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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLLRS *won”rr GR(mm.
tiouonblo tolm C, k,rrbur@r Attorney coulty CouAty
ayette NO. o-694
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rubjaot aettrr Ia *2 tlorh John C. ;arburaor, P-w*
Article 602 of Pow1 COQI nadr 66 follow8$ I&W h ANY CUXTY COUti'2 02 COUiiT iii' A JLI.TI& L;Y or oitar "'~4 Oouutr Judge in thlo,stute nko 6L612 ymotloo ottoapt to pmotbu at attorney at TiCki ?&AC% rhrll bu fined not 1686 ttin 01.16 hundrrd &or AOW tuui flta hwdrd! doLlrmb.*
.artlcle tO3 of the iwi61 Codo reada e6 follow~t
*'&e abaw mzitloned autt~ltloa of iilarlah vu !dd .ic.ritu mid L;hop~& va Ltnte crp%esly twt the p-octl6u county JuaEci lo tutlorizod law ic th ls6trlot oourt. 6T911 1E hia OllI: CouAt~. siIl&&~ tits QP~O of :lorlch t6 State show nrtlozsd lc bs@o& on ground thathl6 oourt Ime mlthdr 110r mgyalbtb ju.r:odlofloc Of suoh &is- origbal triot oourt cu6o6.
Wy ta8 6tpm66 prori6lo.n6 of at1010 319, ii. c. ii., the county Juti prr&tted to praatloa 3.6~4~ a oounty or ;u6rio6 oourt, 6wvi in his oun aoUaty pro- vided, howcrur, thcrt owl% would nfire oeltiaur origlnel xmr tqpellatu JurlaiIiotlou. ti:i6 At I oancot ~10611 Jurt what ty&m of 0686 tt would bo in the Justlao oourt, but at6tuto porldar ror ruoh 6 6ltwtlon. tnu aborr cjaotod str,tutoe, 1t lr
*i'pQ1 a rwdk& 4y oprnion that fi16 Low oantm Lat66 a county juW3 thnt 46 not yroialbikd fmci ptsOti$ ag if 16U in 6Qy OoWt, ut- lee6 1% ir 6 oourt trm whlah ha ~63" hav6 an 6lwtiW JU&-i6dioUon or b 6666 ia WhiCA ho h66 Ori.&6l. JUrf8- dlotloA* ~artalnly !a hoe ~0 0rlglnrL or eg&alLate *3 Jd0a~oti4p 0s 8 0880 fiba in mother 00uy. em- lair it uould ba ln a aaae rhora a lab or prirllo&a ~0uLd k l ~8ta04, a a 0s 00~~ % w&Oh a Iaot l ltuatlm, tha Cotmtr Sudga ahould not l aorpt am- la thoraion nrf o~inloxi that tba County loymant. It uA88 may praatiae &u ln any turtlea or oounty aourt Of l notha? ~aountf l o4pt in 01aea *here a ploa of prfrilaga l uaUlnabk.* Tha l tatutea retwrod by you are 0~4 atatutra that t&o cuecrtion rubaittbd, and lt la our opSnnion that
6aoL with pow iutarprcrtation th8r00r la oorrsot SOT sollowing c00aona1 th% l5ti L%&l818LtUO j@aSb%A the SollOWiui; 18~: lfi 16% "&Ci;TI& 1' Be it l naotd by tho io&deture 0r iitdfa 0s ftua~, mot it rhe3.l not b,r imul for the su&e cd any County Court oi’ thin Strto to yrrroties 08 au at- tornby or counrelor-at-law b any 0r tm county Court8 courts or tar ~uatloc’~ or tti.o aaoo thin stst0, afia ouy County J&v *Do map violate th* prooialo~a or tsa 80t ehdl be ouiltf or l tira0~anor, aid upon oonrlotlon t;aoreof, in My oourt of ooap6tmt Jurla- dlotiou shall be punlrtnd by ILco cot 1088 t&m one cnre thau fire huuAnA Aollerm l n4 hu~(lraG mr lri b0 r0=0r0a fro;;: O~OO. af34ut0t tncr*t0, UMI~ ithoraaa, no law non mtiata prohibit- o&i&, & County Jut@%8 raotiaiug ea l ttorn~fa-at-law in. tha ona es(~ l trata*a Court8 thla utOt.0, wh+rebJ’ P iauaty aah 00nrtdan rsaulte, thus orastln6 a l nmr6onoy, publio neo~aaitf that tiilr l ot c.0 and an ~ptmttif% into l rfmt at once1 th er ofo ra thla l ot ahall tab d 4rrO0t 8d w in m00 mm ~1 8rtOr it8 pd80668.*
(p. 216, ~ewe ot mtia, 1876) mo 1tita &~irlatu*re, In a +Ndel ze;e8lOfi lis 1875, [;;. 12, Uteridad A&i010 Or th ;ceVi#d &W8 Of 8bia 3&aOOial -88iOR) civil Ltatutoa 1879, l aopt~a,P%bruery 21, 1679, 80 that aacm ruea en iollowa: ll36. Gounty judp.r* in tilo8. oouRt~oa *‘Artlo&
wt~rdn the oitil orbabal juri84$etiOn Of tL* county oourta hea bean or mey Mroettar bs aimhL%heb ahall ha16 thu rigat to preotio* l ttunoya ln all Justioea* and county oourt8 la obH8 whersln the cmUt@ *4 r(aa. John 2, ;:arburpr, 3~0 4 rhloe may pnaldo huvo nolthrr or nor l p ha1
ova palAata juriaalotloo, prorlbed thny l ra loamad law- yor8. ’ wit. 2, iihemaa, undrr the oonatitutlon
pmnnt aaaalon OS tha Lwlalatun La limltsd to thirty data, a paat portion oi rhloh haa already l rplredl~ and wharea a, en&w l xlatl4q lane aou~tf juagea an 6qwlred in oouaty and othor Worlor aourta, tlrero- OS praotloing fore, an l aurgrnof l ibtb and an lmpantlre pub110 nao%a, l ltf daaaoda the eua nalon Or tno o0LiatitutiwaL rula whleh rr~uirtaa a bll r to ba rcrad on three l oraral bay8 tnia lrr take l rreot and b* in roroo from ana and that paaaega, and it la a0 onaotoa.- aire it8 it uaa ari4aat~ tha yurj~ocr of tha Lagial,etturr, lu peaakr6 ttla atatuto
m laat abovo quoted l tatuta, to rapal pa888a bf 15th Lo~lalatur*r meklng it wdentul for a oounty Ju&p to gmotlaa lan in any oouctf or juatior oourt in ao rer w apgUed t0 rhweln tho c@&rt over whloh a oOUaty Jua,ga prsaidaa ma nolthrr ori&inal nor rp ilato $wia6lotlon. th LA&laht.uir wan alao
xoweror, the atetute peaboa by the 1 Y rsrrlod into the 1879 mririon the oitll &tatutoa se Alrtiale 236, and part theeor pruotioo of 16;~ bf a ral&tiVa oouty Juc1g6 raad8 88 fououar -. . &or aball w oounty Judge be allowed to
appear end proof100 ea an l ttornay at law in my of trio aouaty oourta aourta 0r tit0 tha juatlaoa pa808 in thin 8kto.w nave boat carried into
to flrrd that both of t&eat atatutaa tba rarloua ra*~alona of our oivil and orlAna l tatutba until thin data, ana appear AOI an lutiolea bG2 =a 603 our i~sml Cods and hrtlalo 319 oi our ii41virrd Cl*11 Statutaa. .Tala altu- l tlon oofbea althin tha rule 0r law leld dour. ln 39 Ter. Jux., an follower aeo. 139, p. 26&, which rode
*. . .But it petiaalbla to go boUta tha adoption or 8 oode ror aid in ad0eitie tne in- tentlon thr kslalaturm &I napoat of an UabU- uoua prorlaloa. aid au-0 two oonrliatiti~ grovi- alone, onaotoa at dlrfwent tiiwa, are brou&ht forurrd irto a oonpilatlor It in proper to emaIm tba orl&ial aota co l rrtro at tao trw ICItarA . . l a
ym. Jozn 2. 1;erburuor. pmee 5 Than la no qi%atioa but tnet tho pmlialofia nrtiolo @0l our Pa&41 cod0 are 00arli0t with ti.0 pr0rlai0na 0s i&3 of our ronal Code and Artlolb )19 our Barlaod Utlolo bin00 trjr orl&nal clrll setutoa. -rbwom, rota ahow thbt inmia0d for rortalona laat nenrsd t&a Lo&alatura to oontrol it la our op L ion thet a oountf JuQa En gfllolab *uthorlmad to praotfoe law in aw county or juktloe oourt In t,hla atata, *roe@ In 0aaaa whore Cha oourt over rhioh he pnal&a haa either ori6iaal or rpyolletr jurladlation. . .
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