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OFFICEOFTHE A'TTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
lianomblo D. W. Burkkaltu
0 vote in..the irieC%tiOIt%ovember 7th
was tha o&tly one 'on the hTOYeabU
ae rs-eleotade
" ;uestlon: iii11 he be eli&bls to qualiiy OLI
January l$t, and hold the offloo tar another Term "
leaving i-As rcailp In the other cqunty to XVI hfl
buo;neaa'?"
zeation.15, krticle 5 of tbb state Canstftutlon grovidea:
"?k.ere ahall !~e establlshad in eaal? county of t!~is
"tat- s Ccl;ntP court, wkl.ah shall be a court of moord;
and tlxrs shall be eloctad in oath county, by the
quallfllsd voters, a aosntp judge, who shall be
well informed In the laws of the Stats; shall be
a c&neez'Vcrtorof the PBaOB, 1~46 Shall bold hlo Of-
rice tar two yaare, and until his aucoeoaor ahell be
cleated end quallfled. ilt3shell recelfm4s3mmpso-
8atiOn fW hi8 tieldCs8 SUCh fO@6 all& pBXV&Si.t.te&%+l -.“;
aa mny be pro~oribed by law.-
Section 14 oi Article 16 of the State Coustltution
reads es r0ii0m
"Al.1alvll Ofiiosrti shall reside wit&in tho State;
and.all dirtrlat or.ooMty otflaera with+ their dia-
~':'~.
trlcts or~oountlO~,and~ahell~ksep~thelroffices at
auoh place8 as.m$ be sequlrsd by lew; and rallkU% to
.aosply ?Jth this-provlelon8h$l:,v~ca+t+ :offlof.
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trticla'S927,Vernon's Annotated Clvll Satutee provides:
'To ~pemon~8hlf.:;be:ellgibl~,~to-.~ag~State, oounty,:
preclilot~::or muql,oipal:os~ioice~
,$?.:thfu:
@ate pnleS8 :pe:
NmUbe: all@%&'~iti$!~d ~oZX~$~.,~d@i~ !$li~.~~&l,@i$loii
~f.icnla~:bt~to;. and unlesti;fi$
.~rii@s+
~+&+s+I+d:$ith.in
thim State tur thitp&lo& hi ~2~iWii%~an4 61% months '.~
in the county, prrclnot, or munfclpolity,and which he
ofrero bimssli.asa candldate;'nsxtxcrcedlng any
general or specie1 eleatloa,and shall here been en
aotual.boaarids altimn ot~aald aountp; preolmt, or
nunia&pelitptor~more.than:sl%aonths.:. No,peraon.Sn-
allgibls to ~hdld..oifloo shall eter hWs:hla:amme.glaa~d
upon ths ballot in any general or.speoial election,
or at.any ;rimery alaotlon Mm-e oandldutaskre sslacted
under the eleotlon lawa ot this Stete; and oilsuoh in-
sliqtbla candidate shall ever be voted upon, nor have
votas counted for him, C.L any gmmr~l, ogaial, or ,trl-
mery ~leatlon.W
cmtiala 2920; Varnonls Annotated Clvl.1 statutes roads
as iollows:
"Yoither "he ,aoratury 0r &tats, nor giy county
judge OS st;la &ate, nor any other authority uuteurized
to issue cert:iiasteu, si~ll :ssuj sny cert;ficatas 0r
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election or appointmentto any persou elected or
appointed to any office of this 'tate, who is not
eligible to hold suah orlice under the Constitution
of this %atc and under the above Article; and the
name of no ineligibleperson, under the Constitu-
tion and laws of this State, shell be oertifled by
a4 party, oosmittee,or any authority authorized
to have the.nsmes oi oamlldates plaoed upon the
pr%mry ballot at any prlmery election in this
_ State; and the nmm oi.no lneli8ible oendidatd un-
der thr Constitutionand laws of this State shsll
be pleeed upon the ballot or any general or speoia1
eleotion by any euthority whose duty it Is to
pleoe'names OS oandidates upon o.iYioielballots.'
Artiole 29fi8;"V.A. C. 3.,.psovidoe,:amoag.other
things;"thatthe.residenoeof the married man is where his
wife r+das.
Referring to 'Article2958, V. A. C. 2.. it Is stated
in'Texas Jur., Vol. 16, p. 46:
The statute defines the *resit!enoe* aithin the
meaning or the election laws, providing:--thstnrres-
.ideueooi.the aarrlad msn is where hfe:rrite.reeidesr~:-~;
.e