OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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-Ph. Dietriot O&ark of deual Oowty, Tuu, hee 

on blilsd the atbomw fee8 1s 8Ov@ral. ~~~&wJL#xo~ oa8.8 

OW?ua& br Art. 1061 C.D.P., bein& 601118 paid by tbo 

&Ot*tiMt. Ha has &~ti14 t0 pay tM8 money to the 

aom~trollar dapartxat; bat h&e ehook wa8 mWzrnsd with 

a lettar 8tatin~ that tb48. few l h o ulbd e dqm8ite& to 

the propar fund, wifhout rtrtrine whom or hor.~ 

,'I$ would 8ee& 

*ttornspe r-8 in l!&r 

o&tar to ma that the proracatlng 

swum oeaas rhould be paid to 

the county rather thamto ths 8tote, as these are oanea 

rwoh ordinarily would ba trlea by a Couxtp Court at 

. In the ammat pea datermine that the oorurty rhould 

'not reael*e this ha, ,than klnAly 8tate who rhoul& raaalva it.. 

The 16th ZsgLalettwe Bsgalal! 8aa8iOn. hot6 3.683 

j&oh 16 ,. dhaptmr 35, par 2&, dmiaiahed tha oivil and or&al 

Jurladlotion of the County eourtot Coma1 Oountr a@ prorldaa 

that the dlrtrlot oourt of uid oouutt ehallbaro and exaol8s 

alI, t& olrll and orlmfnal ja~lwllo8lon theretoforr veetrb in 

mald oountr aourt by the Coaetltutioa and lawe, and not dlrart~ 

by rsld sot. 

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” The ootuttf atteznq 6hall rcrpresrnt tho 

Statr~in*ail*oasa~ in tR0 ahtti0t an& i,ruarlor Ootuar 

tn their raspootlre emmtler but It any oounty ahall ba 

laoltt404 1n.a dllat~lot lm rh 1 oh there sIuilI be a dlrtrlot 

attorney, the ,rrspeotirr &&tier ot dirtdeli apt@nrp aad 

aounty attorneje 8hall lx .moh eou~tlaa be t~tOl br 

the xegl8laturo. . .= 

it i8 

92118 pro~lrlo~~ha8 basn gonmtptad a8 not presorlbl8g aba dutia8 ot gia Bi&rlcrt attorney, a01 a4 hIti 

tar oow¶ty attO?aay8 other t&an .ivdi a8 f&P4 required to 

be pwformed for the Btata, lDar .&a08 it &TO to tha 

amnty attorney .aubh?ritg to ixstit~t.~ aprbocwding anlose 

he la giren that pprbr by atatu8e. 
.. Hslsrrble A., 3,~ sitaakett, p860 3 

-0 tup 'ihltles' ar uma in the ouualtlonal 

pPo@slaa ~absva.,set taathhalr bssn 8s&laral to oamprb 

hii&& ah6 iIlrtheiF~lde& of 

.th. oouaty atttisy is 

or authorltyl aad hsnse 

8 ham no aathmlty to 

pw$arrP sn sot ih respeqtt to whioh no duty has been 

tt0&‘tO’detolrs ~pCic'hira.= 

It.wlfi be noted a8 abW0 indiaat&, that Canal 

oaUrtr,~~~~l&iol&?U ~$.m a dlstrlot lo whloh there is s dlstrlot 

attorn0ri 

&tiole'i5, VsrnOnvs AItnotated~Uode ofCrlmlmil 

proocnlure#prQYtdss 1X~ Qutr 

YEaoh &i&riot attarnsy shall rsp&Snt the Statsin all or-al babes in the dlstrlot oo\ucta~ ofhi8 - 

distrht, exoept lr.eare* rheM he has iymn, berms his 

.3leo61em; emplopd tavqse4.~ . 0." 

Artiel.0 1061, Vernon's Anpolatsd Oode of blmlnal 

.' Promiduro, PMHibsS; 

WDlstriot and o0unQp attcmwya shaU bs alX0wsd the 

. So$larlng fess in $fases tried in the Qlstrl~t 0r oounty 

oourts,.or a ~sounty onrt at law, to be~taxsd againat the 

Umfutdanti fag awry eoxrfotlon under ths lawn again86 

no appeal lo takea, ar~when, on eppmkl, the 

jl, 1.8 aftlraed, $+5Co02 b. 

"For every other oauTiotion in sa8ss Of nis&saaor, 

wh0ri3 no appeal is taken, or when On fqtpal the jU~~0Xit ~::a:' ;: 

la airlnnsd, ~10.00." 

, 

eontalnlng the’$opulatl~a of not lass than ninety thousand 

(90,000) inhabitants ~aooordigg 'to ~S'Zastpsoading Bsdsral 

iknsus, the Dlstriot At$OMe~~ of suoh D$.striot shall reooiT0 

I / 
m the 86&t. (I8 W, fQP .h&S 64EdO.i th. ormr. Of FiTO 

Thowana Mm Rnild8ea D@l8r8’f#5,500) par 9.a whwa 

86&b tit6 mOU86Ild #iTe rraodwd -11U8 ($$c& 6)lalt 

&Ml@6 bho'Fl?o lh#B&d D&lUs ($500) 8dw per fear 

n8w all& 6uoh~ Dd6txlOt AttOrlisy8 br thC~Qo8titrrbiua 

or thirr Lpk$e, 8uah mlnry 6hall br paid lip twsln (1?) 

w&d moath]lJ lnrtalXaq3 68 upon. w&rrsn:‘ drawn b9 the 

~twollar or WUQ Aocroonfs upon ahir 8tats Treasury. 

PretidSa ths: nothln&‘ie thfr hot ahall be ‘aonstroed so 

66 to dsprlv6 Dl6triot AttoaYmy8 ot the 6 

T 

tumt allwsxoe 

alSow+ ~r.rhl~hmap h6rsaflrsr be allotpa 9 16~ 

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m 2.66, WitdSS~OM aad. ~PQUiSit~6 - 

uhloh J$:; &6#'snd~ s~seted by Dl6triot Att~aejs 

affected by t&h Aot 8hsU. be gal& Into th6 'bounty Trsssury 

ottho Ootm$ia8 in d&oh 6ItOh fee8 ,=6 WU'XIed for the aaaouxt or th8 paper ruxd. 

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8sOtiOn 5 Of AftlaO 39128, ~~nOBta Annotated 

Old1 Bt66Ute8, provldrs t&aSt 

"16 shsll bo the duty o? ill offloas to ahargo 

axd eollecrt lx the mnnxu 6atboricsd by 16~ all r868 

tihd oommlss&ri6 whioh are pumlttmd by law to be assers6iI 

and o~~eoted ror ,dll oirioial 14ettioa ~puroram4 by th* 

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mrl6w of the rorsgoing 866$ut66, yen 6r6 respeot- 

,fnlly adtiaed, @at it la the opinion OS CM6 depsrtmat that 

the fiiatriot attorney oaunot pusonally retsIn the ittornq 

TOOS paid in mlsdmsanoz,, +6i8 t.Hed IX t&i3 di8trlOt OOU~~. 

bid fee8 should bo aelleot& and paid into the OOUxty treatu~ 

TM the aooowt of ths pzopar ?uDdr 00~8ldsrtrrg SsotlOiz 3 of 

&tlole 1626 and swtlon 3 oi Allele 1618, Vax~%on*s AMotated 

eltfl statutes, ths proper fun4 la ahloh them fsss should bo 

paid IS the gemed funQ,‘ir not othmwlso appropriated by thr 

~OUtlti86ibIlU8' OOatt. 
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APPROVECJUL 9, 1942 

%TTORNEY GENXRAL OF TEXAS