OFFICE OF ME Al7’ORNEY GENERAL OF 7EXAS
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flo8orsble T. lr. TrImbLe, Paage 2
*It 1~ true thr:tno vaoanoy existed nhoa rei+
pondeAt xa6 acyoLAte6, ii by vaaanay IS wamt that
then va6 AO gearson xho could then lsrfullydiwharga
the dutiesoi thb orrloe, ror relatorcould law-
fully disohcrge the dutiae of tho otiloe UAttl hie
suooessor putairfbd;but it la true, ii it be held
that his term or Orrho should oontinue ror two y0arr
fram the date of his pualIlI~eA.Ion,
that t&a tina
wa6 Dear at haAd =heA the l ppOIAtM!At Ol XWpOAdeAt
wei6mat-is,UbaA his tdlntOr OrriO 68 lfSWd by &W
sauld esppir., nnd it wa6 the duty OS the oity OWA-
011 to apgolnt hia SUCO~SOUZ. Them was A0 talid
objeOtIOA to makw the appointrrvratOf hlr 8UOee8mOr
before the axpiriition of the tenn for nhIeh he was
elaleotedl . . ."
In city oixoAaton V. Mahoney, 80 8.i. 1142, 1143,
it Hamam
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Vi ax-0 anaro of the doctrine anawnoed la
Stats+Aatlln, 84 Texas 48, 19 S. W. SOS. Sut
ia t&e osw alted the .owrt gob8 no furtherthan
to deolar*,tbs wefl-mittled rulk that an appoint-
ment may bb made ln aatlo~patfon qf 8 YaOa~oy. 5uoh
s ~oar6b it3 s nbp~sslty, an4 18 uriIY*rmlly followed
both IA elaotIoAa.md appointment88 and the lew not
oaly gsrmftei
but authorlesaIt, to the had that YaOaA-
ties may be prarluea agaIAet, 8Aa holdfug over avold-
04. . . .a
The rCCS&AStiOA Or s cOUDtY sUpriAtbAd4JAt 011 xO~08Ik-
ber 6th to beaozne ettectirs moambar 51et, Is, of ocurae, mereY.9
8A annmAcan%At by the oilids holder of hie intention to rerfgn
the office on Zwceinbsr 3lJlat. Until rruah date DO Ycloa~oy will ..
srlat In the 0rtice 0r county Fuperlatsndent sAd th8 c~raloa-
ers court is powrlses to appOiAt angoAe to nsfmm the duties
or the oifloeprior to the 6rr6QtiTb data or the resignation --
iA other words pxior to the actiUel~6xi6teAOi3Or (IYaOaAO9 fA
the 0fri00. T&Is doer aot, however, preYeat the oomilebloners
oourt rrom antIoLpetlA$ th% Yaaanay aAd rrom zaak,IAgprOYISi@A
thsrefor in @dYaAcs. ThO SppOiAtmbAt bW3W3B eff6OtIYe OAl9
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Eonorab1.e T. E. TrImble, page 3
when the ofiloe aotually becomes taoant, uhloh, under the facts
d your request, would not be prior to Dscezabor Slat.
Sour* very truly
hTTOhNiiY OF TAX.46
BY