Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

AUSTIN 1% TEXAS Hon. Fred C. Brigman, Jr. County Attorney Uvalde County Uvalde. Texas Opinion No. V-1436 Re.: Legality of compensat- ing the sheriff's wife i for feeding prisoners in the county jail under i, Dear Sir: the submitted facts. k Your request for an opinion is substan- tially as follows: "The sheriff of Uvalde County is compensated on a salary basis and had been since the passing of the Oonstitu- tional Amendment. In addition to his salary, the County has been paying him $.75 per day per prisoner for feeding of the prisoners and $.15 per day for safe-guarding the prisoners. At all…