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

Eon. T. allbort**Adam** County **Attorney** Jasper County Jasper8Ten8

Dear **Sir:** OpinionNo. O-7093

Rot Tlnt06

during **may be**  aooegted Court, trma rhloh **a**

Thlr noknowledge whioh reabs 8s r0ii0w

**“ I**  **would** thank you to opllllon upon the rollowi

**vana** Plea of the County Qourt whm a Jury has to enter hi8

had\durl~thetims aourt and that that Artin8titUtlio~le But ia,roadto Em, inolunire, it of Jasper County, .Toxa#, 0 texm or until the The la& **above** otly with the County ~ourf dadgnatlng the terms.i of asionorscourt of JaapOr the right to change the tsntm annually, data,Zion.

T. allbert**Adams, page**  **3**

"on tha 11th day of April., lose, tho Comloolonoro Oourt oi Jaolr Oow an or4orrhl~h xaaboago fo **f** louor %Y **EEL4** by the aourt **that** the termo of tho Oo&a%y Oourti of Jawor Oount~,.Touo, shall **bo** an4 is horoby sot an4 deolgnatedto oonvea, on tho following datu, towit: YlrotMonday ln 3anuary, May, July an4 Ootober o? laoh **year** an4 uoh torr shall bo for **a** prrlod o? three weeko rn-mtho **date of**  oonveningof tho Co&J Court.* This s&mm to limit the wording of the Statute abow quoted.

W.noo I have bean oonlng a% County httomoy, **an4** before, it has **bun** the **praatlao of**  **fb Wart**  to tab Ploao 0r~milt~ m all 4ofoa4aatode siring ta ontier

theirplea8 **before the**  **Court, at**  any 

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r~gardluo of the foaroi the Ooart. Vi8 have 08mral **Liquor** Yiolatfonoan4 DriY2.wWhl3.e Intoxicated

Ylolatlonoeaoh week. There haa never been 8 oontcrotod oaos 0r **this kinp**  in this a0unty olnos I have been County Attommy 8~94 on th@ 4ato oi the riolat%om-drtbt day after, tho plea is ee-.' '0 oepted by the Coart, the penalty aoouo~ and pal6 and the dstondantdlsoharged. Uo **quootioa** has over been xaiomd**as** to the validityaf this aetlon on the part **of** the **Court,** Until today.
*If ouch pme+luro. IO mid erdsr the present order of the Comloolonero (lourt aad **oaa** be **oorrootd** ~by a new other, I wopld. like to **be** ldvbe4 es to the **pmpr** roxding si tho ardor. If some other moan8

**are** arallableto make It valid to take the ploi at anytine.I vtoul4 like to be advise4 oo tlmS the pmpor older **oa5** be pasookl.Your imodiate.nply to this request~111 be grutly oppreoiotmd.-

**We know**  **0S no**  **datutory or**  **aoaotitutlanal adb3rit~**  ap owedng a County **Court** to l

**oeopt pleas**  **of** guilty la mio48naaor

**oases** l t my tlzm other than la a term time of Sal8 Court. We am enolooiag a oopy of. our **Opinion** No. o-5090, uhleh 4ulo ulth thlo queatlon.Hon. T. Gilbert **Ad-,** PWJ **3**

The 0cknloolonoro* Court of Jasper Oounty may set the **tenan** of thd Oounty Court wheaercr it 4eemo neaoooaryr, Art1010 1970-837.Y. **A.** 0. 3. Conotltutlon, **a**lLi Art1010 5, Sootlon 29, Toxao **Artioae** 1961 **alhw** ouoh setting of temo amually. We bglfere that tho woelng 04opte4by the Jasper

~~ -~~Cormt~-~ool~a'-~~rt-lnl9gg me~fs-ths~~~orpldl.requi~~~--__.-~__~ meats for ouoh ordero.

With reforenooto your quootlonaoaeering a now order of the Coarmio~lomro* Court sottlng tenw of the County Court, we oite the oaae of hrrow v. Starr Xno. Go. of Amerloa, 2.73 9. **W.** 8318,

wherein the Court statid:
vhe CoIBPIoolonero* Court

. . . , at a regular oeoalon,apopted an order, protiding,In effeot, thmt
a tenr~.eitheCormty aorrrt ahail k hold In oai.4 DountJ bogiImlng 06 then rlrot Monday la 'the months of Sonmxy, Pebm~, Xaroh, April, My, June, July, Augwt September,Ootober.~November, an4 DOdmber, wbloh texmo ohall oontlnue ln seaoloa utll the on4 of 'the

**week**hot preoe4lly'thefirst Monday in the next mmth, fhuo~pmrl4lng for twelve term of tti -b couJsty court.*

Tha **-roregolng order**  **VIM** l **ttaoke4 oa**  **two 7**  MUKOlO1 one, that a statute (Artlole1777. eaaotkd l.n lStX5 limited tha teao of oounty eoutto to,olx; two, that the Oomloolonoro* Oourt bs4 na 

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utharlty to n+ke ouoh an **order.** The Court hail4 Article lV77 wooxutltutlonal an4 upheld the aathorltyoi the **aomoioolonoro~ Oourt**  **to make**  the order. The aourt l al4:

*The Leniatitmre10.aot autborizebt0 emate addltlonai**terms** nor to limit tho number of texmo the Co~oolo~n2 **0ourt lay**  **Oreate, but**  only to provide for the feur **tenno oruted**  **by** tho Oonotltutien IArtlele5. Seotloa SIQ). on4 the Oomloolonero*
**tmwt.** without int 1iaitatlGi. The Conmloolonem5t Ooufi had the rlgbt **t0** liX tse nrzntbOr Of%em **aMU** ally

. . ., eubjeat only to the oxmtltutlonal pro- ~1010n **that** therm 8Iml.l be ot least **four** texmo of said Court.* (Words in parentheoooand apphoolo added.).

Hon. T. Oilbert**Abam#,** pago **4**

**Wo** olto fuxthertho aas@ of Brasoo Rite+ Gas 00.
v. MoQarr, 115 9. H. (MI 645, rhereln an order of **a** Commloolonero~

Coax-t provided that the teru of the Ootmty Court ohoul4bogln on the flout **Xon4ay** OS llternatemoatho. lnalu(UngOatober, to patlnue *threiww&o or until the business8hOuld hare been al#DOBti OS bUt mt BWWI tm aate of oommeaowent of tho next tern.- Tm. aa rt id that The or4or Was oufflolontly de~laltean4 upheld iald%ler.

we o0nolu4~, th45, that th0 a00td00i05Or0* aoart may 80 ret the tOnnO of the County Ooart that tb, WfootrLIl bd that the ~14 Count J Court may **be** in loooloa trOa term to term, or until the b MOO 0r th0 COG 10 rini0hd.

qusstiono.

**Wo** tro&t **that** the **fomgoiry:** tally Or~o#m 'qoar

Yours te'v truly, ATTO~O~OF'fQ;As

**Approred** Jul s, 19Id Oarloa 0. **Aohlay** ?lrot Aoolotaat AttOrnW IXWml