OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
+q‘pnorableWm. PO Dar16
@hl ty hII*tor
Ellis aounty
lamhaehie? Texas
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Tour request ior axIoplni
for is as follormr
*I would lppreaiate v inion am to
whioh aountyr if
of fees to a 0011 ined below
eases in a murder
ught to me by the oon-
OR 8 elear picture of
opinion on the matter, neither
for papmnt of aomts for senioe
ould the aonmtable r&me to perform
dmilar oamem whioh may some up?’
On aereral oooadons thin Departmenthas aonstrued sub-
dlvi6ion (b) of Se&ion l? of Senate Bill 6 of'the 44th Leglmla-
tare, Seoond Called Seanion, which mabdirlsion,insofar ao psrti-
nent, is as follon~r
*In oountlem wherein the oounty offioersnamed
in this lot are aompenuted on the banis of an an-
804
~naal wlam, the Nate or Tuam *all not be
ehargeQ rltb anQ &all not par m7 fee or eom-
ui8don to aar pree!lnot offkoer far any mer-
riaea bj him performed,but UiQ otfiaer ohall
be paid by tho dowty out of the Oifiaers’ 8a1-
iry Furid auoh fees and wmmisdono as roulQ
'etheni~e be paid hia by the Hate far mah
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im not'liaWe tar the iee~s~Olaim8Q bl t&4 ';WnrtsbleOC Rllim
tlOtmfJ-- twt oeuntf boig a a ~818~ bash ?er its oirioors,
but that lL111s~C!eunt~ ir 1fabh k,,@lm for ,aeh pafhat out ei
the Ot?teeri'IlrlaryFuM'the preeiart effierm bo&~g 01.8 tee
b a do r a 8lppeare~fm reportm in ,the Btate eftieo.
AuQlter”~e
Thb Departmmt Ma aosmimtmtly aQbomQ te'that eenmtslretihr
o?:thb ltatuto. (Bee Qpfnia 0 t000 '0488i U4168i, O-618 w
O-88001oeplw of w&leh are lttaohbd hereto)
Wem what re.ba?* dQr it tolXeTr it ie aot a*oeP
~8x7 to wmor pmr eWOnQ wbe8tioa.
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