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Tropor ratloi.aad dlupoatltlon o? the sus
or $le.80.-'

ab,i80uRT duo oifiobra of thb court ulldor
Art. 105s. C*C*P*
Q,uctatlonfrozaywr oplnlen O-785 tddrebrrsd
FfoLoaaanCounty1
to T8w A. bP*ven, uouaty .&eltior,
walk lay BDh. lQ39.
"(Where e oonvlotion 18 had in t&i0ptiao
Court and @UT e p8rt Of the oomtr (ireoollbotb~,
the BUUIoollocrtcd shouldbe preratoa between tho
ormers and thb oountf in tho easioprwortion
(18to whloh laoh waul4 have beea entitledto
reoeivotherefromhad 811 co&c beon oollooted,
Art, MB, U*U.P* mw8ver Bin00 the jwtioo ot
,the peabe is &mid by tho County, hks brfal fee8
ilh o ul.e
a a t
b eo o no leo rin
oeth epror~!:tlon.
Art6 1088, 1084 a.a.P.f
T@u follbmi tb8 8am pr8obauroin your
oplnioa 0460, (I&o& April 8rd. 193%
"IInbnntbr JiUtlM court opinion,you
5kto that thoro &elf.ba no di~orl:~tlon
b8twben th8 otSt8brr or tha Court, but thbt
the diapaaltlm *hall bo in usual proportion.
*~rtlo$e to9 8nd suaoeedine; artlol*n 0r
c.0.p. ;rotido for thb orooutlon or judgmnont
in a nl8baaabnorosw, and juQ8 thnt tho
6tmposition of the OuElof $.lr?.ao
would follow
810nt; the line 0r your opinionb es naee:ee for
e ju8tlor aoust. Fl8arb edviwt
*cpdaan ?m. II.
"AI% 1058 t3,a.T’. proridon in art as
foll.owat*TIM oountg shell b8 liable for ona-
half oi tha foes of tf;b oftirp*r*of tha
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court when the 60f0naant faila to pay his ?laa
an6 lay8 his iins out In tha oounty &ill or
dlsohargesths MUM by mana of working ruoh
rieb out dI tho aountyroada or on any count9
projaat~.
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"art. lCS1 C.C.P. proridba that the County
Attorney shall'roo~Ivo for oonrIolions o? a
nladoimmor nature tho sum of $10.00,
vlrst: xn the event the dsfbnaant aad prrltl
hiu tina in oath, the,County AttCmnOp wauld ha+*
reoslvbd ths sum of @O.OC ior his fobt
” ;aoocd: In tho event the ddatdnnt hnd
remed out and dlscharga4his ilao in $811 at
1-r 0:: the county mad, thb county Attorney would
hare naeited iron Calhoun COuMy, tb sufaoi $8.00
aa hia ieo, under art. 1086.
Thlrdt IR tha oaae at bar, the promtad
ree of the county Attornor oa the $l&80 wtid
only be a froationalpart o? tho $?S.OOa~ pm-
tided for under MO. TWOabove notmi.
‘Ymuld the CountyAttO&%Wy be e~atitlbd to
noolvo froz the County the dittazunoobetween
the prorated part OS the #l&80 end Fhe @.OO
PreTIdul under Art. x0. 1058.
%lkowi%o b&&l the aomb rulb apply to the
other office rs oftthe oourt."
wm papuiation or aalh0tut~icount9,
mxaa WX+~*
to tbm 1940 9Wersl oonaus la 8,011 inhabitenta. ‘~8 fartiw
a 5uma from your latter that the Cotlut~ and pnolntttqfrloora
of chua county,cabs, ar(, opbretfng uadortbbfee nyetwm,
and that any aalsries paid to them are otoftlalo aals~I~8,
allowed Ln the mount and ;nannora8 tha law prorldea. oy
enoweru harsto ara bsssd u~gon tfro abesta assumption.
Art1010 1085, V.A.G.E.?., nab8 as followat
"The Count-7 slm?l be liable to laoh oifloer
und wltnbfaa brivin~ ooutn in 0 mIadom8anor oaoe tar
only one-half thereof where the dafaubnt ha8 satie-
 fled tho fine and ooreteadjudged
e,galnd him in full
by labor on the oounty far+, on tha
in the workhouse,
pub110 roads or~upon any publfo works Of tti
oountyj and to ;:sy swh hali of mob legal
oosts as may have beenso taxed, not lnoluddlag
oommla~lone,the oounty judgm shall ieaue h&.8
warrant upon the oounty treamirar In favor of
the proper party, and thtlB&SW 8hall bm paid
out of the road and bridge fund or other funds
not otherwlaa appropriated.
YOUr i&tW the tin* in th&B O6Utbe
diiBOiOlortC4S
t&It
was $25.00, the oost 447.50j the Qafendant psid &kLSO
that
in oath and laid out $30.00 tl>tiin jailj tbo oounty attornayla
foe wa8 $lO.OOj tha trial fee in oo:mty oourt is $5.00 under
Artiole 1574, T.R*C.O.F.,la taxable ae oosts and belows
~00 the oouuty. You 60 not stat. the exaot mount8 of fo.8
Bue to the olerk, sherifT aad ooneta?lo but the amount due
M j+ntly wol~ldbe $Sg.UO.
Oplnlon Nos. O-469 and O-755 of tbls dopartmcmt
hold that where o~Uy 0 pert or the fine and aoats alu
oolleoted,that the money oolleotad should go ilrlrtto the
p$yment of the oost8 and Iha balmo,o, if any, to tha amunt
of the tine and that where than is not USOU& eoll~oto4
to pay all of the aost8, the maoy oollsotod ohould be
prorated, and that in suoh oaae one offioar had no priority
ovor another. said opiniona furtherhold that the trlel
ha bolonglng to the oountyahwald,ba oonsldond in the
tion. 73 quote fro* Opinion Ho. %+7&W as iollkrrr~
prsril
*In view of the trial fae ebova provided,
being a pert of the oost8,end by maeon that
the Justioo oi the Naoe being paid bg the
oounty, it in our opinion that the $3.50 in
pumMon should be prorate6 on the baalraof
$8.00 to the county attornoyj #J.SO to the
oonatable and &GG to the taounty,whiob figurer
spproxlqtaly sixty four and a fraotlon oenta
on the dollar. The oounty would gat fta
pro rate scrrtof the paymnt.”
::G0nelose herewith 0opie6ior mid opinions ror
your infori%ation.
opinion No-O-1578 of this department, approve4
that a oomtsble ui:er8tlngundm
in Llmltsd Confersnoe, I:oldtj
the ?a8 system Is entitled under Artlo$s 10515, V.~.C.C.F.,
to half costs from ths ootnty an thet pirt of the time s
defsndant rszmins IA jail or works for ths ootinty rrhsn he
so dleohargss prt of hIa SIue and pays off a part of
Eme. “ia snolose h,srwlth a copy of ml4 oriInIon ror
your Iaformttion.
Tie pilot* fro&$opinlon x0* o-;Llwi or tlie de-
;iartimnta8 follower
*Ia answer to pour iiith qusstion, It
IR t: a opInIon of this departwmt that wimrs
oniy a g-artof the fins and ooets are oollsotsd,
that tbs miney oolleoted should @ fIrLt 6s
the paymenf~O? the oO8ts 81~4th8 bslanO8, ii
an~r,to the aznotu&of the fine, and that whers
there Is not emugh a0lloote6 to pay all the
oosts, t&a swner oolleotsd should bs proreted
betwosn the arrertiag ofiiosr, tha oorsty
attorney and the oomty. That no oiflssr has
priority over another in suah matter. YQr
exa rpi8, if the tine aad oosts amunt ,to
$S%OO; as In your ease; Ohe fes of the
ommty attorney unounts to #S.OOj ths to8
of ths oonstabls amounts tc $X3.00 and the
trial fes mounts to $4.OOj Lf ths d8fandant
paid $6.00 in ossh snd the bslsnw 15 work86
out 011 the county farm ths ErrsatIng offiso~
would bs entitled to $.LbS of ths ossh paynnat,
the oouaty attorney would be satit to
$1&s or the oash payment and ths oounty’ (as
Its portionor the trlnl fee) noold be entltlsd
to $1.09 of the or?ah pqxaat. The amoating
orfIo8r and ooatty sttornsy would alss w
entitled to rscsIvs pay,~mt from the oounty
under Artlole 1056, V.A.C.C.P., one half of
th8 bu110t3 0r the r088ior th8 thi0 tb0
flefsadsnt worked out ths bslaaos of his fIm
aad oosts. undsr. the oxawls Guoted absn
the arresting ofttoorrauld be sntlt1ed to
neeIvcr tram the oountj the ~‘um af $1.89. Ths
total sumreoslved bp ths arrsrting orrioor
frozi both SOLWOOSwould be $Z.l~,*
xe la810~8 herswith a oopy of raid Opinion for
your l5fcrmtlon.