**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Ltr. R. lL Bemley County Auditor iloidnney,

Texas
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*Please advise p8 88 to rlzethew t&b&e the proper procedure ioc h2m to foIlor ip tbis<rseeorwht~tNe&he shorildburebrongbt the prisoner dfsectly te UcginneJ and turned him over fa the 8hdPiftaadletthe she&?2 then carry him t43

Xlmeadlle and la that case ftmt clal5 xxlleujp from Bkuamrwille to BcHinaey. Thl6 is a question that ha8 aM6en aMr. 3. 12. Ueasley,trayI, 19.39, Page 2

Sew times already and probably will arise more timesbefore our jail Is oomplctedand we can move into it. n Article loa, Cede of CrininalPrcccdure,reads in part as follows:

*In each county where there has been cast at the preCedingFresidentialelection three thousand (3000)votes or more, the sheriffand constable shall receive the followiugfees3 aSection4. For rtrmovlng or oooveyingprlsoners, for eaohmile going and comda& lxmludlng guarde snd all other neaew wry expenses,rhea fravellngby railroaa, feut eenfm (lo than by roll

x4! 1. When travelingothemlse Sa, Marfsest teats (14 x4 ); protiaed that Where pore than one p wner is 60 ooa~eyodor **ramored** at ~t.hft ease the, inadd%tAonto the fours allowed eight 

### oonfe(a$' p" Snfi he &all&e per mile **ior** each addllAoaxil

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We are lafotmedby fhe Comptreller~s OfYlae that coll.inCountp

oastatthe pmoedlngPreeideatia3 eleotlon over thme thousaad (3000)mfea. Theretare,ArtAcUe x029, wpra, wuldbe applicableto Collln County.

Article hO31, Code of 4WimluelProoMure, reads as. Solloret Wbem xaervleee hwe been rwUerfxd,by any peaoe **offlaer** other than the shetUT, ouch ae are e4nrmerated In the tw premedlag et-f&lee,aueh oifioer shall reaeire the t3Bme

fees therefor ae are allowed the sheriff. The t3ame x&all be fared in the sherirt'e

bill of co&s, and nofed therein PB woe+ due euah peace offloer; and lhen receivedby such sheriff, he shall pay the same to such pence oSSfoer.a Articles 217 and 233, Code of criminalProcedure read 8s follossr . .

*Article 217. In each 0888 e3itmierated in this chapter, the person making t&e arrest shall inantxliately take the per-i&r. R. E.. Beaeley,Hay 1, lQZ39~ page 3

son arrestedbefore the magistratewho may have ordered the arrest, or bofOP2 the nearest nag%stratewhere the arrest was nadc without an order. *Article 23x The officer, or person csecutlnga warrant of arrest, shall take the person whom he is directed to arrest forthwithbefore the magistratewho issued the warrant, or before the ms@trnte nrrmsii in the warrant.*
You are respectfully advised that it is the opinion of this departmentthat when an arrest is made in the county uhere &he offense is wmifted the aoausedmuef be takenbeSore a maglsfratq an required **by Artdales**  **217** or **230 of**  **tibe.** .CodeOS cri~~inil

Procedure, and t&of fhe OtYloer iu entitled **to be**  **’ aoqmm~&e@**  for **rmoring or**  **amveqiag** primnerr, fW ewh mile going aad umingb ludludiag guards 

## aa ill other nweseary eupenee,when travelSagby railroad, fam oenta 00~)~ Kben travelingOthe~~me fhan by~~rallroad, fourteen **(x4$);** and where more than one prtsoner ia mo eonreyedor re- ~~oredrt the same flme,&I MdLtian to theto~goingho ehall **be** allowed eight oenfe (a#)per mile for each addSt%onal primmer. **Trusting that**  the **forerping** aaeuereyOUP lnqulry,ua renala

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