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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OROVER SELLERS
mrom4rr GENCRAL
~enorabl~ Bowlen Bond
county AttorneJ
Flwsatone countl
Teque , TsxaI
DeBI'Mr. BOnd:
Tour request for an opinisr from
fOY 10101
"On July 9, 1948, Joloo
Terry, ages 10 and 18, re
reside in Llne*tone Count
glory of t.heEoathern Pa0
Fortham, In Freeat
on the same night
glarlos in Merl
were apprehea
stone Cormtyr
3th day of JuYft
quemt ohlld, and dl.s-
em by oormnitting the
01 to Individuals b Cimestone
omed that the judgment of the
whiob I bare not been furnished,
of these boys until tbe7 beerat 21
lotlon barn been taken against
*Ilo the boya In
Freertome County-
s8eatlon 8, Art. S338-1, Ternon's Annotated
Statuterr l m amatded, providea ln Parts
..
4i4
*%a JmGUletlon ohalY hare boa obtained
by the oeurt in tbo 0080 et aa7 Oblldr sob ahlld
da11 ooatiaoe under the jurlsdiotlenof the ooart
until be kooaao twaaty-On. tP1) yoara of ame tm-
100s fIiaoRargedprior tboreto; a~* aentlaued jur-
idlotion ahall,borovor# la no mmamerzju&Sy
lr aonetltuto a bar to anbuquaat 1p $dd loa
preeadlags a#@art mob ehlld uador the prmla-
ien0 Of thle AOt.'
-6eotiea 6 et Art. ta36-1, of sold Aot pto-
video ia part:
,'X'beJu~a~lla Wart havia jprladl~~iauai
a ahlld - Wandertbo ease to the Jaren1l.a Court ~,
of the Comlr is whlab the ahlld la p@aOntlt reaid-
lag, and shall wad traaroript of reaordm at the
Judge of the etlirrWart, ablah aball be tiled la
tha otfloe et the olerk o? -oh oeautg.
sYaestlon: Aiter the ld~udlaatlon of a ehf,ld
to be a delinquent ohlld lm tba Juvallo dour* in
one County, oomittlng tbo ohild tpfll he baoom~e
21 Tears of age, doea tbe Juralle Court of laatber
ootmty loqulr0 Juriullatlonof a6b abild upon a
petition tiled aubmequant to tbe ldjudieatloa in
tRo former ammty, baud on ?eYanlOas aoh oommlt-
ted la the latter aotmty prior to tbr ldjadiertloa
in the former oount~?'
It la the opimlen of this dopartamat your qtteatloa
d10u1d be atimered In tbe aegafite. ..~,
6aotloa 6 Artlole &3-1 Rerlaod Cl+11 Statute0 (Ver-
non's Innotated Btatuten), whiob you quote4 ampbati~ll~ rates
that ab~a juriadlatlon ahallbare bosm obtaiaed by the oourt ln
the oac~eof an7 ohlld, .nuob oblld shall oontinue under the jur-
fapit?en of the sourt mfil he bowmOs tmnty-one years o? lge#
.
It till ba oboewad this juriadiotienwbloh abidea for
the time dated
lo over tba m, rot tba partieufar ot?anse or
eat with tiiob the ahild la oharged. It 1s a roll-settled prln-
oiple of law in thlo stata, tRat whare a OOurt of aampatait Jurlm-
dlotlon first loqulrea jurladiotloaof tbe abject wafter, it baa
exotusire firlsdlotlaa thereof to tbe and of the proocadiag*
cferefand ‘1. Ward, ZSII 8. T. 1063.
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gmorable Borlom bond - page a
Our oaaolodea la ompel1ed by tbe aubjoot or pur-
pa ltatod la the tltlo to Benate BIYY Ho. 44, the Aot in qoew
*ioar am tollorei
,Aa Mt. the purpose of wbloh la to *bongo
the mUled tar baadllag delinquent Mldrea from
the preeont awlrlaal proaeduro to gmrttlanrhlp
in ardor to aooura tar eaal~ ohlld Oortag wltb-
In tJmAot aeb onret ~ldmoo aad OOatrOl as
+I11 sarvo the oblld a woltareand bomt lator-
eat ot tbe Stat01 l l lm.
Tbo latter portleaof seotloa6, aothorialng aubae-
or addltlonalprooeodlngm a@aat
qutlent mob oblld la not at
811 lnomalatent with tbe aonatruotlon we hate @tan, but ir
mbordinata tboreto. and auob mabsequent or ldd.ltlonalprooosd-
hga dmald bo lnatitidod in the oourt baring OXOhIdTe jurls-
dlotlon# or. I? such 8ddlflOnOl prooeadlagshould be lnatituted
in another eoQIIrtr
it 8ould bo rOSJOTod upon propor plea ot end-
ing ault to the oowt bariag tlrat leq ulr ed jurlsdlotlon.PClore-
War7 truly pure
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