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

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### tin **Clt7 of** Brcllun, 8l-c mt utlcer the stlery 1111 ant of ttbt County, but dcpad upoll the ices of office for thelz 

### csmpeasatlon ta axecut Ly: crlnlnal **raPOC.88.**

‘In myopinion, I is01 that tt does notj 8lld t&St **JOW** h~tWlrt **V8S C7#@Z8llt**  **Of the**  f8Ct 

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### the Qusatloa coatalned la p#lrik&r8ph **tVo** 8bove.”
In reply to your orlglosl lwulry of July 15, 1946, ve 

### 8drl8ed yw, laour oplnlon Nn. 0-7296, that in 

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### the Chlcf of Police of Bmnham lh the Justice Court 

### of Precinct 80. 3, Ysshi 

### ton County, Ieras, he vould be tntltlcd to collect the fee of 1.W “for each comnltmcnt 

### or release,” prsvldtd under Art. 1ii!!5, Code of Cr:mlnal Procedure, especially un&r 3cctl3n 5 tl-iexwof, vhere the vork performed for the fee 

### 18ectuolly performed by tho Chfef of Police.

Thl5 op:nlon **V8ll** premi5cd oh your statomnt that “the constable of the county and other peace officers, vhlch lncludea City kmshels an3 p?lica officers of the City of &c!IhEm, 8re not m&r the salary blll and of the Ccuuty, but 

### CcpcnC upon the fees of office fw their c3npennEatloalaexecutl~ CikitXl proCE3S.U
You nov ask, vhether It makes any difference Lnthe appllcablllty of our O;jlnioo, 6s rendered, if the Chief of ?ollce 1s employed byethe City 

### ofBrenban under a coatr8ct th8sp8ya him a flx& 8al8ry permoclth, 

### plus such fee8 88 he mayCPTD 

### :n crildlU1 cases?

In 

### October, 1541, in **reaponw** to the reqocst of the Dlltrlct Attzwy of Edloburg, Texna, thlr department wrote Its aplolon 8~. (i-37>1; and slncs 50150of the questions therein **d:8-** 

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### 8kLn t:,the lqulrie8 you have **made,** Ye ado::. ea our suppleeontary oplnlon la thls 

### ln8tancs, those portIons which bear directly on your recent l6tter of August 2L., 144ia, tov1r: Yju8tfon X3. 3. 

### DMCJthe 

### fact t&t such 

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(ChLef of Pollee) t5 *id 0 88tiry by the City, 

### 8ffOCt hi5 right to recelrc 

### fees? ?$wrtlon no. 4. **I8** it proper for 8uch 

### offiCM (Chief **of** 

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### fee8be Hd1i(*,8 into the Irceourg of theCity that employs him?

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### offlccr 18paid & 8alary **by** theCity,l8 **8t8t8d** 10 ~OUFqW8tiOll, would not If

### feat hl8 right to eeelve th8 **rtatutory foea**  provided 5iaa for 

### the nrrlc88 m **by** him, lt ml&t **8ff8Ot hi8**  right t0 fet8ilI suoh fee8 **for** 

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‘In 8flIV8P 

### toyour third quertien, 

### it 18, therefore, flu oplaloa of thlr Dapwtwat, under tbb fact8 stated, that ruch offloer 18 **not** prohlblted 

### fran reoelvla& the **rtatutory** feea for the eerrlce8 reculsreC **by** 

### him. Mlether 8uch offloor maykeep such fees for hla **OVn UW**  **aD 8**  **p-t** Of

### hlr **ColnpsU8atiOQ,** however, 18U queetlon vhloh depend8 on th8 terms of t&i! ordlaanoe or Itgreamuat fl%lng hi8 OompenMtloo. A8

### VIhaor,notbean advlwd 41 to the O#Ct Mtux’e of the tern8 of hi8 Cm pwatim, ve 82-e unable to pa88 upoa that rpciflc point.Vovever, in your th:rd quest:zn , you ;p;&thgt ruch Qfflcer 18 peld 8 salary **by** the City. dloance tlrly hl8 oompea8atlon provide8 imrely that he shdll bo paid 8 salary and doer not 

### exp ressly l uthorfze him to ret8ln, 113addltlon thereto, any Seer a8 part of hi8 con~amtlon, 

### therr, uf are of the oplnloo th8t he ootid 

### aot be 8ntlttid 

### to retaln ruoh fees 88 p8rt of hi8 O~M8t~OO, but 8houlb pey thea iat3 the 

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**‘ %8tUtel**  prtroriblng **fe88** 

### ior public OffiOer8 WU rtrlctly 

### omatruad, ad hence 8 rl&t to **tea8** amy a3t rerrt la *llcatloo. Where thlr right 1s left to conrtruotlon, the laqua* of the 18x7**must bc**  construed **la** favor 

### of th5 government. k%ere l statute lo ca$abl~e of tvo oonstruct:oa8, one of VhlCh vould give en **offloer** compensatfon f7r hL8 **8ervlce5** lo rddltton 

# tohi8 88hry and the other not, the latter 

### coartructlan ehould be cdopt8d. **34** ‘fOXa Jurlrprudcnce, PgSS **5a, 509.**  “In msrer to your fourth qwation, lt 18, there**fore,** the opinion of thl8 tiepartwnt, **unclor** the 

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### rtated, **that** 

### unlnsrrthectty 0rtYLamceoragreemeat flxiry the compasatloa ai 

### l uah City Hershal axpressly and alearly 

### l uthor!mr htm to retala ruoh feea 6s 

### part ofhis ct%npoMatloa, it voulcl mt only be 

### proper Sor him

### topay **hla** 

### fess **into the**  **City** Treaeury, 

### but **ha vould**  **be 8ubject**  **to ariPlad,prorecutloa**  **lf ha**  

### l**p** plied ruch fee8 to his ownuse. Cod-u.) (set? Art. 45, Penal



### Invlsv of theSoreeolng exprca8lonr on the subjeot **md of**  **our SomPar**  **Opiaioa to**  **you on**  **Aul;uot 3,**  **1346, YB**  8ubnit thet It would mt lDakemy differmae ln the ej?~l:cabllity of our forum oplnloa that the Chief of Pollee ir smploycd by the City of E&w&am urxltr a coatrartt th&t **pays** hlr, a

### fl.xcrJ. salary pr month, plus such fees a8 he way eara ia crSmlc&tl Cams. 

### Yours very truly