Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

834 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN YOnOr8blO Joe Petty County Auditor Stephen8 County Iweekem%dge, term Dear br. POaty: , roqueatlng the opinion of this d 6tiono lt8tad there- in io 8s to11ow 8 Toe qotap. if tho County t0 8nj fMI tOl' Title 22, Vernon*8 Annot8ted Civil St8tutes per- t8ins t0 the Ppprehenisfon) arrest 8ad tri81 of persons Ot unsound mind not chrjed With 8 erid~181 Off'enEe. Article 6661, 1'smEOnT8 hEWt8ted CfVil 2t8tRtW, pNVid68: *In suah m~aea the offiars 8hall be allowed the 8aae fee8 8e are now 811omd fo r similr rlavioer pcsfarned in rd8ddb manor oaoea, 8nd the @wri rP1811 08oh be 811OWOd l fe0 Ot lb40($1.00) h118r, to lioaorableJoe Peaty - pegs t be p8id out of the eOt8tO of the defend- 8nt If he b8Te 811 OOt8t0, othariee w the-Count7 On 8OCOU?ktO 8pprWOd w th0 Coklat~Judge,* TOU 8re rOOpeOtfUllJ 8dviOeb th8t if the defend- 8Zltin 8 luaro~ jiPOOeedil# h88 8n OOktO the fed0 Of the CouatT Clerk ehould be p8id oat of e8id e&t&e. Powwer, lf the eaid defendant do00 not h8?e 8II eet8te fI'0~whlob to py thae ooeto in euoh 8 pZWe@dlly, thoa tho fee8 of the County Clerk ud the fee8 of other offioere, 80 well 80 tho juq foee, ehould be paid by the oount~ out of the 4kUNP8i #UBd Of Uid OOPnt~. 1 0 no wo o nddo pr ur lo o o a quartion. d mtielee mm t0 %%&i, inOlUdV0, ~‘smOll’0 &MOt8ted M-1 @t8tUteO, deal with Ukte taberuulodo OmllCorior~, 8ad the 8&ledon of p&hat8 thereto. Art&ale ~48 prwfdee that UIS puwmt, g~8Fdi8E or fricmd Of rg p8tiQlt 8Oekily;8bt08i6~ to the St8tO tuberoulu’ ffOOpit81 m lE8ke 8)pliO8tiOa irI W’l’itiL& md under 08th to the COuntq Jadge of the oatantyvhereia 8uoh p8tioQt reeideo, for edmdedon of e8id p8tfcmt Into the St8to a0i0q or Roepit81. &Id etetutee proride oer- ttia l-tQUiN3tWktO8S t0 Th8t e8id 8ppliU8tiOa Sh811 OOlltCili, math 88 mne, 8ge, rel*tivee, property, eta. Art1010 3243 prOTlde8 th8t the 8pplio8tiom mnet be rooOmp8nted by the kind Of ph~e1018a'O WX'titiS8tO OUtmed by Mid Ot8tUt0, ete . Artiole SU, raong other thlnge, wwidee th8t the Cow&~ Judge, if eatiefied thrt 8 pceon ehoold be ulsdt- ted, Oh811 forrrvd the 8pplie8tiOlldeeoribed iQ &tie10 mg, together with the COtIntyJudge*8 8ppliO8tiOa iOr 8d- ri8O%On for uid p8tient, to the gt8te Colony er Boopit81. P8tiente 8re 01888ed 60 indtgezit,non-indigent 8ad priv8te p8timtO. Ileh8ve been urmble to find 8ny lt8tute rfiioh ,protideea fee for the County Clerk fer his lerrioee in ouch mettere. Otrtutee preeecibing fee8 for publio offloero 8re ltriotlf oon8truod; 8nd henee 8 right to fee0 68~ not rest 81~irpliortioa. Mti8118 1 l Citf Of a OOk d81 4 3, Rd.6 8. 1 .064 . The Constitution fix00 the oompeartioa ef oer- tain offioers, aad 8uthorieee the Legielrtae to provide by 18V iOr the OOD&WO8tiOll Of 811 OthOX' OttiOWO, 8WVUlt8, 8ged8 and publio eOatr8OtOrO. Rarmmnt to the 8uthority thus . iLOrPW8bleJo0 b88ty - p8ge g 836 eoaforrod, numroue st8tntee h8ve bean p8eeed tiring the oonpoaution for wrist88 cl88eee of lfflo ue. Am hsraln- 8bOV8 8t8tOd, the OapenutioB et poblio eftioer8 18 flx- od br the COsOtitUtLOm 8ad lt8tute8. & efflew 687 not el8l~ 8117r&my rithout 8 188 8atkeri8ing him to do so, 8nd 8108rly fixing the mount to which he is emtltlsd. R~~?uI~v. Ikobioen, S44 8. 1. 1011 YoLoun88 County T. Bog- gems, OlT 1. 1. S&4! Duo100 r.Purie County, t*l 1. 1. 8x1, 8ffihOd 2f#@8. 1. 4191 ttrOOb7 COUZlt~ C8tt'Le CO. V. MeDermmtt, -1 I.W. t)#, @n Jb7 80, ll38, tai8 depwtmat held in 88 opla- in writtan by iewlrble Jr A. Stanford, Jr., Aeeiet8at At- tornq gsasr81, rooordod in 101. 336, pp. ~“99-)00, Lotta Opinioae of the Attornq Oener81 of Two, th8t the Oounty J&id&e is ao$ ontltled to w feee for t&O duties parformed br MD in loeuria( ulmletier ef taberoulue .to the State Colony or g&.Op%t81. fhuoforo,~o8 uereepeetfull~~d- tiood thrt it is ouv opinion the County 41erk is not en- titled to cay fee in esah e8eee. Ardell lilliiue Aesioturt