1~ **OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTIN**

Bonorable 3. C. Smith County Attorney Boaque Golmt

y J&rldlan, Taus
Dear Sir1 

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and does he **have t**  **to charge**  **mlkmge stl.lag**  **feea ln**  **such**

sd quertionehas

'\ 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 offi aer u p on the repxawntetlm of l aredlblepermta, 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 7377x-l

Bonorabla8. C. Smith, page 2

held thet independentof etrtute, the wthorlty or jurledlotlon of the amre&luouldnotutend beyond the alty Umlte, 8ad that the queetlaawas 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 mereh6leuexe 'peame c&rlaer6,gmd pew0 o~luer8 00ul.d wrest ulthout 8 wrrrnt umler the 0oxuUtloneprsear%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 furtherquoted irat Statutre, (now Artlale 999 hut we then hrtiole 363, ~erieed 7 th6t 6 maretml "in the prwentlon 

### 6~4l upprmelti af orlme end 6xreet OS offorul%re he ehell have, poeeeee arid wiwxm 1lk.e powor, 

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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

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. . w are or the O~%AMA th6t the lmgu&ge quoted from ertlale363, above, vae intended, 'in the prev6ntlon and 8uppr86810nof axlme 6nU 6rreet of offuhdwe* undffrtkbsstat0 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 intlx6t1oAth6t the 'power,authority, or jurl8dlotlon~ of tlaelatter vu to be mar0 olrcwearlbed t&m that of the tlXlU%X.Powr md 6uthorlty, 6a a81: lied to exmautlve officoro, fmem to be oonvertl e terms, **ror** the authorityof 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 

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in the matter of l rreete, 18 turther evlclenoed by the hat that l gw xr6 At of arrest' mnyIionorable $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 opinionvee baeed,wre 

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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 ountx,

to l eoute

va r ra nte,í ltbe~theee la e ‘eeerch her been

The drpose ofourpreeuntetatutola 0Iaar. It gives the mar

&al 8U the puver or 8utharltyto ue ou te l uerrantpoaeaeed by the eheriff oftha oouuty. The ahwill of the oounty bee the undoubted euthwlty to ezeouteverrente 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 reaoxderof 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%eeadby 8 oooeteble eml 8 alty marshal 83.80 utmde to the uhole oountg, ad beyond uf ibn m3U.q u nc 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 ?a the aoneteble or altp marshal eats uuder a %ppllcnble vb%ro rful aapiae. 8%~nonoxable9. 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 outhorlxedby lev. City marshals are peace offlaere. 

## bti0Ls 36, 

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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 

## Orcwtiud wxmdure andArtlc3.e~

## ;L56,687, 652a (Seo.l0),616 (8ec.5), atad Artdo 803 

## 0s Vernon~e Paal code.
XA 

## YlWor the deal8luA or the supr%m8

aourt lA Hevbum v. Durhma, etapa, tbo statutes, and othe r l 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 imriff

of hi soounty i s 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 uthoriredto meke. &mutt 

## Yemat% l36 cr. R. l92, l24 9. u. (26) 359; Can$hental Ceeuelty 60. 

## Y. Uller, I.35 

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

## ret38 whe.re be melme an arrest vithout the city llmltevith or without l verrmt.



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that a aity 

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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 mledemeenorceee8. IstlclelO67 provldeeas rollovec

"Coneteblee,

merehe~ or other peecre offlOer8 who execute proasee and perform eervioee for juetlae8 5.n

crlminel sotloam, shell reoelve the lemeiiouorabb 8. C. Z%ulth, pgr 5

Sea8 

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## 8brirr8 for tIm aams aervl.cea.a (GrPghaaia oura

? Articles 1029 ud 1030 geeaoribe aertaln 

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## 8h0rirr8and codxble 8 

## r0i7 portioulm aerviuea randmad in rd0nJ aaaea. Artlale lO~lprovlQ8 that vhun marvales, a&h osrlwr shall receive the name feoa Uutroforas era allwad tba aher=, uul pnaotibea the prouo6ureto 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