OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hon. 9. S. %'alkW Oounty Att0Zrn.y walker oounty tfuntsrillo, Texas
Dear sir:
on 14 or Art1010 1 the oonatltutienof
r addreaaeb to you on th8 date of Notambe tilvmd a letter from xonor- able xao I.,. Bennb t Attorney, lBth Judloial , wherein ho adtlaed that OorpM wan fll.6. In iOatiOn the Dlmtrlot Att- r tho queetlon raised in aaia letter of #OYember 7, la department.
~lansr your letter of Nwemier 7, a8 fol-
me, all County AttOlpOy, if, UudW ArtIt 6166x, . . . '. after a prironv has aowe- aald overtime and haa bean oredited tibh the came, then the manager, with the Frlson Board*8 apprordl, oan rorfalt auoh overtine under the Constitution or Texas, Ar- tlola I, seotion 14, whish provldas that no man shall bs 9laoed in jeopw&y twioe for the amlo offsnse, 09e. mn. D. 3. iyulker, Page 2
"The objeat OS this inquiry la to da- ter&as whethar or not, in your oplnloa, the Penitentiary Board or the managenmnt thereof aen, titer 0redltIng a pl~oner with aarned overthe, rorieit the 8eme without vlolatlug SOOtiOn 14 Or AmOle 3: Of th0 Bill Of Ri@ti of the Constftatlon of thlu 3tate*-
Article 6186~, V.A.C..L, In part provides:
*In order to anoourage prleon UI8olplIna, of 8 aiw.netioamay be mad0 finthe truktnrent, prlsonmr so as to extend to all euch ae'aro orderly, Indwtrlewa and obeUisat, comforts and @+Ilegscl aooordIng to their doaerta. The rewerd to be beatowed can prisoners for good uondwt ehall eonsI8t or mwh relaxation Of StTi& priS081 XV&OS md lXb M iOA Of -*Ial pri~Ilagea as may be ooneistentwith propu dlsoIpllne, acemautatI,ono? tkae for good oon- duotahallbegranted by theaatnager,andthe following deduotIon shall be mad. frcm tha term or terms of aentenee~ when no eharga or mIMon- duct hae been sustained agafaat a prlaomr, ~1s.~ . . . .*
Artiole 6166x, V.A.O.S., ln psrt pr'orId8rr
vrf~~neta ahallbs keptatwork undo= swh rules and regulation8 a8 may bo adopted 'bt the manager with the Board*6 apgmval: pre*1ded; that no prlaona shall be required to werLr,jmre than tan houraper day eraapt on work neoawary and essential to efflolent 0rgUnllatloa ot oaa- vi& rortxw, M&oh tints ahall Inolude the 'tima spent in going to and returning from tholr work, but not to isiolrzdsthe lntemlealon for dinnor, whieh shall nQt be 1.88 thW one hOUr, and in -886 of 8uoh MOWWX'y~d WW8Itti~~OYdtiar, work, said ~l?isOnsire shall receive a 4edoet1oa of the equal to double the hours'so worked Ron. D. Y. Phlker, Paw S
from the term or terms or wntwoe. . . . pOr 8aah swtalned obi~ge of ni8oonduot in riola- tIW Of WY rule known to the prisoner E& 0- lautbion eanasd by suoh overtime work shall be 8ubjOoD to ooa~U&O forS.iture. . . .*
seotion 14, artiols I or the Constitution 0f TO=, prorldoor
wo per8on, ror the sane4 0rf0fiw, shall be trio* >ut in jeopardy 0r liberty, nor shall, a peroon be again .rmt upon trial r0r the mkw Offewe,