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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lbnambl8L.A.vood
8Uta 8uporintoadollt of rubllo lMtrwt1oa
Awtda, Toxu
In Uw ouo ooaaldor- iould rtlll - tvo Rwton,rouldheYo 0 irsd lzll942. m-8.Ievtm vu appolntod by thm “E Iluionora* bourt to ill1 thr -y orutod by the bath ot br husband.
“Al ths abow wntioMa 0piPlon holdr tbt the vill~pworof the pwplomuatpw8lltozam *2 Bononblo L. A. voQd8, Paw 2
m iaambellt at the next g*no?81 *lootIon, vlll the person rloeted to the pm. of oount7 *upor- rt the forthoomlag gonon l lootlon bttmdent *orve for a four-par ponrlod, or vi11 rueh l per- *on **mm until 1942, vhIoh 18 th* tlm tha COUP- - term, tovttIoh nr.ou y T. nevtonvu l 18Qt- ed, vi11 WY* rxplnd?a
Our opinion Ho. O-1664, roforred to In rour lottor, hold8 that one &ppoInted to the offlcr of aounty ruprlnton- dent tq the coPrmi88Io~rs' oourt tills rush vrcmcy only until the next gene-1 leotIon. The only question vlth vhloh ve are concerned In thU oplnlon I8 IJ *t&ted above.
~tu Conrtltution of TO-*, ktlole 16, Section 27, proYlde8 I _-
*In all eleotIon* to fill vao8ncler of of- floe in thlr 3tbte1 I 8hl.l W to fill the un- expllwd term OnlJ.
The Lcglmlature, to give effect to Art1018 16, SOO- ti0n 27 0s t.h0 c0mtitUtioD, emoted Article 20, Ver- 8~ non** Clrll Btatuter, vbioh 8 88 r0ih8t rd?'
'All eleotloru to fill vrcmcler in otflce *h&l be to fill the unexpired tenu only.'
Also see mckm 08. curl, 38 Clr. A&. 445, 86 3v 368.
In vIev of the foregoing ruthorltler, JOU me nrpoct- fully rdrI*ed tht lt I8 the opinion OS thlr department t&t the peruon elrcted to county rchool 8uperIateulsnt at the torth- oomiag genenl election, under the oiroua8tumer art out In your letter, vi11 be leot8d to further till the v*ornoy In 0rrm ometed by the death of Mr. fevton, that IS, until the gensnl
, Bononblr L. A. Cods, Page J lootlon In 1942, vhon e. Revton's term vouid have xpirw.l.
Trusting that this rrtIrf8otorll~ dlrporsr of your inquiry, ve rewin