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’f OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorable nava ~~:axelll, Jr.
calm ty Attorn4~
Rhal by County
Canter, fasa8
near Mr. wc.*ellls bplnlon No. O-7424
Your letter requ4atlnF: on opjnlon u
titled mbjoot is 84 folloWsa
‘Cnn an officer Of
clerk in ths
eeaeed wife
Penn1 Codo defining ‘Ropotie’ in
.
or of thj4 State or 8nv offiaer et
prealnat, 4ahool dia-
of thlm
state, or any otfie4r or renher Of 8ny Ptate,
di4trfct. ceant7* 8itfr mchool dj strjat Or 4tLOP
~mjclpal .boord, or fudge of my court, oreatod
by or under 4athority Of 8nJ pen4r41 Or sp40141
law of’ thje State, or 8ny member Of the togida-
ture, Hall 8pJ;Oint, or rote for, or confiirm t.he
apyv-tl~trwv-,t to 8ny offiC0, pOoitiOn, elerkahlp,
employvant or dutJ, of’ any rerwn related ~1 tb-
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.Iloarnble D8T4 MOReill, Jr. - p8ge 8
ln WIG second dGlgr4G by 8tttiitJ or w9 thin the
third do((r44 by cGnaangt?!nity the psrson t08~
8ppOinting or 90 voting, or to any OthGr mabsr
Of a ny luGh board, the t4gial8tuT4~ or aaurt of
4hlGh spoh perem mo 8pp4ia ting or TGting ~47 be
8 PGmbBr, rbQ the Ul8rJr f4Osr or OOmpsns4t~,Gn
of woh appojntee 34 to he paid for, dlreetly or
hdiroatly, out of Ot from publie funds or t8os
Of OttiGG Of 487 kind Or GhEt84t4r WhGtsOG+Ot.’
yOar
From et8t4tmOnt To t8k4 it. tn PO that the ptep@ed
0mpl0~00 18 aOt
related t0 the OWplO7ing Gffioer b7 blond ln m,
ray wb8t4oorsr, 8nd eapeoial1y that h4 18 not tOt8t8d to tbo (E
ploylag otfioer Tithin the third de&ros blood r418tlm. It pb-
mnin8 anly to be aeon Ghethrr or not ho la rGl8ted tn the nplo7-
in9 OfflOor by 8ffhf ty Tifbin the noeand demo40 Under the eom-
man 18~~ which thjs Rtrte 8dopted 8s thr rule Gf deelsim April
1, 1840, the blood relotlren of the wife ore POl8t4d to the h8-
hand by 8f’tSnit~. Tho84 rel8tod t0 th4 wife by affinity Only 8r4
not 8t all related to the hu4bandt but an above 8t8t8dt i.he ham-
hand’s kin by ati’lnity throngh hi8 arrrrir@e inaludos anly those
perwno who are related by aongan&u;unity - blood - to the 8lf4.
Under t~hs plain lGtt8r Of the Cods, t0 ho inelIg3hlo
fur 8ppoitttmGnt by tha ComtJ OfflOOr , the emplo7~ in your oam
must bo rol8tGd to the hu8band-4mplO~Or within the 8OCGnd degree
of nffinlty. Under your 8kt4Wnt he 18 not thU8 t418t4de 8nd
18 thornfore allgible to tbo 4pp4i~~4nt.
VQ find thorn 10dogtO
m4 by eon8angtdnit7 or blood
botwean the wife of the offi8ar Pnd her f8thOPa Thor0 18 0184
8 blood r418tiOn degrso
Qt One h8tW443 her fat-her 8Rd her 8T,,,t, .,
who is a b8lf-8~8tOr hot f8ther
Of , thus reachin? the two 64-
Free8 blood rel8tion iie44848rl to 4rOludO the emplo~eo, 8nd the
two dsgreon do not 5nolud4 ths hamband.
Out opinion NC. O-2826, Of d8tO July 3, 1840, IS over-
rul Gd# 8nd our opintonG X08* O-119, O-W34 awl O-1096 thorelm
orerml8d 8r4 r8rtorod in all nsp4Ots WhereIn they 8ro In 80-
card wltb thl4 opinion.