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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

kuaorable Thmcu L. Blaatioa, ST. couatr Attorao~

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Oil&8 q&ally t&all per- on or statutsn, find not l aJoylng the ri&ht 0r rior 1s not to bo l ma1~6~b tr givea by law. 34 Team &aotltutlou nx the rtatute8 any general rertriotiorm5rs on the eligibility to hold offib..

the deoleloaa have &salt with the aattrr it ia ha16 that c slaor aat hold the orfioe or notary .and that both ainora aa4 WODMD. *2 . . .*

Buaorablo Thom~ L. Blantoa, -0 2 Jr.,

We ham beon anablo to find any authorltler dlraot- ly la point oa your queatloa.

It la our opinion that the (Iota of the oounty oZsrk wuld be ralld regardlesei or whether ahe signed vlth the name she had before marriage or whether Bhe alened with her married name;

Bowever, we think that the preferable way for her >. vauid be to sign her married name md add thereto in to a.. ai% bill (neN ) slvlag her name par beroiwm-ria S; i ‘here la no provieioa or the law prorldlng- for .tdi~~maor f etlon of the ahawe or ruoh name.

Tsuetlng that this 8atlafaotorllJ ansv~rs your in- utiw, *w) a- .

Y0.q truly your8 Wm. J. F-ag LLss1atant