OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
EIonor4ble colupton Thlti4
County AuditoP
Fr444ton4 connty
Fairil~lb, T4w4
Tour liottsr of r444nt
or Wati~artmnt on the abm*
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tk4 s4pt4Iabrr 23th ap-
II88 b44 appolot4d ro?
~8 ma the d&t8 @t the 4ppobt-
3ona:eble
CcGpton.Tlite,
Tag8 2
“As to d::t4 within xhlohto takeoath and give
bond, eee AZ%. 1649.
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Cirilstatutes,
Artfole1645,Vermn*r Annotated
provide8 in partt
wfn any oouaty hating a popalatloa
of thirty-
iha thousand ()$,WO) hhabltantr, or mu, LOU
eoriUa( 60 tko praeedbig fodual Oacwas, or haviag
a tax nlaat4oa of ~ifteeaMillionDolUrr
ltl1,oocJ,ooO~,
OLItier,aoeordiD&to fho last
approwd 66x rolls,ther4 &all br bisnalally
appointed an Arcditor or Ao4444t4 and lUnuoe4,
tJx4 ti6le OS aaid afriau 60 be Ooun6y Au&or,
who shall hold his ofiioo rot two (2) y44r4,
a. . a"
brotoforo this dapuboat Iuo rmdered'44vtml
oplntona4auctrulng w~tain atatuteaan8 easweriqoartain
qu44tion4 olnil4r to wloa* pT44ent46 la yo$r fnq@ry.
la OonfarmooOpinfoatfe,2913thinQepartvnt
hold1
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$43
3omrcbla Conpton .:hlte,, Fag4 3
"3. .Cn appolntmnt mds 05 February 6, .1931,
entitled ths apjmolntee ta hold offi for the un.m
sx9ired term only, whiah tex.‘O.expired on July 1,
1931."
In Coaiersnoe
@pinion30. 2572this departnmn$
h4ldI
muwe a etatuteoroatcs55 0m44 aab ire-
8Orlb4BblloloIl&hOf t&o t4rmwgthouttiti
da04 of t& baglanlng or t4rml5atioa of th4 v@ em
the Bermteglnrto rua fromthe date or the fir‘{
4tpoiZltB4At 4Bd 4ll sab84quant O4m will begin
on that 9~156
def4.
wIn ewe of a raoanoy ha suoh an oft144 bbo
appointment ia for the unexpired term only es4
not for a fqll t4rrau
rh$ohbsgcm July 96, 292l.‘phi
pti4d tosso?lTp;
appoints+ andar tlw ‘appointment of February 20,
1923,1s now a holdoter.*
@inion dntOdJanugry a), 1913,ad-
H64h, Jr., OountFAttvrtmy, Coral-
of the AMor~y lhaed ia
thfs a0partm5t heldc
"1. ~aoasriasionersOOW%i ert0r elooti4
oouaty,h4aith vffSoor,be4 na 4uthdrftJto &lost
his su40~a6OI rrmtil~Y4oan6y 44our4ti the ottioo
by d8aOh,~.awlgnatioa ore mneval, JF untilhi8 ,~
terof m o ttie+~
lx p h w., I
*I. &to,t&I of etfloo Of’aII.pgl&w iih
gins to run rawa %k4 dabs of the ap lntkw64
met) ah4 pa4e to appoinb tv nfc 41 tr 04 keS~b4oa
.onoo oxerottmd, any aubaaquentappofntment i4
v*anL484 the offiae haa CrllaFabeeo&lsvaoeat~*
’
!?onor:;ble Cozpton ‘%ita, ?nye 4
Capieo of til oi the opinfona 3eretoforo mantiomd
are anolosed
Serewit;h.
3%~arw not informed 6s to the datea? the ilratap
pol~$am8 o? a county auditor ior the oounty in question un-
du Artiolo1645,iupra. %w*ver, in vieuoi thefor0 olag
aplnlcuutha tenabeginata run room the dataortho ffret ep..
polntrmntand all subaeputmt
term will beginon thataam
date.
If the ?lr8ttonrof tha oouatyaudltarbegea on
JfUIMrp 17th. til BUbbaOc(U3lit tornui will be&a 00 that m
51nce the 5uiaer9us authorities ?:,~1sxsbla t3 t-ha
qwstloa under consideration h