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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable Oeosgo &'8&.ppud
Cmtrollor of Pub116 Aooountr
Auriin, Tour
Dear Sir:
t Ilr. frmk P. Bartin, Attorn Ooliad, Texas, matriot rtrlot; 18 l Lieut8Mnt u&M, au& ha8 boon in- duotod into ir 8tationed at Crup roveral trlpr baok from or hi8 0ivil or- OS hlr oi*ll oiiice at utier during vhloh time he inourrad icharge oT rush duties. It 8p- 8 clalring no ralary for the time in 7 sngaged in performing the duties or question vhlch is asked lr vhether the . Hartin may be paid, and particularly xpense lncldeot to returning to his dis- c incident to the return an& the. eqenae to brovntQB8, may be paid. trip our Supreme Court ln the case
Under the dsciaionr of of Carpenter ?. Sheppard, 145 8.Y. (26) 562, a olvil ofiiosr of thir Iltate, u ho la an ofiloer l l8o in the Xatlonkl Guard, doe8 not taeato or Sorfeit his olril off108 vhen he la induoted to the satire military rervloe of the Unitecl Stat8ri *2 H. 8hSPgUd, *a8 2 Eonorabla a.OrgS
ft fOl3OTS that the fa& that the offiO8r uy bo in- dUOt8d intO th8 rOtire rilitq 88~riOO Of th8 mit8d 8tAtSS doer not prorent the p&)mant of such l 4mn888 as h8 uy aotuallr th0 dUtiO8 Of hi8 Oirii Or- M& neOOSSul1~ inOllr in di8obrrgiry floe.
Ia our opinioa, hoTov8r, th e l 4j8n888 inourrad by llr. mtin in Ow t0 hi8 di8triOt fP= ~OmVOOd, ThSrS hi8 8illtbr~ oft;00 r*qulr** him to be rtetiono6, in order to per- fOm the dUtiO8 Of hi8 01~11 OffiS@, Md th8 SXpW¶S@S inOld8nt to th8 l'8tUt'n trip t0 Brovnwod, UT not be ‘2hS 8~8n888 tid. of the80 trip8 are not ruoh as are n80888~1 y lnourred in dl8- P
oharglng the dUti88 0r the civil offiae of Dlrtrlot Attorney. On the OOntrlJ7, th8 IX'O888lt~ for th880 8~8llditUZ'e8 W1888 Out Of the holain( of the military offlro. m0 SitUdiO& t0 Opp ha, 18 mwh the fiU8 U if th0 DtStriSt Attoraoy WSPO O-u&, for in vhloh t0 D&k0 l trip ~rSOlU1 FO~SOltS, OUtSide Of hi8 diStri@t, l VSat YS thbk it 018dW that, though it VOtid be IiOO8888P~ for hh t0 rOttU'Il t0 bi8 the dUti88 Of bi8 d.tStri& hi Order t0 diSah=gS OiVil Off108, he oould ItOt hsT8 hi8 8*QOli888 laourrod in ary the roturn trip paid by the 8tatS any more than ha t0ula be on- titled to h&re the expense1 of the going trip pal6 by the atate. ti Other VOrdS, in neither iPSt6nO0, ha8 the preaenoe Of the dir- trlat attOrn8y at the point OUtSidS Of hi8 dietriot bean occa8lonod by the n808881t~ Of di8OhUging l dUt7 inOldNit t0 hi8 8l*il Of- a8 DietriOt Attorney, Md it 18 Ody SuOh trW.ling l XpOn8.8 ii00 LB ~0 JIOOOSBUii~ iIIOUITOa iXi di88hUgiZLg the bUti Or th0 Oivil or DirtriOt Attorney vhloh Bay be paia to the offlarr a8 0rri08 Dlrtrlot Attorney.