Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICEOFTHEA’ITORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Hon. Buliro 8Qud
Cwntf At tornq
Fr*euono collnty
Fairiiold,Tetrr
Dear BIti:
und to aak.e wres
urfiainal
procesr
r8 leEallyret
We are in reoe
hdre lartul mthor-
4 a l p ea o e
o fiio er
oonstablo'rpreolaot,
in without hulng
8 oonrtable haw the lm&~
t eorponrationfrea ptitaw.
trollingand anroroiagtb*
an the Coamls6lonerr
Court lo&-
lr a tf
rhuifftr llary at ~wbatever
tx,n* lnd oolleotBin ?**a'?"
Eon. Renfro Speed,page 8
t0llow* 1
gJustloe Prsoinot Nuubir Three In Frsr-
rtonr County Ia l mual oration but hr iire
beer twoma looatrb in the preoinot. Tha
preolnotloin8 l oounty In whloh beer la n&
lrgallred, therrrore there are aany p8opla
of all klndr that irruuent there bsrr t8tern8.
Coaaepuently, theae beer tavcrxw are In need
of eooaetantpatrollIngby pea08 ofrioera.
The 8heritf48 drpartaent ha8 too &IA&U roree
to perioxm tha other butler at tbo oftlee aa4
to petrol th88o beer taroror at all aeede4
tlXLB0. The oonBtablo or 8db pr8oInot numbeu
three dose not ptrol the80 tarrrneend ha8
been lmo a tlntl.rUy inaotifo ae oon8kbla,
Aooordlngl~, theae f1.n beer tusrar haro om-
plowed 8 aO!iBtSblOof another4nb 4lfferant
preoinotIn Freertonrijounty to attend the80
beer terornr and there aatorao~law and order,
and them tavern8p&y thl8 maplofedlol?strble
a weekly oomp8nBatlorr. Tslr onetable fron
anotherpreolnotlployed by the beer tarernr
maker lrra8tr oi ofSeder against the law,
ill.88 rcmplalntra&n89 them and oolleotr &ia
ooste In ease@ of oonrlotlon8, all In the 8am
manner SB lf ho ware in hl8 ewn preeinot.
eIt has baur proparrod that in thr arc&t
It IB held that a oonrtablodo@8 not hare au-
thorityt0 patrol mb l5r0r08 the low In a
preoinot other thaa hi8 om, than l deputy 8her-
Iii be lpFoIatd for the purporr of patrollln&
r&Id beer taverna awl that the Coami88~oaer8
court set this deputy 8herIfF8 88law 8b
~Qrhatster frer he lun8 ob mlleot8`` fro+
stone County ha8 a QOQulntiOn Or OTQ t-n
thouBan peoplemib **lade8 are paib to 2I
lounty 0rrioialr elldtholr drgutIer.*
Artlelo8wB. R.C.&, lotd, provlderr
The qualifiedtoter8OS aaeh justlee
p r eo lno
at fr8oh gsnoral @leeUan lhall *loot
Eon. RenfrotIpsed,
page 8
a ronatmbloSor mob preolnot for a term of
tU0 puBea
ktiBl0 6685, &&8., l*eb, ~OBO~ibBS th.
6utIeB o? a ronatable Ia urnem 88 ?ollonr
.Raoh oonBtable shall lxeoute lndrharn
8OOOrdi~ t0 1BW 8n prOOOBB, WUrMtB 8Ud
preoeptr to him dlrooted and dalIroroQ by
any lawPa ofiloer, attend upon til jurtloe
oourtr he14 in him preoinotud perform all
much other 4utIeB am 5ay be rewire4 OS him
bt law,”
Art101* 4889, &C.B., 19&S, related to hlr~ur-
iBdiOtiOll*~
=hex'yoonatablrq lXeOutBUy ~rOOeB8
oltilor OrWMl, thrOughOUt hi8 eOui&y ad
r~Beuhero 68 w be PrOTided iOr ill the m@
of OrImInU booeburo, or other law.”
Turning to the “ma. of CrIBIml proeeaure”,
m find a d~?inItIon of Veaoe Ot?Iaerra la ArtId.
86, Vunont8 Amot8tod CrLoinU Btatute@:
‘The iollouiry'aro‘peboo OtfIaerB*: BM
~huIti @nd hi8 dOpUti88, oonstablo,the
~rurh811 or polioearn of an inoorporated tmn
or oltr, the 0ii10*ra, non-~OSiiSBiOnrd or-
tIasr8 an& private8 o? the St8te Rantser for00
and any other private p u B On
8peoial~ ppoin&- l
04 to lxooutr erinlaalpr00e88.a (Under8oorI~
ourr).
ml010
57, cod0 or ~rittiml pr00rdt~ ~0.
TidBB "It Is the duty Of erav psaae 0triger to
that
prcesne the peaor rithin &fig fur!
roaring OurBr -
Art101* Ul8, cob* of G?lmiaalProauluro,and=
Title 5, “UTeBt, Oodbrwt and ball* ~OridU:
*A psaoe o?fIo*r or uy other porroo ry,
Eon. Rmifro Speed, page 4
withoutwarzaat, arrest an offender when t&o
Ot?O5B SiB lo mmittea
1 5hi8 QP SB B 5Oe
Or With in
hi8 Tie*, ii the 0ffe50. iB 054 olaased4 8 l
felony,or am an tOf?Ba~o against the pub110
po.08’“.
Artlolaf!!!?lr8lete8to a 'V4rraatof arrest* 8nU
~TOTidSB thst Buoh a uBXr8nt:
*IBBUS~ by any oountf or dirtrIOtolerk,
or by any asgilrtrak(etcrept oount? OO.-~P``BB~O~-
ere or ood88Ioaer8 oourt, marore or reoordsr8
Of an InOOrjtOrated Oitr Or tOmI), Shall Oxtend
to any part of the 8tstejand 8ny peaoe ofiloer
to nhom Said rarrsntiB direoted, or Into who84
hand8 the eeme ham been trsneferred,BhaU be
;uzhm;ga to exeoutethe acme In any oounty In
.a
It he8 bmaa held in E.EI?SOXT. STATE,49 S.W. @a)
465 that Art1010tf!sluthorlzl~ the 8h4rl??to BUTT wa1c
.+aat outalde him 4ount.J doer not lxt6nd hIr lutborltyto
arrestwithouta warrant outsidethe oountf, and that a
8h4riffad a0putfmklng an lrrert nnd 804r0hlngan auto-
mOb1.b outsidethe oouatf wIthouta warrant 8t65a In the
name relation t0 Boaroham griTat oitineaB.
In opinion80. O-la400r ttilraeportmentto the
Eon. H.A. iiOdgC8, countyAuditoro? w1111Bmr0nCOunty,
Qeorj@OWn, by Hon. UOyd hBt~L& ~BiBt’Ult Attorney
Ocneraf., It rem held thtt a OOnBtabk ha8 the authorIt
to lxeoutea warrant of arrest not on17 In etsq preolnot
within him oounty,but a6 well in 8n7 oounty In the'etate,
and I``*ntltledto the fee@ and mileageSIrOTiaBd by law
thenror.
Thlr departmentham thus ~a4Brb 4??irmatiT4ly upon
th8 authority of a oonstableto lxeoute a nrr8nt of ar-
mBt OUtBide hi8 QlWlnOt. The QUSBtiO5 18 BOW V&Other
or not he her the lUthOPIty to mab an lrrset outside him
preolngtbut withinthe oountfwithout 4 warrent.
hrtlolo6889, eupra authoritem a oomttcblr to ox+
~2 any prooeae,olril or,OrImlnalt~u@Wt hi8 OOuntJ,
.
ArtiolB 56 of thr crimiti OOdO liBt8 b OOnBtabh
am a %eaoe otrIo4P and Art1010818 lmPOWtrrB a Pea00 Of-
mitt44 ill hi8 ~rcBNO0. It iB tN8 that RrtiOl. 37, NW.,
ltetttB that it lo the duty O? sT4X’y p4.00 dffiO4r
to preservetho poaoo wlthln his &rlsdlotlon, but thls
oannotbs inteqmted w ~rohlblting8 sonstsblrrakisg
an arrestwlthouta warrant outsidehis precinct but
ulthlnhim sounty ubsnths offsnssis oomlttod bsfors
his 4yos* bti018 116or th8 cdithta ~060, NQP~, OUI
bo oonstruedas iapllsdlfoonferriagupon s oonstablo
ths suthorltjrto make an srrestwithin him OII~oountq
whoa thsrs 18 Is@ jsstif'iostion tar suoh arrost.
The most dlroot suthorlt~sustalalngour posl-
tlon that wo harm beon sbls to find 18 IMBUFUff. DURLIA&
66 S.W. 118, 11%wbloh the roasmnlnng Or ths 8uphms Court
la answer to oertiilsapwstlons OS the lornr court 18
spplloablsto tho preaont situatlon~ b thla oaso it
was hsla that 8 llty mushall rsy make lr40t0 in tb
oowty. wo quota iron?the 4oolslonss rollas:
-Slnoetho jurisdlotlon of tho tarshsllis
amsun& br that of tho shsrliiis tho.pretsa-
tton sna su~prssslono r lrims and rrrsstor of-
r0ndus agalwt the laws OS tho stata, it must
bs ooextonsltoulthths lidits of tho oounty.
The purposeoi tha loglslatum to oxtend ths
jurlsUlstlon of tho marshsllbsyoml tho limits
of ths town, and msko it ooortsaslvswith that
of the sherifflntho mattor of arrests,is
further ltldsno~dby tho faot that a ruarrant
Of arrest'may bo ait0oteato hlm, and suoh
warrant he ray sxoouta anpimn ln the oounty,
whorsasall 01~11 pmsess, unlsss othenlss
spsolsll~pr0rid0aby lslr,must bs dh0t0a to
tho *ahorifror sny sonstabls*.~
wo han boon sbls to find two priMou8 oplnioss
ot tho Attorwy thnusl~s Dopartmont under prior adain-
istrationsrelatilyl ta this qusmtlonalthoughsuthorttlss
lm not 0it0a.
On Mar 81, lQS1, Eon. hormtt F. Johnron, AB-
slstaatAttorney~aorsl, ln an oplnlori to Eon. 8.0.
Bmnett, County Attorney, DUWS, Tata8, statsdt
Vho puestlon o? 8 ooastablo*ssuthorlt~
to aaks urosts without8 rarrsnt 1s well oov-
0-a in vour brim?, snd 2 ooaeur dth ymt in
tho oonolusloathet tb ooastablohas the rl&ht
to make arrests throughout tho oouaty, the ssas
mmtho sherl??.*
Eon. 8.1. Oray, AsSlstsntAttorns~ tJ~aeral,
on
Ootobor 15, lQS8,wrote Shrri??Tom Abel, LubbookCoun-
ty, Lubbock,?ems, to thm ltfoott
u + * l JOU sro nspsotfully 8ari80a that
this &OpUtJUWt ha8 h4F4tOiOrS ZWtd4md Opin-
ions uhleh la stfeot oar- with lt tho right o?
8 aoastablo to make sn arrest out of his pro-
olnet. You are oorrsot ia your statiagthst l&a
shsll&~o the right to servo *nf o1rS.Lpaper
or execute a warrant in tho roux&r. Xt follows
that ltthls be true that ho shsll llkswlso
hare mar@ authority to MI&O an UMst ia say
part oi the lounty.w
We rlsh to’oall attentionto tho ?olm pq
#graphfrmm ~eras Psaos Ot?lOSr'SYan~al” by BlUWhot,
nif~0nb`` aa Am0iat
*ho oonstablo, llko thq shd.?f, 1s UI o?-
tloer noognhb by ths ststutsso? Toras, snd
is 00n08mra only with tho sdmlnlstratlon or tho
law es 8 minlstsrlaloftteer. The terrltorlsl
jorlsUlotloe o? the oonstebla srtends, llks that
of the sherltf,tc,the wholo Mwnt~, Although
ho la 8~10oal QWOO ofrloer, snb ho 1s also on-
tltlodto malt4arrests with S warmnt bayon&
tz? llmltsa? his SouatT,tuot as 18 tho sher-
.*
In oamwu to it 18 our
ur rlrst q?ISstloa,
opinionthat a ooastab@ ray lsw?ullym&s sn arrest la
8 pI%dnof OS the OOwty OthW than his own WithOUt 8
Hon. Bmrrm spssa, page T
warrant when ho would othrzwlssbo suthorlud by law ts
make tha arrest under tho CriolMl Cod0 of Proodun;
and thet ulill4it is his primaryduty uadsr Art101087,
code 0s crlmlnalProoeburr,Yernoa~s hnotat4d criminal
Stshtes, to prmser?g tho pot100 wlthla his proofnot,
still his jurls6lotloais soortsnslro.&th the llmlts
0s tho oount~.
rraplla+mobg cm opinionon tho su-
wo r sr r a la
thorltyoi a oonstablo %o patrol and polloo ar l p o a o o
oftloar the tbrrltory of another sonstablo~spreolaot*
beoausoof the generalsnb all-ombraolng soaps o? tho
rords wpatrolsad.pollooa~ Ws dosm it sdrlsablsto rulo
oalf upon tho suthorlt7of tho ooasteblsto do owtmln
a 0tmt0
l0t8.
Tour seooadquostlonarks uhotheror no% a ooa-
stebleher the logel right to 8caeptoompoasatioofropl
geltatssour~bs for pstrolllagsad lar4rolngths lmv.
in 0pftd0tt x0. 0-m a0partmetit
0f this t0 ~0th
~dgar~P?oll,Couatf Attoraot,OuadslupsCoaatr,6sgula,
Texes,br Hon. Ardoll Wllllems,Assistant AttOrwf Oaa-
oral, it WEB hold that I a0ptf sherlrrwho pros4no4
the poser at a publlo oolrbretloasnd dsaco would bo
80tkrg ulthlaths 800~ 0t hi8 0rri0ialduty 8n4 rotid
not be latltlo6to reo4lrr lztra oompoasatlon from tho
oouat7or imm third porums, a dlfroroat,or a greater
or leos oompoasetlonfor hi8 Orfield 60``1048than
that rhioh hsd bean ~resorlbod by 1.h``
Zt 1s our opinionthat a oonsteblronly has tho
logal right to soaopt oonpsnsatloapresorlbadfor him by
ler sa& thet ha may not lsgallyaoaopt 0 lasatloafrom
grltatoso``os tor pat.roIllpg pnd p4rfoa hls ad88
0s lnforolag the law.
Turning to your third quo$lda, tho maxbun 8n-
~UU``~OW~OM to a0putr ofrloors*re air0 rid br
68 T&x. JOB. Meg Art10106006, Yuaoa*s Anno-
tated Civil StatUt(ll. ~'
-is utlolo -a 8``17 to a0putt 8horlrfs~
Xt provLdo8 that the Ooaud88lwUS' 00Utt shall fir Uu
Hcm Xonfro 8psob,PagO 6
oompeasatloa to be paid thOm*
'1. In oountloshadng 8 populatl0n0s
two&y-flto thourand (I!b,OOO) or lrms lnhablt-
ants, tlrat assi8tcnt or ohlef a0 uty not to
lroeed llght4sn hundred ($1690.00s dollars per
snnum;other assistants,deputiesor olerks
not to 0~044b rirt44n hundrd ((ia00.00) a0i-
lars pu annua oaoh.'
xn oouatios ahuo oounty orrious arm oompoa-
sated os a salarybasis under Gsotloa5, ArtlolsSol&,
Vunoa*s Annotct4dclrii t3tatut48,r448 and aommisslonr
oollaoted for 0rri0ialmenfoe ahsllbe a0p08itObla th0
O?rloer*s8alaa-y Fun&
6eotlon 6 of Art1010SSl80 prod&oat
*IO all oaoos tin tho oodssloaors~
OOU& shall harm aotonalwd that Oountf off;-
oers or proofnot o??loers in such oountf shall
be oompeasatedfor their S4rvior8 by the pmp
aolthertho a t& oor
mea otfsn annual la la r y,
Tana nor any oounty shall be ohargea with or
psy to sny o? th0 orrlo0rsso ampoasatod, sny
roe or oomlsslon for the performonooof any
or sll o? the dutlosof tholr o??lOorbut suoh
offloors shall rooelva said salary ln llou of
sll other S448, oo5ml6sloas or oomp0asatloa
wi&hatpr ypuLd otherwlsobo luth o r isotob n-
Xt rollowsthat 8 *ssl~ ootit ray not oom-
a, ths others
pOamto oao or its o??loer@on a SO8 bar I:
on a 8alq bad8.
ft 18 eitr~oplnioa that la lountles&hors sslsr-
l4
1 08 paid t0 au OOUItty Or?iOftLb 82~6 thSh dOPUtfO8,
ths ooamilsslonOrs~oourt is prohibiteduador Art1010
69U0, Vernon**AaaotateaClril statut4s, frQm fixing
tho 0oaponPatloa a? 8 sp4olal a0puty shorirf~s salaq
a t wh a ter er h s lUM 4 nd oolloots la r0085
72
Xna. amafm sp00a, pw m
Truatlng that wo haro fully snswenh your
three lnqulrles,wa M
rours very truly
ATTOBNBT OXIEBAL OF BXA8
I :-\c Qs-44
9 Dlok Stout
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