OFFICE OF THE A7TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorab3.e I(ira L. Bennett, Jr.
Distriut Attorney
lWm8ngee, Texas
Dear Slrr Opinlaa Ho. o-
Rer Did t&e
the hereimbbove
quote fra8 hour
ed 8tatemat 6f faute m-
alatoP viPgl1 Bovnd8 wa8 oeorioted
6f burglary ln the or-1 tlL8tPlot
Connty,Texm, aud tk@taa the
c, 19X, was rentaeed to four
yewe oaaflameat ia the state pcmitmtiaa-y of Tex-
a8 ad was mmived In the rrtatb pslastent5rrg at
Xuiztsville, Texas, 011.Juwwy s'; 193& that there-
after ua Ray 1, 1939, the relate, VWg!ll Bounds,
bg Px'oo~tlca So, 3E558 af the oovbzmor of the
State of %WM VIE gcoted r oaPtdit%ml
ocmditiared tb8t ha aooept the jsb off exwE2L
Be&umtmt,Taxas,andmka acme provlsica fw
his nottier; t&et be totrllr 4bslmIn fmm the u8e
of latoxluatiag'Uquorm of eve+ry kind and ebar-
aoter and that the aelrtor aaoept tke @aLid oop-
dltlonalpudm~ tbatthmwafter ~1 the 20thday
of Jwm, 1940, bJ ProolMltfim No. 1603 the am-
ditianrl pu?don hereinbeftmo ref4x4rQd to @ented
to the celator va8 revokcrd by W. Lee O'Daniel,
Gw4Pn6r oi the stat4 of ~oxaa, for the reeSQ8
ret out them4n and cm ffla in the office of the
Seamtaryof Sute~ tbtca Septe@er?6,1940,
the m?lator vaa reoeired at the eats penitatlrr~
at Eunt~vllZe, Texas, 8a a oonditional pardrza
riolrtor and that at muoh tS.ne th4 wostlm amI
oammutrtlm tim4 tbrt tilt8 IzIlStop ha6 oUma6 pior
to l&by 1. 1939, vu by the auth~ibioo of the Texas
Ptirrm SyatamfWfblt66~
al%BtaltbArda~th4PeUtor~lPloundm
wall be dlrohqpd m or &out 6;lu fisrt &T o?
A-t, l!#lj t&t hat swh ot4rtfae &ad oeta-
tiaa tjlPs not been farfeitod t&4 relrfoz vould b4
Olltithd t0 hia didlRl'@il f!PQS th0 TO%88 8trt4
Prritmttimy at tlm the; ft ia further agmetl
that a Soptoaber 26;, 1940, Hien the mlatar vaa
rwtwaodtotbFua8 State Prirakl1~mtha ad
2 daya voro forieited~ t&at at rnab t&w l.acmth
and 13 day8 oamutatian time vba foa'folted; It ti
further agrood that 0. J. 8. l!lli.n$son aad Y. Y.
Wlrid, the rcwpondats herein, aam rertrUMn$ the
Ubwt;r of the ved.ator, YirgU Bcwnde, by vl.rtua
otandtmderthe authority of the Judan\tmd
samtsaae nrde aud mtaed in Jofrwaao ootaty,
Toxam, an or about Aovember 9, 1937, m6 mder and
br r&r&e of the rwouatiar of the atmlltloa*l plzl-
dm *II hersintwfozle eat 6ut~ it 18 furthor shovn
end egxwod horein that e vr%t OS Waeaa ~orpu8 vp8
diilr imwd by tha Dletrfot Olosrk of SfSlk4P &nasty,
Texas, tmdor direaticm of the Olrtrict Judge of rr;ld
county, cm th4 third dar of Xey, 1941, ad vaa @azved
thereafter cm the 4th tix of rta;rr, 1941, by C. L.
Idltohell, Sberlff' of WIulcrr Qomty, Tsw, ad that
in axuwer to the nit of btmuw ooxrgur rerved th4
reupandenteW.W.WaidMQ0.J. S.~lSngsoah.~e
nov pi+duuo the relator %IZand to raid Omrtra
&no~Poble Mac L. Bennett, Jr., Page 3
Ax+icle 6166~ and 6166x-1. of Veraan* Annotated
@iv11 Statutes of T4xa.a provide aa iollowa:
“Article 6166~. In order to encourage prison
dlsoip~lne, a dlst ctlm my be msde in the treat-
mt of prlsontea 80 ks to extend to c;ll such as
are om%mly, lndustrlotm and obedleat, comt’orta and
prlvll4gs waording to their deaerta. ?%e reward
to be bestowed a~ priaonera for gooU amduet shall
cmmiat of aueh relaxation of strict p~lsm rules
and extension of aooisl pltlleges 8s may be oai-
slateslt vlth proper &pisc1plllle, commltat1on of time
for good cam&metaball be granted by the saw%@?,
and the following deduct&m shall be made f5oa1 the
t%rm 0)’ terma of aentenaea vhen no @lame Of IklLaom-
duct MaS been auatained Against % ~~BORol', viz *
th off of the first yearfa sent&e3
tgee &ys per month off of the seecod year of am-
taae~ four days pep raatih off of the thiml yea2 of
stintmce3 rive d~ya per wth off of the rourth pisr
of segtance3 air daye per maktb off or the tlfth
yeer 6f aaittmce; 8ev4n dspa per aw21t-hofl of tke
alxth year of acmteme; eight d8ys per mcmth off of
the aw5lthy68ror amlt4n44~ ah4day4 perrcmth ofr
of the eighth year of ae5tace;t.a dayI permaal
off of the ninth y4A.r of ae&t4mz43 ?u%3en &8ya par
maNi ofr of the tea&h gear, and all aaaaeediag years
of asarttmce. A pzrlsonsr mder tva or more oumlatlve
ssaterwea al11811 be tilowed eoawtrtian &a if they
ttiFns ulthout exgense to the-stAte, euak forfblture
my be set aside by the mawkger. For extra m%?it-
orlous conduct on the part of any prisoner, he aball
be reoormended to the favorable ccaaldepation of the
Govemmr fir increased cozmutrtion or p&Ma~, and in
case of ang yxlscaer who shall have esoaped md been
captured, part oz all of him good tleie th-areby fer-
felt& my be restored by the VF, ii in his je-
laanthUi subsequent canduot asltltlss hia thweto,*
m2wWabl4 Xae L. Bmanett* Jr., P8ge 4
"artitde 6166x-1. Prismor amfined in the
StatePadtaotlary ahsllbe k4ptrtr+'kwider such
rulea rsd regdatiara As rsybs preacribedbythe
gmmral rraager,wlthtbe camant 4ndrppmvalof
the hiaon Fioard,provGI4dthatno px'faarer shall
bemquIredtororkmr4 thantaahousa p4rdayex-
oept ~1 vork neceaa8ry and ssaentl81 to efflalent
orgaala*tioP of cctaviot forces, rhlcb time -1
Include thetU8 spatin g4i.ngto4ndrvtumlng
framthel~wa~k, bqtnotto lncludethe int4m.U-
aiut fordfImor, lhioh ul8l1n0tbe lra th*116kk4
hmm,aadia ci8448 4fapSBn4ceasary8d4aa4%tlAl
ove?tlm verk, mid prlaopsrr lhrll r404%v4 l do-
duotl~fromthalrarrtaae ofdoubl twxwwa
vorkear md wwfm frirthar that toi hom8 skd
cmatl&te a-day to be d4duoted fp4m aii wmtao8,
This hec88suy and eaaentirl vwk” aball be aub-
A strlat 8caomtlng at oF4dlt
mmrdeof ellovortirsa38ma~ ahallbekeptbytba
yain~~ofthe~tO~Chthrr~i8~-
formedmdm~~~l~tod~ 8 report aMllbera&medto
th% gaerol w 4aoh mth, rho tarrll'qprow
all apohevtilma be&r. it is placsd tothemwut
or th4 lprto. TM g4ll4r4Jmamg4P Rball,rith t&e
omaat ad rppFo+dl of the Prl~aI Jso8sd, .MY4 al4
pwer to deal(prrt8 44Watn flxed ove*irs hours
~hieh hs 0o~ufm8 dr~tdm fw th4 4rnam
porfor~~e of my prtialUr imrk, &xd ~4 inrrte
sh811 r8c8lY4 azIp onrtlae at all UAleas a8m la at-
twtedbytho offlce~ in ahargo ofaaidlnmte,vho
must oertffYfr6Rhle olmklwul4dm thataasdov4~-
tZaiewaa6otnalSyearneU.Forea&attat4fwd
otni44ccnductin vIol.&tiim oftiyrnl Dam to
prlacmor, all 4ammtrti&r e+rnad br atsh w4rts.m
vaP3c snail D4 lubj84t to ocurJtlet4 f4rfeltur4. h
n4.b~~ to pnd rstuming fraawmk ~Hamers ab8llnot
64 Gqufrad to travel-faster thuia wa2.k. lo $rerter
Aaomt 0flAbwahal1b4 requ3red ofmlypr~ams
than hia Fhyslcal health md strength vi11 reumably
p8rmit,nm ahallasypriaaaerb4 plrcradrta~whlabr
es the prism physlcl~~ my pmmunee h&n unrblb to
p4rrarm. a0 primu2w, upm h.ta ulnfaalm to t&8 PI-
stp, ahallb4rsa~4dtocuny IrWw untflf3mthmla(g
Bommble mo L. Rennett, Jr., page 'j
beea exambed by the phi8ux phyalcrlan. Amy of-
tica or employee rlolatitlg ey provuiar. or thla
Sectha, ahall be dimtiessd fpon the aenice.
Thlr Act ahall be PetrWtive and beoars effe~-
tive aa of June 1, 19%. Aota 19 9, 46th Leg.,
P. 534, I 1.O (Undersoorlng aurn 5
It18 etrted ln21RultigCase uW,pagellg2,See-
tion 28, that;
'Oood aonduot statutes me irrmd vith the
intmtlcn of Uproving p~?isan dlsolpllna smd bve
that effeot ii their sptoraemmt is allowed. The
oredlts are arid to be inthearture ofrpqmmt
or revard by the atate to the aemviot for bie geod
behavior, io order to stiaulate hip to oQfol¶ to
the m&lee of the iaatitutltm 8nd to aroid t&e
88u~ or eraerr an
withfavor bothby atateankulerallegielaturee,
Slaoe the shertaring of L asntmms by reaao of
good behatioz ia a beaofit eaSerred by the state,
;: I”, eyyy depeadeat QL the *tatate aroi6mlag
.
The of lmpriaamfmt provided for by
Ia the ease of Rx psrte @eKema, 64 Atl. 77, the
Supreme Court of Yermmt, undsr faota 8imilar to thoee here
Involved, held aa follewai
=The seat6moe ID for the aulauutsm,and
therllmfazmefor goodbebrieris tobededuated
from the -term. The deduetlen8llouedfmr
$oodbebriol.p~tioostothsaood;itri~~~
is not forfeited by the bm8oh of the acmditioam
of the pardoa,butstPrdeta the oreditvf the pri-
8amr in the fiaslocmmutatim ofhI aentfimoe,
Uhena pri8