OFFICEOFTHEA-ITORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS
Ronorrrble Charles T. lianistcr
Criairal Liatriat Attornay
Corslouna, xerao
Dear Sir:
6e are in reoelpt of
In you roguest our opinion a8
violation of A:tiole 433 of or the trusteaswof a
co6neon sahool district to em 8s a teoahsr) the
wire 0r 6 6mi who ia ths bro e .of one of the trueteee.
ride6 that no ofiloer
Of tUI$ sohcwl di6t UbdiYiSiOn Of thi6 Stat6
shall appoint or 0 any pO6ftiOn Or Ssy
person redated vi artinity or rithin the
third degree by o 80 appoint&g or 60
voting or to 6Iiy oard when the eorapensa-
tiGII Of 8~0 for ou.t OS or Srom prrblia
osver, and Article 433, Pens1
cd forth above shall apply
on, tberQrore, prssented 16 whether the
8 related to th6 truate6~ within the
y or within the third degree by cronpan-
XIhio aaae of Cbinn v6. state, 86 Z&%.
inity is that tie wbieh arises in kionee-
quar:oe or narr betwixt one of the rmrrisd pair atxd the bloo4
relations of the other; . . . there is no at'linity between the
hu6bandv6 brother and the wife*s siEtar,whloh is aalhd by the
dOOtGr6 6ffinita6 aftinitati5, baoauna theD the CoIUleeti@l¶16 fOr6Bd,
not between one of the spouoes and the klnsaren of the othsr, but
between the irlnemn or both."
eon, Churles '1. iranister, Page 2
'-MS ~86 quote& rilth approval in the ca6e of Seabrook
v. i"lrst IvstlGnsl irank Gf Port Lavaca, 171 Z. !-i.
247, wherein it
ras held that a district judge whose wife and the wife Of one v,.
Noble were cousins was note related to kr.~Nobl% by affinity.
Blood relations cf the husband are not related to the blood relations
of the wife. 2 c. J. 370. Cur answ%r to yr,ur question 16 that said
Artlola 432 wculd not be violated by the employment which you mention.
Yours very truly
ATTORNEY CE.?NERALOF TEXAS
By LdG'
Glenn R. LOW16
APPROVED JUL 14, 1939 AESiEtant