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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

klonorable John C. Marburger 

county Attorney 

Palette county 

mmmge, rexam 

to this deprtm 

St 1,1944,dlrected 

g of flrhing, hunt11880, by the County 

fficial servioes perld the County Clerk be pertain tee8 for perclonal une 

ag PisUng, hunting and traptense or im arch tees to be depodted Into the Offioerst Salary Fund 

of the Countr. 

#In aondderiag the 8bme question8 I hare 

oonsulted artiales 4010, 4020, 4050, 40322*, 

n.C.8. and artlole8 894, $95, 923 q8 reation 8 

P. C. and artiole 39128 m&ion 6 R.C.S. 

*I hare DOt beem 8ble to 1Wate 8ny Statute 

that speaifia~lly requires the County Clerk to 

iasur any of these licenses, but there are many 
I. 648 . 

Honorable John C. M8rburger - page 2 

inetumee that he is Duthorieed to do eo and 

fixes his ieee. Apparently, If urd rhen he 

issues arch lieeneee he (toes ee as County 

Clerk, raQ weie time8 he is required to ieate thes under his 8-1 of office. See Artiale 896 P.C. XMe, threiore, would 8ppear to 

be fees of hi.8 office, and tbaefore the Count.7 

Clerk Gould 8eaoppt fer tbb to the aountr, 

SXt is thrarorr my opinion th8t question 

IO, 1 ebould be esmmrsd in the rftirentire 

ud queetion lo. 1, th8t nob fees &euld be 

depedtad imtm the Wfloere’ S818ry ?nad e? 

this county 88 is requirsd by artiole 39120 

beetion 8 B& .S .* 

the tellouing l tetuterp prmielone are pestinemt to 

the questions prepeunded. 

By 8W. 8 Of Arti 88l28, v.A&.S., It i8 provided 

that t 

.lt eball be the duty of ell offiaere te 

ohergs end collect in the unner euthorieed b7 

lae all feee end Ueloliedone rhicb l e pendtted bf 1rr to b. ueeeeed and oolleeted for 811 

officl81 l erriee paiormbd by them. As ana 

When euob fees ue eolleoted they s&all be depo8ited in the Wflcere~ Salary Rand, or tinde 

provided in this Aet. Ia event the Coe&eeioaere' Court finds th8t the flilure to colleot 

BII~ fee or coeunleeion we due to neglect on the 

part of the officer ehuged with the reepone&- 

bility o? collecting l eme, the eeieunt of euch 

fee er ooe&edon ehell be deducted from the 

8818ry of eueh OfflOe. B@tore 8ny Nch deduation is m8de, the Commledenere~ Court hall furni8b NCh OffioeC rlth 8B itWired et8teaent Of 

the uncolleoted I%?8 mltb ehieh his 8caeuat Is 

to be chuged, end shell notify euah officer of 

the time 8xel pleee for a boarleg on e&me, to deterdne whether eueh effieo es8 guilty of negligenee, rhioh time for hsving ebell be at 

le8et ten d8ye eubeequent to the date of aotfoe. 

Unless M offiear is ohrgecl by lu eltb thereeponeibilit~ of GOllecting fW8, the Co~~%%eeionare’ Court eh8ll net la any uent make 8ny deduetione frem the l utborired nluy of such offiesr.' 
nonarable John C. barburger - page 3 

Artlo U)g8, P.A&.8., prwidee in part es Col1oeec 

'880. 1. No person rho is a nanreddent of the 

Stete of Tea8 Or rho is 811 rlien l hell fleh la the 

ire& S8tere of this State tithout first h8ring prostared frem the Pus, Pieb 8nd Oyster CarPiedoa of 

?uae, or 8 Deputy u8ae warden thereof, er from l 

County Clerk in tes88, e? other l~elly 8uthorized 

BgOSit, a lieenee to fieh; cad no pleon rho 18 e 

reeldent of this St8t8 ehall flSh Tith Utifi4i81 

lures of 8ny kbd in the fresh m8tore of this St&e 

rithout first luring procured from the Qem8, ?ieh 

8nd Oyets Coprdedon of Texas, or 8 Deputy Gfme T8rdea 

therwC, or trem a County Cl-k of Tosae, or athm le- 

& ly BUthOr iSti l (ORt, 8 liONS8 t0 f&d%. 

.Edo. 2. Any oftiear, deputy of leg8lly ulthorined agent, issuing any lioenee to iid und* the provieions of thi8 Aot, shell oollect from the person to 

rhoo tbe lioenee ir ieeued tbb following feeer 

e(1) It ierucd to 8 resident, the am of One 

Doller end Taa Cents ( 

F 

.lo), of rhich emeat he e!3811 

ret8in es hir See Fen 10 ) Cents, the bBlSBQ8 of 

shish l B8Unt 88 &all I’ alli tto theGeeie,N8h end *- 

eter Coaaiesioner on Or befoP t&e lotb d8y of the 

month next suoeeedlng thet during +hieh said licoen8e 

was lematd, 

‘(2) Xi ieeued to a non-reddent or 8n 8liea, 

the eu~ of Five Dollue ($~%,oo), of which mount he 

Shall retain 88 his ?88 Twenty-T’i+e (26#) eente, the 

bolutce of ehiah mount he a811 rendt to the G-8, 

pi& 8nd Oyster ComiieslonSr 8s required undc eubdirleioa One (1) or this l tatioaj provided th8t he 

m8y iewe to such nonreeident l llaenee good for only 

fire (8) dBy8, inoludiag the day ot ieeuance, upon p&yment by the lfoeneee of On8 DOll8r 8nd ten Cents (@.m), 

of ehieb uoumt the oftior so ieeuing eaid lieeaee ehrll 

retain be h&e tee ten (lo ) Conte, UM the b8liace of 

WhiOh Bmount he Eh811r elat t to the oeme, fieh md Oyster 

Coemiledoner es prmldsd tor in l ubdividon One (1) of 

this l wtlo n . 

'Zh8 8fiieQ iosui~g such liOgl8e ehell keep 8 

complete and aorreet reoord of eaeh fietdng liceuse 
6550 

%esued, ticwing the xmmd and pl8ee of residence 

of eaoh lioeneee and the l eri&l number and d8te 

e? iseuanee of nib lieenee, on Nob tore! es the 

b-8, tleh 8nd *et* Co~eeioaer may preeeribe; 

end the stubs of uab lieeneee and the record 

thaoo? shall belong to the State of Texee and 

eh811 bo filed with eaid Coeuuedoner 8s end 

Thea he rrr~ dirtwt .* 

Artiole MM, v .A.P.C ., provide* tor the f 0re1 end 

requio.Ltee et hunting lioeneee, Tbil8 Artiole 895, V.A.P.C., 

roule in put Se tojleT8: 

.The eotmtr elek o? eeeb aounty in thle 

Stat. is hereby euthorired to ieeue hunting 

lioonees under his o??loi81 seal, to 811 perwne oessplylng rith tko proridene o? thbie Aat, 

l m3 rhall flll out eerreetly md presSme for 

the use of the G-0, cieh, urd Oyster Coraieeion, the Stubs l ttaehed tbaretoj end the 

county olerk eh811 kSS# a oomplete 8nd oorreot 

reoord of hunting licensee IsNed, l l l .s 

The lleenee feae for hunting rlth man ore set 

torth in Artiole 004, Y.A.P.C ., the first tro paragr8phe 

ot Which read 88 tolloTer 

sne cltieen o? this St&t8 ehall hunt outside of the oounty of his reeidenae Tith 8 gun 

rithout first hering procured tram the Gaae, 

Piab end Oyetor Coro&eeioner, or one of his 

deputies, or ?rom any county clerk In this 

St&t&, 8 lletn88 t0 hunt, &ad for ThiCh he 

ahall p8y either o? such ot?iaere the cum a? 

two ($j,OO) dollerej fifteen rents ot which 

eaount shall be ret8ined by said oftie- 8s 

bib toe for colleet&ng. 

*The tee for 8 non-reeident oltizen or 

alien buntAng lieen Sh811 bo tTSnty-tire 

($20.00) dellue j three ($3.00) dollars et 

ueb 8mount eh811 be ret8incd by the o??%oer 

ieeuing euch lfeense 88 his fee for oollwting, i-=Wh md raking rwort on lloenee 

so ieeued Bed for reritting the reemining 

tTSUty-tT8 (@Z&O) dollue to the GUe,piek 

rul Oyetsr Cowdedon.e 
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653. ._ 

Al%io1o @aa, VoAaP.Od~ mqlrc*~'a 1104Else for 

troppec8, firer th4 f448 ior resident and non-redd@Wkt 

1ioenwm theramdw, MCI )*Mder iei t&e eam&odonr to 

be retAined by the offlcsr lrsttiltg ud W#BWtiA~ lJawt* 

.i" ;. 

(AM th? Game, cimb and f+tOr Gaaisdos) 

&a811 oeu44 te be priAt8d blank trapper’s 

liaaue rhiah aball oontrin the r4qulrslentr 

aa provided for in St4tiOA 3 4f this Aat 

(Arti @22a, eupra), 'bad aa11 dintl%bute 

the ma4 te h&a deputien asid to the i8ri4ur 

d 

4ount 414r&o of the State oi fsrro, truly 

r~sthreis l l r,mditis 

hereby dealbrad to be t&e duty of th4 @ano, 

Irla •~6 oyster colllsdona (AO+ the fw00~~~ 

Yiah aad oystc eaPlPisdott), us deputies 4ad 

the 4ouatf 41ewh of this Stat4 to frsu* 110 

4en44m a8 pravid4d la thi8 Aat, aad to aaka 

report8 aad raaltturees ther efor l l rn.9 

(Rphuis ours). 

In the light Of the foregoirig, It IS 81~~ that the 

lmmiag O? hunting, flllhing #Ad trapping 1104~sc4 by the Tarious OOUAty OlfPk4 of terns 8re Oirlaial s&vS44m r4qufretd to 

be psrior~sd br raid ofTi4armr Also, the oond4dom author 

iaed to bs retiincd by tbsr are fees of oftice, which murt be 

a44ountsd foPI and depodted in the Oifiaersl Salary Fund of 

their reepeoti+e OOUAtiee. 

lour firat qutmtioa is thm4forc rnerered in the af-’ 

tir u tiv l * 

YOUIí D& %Otd q ueStiOA i. aASWtPi?d l S fOllOTSt Phe 

4ounty @lark ia not permitted to retain aa4b fees or ooutdsel.on* for perooAa1 uw. due mat be depoJted fA the oiii- 
kionorable J4ha.C. liwburga - page d 

oers* Sal- Puad of the 4oimtJ# 

IA ~OAO~U~OA we dedre to thank ~41 tor the 

able pnd cOA4i84 brisi wtrlcb YOU fU?ished, aAd It GOA- 

@end Lou for the oorrcot 4o~olurion4 therein rtmahcd. 

very truly yoUrs 

ATFQRPEX GEliLnAL OF' TIDLAS