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: 

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Thir IS In rurther 

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In ybur lotterr of February 

oplalon of this Departtmnt u 

in l eeo r dmw a e 

of the Regular 

to the statute 

uader whbb 

relearlng prlron*r8 on 

00 with seo?lon 10, 

the 41at Legirla%ue, 

aarwef ta 'kuertloo Ro. 8 is In 

would like to hw hour optnlon 

a-railroad non-trmsterable tlokrt from the aho Of 

hla dirohmge to the plaoe of hi@ ooaviotioa and 

srntenoe.....” 
Ronorable 0. J. 8. lillmgaon, ~0 c 

.In some lnetanoe* prieoaere are relearti rrc04 

the priron on oondltlonal pardon with lnrtruotlonr 

In the proolamation to return to their w out d 

IiiaAWaStatr, or ,w a* QQWZ t 

onrlotlog . n theas oases a tioket to the 

plaor of oonvlotion and sentenoe would be uroloer. 

*We would like to heve your oplnlon ao to 

whethor we ehould pay on the rAilroe fare to the 

orleonerlo Snrtruoted Beetlnatlon out or the Stat*, 

or to l oae other oounty ln the State, an amount equa1 to the fare from the plaoe of QIseharge to 

the plooe of conVIOtIon and 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 prironer be glren thr alfferenoe in oaeh.@ 

Your queetlons me and three are anewerrd Ln the afilmetive by our @plnlon No. O-1850, oopr of whloh Ir ~bnolored herbwith. 

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 

reaeoae we there ret forth. The rtetute to vthioh Opinion Wo. 

04 560 l hould hare roferre4 ie 8eotlon 1Q of Artisle 6605, of 

the Rerlrea OItIl Statutes, 1065. Ineofar as OpL~len lie. O6566 eonfllots with OpSnlon No. O-1850 and th%e~opIn%on it I. 

hereby l peolfIo~lllp everruled. 

Saotlon 10 of Artiole 5605 road6 as fellewrt 

*Upon the dl8aharge of any prieoner upon parole, 

either unatr the provlrlonr of 6hIe Act, or through 

the exerolse by the Claveanar of rxooutioe olemeaoy, 

independent of this Aot, ruah prrm~ (16 parole&, rhal.1 

be furnished by the proper offioerr of the 6tate Prieon Board with ruoh clothing no 16 umelly furnlrhed 

to prieonsrs unon dlaoharge from prtaon In th2a State 

together wlth 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-1666 we hald this protlrlon l ppllcable to prlrb~err released. on parole or oond~itlonal pardon. 

Clearly Section 10 v.90 lntrnded sor the ala ma a8- 

rlrtanoe of prl8oner8 80 relea88a. A prironer may 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 elementary that a oondltlonal pardon ray be 

granted upon any oondltlonlr the exesutlvr may impaae 80 long 

a8 they be not Unre8L?one.ble, lllrgal, lmmorn1 or 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 

nloutt v. Btate, 16 Cr. Ap. 4QQ, 81 Am. R. 330, 51 Tex. Jur. 

1265; and the aooeptonoe of a oondltional pardon owrlra with 

it aooeptanoe OS the OOndltlOn8 upon whloh the pardon 18 

grARt8u. .sl ToX. JUr. 1266. 

It la quit8 legal for the exeoutlve to imp o aa 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 oonditlenal pardon 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 lnorpable OS oonr8rrlon 

into Oa8h. Under no o~roumrtaaoea Fherefore are th8 prlaon 

Authorltbes authorlard to prOVia the prisoner with 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 

Intended to provide prfronerr rblha8ed upon l x8oUtlve oleaeney 

ma not aireotea to proceed 818ewher8 with a non-tiran8ferable, 

non-obrhnble tloket to the oounty o? their oonriotios. xr the 

exeoutlv8 find8 it aerlrable to provide a prisoner with 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 

oonviction ana thence to 80111~ other point. 
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:! Aonorablr 0. J. a,. Elllng8on, page 4 

Unl888 80 provined In the exeoutlve proolamation 

granting olsnenoy, It 18 our ovlnlon an8 you me PdviSSd, that 

a prlroner r8leerrd u?on oonaltlonal pardon and therein alreat8d 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 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS