1~ OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bonorable 3. C. Smith 

County Attorney 

Boaque Golmt y 

J&r ldlan, Taus 

Dear Sir1 

A 

and does he have 

t to charge mlkmge 

stl.lag feea ln such 

sd quertione has 

'\ The supreixe C)xwt of Terraa in the aaee of Heuburn 

v. Surhtuh.88~Sex &a 31 5. U. 195 bad oertiSLed to it the 

quuation &fh&& t4 maxebal of *'tom Laaorporated under 

the general lqwa of~~thls Btate, by virtue of his offioe, mde.r the clroueietdaa 8peoUlsd in uhat is now Arttcle 215, 

Code af Crlmlnal Pxoaadura, aould lavfully 8rreat without 6 

vex-rant one beyond t&e llmlta of the toun for a felony oofmitted ulthln the county, but not within the tomI Artlole 215, 

supa, provides for 8 peace offiaar to arrest ulthout * warrant where it is ahown by eatlsfaatory prool to eucb peace offia er up o n the r ep x a wntetlm o f l aredlble permta, that P 

felony has becm caprpitted, ad that the offender fa about to 

eaaapo, so there 18 no tlm8 to promme a waxrant. The aourt 

737 
7x-l 

Bonorabla 8. C. Smith, page 2 

held thet independent of etrtute, the wthorlty or jurledlotlon 

of the amre&luouldnotutend beyond the alty Umlte, 8ad 

that the queetlaa was vhethor the etatut of thie Btata have 

%xt%Adea the 6uthorlty of the m6rah6.l In the mtatter or el6klAg 

mreete bepia& the alty lfmite. Iphr oourt then rotsited thet 

olty mereh6le uexe 'peame c&rlaer6,g md pew0 o~luer8 00ul.d 

wrest ulthout 8 wrrrnt umler the 0oxuUtlone prsear%bwl In 

llrtlcb 215, aupra. That this we a strong lmpllcatl0.n th6t 

a olty mreb81 is plum4 in the mama 02ue vltb othw offlaere 

uhoee jurledlotlaa extends to the l.Wlte of tbe aounty. fh 

oouxt further quoted irat 

Statutre, (now Artlale 999 

hut we then hrtiole 363, ~erieed 

7 th6t 6 maretml "in the prwentlon 

6~4 l upprmelti af orlme end 6xreet OS offorul%re he ehell 

have, poeeeee arid wiwxm 1lk.e powor, l dhasltg and jtwiedlotion 68 6 eh6rlrr ai a oouaty uAd6r th6 l6ur or the ma%.' 

As to w&t extent this lansuags mlergttd the pover of a olty 

wreh6l to arN8t, the oollrt M&AC 

*. . . w are or the O~%AMA th6t the lmgu&ge 

quoted from ertlale 363, above, vae intended, 'in 

the prev6ntlon and 8uppr86810n of axlme 6nU 6rreet 

of offuhdwe* undffr tkbs stat0 lau, to aor&er upon 

t$%*laer-erfth% ‘powr, authortty, apd juaediotloA’ 

Thus, 6&6&w u-e dUwafedby the 

b!$giSlrittU% ;O lOOk 80&u $0 the ShWifr’S !pOV%r, 

ruthorfty, 6nd jurledlatiouc ¶.A order to detexmlna 

th6t of the zan.hal IA lMklA.6 6rreete of ofeAd%re 

6gaAst the state a.m. vithaut 6Ay intlx6t1oA th6t 

the 'power, authority, or jurl8dlotlon~ of tlae latter vu to be mar0 olrcwearlbed t&m that of the 

tlXlU%X. Powr md 6uthorlty, 6a a 

81: 

lied to exmautlve officoro, fmem to be oonvertl e terms, ror the 

authority of euah officers le theis leuful povorI 

but me underetawi the uord 'juried.lotlon,' 68 here 

used, to rerar to the terrltery in which euuh pover 

or authority MA be exercleed. QIPCo the jurl.edlctlcm of the miarahal la mensure by that of the 

eherltf IA the 

r 

%V%AtiOU SAd 6@inst th.S &US Of th0 

et6te, it must e ao-utenelve ulth the llmlte at 

the 0ouAty. The purpose Or the legUl4itur• to utewl the jWfl#diOtiCPA ot ths aarahal beyond tke limlte 

Of the tClUA, 6Ad 6Ulk% it 00eXt6ASiY% with th6t Of the 

sher iff in the ma tteo r fl rreete, 18 turther evlclenoed by the hat that l g wx r 6At of arrest' mny 
Iionorable $4 C. Smith, pg% 3 

be dlxected to him, and awh wrrent he may exeaut8 anyvhexe in the county. . . . * 

plhs l tetutee upon vhtch the foregoing opinion vee 

baeed,wre l ubet~tdlythe same, lneofareetheyreletsto 

8rreete vlthout a uarrant, as thy are toda 

Revised St%tUt%S 1879, ha8 nOt beo~ lnaterir 

. Artlole 363, 

L a-4-N W the 

:eeal ooUflo8tlone or m ugabnmte l xoept la ozm parti- 

. Sela Artlale oontamd th% foliovlng provlelon, to-wltt 

"iI0 (city mar&al) shall have like purr vitb 

the sheriff of $ha oowtty to ex%oute the writ of 

(uorde 3.A gar%Atheelr al& emml0 &.U?OYi8iOA of ow~t,atetute (Axtiole 999, 

Rerleed Statutes) provlde8 ee f 

9b au MY% lilra paw~r, vith th0 8hmfr 

of t& e o o untx, to l eo ute va r r a nte,í 

ltb e~theeela e 

‘eeerch her been 

The drpose ofourpreeuntetatutola 0Iaar. It 

gives the mar &al 8U the puver or 8utharltyto ueo ute l uerrantpoaeaeed by the eheriff oftha oouuty. The ahwill of 

the oounty bee the undoubted euthwlty to ezeoute verrente 

ulthln and begond kle oouoty wlthle the omi%ue of the State, 

provl.bsd that before auarrant lseusdbya oounty oamleelonor, ooetml.eeionsre~ oourt, wpr or reaoxder of au inoorportttad 

tow may be 1egeIly exsoutsd in 8 aounty other then the oounty share lamed, it tenet be indoread es required by Article 

oi the codr, or c2a ~~006d~e. in 38 3bbr. JW., p. 

, ve rind tba folloving l tatemeatc 

‘The powr of arrest poee%eead by 8 oooeteble 

eml 8 alty marshal 83.80 utmde to the uhole oountg, a d b eyo nd ufib n m3U.q unc ler l rmti v-arrant, 

rince they are peaae ofrlaore.’ (CltZag the 0888 

or Ilwburn 0. nurhma, 68 Tax. 268, 31 8. u. 195) 

The foregoing quotation le ewe 

the aoneteble or altp marshal eats uuder a ?a 

%ppllcnble vb%ro 

rful aapiae. 8%~ 
nonoxable 9. C. IPllith, pe&e 4 

Artlalee h41, 453 Code of Ci%nfnel Iroaedure, end Loyd v. 

state, 1.59 6. u. f2d) 872. 

Artlab 37 0r the Code of Crlauaal roaedure makes 

it the duty Oz a91 peso0 olfloere to arrest OS renders rithout 

vurant in every UMO Were they are outhorlxed by lev. City 

marshals are peace offlaere. bti0Ls 36, c0d8 or cwiti~8i 

P?OC%dW%. 

Some or Cba prlnclpal statutes, authoriaing emeete 

Ulthottt nrrat by pew0 OfrlOer8, we Artlolee 222, UUch I&SO 

l tthorlxee "tmy pereat to mke~ a~ axreet vlthout uarrerit ln 

i~tuto0~ the~ln ~~06, W, 215, 244 0s the Code Or cwtiud wxmdure andArtlc3.e~ ;L56, 687, 652a (Seo.l0),616 (8ec.5), 

atad Artdo 803 0s Vernon~e Paal code. 

XA YlW or the deal8luA or the supr%m8 aourt lA 

Hevbum v. Durhma, etapa, tbo statutes, and o thel r uthorltlee 

altea, ve ere 0s the opinion thet the poear 0s arrert poeeeeeed b? a elty wahal l xtende to the tile owty a& bepad 

u~MtiLls;~ra~vtur~~toraagicu~ud~tvl~ 

his county, ho mey rmlu en arrest vlthout l verrent io ell 

lnetmaaer where the a imr iff o f h is oounty is l xthoriud by 

statute to msk4 arrests vithout a verrant, and in sane instances, not noceeaarr &era to gPrtloule.rlLe, my m8ke rrreete 

olthlnhi~ clt~ulthoutaVarrant whichthe 8h%rlff l.enot 

l uthorired to meke. &mutt Ye mat% l36 cr. R. l92, l24 

9. u. (26) 359; Can$hental Ceeuelty 60. Y. Uller, I.35 3. Y. 

(24 501. . 

We will~ovoo~al&r the right of a oltyieerebelto 

ool&at statutory ret38 whe.re be melme an arrest vithout the 

city llmlte vith or without l verrmt. 

mpbg a m.bd that a aity nrarehal is a paae orri0m ad our answer to your first question, we dlreat your 

attention to certain aFtlo 0s Vernon~e Code of Crimlnel 

Procedure. Article 1065 preecrlbee oertaln reee ellovad to 

eherlffa or other peaoe ofrloere in mledemeenor ceee8. IstlclelO67 provldee as rollovec 

"Coneteblee, merehe~ or other peecre offlOer8 

who execute proasee and perform eervioee for juetlae8 5.n crlminel sotloam, shell reoelve the l eme 
iiouorabb 8. C. Z%ulth, pgr 5 

Sea8 allwed t 8brirr8 for tIm aams aervl.cea.a 

(GrPghaaia oura ? 

Articles 1029 ud 1030 geeaoribe aertaln red38 al1~4 to 8h0rirr8 and codxble 8 r0i7 portioulm aerviuea randmad in rd0nJ aaaea. Artlale lO~lprovlQ8 that vhun marvales, a&h osrlwr shall receive the name feoa Uutrofor as 

era allwad tba aher=, uul pnaotibea the prouo6ure to be 

r0u0w for tbr aollmtlaa0r uw. 

-we,, it 18 ouc opini0lr that 8 aity 8w8ha 18 

aitlrd t0 th0 8~ r-8 SW 80dw8 8many pdorpud 88 

are aJ.lw& a aherlff Scr auoh aertl~ea wider ati Artlalea 

1065,1029 orlO30. 

Truatlug we have 88t1afactwlly auavuw 

ww, - -4 

Your8 very 

your lut-b