Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TE AUSTIN county rttornay -
Dlokanr Cotmty
spw, PCs88
lml. L. D. htilrf, Jr., pa&o z
‘(1) ma hoxld tbo two offiber be 0-0 binod?
“(8) ASStlldU~ that both of the Offiotab almt:amd 0bQva n1l.l bo re-deoted to their ro6peotIvo ortfioor in the 0ml.n~ pdamy d&o- t1m, WLloh of tbnlr llazas aho?llC &pmr 001 thd gsnaral alaotlon ballot in EDm&r aa tha ZW8kiIt~?
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lma 8tatutor
seotion 9 of Artdole t or tba 00!28titut10a of
TataEl 1.
W1~3rs till be*& Olrrrk r0r th DietrIot oourt ot saoh oomty, v&o rhedl be slsotad by the qudlfied votarr rm the Statr 8nd eomty orflom,~anba~o wl hdd hir oft100 roar l two yoarr hubjrot 00 rcmOva1, bI-informtim, Q bg IndetraDnt of a @and jury an4 eanvie- tlon by a etlt jary. fn eam ah taO(mb tho $&4&e ot de Dirtriot aorrrt 8hal.l halo & powor to lippoint s olork, who shall hold until the off100 oan be till.6 by elaetionr” 8e+Icm a0 of irtiole t or tha oozlrtItatlmof Texas1
‘men rhsll be oleot.4 ter oaoh oouaty,
by qualiflnd wotes, a ooraty oler& u.‘lo 8!Mll hold M# OKleo for two ya&rr, r!m rllall b-0 ilark of t!le oo\mty and~oapm~8slonlc8’ oourtr and rmortlor of the oounty, w!m80 dutIb8, por- quirltar and 0~8 0f 0r ri00 l hdl be pr8mrlb0d ls1atum, and a taoeml b WM# e- ’ bI tbs 9 f 01 &u11 &I tlllod ,by the Ooeari Wdon~l’ I OOurf, i.
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B-4 Lr DO llatlfff, Jr,, pg@ 8
until tb aetf'pnerd rleotfon for l otmty and stats ef10ar8~
ArtLola tool, Rsvlred 0M.l 8tatuto8efT*BaI 'A olark of the dirtriot oourt Oz *aah oount r!dl 'be rleotod at osoh guaWalsleo- cue a term of two yeara b * b 0. tlaa I
Artiolo 1903, RaYbed BlVil statutol~ VOSNT NJRL - f5a oomtlu hadrig a * ofloorr than oI&tt~~8orlB, popsllmtIon ~00ordIog; to tha proa to&m1 oan8u8 rally ml) olerk ekall b@ 6 oet& HI Obali tah -Y oath an& Iv. the bond require4 oi alrrks
sfboththo &lot aadoounty owaW d pomrt and parfomflt!k~ dutlsl shallbmethe of 8-h olrrkn respeotlvsly~m
Artlol.4 1904, ltavlrad Olvil Statutr81 Arqols 1938, mtired OIrIl Bt&uta8r "6 olsrk bf the county oourt 09 rrob eolmty rbll k rleat.4 at reh generrl l l.8. 8 taza or
tion for two ~wlrma l l * *. . 'hrtIoli 1948, Revlad QI7Il BtatutrlI *SfLI1Lu3Zm&-wheroiamyoounty~' oIntolrrk8hallhntr ba@nrlootod,b *ha%&* iI3 portorm%zg the duties of eomtt alark wsa IS the 8eakOf raId80tdt@ rUthWt at@ &Of- floial l li# as rush olarke"
It was hrld In m8@ of ROLCOi3, t al to SPZX?S, t38 SW 891 by tSs Auarlllo Court at 01~11 w ala, that a prellaziwy uuwmoaaont 8s the oonmu r J tho D&sotar ?cr en oiiioiaf gsmouaoauunt aZ ubloh ubllo and all ofriei0la nay t&r notIoee The 0pl.w thb loz in . t:Is oanb rohdl, in part, a8 iollorfr 8 sum when bulletin I‘ su
=Itrould Dubliahed cubb dirtr:bUtOd it thOli~kOaa68 an ti~I01ol ps~owomwt of the law, oi nhloh t? ybl.50 aad all otfIoIaU
l 1% thI8 0~80 the mdi ahow the Ounsur Barmaa, its Dirootar, lerued a
thu rlootion thr olmlstion of Lubbbak County to bu 3.l 096r ld‘ mans to hare bsea off%- aiaL T!&lnform~tIaaappua~rtobam been givea to lead* papor O? the Statur XWU the law tti‘ irt'oniutlm oould have bean ob- tained in no other ua
torcu o,'flalal eot wl and 8ubjoctt~thc pG.rty to & &E&r* of ro1ony *a*,
To the 8aw1 dtfoot Is the oaoo 02 BtVZE 0. STr?TTt, 44 ST (Sd) $80, who&a it WE dao&:bb:
wls og,nIon I‘ &0**od t!&t thu pm- *5 Ran. L. 3. X+t~iff, Jr., poig s ants, it 2oLLovu mukiT 3F;othll 20 or Al%Lvla 7 of t&b
30~Jt?t’Aasl 0: ? @X48 and Ut:al.e 1905 02 t!u Statutor of TCrnU,thdonl7 one oh?* 8hauba rlrotsdkrDiak.ilE Cclrrtr7 h tho forthoaxlrq ganartxl ale&ion.
t&a oouaty alcrk under Scotion EO 02 Mtiole P of tb- ~0=atitution artf Art1cla 1935 ei tile stntutoe* St la, thoretora, our o pirdcin that l ztah or tbae o?fiola~a ln Dlak:ons Comty nsy aoztlnuc to 8erve am distrlot l M aoullty olc&c ceo>eosi?elj, UIG.tLl the uxpiz%tlan oi the terau of of& to wklah they were harsto2oa-a sleeted. Tbcroupoa jotit o:;lrk ulootcld by t!! peeplo nt tha @lGra1 al*atlorl in co-?CaNlr Of tsie yapa? rill eutex upon t!z dutlea of o:wls of thr oaunty and dbtriot aourt of Dlokma Countyr
YCUS 8OOOUd QU&iOil jW#Oilt~ [8] &iitiOtit p-a- lan szd, lnmfe?~~ao oomts oi Tour an aonosrmd~ lu sn orl@nal one* It sill 36 obseved tht noithw t”a Oxzrtltutlau nor tha Statutw provide ei.ther that t3c oollnty alork s!!all, asmae tbu datia8 of t&o dirtrist dark QT that the Chatriot olurk &all antnma the dutia# 02 the county 03mk riim, by teroe of se&Ion 80 02 u- Mole V c;" t!m ConofAtutlnn eti UtiOl0 100s a2 the 3tnt- tutu, mly azo olerk 3~7 b (~1aowL ‘60 may tharaujjn tii;oltia thut thc~frtmarn of th6 Oonrtltutlen end tha Laglshturo cLd act latrnd that rittat offios rrhould bo aubarUineta to t!ie otha, Q thr dutfom of @it- qeW by the othaz, but rathar thet thr 6utler oi @aoh &Odd asmlm qos a joint slerk who moul6 hold tna ofrloe 02 alerk cf t&e ao*nty anii diatrkt 00au-t - one 022~~.
Adrcrtlq to lour latter we Ectr '2z.t th, *6 ,
Han. L, 0. Sstllff, Jr., ~a~6 6. 4lotrlot an4 roullt7 01erkr of DiOkea8 aolmt7
prcwat nra raah setkinp,ndaatlda B7 the DaaOoratid Pert7b the forthaa4.n~ xrt7 prhr7 oZeotioa to tha rrrpaa- the offices or di6tXiot 4n6 oomt olcrk. l37 for00 or atitlan tb of !.rtloln 7 of tha i onstltutbn und of utlolr 1.903, however, these two offioor am not l uB- . joot to kel illled b7 rlrotiozi B7 the qudUia4 votara, thr, b41~ "I -7 lieu t~!lcsebb OS17 tA0 joiut MSior of aout as4 dlrtriot atck, It follcn:s thtdt no&u- tim b7 the Duaoorutlo th0 0ffiW PcFty t0 eithw Of Cistrfot olork or the 0rfh 0f oouatf olerk MUM k a ndaetlon f~rr o:floes nhl6h the*~uaIiZid roterr ~7 not flll by cleotion ooilroquontl7, the adnatlea uould Ba a f utllc th . Aooor4i.n 7, we ~“~217 to your scooa4 puostioa
B711taticpow Cg fz that Oral% t&hOU&thr ;OAtCb prewat dhtriat olark pad the olerk us prescat eouatf renculruted ln tha i%rt&ouabgD6rXMr8tit~ Party?rLaurg x100tim for the o:slore al d18trlat OlsrL and aomty olerk( respeotlmAy their ncrtso ma7 not a?year an the general rlcetion dl*t in lovsrobar as the naalnecr of for thsw airi ror the raanm the mmoordo Party fhat rwh offlacil CM not to ba tilled B7 the walifiml tot8rh xt of ooursa iollawu, ~wve~, th4t rnl8ra an LnOitl4uaAl8lertui~n~at@ B7 ths DasQeretle Party in it8 party prla4ry slrution rar the jobt ofiloa of oounty ea4 distxio$ olcrk thex'0 ma7 not be @a7 nm Of the I)moaratf# o6ti&0@6 CQ thC S@UUWtd ilOethl ballot fm ruoh .otfioa. IO h& twe 0emreno1 05r0rdl7 00nsiC~rsd
oplnlona BJ t!de*depsrtmnt m48r deter of Ztmo 18, 192iC snd 3apta?wr ll, 1980. The fl.rst opialan h&la, rhore two olerks ha& Bwa lmSull7 sl4oted at the prcaeaky @mml ol6&lon tlnC t!m aoame a-aorrsnt pr:m to tie puty prbnnrle8 reszltr in on4 6~# olerk kbng cub- jsot to alrstla la the fortho&g general wtiaa, Cocmtttro th4t the 0jalrm.n of ttm rmatbaratir zxsautlvo &odd not rroeiie and file the L lloatl~ oi UI see to ?l4va his ass* glaoti won ix:0 offioL¶l b&% t& pay oi dlntrldi al6rk Al 4 ecndidate for t&o ofti SC rate fro= t&t of oouuty olrrk hat ahmld roach* llOatiOSl# ot 06ndhtes 8a r tile oal a for t&8 0rri0r a$ oouaty on 4 nriot ohrk, gg oa* otMoa* mu--r, iP *7 the rcaoad opialtmholCsthat ahare thevnltcbb Stati8 acnrun w%t aaettiag tha acalaatiaa B7 a @itlo&
7 oi oaa r ldatoo Sar the ofiloor OS oouat old and trlot olork @how mmh oouut to hrm 8 00 6 -Bit- !E.r do, U&U there l8 ar?otlmr 1110 1 osllmn iobkr~ t& Ealninet1oa8 But prcoea the aaxt 8wowdlag gowral aleotloa whloh #hew8 8ua oounty to hat, 1.88 thul 3
6 000 lnhabitmtr, tha pamon w nariasta6 for tha OS- do* OS oounty olork bc0aw8, and is, th6 xwEdao0 cb * art7 ior the offloe oi OOUIIQ and.dbtrLBt 01-k, enoh and to a4ms 0s tha arma oonolPLaateU, andno other, mlet be prided al Lo 0frioi~i ballot oS put s
aking suoh MdlmtiOn a8 it8 OalIdi&dtO fQT thr 10 In t Or S0r the offlo-. OS blrtrlot olorb
you an, ~o oedagl I respoatfully l drioed
th4t it 18 thr oplnloa OS thlo do p 4 rtmat t&t th4 proo- ant holQer8 US the ofSiom c& dirtriot olsrk and oouaty olerk la the oowtf OS Dlokoor my mum the Sul.l twg year term8 to tilah ?i!14y nr o h eretoian l botd by the
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Roar 1. Da !ZatliSS, Jr., 0413 8.
~uallSla6 totore of t&s oeuat7i d t&t for the name of a peraou to n~par oa tho p3aaral leoti~ ballot KS tha natlaw of the Daamoatio Psrtp for the Joint aifloa OS oomty and dlcrlot olerk, euoh perrao must hcpe Bcea l~wSull7 naslaated by the part7 Sor ruab of- Sloo In t3o part7 prlnar7 - a amlnaf:on by tie mrt7 fOr the rO#QfiOtiVtI Off;048 Of 4OUlt OlWk 0.F 4iOfriat I clerk will not suf:lae UB a nominat m for the joint offloe of oomty anC diwtrlot olerk 05 Dlo!cen8 O;u&tpe Those oonolualoilB aa( of 00Kr5~, pvv&3dl upon *00t* ahlah WQ have awuw4 rrcrr #t#t~.?enf~ aontalned l.u pour OoK.z2aaioatlBPr