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*1 OFFldE OFTHE ATTORNkY'GENERAl. OFTEXAS
AUSTIIU
Bonwrttble Six? C. ~Cleckq,~'
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RonorsbJ.8 Joe C. Glodney, Page 2
bInd9.u; end 'velid aa ff dorm by the .ksesso.v and Colleotor or' Taxes In purscn, pxmided, tket in cou.rltica ileviut: a po~uletiun of t&me hundred end fiftg-fire thousand >5j,O00) Or 1~03x9 ecooi-dI= b-
to the lust preoediug yadelal Census, the Aaaes3or and Collector of !?ezos my in edditioh oontrect with spc32i~i deputies having special technical t~ainih&, skiii, cd experience for the purpose of assisting hiul in obteining ihfometiou upon rvhich to base proper valuations of oil and miner8.3.~ boaring leuda cud proparties ehd loterest,.s~,~.oroln, . irsduatriei ad menufsctur3.ng plants, end other properties ;qhhore special tschnicsl akill and train- ing Is requirad. In sddition thereto, such special aasistsnts, olarical,~ eocountin& or stenogrephio, as my be necessery to conduot,,the orgeaization provided for end to carry out the purposea herein or this Act nay ba applied fol* end appointed in like olaneer provided they ahall bag appointed only far purposes conaiatant \qIth this hct. In e&Ii- the Assessor and Colleotor OS Taxes tlon thereto, shell be ,egt&oriqed to apply for the appoFntn?ent of a apeoiel head of the'automobile,~diviaion OS ,_ ~. ,':".~.
his oSSice at a aalery~not .,to trxoaed TFJO Thousand, :1 .- .eveu Ku&red Eoll&ra ($2,700) per enhui.~ The cctipenaatiou to be paid audh speciaL de@ios end spsoiel automobile d8periment head shell be aubjeci to the &pprovel. of the Comiuiesiohera Court end the County Ludiior, en& 1Wtationa upon the mount of ' 8Uoh aomponaation &sew&em provided sha.lill not ep- PlY. The contreot of employment shell be for a defloita tern,, not extending beyond the term of offioe of tha Assessor and Colleotor, end ahall ba mda upon morn applfcation,to the ~omissioners Cotit sh0ivi.w the necessity therefor, end ahell be al;bjeot to approval both as to aubstanoe and as to form by the Comissionara Court County end by Auditor. hots 1%76,-p; 220; G. I., vol. 8, pa, 1096; 262, Q 1; Aats Acts 1935, 44th M-T.., p. 648, ch.
1939, l&h~Lo&, B. B. $%22,, Q 1."
Article 7256, Varnon's hnnotstsd Texss Civ3.I Stet- utes, provides for the eppoiotmnt of aeputjr tar e3sos3oT- collectors in oertsin towns end cities. There are no ego qualifications fiucd for such daputles in this stetuta.
~oonorable soi? 0. Cladmy, Faga 3
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llrticle 1605, Vemon7.s hktatea TOZES Civil Stat;- 1 utes, provifies, amnz; 0th~ thiags, 'iOn tb.a sjigoInti9ent of
deputy tsx assessor-oollectors ft)X bWi!iCil 0I'f'J.oes in ce3dxin does riot prGr;crlbe Oliy age cpsl?l.iYctw ‘I’his statate Goutrtios. tions for such deputies. drtiCit3 72& %XXIOZI'S hTKIOt&Gd 'l8X83 civil scat- u&s, presoribes tho.oath thst couiity tax assassor-aolleatorn deputies Bust take. Ihevor, it is olearlg e?,parcut =a tiidr thst ,thePe 1s nothing in it that n &nor ooul.& not subscribe to.:
t~rtlole 3902; Vernon's fmotatoci Texas Civil Stat- utes, provla.so for aygointrml~ or &puties, assistants end alerki generally but does not prescribe sny age quslrfi- cations for suoh appointees.
Section 7* Infants; 23 Texas &?.risprudenoe, p. 7':2, reads 8s rollorsr
on whether tha olfioe is 8 ninistcrial OCR-a jwii- cial OLW. The rule hss been $hua stated: If the orf%oe is ninistorial, 3uch aa calls for the exer- cise or skill saCi Lntelligenae only, tiers ifi@ legally hold the s&.m end execute the duties there- of; but if the office is jtiicial or om T.'hich con- oerns the ackL.ni$iration of justice, itdants nay .no", be appoi:ltoa Lhersto. IL im5 bocn helri acoerd-
in&y that a minor fxty hold the oki?.ue of deputp county olo?k, tb~ere being n0thin~g.k the eonstitu- Lion 0~ statutes prescribirig ?u~l~llicatians-bush would rendor hifa imligible or disqimlify hia.*
:'!G have been unable ~to find any constitutional or 3tnl;utory provisions roquirin, v ugo q~ualificztiona for deputy oounty tnx sssessor-colleeto~a..
Honorable Joe C, Gladney, Page 4
1% quote'from 34 Texas JurisprudcnW, p. 345, as follows: ~.'.
n In so 'far as the decisions have dealt with ~t&&ter:it 'in held thzt botgh minors and women can be deputy clok~,*and a womanls CT- gibility is'not affected by the faot that she is marxied. n .,(Undsrscorlw oxrs)
TX& case of Narkreadtir v. State, 33 3; I?. 117, Texas Co'uYt of CrXninal Appeals, holds tlwt a nfnor nmy 1~ - gaily serve as a deputy county oleric.
The oasa of Delaney v. State, 9.0 9. W. 642, Tuxae Court of Criminal Appeals, h@dn that a deputy distritit clerk. need not be a qunli.fied.voter and may bs~ a wamsnl This case oftad Earkreadar oase,'~~su~>ra.
Opinion 30. O-4963 of thin department holds that a minor may legally sexve as assistant county auditor. A oopy. of this opinion is etiolosed herewith for your infornatioa.
You are resoactf& advised that it is the opinion of this ~department t&t a mink may legally sexve as do-&y oounty ta2 assessor-oollector. This is true irrospectivo of whethe or not the disabilities of minority have boon removed.
vh. J. ,Fanning
Assistant