a. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
I
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Q=hLm0. MIWW
Arroll*naolLnu
Honorable Henry M. Wilder
county Attorney
Live cak county
George West, Texas
old general eleo-
appointed to hold
ion elbation, or
at nerelJ roqulre that
er of Jtulger,olerk8,
I.&ad but that ruoh
J be diiterent perman
who hare been or maf
ted to hold general
ridgeof thlr county hae reguert-
imm you an opinion or the aon-
la&d on the following portion
of the Penal Code, Aots 1935,
p. 1795, Ch. 467, Art.
“-provided that raid Court rh4l.lappoint
ouch offiaers to hold rwh eLectiona asInow re-
qulred to hold general e1eationri.f
“The quertion Is doer the act require that
the etuw persona who h8re been or max be derlg-
n&ted as officera to hold general eleotlonn runt
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.Boaorable Bepry H. Wllde~, page 2
be appolutud to hold the loaal option eleatlon,
? ’ cir, dOea the rat llwrely require that the 861~
number oi Judges, olerlce, eta., be appOinted
but that such offlaere manay
be diifemnt person0
that whose who have been or mar be deelgnated
to ‘fioTd @snaral eleirtione.
“I have advised him that the a& doee not re-
~uir e th a tth e lem persona be appointed imhold
a low1 option lleatlon ae have been or may be
deeignatedtoholdganeml@eat&ane, but that
he may appoint dlrferent ream 80 Lag as he -
hse the ee~~mambe~mda G es ccaharaater or
.. offlolale, ae repulred to hold geneal aleatiozu.
‘To my iaind the statute fe alees and rrleao
no queetiau that the 8-e perrozm need ?M appoint-
ed, ii. such had been the intanZi.on of the tegie-
: lature itvouldhavs uaediraguegonmre appi-
prlate ta aonvey it’s iotentian that ‘ale eumo
po.rmna should be appointed.* ~..
A&tlale 666-3i?, Veman@e Annotated Penal %ede, pro-
viaee foe the holUng OS local o p tio l
nIsatian8 Co deteam%ne
whdhe~or not the e&loor UQaoE. shell be pmhlbitod ol?
”;‘-fa@-d.
Article 666-33, ~ernon~~ ¬ated-Penal Oode,
vlde* I
Whwe the tfommksslansrs~
ooudishallorder
8u aleotion as herei0 ppo*dad for, it qh8U kw
fb duty o fslido o a tto 0M erluo h eloatUn to
b eh e ldat th 6
tot* p la c tithtn
r i’.lua h lub fUvi-
said order, an&the opderthue nede shall eqmeee
the objeot OS luah eleatien &rid ehall be held to
be prima raoia evldena6 that all the provadone
neaereaq to giveit valldlty or f0 ulothathe
oourttith jurladiationtoadrc, it m.ia,hwo
been duly aomplied with,~ .pxw&l8d th a t la%a ocmt
rhellappointma& offlucrrr to holdstabelm-
tlon a8 flov roqtired to hold gwmaf eleotl.oU.*
Artio1e 66635, vs&Anwiuxot~teb PAal~&xxe, pro-
vldoe that local option eleat+n# .ehalLbe hosd mad the retux%u
“\ ,
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Honorable Henry II. lqldq, ,psge3
thereof mede in aonformIty vlth the provisions oS the general
lava OS the State, and by the.eleotion ofrlaere eppalntbd end
quelirled under euah l.eveJand Article 666-36, Vernon~e Anno-
tated Penel Coda, provides that the holding of such eleatlone
by the offloere shall oonform to the generel eleatlon lave in
foroe regulating eleotione.
Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, Volume 9, Title
50, Chapter 3, sets out the qualifioatlone oi otiiaare 0r
eleatlone end the manner of their appolntnmt. Artiale 2937,
Vernon’s ¬ated ClvU Statutes, re ulree thet in emell
(hsvfng less than 100 votes‘f there shall be appoint-
-precincts'
aourt, atthe February term, tvb
ed by'the bcimmZeelo.nere~
quauried Judgei to .hold elections and the presiding judge
shall appoint tvo conr@tent and reputable votere to.ect as
clerks of the eleatlon.
Artlald 2938, VernonCe.Anqotated Civil Statutes, ro-
vldee t&t for a lerg4 precinat (hev3ng mom then 100 votesP
the aome%eelonere~ ,eourtshell appoint four judges to hold
electUner. Thle.etatute authorieee the preedd.Lngjudge to
appo&nt four compQtent end reputebls alerke to eeelst seld
judges in hold&g th4 election.
:
Artlolee '2937 am.2938 are a pezt ot the 'Perrell
File&ii&iI&, vhi~Jqe.beelr held n&to effeat ar ,apply to
'epeoi-al
electione, b&to be oonflned to general eleatiozuiand
prlmery dleatlone (Cheetnutt, et al., v~.Wells, 280 8.Y. 351;
end authorlt&s citad~theraln). pai81 option electiona are
speaiax~+eotions.
ft.N?lWiOlWin VfeV Of the fOrSgOing, ft i6 CUP +I-
l.on.tha~Article 66&J3,:-eup.r&, m4raly.raquiree~thet the eeM ,..
number,~slae~eand oharaoter or judges end eler?kllare to be
ap~oIn$ed by the aomBleslcQers~ aourt to ,hold looal option
el@Otione ae are required to-hold goneral eleatione but does
not-reqWs that the *araepersons 'whs,haVe~beend4eigneted
or ap$oInted as ofrloers to hold gemmal eleotione must be
appointed to hold loos1 option ele$Zons..
$Wmtingthet the foregoing fullyanevere your in-
QuLrY, -vi are
Very truly yours