*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN thb Qoa8tftutfoa dbo&wu

f ~010 ZVZ of ahnil hold or a&lre ES bhr oab olril Of$iOb of bmd‘ta- th8a TV that of ;TuBt10. of Pbaoo, Qoantr *2 Honorabie hank B. Lloyd, pig. 2 .~

The or.rIoa or cloudy aoml8sIoner being speolally

wroeptad In thI8'SeotIon tha oaaa stated by you does not oome +lthin the prohlbltlon tharaoi.

Thera 18, howaver, another prohibition against duel, holUIngpredIoeted upan the inoompatIbIlItp or the re- .orriae

~speotire offloem, whathsr suoh orrio oqaa wIthIn the axpro p,roh.tbItiqp S$~&aw dr nbt; Who prohIbItIon ot suoh dual orrio. holdIng w~th'~bi~ot'to~ino~~tIble offioaa is grounded upon the 8oundr8t'publI8 policy and 18 w6l.l entablishad In the daol- 8Ion8 of thi8 Z&at& See Blenoourt f. Parker, 27 T&x. 558s IState T. Btiakaahorr~ 66 Tax. 45.t Thomas f. Absmathy Oounty Ltno Indo enbutt 6ahool DiettrIat, 290 8. ~W.,l52; 8tato Y. Martin, 28) 8s 51 8. w. s 808 aho our OpInlon Wo: Q-2640.whoraIn wo abrirrod'upbn tha.authorItW Of 8uoh'doaIlrIOnil that tha 9tl$es8 of Justloo OS the Peaoo andCountp CORDOI~SIOB~~ wera tneompatible InthI8, that the OonrmiasiOne+s~ Court Ia required by law to ap- proro the.aoodunta or JustIoe8 'of tha.Peaoo r0r roe8 in orblndt aotions.

A oe@eful madIng or .tho tiok oradioatlon law,~(E. B. lfo. 77,. Qh. 53, PIrat &llad~See~on, &lab Lag181atur8k;oolr-.oon- ~iinoo8 us that the dutIb8 or the LIventook Sanitary Cotissbn mombsra and ot.tho member8 c$ tho Corina18sIoner8t Court ara in- oompatlble In thI8, that by Seation 5 of that Aot (anb laawhera therein) the LIre8took ShnItsrJr ~OmmIseIon' Is given broads pow018 with respoot to the exsrolse of which there Is Imposed upon the OommI8sioner8' Court of any oounty afreotod thereby the duty OS oomplylng and oooperatlng to the extant of oo.nstru~tIng or sup- plyIng,all neoeasary faoIlltIe8 for the purpose of dipping oattlo, horses, mules, jaok8 and jonnat under the 8upervIeIon of the Inspeotors or the Lite8took Sanitary OonnuIssfon, euoh iaaflitiier to be furnished at the oxpenw or the County.

The law thus praaorlbing tha re8paotive dutIe8 of. members of the Sanitary CommIs8ion and the County OommIsaloner8 - the ona being prImam and paramount, the other being seoondary and 8ubordInete~nneoesearIly oreatee an Inoompatlbility that *3 . ..-. . , 720 pago 3 Boaorablo Prank 8. Lloyd, and xoroIai.n(& both OmOO8

would forbid one por8on holding at tho 8=. tiS8.

fntr the80 OOlZ8fdOMtiOll8 ib fOuW8 that yourinquIry 8hould bo amwere in the drimdir0.

row8 very bruly,