Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN .,_. . ; -Ph. Dietriot O&ark of deual Oowty, Tuu, hee on blilsd the atbomw fee8 1s 8Ov@ral.~~~&wJL#xo~ oa8.8 OW?ua& br Art. 1061 C.D.P., bein& 601118 paid by tbo &Ot*tiMt. Ha has &~ti14 t0 pay tM8 money to the aom~trollar dapartxat; bat h&e ehook wa8 mWzrnsd with a lettar 8tatin~ that tb48. few lh o uld b edqm8ite& to the propar fund, wifhout rtrtrinewhom or hor.~ ,'I$would 8ee& o&tarto ma that the proracatlng *ttornspe r-8 in l!&rswum oeaas rhould be paid to the county rather thamto ths 8tote, as these are oanea rwoh ordinarily would ba trlea by a Couxtp Court at . In the ammatpea datermine that the oorurty rhould 'not reael*e this ha, ,than klnAly 8tate who rhoul& ra- aalva it.. The 16th ZsgLalettwe Bsgalal!8aa8iOn. hot6 3.683 j&oh 16 ,.dhaptmr 35, par 2&, dmiaiahed tha oivil and or&al Jurladlotionof the County eourtot Coma1 Oountr a@ prorldaa that the dlrtrlot oourt of uid oouutt ehallbaro and exaol8s alI,t& olrll and orlmfnal ja~lwllo8lontheretoforrveetrb in mald oountr aourt by the Coaetltutioaand lawe, and not dlrart~ by rsld sot. ” The ootuttfatteznq 6hall rcrpresrnttho Statr~in*ail*oasa~in tR0 ahtti0t an& i,ruarlor Ootuar tn their raspootlre emmtler but It any oounty ahall ba laoltt4041n.a dllat~lotlm rh1oh there sIuilIbe a dlrtrlot attorney, the ,rrspeotirr &&tier ot dirtdeli apt@nrp aad aounty attorneje 8hall lx .moh eou~tlaa be t~tOl br the xegl8laturo. . .= it i8 92118 pro~lrlo~~ha8 basn gonmtptad a8 not presorlb- l8g aba dutia8 ot gia Bi&rlcrt attorney, a01 a4 hIti tar oow¶ty attO?aay8other t&an .ivdi a8 f&P4required to .: be pwformed for the Btata, lDar .&a08 it &TO to tha amnty attorney .aubh?ritgto ixstit~t.~ a prbocwdinganlose he la giren that pprbr by atatu8e. ..Hslsrrble A., 3,~ sitaakett,p860 3 -0 tup 'ihltles' ar uma in the ouualtlonal pPo@slaa ~absva.,settaathhalr bssn 8s&laral to oamprb hii&&ah6 iIlrtheiF~lde& of or authorltylaad hsnse .th. oouaty atttisy is 8 ham no aathmlty to pw$arrP sn sot ih respeqttto whioh no duty has been tt0&‘tO’detolrs ~pCic'hira.= It.wlfibe noted a8 abW0 indiaat&, that Canal oaUrtr,~~~~l&iol&?U ~$.m a dlstrlotlo whloh there is s dlstrlot attorn0ri &tiole'i5, VsrnOnvs AItnotated~Uode of Crlmlmil proocnlure#prQYtdss 1X~Qutr YEaoh &i&riot attarnsy shall rsp&Snt the Stats- in all or-al babes in the dlstrlotoo\ucta~ of hi8 - distrht, exoept lr.eare*rheM he has iymn, berms his .3leo61em; emplopdtavqse4.~ . 0." Artiel.0 1061, Vernon's Anpolatsd Oode of blmlnal .' Promiduro,PMHibsS; WDlstriot and o0unQp attcmwya shaU bs alX0wsd the . So$larlng fess in $fasestried in the Qlstrl~t 0r oounty oourts,.ora ~sountyonrt at law, to be~taxsdagainatthe Umfutdanti fag awry eoxrfotlonunder ths lawn again86 no appeal lo takea,ar~when,on eppmkl,the jl, 1.8aftlraed,$+5Co02 b. "For everyother oauTiotion in sa8ss Of nis&saaor, wh0ri3 no appeal is taken, or when On fqtpal the jU~~0Xit ~::a:' ;: la airlnnsd, ~10.00." , eontalnlng the’$opulatl~a of not lass than ninetythousand (90,000) inhabitants~aooordigg 'to~S'Zastpsoading Bsdsral iknsus, the Dlstriot At$OMe~~ of suoh D$.striotshall reooiT0 I / m the 86&t. (I8 W, fQP .h&S 64EdO.i th. ormr. Of FiTO Thowana Mm Rnild8ea D@l8r8’f#5,500) par 9.a whwa 86&b tit6 mOU86Ild #iTe rraodwd -11U8 ($$c& 6)lalt &Ml@6 bho'Fl?o lh#B&d D&lUs ($500)8dw per fear n8w all& 6uoh~Dd6txlOt AttOrlisy8br thC~Qo8titrrbiua Lpk$e, 8uah mlnry 6hallbr paid lip twsln (1?) or thirr w&d moath]lJ lnrtalXaq3 68 upon. w&rrsn:‘ drawn b9 the ~twollar or WUQ Aocroonfsupon ahir8tats Treasury. PretidSa ths: nothln&‘ie thfr hot ahall be ‘aonstroed so 66 to dsprlv6 Dl6triot AttoaYmy8 ot the 6 tumt allwsxoe alSow+ ~r.rhl~hmap h6rsaflrsr be allotpa T 9 16~ *. . . m 2.66, WitdSS~OM aad. ~PQUiSit~6 - uhloh J$:; &6#'snd~ s~seted by Dl6triot Att~aejs affectedby t&h Aot 8hsU. be gal& Into th6 'bountyTrsssury ottho Ootm$ia8in d&oh 6ItOhfee8 ,=6 WU'XIed for the aa- aouxt or th8 paper ruxd. “. l .* 8sOtiOn 5 Of AftlaO 39128, ~~nOBta Annotated Old1 Bt66Ute8, provldrs t&aSt "16 shsll bo the duty o? ill offloas to ahargo axd eollecrtlx the mnnxu 6atboricsdby 16~ all r868 tihdoommlss&ri6whioh are pumlttmd by law to be assers6iI ~puroram4 by th* and o~~eoted ror ,dlloirioial 14ettioa ... mrl6w of the rorsgoing 866$ut66,yen 6r6 respeot- ,fnllyadtiaed, @at it la the opinion OS CM6 depsrtmat that the fiiatriot attorneyoaunot pusonally retsIn the ittornq TOOS paid in mlsdmsanoz,,+6i8 t.Hed IX t&i3 di8trlOt OOU~~. bid fee8 should bo aelleot& and paid into the OOUxty treatu~ TM the aooowt of ths pzopar ?uDdr 00~8ldsrtrrg SsotlOiz3 of &tlole 1626and swtlon 3 oi Allele 1618, Vax~%on*sAMotated eltfl statutes, ths proper fun4 la ahloh them fsss should bo paid IS the gemed funQ,‘ir not othmwlso appropriated by thr OOatt. ~OUtlti86ibIlU8' .- APPROVECJUL 9, 1942 %TTORNEY GENXRAL OF TEXAS