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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 feces like cases end op;roVed by the 

Comnfssioners aourt under t:k.at Lu% is ahar@+able 

under and oan logally .aol.loatha 88x8 thet way 

your log,al opi,nion io r-.nntadr . . ” 
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nonorable A. T. 'Fribble, page' 2 

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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 

the cl6ssiPla3tlon of a juvenile ~rooeodln~ Srorr that OS a 

orluinal noturs to thot of a aivil 0866.' 

Z6 bave csrefu&ly oxmilned CInato .Bill 44 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 

tar their servfaes lr'juvenilo oag6s. 

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Article 6124; vernon~sA6nototed Texas Civil 3t6tutes 

authorSxes the 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, 

authorizesthe aounty fro% whiah a girl juvonilc .ls aomitted to 

the Qirls* Tralning.Sahool to pay'the actual and .neoessary expenses of the party aonvepiap. arid the &lrl~oonveged.~ This 

atstute.further provldes.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 onolosad herewith, ep6olrloally pasces'on o ,poltioo of' your 

request fo*.opinlon 3nd spaaifically holds that S. 6. 44,.svpra, 

does not 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. 

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Honarable A. -T. Pribble, pose 3 

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?:e therefore holdr 

1. Koither S. B. 44~ nor B, 13. 630, supre, 

authorizes the ~county to pay any fees to any offioere . 

ot the county court for their services In juvenile 

CQSBQ. 

There -Is no 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 Oa8ia from oridnal oases to civil 

oasss.) 

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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 ~gir1 comittad t:. the Girls’ Troininp, Sohool 

end of the p,irl oonveyod should be psid by the oouuty 

from l+hich the girl lo conwitted to the pereon oonveying 

the girl. Art. 5136, Dupre, furthor provide8 thet the 

court’ shell desi(mste aorpe reputtrble :aoaanan toconvey the 

girl to tho Inst5~tutlon. 

Your8 VdlFY truly 

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