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;OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF.TEXAS
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Hon.v. L. Pitmn, Pa@32
(Article4, Section12, State Co~atiCutionilLrticl0
~~t;~~: c. S.).
Seotion13 of Artiole III of the State Constitution
pwidesx
'%hea vm8~oles ocaw in eitherHouse, the Govemop,
or the person exercislnzt&a paver OS the Governor,Sh311
issuewrits of skotion to Pill ouch vacanoibs; arJlshould
the Cknre~no~fail to 133~8 a wit of elsctPon to Sill my
such vntxmobi vithfn tventg Bays aftptcr It ocows, the
rctwnir~ offtccrof the Dtstrfctin vhbh such vsooncy
wig haw3 h9pxmxl, ahall be outho~bxx%to otier on eleo-
tiollfar that pwpose*"
Purouant to the fme.goIngpx~ovlslane
of the State Con-
stitution an slootionhas beea oa1Ud to elect a Senatorto sucosed
the lste Eemtor Cloy Cottcn in the Sixth SenatorialMat&A OS
Tests.
&Mole 2?7&, Qernon~sAnuot#+d Civil Statutes,
provides,in part:
"3eo. 1. ITopemxon shall be pem%tted to have
hts ru?w app83rupon said oSf&oLaltill&ia8 a casxii-
dfxtofor a~ office in thlo 3tote unless and u&i1 he,
shall fib vitb i&o Socm&w?y of Stnto hi0 oSS2davit,
in 8 fc3-mto bo prasori?md* the AttorneyGeneral,
that if elcatedto the oSSicevhbh he se&s, he vlll
au~~oa?tati deScti tb8 Cor?atltutlCm
ard lav3 OS the
Unit0dStatesarid0S Taxas. E&Id aSSida7itabll
fkrtherrecite timt such candtdatebelicvsein, ap-
provesof, and if elcotcdwill supgort aa4 dofend Our
presentr%prcsent3tivo som of ~ov~r~nt, EiRdvsll ;..
reolrrta~ effort or nomxnt frwn any sourcew'tich
see?cato subvotior de3truythe s&m or any psrt
thereof. Uoa of the ~.3soulinetern hsreln shall be
construedto inaludethe fW3Lnlne.. . o
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