&rine Corps, retired warrant ottioera and retired enlisted man of the Vnited States Army, Navy and MarIn Corps.

A;e these oonstitutional amendments have been son- &rued by our Supreme Court, e peraon holding a State or- iioe and at the aami tlma oooupying ona of the atatusas mentioned above retains suoh status while in the aatfva m$litary servloe or the Vnited Statee undar an order of lnduotlon operating upon him aa a member'oi one of the olasaee named in the provisos to Artlolo 16, Seot$onr 3) and I&, and they thererora may retain a Stata office and oolleot the oompensatlon attadhlng thereto. aarpenter v. Sheppard, 45 S. W. (2d) 5621 Spwwb v. shappar& 150 5. 8. (26) 769. (While both or these deoi8ioha aon- oorned orrioers or the National Guard lnduotsd aa moh into the aotive military servioe or the Vnltqd SW&em, the reasoning applies with equal roroo 'te each or the other oategorles lieted in the amendments to Artlolti~li, seotfonm 33 and ItO, or the'Uon+tutiOn.)

=.a State Repreeentativo ir not a aeaber Of sny or the alasmoo naaed, but enters the Vnited 8ta0e8 Am, his situation will be as tollowar

Ii he is oommiesioned a8 an otr16er in the'bry or the United States he will upon aooeptanoe Or .Cht Of- rioe under the United States ipso rioto vaoatr hla.Gtate 0rri00, by ior or the provisions 0r Artlole 16; SbotZon 12, or the Oonetitutlon.

Ir he enters the Amy of the Vnitsd States, but 18 not aade e+n @rioor in that ha will not vaoate Am, him State orfioa but Uuring the.time he s.rvW iCtho Ax-u he will not be entitled to booelve from the State oi Texas pay ror aerviee render+ as a member oi the,LegSalatW*, by rorae or that portion or Artlqle 16,,Sootion 33, oi~the oOnfjtitution, whioh prohibits the aooountlng orrioere or this State irom drawing or paging wemrante upon the'Stat* Traasuq for salary or oompelleation to = State oriiaer who holds et the came time a "position cchonor, tryt, or profit" under the Federal guvernment. Youra Avery truly

FEB 5; 1942 ATTORNBY f.+‘$BjlwAL OF !tZXAS /9 .D Br R. W. Fair6hild