834
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
YOnOr8blO Joe Petty
County Auditor
Stephen8 County
Iweekem%dge, term
Dear br. POaty:
, roqueatlng the
opinion of this d 6tiono lt8tad there-
in io 8s to11ow
8 Toe qotap.
if tho County
t0 8nj fMI tOl'
Title 22, Vernon*8 Annot8ted Civil St8tutes per-
t8ins t0 the Ppprehenisfon) arrest 8ad tri81 of persons Ot
unsound mind not chrjed With 8 erid~181 Off'enEe. Article
6661, 1'smEOnT8 hEWt8ted CfVil 2t8tRtW, pNVid68:
*In suah m~aea the offiars 8hall be
allowed the 8aae fee8 8e are now 811omd
fo r similr rlavioer pcsfarned in rd8ddb
manor oaoea, 8nd the @wri rP1811 08oh
be 811OWOd l fe0 Ot lb40($1.00) h118r, to
lioaorableJoe Peaty - pegs t
be p8id out of the eOt8tO of the defend-
8nt If he b8Te 811 OOt8t0, othariee w
the-Count7 On 8OCOU?ktO 8pprWOd w th0
Coklat~Judge,*
TOU 8re rOOpeOtfUllJ 8dviOeb th8t if the defend-
8Zltin 8
luaro~ jiPOOeedil# h88 8n OOktO the fed0 Of the
CouatT Clerk ehould be p8id oat of e8id e&t&e. Powwer,
lf the eaid defendant do00 not h8?e 8II eet8te fI'0~whlob
to py thae ooeto in euoh 8 pZWe@dlly, thoa tho fee8 of
the County Clerk ud the fee8 of other offioere, 80 well
80 tho juq foee, ehould be paid by the oount~ out of the
4kUNP8i #UBd Of Uid OOPnt~.
1 0 no wo o nddo pr ur lo o o a quartion.
d mtielee
mm t0 %%&i, inOlUdV0, ~‘smOll’0 &MOt8ted M-1 @t8tUteO,
deal with Ukte taberuulodo OmllCorior~, 8ad the 8&ledon
of p&hat8 thereto. Art&ale ~48 prwfdee that UIS puwmt,
g~8Fdi8E or fricmd Of rg p8tiQlt 8Oekily;8bt08i6~ to the
St8tO tuberoulu’ ffOOpit81 m lE8ke 8)pliO8tiOa irI W’l’itiL&
md under 08th to the COuntq Jadge of the oatantyvhereia
8uoh p8tioQt reeideo, for edmdedon of e8id p8tfcmt Into
the St8to a0i0q or Roepit81. &Id etetutee proride oer-
ttia l-tQUiN3tWktO8S t0 Th8t e8id 8ppliU8tiOa Sh811 OOlltCili,
math 88 mne, 8ge, rel*tivee, property, eta. Art1010 3243
prOTlde8 th8t the 8pplio8tiom mnet be rooOmp8nted by the
kind Of ph~e1018a'O WX'titiS8tO OUtmed by Mid Ot8tUt0,
ete . Artiole SU, raong other thlnge, wwidee th8t the
Cow&~ Judge, if eatiefied thrt 8 pceon ehoold be ulsdt-
ted, Oh811 forrrvd the 8pplie8tiOlldeeoribed iQ &tie10
mg, together with the COtIntyJudge*8 8ppliO8tiOa iOr 8d-
ri8O%On for uid p8tient, to the gt8te Colony er Boopit81.
P8tiente 8re 01888ed 60 indtgezit,non-indigent 8ad priv8te
p8timtO.
Ileh8ve been urmble to find 8ny lt8tute rfiioh
,protideea fee for the County Clerk fer his lerrioee in
ouch mettere.
Otrtutee preeecibing fee8 for publio offloero
8re ltriotlf oon8truod; 8nd henee 8 right to fee0 68~ not
rest 81~irpliortioa. Mti8118 1 l Citf Of a OOk d81 4 3, Rd.6
8. 1 .064 .
The Constitution fix00 the oompeartioa ef oer-
tain offioers, aad 8uthorieee the Legielrtae to provide
by 18V iOr the OOD&WO8tiOll Of 811 OthOX' OttiOWO, 8WVUlt8,
8ged8 and publio eOatr8OtOrO. Rarmmnt to the 8uthority thus
.
iLOrPW8bleJo0 b88ty - p8ge g 836
eoaforrod, numroue st8tntee h8ve bean p8eeed tiring the
oonpoaution for wrist88 cl88eee of lfflo ue. Am hsraln-
8bOV8 8t8tOd, the OapenutioB et poblio eftioer8 18 flx-
od br the COsOtitUtLOm 8ad lt8tute8. & efflew 687 not
el8l~ 8117r&my rithout 8 188 8atkeri8ing him to do so,
8nd 8108rly fixing the mount to which he is emtltlsd.
R~~?uI~v. Ikobioen, S44 8. 1. 1011 YoLoun88 County T. Bog-
gems, OlT 1. 1. S&4! Duo100 r.Purie County, t*l 1. 1.
8x1, 8ffihOd 2f#@8. 1. 4191 ttrOOb7 COUZlt~ C8tt'Le CO. V.
MeDermmtt, -1 I.W. t)#,
@n Jb7 80, ll38, tai8 depwtmat held in 88 opla-
in writtan by iewlrble Jr A. Stanford, Jr., Aeeiet8at At-
tornq gsasr81, rooordod in 101. 336, pp. ~“99-)00, Lotta
Opinioae of the Attornq Oener81 of Two, th8t the Oounty
J&id&e is ao$ ontltled to w feee for t&O duties parformed
br MD in loeuria( ulmletier ef taberoulue .to the State
Colony or g&.Op%t81. fhuoforo,~o8 uereepeetfull~~d-
tiood thrt it is ouv opinion
the County 41erk is not en-
titled to cay fee in esah e8eee.
Ardell lilliiue
Aesioturt
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion