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Home My WebLink About1943-06-28-1000AM-Other"~ ~< ' At e oalled meettn~ of the Commtssto=ers! Court ~' Brazes County,~e:xas, held tn the ~/'floe of ~.~e County .Tud~e at the Court House at 10:0(~ a.mo, .Tune 28, .19/~.t~ with the .eel- ~.c~lng ~embers present: , '- A.S. Ware, County ~udge, presiding; ' ' * ' , ,'~ , Norton R. Burkhslter, Co~lsstoner, Preotnot No.' 1~'-'* '" ' ' 'John A. Rychltk, Co~tsstoner, .l~reotnot No. '2;' " · · '! Fred A. Wehrmen, Commissioner, Preotnot No. ~; and ~ ,' " ~ ~:, ,, ' Roy Danforth, Commissioner, Preolnot No. &~ the followin~ proceedings were had: ,. * The County ~udge laid before the Court the formal request of Honorable Mr B~thee, County Attorney~ for ~he appointment of en Assistant 'County Attorney~ effeotive Immediately,, end his speetflo request that Er. S~n C. Royle, ~r., be appointed to this posttton~ all ss Indicated by the following written request and oertlftoates ettsohed thereto~ Bryan, Tezms, ~une 2~, TO T~E RONORABLECOM~SIO~ COUI~T, Brazes Co~ty,Texes~ 'Gentl~en: This la a petition for the appointment of an Ass/stent Cowry Attorney 'of Brgzoa Cowry,Texas, en~ e most respectf~ request for an appropriation of s~ftctent County flunks to provide the neoessery compensation flor suoh of~er; end I em tht~ petition ~th ~ s,,m~ry off the eztsttng olro~tenoee whtoh h~ve caused ~ to ~ke the request. ~ phys~oel oondttion Is n~ s~oh that I find it neoessery to absent ~self from of- flotel duty end ~o to ~rlln ~r some other locality for medtoel treet~nt ~n en effort to '.leverets e most serious end persistent trouble whloh has efffeoted ~ powers of looomotton. I em oon~lnoed t~t such treet~nt end absence ff~m of~tolel duty will be somewhat ,~:Stended an~ ~ ~ thet'~ oannot attend to the duties of ~ offfftoe end reoelve the necesse~ end proof medical treatment ~t'the S~ t~e. I ~ve devoted ~ entire ener~les to the oonduot o~ the offftoe off publto proseoutor and modestly feel that I have pretty wll taken care of the offftoe durln~ ~ ln~benoy. [ furthermore would dislike to have ~nythl~ tn- 'terrors with the oon~uot of the offtoe off Co~ty Attorney or which ~t reduoe the of one o~ the most ~portent phases off o~ ~o~ty ~over~nt, end this would undoubtedly :occ~ shoul~'[ be absent without a competent assistant tn ', It ls well ~n that o~ Co~y no eontelns e ppp~etton of more than ~0;0~ people, e~ that with, three flyt~ fields end several mllttery esteblte~ents within o~ it ts tnoreesl~ly ~portent thet'lew enforo~nt end publte prosecutlons be ~tnt~tneA .,*.-~..,. tit,t~e hi,heat effiotonoy or else our war effort ~Ltght suffer.' Bryan Field, a U.~.Army ".',.' .... , ' :~Alr Foroes Instrument Instruotors~ Flytn~ Sohool {the onJ. y one of its kind in tho Unitsd States)~ with'its military personnel runnln~ Into the thousands, would alone .~ke it ~ore ~eeessery then'ever that adequate provision be ~mde to m-intain-L~w and order end ,' that ospsble and efflo~ent'proseoutln~ offlolals be e~ilable for the oontinuation of the ealetin~ olose oooperetto~ and h~rmontzstlon of oivll'end m/litary law enforcement machinery, Now, the field"of attorneyg has been narrowed down by w~r end',its related aettvitles ' ~to the 'poin~ that it is ~ personal opinio~ that t~e only ~n who, under the existln~ ,, · oirou~stane'es ~nd p~evalltn~ oondl~t~ne,,oould ~tep In and render,~th~ required quality' ;une 23, 19~3. of service, would be ~. Sam 0* Ho~e,. ;r,, ,M~. Hoyle ~as a practising attorney here fo~ a number of years and ~ubsequent!y entered the armT, from whloh he wes rffoently honorably discharged as being over-age, and thereafter entered the aircraft production ~ork and temporarily out of Brazes County. I feel that if we are fourtunate enough to presume the services afar. Hoyle aa an Asalatant County Attorney for an tn~efinlte period of thne, then Brazes County will be properly equipped and able to meet whatever ezigenoles may develop. In the alternative, ! feel that my health will be completely ruined and ! will be permanently disabled for every purpose and that the County will thereby suffer irreparable loss end Injury to 1ts ability to carry on aa la ac urgently necessary under war-time oondi. tlons, ~n view of the necessity for early action in the premises, ! must u~ge upon the Court the extreme importance of prompt action upon this request. Yours very truly. Lamer Bethea (Lamer Bathes), 0aunty Attorney of Bra?os County,Texas ;una 23, Tn connection with the petition this day ad,reseed to the Comminstoners.Court of Brazen County, requesting the approval of selection of an,Assistant County Attorney, I, here- by certify as follows: T~E Office of County ~ttorney is a Constitutional Office. The Constitutional and. Statutory duty imposed upon,the County Attorney of Brazes County, prior to 1917, ~s the /nveatlgation and prosecution of all criminal eases of the ~rade of misdemeanor. ~n 1917 the office of Diatrlot Attorney for Brazes County wes abolished and the duties of the District Attorney were placed upon and required of the duly elected County Attorney of Brazes County. As County Attorney the present enoumbent is charged, not ably with the duty of investigating and prosecuting all misdemeanor oases, but he is the one officer authorize~ by the Constitution end Statutes to present offenses of the ~rade of felony to ~rand ;uriea~ drew Indlatmante in felony cases and bring into the Diatrint Court all felony proseeutlons.~ During the peat two years there has been a ~reat Increase Ln complaints end ~rant Jury tndlstments. The District Court of thin County has had a large number off oases on the docket the past two years. Explanation of this increase in crime ia brought about by several factors, one of which ia the concentration in this county of large numbers of transient people and where there is a congestion of people, there is an increase in law violations. ;ugenile delinquency is alee on the increase and all oases egatnst Juveniles are vestlssted and reported by the County Attorney of this County. Thin certificate la made by me to bring to your attention the impe~attve necessity of keeping continuously the personnel of this office ina high state of efflolenay in order there may be no cessation, but · continuation of enforcement of our or/m/nal ~aws. (SEAL) Respectfully aub~ttted, W. S. Barren, W. S. Barren, ;ud~e, 8~th ~udlotal District of Texas. ~une 23, 19~3. After extended consideration and ~isoussion of the matters referred to in the attaoheQ. · .! OALT. ED MEETING CO~I~IO~EI~ COURT ~une 23, 19~3. written petition resolved on this date from the Honorable Lamnr Bethea, County Attorney o~f ?razos County,Texas, I do hereby oertify that offiolal approval is given to the ap*- plloatiom and request for the appointment of Mr. Sam C. Hoyle ~r., as Assistant County Attorney of Brazos County,Texas, and to the matter ~f making neoessary appropriation of - county funds to provide oompensation therefor; all ~ubJeot to final ratifioation and reoor- ding by the Commissioners' Court after aadept~noe Mr. Hoyle and his release'from present eivilian duties. .' . WITNESS MY HAND this the 23rd day of ~une, A.D. A. $. Ware (A.S.Warel County ~udge, ' Brazos County,Texas, for and on ', " behalf of Commlssionera, Court of · Brazos County, Texas. : 0n the report that M~. Hoyle was available and would aooept this appointment, a motion was made, duly seoonded and unanimously adopted~, that Sam ¢. Hoyle, ~r., be pp'pointed Assistant County Attorney of Brazos County,Texas, effeotive ~uly 1, 19~3, and that his oompensation be fixed at $150.00 per month to ~e paid from the Offioers' Salary Fund for the remainder ~f the oalendar year 19~3. .... , · ~ 0n motion duly seoonded and unanimously adopted, it was voted to appropriate,the sum of not to exoeed $?50.00 from the General Fund~ to the~ use of the Brazos 0aunty Health' · Unit for the purpose.of m~eting th~ venial disease situation and' the establishment of a