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. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

]:oaorable

f!.T. Dribble” **CGWty izttGl%iy,**  Jmla county (xll&th~r;e

ite, Texas
near Sirs

**itll.eUire** end

then con the County Attorney, County Clerk County Judge aske a eharse apsinst tho County for their regular miodmeanor feceslike cases end op;roVed by the Comnfssioners aourt under t:k.at Lu% is ahar@+able under and oan logally .aol.loat ha 88x8 thet way your log,alopi,nionio r-.nntadr
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nonorableA. T. 'Fribble,page'2

..' Yills County, TOXCS, 00s 3 populatloh of loss than tmnty thousand.(20,COO) lnhabltsnts 6caordlnS to tho 1940 Federal**hV3US, 8Q(f**  **ita OOWIty**  **OffioeSa.** ax6 cOqmnS6ted on a fee basis.

Said Senata Bill 44,.6non(! othit? things, ohongys thecl6ssiPla3tlonof a juvenile ~rooeodln~ Srorrthat OS a orluinalnoturs to thot of a aivil 0866.'

Z6 bave csrefu&ly oxmilned CInato .Bill44 atid **~TOUSC** ~113. 830 of the 40th Leglslaturo of Tcxns and find that 

### neither of thaz author168 the county to pay esy r68S to any officers tartheir servfaes lr'juvenilo oag6s.

. Article 6124; vernon~sA6nototed Texas Civil 3t6tutes authorSxesthe aouctf.frozn ?ihich 6 6610

## tima 16 oo~vlttaa to .' any State txalntnF school to pay to tbe officer coriveylng 8ucb male child to any State training, sohool tho actual treveling 6x~onseo of such officer and child end .f~v6~~dollers (:$S.OO)

additional. Artlcle.bl36, VerncWs Annotated T2ies.Civil Statutea, authorizestheaounty fro% whiah a girl juvonilc .lsaomitted to the Qirls* Tralning.Sahool to pay'the actual and .neoessaryexpenses of the party aonvepiap. aridthe &lrl~oonveged.~This atstute.furtherprovldes.the court 

## shall desi968t.e some reputable womm to oonvey the CgUl to th6 lastltutlon.

Opinion Eo..O-5602 of this department, a oogy of rhlch ia onolosadherewith, ep6olrloally pasces'on o ,poltiooof'your requestfo*.opinlon 3nd spaaifically holds that S. 6. 44,.svpra, doesnot authorize the county to pa: eny 

## $%ba- to any officelsOf~ the ~oounty uourt for their services in juvenile a38es. X6 confirm the holdlag. .:

Llke~lae, It la our'further opinkm that B. FL 63C, Wpra, does not authorize'the county to

## pay any fees to officer3 of the oounty oourt for their aervioos in .juvGmile cd8es.

**:**Honarable A. -T.Pribble, pose 3 :.
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?:etherefore holdr

1. Koither S. B. 44~ nor B, 13.630, supre, authorizes the ~countyto pay any fees to any offioere

. ot the county court for their services In juvenile CQSBQ. There -Isno authority under whiah oouoty judpes ookty~attornsys and oounty clerks oen collect If& &om. the county in juvmila cases. (Forzerly and 

## @Or to the enaot2ent or S. B. 44, supra, aounty judces mm entftled to collect a three (,3.00) dollar 

## $rlaL fee in juvenile oases under Article 1062, V:A. C. C. P., es II _arirz.inel

case tri,ed

and rinrlly dhposed of-by the 00,urt. See opinion x0. o-917 

## or this aepertreot, dated June 14th, 1939, 8 oopy or whioh is enclosed. Ilowevar, thle opinion 1s now no longer ap;?licable 8s the I.e&isloture in s. B. 4?, supra, in 1943, chongad the alassifid oetion

## or juvenile

## Oa8iafrom 

## oridnal oases to civil oasss.) .- l

3.. The sheriff or other ofrfaer conveylne. a nelo child to any State trelning school is entltled to oolloct from the comittlng oounty the a&-ml treveling~ expens:~s 

## 0r such 

## orriO?r and cbfld epd rive dollerq ($5.00) edd5tlcnaf., .,.

4. Actuel end’neaeasary eqmnsee of the perty conveying a ~gir1comittad t:.the Girls’ Troininp,Sohool end of the p,irloonveyod should be psid by the oouuty from l+hichthe girl lo conwitted to the pereon oonveying the girl. **Art.** 5136, Dupre, furthorprovide8 thet the court’shell desi(mste aorpereputtrble:aoaanan to convey the girl to tho Inst5~tutlon.

Your8 VdlFY truly

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