OFFICE OF THE ATlORNMGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable George II. Sheppard
conptroller 03, PubUo A~oouatr
~twbln,Texas.
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Thfhequsrrtfoa hns arisen ln.thle deyatmnt
as to whether a witaelre traveling to euoh oourt
or gand jury on a railway pass or ia. a sttte
autor,obile would be entitled to thb three oents a
per nLle aa lndloated la the above quoted seatiqn
of Art101e 1030, C.C*P*
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Hooorablr Oeorfa Ii. Sheppard, pago 0
*In some lmtaaoea witnessoe are carrled
to oourt by peaae offlaers or rtute patrolmen
In atato owned auixcnobilesb Fould ouch wit-
, tie33 be ontltlod to hla thr?a oents n tila?n
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. Prior to Its’ amendaent, SootIOn 1 Of Art1010 lo%,
V.A.C.C.P., provided t&at such altnoasa
“a . , ohall,.ba allOwed his actual tra-
volin~ aznmees. not etoesdinr: 4 cmts gor
ZiiTF~oia~.to and r:;turnin:: fro31 the oour5
orrend jury, by thg naaroat practical coa-
VQ~MQO,and two dollars per dry for each
dcy he “--?y necessarily bo aboont iron haze
as a witness In such oaaa.W
You cm respectfully ~dvlsod tkst it is the oyinion
or this de~artmnt that auoh ~~ltnesses would bo entitled to
thz% oorits Far mile .f,oln”, to and returnini: fro;? the oourt
or @md jury by the nearest praotioal. cowsyar.as. ‘.%ethrr
they truvelled 02 a railway ;ms, with seats officera, la
jbte om~d auto?nobllss, or in their own sutonoblles would
be Imatjerlal.
However, we wish to >olnt out that State cmployoes
oannot olals tr~vazing expsases fro?! the ztate and also
frm the court ln stats oases+ See Subdivision U(a) OS
saction 2 of tha Departmental Amroprlation Bill, 47th Logir-
lature or Tons, which roads as tollowr;
“a, No traveling erponsoi shall be
* olaixid, allowed, or pnld ualees Incurred while
travelinir, on State business. My 9tete
0rricid or saployee sntitlsd to traveiI0g
~XPXNJ~Sout of state appropriations herein
made, who Is la~ally or oiiicially raquired
to be preeant at the trial of any State 0880,
shall not alctin; trovelln~ ox~onses fro?, the
St&t& aid ulfio from the Court vjhersir. zld
CRBO5s :\sadlng. It by oYersi@t, duplioata
cl~~lzs are fllud for said travollzq ox.p.sra
and oolleoted, then naid offioors or
e~gloyeoe s>&ll rel&buroe ani? refund to
tho X-ate Treaauror an amount equal to thr
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reapactive amount oolleotsd under such
xitnoss iaer and mlleugr olalm.*
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