OFFICEOFTHEATI-ORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS
**AUSTIN**

-&morsble 8. G. c+rvsp .County Auditor &mlr county 8s~ dntonio, Texas Ilear Sir:

nty’s Officers’

t of your 33ttor

& **Governok** ot Texd in oorqlianoc wi h

f 0 requisition is issued b{ Title 14, Code of Orl3dnsl. Frocedure, for s ysroon chm-fgxl 0x14inrlicteil 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 ff or Crkalnel P 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 andu&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’vto ~GIV~ ths orlsonar rsturned
._ _.~.- .~_ =--~.-.~.~ ~~~~~~~~~.~~~ to thgs County, cm ,this County lewll~

out OSthe 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 snewcrto 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.uuastlon2 (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 Sta58 llno and raturalI@ prisoner to the Stnto llno? .&oreble 8,. 0. Gervey, pgi&e3

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. .Canthis County lemll~ Bisbursa m out of the Offloars Salary Ifund of the CrImlnal DIsGrIOt 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 er St.ats?w T ~rtioi~13 2005 ana 1006, cod0or CrlmInal Frooaaure, read as Sollowst
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. “Al%. 1005. Govarnor nsy amand figltlve. nWhen.the Governor &eew It proper to deana a person whohas. 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. Theaacusea, 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 Orperson 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. 

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upon 0.certifl oat0 ot ths Governor reoltlug thci Gervlaos 

### r8ndorea and the al.- loxanoo thorsfor.”
DnJulr 

### 6,’1939,thledepartment hda inan opinion mitten byflonorab1.o Bruce V. Bryant, Aesfstaut httornoy Gen6ra1, addressad to Uouorable Csor &ep ard, Coutroller of Publlo Acoounts, & aIl. P P the the shcr ff uubt oak alone to Article 1006, Codeor Cridnal TroOedutiG,l’or his oonpensatlon, wbloh la myable out pi the Governor’s Lan Suforceaent Fuud; said oplnloa ‘16Rti. 0-1016. Ueare enoloslu~ a copy of that oplalon anaale.0 a copy OSour opinion x0, O-1590, ~plloh nn8wete quaationa closely rslataa to the questions subsitted In your Inquiry.

-The Unlted Statas Cod6Amotated, Title l,e, 

### s~otlon662, prwiaos that:
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“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.hotatf3 or territory.* ln the oaeo of EEpart.6 Goodman, 182 8. W, 1129, the oourt held that the len8 of Texas em gov

### smeaby 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 raanedtheroln In oountise hsvinr. a popu1..tlon in GXc033 of 190,GGOinhabitants, moordinS to the lost prac@dJng fedora1 census end anUGXerCOlInty h3n apopulation 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) OSS&&u 19 Of hl%.C16Bonorable E. 0. Garvep, page

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39120, IlUprfl, read8 as fo11aPr8r

*In addltlon to other this seotion, the. dlatrlot -__... __ .

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sum providea in attorney or oF’Imbe allowl by oranal. axnmot attorney may dar OSthe Coz!alasionersf Court oS his county euoh amount a8 mid oourt maydeemneoeaaary to psy Sor, or eid In, t&e proper administrat&onof the dUtio8 OSauoh oi’floe not to 6xoeod.Tuo Thousand Five liuudred (!$,500.00 Dollars ‘In any one calenderyser) pr0via0 thut suoh amounte as reapbe al.lowsd shall 60 8n0rk3a tiponwritten 9 plicati0n of SUO~ aintrlot attorney or crlnnal dlatrlot attorney ehot;ciu! the neceeelty therdor, aud provldsa further that 8aid ComlMIlonerBf Court may require any othsr evidence that It my daem llOfWMEIl’$

to’ shon the nocensity Sor any euoh expendltureo and thst lta juQment 4n allowing or roSus& to allow the 8cm ahall be. final. Nopaymnt 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; roeB (I) end (3) o?.Saotion 19 of Artlole as Sbllows: “(I) There &all bi created Efund 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 OSthe county) end nnohfund shall bo kept separate and a art hrOmal.1 other county S’unCaand shall iz e hold b.n6

disbursad Sor the purposs of peyInGthe 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 rr0Ama fina unEer th6 provisions OStlris %&loll and to E ay the authorized andapproved expcnsos of h B0SSice. aoh fund s!~oll ba deposited In tha county ilegoeltory and shnll be protcct~zd to ‘the 8aineextent, and ami the 8a’1e ln+raat, aa other Cdunty Sun&. The Coxuisoionera’3cu

honorable i. 0. Oarvey, pa&e6

.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 amdaafid & tared in the niwtos of said oourt, thst all Seea,.oosts, ooupaueation,aalsriea
-. 6xpon868, eta., prodded for in~thle St& tlon, shsll bepaid into 'anddram 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 ?'uudof his oifioe provided for In this Seation', ell feoe aud oonu&ssious nhloh ho is nower hvroeftsr my bo authorized to charge a&net and colleot from the State of !Psx~s'for aervtces psrsomad by hi31in olvll prooeediu@eBd to Pile clslms for the faes'or oodsaio~s due for ouch SUlTiO68 in tho mmr nowor horeofter provided by ltvr; aud it shall both6 duty OPsaid 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 madegayoble'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 1x1the salary fund created for euoh orfioar.*l

Earqraph (L) or Sootion 19 of /mtiole 39120, oupra, roods in psrt orefollowar

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&e7

: oeiva for 64rvicae par~onn4d under their euthorlzatlons ot employaant. Andsuoh 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?alumaondeputies’ 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 OSthe odtmty auditor; end $i it appears that any it.ed of such exReuse:vas not incurred by such otfioar,
. . or.suoh ltcua waonot 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 maybe 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 sumfor polloies to carry lns~enoa figafnst 10~6 of funds by.flre, burglary or theft. “Atthi cliwd of eaoh ~ioith of the tenure of office, eaoh offloer~named haraln shall &eke as s art O;ft.hare . .rt **by** Dubiisatfon (oP required

of thlo Bact ou en itemized

P ma snorn etataclont of all axronse claius paid dtirhg naid aoonth. Aud6did raport &iOll &Vi $hSIlRiW,FO8itiOB, SBdS;poUBt paid to each cutborizad e!%ployaa.op euah c#fioer. Suah daputics, aasistmt8, clerka, or &her ar3ployaas OSwall 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 OSfees 6erued by him." 

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



### . paraerepb (d)'W Soot&m 

### i9ot Artlob 39126, nupra,~ reads es follows:

"*The riscal year, wlthin tho mesnning of tti Seotlon, still 

### be&InonJanuary 

### 1st Of 66Oh yeart end eaoh 4istl'iOt, OOUnty, 6tnd pr6CillOt Of'fiO6r C&Ill ti16 his StUIUSl report andmake 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 monthfile sitb the oounty auditor on forma preaoribed by.biroan4 a8 pert of the report require& bp tUlb66OtioIl (1) of .thle'Soatio?l, a dotedled 8114ltemie64 E6pOrt Ofall 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 iXmppans6tiOnas 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 whomtha 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, Codoof Cx!i&‘kIl Procodura,

In the &se of BrlShtasn v. Stete, 598. W. (2d). 112, ths sharirf of OozmnchoOountyMa8diosntlsPi64 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 

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llntk Thi @ata In tha aaae my be briaily statad ae :. Heha4 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.malso arias4 with a oapiaa issue4 for the refugee by the 4latriot clerk of ComanoheCounty. 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* 8rQhtmaa cla5.384 no coapenaatlon fro61Do&hart to theplace of arrest id Uontane, nor for returning thaprisonor. to DelEart, but SougQt onlg,tha statutory fee for ‘imklug tha arrast ia Texas, and the statutory dleage trsvelea in ~(011~3to 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 OSbrrzh'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, Co40OS 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 que8tionoas follows:

You%qu6stlon Ho. 1 (a) lo enmare In tha napat&, bcaauae.suoh parson **CraQt315** not as an Of**ficer,** but as:an agent of the Oovornor, an4 nust looh to Article lOO6, 0040 of Ori&Ifil Troc64urc, alOnQfor 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 noduty hpOS6d upon the diatriot OttOI3'Ieyor Ori5in01 &i&riot attornay, as tho case meybe, to go for an4. return foeitiven to tho do?lanblnp,county. Ther8 is -no prwleion nede.for sdvanoonont of expeoosmoney to any offl08r, by tither Ccction (b) OfArticle 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..

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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 onewaryOUr third*question,--only such expeness 

### canbe paid as above deearibed; 

### Itis Imeterial whether such expenses am lnaurraa and paid before or atteS indiot3ient.

Meare.&nable to find Article 3912-l mntfoned 3n your inquiry. Uowaver, ir you rsrsr to.Lrt%ole 39128-1, weaall your attention to the fa.at that this stetuta applies to oountias heviq a population of 300,OCOinhsbltent8 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

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### Statrlntha mm* l 

### aoantan4mmali aIout-of-oouuty 

### witauau am paid. Tollluatrata, If u out-of-atato-wltau8 voluatarlly

oamrmta a

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### lMtaa00,Iiraahrlta~rrowl* to Toxarkana

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toaoohnitn~aa teaaan6mlluagafroaTorarkana toSanAntonio, aId 

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