OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. H. Y. cFantlltlgaasp 

OoUnty Auditor 

r?atarro county 

Corsiama, T e x. a 8 

Ritt 

Dear Sir; 

Is the eonstable 

mileage 

And related 

past yeac;lu roun4 

above the al&wed 

hi0 ill dedueted a8 

hao been pai& lS# 

8 he now enbltled to 

irr $480.00 whioh inaladee 

report OS one oonatablo tanr 

erred fo in the above quoa- 

.oo grorsa oolleotlone, #%.mo, 

fSe8, 183aviRg #700.00 over his 

ram this he deduota his deputy 

aonstable:s salary and his telephone anh, 

telmgraph bill and the above mentIoned $430. 

for traveling erpemma whfoh shows that ha 

does not owe the county any exoess feebl to2 

the year. 
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Ron. E. T. Cunnln@mn, page 2 

-hit3 &%!B thing OCCUlTed iA the yefir 

1938 and OA the same baeia the Oounty made 

the constable pay back to the oounty $96.00 

iA eXC888 tees. In the eVeAt you rule that 

he ie allovped to deduct his traveling expeAsee, ehould the county reiund him the 

money paid for the yaar 19587 

*'Plea88 give ~1) a ruling as to whether 

he ie allowed to make these deduotlons.* 

ArGlcle lC65, Code of Criminal Prooedure, 

reads, in part, aa followSi 

The followlag fees shall be allowed the 

sheriff, or other peaoe offloer performing 

the same services in miSdeme&AOr casea, to 

be taxed against the defendant on conviction: 

*1. Fofexecuting oath warrant of arrest.or capia8, or making arrest without warrant, two dollars. 

For oonveyi~g a wittisas attaohed by 

hiat It'atiy oourt out of hls oounty .?our dollars tar each day or fractlo~al pa& thereof, 

and his actual necessary expoAsea.by the mxuest practicable publio ooAveyeAoe, the amnmt 

to be stated by said offloer, under oath and 

approved by the judge of thecomt .frap which 

the attaohment iesued. 

=9. For OOAVayillg a prlaoner after OOAriotion to the county jail, for eaoh mile, 

gOiA$ aAd OcoliAg, by the AearelSt prectlcable 

route by pri+ate oomeya~ce, ten aente a 

Fle;,or bJr railway, eeten end one-ht6lI CeAtfI 

. 

"10. For conveying a prisoner arrested 

on a warrant or oaplas Issued from another 

CoUAty to the court or jail 0r the oounty 
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from rhioh the prowas WAS issued, for eaoh 

BUS trsvaled going and aanting, by the beerest pr.sotiaable route, twelve an8 one-half 

cents. 

'11. For each mile ha.eury be oompelled 

to travel in exeouting c;rininal process and 

tTUltLlOltin(T: OT 6ttW3hiAg WitAW3, BBVM 6Ad mhalf cents. For traveling in the service of 

process not otherwise grovfded for, the sum 

of seven and one-half oenta for eaoh mile &oin& and re&rning. If two or more persona 

are menticxmd in the same writ, or two or more 

writs iA tha aame case, he shall oharge otiy 

for the distance aotuelly and Aeaeeaarily 

traveled in tlv3 sme.v 

It is necessary that we bear in &Id the faot 

that the tee statutes are atriotly oonstrued end fees 

by iTaplioat.ioA are not permitted. It is a rery settled 

matter that the constable, who is campenaated on a fee 

besis is not entitled to any See at all in a miade&aee~- 

or C%Se unless e oOAThti0~ is obtained. 

Tex. JUT., rol. 34, p. 4s6& . 

LEoCalla vs. city or Raekdule. 46 s.P;. SM. 

The ebove mentioned statute expressly provides tees by,the way of acaqeaaetion for the pertleular servioea enuraecetsd therein end unless ths partioular serviae is aotually perfoamed the oiiioer is entitled 

to no ree rcm auoh service. The fees provided therein 

are allowed only when such MlZVioea are aotaally performed by the offloer. When en orfiuer exeoutea a 

warrant of arrest or aapiaa Ln a ml6deraeknor case or 

m&es a b&al arreat without P warrant, he is entitled 

to the mm of two dollars. Where it is AeOesW?Il'y for 

auah ofricer to do rmy traveling in connection with the 

exeouting the warrant oi arrest or oapies, he is entitled 

to the rLlsnge provided by.Artiole IGaS, Code oi Criminal 

Procedure, au2ra. However if it is not necessary to 

do any trmeling in ereOut& a warraAt,oi arrest, ox 

~~pf~a~o~re~?~~f~$~~~A~~~~~~l~h~?~~e~~~~uah o*ficerS 
25’4 

Tbareforo, your f’irkt ausstlon f8 ree;isotfully ennwer06 la the no~utivs. 

Flth mforsaoe to your twoad quortion, wa 

direct your attention tO Sootion 4 of Artiole 8868 and 

hl-tiole 9891, %WAOA’S dUlOtRt.6 cilil. titlhUtO8. i&Ctfon 4 of krtlols S#S, nupra, mada, io part, an follGW*: 

*'In oountiefb ooataining airty thousand 

and onn (60,001) aa4 not zorm than one hundred. 

tbausand (100,600) Fnhabitmt8: County Judge 

District or CrirPlnal District iittome~, Eherkf, 

County Clerk, County httosaoy, Dirtriot Clmk, 

Tax Colloator, Tax ks%ee~~r, or the iaiieasor 

and Collaotor of 2%x60, Four Tha~sand ($4000.00) 

Dollcra eaeh; Jttatico of the Eea6s end Comtebls, Twnty-one IPmdra4 (C8100.00) Dollers 

*aoh.* 

hrtlolo 5891, Vmxm*r iixiotaste4 ClrU~ Etatute8 rmt8, in part, an rollowar 

*In oountlcw oontalnitq strep thcxasand 

and aa (60&O 

drsd t hcu&wid 41 

a@ nat more thaA on0 hun60,000) inhabitants, dieeric 

an& oounty affitaors ~00404 herrin ah011 retain 

oze-Chird of euoh BXQB~W facrr atll lsuoh one- 
2Y5 
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ths3 necus4~ry trwelln~ expen468, hcluding 

th4 ex.gea4e ot $44 ,011 and a rea4onable 

&mount at 'up4taep 4, iaaurrud by the oonntablr in *the d18ahlirsg af bls otflcinl d;lties, 

proride he OO;4;dle& rlth krtlcleo 3839 Cnnd 

ss91, bUpr(L." 

For your aonrrnlator w4 er8 enalo4in& 0 aopf 

Of our opinion Isa. o-l.666. 

we 40 30t bar6 suifioient r4ett3 to tmswr your 

thtr4 gussttan. X9rhwver, Lf yau will pre44oat us 411 

th4 rcatct r0gmiiag 48id ~~444tht, a ~.ili b0 @=a to 

gira It cur roost eurbful oon4M4r4tion. 

Tyuating that tha forrgoin6 sully atS4mM your 

tuqtliry* we rc85ala 

ASWb 

2~1. (4. op:nfox O-rS661 

A&o11 Uillf4#w 

ksaistaat 

APPROVEMAR 28, 1940 

LJJU4d 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS