OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lomormblo A. c. timborn
C!rldmmlDimtriot Attmrnq
lotdon. texmm
Dear Mr. NiUhoru~ Opinion im. O-6646
Il.1 Conmtwetlmn of I
ture la 1048,
ior grmud fur0
raqr letter Of
80al00.1)111
No* 247, pm8,
*I a~ddmrmtlon.
ThSo Bill aam
Of Crimlnml Prooodun,
nt@tUh8 Of tmmmm.
mhbfeaob be pm%d
rm ($2) for urn41 &my
It tho rmgalmr
eaeu raaoaed
ehalleaa(tedoa tbelr
or tam jurl trmd
lttendm wurt en .'
d no greator mm ball be paid ohal-
and tmlemllmnregmrdlemm of tR0 Ella-
whlob they &ml1 bm mod se muy
rmalrewa lnd tmlosea tmkm ~IItrial
oelre the ammo per dlom pm14 petit
'A.rtlolo1066. m a? Juriwr. EtaaDjuror in
tbo dlmtrjot m~irlnml iRotriat aourt. omumtr
mrt or eeuuty mourt at 18Wa -00pt epdml t&We-
m 81~6tmleaeu mbmllmqged mm their ro3.rdir8 rhsu
7 18 RoT c*od b7 lmw, ohm11 remmire ?mllrDmllmrm
P 64) for emoh day and tmr emoh frmotion Of 8 dm7 he
gonQrmEle A. c. r*bmrm - pmgs a 217 -
lttsadm oourt mm mumb Jur o r to
, he pmid out of
:,..tho
jury fund of the mkanty. Jurmra in jugfloe
~'wurtm tie mervo In the trial o? orlmfmml om8mo
ln muaboourtm mhmlf tooolre fifty cent0 (BOf!)
in emah omso they mlt as jurorm, provided that
ao Juror la muah oourt mhmll reoelremore than
One Dmllmr ($l) tar emoh day or frmotion of a
day ho may w merve mm nob juror. Omad jurerr
~~mhmll mmoh reaeive Four Dellarm ($4) tar emob
dmy and ior emob ?rmoUon of 8 dry that they rj
mono as mob- The memo por diem mhmllbo paid
to all pOrmmn8 rO@pOUdilI& to tho pFooo@mOt the
oeurt but rho lw ueuwd by tho Oourt i’rmm jury
menlom top mny oatleer miter being tomtmd on
their rolr dlro.'
wArtlc]: 2122. q g Jurorm. Emoh +wer
la the dimtr at or mow f oourt or mounts oourt
-at lmr~mhmll roomiro Vouk ballarm ($4) f&r mmob
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‘~drnyor irmotlon o? a day that ho lttmndm mourt
mm muah juror, to be pmid out oi the juay fund
of the wunt~~ Cheak dnpmm by Clerk of the Mr
trtot Court of the Oountr 011 thm Jury Tund mm~
..: ~~30 trmh+wwu ar ~ctwremont and delirow and
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81X mmuoty tmxemb
pmld te all pormmnmresponding to the prooomm
of the court but rho mm U6nmeQ by the mourt
lewlo o for a nya muSe,
Cr a mjur y miter being
terntedon their rolr dire.*
ft la our opinion that under aid Artimlem, man-
ltrumd mm a whole, ronlroama mnd tmleaon mummwned tu mow0
On a mpmmiml renlrm are entitled to $2.00 Per day for emmb
day they lttmnd mmurt, it they rmmpmnd to mmld uaraonm~~mnd
819 unQer emtb uaminod by the oourt on their rolr direa
vmnlraen lmQ tmlorwn, rho are mooepted 88 jurors8 lro en-
titled tm $4.00 tar emeb dmy they attend wurt in 8 pmrtlmu-
hr 88~.
If 8 fpmr ImQaaaned on 8 8pmoimlrenlro or mm 8
tmle,rnu therwn, and fm not mxmm&ned under mmtbby tdte
-UN, he 1s not entltlmd te my pmJ=
Bmob juror nnmaoaod for duty for wrviom la the Mm-
t-et or Cowt~ Uetwte or Oouaty Court-•t4mwr a, in rempmamo
tO nld wmmohmlppmrm 8nQ im examined by tbo mOmPt UDQOr 08th
0. b&e +ol, air., mad thou UO-06 iOr -7 -@mom) 18 omt*tled
tm #-d&30 for emoh day bm lttmndmd mmmrt. If ho im mmt UOU@Od
but ia ,om ih t0 new. On the pUI.1, ho 10 Wtif1.d t0 &m
, wprdloms
43mQFt of whothor be motuml-
A firor W!IO la mamaned lmd doom net lppmmr mad la not
I *ora te be umal~d 08 bls +olr din, lm not lntltlmd to any
: P@Y*
In no event ia 8 *rot e8tltled to temelve oompeamm-
1 tlon ?er m0ro t?mm tba ulma 8llerrodfor any one dmy*- Ia
ofbor wordm, ii bo ihoald bo -mod ma tbm roLpl@r jwy mod
on tbo 8peoiml renlrm, he mmuld not bo pm14 tot &re tbmn the
mUimm ieo, Fmgmrdlmmo of whothor hm mmmom on thm mpdolml vt
mire mad 8 petit jnm durlhg one mad tbo saw dare
m armr in thm Jumtloo Court la entitled to rlSty
oonta ior ti& eridmmf memo em wblob hm MV df mm l jutof* bet
teoef+e
o ma no t mer ethan $lAO for emob day he wrvom* 1n~otb.r *
word@, if ho mhmuld mit in tbo trial of 8, orinrlhml mm@* p;; bT
or aor6~dmym, bm vould on17 bm ~afltlo~d,
to flff7 monfm.
mbmuld dt la the Mel of two or wtd~orirlnml ommmi 011the s-0
Umy, be wmuld bm ontltlmd tm ~17 $lbi.@J'-
An aitirens who an amboned to sow0 mm ecnmd &rota
! mmd rmmpond tbdnto, and wbe lrm uulned under omtb on their
' TOir dlro,mrd mntltlmd to $t.od for ommh day they rrf mom@. 1,
Oitfrea ened mm & md juror, who la not umalned under 08th
em blm welt &in mm tm him qumllflomtionmfor sOWi @a 8 @mnd
~ )mrOt, woutfdnet be entitled to ray pmf* Ii&e lm.mo u@dhed
, UM mzom&,. bo 'la mntltlod ta $4.00 for .emcdi dmy b0 lttmndmd
mrt prlor'te the tdmo ho warnoxoused*
& mf.,&m~,&WlQmntprrrpamoiof thm Bl?l lm to l%lW
llti8em* * mm mamd te mm-0 on tho mrmnd 0t pmtlt @rl6m
1 1~ mar bititiet aad County Courter fe rmmo1~0 momm mpmaUtiom#
f It they n-ad te the ue!mam, mad lro uult~ed bT tbe Wnltf mn
1 tklt toir dire pe~mtlro to exmumem or qumllflmmtlone~mnd ltt
: lftw being -no+ on tholr vmlr d%ro, mro umumed Irma ~OW¶OO*
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r me &of alme olearlf lnoremnm the kw 8hlm)lrid It-r@
I -Wlto unde+ the Old lam.