OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXA8 

AUSTIN 

,..~i noa. L. L. 8obarta 

cauat Auditor Hut. hiit l 8 Co ua f atirn*tt, To x a B 

Tour raqueat r 

on tie above rtatod ~uor 

Tour lrttrr 

oat8 to be paid 

no1ude oopuils~lom 

ro being amended axpart of the *one-half 

offlcerr’ br the oounty, 

a8 uwkdrd prorider *for ona8 0t tit0 0rria0r8 0r th0 00urt. * 

of tha onelmlf #oat8 to be peld by tha oounty?" 

Artlola 1068, 0. 0. P. road8 BB tollarn: 

"'Thr, aeuntp Shall not bo ll~bl. to tha 
Ron. 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 to pay hi8 fin8 and 

lay8 hl8 fine out in th,a oountr Jail or dlrolmrger the nme br meat8 o? workin atoh rim 

out on the oaunty nods or on a4 oounty projoot. And to ~7 8uoh hal? of 008t8, the 

County Qlork &all ls8ue Us warrant on the 

c0mr T~MBUTO~ in favor 0r 8u0h 0rri00r t0 

bo @d out o? the Road and Brldgr Fund or 

other fundr not otherwiro 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 oolleotlng aon4 in the naata or for the 

use or the state 8lmll report in Wfithg under oath to the re8peotlro dirtriot aourtr o? 

their 8ereral oountle8, on tha riret day of 

oath term, the usountr of monad that ham oome 

to thalr hand8 rlnor the last term of their 

re8peotiro court8 aforeaald. 

“Art. 945. Suoh report shall 8tate: 

1. The amount oollectsd. 

2 

When and rrom whom oolleoted. 

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&ado of 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 to nrb the reports tlnroin montloned, 
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 oollootod by 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 

00118otod under 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 arunty attorney shell b8 entitled to ten per cent of all 

fine@, ?orfelture8 or money8 oollected for the 

State or oountf, upon Judgments recovered by 

him; and the clerk of the oourt in whloh 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 rrtaln five per 

cent thereof when ~ollected.~ 

The ebovr quoted #tatuto# regarding the payment 

of commi88ion8 on aonsy oolleoted by the otficere nesed 

theroln under the provis~on8 of the80 etetutes appllefi 

only to money 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 Ofworking 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 collected and no oomml88lon due 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 this depertmnt that aommis8ion8 On 

ffnes for o??ioor8 oennot 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 GENERAL OF 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 

Opinion Committee 

mm 

Chairman