OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
See LA-23 E LA-106
Honorable &mea U. Btravn
County Attorney
uIllso~ county
Ra~ondvllle, Texas
Dam sir:
for a written opinion
from your requeetl
that the exoeptlon in the constl-
abeence of mmh a oonatltut~onal exception, it warnheld In the
oaae of Mate v. Martin, (Ct. Clv. App.) 51 3. U. (24) 815,
that the offiae of s achool trustee vsa not m office of
"emolument." Thla offioe ha hold in Opinion IO. 0-3308 that
a deputy aherlff may aerve at the aame time aa a aahool trustee
of a common aahool dimtrlot and that the roapectlre duttes of
Honorable &mea W. Stravn, Page 2
each oKIce are not lnoompatlble. A copy ~31’
that op:nlon ie
being enclosed for your oonalderat~~on.
In Oplnfon Ho. O-2164, thla department held that s
juatfce 0r th e pmce ma y lerve am a city seemtaX 31 the city
of Muleahoe at the laae tixaa urd that the reapeatlve duties of
each oflice me not Incompatible. A copy of t:rat oplnlon ;a
being lnoloaed for your oonalderrtlon.
We have oarefull~ oonaLdond the ~apectlve dutlea
ineambent upm a juarIoo of the per00 and l trustee of 911 La-
dejmnlent school dlatrlot and ve oau oamoIv~ of M mound hale
upon vhich lt al be meld t&t their napeatlve ofrIce are ln-
com&Wilble. Relther of?Ioo ia aooountable to, under the dorin-
Ion of or 8ubordIxde to tha otlurf malther ham any right to
interfore vlth the othar in the performme of my official duty.
Wflcoa arm ino~tible vhen tha dutlea of arch my ba lnoon-
aIateGt or oonflloting and vhan the porfomuWm of the dutlea
of on8 office may Lntorfan vlth tha perfonunce of the dutlea
of tha other oft IO*. Se0 Oplnloa lo. O-2188 for additional alta-
tion 0r authorltlea, 8 c o p yo r vuc hla lmloaed.
Slme mlthmr l deputy aharlffrvr l aomon school dla-
trlct truetee are o?flcera to be paId out of the State Tre&aury,
va do not bellove Artlola 10. Sootion 33 of the Texas Conatltu-
tlon la 8pplicable to Tour propoaltlon. opinion no. o-3308.
It la, theefon, our opinion, and you arm reapaot-
fully edvlaed, t&t there la no prohlbltlm la the lava of thin
State vhloh vould prevent a juatlce of tin wee from lemrlng
am a truatm o fa nIndep endent lohool dlatrlot.