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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Re@.nald 3raoowll
bfstrict AttorneJr
Runtalllo, TIxJI8
Daar Sir:
iolo 336k-3 in
(8 Annotatrd Tona
Q 43rd Lagielature.
UB pas664 in 1933 and Srw tha read-
1 me evidently intondeil to prOvibe ad-
ditioml ooarpeosation for the Dletrfot Attorney of
this D@&riot in han&ling 006a6 arlefng in OonneOtiOn
rith the Penitentiary located In Halker County, so-o-
ially Habeas Corput~C(ISOZIcf which there sr@ a great
RMy.
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Honorable &ginaldBracewoll, 2age 2
".$himArtiub was avldantly intmuled to allow
the DiiWriot Attornoy ldbltioual oomponratlon othar
than~that provided by gemsal law.
WArtIola 38362 of Vernon9r Annotated Btatutea
provider that Dlatriot Attorneys shall reoeivo an an-
nual salary of $4,OGO.OG payable ‘Intwelve equal monthly
Inatallmnta upon warranta drawn by thr Comptrollar
of Publlo Acoount6 upon the 3tste Treasury.
*Seotlon Four of sala act is aa followa: *Hothing
In thIa act shall ba oonatrucrd to repeal or aifaot any
law8 now in exirtanca with rafarenoe to Aaaistant Dis-
triot Attornoye, InvortIgatore or Btenegrapherr In
Judiolal Dlstrlots inoluded In thir sot.' Then is no
arentioaas to whether it repeal8 Article 326k-6 above
rel'arre to or any other apeclal law. This Artiola~
was afie'otivsSqmber 13, lW36.
vrior to the armotraantor tha above mentioned
Article 88802, Dlatrlat Attorneys had been paid under
Artlols lOE1 OS Yernoa*a Annotated Co66 at Criminal
ProoeQur4 whareln DlatrPot Attorney8 'were ocmpensated
upon a par diea baBl8.
*It I8 aj opinion th8t ArtI& S886t above ;rdsrrd
to dou not repeal Art1016 Seek-5 above referred to,
and that tha Dlatrlot Attorney of the 1Eth Judlolal
District la ~ntltled to the atlditloaalooolapenaationpro-
vided in aalciArtlola WSk-6 in addition to the #ala-
provlQaQ under tha said Article S88tW above roferxea to.
St OOOUXI that the Le&.laturs In patming ArtdOle 3&6k-5
ha& in 18Indthe snhanoad work lnambmt upon the Dla-
triot Attorney in thI8 Dlatriot with reterenoe to hand-
ling Penitef.Marp mattars as shown in aaid aat.
"1 would appreciate an opinion from your departmsnt
as to whotheiror not the Dlrtrlot Attorney of tha 12th
Judlolel Dlatrlot is entitla& to aoapenaatlon as provided
In Artlolo 326k-5 In audition to tha salary proride in
Artfola 38861 above referred to."
Arti 988k-5, Vernon's Annotated Civil Stetutas,
(Senate Bill Ro. 497, Acts of the 44th Leg., Ch. 133, p. 367)
reads as followor
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Bonorable RegInaldBraceatsll,Page 3
seotion 1. *The Diatrlct Attorney OS
the 12th Judioial Dlatrlot of T-e elm11
rsoeive for the aotual and neoeaaery dla-
charge of hia duties in the DIetslot Court
of the 12th Judicial Dlstrlot or Teuls, for
not to exoeed ritty (50) days eaah yur in
addition to the ~xlmm number of daya for
whioh he may be paid under the Acts of the
Rs@ar seealon of tbo 4sra Legislature.
Paysent of aald additional OaPpenaatIon
shall be made In tha same manner 88 is pro-
vided for payment 0r oompensertion providaa
for by the kota of the Regular 3sssIon of
the 43rd Leglslertur4.W
Sbotlon 2. "Nothlw herein ahell be
oonatmed ae prcrventfngthe Dlatrlot At-
torney of the 12th Tudlolal Dlatriut of
Texas, irGznreceivIt& hlo eatual and neo-
weary srpanaea while aervlIlg aa said Dlr-
trict Attorney in aaid dlstriOt outside the
onunty Of his r8eIdQnc0, (tcnow provfd8d by
law."
2eotlon3. The fact thet the Matriot
Attorney of the 12th Ju4loIel District of
Tsxne has to pro3mate all orlkslnaloaae*
orl&InatIog out of the prison syatm of the
f,tateof Texae, cnC mSd bualnaoe has crowded
the doakot.of the 12th Judlclal District to
the extent that lt is impomibls for aald Dla-
triot Attorney tc reosfve a Sair we.ge for the
servioce perfcme~ for the Estate o? Texas,
ant?tha further f8Gt thet the crowd04 ooadi-
tiun ot the docket OP said cfxrt, p~nsvsnta the
proper dlagstc!:of buslntaaoin said oourt In
a aatlerachory mmer within the number of
days provided by law, creates an lmargenOy
and an imperctlve pub110 necesisltythat the
oonstltutlonel rule requiring bills to be
read on three ssvsnl %ayn In each Bc;lesbe
suspended, end this Act ba enftircedand take
affect from and after Its pnf~asge, and it Ic
so enactaQ.V
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Honorable ReglneMEracewell, F&Se 4
ArCiole atwr, Vernon'e Annotated Clvll.stetuter
(House Sill Bio.87, Ch. 44t, hats of the 44th Leg., find C.
5. f reeds a8 r0im8:
Ssotfon 1. WIrromend erter January let,
1936, in all Judicial Districtr in thie State
the Distriat Attorney in eeoh suoh Distrlot
ehell reooive rromthe state (~8&my ror hla
senlcer the eua 0r your Thouoend Dollars
($4 000) per year, whlah raid Four Thoueend
Doliere ($4,000) mhell include the Five Xun-
ared Dollerr (8500) salary per peer now el-
lowed euoh Dlstriot Attorney8 by the Constltu-
tion 0r thb stetei providing that in all Jo&f-
cial Dlotriots in this State oompoaed or two
(2) or more oountlee In one (1) or which auoh
countlea there 16 a oity containing the popule-
tion of not 1.88 then alnoty thoueead (00,000)
inhebitent8 eoaording to the lert preoeding Fed-
ore1 Ceaeue. the Dietriet Attorney of ruah Dls-
trlat shall reoelve rroa the Skte ae pay ror
his eerviaei the earnor Plvo Thoueend Pive Hun-
dred Dollars ($5,600) par JSU rhiol% aaid Five
The~uitd File BundrOd Dollare f$S,SOO) &all
lnolmle the ?ltr Rhndred M.lerr (#MO) ulery
per yeer now elkiwed ruoh DietriOt AttOmey# by
the Gonstitutloa of thie State. Such aalery
ahell be paid in twelve (13) equel monthly in-
stellamnta upon warrants drawn by the Comptrol-
ler or Fublio ACeOunts upon tlKlstate TrotmAry.
Frovided that nothinS in this Act shell be oon-
etrued so aa to deprive Dietrlot Attorneys oS
the expense allowenae ellowed or whioh a;cay hue-
after be allowed by lew."
seation 2. -All monies hsretofore eppropriat-
sd by the Lsgislsture to pay re4e, 8alsrios, a&
per diem eaoounte or the orrfoera named in this
Act ere hereby reappropriated for the purpose of
paylag the raleriea fired by thle Aat.*
Seotion 3. "~11 fees, oonmiaeime, and per-
quisites which may be earned and oolleoted by
District Attorneys affsoted by this Act shall be
paid into the county Treasury or the County in
r%ioh auoh fees 8x-e mrrmd for the 8Coount of
the proper fund."
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?ionorableRegineld srecswall. iega 5
ssation 4. *Hothing In this Act shall be
oon8truod to rope1 or In eny nnnor erraCt eny
hw now in exI8tenocswith refeTeno6 to AleI8tant
DietrIot Attorneys, Xnvortigetore or Stemogmpher8
In Judloiel Dirtriots lnoluded In this AOt.”
8eotion 6. -Ilothm in this Ata ~h6li et-
root Criminal Distrlot Attorney8 whom distrlot
is oanrposedor only one (1) aomty.*
ceotlon 6. 'Th8 feat that the peopl8 of
this State here adopted e ConstItutional emend-
tsentabolishi the I68 ay8t.88aa l meth o d Or
oompenmtlng “fl8triOt, County, end Reainot of-
D
iioIel8 end that 8eId emendunt ~111 beccm op-
onatfre on the rlrnt dey or Jerumry, lOSO, end
the further teat thet therr 18 no law mm Sn
exl8teno8 whiah aftor aeid dete will provide ror
Ompmmetlon ef such Dl8triOt Attorney8, are8tes
en emergency end en lmperetlre publio aeors8ity
requiring that the oonatitutlonal rule requiring
bill8 to be reed on three several days in raah
Rowe be,,cad the mame is hereby, ru8pended end
thle Act 8hell take erieot and be In Coroe &om
end erter Its passa$e, end it Is 86 enaoted.*
6eotIon 61 of ~rtlole XVI of the State Conrtltation
provI5er in pert es r0110ws:
'All district oftlcers In tba State or Tex-
es end 611 aountjr offioera In oountler,having
a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more,
eccordim to the last preoedIng ~ederel oen8u8,
shall rrom the first day or January and there-
etter, and subsequent to the first regular or
spoolal session of tha Legisletura efter the
edoption or thi8 resolution, be oompemmted on
e salary beelr. . . .*
Tha leth Judiclel Dlstrlot 18 coapo5ed of Walker,
Griraes,Trinity, Leon, and Madison Countiae.
Prior to the aneotmnt or Article 3886r, 6upra, DIs-
tri0t Attorneys In Judicial Districts composed of two or IpLore
aounties were paid under Article 1021 of vernon~~ Annotated
Code of criminal Trooedure, upon a per diem basis.
Bonoreble Reginald Brecewell, Tags 0
The additional oompennetion provided by Artlola
3136k-6, supre, yes to b8 paid in ths seme manner es provided
ror pnymerrtof oanpenwtlon provided by the Aotm 0r the Regu-
lar session of the 49rd Legislature, whloh wee Ssnete Bill
Ho. 169, Chapter 11, Aota or the 43rd Legloleture 1933.
The Aot provided thet certain awas or money be paid end the
emme w6re 8pproprleted out or any Iunds In the gtclt8Tr868Wy
not OthO~fSO ap roprleted, to pey the per dfem of Dietriot
Attorney8 In Jud L;0161 Di8trIota oom~o88d or two or more ooun-
tie6 as provided by Chapter Hid, Acts or the 40th Leg., Regu-
lar Se~&on, for the belanoe of the tlaoel year ending AU@
ust 31, 1933, which epproprlatlona were aV6ilabl8 Immediately
end won In lieu of the appropriations contained in Chapter
95, Aots or the Reguler smdon or the 4and L8~16letur8, to
pep the p4r diem or rirtptw0 district ettorneys. This Aot
further provided that the per diem JWOVidSd in Chapter 2x46,
Acts or the Regular Session of the 40th L4~1816tur4, ror
rirty-two dlatriot attorneys In judlolel di8trlot8 oom~osea
or two or more ooUntl88 wes twenty dollars per dey not ex-
ceeding one hundred end two days, end i)lOB,WO.OO was ep-
proprlsted by thim Aot for the suleriea of the Diatriot At-
torneys mentioned therein.
The additional oompeneetlon e&lowed by Artlole
Stdk-3, tUme, applied to the 18th JudIalel DietrIot when
the DietriOt AttO~Oy thSr@Oi We8 ocmp8n8eted On 6 -2 41~
b86i8, es provid6d by the above m6ntiOnSd ACtS. However,
slnoe Jeauary 1, 1936, Dlstriot AttOrnOyS In judicial dla-
triota compoeed of two or more oountlee have not been ocm-
;ensetsd on 6 Dsr dlan basis, but have been oompenseted In
aocorUeno8 with Ikrtlclo3886f, eupre.
It le to be noted that the la8t sneotment by the
Legl~leture with rererenoe to oompenaetion ‘or DiEtriOt kt-
torneys in judlclel distriotProomposed or two or nora ooun-
tie8 (ArtIole 30t30r, aUpl-e), do86 not expres8ly r6pOttl Ar-
t&ale 1021, Code or Criminal Prooedure, or Artlole 386k-5,
Vernon's Annotated Civil §tetuter. EOw8Ver, the firat atet-
ute ebove mentioned end ths le$t two statutes under QonSidOr%-
tion herein, era fn pari meterie and their provieiona In SUoh
respect oennot be ruconciled, ln such efroumstanoe~, the older
statutes will be held to be repeeled by ImplIo~tlon to the
extent or the conrlict. It i@ to be presumed that the LegIS-
lhture intended to repeal all laws and parts Or l$ws oleerly
inconsistent with its later Acte. 35 Tax. Jur. p. 147, Sec.
77.
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Honorable Reginald Bracewsll, page 7
In VIOW or the rm~0tDg stetutae, youare rerpeat-
ray advised that it 18 th0 opinion 0r thf8 Depart360nt that
the Distriot Attorney of the 12th Judicial District is not
fintitledto oompencation a8 provided by Article S2bk-5, on4
end that the only mlary to wLiah the District Attorney of
said blatriot la legally entitled lr,the 8elary as provided
by Artiole, S8861, aupra, and apPropriatm3 by 8. 8. No. 257,
p. 461, Acts 46th Lag., Regular Session, lOSO.
TrueTAng the the roregoing ruiiy afmwers your in-
wlm, we ara
Very truly yours
ATTtXWZY O.%lWL4LOF TEXAS
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