OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

Honorable FM. Uslters County Auditor alvlthcounty Tyler, Texar

Your request for ret Ok2926 of thlr department &ao 

### oonrldered

by thLsdepartzaent. ?ollmr 1

"I *ant to thank



### mop moamxu. on 

### aald?~a, CL%% far themematheotherfor a hired farm 

### rork- &vies sovord.h&red 'IUld' about100 he&dof blt?oded wttls livesjioak

M&oh we fedand 1Wced after by hlmd labor:. Ea &her trotis, th6 Xkm is not ta utlllrs aonviat ls?mq tilde 

### is donew vocklag th%san theaountyroabs.. 

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&mor6ble **E.T.** Waltem, **Psge** 2

utili6lng aonviat labor, I M) very 6nxioua to present 6 alear picture to you of the **propoaitlon** bafore aon6ideririgmy question properly worded and youropinionfln6l.

'Plea6e under6tmd 1 do not vast to appear u questioning your 

### opinion,vhlah f 6m 6ure 16 correct ln view of the manner in wblah my que6tlon ~66 pr666nted (6nd it my b6 aorzwat **after tblr**  **6x planatlon)**  **but before**  **60% deeper**  **into aonmora16.1**  famslng, I wsnted to offer th%6 wldltloml lnfomflorain the mttor. Wth 

### this additional lnfonutlon before you your 4pinlon vi11 be flrml hoverer it may bo."

Opinion Be. O-2926 halds that bulldlngr neaorw for * 6uaae66ful operation of the sountf f*nn, such 66 h0wlng for aaawiot6, guards, ovec8eer#, barns, do., aould bo built By the a~66lon6r6~ oourt) that alth0ugh S66tlom 5 OS Artk6lo 794, V. O.O.?'r,oontewlated tk6 u6e of oonriat lrbor on the oounty fur tht 

### lfthere

l?o re notl uff1010nt

aanriot 

### .J#abor

onhad

tome66a6f'ullyapent the oounty farm the aoraie6ionemv 6ourt would ~316~0 

## l thorlty to hire outride labor to ruke or gather oropr, eto. 0a the aounty farm neae66~'tor th6 ruaa666ful mmbgemnt of th6 aounty farm md th6t the ooami68loner8~ oourt under 6uoh olmumt6nae6 would 

### haveauthorityta build a dvelllng QD the oouaty 

## ram to houee 6uoQ hired h6nd6 if fib@oonml68lowr6~ oourt detomlned that sama wan neoe6uwy for the 6uaos6af'ulaawgemnt urd0peml~0r the 00uutyfm, insitrdingtheutl~65tianor. o0nvlot labor.

We oall your attention to Seations 2 6nd 5 of Article, 794, V.C.C.P., whioh read as follovrr

"2. Buoh fan66 and workhou6e6 6hallbe under the aontrolandm6nBgem6ntOf the oomsl66loner6 eourt,and rridooustm6y6dapt6uehnile6 and regulatlaw 

## notlnoon6l6tent vlth the law a6 they **deem neoeseary**  

### ror **the 6ua0686ful**  **mr46g6m6nt 6.nd**  **operation** of laid in6titutlonr 6nd ?'aro?Teotlvely **utlli6lng** 6aid Irbor.

"5. TJwy 6h6ll be put to labor upon the publlo roads, brl9 e6 

### or othor publla vork6 of th6 oounty when their 

### abora6nnot be utill6od ln ths.aounty vorkhou6e 

### or a0untr 

### farm.*Honorable B.T. Walters, 

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Under Section !Tt Artlale 794, V.C.C.P., It 16 the duty Of the aOmmiSSiOneP6 aourt to utilize the labor of aonviats on the OOuIltyfarm or OOUnty YorkhOu66, if $66~ OM be utfll6ed, before placing 6uah conviat labor on the pub110 rondo, eta. ft.16 only vhen the labor of such cronviats

### aannot be effeotively utllited on the aounty farm and county workhouse th6t they should be plaaed to vork on the pub110 ro6d6, bridgor and other publia works of the aounty. Eov

### ever,underSeatlon2,Artiale 794, **V.O.C.P.,** supr6, the oontrol6ndmaMgementof the wuntg farais ln the C-SSiOIl6rS

' oourt aud the court la eh6rged vlth the duty of suaue,66tul

### IIisnqement and OperatiOI3 

### of the county farm 

### indhding tieffectlve utlLt6atlon 

### o? oonvlot 

### labor.

We th.lnkthe l6v olemly aontsqpl6tes th6t oonvlot labor vhen it am 

### be effeotively utillxed should 

### be used prlmarlly on the4oounty fsm or aounty workhouse. 

### Of oourse. the qUeStiOn Of effeotiV6 **Utili66tiOn** Of eOnViat labor i6 prlmrlly a Putter to be 

### dooldodby the 0QIIPIs610ne~~ oourt, whlah deei6iOn would control In the abronoe of a alear abu6e Of diSOl'6tiOll

UpOn the JW't Of the 0aPPli66iOIk62'6' WUPt. we **mast** assume 

### hoveverthat 

### the **cromm.i66loMr6*~aourt** 

### vi11 **follov** the 

### lav 6nd use all aanvlot labor vhlah oan be effectively used on th6 county farm in the 6uoo666f~ management and opentlon of the oounty f6m. Thi6dep6l'tWIltoPnnotp666

**on the**  **propo6itlon of**  vhethbr or not the convlats plawd on the oountyro6ds 6houldhsve beonptioed onthe oountyfiun 66 that vould invdV6 a f8ot 6ltWLtlon in oroh in6t6nw?~tO be deterrined by the comis61~er$* oourt in their sound dlSaretlon and are not proper qu66tlou6 for this department to determine.

Under all the foot6 stated ve thbk th6 QUSStiOn Of th6 building of the proposed dwelling 16 a 6mtter to be 

### determinedby 

### th6 **aomi66iOWr6'** oourt in their SOlUlddlsaretlon.

We think bplnlon Ho. o&g26 16 oorreot 

### and the SW 16 hereby **confinned.**

VOTJrtlUly your6