Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Honorable Charles R, Martin County Auditor Harrison County Marshall, Texas Dear Sir: Opinion No. 0-2~877 Re: Article 1055, C.C~.P.Fees of Justice of the Peace and Con- stable under facts stated. Your request for opinion has been received and careful- ly considered by this department. We quote from your request as follows: "The Legislature in 1939 enacted a law amend- ing Article 1055, of the Code of Criminal Proce- dure of Texas, 1925, and declaring an emergency, which provides that the county shall be liable for one-half of the fees in a misdemeanor case to the officers of the court where…