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*1 OFFICE OF THE A-j-TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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” -.,:. :,‘. 88tlOl& Of thr, Oft108 in 0f aounty Aitt0rn0y. 0-a
:.:..>: l w Daraitt~ th e buatl the aomai8aliorr4?8' l-to 8rn8 of aountt to Attorna~ y bat lt did not It.w tha Wid tbt8. thi8..COMt *II ~4-4 in ~W88 *a884 th. l OU?t8 h8W bald bt r.88011 Of 8Oa8titUtiOUd’ ii88 Of COcUtr W&8 8 8OA8titU- . . AttO?naJ m. COUlLtf AttotJlO~ fn -18 OOUEty
ha8 l 1lNBy8 ::k&E.d tha (LUth8 Of Di8triOt lad
COUAtJ AttOrllOy, DX’O86OtltiAc, 811 OriOltA8l 08808 iA Dlatriot, tbtlllty utd all tuatioa of the Feroe tbr pOOOp18 +Otcrd 8&8ill8t th. fe8 MtChr
COWt8. 8y8tU thr 0OI8Eh@iOll~r8 a0-t 8Ot%h* 88&8?1*8 Of oa4sr Art. 3912 0, sao. the offlciil84a th18 -8ouaty
13, end thi8 OffiOa 18 A~~Op@TAtiA~ statute. UAdOr ttd.8
"Cnder Art. 331 of Civil Gtatutsn an ilOOiOt~At W-6 a~FOlUtd, 8tlld OrtiUlO prOVidiA& tMUOA~ other thlnge that “at do80 ~111 they shrll hold ofrioam *2 .!OIl Teplcr Cerllrrls, pqe 2 tho o#slat.At to hold under the ~111 of XaMk,y. the FdAOl~R~, the i?OU4ty AttOrAOy. Al80 In
- this oonneotion I cite JOU 326 q. Seo. 4
:, and 6 sad hrt, 3902 of the Qlrll Std4lt~8. fa
LhS 8DpOiAtilUJAt the t!OUnty httOTA6r 6&/W &tin-
l.ml Dlatrlot AttOrn.~ m@de 8ppliO8tiOA to the
~llm1881OA6?8 hart prOD0S.d 8Ottllla Ollt,ttle hl?t 888i8tcmt8 A- Wid 88hTy aA p88.4 au order 00Afb8iA&! tha 8gpOiAt8rAt 00. the p-
plloation.
gQUX6TIOM~ CM the Couuty Attorney &/or CSiosnd DirWiet AttOTA*l WdU tkW 8bOt0 8tAtO-
l 8nt f8Ota, hi8 0~6 D8?8OA61 8OthA. althoat
then 8M8UAt Or 8pp?OVti Of th 0OMi881Oll~Tl &U?t
OS UQ OthOr Ofii8i81, did86 8tI 8d8t8At 8d
06~80 t&a p8pXtAt Of hi8 88x8~7 8tOppd?' ~talnln; to the
Ia your 18tt8? ot fuw 16,.1944, MttQ8 IlrAtfOAsd iA IUIF lOtt8F Of JAA8 15, YOA 8tst8; aAd WdU
'ThU O?i&Bd 8DDli6atiCA Of 8p- DOiAtEIIt do.8 IlOt 8d OUt U&J dOiiAnit8 trrll tha dUr8tbll O? the 8~pOiat6lMt, the t.l'a ob
ofrloa for thr prloolpel for l9C3 8ml 1944 ltd tb 8pJJOiatlE8At Oi the 866i8t6At U68 A8dr OA
J8tlw lat. 1943..
mtlf8aIl COMtr 18 Ma Of the OOUAtl88 OO.SJKUiA&f ths 86th TUdiOi81 Di8tdOt Of rU88 8nd 88id X?OUt# dO88 AOt hVa 8 Dl8trl8t AttOlmq. a4 &OMt, JittoTtlS~ Of kUf=A COWttr puf~trpr dutiu O? Dl8t?lOt mad ikW&y AttOTaq 88 lJl your 1.ett.r. ~i8'8DwT.t i?OA th6 laAt8 ltatsd 8td8d in YOUr lettar aad t&O 8t8tAt88 8DJd188b1r thUOt0 tbt th. AttOrAry Wld tha COUAtr 6OA8tltUtiOA81 off108 Oi COUfltf At&Pm81 Off186 8nd tha OffiOU l 8AtiOA8d irr rOtU in&~ 6Ad 88 abow 8t@t&, 88id aOU$lt~ dOa ,OOt h8VO 8 Dl8trlot AttOrA8f, AOr doe8 it h-6 (L Qioinal Dirt&et Attornuy. Oi )s 308, 8OOOrdiAg ~fiUfpUn dO?Mtt&8 8 p0 8tbQ
to the 19A,O ?aIerd wA8U6. Art. Jib 8A4 JJlb-i VarnOn'8 r Anaotatad civil btAtUt.8, p@rkitA!; to th8 8 pOilI&XUIt Of aO@i8t- 0A88 t0 OOuOt~ l ttOFAy8 pa?iO?Uirig thu f 6Ut U Oi dl8triOt 8t- Cornoy8. lt till br not8d th8t the8a 8t8tUt68 ,6S6 8pp1106- Of 8uoh OOUAty dOea A* to Xau?mM CoUaty bh 88 tha popUlstiCA brlnc it nl'thln the b~6Oko~rontiond in th6 fOrU&Oing 6t6tUt68.
YOU Stota tb6t M oadotent ~68 l p pOiJJtd uadOr tat. 331 v.h.c.6.. *3 i!Orl. Toglor Carlifdc, rmga 3
‘I?liS stetuta prorldtmr
-0Ounty attOrAay8 by OoMsnt Of the Corn- 8hm il haw parer to appoint in 6118810~~8’ Court, Writi OAa Or IUWO b8818t6At8, AOt t0 8XOad t&U,
fOr their rO8D~OtlW OOUAti*8 who 8tA.11 h8Ve the 8uthO?it and QU8liflOatlOAn 8u t&air 86me pamf8, at rho86 w n they 8hdl hold Ofiloe. i prinolpd,
Before QnterIAe upon the dUtia8 Of their OffiO68,
they 8hall eaoh t8kr tha offlol~l oath, whioh
8h&l ba MdOr8.d UDOA ahal? 8J?~OiAtMAt, vhIAh 8b1.l bo rooordsd 8Ad d@DO8itd
08th and 8ppOiAtrUXt iI the OOUAty 01Uk'8 OtfiO8.* t&t when
8 COUlItY AttOrAOf 8~. It 18 our OpiniOO @At8 Ul 888i8t8At, b. aU8t d0 80 AAda th6 prOVl8lAA8 Of 8upru, and Art. 3%2, ~arAOA'8 hnnotatud Civil hst. another ml, tiUl a OOUD%J OttOMO 80. St6tUt68. &8t4d point8 M 886i8t8AtB both d tba fOT4Oin& l tIOia8 T Is% 331
and 3902) aunt b8 0oa8iQad UI~ OOA8trU86 9ogeth.r. UA-
dar the8t 6t6tUt88, i6 AppOIAtti by the OC6lAty th@ 888i8t6At attorny, with the ocm8ont a~4 8ppror63 of the Comi88I~nar8~
tour t,
Censrilly 8pr6kh&!, l deputy or aui8tsnt. whose tam fixed partioular tlms, WJ be raaora4 at will by tha offlou ap- hW, Mb IdI0 18 AOt OppOiAtd iOr Ulr
pointin& him, tiers them I8 no law r*strloting or impeIrlAg
his WthOrity t0 d0 80.
Tha 088a or mlndley et al, V8. Mlorry, 246 6. w., 681, OUA8truu vaTfO~8 8t8tUte8 8pplIe8blO t0 l p pOiIItaOAt Of a d8pUty pUblI0 rraigh8?, UILOAg Other thlAg8p hOld8, iA @ifOOt, that 8IAOe thr ~AU ~0~1608 f0~ A0 p8?%1OUl8T dUratiOA Of th8
turn af a drpoty poblio weigher, 8A 8ppOintILWt Or a d6pUtr [18]
fCW l tUll ~8XtM8iV@ With bh. t6Atu8 Of Offi Of the WdgbU who 8ppOhtad him, hh8 8ppOintWAt,18 rqroked other-
till. AUllifid. 66 9. 1. 26 612, of lfoepor ve. &mart, The 8686
oonstrulng Art. 2700, in commotion with the other hrtlolrs
Cited IA 8d4 SW@, ho148 IA l rfaOt1
-That the oountg mpsrlntondant, not the county 8ohool trustsem, la rsatd wlth the poor to eleot hi8
anointant, frm which It rOlbU8 thnt ha nlons hso the
rlrht to alooborga her..
Neither Art. 331 nor Art. 3902, Vernon's Annotated *4 civil Statutea, protide for aa7 partloular duration of tha term 0r aaalaknt Howavar, cm the armtrary, oounty attormq. l upra, l xpreaaly that usaaalaknt oountt
Art. providaa attorney &all hare the aam pwara, authority md puallflaa-
tlma as their prlnclpal, at whoa sill thay ahall hold offloo. xa riar of the rorego* wttharitioa,it ia our
oplaia tbet tha eouaty l ttoraq OUI hia om paraonnl aotlon, v~It&out eonsent or l p rota1 tha Uomsiaaioa~ra Court or any othar orf1oia1, la6aL P y dioabr a9 l r rlata at ootmty attorny. I ?(I Our hIrth8r it O&liOJl, tb8t 8*8888Wf~ fCbUW8 th8t Up& ai88ii8d ai80brt60 of an sslatant eaaaty attorney, hla
ooxipenaetlon would be topprd, 8s a&tar of law. 326 q., Yamon~a Aaaotata6 Ulrll St8tutaa.
fitlola ~aatlonsa in your letter wm bald lnvali4 b7 tha Suprmm Court
in the aana xvf HI11 Couaty VI). Shap@ard, February 23, 19U.
Toura tar7 tm4,