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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS I AUSTIN
Honorable nava ~~:axelll, Jr.
calm ty Attorn4~ Rhal by County
Canter, fasa8
near Mr. wc.*ellls bplnlon No. O-7424
Your letter requ4atlnF: on opjnlon u
titled mbjoot is 84 folloWsa
‘Cnn an officer Of
clerk in ths eeaeed wife
Penn1 Codo defining ‘Ropotie’ in . or of thj4 State or 8nv offiaer et 4ahool dia- prealnat,
of thlm or any otfie4r or renher Of 8ny Ptate, state, mchool dj strjat Or 4tLOP di4trfct. ceant7* 8itfr .boord, or fudge of my court, oreatod ~mjclpal
by or under 4athority Of 8nJ pen4r41 Or sp40141
law of’ thje State, or 8ny member Of the togida- Hall 8pJ;Oint, or rote for, or confiirm t.he ture,
apyv-tl~trwv-,t to 8ny offiC0, pOoitiOn, elerkahlp, or dutJ, of’ any ~1 tb- rerwn related employvant
83 D8T4 MOReill, Jr. - p8ge 8 .Iloarnble ln WIG second dGlgr4G by 8tttiitJ or w9 thin the third do((r44 by cGnaangt?!nity t0 the psrson 8~ to any OthGr mabsr
8ppOinting or 90 voting, or or aaurt of Of any l uGh board, the t4gial8tuT4~ ting or TGting ~47 be 4hlGh spoh perem mo 8pp4ia 8 PGmbBr, rbQ the Ul8rJr f4Osr or OOmpsns4t~,Gn of woh appojntee 34 to he paid for, dlreetly or hdiroatly, out of Ot from publie funds or t8os Of OttiGG Of 487 kind Or GhEt84t4r WhGtsOG+Ot.’ From yOar et8t4tmOnt To t8k4 the ptep@ed it. tn PO that b7 blond ln m, 0mpl0~00 18 aOt related t0 the OWplO7ing Gffioer 8nd eapeoial1y that h4 18 not tOt8t8d to tbo (E ray wb8t4oorsr, third de&ros blood r418tlm. otfioer Tithin It pb- ploylag the or not ho la rGl8ted tn the nplo7- to be aeon Ghethrr mnin8 anly in9 OfflOor by 8ffhf ty Tifbin the noeand demo40 Under the eom- man 18~~ which thjs Rtrte 8dopted April 8s thr rule Gf deelsim 1, 1840, the blood relotlren of the wife ore POl8t4d to the h8- hand by 8f’tSnit~. Tho84 th4 wife by affinity rel8tod t0 Only 8r4 not 8t all related to the hu4bandt but an above 8t8t8dt i.he ham- anly those hand’s kin by ati’lnity throngh hi8 arrrrir@e inaludos perwno who are related by aongan&u;unity - blood - to the 8lf4. Under t~hs plain Of the Cods, t0 ho inelIg3hlo lGtt8r in your oam by tha ComtJ OfflOOr , the emplo7~ fur 8ppoitttmGnt within the 8OCGnd degree must bo rol8tGd to the hu8band-4mplO~Or of nffinlty. Under your 8kt4Wnt he 18 not thU8 t418t4de 8nd 18 thornfore allgible to tbo 4pp4i~~4nt.
VQ find thorn 10 m4 dogtO by eon8angtdnit7 or blood botwean the wife of the offi8ar Pnd her Thor0 18 0184 f8thOPa 8 blood r418tiOn 8Rd her 8T,,,t, Qt One degrso h8tW443 her fat-her ., Of hot f8ther , thus reachin? the two 64- who is a b8lf-8~8tOr Free8 blood rel8tion iie44848rl to 4rOludO the emplo~eo, the 8nd two dsgreon do not 5nolud4 ths hamband. Of d8tO July 3, 1840, IS over- Out opinion NC. O-2826, X08* O-119, O-W34 awl O-1096 rul Gd# 8nd our opintonG thorelm orerml8d 8r4 r8rtorod they 8ro In 80- in all nsp4Ots WhereIn card wltb thl4 opinion.