OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonorabla Y. Y. Wll8hlre 

county &ttormy, saurmaa Couoty 

saufsan, rexas 

rrqwrting the opinion 

her8fn rosd8, in part, 

the County, or where 

f Janusry BL5, 1944, rupph36nting y3ur 

1943, 18, la part, a8 iollow8: 

thiit the dOfenbaZt8 Vioht.6 

a Sea. S-Sa-Jb-6 and 98 and 

la the oa6e8 8ho Coastable of tha ~ustlcr i'reoloct 

la rkloh the all8ged olol~tloaa oooured aotuallr 

collected ttx flac,8 from the defenda~t8, in Ioma 

of the 0~8~18 tko l f;ircr3emt officmt ot the fiallroad Cotisslon rignod thm ooaplalats aad in other8 

the Coaetablo algncd the complaint8 but the Con8fable mu60 the rwtura8 on th8 warrant8 oi arnrt 

after the Justice of the Aaoe isaue4 them aad then 

in all thm O~ce8 the raf~rcezieat officer o? the R. 

ii. Con. oollected elehty-flv8 of thm flae ror the 

atate 0r Texae.” 
.irtlolor 959 aad 981, Veraa* .uaototo4.Codo of 

Crlslnal Frooodura, 9rarldaz 

-Art. 950. The di8triat or aounty attoraoy 

8ha~ be l Etltkd t0 ton QOr OORt Of all flne8, 

f0rtaltura8 3r aooay8 oollaotO4 for the Ltcrta or 

oouaty, upon jUd~~At8 raoorara~ by blr; and the 

alork ai thr oourt la w loh raid jud&mtat8 ara 

roadoro4 rhll 90 entitled to five par oant ot 

tb0 8motlat of raid JUd&Wt8, to ?m 9e1d Out of 

tha Wun% when 001100t*d.* 

l nrt. 951. The ahrlft or other ottloar, oxoapt a Juatlco of t.ha ~aaoo or hi8 olark:, who 

aol~aot8 r~~noy for tha stat8 or oountr, l x a a 9t 

Jury toa8, Under PDJ 9lW181On Of thi8 bdl,, 8ba11 

ba or;tltlad to retain flro per cant thereof when 

.Qollootod.~ 

!fhir dopslrt:seat h41 ropa~todly bald that 8hOriff8 

and aonstabla8 ar8 antltla4 to tire par oallt Oo~~~la8loa on 

tin68 whan ruob fiaO8 are actually, oollectad br the rhorift 

or oonatablo. 1 

Rotarriag to nrtiOla8 9w and 931, ~oraoa’l i~a~otatad 

Coca of crldnal Pxooaduro, it 18 8tdtod in TOXa8 Jurlaprudrnaa, 

vol. 10, PO458 555, a8 tO11nW81 

~~~O~OTO jb 8y iorvey r thr: l ~3ouat 0t th0 tin0 

wiiioh hu8 boon aollcotad in the DYSO of or for rha 

u80 of the ix.~to or oouaty, tha OrfiOOr8 who ara 

ra8pOn8iblO for the oollaotiomara aEtlt~o4 to 

oolloot a8 coc~l8nlon ?Jftoan per 002t of tha 

amuat, tan per oant for the dlntrlct or 00unt.y 

ettoraay, and tlvr par coat ?or the olerk o? oh0 

court or other ottlear fhcyftd by la%w with the 

ooilcotlon of the ilao 

It 18 ::otad that you l Qaol?lcall~ atetta that th0 

*ooa8tabh or t&a Ju8tloo ~ooiaot ln whloh tha l 1lOgad violatlon8 ooourra~ l otUallf Oo~~acta4 the tin08 tram tha dotandnat8.” Thle bbine true, tno ooartablo worild ba entitled 
ibMr .biO ii. A.. bil8:ilrO, y-2,0 J 

to tha tit0 wr 08at 00~ad8810o laqulrad about. 

In oonnaotlon with th0 fori6OinS 8t3taaan2 lt rhoul4 

ba boxar in &ad that it the 8Oa8tabla 18 mrpanruted on an 

8aauaA ralu 

Ottioar8~ Sa i 

ba818, the oommi88~on would be peid into th8 

8rl run4 of tha county and oeuld not ba pcrrroaslly 

retained bl tha ooa8tablo. Howcvar, on tha other hm&, lf the 

oonrtabh 18 oorPpaaratad on a ?a* bo818, ha 18 l ntt:lud to porronally retain ouch ooa;ala8loa8 a8 taa8 of 0rti0O 48 l uthoritad 

by law (orarnbg 8UOh fOO8~ 

Your8 vary truly 

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