OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GERALD C. MAWI 

A-” .PnAL 

qtnnt oortr, *aoh oontr8atily oollaotar to be rtmpenutarl for him mrvfou 

o n l o o lmla sio n b eds, r uo h r o m8l8a io nr 

to bo rotnlllti bV tbo oolloator oat or 

the f’unb ooll#toiI?= 
"It ahall k the d&y of Ul offlarstoak8rgawtloollwtlnthaannor 

wthorlt.6 bylarU1ia.a and oomlaslons wkloh are poxmlttail bylaw to k 

uswwd lad wllwte4 for all l ffloirl 

l lT10. polemod by tha. A# and whvl 

8a0h i008 l ‘0 WUWtd th0r 8hO11 b. 

tipO8itd ti the 0ff%8Ol’8’ 8Sh 

er fund8 )roridad in tbts &t. Tn 

md, 

watt 

tkC-WiOn8X’S’ @Wl-t tLad8 t&t th. 

fkihl’. tO WuWt 8Ur iW OT Wd8iOn 

u da. to uaglwt on tke put of tho 

offlou ohmgad dth lho ruponslblllty 

o? wllwtlng au., the mt ot mush 

~~~omm&Uon 8h~lboda1¶uete6 

z 

l f r wh offloer. k fo n 

8sy 8mh da dw io n is 111 t60bo , Oo wlr - 

8lwexn' dourt #hall farniah moh owlrerrith an Itadaul mtatwnt or the 

maollwtollrw8dthu!llehhlm mwant 

is to k eb~o4 Wd shall notlty aoh 

*Hierr of the time aa plaoo for 8 

koarine on ~0, to 6otendne whether 

waborria0r u guuty of a0gug0~0, 

whlah. the ior kwrlng ehall bo at 

lwst ten dayo 8ubaequent fo the 6ate 

or mtloe. -088 ul offloor ls ahargoa 

by law dth th@ ~r&?Oidbll.it~ 8f 801- 

i00tLng r008, th8 04md88ion0d aart 

&tall not ln wy avat make any doduotlons from the wtborlwd 8alm-y of 

8wh orrloer.~ 

Artlola W51, 8051! and 2053, Pwl8ed Olvll Natr tw, r o a d l ?ollousr 

'Ulolo WSl.- Bdl 

l hallbo liabla to the r 

rty to a malt 

off oera ot the 

wurt for 811 l o8t8 foeurrd br hl!uelf. 

)Eo #hOriif Of wastable 8hrl1 k OOMpubd 

t0 U0OUt8 8Ilr WOW8 in ddl -08 

l o mlnf& r o um ly a unt 

in W&oh ka is M off z 

o thetr h a tn he o ne 

oar, UdW8 the 

tow allad hla by law for tho mervlw 

et woh maw8 &all be paid In ulmwa; 

*g OS l m68r if i# filed, u P r O- 

%ii?b, law. %e 8hrt %88* th. Pi-Oww dmlllndorm Qmmonthe rorQa, 

*paapwaathfilwlt, u&mIga hir, mma 
morab1. ‘poo. A. Orwau, Page 8 

0m01al4molItha;8na alo @?aNT in Vb88 buab8 SWh -U ir 

plmomU for menleo mhmll l *no th* 

Sam..” 

mait 8hul k llmblo f@r s 

rty to a 

lowtr 

inourred by h&a. If the wst* oannot 

k wllwtd tmnthe #rty kgmlmmt 

whan they Bare bwn 8tljOagul, .-ovat1on my 188UO 8galwt ~mllr p6l-t~ ill 

mmoh mlt fOr tb8 mt OS W8t8 lal umetl br muah party, bat so more.’ 

l Artlola m5S.- Otriouo ry dennapaymult@rulwstsdu*lEreJl 

amd weq us0 putab4g in tkUr rml pmmtltm ooatm, up to thm adjournmat 

of web tom of uld oourtm.= 

artlola so54 mM m55, Buimeu Ulril statutw, 

plmrldo am fbllmumt 

l hrtlole ta54.- ff -Y P-w r.- 

mpommlble for Wats i&b OT rri\l8W 

to pay the mno withIn ten &y8 after 

~nmaml rorpayment, the clerk or JmmMoe of the 

r 

00 ry tie ~owtlzle4 

wpy.of tbo ,Kl or l o mts tha da., 

Ed pia the 8u68 Ln th0 Lnd8 or 

;i;mmherlff 8r eonstab& for wllw- 

. Alltaxwlmpowaonlauprowdl.Egmshallk-oulntb 

bill or aortr. 6-h wrt1fl.m~ bill 

Oi W8t8 SW11 bW* the it?=* UId &- 

iwt o ? a n l xwutlom. The l%Borml ot 

l emmo by l ppoml mhall mot prcnont the 

288W.Il@O Of SD uwutlon Sor l o mtSt s 

the end a f tbc ter nI.î 

WArtlole X065.- Tha 8herlit or 

oommtable II n Umamd mmd fmllmro to 

Pay 8aid bl r 1 Of l O8t8-r , 1OVy UpOIl 

a 8atiiOiOIlt -t @t 

tho per8011 Cram rlrar l s 

l'OpWty Ot 

d w8ta are 

due to l a tl8e W 1 b ~pU6r, d WD nab 

ropsrtJaewrbing to thmlmrgo~8mmUe8 mlu aeoatloa. Where wah 

jmrtylm Ilot8 ra1due0f the wrtnty 
Eonorablo Tom A. Orwon, Pqo 4 

wher e mwh l ult 18 p a lb ing, the p ymont OS 8Uah mmmtm my bo dmmmmdd et 

hi8 attorney of rwordg and nolthor the 

olerk'nor jmmtloo o? th8 pm00 l hmll k 

mllo*cl to ehar60 .ny ?oo for mklng omt 

muoh omrtltlmd bill o? oomt8, m71l.88 ho 

18 oOmpOl&d to B&O 8 lm.” 

Artlolo Icow, R.Tl.rnd txril8t.tutu, r.md. . . 

whewn mts h ws b wn l a jwlg a l 

uu *mid offloor, on a-4 of mm7 party tm W mmr aoh w8t8 mrm duo, mhmll 

&88UO l xwutlon for w.t. l t one.. Thl. 

utlolo .hUl not mppW tm l xmoutorm, dml.nlmt~t.0~ ar8mmrdlmmm lmmmmmmtion 

l omtm 8rm 8ajl¶&3Od yailuttho wtate 0r 

l a w0a 00a aonoroiuwurd. lo uo - 

outlon shU r 188ue in mriy mmme for wart8 

umfAl.?tor ~~gomtnmkordthmrm?ar 

by the amt." 

Vwh uoontlon or other proouo 

mhall l onfonn to the rmqulraumtm o? 

WTit8. It l hall dworlbo the jdgwnt 

and shall require the 8hmri?? or wnl tmlslo of the propmr oommty to l xmouto 

the ma n., l ooordlng to it. tormrr, whothw 

th0 nme be to make l Itmu O? money, or 

do wme other thlng~ amtl, l? Sor WEOJ, 

lt 8hul l tato thor.to o? lmtonrt~ mad 

it mhU1 Umo roqolro the offlaor tm mko 

the 008tO uhloh may hrro bomn ma&d@ 

qpb0t th0 dOr0d-t ia l x0mi0nmd , 

thr furthor oort8 of ~oxwutlng the writ. 

A oortlfld oopf of the W8t8, tu86 

rgeilaut the &.?.a&& la mx.outlon mowrdiq ta the fee book sp tm the l..u- 
Artloiw SW0 8m& 39l.l. Rwlwtl ciri1stmtute8, 

wad a8 iollara: 

l ArtAo1u.sfRo. - A?torthe djourwat of l dlmtrlet or wuuty lomrt, 

tha Clerk thaw? 8hd.l tU the 608t8 

ln8wryeuesmwhlmh8flmml Jmdgwnt 

ham bow roubrd, mmd 18muo awutlon 

;u-zi~~fo.wh '""e"t r o d l 01le.t 

~hl%101* s911.- Wfleora rwolrlng 

Uy prOaW8 t0 k OXWOtd Shdl Wt be 

.ontltluY in any 0880 to 4-d their 

few for l xeeatlmg tho man in 8dv8mee 

l ? mwh l xwntlon, bat the4.r few #hall 

b 0 tM d illl a OllWtd M OtheW8t8 r 

b th. em80.. 

htiOlW 2067 Uld 8068, bVf8ti aiT% 8t8tUtW, 

ruUm8 fmll~sr 

l &t181o ito6q. -Theolo*nyrb 

-qmln ?rom tb* pl8lmtl?? l wurlty for 

sat. before 18.U 

i"e 

8mypromo88,but 

l hmll tile the pot1 loa ma enter the 

Sam0 on the &*kot.* 

"Art1010 IbObB.- The plant1tiay 

bo r uld W g lr l e warity for l o8t8 l t 

8nytlmeBe?orqflmaljaQment, upon 

wtlon m? the defenthnt or uiy o??loor 

of the wart Interwtod In the wmt8 

l oor ulnlh. g l wh unit, l nd, l? muoh 

rule be entered l gmln8t the plmlntl?? 

.nd he fall to oomplythor8mlth on or 

before the flrmf day of the next term 

o f the wur t, t& o 8a it lh811 be dlmt 

ml8886.- 

we quote rmn Ta. fur,, Tel. 11, p. ssl: 

*In vulou8 l ltamtlom8 8 pmrty whm 

&a atltled to ao8tr MS mint&n l l mpmrate aotlom, dlmtlwt ?wm th. 8Uit ill 
Eanorable Taa A. C-en, ?qe 6 

Also 800 19 A.L.& Itlc). 

Ohaptrr 4. Title 1s. if the .aad0 02 orlaindl 

Pmoedure, prworlbatho wmtmtm botmxmdylrutm 

defendant in a dad awmr 0888. 8W hW8tmUt V8. ’ 

8tat43, I.5 8.W. (ala) loS9. 

Vwler the prmvtmlomm et Irtlole 1018 of the Oo4e 

Of c r i!dUhS1 p Oe& tn du l 08t8 Md iiw ~p%d br th0 8kte 

become a eharge l @nmt the ddondmf, wept In ielony 

. But a person whc ham boon womlctd of l 

any may wt be k lr d o ut or l on?lned la jail in lieu et 

it 

mt Of WDt8, U in d8d.EO8DOlr Om8W. ]LuOUtlOIi, 88 

01~11 ouw, 8ppour w ba fbr only proper wtbd far 

onforoing tbr payment ei thm eo8t8 in 8 telony 0880. The 

wrofaotthsttho oomlot ray not be wnrlnd to jail 

be8 wt dlitmte s@nst mm7 olmlm for wrt8 mnforewble 

m&l.n8t my property of the da?endat l.~gally liable *err- 

. 

Also , l w the o wu or 

Xx parta Smith, 8 S-W. td) lS9 

XxputoByr4.158.w. I Zd) 855 

The l b0te quoted mmd "iration0a mtatutw l pemI?ledllyproridethera~er Utioh008t8 ShfUbetaxed 8nd 

wllwted, an4 it 1s a well rewgnlze4 prlnalple of law 

thEt Wars the Legts~turo pre8drIbes a doiimlto snd eert&a wtbD4 of pr~oeduro ?or a olty or oount 

?olLor, other a&hods dare by lmplloetion of E . 

;?E:;~o 

Se0 ?wterrs. City of Waw, 255 S.W. 1104. 

18dlatlon, 

&lUUd881OIlCU% b Ur tiS l S’C! Oarvt8 Of lidted jU.Fin that thair aathoFity dent% only to mater8 

perhlnhg to the generalralran e? their re8pclotivo wuntfe8, 8114 that their poar8 81% only th080 l xpre8mly or lmplledly wnfemed upon thou by law, that i.8, by the eak8tltution and sta+tss (d the l t8te. 

Sun Togo; ~eLl#t Co. v*. Xoenan, 

ml1 cO&;.8. -1tOII t1s 8.w. t%?i 

Taupla Lbr. 00. 7.. %lfDlLi8dOnelVl~ 

Oourt of 8mbIme Cowty, t99 

S.W. 668 

Btatp; r8&aamIuIonen' hurt, lS7 

nankw*r;,, Hooulmm, 50 83. 975 
. . 

. *. 

Honorable TomA.Craven,Plge T 

In r ien or tllo fwGg o %llnl ug th o r itl~r U8lw n8pGCt?~~&dTl8Od tht it t. the Opinioll Of tb.i8 dOpartmwt that the Oomnlulonon* Court mu14 not here tEe authority to wntraot for the oolleotlon a? dolhqaent 008t8 

due the varloue wunty o??leor8. 

Tru&ng that we hwe 88tl8faetorl~y uunro4 

yourlnquXry,weremaln 

Youlw ray tnlly 

ATlWlXEY OBWEfAL O? TlKAS 

By ARDELsL WIUIA?B @@.) 

Hell WllUam 

kd8tMt 

AW:qb 

IPWDVH, IDO. 86, 1959 

OHulLb c. lumf (sgd.) 

ATIwBBT~OFAFPROTED 

Opinion Oommlttee 

By B.F.B. 

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