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Hon. J. P. Bryan County Attorney BMroria kmntf &xa$leton, Texas Dsar Sirr OpinionNo. O-369 Re, Itbotherconstablefee of )2&O is allowd when arretis made by highwaypatrolman.
Your letterof February7th addressedto Hon. Gszald C. Nsnn, AttorneyGsnsMl of Texas, has ken receivedby this Ibpartment.
Your questionia rair?d by the followingst&#Wnt aontained in your letter: ,;, "The State HighnayPatrolawnhave infom&j the . Justioeof the Peace in PracinotNo. 6 that.i&$xing the ooots in highmy violationcases, were made by the HighwayPatrolman, )2.00 fee for an arrest and oolleotor gf? thirr+n the oouatablein hia preainat. I undsrqi&@ irlthese in- stanosathe aonstablswas not worki,ng,,with the Highway Patrolmanat the time of the arrest.?'.
Ue beg to adviesthat the idsntioalquestionraised iq,JIOW letter was rsa&tly Pnsnursdby this Departmentin OpinionO-106, wrihw, bp Hon. Claude 0. Rootiman,AmmsistautAttormy General,and addrsasadto Roik.Thor. A. ltheat,CountyAttornsy,LibertyCounty,Liberty,Texas, under data of , . January18, 1939, a oopy of whioh opinionis herewithsnolosed. In rwpon~e to the secondparagraphof your letter,the authorira- tion of the State HighwayNotor Patrol is found under authoritygrantedto the State HighwayDepartmentand provisionsfor suoh offioertand their au- thorityto enforcethe lam found in Artiole 027a, Section 16, Penal Code of Texas, as amendedby the Aots of 1931, 42nd Legislature,Chapter164.
, Vary truly yours,
UtaK# Encloeure ATTORNEYGENERUOFTEXAS APPROVED - Xarch 3, 1939 /s/GsMld C. krm By /s/k. J. B. King ATTORBNYGRNERALOFTNXAS Tin.J. R. King Assistant