**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS (,**  **AUSTIN**

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**Honorable 0.**  **J. 3.**  **Elllngson ,.**  Cbnerd I(anager Texae Prleon Syetea Runt~~illr,Texas
Dear Blr: >. C

Thir IS In rurther .' In ybur lotterr of February oplalon of this Departtmntu
in l eeo rdma e

w of the Regular

to the 

### statute uader whbb relearlng prlron*r8 on 00 with seo?lon 10, the 41at Legirla%ue,

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**a-railroad** non-trmsterable tlokrt **from** the aho Of hla dirohmge to the plaoe of hi@ ooaviotioaand srntenoe.....”Ronorable 0. J. 8. lillmgaon,~0 c

.In some lnetanoe*prieoaereare relearti

## rrc04 the priron on oondltlonal pardon with lnrtruotlonr In the proolamationto return to their w out d IiiaAWaStatr, or ,w a* QQWZ t onrlotlog

. n theas oases a tioket to the plaor of oonvlotionand sentenoewould be uroloer. *We would like to heve your oplnlon ao to whethor we ehould pay on the rAilroe fare to the orleonerlo Snrtruoted Beetlnatlonout or the Stat*, or to loae other oounty ln the State, an amount equa1 to the fare from the plaoe of QIsehargeto the plooe of conVIOtIonand eentenoa;and if 86, In oame where the fare from the plaae of dlrohrr6e to the place of oonvlctlon and sentrnoe exoeeQ6 the ooat of the fare to the prleoner’a out-9f-Stat@ dertlnatIon,or mome other oountt In the State, rhould the prironerbe glren thr alfferenoein oaeh.@
Your queetlonsme and three are anewerrd Ln the afilm**etive** by our @plnlon No. O-1850, oopr of whloh Ir ~bnoloredherbwith. In thio oonnsotloa penlt ue to oorreet a false I* prerslon hieing from **our** 5plnlon No. cl-2668 aa whloh we refirrd you in our letter of ~Xslroh 6, 1941. +he holdtng of Opinion MO. O-6560 la oorreot an& ~lt 16 hereby afflm4. The l trtuto upon whloh it-18 based, however,Artlolo 6196 ei the 6erleed Oiril 5tatute8, Ir lnapplioable and as polnte+%

**out in**  our Opinion Na. O-1880, 18 wlthout Some en5 efteot for the reaeoaewe there ret forth. The rtetuteto vthioh Opinion Wo. 04560

l hould hare roferre4 ie 8eotlon 1Q of Artisle 6605, of the Rerlrea OItIl Statutes,1065. Ineofar as OpL~len lie. O6566 eonfllotswith OpSnlonNo. O-1850 and th%e~opIn%onit I. hereby 

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everruled. Saotlon 10 of Artiole 5605 road6 as fellewrt *Upon the dl8aharge of any prieonerupon parole, either unatr the provlrlonrof 6hIe Act, or through the exerolseby the Claveanar of **rxooutioe** olemeaoy, independentof this Aot, ruah prrm~ (16 parole&, rhal.1 be furnishedby the proper offioerr of the 6tate Prieon Board with ruoh clothingno 16 umelly furnlrhed to prieonsrs unon dlaohargefrom prtaon In th2a State togetherwlth p. rAilrOad non-tranrferabl~ ticket freD the plase of hie dlroharge to the plaoe of hle oonolotlon snd sentence,ad in aFdltion thereto the sum of $6.00~Bouorable 0. J. S. Elllngaon, page S

In Oplplon Yo. O-1666we hald this protlrlon lppllcable to prlrb~err released. on parole or oond~itlonal pardon. Clearly Section 10 v.90 lntrnded sor the ala ma a8- rlrtanoeof prl8oner8 80 relea88a. A prironermay a0mand 4na 18 entitled to reoelve th88e beneiltr if hi8 right tharrto ha8 not been WEiY8a. That it may be waived i8 018ar.

It 18 elementarythat a oondltlonal pardon ray be grantedupon any oondltlonlr the exesutlvrmay impaae 80 long a8 they be not Unre8L?one.ble, lllrgal, lmmorn1or **iaporriblo** of prrformanoe. Ex prrte Dnrenport,110 Tex. Cr. R. SEb, 'P S.W. (Zd,)

589; 60 A.L.R. 1403; Opinion No. O-%16. In ordsr to be 8ff8OtiYe a oondltlonnl pardon must be aoOeptd, AWk nlouttv. Btate, 16 Cr. Ap. 4QQ, 81 Am. R. 330, 51 Tex. Jur. 1265; and the aooeptonoeof a oondltional pardon owrlra with it aooeptanoeOS the OOndltlOn8upon whloh the pardon 18 grARt8u. .sl

ToX. JUr. 1266.
It la quit8 legal for the exeoutlve to imp oaa l oonditlon that the prlroner go elsewhere than the count? o? hlr oonvlotlon,and, lf a pardon under thlr oonaition 18 aoo8pte6 by thr prl8oner,he valve8 hi8 right to th8 m &l&mu~-eh~-ppaVlot~.

It oould not be Oth8XWl80. UnUer krtlole 6606(10) l prl8oner relea88d on oonditlenalpardon 18 enti81ed to raoelte one thing only in the way of tranaportatloni that 18, l m-tran8rerabl.e tioket t0 t&e polnt of hfr canviotlon. lontranrferabllity

lmpllee that the tloket **bs** aon-oarhable. The Legislature

ha8 prOVld8d for an aoret lnorpableOS oonr8rrlon into Oa8h. Under no o~roumrtaaoea Fherefore are th8 prlaon Authorltbes

authorlardto prOVia the prisonerwith thr on8h value OS a tloket to the point of oonrlotion ln order that he mPJ pFOOO8d elseWh8rO.

We em reaoh ~0 oonolurlon but that the L8gi8latWO Intendedto provide prfronerrrblha8edupon lx8oUtlve oleaeney ma not aireotea to proceed 818ewher8with a non-tiran8ferable, non-obrhnbletloket to the oounty o? their oonriotios. xr the exeoutlv8 find8 it aerlrable to provide a prisonerwith the tran8QOrtatiOn

benefit8 conferred by %OtlOn 10 Of Artlel8 6203,'~there

III nothing to Wevent the dlreotlon In the proolamation that the vrlsoner nrooeed~ftrrt to the oountg of hi8 oonvictionana thence to 80111~ other point.) I..

:! Aonorablr 0. J. a,. Elllng8on,

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Unl888 80 provined In the exeoutlveproolamation grantingolsnenoy, It 18 our ovlnlon an8 you me PdviSSd, that a prlronerr8leerrdu?on oonaltlonal pardon and thereinalreat8d ta prOO89a to LIome point other than the oount9 of hI8 oonyiatIon 18 not entitled to the tranruortstlon urovIileU

in SeotIon IQ of Artiole 6203 of the Revised Civil Statuter. Very trulf your8 ATTQIWEY (EWCFW. OF TEXAb~

JDIBtjr dlreer 13. Smul'len A8818tant

ATTORNEYGENERALOF TEXAS