OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENEFZALOF TEXAS
AUFTIN
Pooombt e Ii. P. Footor
couuty Aueitar
hi tb county
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Derr Mr. FedarK Opinion Ra. O-7616 ~.-:
Coartoia
one of tbe
we r0bKwleegm rood
tltYeU abfoot-mmttor, fotlr1
rho 18 empl0
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n on him pmseat
, rbw the rbe7.
NO &oer of thim atate or any oiileor of
8ny 41
L at, ootmty, alty, preolnotr l0hObY dim-
trlot, or ether u.udolpml aMl7ldOn Of tbla
Gtate, or any ot+ia*r or member et mmf 6MtOr
dirtriot, oeunty, olty, mobed eletrlot or otbor
xRJnlalpol boardr or Judge of my aourtr eremt.4
by or mn4er rutheritj ot ma7 gonerd Or.8PW*~l
188 Of this teato, or may mber of tb0 L.*dslm-
ture, o r r o teta r ,
ahBl1 lp p o la tr or 00ntlm th e
appoint-t te my eiflO0, P@*itlORI, OlOrlrSblPt
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tl~erable R. 1'. l%rtOt - Pa0 2
rplopent or b&y, or any peraal relotea rlthln
th 0 ~004 a 0v b y lmity OP tithei tat0 tblrd
(Iegreo by oonm~dmlt7 to the pormn oo oppolat-
lr(r or oo retla~, or ta my athor memhor of say
oueb boor& the to~oIaturo, or ecmrt of rblab
web p er r o ea
n lppolatimgur ratlaa may bo 8 ma-
bar, whoa tbe oolam, teoo, or o~rtloa ot
ouoh rppelntoe lo to be paid tor, dlroo*ly or ln-
dlrootly, emt of or from prrblla fund8 or tooo ot
oftloe of any kind or oh8rootar wlmtmov*r.~ -
?oraal Codo, Art1010 4s.
We l owu Us* lamlter lo met rol~tml to the Crrriod~-
OF b7 oouom~~p~inlt~ or bleo4, and tbo ~r~mtlom thmtoro 1l to
m Wther bo lo roYoh to tbo Oalooleaor by 8tflmltf.
xerm tha a homuroa fwro ago rum8 8dPptod the COWOKK
Ta~~f&@madrkloh~ bg&hrr tit& the Qoaotlbtlom mdtho
ltdmko at tIl10 stotm , 0b da b o th emle ot leolden.
molt&or the Oouotltutla~ nor tha otatata dotln~o the
tem*ritialtj, uo thatthrttmrio oadr0lle4 by the Gem-
mom Lar ru~o. That rule lo 00 toYlwoi
.* l 0. Atem law, t&o tam boo-al
7arlWOl~ aetlaod 80 the wunoet1mm ul8tlag la
wmmoqaKouoo at rrrsmgm Mtweom rob or the wm=-
rid poreOn on4 the &SMP0tl ot the otttOrt th0
~~~oatlou terud bl hmm’h#a rRi8b
plrOeo tl10
I1~ubau6 lu the mama 4.m ta tbm Wad taYrtl.mo
et the vl.toam t&t in +klab dm horwlt atada
tmwar40 thornB-M @em tho a* tba oaao uuaom-
tlem with ~IKOblood rolmtfom at the hudm~#~ the
relrtlaa aeatra&U b y urrla~ b etwo u l b wdb u l
WI blo wit.'* kln4r.a iad b o tr o o m l rii* ma her
IKKK~~O~(L~O
ntaud, ia 0ontrrli0thotim rma am-
wr~lty, or nlmUom W blood: tbo rolethm-
~lprhld~m=lno bywm'lo#ob.t=.om on. .t tbo
partioo and tbo bYmob nlrtlono of tho athor? fho
ti. rhloh w'leoo troa thi umrria#~ b0k.w tb0 but
lmwl end tba bfOOd rOlOt10#80 Of th0 OifOe 0814 l&O-
tram the rite md tbo blood refltlonm et tbo btlo-
kad..
ubl10 it 10 mot o&own that the Ommm1odener horn l wito,
nffwthol~oo tbo joaltor ham oabr end swlatfanddp ia mutual --
*t la, bleea rolrtlr~o ot th* jmltor'0 wl.fo l ro the ot+ialt7
rulati+om oi the ~om1t.w blnoolt~ tho Corioolomer being l blood
. -
Henorrhle N. I’. Feetor - p’s(gs S
rolrtlro of the Mrat doma to the rife , thorotoror bea0wm re-
lmted b? llilnity tn the jlaitor ln tho first degree- It im
tram you did not lxpraooY7 ask tblm qusrtlon, bRt we aorerum-
Yoor think it not lmopt-
Anoworln~ s~moiflull~ the quootlcn poo.4 by youe it
IO our opiaicm t&o j~ltor rf not be ooatlmml la him pooltloa
rpou the 11~oaria~ of tho cow Cdsslaaoro' Court.
It will k ooav rrom rudlna Art1010 43t of tbo Penal
Coda the prohlbitlcm ot nnhlp betrom on aployor ud on rp-
pointina oourt a Ii00 to nnmip to *my 0-r moaber of uny
a m h e - wur tP ltrhlob onob rolrtod poroamns7k l mubor-
r )le ~o mlo ner o ’ Ch a r t lo l biennial b o dy, m6 th e ir O8a ir g
oomrt will be a nor eomrt, a~trithoUmMa# it =I Ym rdo op
ot tbo OORO poroouml for the moot part of the puoodiag mart.
thlm bolUn~ lo la 11150 with the proviouo opl~tomo et tblo do-
partmod-
&I our Opirlow ma. o-14011, lp?wov*l sep- re, 1*to,
wo It074 tmat whore 0 omttnty hiroo 0 truot arlrar by th #ala *
mt~o~atorbooow~o mo m-ln-lnr o f l County Ceulooloner~ embra-
lrtlom&lp aua rithlm the pvri~ of Artlato 432 of the Poaol
Ce40r ma d tb o ldlto a mhmldnot
r lppre~o pm-t tar blo oar~l~o~
so, rlu, ln owr Opiniom KO. o-a-, lpptaree F8mary 16, mar
wo msma that tbo t88t that ¶tKom80 nmT10 h omv10y.0 of tale
Coomloolmorr' court) ~ooolroe hi. lvpoinmt aI6 80aamd blo
lmtloo prior ta the llootion et Fro6 Yillw, (a ~odenrr
Irlnw rithin the probibltd &&I'..) rho obllo.qROtttlJ did mot
r o tato o mlfltn b lo lpYmllltunt , did sot urpt tha lltuatlea
+rrr tho ovmratl~ et the Io8Mia atetut.. We tbm ui4t
.Tk myn.mt et the ulrr~ of the 8p@.aW,
ot tbo Coomlodoaors’ Court~io In +lo¶rtl~ Of
UK. **potia law. l&e toot tkmt wob p.rooR ro-
wlrod him r~lntmatod l8ma-4 him &di*.
prior to tb o llootl0m Of 8 OOmtf ~*dOnOr
who stands ln tbo proIslbltod clograo ot roY*tlou-
#ml) to him. Vmlld not raRot* bia poaltim tm
tb ono p o t1 l
rta tR k o .a
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
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