Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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 .~. .’ ., 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