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authorized by
without warrant VIII,
law, the sum of 81.

z. For conveying or removing y
prisoner 10 the proper Jail, or place OF
trial, after arrest, going and return
ing, when travelling by railroad, tAe
sum of Is cents per mile; when tr,l-
cling otherwise than by railroad, tAe
sum of % cents per mile.
8. For summoning or attaching
each witness, 30 cents. -
4. For serving any writ not other
wise provided for, $1.0O.
/ 5. For each mile necessarily trav-
eled in summoning or attaching wit
nesses, or for service of other pro-
cess not otherwise provided for, the
sum OF cents for each mile going
and returning. If two or more per-
sons are mentioned in the writ, he
shall only charge for the distance
actually and necessarily travelled in
the service of the same.
6. For taking and approving each
bond, $100.
7. For each commitment or release,
$100.
8. Jury fee in each case tried, $500.
I IOl udDedb
corpus, each day, $500.
10. For conveying witness at
! tached by him to any court out of his
county, his actual necessary expenses
by the nearest practicable public con-
veyance, the amount to be stated by
him under oath, and approved by the
judge of the court from which the at
tachment issued; provided, that no
such attachment shall issue except
under order of the court; provided,
that the county from which such at
tachment shall issue, shall be liable
to the officer for such costs, whether
the defendant in the case be convicted
or acquitted, and shall become due
and payable at the first term of the
county commissioners court of the
county from which the attachment
issued, after its execution.
IL. And all laws or parts OF laws in
conflict with this article are hereby
repealed.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Texas: That Article
1898, Chapter 3, of the Civil Code, be
80 amended as to hereafter read as
| follows:
ARTICLE 1898.
For summoning jurors in the dis
trict and county courts, serving all
election notices, notices to road over
seers, and doing all other public bust
ness not otherwise provided for, the
sheriff, if he be the collector of taxes
in his county, shall receive such sum
as may be allowed by the commits
sioners court of his county, not to
exceed $500 annually; provided that
in counties where the sheriff is not
the collector of taxes, the sheriff shall
receive such sum rs may be allowed
by the commissioners court, not to
exceed $1,000 annually, to be paid out
of the county treasury upon the order
of the said commissioners court.
And all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this article are hereby
repealed.
,, An act to amend chapter 80, page %,
2lst legislature, entitled "An act to
amend article 1920, title 81, chapter
l, of the Revised Civil Code of the
State of Texas"
Section l. Re it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Texas
That article 1920, chapter l, title 81,
of the Revised Civil Code of thu State
of Texas, be so amended as to hereaf-
ter read as follows:
ARTICLE 1920.
Sheriffs shall have power in writing
to appoint one or more deputies for
their respective counties, to continue
in office during the pleasure OF the
sheriff, who shall have power and au-
thority to perform all the acts and du-
ties of their principals, and every per-
son so appointed shall, before he en-
tiers upon the duties of his office, take
and subscribe to the oath of Office
prescribed by the constitution, which
shall be endorsed on his appointment,
together with the certificate of the
officer administering the same, and
such appointment and oath shall be
recorded 10 the Office of the county
clerk and deposited in said office;
provided, however, that the number
OF deputies appointed by the sheriff
of any one county shall be limited to
not exceeding six in the justice pre-
cinct in which is located the county
site of such county; provided, that the
sheriff may appoint not exceeding
three deputies in addition to the pre-
cinct where the county site is situated !;
provided, that each deputy appointed
shall before he enter upon the dis
charge of the duties of his
office, enter into bond payable
to the sheriff of his county
in the sum of $500, the condi
tions of which shall be the same as
given by the sheriff; provided further.
that no person shall be appointed a
deputy sheriff who stands convicted
for a felony, and an indictment for a
felony of any deputy sheriff appointed
shall operate revocation of his APP
pointment as such deputy sheriff; and
a. list of these aDnOintments shall he