OFFICE OF THE ATI-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

-&morsble 8. G. c+rvsp 

.County Auditor 

&mlr county 

8s~ dntonio, Texas 

Ilear Sir: 

nty’s Officers’ 

t of your 33 ttor 

& Governok ot Texd in oorqlianoc wi h 

f 0 requisition is issued b{ 

Title 14, Code of Orl3dnsl. Frocedure, for 

s ysroon chm-fgxl 0x14 inrlicteil for n falouy 

in 2extw County on4 halO w~dor mrcst in 

anothex Stoto. an& the Governor ims COZI- 
~norable E. 0. Gnrvay, pnge 2. 

itkd0n0a a parson 0; eraons at8pi0y6a 

Sn the oriloeo of Shor P ff or Crkalnel 

Dlstrlot Attorney of Bexar County. to 

“take suoh requisition, oan t&is Gnty 

out or t5 urrlcma 

rirr or. o&i or sny 

othormfuna, to oorar the aotual erpeaes~ 

inourrea in tolrinng re~ulcrltlon ana returning prlsonar, unt.ll this expense hss 

been peia by the State Article 3.006, 

GO&3 .Of ~iIil.tllti ~TOOdUrlr? 

“(bl can this county loo,olly i3aoan0e 

mom 

d 

out 02 tn6 wnasrs oslary mna or 

ariff or out of aiw other fundo for 

ihe #a& .purpdses and u&r the ome 00~1; 

altiona a? above stated, lr the Stats or 

Texas-has no appropriation to pay ~%pcnses 

tar this purpose? 

. 

*2. (a) If no requisition tie b&n iscuaa by. the Governor or Texas or .thb GOVornor has refused to iseus a requieltlon 

for a person charged and lndiataa ftm a 

Sslony in Bexar County an8 hfAa unbar arrest In another Stato, and it is the dasire of the Cr5.minal District Attorney of 

Berm Count’v to ._ ~GIV~ _.~ .- ths .~_ orlsonar =--~.-.~.~ rsturned ~~~~~~~~~.~~~ 

to thgs County, cm ,this County lewll~ 

out OS the orfiaem Salary 

orirr or out of any oth6r 

ma, to cover the notual srpenacs incurred in.eoing for and returning the 

prisoner? 

.u(b) IS your snewcr to woutlon 2 

(a) la in th.s ncgativo, can this count 

lmdly dlsburso monae oi5Xtho c+ fricors 

Salary Puna or the Sheriff’ or out cf any 

othar- fuud’uuder tho PUZXJ oonditlons OS 

stated in Q.uuastlon 2 (a) to oover the 

actual exponreo lncurrad to and from the 

Ststo lint, If the Cri!zln&l District lit- 

.tornsy pcrsonnlly pa 8 the cxpcnO6n in 

going boyone the Sta 5 8 llno and raturalI@ 

prisoner to the Stnto llno? 

. 
&oreble 8,. 0. Gervey, pgi&e 3 

purpose6 sna u&or the same aondItIons 

88 8tfma In rrll of.th8 proooainp, quaetlono, and .oen this dlsburscamt be made 

before lnaIotments 

leaally dietmao 

oqrs Snlary ‘ma8 

or actual srpenses 

tioumoa in going for an9 returnlag a 

prIsonbr either wIthIn or wIthoat the 

State before the-am -0 Inai0taa fora felony? 

"5. . Can this County lemll~ Bisbursa 

m out of the Offloars Salary Ifund 

of the CrImlnal DIs GrIOt Attorney or 

&erirt, or out of. any other fuad to 

oover the eotusl expenses Inourrsd Ia 

bTlpsl a witness to this County fP~m 

eom4 ot T er St.ats?w 

~rtioi~13 2005 ana 1006, cod0 or CrlmInal 

Frooaaure, read as Sollowst . 

. “Al%. 1005. Govarnor nsy amand figltlve. 

nWhen.the Governor &eew It proper to 

deana a person who has. oom?cIttell an oifsnse 

In t%Is stats and has rled to another Otato 

or torritorf, ho my oomlselorr enp suitable 

p6Pson to take such requisition. The aacusea, It brought back to the State, shall 

be ilelivere21 up to the ohsrlrs of tlio ocuntp 

la which It is alloGe& he has OO~lttcu an 

0rmf3e. . 

urt.’ 1006. aly ar egant. 

Vhe offloor Or person no co~ls3Soo6b 

shall isaeiva as O~npenP~tiOu the OotuO~ btli? 

n6ooseary traveling oupensss upon raqulsltion 

of the Governor to ba sllol?eb. by such GovoP-. 

‘nor ati to be paid out 02 tbe Stnto %‘reaeWy 
. 

‘2?38 

upon 0. certifl oat0 ot ths Governor reoltlug thci Gervlaos r8ndorea and the al.- 

loxanoo thorsfor.” 

Dn Julr 6,’ 1939, thle department hda in an 

opinion mitten by flonorab1.o Bruce V. Bryant, Aesfstaut 

httornoy Gen6ra1, addressad to Uouorable Csor 

&ep ard, Cou troller of Publlo Acoounts, & 

a Il. 

P P 

the the 

shcr ff uubt oak alone to Article 1006, Code or 

Cridnal TroOedutiG, l’or his oonpensatlon, wbloh la 

myable out pi the Governor’s Lan Suforceaent Fuud; 

said oplnloa ‘16 Rti. 0-1016. Ue are enoloslu~ a copy 

of that oplalon ana ale.0 a copy OS our opinion x0, 

O-1590, ~plloh nn8wete quaationa closely rslataa to 

the questions subsitted In your Inquiry. 

-The Unlted Statas Cod6 Amotated, Title l,e, s~otlon 662, prwiaos that: . 

- 

“All costs or expensss lnaurred la 

the apprahendl 

Y 

, saourlnp; ana’ tranpult - 

tlng such f&t 90 to the ctate or torritory nakLng ouch d02iUa, Sha= be paid by 

t3uc.h otatf3 or territory.* 

ln the oaeo of EE part.6 Goodman , 182 8. W, 

1129, the oourt held that the len8 of Texas em govsmea by the abovo nentlonod fkmgrsss~b3a1~Act~.. 

Ths above &tiOnea Seder01 SthtUtS pl’OVido8 

that a11 CO8tS OX 6XpGliSS8 ilIOW.rf%l in the apprehondlng, 

oeourlog nad txonamittlnS of the Sugltive to the ‘etete 

or torrltory damndlng., &a11 bo paid by that 8tate. 

I%r&&h (a) or Section 19,‘Artlole 39126 

V&nat9~ CIVIL Btatutaa, definitely provldos end Plx~s 

the enount of salary to be’paid to the dlstrlct attorney 

or orlalnsl dlr;trlct attoxnsy; as the ease my be, and 

othef otflcer’o raaned theroln In oountise hsvinr. a popu1..tlon in GXc033 of 190,GGO inhabitants, moordinS to 

the lost prac@dJng fedora1 census end an UGXer COlInty 

h3n a population of over lC,O,OOO ~chnbltonto; aocordtnS 

to the last fadaral aensun, thlo statute Is ap~llceblu 

to mid county relative. to the VadOU8 Sahri3S in6ntionad thcriin. 

r;o+ogroFh (6) OS S&&u 19 Of hl%.C16 
Bonorable E. 0. Garvep, page ‘5 

39120, IlUprfl, read8 as fo11aPr8r 

*In addltlon to other 

this seotion, the. dlatrlot 

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sum providea in 

attorney or oF’Imanal. axnmot attorney may be allowl by ordar OS the Coz!alasionersf Court oS his county 

euoh amount a8 mid oourt may deem neoeaaary 

to psy Sor, or eid In, t&e proper administrat&on of the dUtio8 OS auoh oi’floe not to 6xoeod.Tuo Thousand Five liuudred (!$,500.00 

Dollars ‘In any one calender yser) pr0via0 

thut suoh amounte as reap be al.lowsd shall 60 

8n0rk3a tipon written 

9 plicati0n of SUO~ aintrlot attorney or crlnnal dlatrlot attorney 

ehot;ciu! the neceeelty therdor, aud provldsa 

further that 8aid ComlMIlonerBf Court may 

require any othsr evidence that It my daem 

llOfWMEIl’$ to’ shon the nocensity Sor any euoh 

expendltureo and thst lta juQment 4n allowing or roSus& to allow the 8cm ahall be. 

final. No paymnt thereSor shall ba redo 

exoept upon.an ftemfzed 8Wrn statement OS 

eueh expsnsss riled 4n ths manner provided 

In this sootion for other expanee8,” 

Peragra bs 

3912e, supra ; roe B 

(I) end (3) o? .Saotion 19 of Artlole 

as Sbllows: 

“(I) There &all bi created E fund 

Sor sauh otflaer sSSeotsd by tha provl~lons 

boreoS to be knoun 80 the’ 

Salary nlnb of county I 

Texas’ (insert the tit10 of the off’icar 

afiected end the n%e OS the county) end 

nnoh fund shall bo kept separate and a art 

hrOm al.1 other county S’unCa and shall iz e 

hold b.n6 disbursad Sor the purposs of peyInG the ssls.ry 0S such officer, the salnrioe 

of his d.‘sputiea, ‘bsnls tM%s, olerks, etenonraphers, end lnvestlGator8 who are autlrarized 

t0 arm R 3almg rr0A ma fina unEer th6 provisions OS tlris %&loll and to 

E 

ay the authorized and approved expcnsos of h B 0SSice. 

aoh fund s!~oll ba deposited In tha county 

ilegoeltory and shnll be protcct~zd to ‘the 

8aine extent, and ami the 8a’1e ln+raat, 

aa other Cdunty Sun&. The Coxuisoionera’ 
3cu 

honorable i. 0. Oarvey, pa&e 6 

.Cburt of each county aifaoted by the'proVldOnS of tld 36CtlOB, at it8 first.rqgtkar aaethf3 in hDt!ary of each coleudar 

par, fX~Y’dr,terainc, by order amda afid & 

tared in the niwtos of said oourt, thst 

all Seea,.oosts, ooupaueation,aalsriea 

-. 

6xpon868, eta., prodded for in~thle St& 

tlon, shsll be paid into 'and dram l'raa 

the'general fund of auoh oouuty; in xhioh 

event' each rbference la this Section to a 

salary fund shsll be read es and lntgpmted 

to be %meral l%md.~ 

"(5)' Eoch.distriot, aounty, and prealnot otficar @a shsll bo oozspeosatad 0x1 

a salary basis ehsll oolitinue to charge 

for the benefit of.the Oifioere' Salary 

?'uud of his oifioe provided for In this 

Seation', ell feoe aud oonu&ssious nhloh 

ho is now er hvroeftsr my bo authorized to 

charge a&net and colleot from the State 

of !Psx~s 'for aervtces psrsomad by hi31 in 

olvll prooeediu@eBd to Pile clslms for 

the faes'or oodsaio~s due for ouch SUlTiO68 

in tho mmr now or horeofter provided by 

ltvr; aud it shall both6 duty OP said offlcar to acoount for and cauee to be paid 

to the cslaryfuud created for such ofriocr 

all suoh cornlesions end fcoo nhan paid by 

ths State In like usnner as ror oosto oollected frm prlvete partics! provided further, thst suoh warrants issued by the 

State Coq?troller of Fublio Aooounts eball 

be made gayoble'jointly to tha OffiO6r in 

offioe at the date of payment and to the 

county trcssiwer, and thrrt upon endorse- 

.ment thereo$ such warmute shall be depoeited forthtvith.by eald County trenaUrer 

1x1 the salary fund created for euoh orfioar.*l 

Earqraph (L) or Sootion 19 of /mtiole 39120, oupra, 

roods in psrt ore followar 

w(ll fsch district, ouudy and pmoinct ofSj.ccr roaelvln3 an annual oolary 

OS coapmmtion ehall bo ontitled, subject 

to the ~mavlnlonn 4P thin Sootion, t0 imN0 '. 

\.‘.f)ppnnt:c: nnninrrt .t.i,r, e-1 .7vw i-wnrl f-r*** -a 
. 

&iorabl.~ B. 0. Barney, pa&e 7 

: oeiva for 64rvicae par~onn4d under their 

euthorlzatlons ot employaant. And suoh 

ofMoar~sh6lL be antitled to fllo claims 

ior an6 lssup warrants in payment oi all : 

aatual and naceosary expenses inourrod by 

him In the oonduot of his offior, such 

as skrtlonary, otaqs, talephma, trsvella expensas, pro?aluma on deputies’ bonds, 

aud other neoassary expenaos. If such expeneae be incurred ln commotion with eny 

pertlauler oaso, suah oleln ahsll state 

8uoh OeSe,' All such olalna ahall be subjeot to th6.audl.t OS the odtmty auditor; 

end $i it appears that any it.ed of such 

exReuse:vas not incurred by such otfioar, . . 

or.suoh ltcua wao not a neoeesary expa!~se 

ot otfioe, or suoh olaia is lnoorreot or 

unlawful, such ltaa still be by such auditor' 

rejeotod, In whioh casa the oorraotuess, 

legelltji, or necessity of suoh itess may be 

adjudloutsd in any Court of oospetaut jurisdiction. Frovidad, the Assessor end. 

Collector dTa%es~sh6ll be authorized in 

ll.ke manner emually to Incur and pay. for 

insuranoe premium la a reasonable sum for 

polloies to carry lns~enoa figafnst 10~6 

of funds by.flre, burglary or theft. 

“At thi cliwd of eaoh ~ioith of the 

tenure of office, eaoh offloer~named haraln 

shall &eke as s art O;f t.ha re . . rt 

by Dubiisatfon (o P 

required 

of thlo Bact P ou en itemized 

ma snorn etataclont of all axronse claius 

paid dtirhg naid aoonth. Aud 6did raport 

&iOll &Vi $hS IlRiW, FO8itiOB, SBd S;poUBt 

paid to each cutborizad e!%ployaa. op euah 

c#fioer. Suah daputics, aasistmt8, clerka, 

or &her ar3ployaas OS wall as expenoas ehall 

be paid from the Offioers' Salary %'und in 

cauas in xhiah the ofticor is on.9 aaltxry 

basis, and fros lacn emned and colleotcd 

by such officer In all cases in which tha 

offioar is coqenoatad on a basis OS fees 6erued 

by him." 

301 
&nor6ble 3. G. (iari6y, p6Se 8 . 

. 

paraerepb (d)'W Soot&m i9 ot Artlob 39126, nupra,~ 

reads es follows: 

"*The riscal year, wlthin tho mesnning 

of tti Seotlon, still be&In on January 1st 

Of 66Oh yeart end eaoh 4istl'iOt, OOUnty, 

6tnd pr6CillOt Of'fiO6r C&Ill ti16 his StUIUSl 

report and make the final .eettleEant re-. 

@red la this Act by January 15th of eeoh .' 

year; prmidsJ, howeY6r, .&at oftioare rooalviw an annual salar 

tor theif servlat3s ebal 1 

ab ooqmnsatlon 

on or baforo the 

Ziitb duy of mob month file sitb the oounty 

auditor on forma preaoribed by. biro an4 a8 

pert of the report require& bp tUlb66OtioIl 

(1) of .thle'Soatio?l, a dotedled 8114 ltemie64 

E6pOrt Of all teas, oorilseiona, an4 oompsncations oolleotab by him daring the prsoedlng month and ohall forthwith pay into 

the Offlcsr~~ Selary.i?und 0x his opiioe, 

all fees ooaPisaibnt3, on4 ooapansatio68 

oolleoteb. by hiiu during se14 month.. Whenever 

auob offlatr 86rv68 a ireotlonal port or the 

fiaoal r63r, he shall, n~~erthttlsse,~fflo 

his report an4 make f5aal settlaznent for 

such part of the yeer as be s6rvoa an4 sbali 

be.entitl64 to such proportioamte part of 

his iXmppans6tiOn as the time Of hle esr9Ioe 

b6are to tbo 6t;lro year.* 

Conforance opinlo’n MO, 2862, Reports of Attorney 

Oenoral, 1930-1912, pope 291, dated July 12, 1931, construed the law to be.tbtwhen a eheriff ~66 o~m1ulssione4 

by the Covetinor of Texas to go to another otqte aft6r a 

fu&4tlvo from juatioa for whom tha Covclrnor ha4 iaeued a 

raqulsitlon, he. could rocelve euoh aospen6atlon only.ao 

the Covornor might allow bin, undar the sutborlty oonTerr64 by hrti.010 1006, Codo of Cx!i&‘kIl Procodura, 

In the &se of BrlShtasn v. Stete, 59 8. W. 

(2d). 112, ths sharirf of Oozmncho Oounty Ma8 diosntlsPi64 with the conclu,unlons of law cot out in tb6 abov6 

~antlon64 opinion pnd oought to heva tho Supraa6 Court 

coapel the C~ptrollar to q~prboo his account, .wh?hich 

the Co!@rollar ho4 provlously refuao4 to do, an4 in 

bbich he hn4.q cln5.n for nilcago to and tro!n the. state’ ” 
. 

yono*bl8 X. 0. Oe&6y, wS8 9 . 

; 

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llntk Thi @ata In tha aaae my be briaily statad ae 

:. He ha4 bean conmlsaloned by the Gov6rnor to go 

. . ~%?aSteto. o* Ilontens for a fugitive from juetloa, who 

he4 bean indict&d In Conanohe County for a tolony. .He 

7.m also arias4 with a oapiaa issue4 for the refugee by 

the 4latriot clerk of Comanohe County. This osplas wau 

.rged.to the fuugltka by the ehorlff as soon a’s the sheriff 

en4 his rlsoner oroascd the stata llne.at Delbort, 

%X08* 8 rQhtmaa cla5.384 no coapenaatlon fro61 Do&hart 

to the place of arrest id Uontane, nor for returning 

tha prisonor. to DelEart, but SougQt onlg,tha statutory 

fee for ‘imklug tha arrast ia Texas, and the statutory 

dleage trsvelea in ~(011~3 to Delhart an4 for rsturning 

thd prlaonar froiu that placa to Comanche. The rofugae 

welv64 bin sXtxa4ition rights, If any ha had, after 

th6 ~?8l%O~ Of %ltsna he4 isSu04'bis GX8oUtiV6'VJlW~ " 

rant for ble'arr6St en4 dollvcra4 It to Brightnen. It 

w6s the contenticn that aa was aoting In tllc dual cepeoity OS brrzh'shorlff adl aSont, en4 0oul4 collect'hle 

tees (18 sheriff for servloea rendered in the State, an4 

naive4 his right to such coupanmtion 88 the Govsmor 

might allou him. a8 atjent under Artlola 1006, Co40 OS 

Crimi&1lFrooe4ure. The court roJeotc4 his oontontlon 

an4 eustalned the construction Oiven the applicable 

statutes in ooa+8r6n08~oplnion ho. 2862, aupre. 

In View of the foragolnp, authorities, we 

aaswr your que8tiono as follows: 

You% qu6stlon Ho. 1 (a) lo enmare In tha 

napat&, bcaauae.suoh parson CraQt315 not as an Officer, but as:an agent of the Oovornor, an4 nust looh 

to Article lOO6, 0040 of Ori&Ifil Troc64urc, alOnQ for 

hia ooap6nsetlon. The offioera' salary.fund cm be us04 

only to pay salarlas an4 othu: exgonnee authorlead by 

lou end in tha manncr'prssdrlbad by statute. There la 

no duty hpOS6d upon the diatriot OttOI3'Iey or Ori5in01 

&i&riot attornay, as tho case mey be, to go for an4. 

return foeitiven to tho do?lanblnp, county. Ther8 is -no 

prwleion nede.for sdvanoonont of expeoos money to any 

offl08r, by tither Ccction (b) Of Article 3S99 or para4rarh (0), Ccftlon 19, Article 39120. 

subdivision (b) of your first question la also 

eastrarad in tha ncg0tivc for m5son5 state4 above, and 

such oxpenns cannot be pal4 out of the Saner61 end for 
. . 

. : 

. 

g0sprabl.e E. 0. Qsrpey, pa66 io . 

t6~5cas statod ln opinion No. o-1590. 

Youi~quastton No. 2(s) is answertad in the 

.seSetive beofiuse the statutes do not euthcrise suah 

~pnaltures as.me~t.lonea In this qubotlon. 

Qmstioa ??o. 2 (b) ia onsnered In the aMlr;zaaye, providded the ahoriff ‘or 8-e other peace offioer 

606s to the state llne.and 82TeSts tha fugitive end rettmnu him to :tha demndlng county: hia naaeeearp aad (La-. 

tie1 expenses am ullowed by the above mentioned StatUtGs. 

dr answemto ‘the p&ceding questiods neoeoearflg 

onewar yOUr third*question,--only such expeness can be paid 

as above deearibed; It is Imeterial whether such expenses 

am lnaurraa and paid before or atteS indiot3ient. 

Me are.&nable to find Article 3912-l mntfoned 

3n your inquiry. Uowaver, ir you rsrsr to. Lrt%ole 39128-1, 

we aall your attention to the fa.at that this stetuta applies to oountias heviq a population of 300,OCO inhsbltent8 or %ore, and less then 355,000 inhabitante, sccordlng to tha last preoediw fedarel oensu6, and therefore 

dooe. not apply ,to Boxar .County. 

Question Wo. 4 is answered in the affirmptioa so 

rer‘es the ectuel and necessary expames apply to serviaas 

renderad by the sheriff or scme other peace offiaer returning a prisoner to the desoanaing ocunty within this State, 

but neither the sheriff nor any other peaae orftaioer wsuld 

be entitled, to any expenses bayond the state line Mthout 

firet obtaialng.a requleition ea providad in hrtialao 1005 

and 1006, csde of Criminal Frocedure. The above ncntionad 

etstutee do tmt provide ior any expanses of offiaere beyond the &ate ZSna exaept as my be ellowad under hrtLola loo6 

.’ Code of hd.nal Procadurs. 

Pour queotion X:0. 5. is answered In the nogatlvo, ” 

ss there la no stfttutory authority for seaurlng en outof-stats nitnoso, nor is thsre tiy prcvlslo?l mdo chatsoever for ompenastia& such rltneet or elloa~l~, the aatual. 

ext;~asee incurred in soourlng auah witnaeo. In ti7io aonneation, aa cell ycur attmtlon to tho poliay of the 

Co3ptrollar1a off ice in alloWin& am. psying r:itnase8ec 

fees to an out-of-statto witnsos where euah wltnaes ti 
Eonorabl8 t. 4. mrv8yr.pag8 11 

~bpoanarbwlthintha Statrlntha mm* l aoantan4mmali 

aI out-of-oouuty witauau am paid. To llluatrata, If 

u out-of-atato-wltau8 voluatarlly oamrm ta a point nithT 

in tha St&a,-for lMtaa00, Ii raahrlta~rr owl* to 

Toxarkana au& ir subpoenaad to appar la oourt la Saa 

&itonlo, l aah witnaaa would bo uxtltlard to aoohnitn~aa 

teaa an6 mlluaga froa Torarkana to San Antonio, aId from 

8ur Antonlo to Toxarkaua,ar it ruoh wltmaa raaldrd In 

Toxarkanr.