Case Information
*1 OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN
Bonimiblr Qordon C. Cam
county AttQrnsJ
Lampasas oounty Lsqasas, Tans
Dssr Sfr:
lsttsr ot Juno a8putPmt 0p0n for a per- sons nam ballot as a r0r rspressntat iv8 math. sspT bs- bs sufflolsnt to roper men~er?~ on*8 ~umetatea clvll statutes, assiring his name to appear allot as a sanaiaats for the just100 or rasooiats id ourt of Civil Appeals, or ?or rspressntatits In Gon~ss, or for Stats Ssaator, or for roprssentetlt*, or alstrlot JUap or ah- trlst attorney in rsprsssntstl*e or $aUlclsl alStriOt8 OQnrpOSOa Or POr8 tbaB OB8 OOMtYs shall ii18 With th0 ChrfZ7EfiII Oi i&C CXOOUtiTO 0f party for the aistrlot, said 00aitt00 request with rorerenoo aanilidats ior a Stats ncmhatlon, or ii there k no ohlrmss *2 i¬able Gordon C. Caqs, Pa&a 8
o? such dtitrlot ereoutite osnmittas, thoa with the chalrman o? wash oouaty oo~poalng suoh dietriot, day In June pn~dlng Such requests q not latsr than the iirst Wn- ths gonual prinmrg. llkewlse be filed not l,atrr
than da date by any twenty-fivo qualiri8a rotors meldent within suok ~distrlot, s-86 a a duly l b knewh d~4 4. lbmdlataly otter date cmoh suoh dlstriat tho name4 of all gerscns SOT whom staOEP4qu48tS ban bwn tiled ohalrmaa shall carti?~ to oounty shalrmmn o? *aoh county ooaposIn,g woh dIs$rIob."
Iphls artioh pr0da08 th4t e aanaia8te w4ii iii0 wltlt the ohairmn of the euoutive his wquhet to cmmittw* hate his PLUPB pleosd upon ths oflicial ballet, and pu dosin So know whother QT not daposit oi an ~>~pl&s%t&m iB propsr row ocmtainlng every attsr r0qtllrea b7 law In the fhttoa Staten mails ena re44Ipt by ths prepar otriber ti au8 time, may be 4458Iaarsd vIlIi@ witihfn t&W lbanfiy a? ArtIoAs SUB. as statd bp kdr. Justfoe Iloximna In mioaa i3tatss va. Lombardo, 841 U. 3. 73, 36 S. Ct. 306, 6Q L, Ed., 8971 vho word vile* from ths is a4m4a latia ubra *ii t Ma wlatos to ths ansiont praotlo* or papore oa thwad er wire for safe-keeping ai& roe4y refewnoe. Tills& It must be ob84mod, Is not ce~@eta until th. doouerent Is deliyand ,and r~40ired~.~ It will .bs observed that two element4 are eesoatiti to eQBstltuto "?111ag" of &B iJiS~OStt; vie. aemory and rsoslpt o? by th4 proper o??lo4z. This Is wall .rstabiIshed. In T*xas. Real V. Alexander, 6 Ter. 6@r CIt7 o? Dallas t. B@man (0. 0. A. 19398) 18 Tex. C&V. h&q. SF&i, 48 s. w. 686; Brogaoka v. State, 68 Tex. Cr. B. 4T5 I.40 23. W. SS8; Wsst v. 3tat0, 106 Tax. cr. R. 647, 8 S* w. fed) 571 HQlb 7. wwa, DIetriot Clark, (C. C. A. 1993) 65 S. ?i+ (8d 368,, ‘1RIt zWamd# 3lElleokbux-n T. State (G. C. x. 1934) 7~2 Y. 8. &d) 667* Br patio f ff37 Tex. Cr. B. 445, 77 fit. Vi. (8d) 178~1 W&Z V+ %?&;I . ri. 193P) 108 3. W. 389. Sab afuo Poynor 1. Com- tiesfor& o? ~tsrnal Aevau4 (0. C. 8. 6th elr,) 6L lr.4. (ad) 681.
~@m.4 th4 me*. d4posIt or all lr@SWmnt in tha unit46 Is not su??lcisnt to oea88itWo *?lfIn@ (;n. 9. v. 3t4644 ~llails
Ronorable Qoraon c. Cam, Page 3
Lombardo, supra; Moores v. Stata, SO N. W. 225) reoelpt by wall within the proper time and by t.he proper o?fIoer Is a “f lllug” ) and the vehiole or egenoy by whloh the instrument Is tranauittod 1s Of no oonsequenoe. Is all oases the query Is, has the Instrument been raoelved and plaoed In the oustory of the proper offloIal. Moorer, Y. State, 06 Ii. W. 225; Swaeneg v. City of NOW York, 225 N. Y. 271, 122 N. E. 843; O’Hesrn v. Rrloksou, County Auditor (S. Ct. Mlnh. 1022) 152 i&m. 3449, 188 W. W. 736.
AS stated in Swesney v. City of New Yor&, supra, “The varb ‘to ills1 my be used In rarlbus senses. When, as in thfs statute, It la eald that a paper suet be riled with au otflwr, the r4QUirOaent le at leaat oowplled with when the party dellrers that paper to the orfleer at his o?flolal place 0s bualhess aa thsrs 1~~08 It with him. Whother ha does this uersonally or by ml1 Is. we think. lanatar 1. so long as ‘it is aotualkr n00ivOam. ~Un~er*oorIng ours)
In aooord with thls statement of the law Is Oonmn- wealth v. O’Bryau, Utloy & Compan~r, lb9 Ky. 406, 155 9. W. X1.26.
In Stat.0 4x rel. O*I&arn v. Eriokson, Gount7 Auditor, a aandldate ?or tbs offlee Q? State Reprosentativs mailed supra, to have his B~QU phOOa on tha ballot an appliOat%OB on the last day for legal rilfng aad it was not reaelvrd until the rollswlng day. Ths oourt held that the da7 tho appllsstion was aotual17 reoeited by the proper O??Is8r was th0 day It was filed. It Is the opInlon of this departmnt,
Consapuently, and you aro tht whm nn appllsatlon 0s respeatrully advised oandiaate have his nanw plaoed upon the primary ballot In propar form and oontainlng every mattar requ&red b7 law Is tranamltteathrough UBitOd States mall8 ana la reoelved by the proper OffloOr within the time allowed by la~;lt IS !'?lledR within tha msaning of r;rtiole 3112, VO~BOB'S Annotated CIvIl strstutes. Very truly 7ours
APPROVECJUN 26, 1940