OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
GROVER SELLERS
AUST’N 11
AITORW~Y
GCNIIIAL
Henorrblo L. W. Vuice
County ~Attmraey
tltur County
Box 207
Bit. Pleasant, Tour
Dear Sir: opinha Ho. 0-6750
af the Amed
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.’ ., Ar trcii 1939; YJ’itie 4X, ctxijlter 2, of the Tievised ClvLl
Stat&s:‘01 Texa,s;‘>,:9’25, :+?9i aa follovr:
“Each boun~g clerk shall record in h well bound
beck the of~lcl~l dlschnrse of each s,oldler, sailor
or other,~ersar, reeldent Ln the county vt:o served
.ct hoqe or abroad ln the army o? navy forces of the
United -$&ate8 ln the late World War‘. For such eerv-
ices raid clerk shall be alloved by the commlsalonera
court, out ai the genenl fund of the ceuntr, net to
exceed fifteen cents for each one hundred vords so
recorded.”
685
Hon. L. V. Vance, pogo 2
This ltotute (Article 1939) woo amended b Sectlen 1,
Ii. B. He. 109, Chop. 107, p. 187, Acts of thr 48th Legloloture,
Regular &ooIea, 1943, lo l8 to read 40 f*llevo~
“Xoch Count7 Clerk lboll recerd In l roll-bound
bemk the oiflclal dlochorge of each member of the Amed
Feroeo of the Waited Stator of kerlca or the Armed
Force Reserve ai the Waited Water of America or the
Auxllla~ et llthor Amed Forces of the United Rteteo
lf America or the Amed Ferce Reserve of America vho
hove served In the Amed Forces lS the Waited States
of k er ic alia o o1916. Than oboll bo no ,ohrrgo mode
for the recordingmd keeping lf the88 reoerdo.”
It vi11 be lboerved tht Artlolo 1939 [As rmeaded br
the Acts OS the 48tb LogIoloture)~ev,i~o t&t there lbol be
no charm medo fw the recemlins: Dinn Of td
UaderooorIag ours1
When l otrtute, 01~11 or orl8Iao1, IO lrprrooed la
plain and uaublgueuo lmgmge, aad its meuilng IO olear &ad
lbvleuo, them IO ao room fer conotruotlrn. Caddy ~6. First
Rotleaol Beak of Bee-eat, 283 S. W. 4721 Sporko ~8. Stab,
174 3. If. 331.
The lffr o tive
doteof the above oat voo April 6, 1943,
aad lla o esold date the forego pre~loleao hove governed the
subject utter inquired lbeut . ?n r lr vlf the plain pnrIoleao
lf the oktute, It IO cur l plnlea tUt the ComIoolenen~ Court
lf Titus Ceuaty ho am l utherlty to ollev my roes cblmed by the
Couaty Clerk for recording and keeping dloobmgeo of members of
the Awed Forces or Reoervro.
Vary truly yours,
ATTORHBY
OERERAL
OF TEXAS