OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXA8 AUSTIN



## ,..~i **noa. L.** **L. 8obarta**  **cauat Auditor**  **Hut. hiit**  l 8 Couaf 

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### Tour raqueatr on tie above rtatod ~uor

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oat8 to be **paid** no1ude oopuils~lom

ro being amendedaxpart of the *one-half offlcerr’ br the 

### oounty, a8 **uwkdrd prorider**  ***for ona**  **8 0t**  **tit0 0rria0r8**  **0r th0**  **00urt.** *****

of tha onelmlf 

### #oat8 tobe 

### peldby tha oounty?" 

### Artlola1068, 0. 0. P. road8 BB tollarn: 

### "'Thr,

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### Shall not 

### bo ll~bl. to 

### thaRon. 

### L. L. Roberto, **Page** R

**officer and**  **ritnsm hating**  ao8t8 in **a** mirdemanor caoe rlx~rre defendant pay8 hi8 rlne

### and oosta. The oounty 8hall be liable ?or oneh0.u of the f.08 or thr 0rrfcOn Or the Court, when the defendant fall8 topay hi8 fin8 and lay8 hl8 fine out 

### in th,a oountr 

### Jailor dlr

### olmrgerthenme brmeat8o? workin 

### atohrim out on the oaunty nods or on a4 oounty projoot. And to 

### ~7 8uohhal? of 008t8,the County

### Qlork&all **ls8ue** 

### Us warranton the c0mr **T~MBUTO~** in 

### favor 0r 8u0h

### 0rri00r t0 bo @d out o?theRoad and BrldgrFund or 

### otherfundr

### nototherwiro appropriated.* Chaptor s or Tit10 1L of the Cod8 of CrlmlMl Prooodum regarding the oolleotloo of mon8y in the name or for thr u8e of the State by offlorr8 oharged by law with fuoh oollsotlonr providefir

"Art. 944. All offloor obar6ed 

### by law with oolleotlngaon4 

### in the naata or for 

### the use or 

### the **state** 8lmll **report** 

### inWfithg **un** der oath to the re8peotlro dirtriot aourtr o? their 8ereral oountle8, on tha riret day of 

### oathterm, the 

### usountrof monad 

### thatham oome to thalr hand8 rlnor the last term of 

### their re8peotiro court8 

### aforeaald. “Art. 945. Suoh report shall 8tate: 1. The 

### amountoollectsd. 2 When and rrom whomoolleoted. By rlrtue o?what proaess oollected. 4. The dl8poeltion that has been nade o? the money. 5. I? no money ha8 been collected, the report shall 80 state. “Art. 944. A report, auoh a8 18 required by the tvm preoeding artlolo8, 8hall al80 **be** r&adoof all ~~ongys oolleatod for the county, which report rhall **be** undo **to** eaoh **regular term**  of the oonmi88loner8 court for eaoh oountl.
"Art. 947. **The offloers**  oharged by **law** with the oollaotlon of money, within the meaning o? the three prooedlng (Lrtlalo8, and who are requlnd 

### tonrb the reports 

### tlnroinmontloned,Hon. L. L. Roberts, Pago 3

am: District end county attoroeya, Clerk8 of the district and **county aourts,**  sheriffs, aon8tabl88, and ju8tlce8 of the peeal). 

### *Art. 948. Tha money repulrad to br nportrd mnbmao all aoaey8 oolleotod 

### for the 

### at&t@ Of **0sUlbt? Oth8r**  **t- t8X.S.**  

### "Art.949. Monw oollootodby aa offloer upon rooogl~fzanoe8, ball **bonds** and other obll- &atlon# reoororrd upon 

### in t-ha ~111e of the Stab, under rnr provi8ioa of this Cod., and allaSims, forfolturu, Judgmmts 

### aab jury 00118otodunder any pmvirlon of thlr Cod.1 shall 

### forthwith be 

### peld otor by the offiOar8 0OllOOt.i~ the #WI. t0 the OoUnty treefiuror of ths propor oounty, after first deducting thsrefrom 

### the legal**fees** 

### and oonnais8iQne for oolleatlng th8 8-O. “Art. 

### 9S0. TheUl8trlot or aruntyattorney shell b8 entitled to ten per cent of all **fine@, ?orfelture8**  or money8 oollected for the State or oountf, upon Judgments recoveredby him; and the clerk of the oourt inwhloh raid **Judgments** are rendered shell be entitled to flva par cent of the emOUt Of said judgmemt8, to be peld **out** of the mount when collected.
-Art. 951. The sheriff or other offlcer, except n justice of the peacr or his clerk, who oollecte znoney?or the State or Camty, except jury feee, under any provlaion of trls Code, shall be entitled to rrtalnfive per cent thereof when ~ollected.~ The ebovr quoted **#tatuto# regarding**  the payment of commi88ion8 on aonsy oolleoted by the otficerenesed theroln **under** the provis~on8 **of the80**  **etetutes appllefi**  only tomoney aatuelly aollectod.

Under Artlole 1055, C. C, P., supm, the oounty S&11 be liable iOr one-half of the fees Of the officers of the oourt, when the defendant **f&i18** to pay his fine and lays his fine **out** in th8 oOuntr jail or di#oharge@ the @em@

### Hon. L. L. Roberts, Pago 4

by ZlLOanfi

Of working such fin@ out on the Coimty roads or **on** any oounty **project.** The ccunty 1s not 

### li.:ble to t& 0ffio.r and Witnefifi haring 008ts fn a nisdeiwanor aesr whrra th. d.?endant p&y8 hi8 fin.and costs. Where the dafendent 

### leya his fin. out in the oounty Jail or di.#~harg~#

th Mu by meens Of working euch fi.Ike Out **on** 

### the **oounty** 

### road **or on**  **any oounty**  **project,** there 

### is no aone7 collectedandno oomml88londue tha of?lo.r# of thr oourt beoauao OO8Ud88iOn8 are ellowod only on nonay aowall~ oollootad.

Theroform, you 

### am rarp8atfully advised thet 

### it is thr opinion of 

### thisdepertmnt thataommis8ion8On ffnes 

### foro??ioor8oennot b. 1nolud.d as part of thr onehalf oosts that are **paid** by **the county**  

### under **Article 1055,**  

### C. C. P.,aupra.

**Trusting that**  the ?Or.gO& ?ully nn8wers your 

### inquiry,we remain YOU8 rely truly, **ATTORNEY**

### GENERALOF TXXAS

By 

### (S)ArdsU Wllllaum

Ardell ~111iWlS 

### Asslstent **A!V:d?c ’**  

### A?PRWED JAN 18, 1940 (8)Ckrald Mann 

### AT'I~l3hTY

GEKEiThL

OF

### TFXAS APPROVED OpinionCommittee mm Chairman