**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTIN**

Eonorablo tiorgr ii. Shrppard Coaptrollrr **or** F’ubllo Xaoountl hurtin, Taxa
Dear Eirr Oplnioa **No.** O-1622

Thir ~111 aokno atkily! our opinion as to my other zambbercr cap1 **Ii0 ?4f4tJr**  

### 16**4UthOriZtd** Trahenslon of an 

### Ycrn2nta Annotat deat 

### the deaitn **artmmt** 

### 0r **rub** reward **for** tha ap

### thtb **Board ’** **6**

quoted 

### article is frcm Title 108 of tdtutea Of Texas, 

### 1925, 

### eaEm4ad6d **LCtb** Leglrrlaturr, 1927, Ch. 212, p. **the Tax46**  **bison Sy4t43.**  **The rtstuts**  orizsr the mensgrr of thr Prison 

### Sysrdr -for the eparthrnsion of orininalr 

### eaoaplng rrom the penltratlsry, the rnounta to be drtrrsined b7 the managrr with thr approval **of** the board, 

### an6**%a** be **paid** 

### 66dlrsotd **by** the Imnagrr.”**Eonorsbla** Ceorgr %. Shsppard, par4 **2**

Obtl0~81~ the statute teats a

### widelatitude of **6iSOrStiOn** with the **manager** of **the** Texas Frbon pya

### tam, theLafcIalatura 

## l ridentl~ 

### raco~nlzIn~ the **need** tharafor 

### because or the opportunity of that offioIa1 to knowtba fact6 ooncarnl~ each Individual. prisoner, the 

### l ericurncea of **the** offrnaa for whloh 

### oonrioted, tbe oon4uotandbehavior of the conrlot and the poa6ib18 dIffloultlaa llkely to be faced in 6frectlng uraoapturs. Weare of the opinion the Leglslatura bad full authority to grant such prarogetlvr 

### to the prison manager.

xa hate e **p4Wity** Of authority in TSX36upon thr aubjeot we are nowconaldsrlng. X8hevc bean un6ble to find any rrcant T4xea decisions applying the law on the rleht 

### of public orflcers to recaIva raw4rd6, but ws think the folloWinp uotatlsn 

### from Texas Jurlaprudanoa 

### (36 Tax. Jur. 9&9p to be apt:

"Aaaganaral rule, any person Who has ooapliad with the tars8 cl the offsr may raoovar 

### the reward. Cnthe othsr band, it I8 settled that apublic ofrlcar in not entltlad to a retard beyond his legal rssa for eerrlcaa whloh It was 

### his offlciel duty to perron. Thu8, upaece orflcer Whoerraetad a criminal while aotlng WIthin the line or his offlclal duty cannot 

### recover a 

### rawerd ofrarad for the arrest of ruch otrender. This rule ha6 been deolared to be a sound on4, and it I6 **ba6ed** upon prinoiplea or pub110 policy; but it does not apply where the arrest was 

### madeby thr 

### ofiloar as 6pritate citizen 

### andnot within the line or h16 official duty.* Thet6Xt Oite8 the early C6688 OrKasllng P. Morris, 71 Tax. 

### 58&,9S. 

### ‘Z.739, 10Aa. St. Rap. 

### 797; SCUthW86tarn Telegraph **k**Talaphona Co. Y. Priest, 31 cit. 

### APR. 345,72**s. K.**  **241;** ~111s Y. 

### stone, 4 Clv. App. 157, 165, 23 s. H. 405. **Al60** see 

### 38Tax. Juria. 

### 539. Inthe KaalIng oars, 

### aupra, the 

### store or defendant blorrir was burglarI6a4; Morris 

### orrerrd $1,000 rarard 

### ror the arrsat **and** oonrlotlon of the guilty per4on 

### or pareons. The pleintirr Kaallng Weaoonatebla or tba precinot where 

### ths crlma 

### oocurrad. Morris ra-Honorrbla Oeorga H. Sheppard, psga 3

fused to pey the raward ait8r Ka6ling arractad .tba tblaf andwar lnatrumMt~ In obtaining aoonrlotlon. The dlatriot oourt 

### &era Jud&mant for the dafsndent, but the Sup

### reme Court rrreraad and remanded tha oaaa **ror** trial, holdlng 

### under tha atetutaa 

### sakiog It tho 

### duty or paaoe officera to prerarra tba paeoa and axaouto a11 proorsa dlreota& to them, that aearohl~ 

### for unknown crlmlnals wa6not a

### part of t&air offioial duty, and tbet a oon6tabla mayraoovar a rrward for 

### tba l rrsot and

### oonvictlon or 

### a orlalnal In hla 

### om praolnot, the offer having Induced tha oonatabla to 

### makrthe raaroh.

Theo6ao of Lllla v. Stone, supra, held e county surveyor to **be** entltlad to fees graatar than allowed by atetutr for locstiag and euneyln& land outalda hi6 ccunty.

In the case of Southv~aetern Telegraph kTalaphona 

### Co31panyY. Prlcst, aupra, it appears that tbs telephone oompenp ofrsrad a rav:ard 

### ror convlotlon of any person eullty **of** outtlag its wlrsa in violation of a apcolfic article 

### or the panel coda. The oourt bald that a constable v&o

### arr4sta a parson for amiadama6nor, in the discbarge of his duties as en ofrloar, is not entitled to e rsward.

In 611 or ths above Texas oaa4a the Off6r4r yra6 6private ind~ridU61 or corporation. Thsr8 16 adIatlnctlon be&wean the right of en offloar to teka 4rawsrd ~I%XI 

### a private lndItiduel 

### for the pertormanor **of** his Official duty and his right to auoh e reward when orfared **by** atatutory authority. See **5&**C. J. 788; United Stat46 v. etthaw6, at al, 173 U. S. **361,** 19 S. Ct. **kl3, 43**  L. Ed. **738;** Barry Y. Crolo, 8Pa. Dint. &Co, **54;** Com%onweelth v. O’Brien, 22Pa. Diet. 1045, i.1 Pa. Co, **255, and**  other oaaaa cltad in Corpus Jurla; 2) R. C. L. 112e.

TheUnited **States** Supraze Court ca68 of U. S. v. Mettbam, at al, rupra, seams analogous to our situation. 

### 'ha plaintlrra ~4~4, ona ar4gular and the othar a specially appointed U. s. deputy marshal. Thsy olalnad five hun**dred** dollars, tbo 

### sumof l reward offered by tha Attorney Gtnard ror the arrsst and conviction of 

### on4haaMOWail, whowe6

### aoouaed of having bean conoarnad In ths killing of one or more ravanua ofrIoar6. Tha OrriOar6 arrs8tad Uc- 

### ~411, and ha tramtried and oonrlotad. Suit weebrought in oon6aquanoe of a rafuaal to pay the reward. Th6 CourtHonorable Caorga 8. ShSPFard, paea L



### orClalaa gave judgment 

### for the plalntirra an4 the unitad State6 appralrd.

In anl

blr opinion by **Suatloa** li’hlta, amajority of 

### the 

### Oourtheld’ 

### tha 

### ofrloara antltlad to 

### mootar, af

### ridag tha 

## court0r Clalnu, The oourt held that a reward 

## l xpraaaly offered by oomprtrnt le&alatIra and rxaoutira 

### authority 

### for thearraat ofacrlnln&l byapub110

### orfleer, even 

### though it would be thr duty of the officer to 

### arrest said Orlmlnal, IS

### not 

### oontrary to public pOllOy; that tha 

### statute gave the Attorney Oenaral diaoration t0 whimto 

### offer the reward and that ageneral ortar of araward l.~- oludrd dSPUtf mmrsbalr wh0

### bad the right 

### to take the otrared **reward for**  tbs 

### Srr46t; **and** that when the reward we8sangtionrd by an appropriation act end was within tha Offar of the **Attorney** Ceaarsl, it wee raaoarad rrom the provislom Of other statutas danyinq, 

### extra oompan6ation to OffiSara.

The court further held that 

### the Attornry Oaneral could bare reatrIotad tbr offer 60 as to oxoluda officers, an6 such raatrIctIon nmld huva bean binding upon thaa, but not bavlng ssda such r’C8arf3tlon, the owrt bed no power to Inscrt it.



### Wequota from Juaticr V!hlta~a opinion in part:

“It la undoubted thrt both in 

### England and in 

### this oountry It has been held that Itla contrary to pub110 polloy to rntoroa in a oourt or law, in ravor ar apub110 orfloSr, whose duty **by**rlrtua or his amploymnt raquIrad the 

### doing or 

### a partloular sot, any agrremnt 

### or oontract aadr by thr ofrioar with 

### aprivate lndlvIdu81, stipulating that the 

### offloar l houl4 r4081v8 6a extra oompanaetion 

### or reward tor the dolry~ of auoh sot. in agrramant or this oharaotar was cocaidarad at ooaaon law to be a apaci4a 

### of quarI axtortlon, and partaking 

### of the ohamctar or abrlba. l 

### ++(citing oaa4a.) Thr broad differsnor between tie right 

### of anOfficer to take rrom aprlteta lndlvldual a raward or ooappuraation for t&r perromanoo of hir official duty, andthe capaolty 0r auoh 

### orriosr to raSai+a a reward 

## l xpra6al~ authorized by oomPOt*nt 1agialatira 

### authority and 

### aanotlonad bythe lagielatira offloar to 

### whom

### tholaeial*t~~*. ’



### Nonorahlr Georee 8. Cbrppard, 

### pare 5

powerha8drlrgatrd amplo dlrarrtlon to orrer the reward, Is 

### too obvious to 

### rsqulrb anything but rtatrment.w Vpon Inrprotlon 

### of thr drpartmmtal ap9roprlation bill (8. E. 

### 427, Aotr 46th LegialatUra), weilBd th. 

### sumof 4375,OOO.OOappropriated 

## roraaoh

### rear or 

### the bIennIUm iOr Wonoral Support andMalntexLanoa; 

### l l#o Inoludee~ tramportation, r8ca turr oontiagrnt expense8 and liablllty lnsurenoo prem urns. +--hi 

### ewould 8eemto 

### inoludr thr rewardr authorized by Artlola 

### 616bz-3.

It Is our o9lnIori that 

### If the prison znnna.gor*a orfsr to pay reward8 

### for the recapture of **rsoaprd** oomlcta ae wthorlzed by Article 

### 61662-3, Vernon’8 Annotated Civil statutes, la ageneral on*, there la no prohIbitIon in our law againat the aocaptsncr of such reward, 

### if rarnrd by

### a highway patrolman or other b~9loper of the Department ot pub110 Safrty.

Trusting the alxwr inquiry, weara, ratiaraotorily amwere your

Yours vrry truly