Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Ralph Brook county Attormy Lubbook Oounty Lbbbook, Teras 00 -or fhl8 dopart- mnt on the abovo rtatod qu prt a8 r0uOttm and ral8lmg a dl8- the City OS Lubbook ty ~onstablo,,arrert- Ilk on the 8tlwot. wit ha, Bslt took the billfoldwhloh oontaimd Cla ‘s money from hlrr,Clayls,~pookot, Clay ours4tl Be i t violentlyand Belt eltbor pushed or slapped Ulry in an effort ho quiet him. fXay*a oohdibionwas suoh that olther thb blow knooked him down or hs is11 dotm and in the fall, his Isg was brokan. Honoreblo Ralph Bsoat,~pagb 1 . .tion as tofhoth4r oz not Clay was ~8~prldnsr or . .tho Bounty at th4 tlm o$.&X~ i4uqeni.bhh4r ,’ or not, -even,tlm&h.ho.~weo. a priammr g the CotxnG -’ ’ ty at tb-~t54yt.oi the Snjtwy, the, QountF woul&, b4 :_;-: bound or.authorized; upoa groper e+tion bp th4 Codrslcme~ Court; ta;.psythe.hosp%Wl eq,ense? I L 3.nourre8 tht3gh. tha treatment or a ~rQ3oner~ in- jur@ by ths'enlawful'SO~-0i &t QifiOya + ?trfk-. lng h+Ea, .~.'.: : "It i 8 z+ o&l& thet,~the'Counby .L liable :, County~AeMtor. &?tia14 IO.037.orthe00th ot adI I bar4 eo idvise& th``Pouua%eeianbra Court Md the Crinlnal Prooabu~s provides thet+Eaoh'Fo'=ty. shall be llabti ior eU.er~ea inoUrreiton a@-. ..- .aount oi the uafe keeping 03'pri``!mr4 4mfin0~ in jail or kspt uudex guard ;,.....: Artiole '~ 1040, Paragraph 3 provides thmt thereishau. be- mae an allcmno~ to th& sh4rLlf for prieonora *for nooessary ~aicrsl bill and roesqnable 4xtr4 co~p4nsatlonior et$ention to a prisonor’dcrlng sIoknfma, such an amount a8 the Cciaaris~ioqera~ court oftho oountjr.wher4'th4 prisomr is eon- iinea nty dsCeme,tO b.8 jUSt ena PW4rc:~ I_ ..~:' ; ., :. . “:. ‘.. . . .: . .. ;‘. _... >...‘T . .. . . ... ,,q, +~.,” : ‘;.. .:c .; .~z. \ .. _ . . . Honorable Ralph&ok, Page 4 '. .Artihle16I&j'Vernon*sAGotatedXode 0r ‘Criminal Prooedurei reaaa ln part a8 r0ii0rs: *Por.thm'sa~ekeepf& support and maintsnanoe Of prlsenera.oontinedin Jail or antlerguard, the Rherl#.sb;all.buallone& the tollowing ohargest .. - 'njr: .~ti~neoimaqr~me$oal'bilX-dni reasonable ears. ooainwmitio4for attention to a prisoner dur- lng Sfgheaa, aaah a~ amount ao the .Comfssfonera~ -/ Cqurt oi:the county where the prlaonei.iaconfined may.determfqeto be j-3 an& prope4r. : :It rill ba noted thad Artiolea id37 and 1040, sapra 'make the aotity.liablefor'all expense lnaurred.onaooouut or' .-. 'the .saielCuepfng Ot'prisonars oonmmd fn%.Jaflor kept under guard, with oertain~eroeptions,and Artiole'1040speoitioally provides ror.neoessarymediosl expanses and reasonableextra ocmpenaatfonr0r~ attention to 8 prisonor.``lng~aiokne~swhen saoh prisoner is oonff.nned to Jail or uuder.gaard. _ Thi oou&'o&.aiala & Lobbook County are aompeni sated on an annaal'ealarf~ba6ia,thereiore not all oi the pro- visions 0r Art1010 lOhO are applioable to saia county. In other words, under ths officera salary law the Sherfii is not entftled.tothe roes and eompensatfons allowed by suoh statute. However, the oounty Is ltsble under Artloles 1037 anatlOI&, tar the neoeasary mediael.expenaeZor a prisonerdaring siokl neas when themprlaoner'is oonifnad in jail or uuder War&. . '. ._ Itis &ate& in Corpas furls; Toi. 50, p? 3638.. .. a'. Quler a .statuteproviaing ror &iioal at- te&noq to p.rfsoners,ati,oompensationtherefor, ~the.generalrule is that no allomnoe otinbe made except umler.the oirouustanoea and in the manner providea ior by etatute; bat an exooption to this rule has been reoognizm~fn the case oi tiph sf- ofan employed in the ease or an emereenoy..Enthe * absence or a statutory provfslon ror medicax at-. tendanoe, it has been held that suoh attendanosis a proper expense.oi fxprisonment;~ but other oases I -. _. 458 ..;._ Bonorable Ralph Bro+c~,Page 5 hold that;the 6mployment or a physician by the _ sherlrr or:by,;a11 inapeotoradoe8 not lmpo8e lla- bility on the -oeuntf for eertloes renaor&by the phyalalan;an&th+t no~paymsnt~oan-bamade out or the oounty hr& for naralng a prisoner oonflned In . jail on a qrladnal,&a,rge2~. ._ . : .. It is iarther"statad'lnC&pus JUrls,.~%~I~SO, -9. &..- i: .. .~ Ilund& a~ktritea~Jmpoaidg on oountiectllability . .! ~for’ the oare titprisoners, the llabilfty,~oi a oounty .la oontrolXeQ by,.and is aubjeot to, :the reatrio- tiona 'of thr:partiealar statute.‘. It aounty is gen- - , orally liable~ror.the.oar8 and.mslntenanoeof Its :' 0m prlaon8,ana or priaon~ra 00nrinef3 therein r0r offeneea~o#jiamltted, within the ootity.>~The oonnty .'~. ls~alao-llable,~An``eome jurlacUotiona~ta tha aher- lrf ror the paard or prisoners aosmaitteaandor au- i thorlty or a statute, :in.purausnoe~ot- a olty,.vlI-,' lege,-lor~'tom arM.nanoe,..Pmere.doowity.prlsoner aufterlng~fromaontegloua diseaacihas baen removed to a~peathouse or other p&aoe, rent ot suoh plaoe 1a.a prop+ @tar~,~gai.ns~ the a0uuty.r~ ~: .i ttnder'the~fsotastate&,In jmirir' izi&ry,;it is shown :'-I.. that the partywao~lnjured We~oontlned~ln~jalX an4 WETSra-:.;.-.i morea to tha hospital-far medical treatmdnt,,by the County sot-: : ing on the adrloa or: auggeetion of the County health offloer. From the faota ~ai stated above, WI assume thatthe party was ~.. not release& b~t‘mtiined~k prisoner oilthe County. There- tore, it ls.ouropinion~that the Oounty.1~authorized and ra- qulred to $ay.the:-maalaalexpeuae.ln the above mentioned 0888. .~Trustln~'thet the rore~l~g'fully'~anawe~syour in- wiry, we ari: _' _ :. . . ,yourarary'trulg rzr-&: . ..--. _._.__1~_ 5’; -1942 07 TExRq _’~’ ATToRlne OBRRRBL .--. Araali 7riiilams &saletan$