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OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATZC)RNm cENm?*t.
Eoaorbbla W. P. Earw, Jr.,
Couaty Aukitor
ubllar cobmtty
&rm8tebd,T8xb8 t
D8u Slrl oplaioa to. 017210
oa raqllmt, qeot*u
lewd 8emplo raaalpt
. Court, tha rid
. oollaokd $14.00:.:
P. UOlhCt8 OOat8, t88U.8
111 CkOtieOAttcX'Uby'r fW.18 dOV0
tb8 abrritf'8 008t 88 M.00. ?FOU
thi.8 r80&, l8 cOll5tyAuditor, 1 Ch-@@ th,
Couaty Attommy Sbrlff, lto., vlth tb- n
tiva UODOt8, &lliqJ W 88 cOn.Otti w "F"'
8UO
offiaar, 88 Of dbk l'9Wipt 18 L88u.d.
Eoaorebla U. P. &foll. Jr,. - Pam 2
"#Or, tk J. P. timlit tbr $1.00 trial f.0
aad 85s or 85+ or tb $1.00 fine vith tbo County
Traaaunr, and tha oouaty in tura 188~88 t&a J.P.
l Wvv8nt for $3.00, vhloh 18 hi8 oorgR88tioo ior
8Wh trial.
%8 qW8tiOll UlV.8 l 8 'to jU8t Vh80 th8 COUllty
Attorney or sh8rffr 18 to report th8ir foe l8 Collooted.
%8t UI ~.uU,
fOP 0~1f10&1On, thBt th8
(;5..w 8ttOrtUy’8 f.0
l8 p8r 8U$& vhlah Va8 OOllWt-
ed by J, P. lo*. 6, b5, (N8 not aetwlly &van to
tba Oounty Attbraey until X3946. The qUO8tiOtl h8
8rlwo 88 to .vhatbr th18 item rhould be nported
a8 aollaok&. by tb Cowty Attorwy In l945 or 1946,
@N OontrntlOn 18 tl-& th. deto th. NO8lpt 18 l
188Wd ty th8 J. P. or County Q&rk, lpd tM momy
aotmlly collaoted by. tbea, &o~lQ be the date vhioh
llrs ooarldor that the CouatyAt-
tha Oo wty sh o uld
torwy or Shorifi poalvad 8ad colleoted hl&yi,
erra thou& J. P.;er ooua~y Ol+c act&l
the&&~ Attommy Or 8hOSiif 8aOh mI1pIz 8 a t l
l
“Supper, la tke m8pXe hava the ‘Uouaty Attor-
say Y88 sot l otudly psld bli @icrb fee by the J. P.
until 1946. Ny quertloa 18;
"1. 11%County Attorllsy’r 1925 .aWLml Vapoit
8h o uldh a 8h o vth lr item 80l fe8aolleetad or un-
oolleoted? .I’
?t aontentloa 18 that ruoh fee 18 deewd oolleot-,
04 by t L County Attorney or Shbrlff at tha tlm of the
at of suah fine 8nd t&t the date at rralttarwe to
'm unty Attornay by J. P. or County t3.ark18 lrnl8-
vat.
8Wh 0fifOW.r.
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jioaor~blaW. P. I?~mr. Jr.. - Pm8 2
.I a ll lpproolato pur o p llllo
M ga 8r dla
the g
qW8tloo lbova 8Wkd.”
tit. 3897,V.A.O.S., ~OVid88 88 fO=OV8t
rO8id.8 l SltOrO 8t&,lN8lrt 10 tripliO~t0 (OR fOrPI
de8iga&ed lpd lpproVO4 by th8 Sta teAudito r )l oopy
of vhleh rtrkmvat 8hall ba foruardod to tb State
Auditor b tbv Clvrkof dlrtrlat oourt of uld
oouaty vi ihtn after the 8mm hr
be60 tiled 10 hi8 copy t0 ba tiled
rfth t& aquaty ldltor~ if my& otherwfw nld copy
8hal.lk tile4 Vlth tb, aotml88lorierr'court. said
r.pOrt.~l 8hoV th. &aOUnt Of 811 t.08, WlEn188l0118
l&d aoqmautloo8 vhatenr earwd by uld offleerCur-
ing the tiecal yasa~ mul vvoomdly, abvll ahov t&m l-
mouat as fee,, 0omml8810a8 u$d oompm88tloa8 oollacted
durlag the tiwal year2 thirdly, uld report
OlttaiR a ~Itw¶.aed8ktOlPeRt Of all fW8, OOIIL-
mf8rfoag rad 003Bpea8&tiOll8 earwd
during the tiwrl
yew uhioh vera act uolleetrd, togetbr vlth .tba ouly
of tin perty ovlag laid few, aonmtl8rloo8and compea-
(Wtloa8. Sold report 8ballbe filed I&O&Uter than
FObNU’y 18t tOlkrriw th@ Oh& Of th0 ti8Cd JIG-’
ld for ewh day after nld date ttnt fWd re ort
XWMiZl8 not tiled, rid ottlaebvlmll bv llabL to a
prmlty ot Tventiy Flvo (&GO) a-8, vhiah 6ay ba
r8eovond by th oouaty io l 8uit brought for 8UOh
pU?pOUI, ~nd,fo edditloa uld offiaer rhll Bo rub
lt to ~4-a tX’olV OttiW. dbt8 w9fo, hl8t MS.,
th C.S.
11 p. 30, ah. 29, S&o. 58 A&r '932,44th
mth, 2rd CM., p. 1762,uh. 46!5, sea. 9. ,(Undor .
Morlng wlded)
Art. 3898, V.A.0.S. prO~ldO8~ W0ng Other t&113&8,
that th8 fi8oal yem, vithim &a amartitiof tbr torqgolag
-tub*, dull bogin on J@~~tmry 18t Of vcrohJeer.
ft 8hallbe aote6 that uld Art. %3-f, 8uPr% Po*ld88
-4t uld report8 8h0W all feel, WltIRi88~0~8 and aW-8tiOn8
v~hmr owlred during th8 flroal year by the officer lMklng
8-h report; th. @mount Of uld fW8, oOYSEi88iOil8 U&d O-a-
wtiOb8 ooJJeot& by 8af.dofflCrerdurlw th. ii8081 Jsrrr#8Qd
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la ltamlsvd 8titOPYIltof ln 8U8h fe88, eta., e8rrwd w uld
ottloer dvrlng the fiveal yvu vhlah voro sot oollvetod. Berr-
i5# th8w provl8loa8 in rlna, we ne 00 FM800 u&y tk8 couaty
AadltoP OUUIOt a88117 drtcrrmltn frw th0 mual r6pOrt th@
exmt amount8 eartad 8ad oo~8oted by th8 OfffcOr8 la qw8tioa.
&id Artlab 3897, 8ujwa, pHbvlde8 for a rqmrt of foe8,
*to., eollvotod by the ottloor m&lag the report. %2mrold ‘ool-
leatad’ la thlr utlale 8~~8 to bo us&d la the 80088 of ~wal~d."
fIrit aid fO.8 OOePi88icM8 alpOollps~tfOa8 hW0 bO8Q rroaSosd
into the ooatroi or ou8tody of th8 ltwrlff or oounty attommy la
qU88tlOa vo do not 8ee h0V 8Uah rhsHff or aOU#LtylttoWOJ oould
-truthfully report tint h8 -8 “eolleoted’ um. In th elveat
th8t 8UOh OftfOW did Rot aOlhOt Or Z'OWiW 8UOh fM8, eta.,
durw the SivaaL ~rar lo vhloh vam WIT euard but did re-
port w l6 uaoolleoted for 8U5h mm,
88 ea r tmd then if 8uch
fee8 me aolleotod or rsovlvvd by him during th, follovlag tlwpl
Jb8F b RU8t N&?Ort W a8 oollected la 8Wh 8rrbS.'JWIlt
pa.
Thwtfcm it ii om oplnro5 bawd on the SaetaIn-
lore the I.945 a a nua
il8 tlat r eploof r th
t oeo ualttoty r tiy
8h0d.d &LOW tb $5.00 ltel la quS8tlOa a8 8 SO0 urattd atid ua-
collecteb durl~ the tlwal ~aru,of 2943, ld uld offlaer!r
annual report ior the ourmat firail yew of 1946, vhea sade,
8hould regiortaaid dilfogu8at foe a8 colleoted.
rOUP8 very truly
JLTK)wlWOBUBlULOFTEXA3
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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion