OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonimiblr Qordon C. Cam
county AttQrnsJ
Lampasasoounty
Lsqasas, Tans
Dssr Sfr:
lsttsr ot Juno
a8putPmt 0p0n
for a per-
sons nam ballot as a
r0r rspressntat iv8
math. sspT bs-
bs sufflolsnt to
roper men~er?~
on*8 ~umetatea clvll statutes,
assiring his name to appear
allot as a sanaiaats for the
id just100 or rasooiats
ourt of Civil Appeals, or ?or
rspressntatits In Gon~ss, or for Stats Ssaator,
or for roprssentetlt*, or alstrlot JUap or ah-
trlst attorney in rsprsssntstl*e or $aUlclsl
alStriOt8 OQnrpOSOa Or POr8 tbaB OB8 OOMtYs
shall ii18 With th0 ChrfZ7EfiIIOi i&C CXOOUtiTO
00aitt00 0f the party for the aistrlot, said
request with rorerenoo to a aanilidats ior a
Stats ncmhatlon, or ii there k no ohlrmss
i¬able Gordon C. Caqs, Pa&a 8
o? such dtitrlot ereoutite osnmittas, thoa
with the chalrman o? wash oouaty oo~poalng
suoh dietriot, not latsr than the iirst Wn-
day In June pn~dlng ths gonual prinmrg.
Such requests q llkewlse be filed not l,atrr
than da date by any twenty-fivo qualiri8a
rotors meldent within suok ~distrlot, s-86
a a duly lb k newh d ~ 4 4 .
lbmdlataly otter 8816
date cmoh suoh dlstriat ohalrmaa shall carti?~
tho name4 of all gerscns SOT whom staOEP4qu48tS
ban bwn tiled to the oounty shalrmmn o? *aoh
county ooaposIn,g woh dIs$rIob."
Iphls artioh pr0da08 th4t e aanaia8te w4ii iii0
wltlt the ohairmn of the euoutive cmmittw* his wquhet to
hate his PLUPB pleosd upon ths oflicial ballet, and pu dosin
So know whother QT not daposit oi an ~>~pl&s%t&m iB propsr
row ocmtainlng every attsr r0qtllrea b7 law In the fhttoa
Staten mails ena re44Ipt by ths prepar otriber ti au8 time,
may be 4458Iaarsd vIlIi@ witihfn t&Wlbanfiy a? ArtIoAs SUB.
as statd bp kdr. Justfoe Iloximna In mioaa i3tatss
va. Lombardo, 841 U. 3. 73, 36 S. Ct. 306, 6Q L, Ed., 8971
word vile*
vho is a4m4a from ths
latia ubra *ii t Ma wlatos to ths ansiont
praotlo*or papore oa a thwad er wire
for safe-keeping ai& roe4y refewnoe. Tills&
It must be ob84mod, Is not ce~@eta until th.
doouerent Is deliyand ,and r~40ired~.~
It will .bs observed that two element4 are eesoatiti
to eQBstltuto "?111ag" of &B iJiS~OStt; vie. aemory to and
rsoslpt o? by th4 proper o??lo4z. This Is wall .rstabiIshed.
In T*xas. Real V. Alexander, 6 Ter. 6@r CIt7 o? Dallas t.
B@man (0. 0. A. 19398) 18 Tex. C&V. h&q. SF&i, 48 s. w. 686;
Brogaoka v. State, 68 Tex. Cr. B. 4T5 I.40 23. W. SS8; Wsst v.
3tat0, 106 Tax. cr. R. 647, 8 S* w. fed) 571 HQlb 7. wwa,
DIetriot Clark, (C. C. A. 1993) 65 S. ?i+(8d 368,,‘1RIt zWamd#
3lElleokbux-n
T. State (G. C. x. 1934) 7~2Y. 8. f &d) 667* Br patio
%?&;I ff37 Tex. Cr. B. 445, 77 fit. Vi. (8d) 178~1 W&Z V+
. ri. 193P) 108 3. W. 389. Sab afuo Poynor 1. Com-
tiesfor& o? ~tsrnal Aevau4 (0. C. 8. 6th elr,) 6L lr.4. (ad)
681.
~@m.4 th4 me*. d4posIt or all lr@SWmnt in tha unit46
3t4644 ~llails Is not su??lcisnt to oea88itWo *?lfIn@ (;n. 9. v.
33
Ronorable Qoraon c. Cam, Page 3
Lombardo, supra; Moores v. Stata, SO N. W. 225) reoelpt by
wall within the proper time and by t.he proper o?fIoer Is a
“f lllug” ) and the vehiole or egenoy by whloh the instrument
Is tranauittod 1s Of no oonsequenoe. Is all oases the query
Is, has the Instrument been raoelved and plaoed In the oustory
of the proper offloIal. Moorer, Y. State, 06 Ii. W. 225; Swaeneg
v. City of NOWYork, 225 N. Y. 271, 122 N. E. 843; O’Hesrn v.
Rrloksou, County Auditor (S. Ct. Mlnh. 1022) 152 i&m. 3449,
188 W. W. 736.
AS stated in Swesney v. City of New Yor&, supra,
“The varb ‘to ills1 my be used In rarlbus
senses. When, as in thfs statute, It la eald
that a paper suet be riled with au otflwr, the
r4QUirOaent le at leaat oowplled with when the
party dellrers that paper to the orfleer at his
o?flolal place 0s bualhess aa thsrs 1~~08 It
with him. Whother ha does this uersonally or
by ml1 Is. we think. lanatar 1. so long as
‘it is aotualkr n00ivOam. ~Un~er*oorIng ours)
In aooord with thls statement of the law Is Oonmn-
wealth v. O’Bryau, Utloy & Compan~r, lb9 Ky. 406, 155 9. W. X1.26.
In Stat.0 4x rel. O*I&arn v. Eriokson, Gount7 Auditor,
supra, a aandldate ?or tbs offlee Q? State Reprosentativs mailed
an appliOat%OB to have his B~QU phOOa on tha ballot on the last
day for legal rilfng aad it was not reaelvrd until the rollswlng
day. Ths oourt held that the da7 tho appllsstion was aotual17
reoeited by the proper O??Is8r was th0 day It was filed.
It Is the opInlon of this departmnt,
Consapuently,
and you aro respeatrully
advised tht whm nn appllsatlon 0s
a oandiaate to have his nanw plaoed upon the primary ballot In
propar form and oontainlng every mattar requ&red b7 law Is
tranamltteathrough the UBitOd States mall8 ana la reoelved by
the proper OffloOr within the time allowed by la~;lt IS
!'?lledR within tha msaning of r;rtiole 3112, VO~BOB'S Annotated
CIvIl strstutes.
APPROVECJUN 26, 1940 Very truly 7ours
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion