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*1 OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEYGENERAL OFTEXAS r
AUSTIN , c. MANN Fsbruar;r ,%4, lQS9 R .m-
MP. wllliem w. AllOR
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LaTasa G@mEt*
Eallettarille , Toxas
Dear EP. Allent
P or FebPaa~ 19, 1959, in whioh Joa oaas touhet&ir 02 not fti is to serve aad aeoept pay to 3-Y.
invol~613 aoonstrue- r ma0 ai0a pm- 6, proridee in part as orricers 0r this State or pay a warrant upon the any psrson, rOr salary as agent, 0rriOer or appoln- t the SBID~ tiras any other Or- 0r honor, trrtst 0~ pram, 6 or the United Statee, exoept ibed In thle Constitution." smtion 40, Article 16, provides in part as r0110rs :
=M ph~oa shall hold or exercfae, at the 8-e tinle, mere than one civil Ortie or tmtspt that 0r jtstioe or paaoe, 80I01=6e, *2 Mr. William Vi. Allen, February 24, 1939, Page 2
county ocmmissiomr, notary publio.and post- master, ofiioer oi the National Guard, the Na- tional Guard Reservs, and the Otficers Reeervs Corps of the United States, and enlisted men of tho National Guard, the National Guard Re- 8ervs, and tha organized Rassrvea or the united State@, uulesa otherwise spsoially provldad heniu."
It is wall settled that a deputy sherifr is an 0rri00r 0r the state. Stats v. Brooks, 42 Tex. 62; Town08 f. Earrie, 13 Tax. SOT; Miller v. Alsxandsr, 13 Tsx. 497.; Murray v. State, 67 s. w. (2) 274.
In our opinion a'graud jury bailiff is also an offloor or the State, hi8 appointment being provided ror by statute, his tenure 0r 0rri00 being limited as to tims, and an oath 0r Orrio bein required rr08i him: Art1010 367, 369a, 367b and 363, iI Co e or Criminal PrOsa- durs, Vsmon*e Annotatrd Orimiual Statute8 or Texas: Cuilla v. Stats, 2S 5. W. (2) 541. .~
In view or the authorities oltsd above, wa are Or the opinion that a deputy sheriff is prohibited by ths Constitution rmn serving and aooepting paF as a grand Jury bailiff while 'suoh drputy sheriff retains his orriO a8 deputy shertir.
yours vary truly ATTORREYGENFRAL OFTRKAS 4 m @F Robert 5. Kspke Assistant