin in th8 boa8 ii&., 

pUfOrrrpSO0 0f h r 8 Offibicl dUti.8, thO8ity h08 i&- 

i8d power, ml888 ouoh pwor be olouly doni8d in 

t8 oh+rUu, to 8AEQlOy an 0ttOrIl.y to QrO88Wt8 hi8 

8lay.r ehd to l ppro 

Th. roudatl0n 0s tr 

latr oltf SuMa tooth& purpO88. 

IO QOW.t dO.8 IiOt rO8t in thoorie8 

ë0s rendming bwbrit to tha dead orriorr, for h. oan 

dulvo a0 herit r-m 8UOh prosooution; aor dO08 it 

r08t Ianotivor 0s r.talIatloa for hla do&h; but it 

do08 Nit io thO80 OOLI8idOMtiO4t8 Of UblfO 

e P 

OiiOf 

whloh jU8tio th. Oity ia pTOt.OtiIl& h. in8 fUM.lb 

talitlor tarou& whloh It porhmn8 it8 f uaotionr, 

and ln adopt- wUl8 deemed ruitabls for the PUPW80r Th. 8010otioa of th.8. -8 i8 oonfidod TV th0 

dl8or6tioJI of tha olty and oOWt8 will not undertake 

to OOattOl the Oitr’8 di8OntiOll iZl this r.8Q.Ot, UII1.88 thhr laok or nlatlon 0s th8 rolmotad E&WI8 to 

the on& mugbt to ba attain.4 bo OlaarlJ apparent. 

The OitJ, in th. pO8.d in8ttiKiO0, Oii&ht w.11 h8V. 

iUJUidU%Jd t&t it8 ~QlOJ(prnt Of 8&10Oiti pm8oOUtion Lo the 8a80 againilt ths @ra008, a8 8 man8 mlOul.atWl to doter hW brUkU8 ifWE kilu it8 6iiO8- 

raon in the l'utum,wouid result In dirinimhina P h8 

hanrd of Math or b&fly iaJm to thorn8 whs mi&ht 

t&tufter 88rv8 the oity ln the oapeoity 0s polio*- 

0.11. ?or tEi8 Tuma, it aannot bo srid th8t then 

18 110 Ml&i- b&IMi th0 8WTiC408 Of 8 08a 00~8a 

in 8uoh 8 -80 Uld the Ql’Ot0OtiOll Of QOl ZI O- ia th. 

8WVi00 Of th0 l ity.í 

It ir OU Vi.W tht the MMOtliDg inthi8 -8o l QQlio8 

with wm groator torso to t&o rltuation outlined in thi8 requo8t. If 8n l xp.adituro br the city for 0 8pOh1 pnI80oUtOE. whi0h 
i “;, -355 

Ealorabl* C. L. mu - pge 5 

would ontl be an aid to the pooeoutlon fL warranted, than 

o uta inll xr p enb itwhloh ur *uo r noo*aaary to 88fw-a Jurl8- 

diOtiOI3 Or the pU8On Or Lha OrrWdOr, a *8iI)8 QM IIOLL" Or 

the proaeoutlon, would br allonabla. 

iSO 0011OiUd~, (1) that th0 CQIPmi~i~lleIPa' COUt Or 

P o ttu o o wty 1 8 no t l lthoris86 to pmy the l xpen8*8 lapuired 

hut, and (a) that th oitf oon;d881~ 0r Amum PUT in 

its dlrontion an6 ln the abmnoo of ohader protlalon8 to 

the oontrparJ, pay 8ueh upas. 8a it Obmaa rowonabl~ neoossary 

to 5.n8urO tha protwtion or pali0am.n in it8 l 8mio a . 

i-da tru8t that wo hare 8utri0ibntiy *nhuekl r00ur inWry an6 that our rlow8 will a88ist you in working out your 

prob1.r. 

. 

vuy truly your* 

ATTGIU?EY CEXBRAL Olr TgXAS 

Br 4i7-zien=% 

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