OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AUSTIN
Hon. II.A. Eodgee
County Auditor of
w111iems0n county
Georgetown,Texas
Dear +fr.Hodges:
YOWr6qa0t r0r the que8tiona
in whiah th
ph?Of oour 1o*tor you eat0
quested by the aonstablo of your oomty
I'ma this Dopartmoat relative to the
orvioee psrfcmed fbr out-of-oounty
on ie dlreoted to Senate Bill Loo.5,
r;zjojlt;thLegf6lature.Bootlon 17b,
*In aounties whsreln the Ootmtg offioera
named in this Aot are oompeneated on the bade
of an annual salary, the State of Texas shall
not be ohargad with and shall IIOtpay any Se0
or oommlssionto any Qrsoinot offioer for any
Hon. R. A. Hodges, January 20, 1939, Page
servioes by him performed, but said ofrloer ohall
be paid by the County out of the Offioers' Salary
Fund puch fens and oosnulsalons as would otherwlae
be paid him by the State for suoh sarvloes.w
In view of the abovementioned ertlole, you are re-
epeotfully advised that a oonetable in an over oounty, who
remains on a fee basis and who reoeives a subpoena from ano-
ther county, to be served In his preoinot, should, upon the
reoeipt of a proper certlfioate from the foreign oounty, be
paid out of the Offioers' Salary Fund of his native oounty.
Thfa department has reoently rendered an oplnlon on this quea-
tion to the Ron. I. Predeoki, Qaunty Auditor ot 'Cklverton
County, a oopy of whloh 1s anolosed herewith.
Trusting that the foregoing anawem your inquiw,
I remain
AWbw
S~aLosuRE
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