<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta name="pdf:PDFVersion" content="1.2">
<meta name="xmp:CreatorTool" content="Acrobat Capture Server 2.0">
<meta name="pdf:hasXFA" content="false">
<meta name="access_permission:modify_annotations" content="true">
<meta name="dc:creator" content="capture">
<meta name="dcterms:created" content="1998-09-12T08:11:19Z">
<meta name="dcterms:modified" content="1998-09-12T08:11:27Z">
<meta name="dc:format" content="application/pdf; version=1.2">
<meta name="pdf:docinfo:creator_tool" content="Acrobat Capture Server 2.0">
<meta name="access_permission:fill_in_form" content="true">
<meta name="pdf:docinfo:modified" content="1998-09-12T08:11:27Z">
<meta name="pdf:hasCollection" content="false">
<meta name="pdf:encrypted" content="false">
<meta name="Content-Length" content="221733">
<meta name="pdf:hasMarkedContent" content="false">
<meta name="Content-Type" content="application/pdf">
<meta name="access_permission:can_print_faithful" content="true">
<meta name="pdf:docinfo:creator" content="capture">
<meta name="pdf:producer" content="Acrobat PDFWriter 3.02 for Windows NT">
<meta name="access_permission:extract_for_accessibility" content="true">
<meta name="access_permission:assemble_document" content="true">
<meta name="xmpTPg:NPages" content="4">
<meta name="pdf:hasXMP" content="false">
<meta name="access_permission:extract_content" content="true">
<meta name="access_permission:can_print" content="true">
<meta name="X-TIKA:Parsed-By" content="org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser">
<meta name="X-TIKA:Parsed-By" content="org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser">
<meta name="access_permission:can_modify" content="true">
<meta name="pdf:docinfo:producer" content="Acrobat PDFWriter 3.02 for Windows NT">
<meta name="pdf:docinfo:created" content="1998-09-12T08:11:19Z">
<title></title>
</head>
<body><div class="page"><p></p>
<p>OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 
AUSTIN 
</p>
<p>b 
P U 
</p>
<p>< 
</p>
<p>0 
</p>
<p>h 
8 </p>
<p></p>
</div>
<div class="page"><p></p>
<div class="ocr">Honorable Le Ne Vande, pane 2

Artiole 1620 of Vernon's Annotated Code of Criminal fra
cedure reads iu pert,ca follows:

7
* ©

“District and County Attorneys, for attending
and prosecuting any felony case before an exsaining
court, ehall be entitled to a fee of Five and no/l60
(35.06) Dollara, to be paid by the State for each
case prosecuted by hin before such court. Such fee
sigli not be paid exeept in cases where the testisony
of the saterial witnessesa to the transaction enall
be reduced to writing, subseribed and aworn to by
94:4 witnesses; and provided further that such writtes
testimony of all material witnesses to the transsotion
anail ve delivered to the District Clerk under seal,
who eheli deliver the sane to the foreman of the grand
jury and take his reacipt therefor. Such foramen shall,
on or before the edijournsent of the grena jury, return
the eane to the alerk who snail reoeipt nia and shall
ip Onid testimony in the fllea of offioe for a
af five years.

due and payable only atten the inAtoteant:of the dat

-. +, GMO. BOR DOFROLG Ody . OTTO? Boe SNELOGRORS: OF SAO COLO lie ce

Gant for on offense bened upon oF growins eut of the
charge filed in the : st and upon an itenised
account, swarn to by the officers claiming auch fees
approved by the Judge of the Diatrict Court, and said
County or District Attorney ehall. t' to the Dise
trict Judge the teatimony transert 4a the examining
trieli, who shall examine the same and certify that be
hae done ao and that he finds the tea of one or.
nore witnesses to be material) ont ee fuxther
that a cortificate from the District clerk, showing

that the written testis of the asteriel witnessca
haa bedn filled with aaié District Clerk, in aceoréance
with the preceding perag absil be attached to

e014 account before sach District or County Attorney
sball be entitled to a fea in any telony case far
esrvices performed before an exaniaing court.

"Only one feo shall be allowed to any officer
mantioned herein for services rendered in an ox
trial, though sore than one Gefendant ia Joined: in the
complaint, or c severance is nad, hen defendenta are
proceeded sgeinst separately, whe could have been |
proceeded agsinat jointly, but one fee shall be allowed
</div>

</div>
<div class="page"><p></p>
<div class="ocr">ponorable L. WwW. Vanes, page 3

in Gil osses that could have been a0 joined. He
more then one fee ahall te allowed to any officer
where more than one ease in filed against the sane
defendant for offenses growing out of the sane
oriminal aot or transaction. The account of the
officer and the appraval of the District Judge
must, affiraatively ahow that the provisiona of
thin article hseve been complied w. the"

Artiole 1027 of Vernon's Annotated Code of criminal Fro-
eedure reads aa follows:

"ln @ll ctaees where « éefendact in indicted
for a felony but ander the indiotuent he may be
convicted of @ niaderwaenor or a felony, snd the
punishzent which my be assecged ia a fine, gail
sentence ox both suoh fine end iaprisonment in
jail, the Stete shail pay no fees to any officer,
except where the defendant ie indicted for the
offense of murder, until the osse has been finally
disposed af in the trial court. Frovided.. the
provisions of this Articole shall prot de construed as
effecting in eny way the provisions of article 1019)
Code of Criminal Proosdure, a9 amended by. Chapter |
tea! aetares Laws Regeier eenalons Fort Poaeoond
msg mint ng oa. Beas iL teas to Cowity Attos Om: are a iio ox

printaat Oise! [oe AGCOTHOYS,” (UnAGLaG ¥. OUX

It will be observed that Article 16. “provides
thet "County Attorneys, for etrending een
fepony oot before an exaaining court be entitied te
& £06 Of Five ané no/i00 (95.00) Dollsrs, to be a by the
State for each case prosecuted by him befare such court." of
oouras, there are none other provisions of thie statute thet
county *attomeya in fee counties must coaply with before re-
ceiving said fees,

Also, we find the following restrictive provisions oon~
tained in neta Article:

"Only one foe aball be allowed ' to any officer
mentioned herein for services rendered in an exemining
trial, though sore than one defendant is joined in the
complaint, or a severange is hed, then defendante ere
proceeded against se rately, who could have deen pro-
eoeded egainst joint but one foe shell be allowed
in all oases that o heve been «0 joined. Ho sere
than one fee shall be silowed to any officer where
sore than one ease ig filed against the sen dofendant
for offenses growing ont of the game ordained | eet or
transeotion.”

</div>

</div>
<div class="page"><p></p>
<p>__.. </p>
<p></p>
<div class="ocr">Honovable Le We Vanes, pee 4

‘Your letter olsarly indicates that tw: a wore Tiled

U @

Ree LOS a Sie UE. Oiliicey » & .
Birrereny Grama, Agte Or trang
Tt is therefore our opinion that ou are entitled to tm
preacribed fee in esah of the cases acm in your letter.

Very traly yours,
ATTORNEY GSRSRAL OF ThkaS

.C Pr,

ny
fils Je Q Davia, Ir.
Sastotent

tingling ihyeites ce featite ree Oo

</div>

</div>
</body></html>