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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonorable-t. 0. wdley, chai.rmul
Btate Beard of I(eolth
alsuedi883 Arta Building
Fort rota, TW
ter of July 2,
1943# sltbodttbs r f this Cepart-
of Dr. F. C.
EUiott aa a mm-
he university of Taas,
of the Unlvcrsit~ of
0duoatlon. It is man-
d OS Begouts of the
House Bill MO. 278, 42th Legiala-
Section 40, of the Constitution of
t-wide6 in part is r0u0tfst
son shall hold or oxw&ae, at
the muno t&me, pore thou one civil offma
ef emo lument. l l a .0
A m;e&bi~of the &tat0 Board of Bealth holds a
tier orrim or erromie?lt.Vcrnon~s Revised Civil strt-
uttm, Article 44lBa aul Artdole 44lPO.
The plaoe of Dean of the k%?ntalBranoh of the
unlvorsltf OS TC%xso,however, ia not a ~1~3.1office. Uiw-
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Bonoraltlt L* 0, Godley - page 2
tin t. 6tsith,239 Yieo. 314, 11. u. (2) lm; Opinions of
the Attorney Qeneral of Tatcs, iem-1014, p. 873.
~inae the pluae of Deen of the Dental ~ranoh
oe the un;Lroraity of TGXUS ie not D Ci~ll Off%20 OP em~lu-
tent, the reoeptauce and qusllt’ic.?tion
for such pluae does
not ailerototo vaaatc &ho ciril Ol'Pieeof lnanberUP the
Btate toard of lieolth,under the prmidons of Artiole ti,
Seootioa40.
Dowver,
tkero ie uaothcr applicable proridon
of tho Coastitutioa
of the State of Texas, zmwl.y, Artiole
16, L53ction33, Yhicc pro~don reads la part as follwer
Vht aooounting ofSAeer8 of this State
shall neither drw nor par 0 vsrrsnt upon
the trwmury in favor OS aq person, for oal-
ary or oompen5ation as agent, officer or op-
point&t, *he holds at the same time a4 other
oiTia0 GZ'pOsitiOn Gf honor, trust Or profit
under this State or the Unit& States, except
as proeoribcd in this Constitution. * o erg
As stated ubore, the place of mombm of the State
Board of ileiilthis a 01711 OfTIce of profit. St is, more-
over, a airil oftiae of kmor and'5rust.
Ifhi10tae plaoe of DCan of the Wdiaal Branch is
not a civil otflee, it is a poaltloa of honor, truet and
profit, held under tie State, and tireoccupant thereof,
altile not an offlcor, is aa agent or appofntee, within the
meaning of fwtialo ie, Soction 33. QpMons af the Attorney
General ot tours, 1Ql2-1914, p. 873; Opinion Wa. O-2607;
Opinion hio.04662.
The result, therafurs, is that Dr. Elliott czq '-
continue to
hold and e&era&se the OtPioe ot n5Eer of
the btate &oard of t&eillth,rhi.Llf!
he Fs ot the sase t&me
Dean of the Dental Fmmch of the Unirerslty of Texas,
but for the periad uf t&me '&at ;leE.?G~hold both plnaos
h!?nlll not be entitled to salary or aompcaeatlon for
atrvlaes rendered in eithw position. Opiuions OP the At- --~---
torney General of Texas, 19l2-1914,p. 373; Opinion lo.
O-2607.
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