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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Le$g~slmIro, or bate the iB tb8 erred sata forth is sressed by the state ed Auditor mha11 experienae as 8 aoountmt inmdiatel~ preoad-
t, he rhsll bo a m of grity and moral ohvaoter ood tioient experienoo in bUriDOm8 the fullotioa~ properly dirdl8rglJ ES shall bW0 b#B S OitiWSS of the otrioe. ad reaideat or rWb8 for at least fita ye8r• iopullrtel~ prlw.Alng bogd to be qprwad,by oifles aml eteputlng qualify by trklng tbo aonstitutfoaal hi* rppointrmt. 08th rdull [80] et to the Gwernor eppointing pomr, pyeble state of taras end his 8UEOMSOP8 in oftias, in the um oi Twenty-Sire ThhgosamI (@D,oDD) Dollars, aolditioned upon tdtlb
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tul dieehargo 8 ae1teult surety eompaq 88 euretyr mr pro- m&m to the eurbty sompm~ ?or the neoutib~ et maah bodl ehall bo ptid by the State.*
Ssotioa 11 of the Aat prwidee in pcrrt as tollo~et WI4 ?irst Aadetmd ehal1 sat4 Auditor perform euob dutias and bee%pnents l 0 the t&eta luaitor my preearibe, and aball aat a8 State ia the abeenoo the Ctete l Au l udb ra4i8taat uditore ud
Audito r l tenogrephia aleriaal aeeietanto eball b4 namd and appointed by the Auditor, . ..'
Seation la proridee in pact a0 tollo~ec *The Stete Auditor elm11 be free to l eleot th4 most ettiGi4nt pmsonnel 8rail*ble for eeoh and ever;r position in his otfloe, to the end that hemal reader to themmb4re of the Legielnture that oemlee H-&oh t&q here a right to Oxpect. . . . . The State Auditor is hsrsby authorised to conduct euoh protee- eionel sxaminetione as h4 may deem expedient in detsrmining the qualiPio4tione OS the per- eons rhom he oont4mplatee pl8oing oa b&e staff.@
aeation 13 of the Aot providoe in part1 *The gtmte Auditor WRY rewwe or dieoharge any assistant auditor or any mtenogaphia or olerioel assistant* at any time and for 0x17 mesons l atiefaotory to himeel? end ritEout 8 hearing."
The above-quoted portion8 of the A8t oonatitut4 ~11 that ~8 find in the Aot b44ring upon the ?lrot Aeeietant Stat. Auditor and the other seeistamt auditor8 la the St8te Auditor*8 40pl0y. It will be obeenal that the Leglel8ture ha8 l eem tit to prseoribe th6 qu4li?i4otione to be poeessemS w the Piret Ao~ietimt State lpditor, oc by any other l oeieturt audi- tar. TlmrePoce, the State Auditor ie free to data-mine qualiiieatione he 4111 require of those whom h4 4mplqe.
That the la4 provides that the First Aeei4tust State Auditor ebsll aot se State Auditor in the l be4no4 of the Auditor does not milit8ts rgsinet the oonolneion expreeeei abore. us power and duty sat ae Ctate Audltor in the b-
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mnae 0P the Ctats Auditor is derived from him oeeupeaey I&tote Aditor, to whioh of podtion 4? Piret Aesietent or place tha L~gieletur~ hem sttaohtd the putbor- oiYf44 itr aat am State Auditor IR the rbesmo4 of the Stats Yailo a4t.ing Auditor. am state hditor in the ebeenoe o? th4 Stat4 Auditor, the First Aesietent doee hold ofrioe ef State Auditor, but ie merely rcpowered ee Ylrmt Aeaietent to exeraiee pro te powers and duties atteched to pcincipel otflae.
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