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amhal, andatthesametimeoeeeivo thsieemof
offiaoproriaedunder the sfrrtutee
reJrtingto
Constable8t
populationand containluga e%ty of more than Eo,
,000populationreeeire,in Pdditlm to the salary
and cxpenscprorldedin Artlcsle 8142, R~C.8~,¶ms,
as amen- an allomume from a Olty ln tnmh Cotmty
fur expoxme ln the ume of hlo o(rp ln the perfonr
ante ot the duties aonneatedwith the Jmemile ds-
pertmat of 8aah oltrr
ma Can theCmretablecl.ulycle&daadaWag
as t&h at the maWtSme be a masher of t&e fire de-
partmentof a olty rithln his prednet atad aweits
p&yforhl6Barv~tos~f~depvtraat8aa
UrefeemofoffXoep~~8yl~forhS.s ee1~Iee8
a8 ConatableV
o? Texaspro-
Artale 3.8,8ee, 40 of the C~~~etAntlon
riderrr
%o penon dull hold or f#80relse, at t&e ~60
m more th8n one 6iw omee of aolumn% 08,
wept that t$ Jad.leeof the Peooe, aouuty eoml.8~0
m’, n0tw pdbxi0,ati p4maw8r. ame of
the xationalQe the Hatlmal GtlcudReserr*amd
fhe Mtioe1-8Reeem Carp8 of the onited Statsll,and
emll8tedmen of the IatUael Guard, the Xrtlond
(iuardRetwru~ 323the orgaai8adremrveo of the
The reLsrarrtpxwl.alonwof Artisle of the Ibrlrsd
ClTll st&utes of yQQ& read as follOTs~
andatthesmetlmebystwhcbmlWAnoe~nfer~
dutieeof 8Oidofflae\peaanypeacieofffcerot t&3
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be appointed, in the manner herein-
lTheremay
afterpmWted, dieoxwetpetrmnsof 6oodmoral abarc
aqter to 6er vea s jwenlle omaer ior perlodllnet
to exceedtuo (2) years from date of qpolntmsnt.
Such offl0eI-oshallhove authorityoud it ohallbe
theirduty to make lnveetlgtloneof all eafaem re-
ferredtll theinasauahbymohBoaFll; tobe reamt
In Court and to reprewnt the lntePeEt@. o? tge l-
nils lrheuthe case ie heard, aud to fum%oh to the
Court and suuohlloardcay informOtioaand aeoiotoue.
asBUChDW~~l~~~t)~e~dtOt~k0,~of(110
c4hhil~beforeandaftertwtrlalan6toperfom~
other aemUesfortheobUdasm~?wFe&mlbf
the Court or etaId
r p r c Tldedta uts?z 4mnIt1ee h nTlng l p a p mBtlo n
ofnotlsre thanthirty4vothorrslad.(~008),rrlL'
ztetmorethmom hmamd tJmmMd (BwJoO), od
e~ntplniry;a uit 0r more thata twnty-alne tamma&
(a 0001 popma txon, 0nsj-00~ 8e*-
pointe&13J the CauutyJn~eriththe qp rL3 O?
the canml~ebners*OourtO uhen in theiroplnlm the
mm&sea of rpuoh0Moen are nmdod w&me salwlsr
oho31nOtemeedtmhundred Qllan($mo)porlnoxL*
and expmma not to exeeedtwo -dollam
par YeaFIB..
.In the lppolntmutof all $avenll~offioeroithe
County Ju aud t&eCouutyJuve&leBoardmafmeleat
for eucboT ficremy8ahoolattemlanoeoff%aerorofYi-
eera of the oounty,or of sub0016letrLets3.13 tlm
aounty,-%hatmay be autaori~ed by law, and the eolq
and expenseof maah jofst 3-Q off%er or offiosra
and atteatdaU0e
0fflOtWsohallbe pd.4 $OintiJ w fhe
8o uutya a lchoolL~~t~~Bu;par,~baoisotdiri-
d
a lo n ta e y ma y u g F ee up o n l l l l * ( r nmr sng o m)
The def& nitio n r st+a n 8y B o miws t?d ed TOl. & p a
~088, definesQlrollrPsentaotheprotif
or&rlngfr~~~off%eeor
aap10ymemt;tbat rbioh loreoeiredao al%xilpQuatiotlfOrser-
~Neo, or uhbh 113annexedto the poo~eiml0nof 0fYloe aa wl-
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zszeh rraci
pnmmbite;adr~trye~w@ publicor private.
. It iinportsperquisite,sdvantag~ profltor m
ibriatag
from the possesslouof aa offiae.
kmhereofthe flredepartiaentarehaldtobepu~I~o
off~oere-- Sregoiref. city 0r hwui, z46 x.it.376;
nsrab0 et
8l v* city of Waw# 262 a.wrm314
WithIn the meaningof the above-q.KMd seatioa,o?
the Conetitutioo,t&e offiosof eonstable,~jmsn.%leoff$~
oity mawhnl and firaaDnare olv3.l0ffSceoof molmeak IU-
o~~~ooam3e, ir.nota.vozunfeev mmber
that the flrencra
.
0nthym seal, theremu3~beforethb
the SentieU queuilonas wntalned In your queafioo
in an opS.nion rrltten et that t&e by 80x1. Bruce W, -lbq&z&Ae-
tit8nt Attimwy oeneru, and rm to mm AttanBb 6hq4-
mfq Couuq Attorney, Dlakmm, fexaa, thedepartMatralI(Itmt
the oity WUld ham no autixwityto pay the bonsWe auon&ly
salarywahout oolmtitutlng haila poli0eomoa of tb4 clity.
We wneur uith this ruling* See 34 Tot. Jur. Sec. lr, p. 347,
348 and Sac; ThomasYO Abe-thy County Lima lndqendent 6&001
DistrSot,890 81 W. 18%
'Pbeoooeptameofmd qualiifsatioosfortWaffS.00
ofeltymarsbul raul4 *wfoao, IPlount*aYa5fhtionofthe
oft3.ee of 5on~tabl~~ Torn0 tr Roohmt&ler, 421 Iklr.63L
ln unwer to yoourque8t*lls 1 aud'a, it Illth6~epsTw
loonof this deputinent that the twnetableis inhibitedBy AFti-
ale 16, ma. y), frotaeeeeitingunder the prerisioneof AHi-
51esssr R4 Ce &, lsn& sayoompemsatimforpwfoma3Sgthe.
of oity IMcFehm. s!Ma eo&a.onof the ountltltut~
llutieli sl#
Withrefereaaetoyour wcond qu0sti.o~p~Ifu
note that Artisle6142, mi aaWxled,piwtldesfor the uppoInt-
,mentoS theCountyduvumlleofflwr, andpresoribam tbeaua-
pezmatlol¶Imdcup-t&bePllowedtotbat 0mOth Ajtms-
nfie offX5er of the county, beS.ng a publlo ofYber, ia rwt-
ed8itbal1tt4epom3rW aatMrityofpoliaeoffieerm4w
shea lR5ldPalt
to thar omow tbro~ut the aolmtv.
peisationvhiok op 0ffiW is to reW%ve Tar &iron 8ervlce~,
or imp?6~6 tapon him the duty OS perfoming hi6 sehice %?I#-
out specifically fixLug any wmgenaatfon therefer,he mm-
not lawfullywntraot or reoeivefrm any other wtnwe sag
addl.t10nal wnpemsation.
Sn answer to yfmr seoond question,therefore,It
ie the opinlcm cl' tbie depart&rent
thUt a cm&y &menl.leof-
freer appointedunder the provision6oi Article6142, RC.S.,
Jgza, as amrded, 2s not authorSmd te reeeirean allovanee
trou a city uithin suah wtmty l'orexpensein the use of his
oar in theperf'omanoeof theduties wnnectedwith the Juve-
nile clepartmont or such afty, asfauuing
euch dntleoof fhe
wunty &av&d,lsvffioer to aover an& lmlude tba atnabM
6wh oity vwld he aUhoehied to hay0 perfomed amE veated
in 6ny city police o+fiaer*
Trustlugthe above -ers yoore questlone, we re-
BY
OPlNlON
COMMIITEE