*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

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Honorable S. Ii. Milwee

County Attorney

Floyd County

Flo@ada, Texas

Opinion No. O-7487 Rer

Officer, vho has rs Court aa such nted secretary on8 of aourse have a ccm- States and under lsions of Section hlah we quote "Bo member of Goagrees, nor person holding or exercising any offloe of proflt or trust, uyler the United States, or either of than, or uixker any f'or- eign pover, shall be eligllQe as a member of the *2 me. 8. R. Milwe - Pago a

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the selaative 8e~ioedi~to~~adloerrlb#rdHlbmn~~r the EdI8lnt8twtion of the bat. Purther, it 18 our opiaioe thet thlm po8lticnr rrilrr to efuv7 vim it a del~tlon of uq pm- tuti of tam 84Wr4&n pawa.