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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ‘TEXAS
AUSTIN
By the hw aithib Chafe 5058bitiJtioaaland *$a&.
uwa7, 8 wrwn i6 gmhibi rod irea Irorcitq a0re than 040
es+11
oltloo of e&51uoat uirtm* 16 ~:rotlon J&Qfaho‘;tat*
Cenetitution)exe& ae,rtRSnaldws oi whioh that of the
jwtloe cb the pmoe ie one* Ra9mtr, our crourtebath g.one
Brthar e&d huge oxtonded tlu rule that cwoc where there f*
e spooiilo oroaption to the ml0 of more than one offiao of
emalumnt se in this ocP60,or nhero an sffioe &oe not pay
for hi8 seniors to thrJholdor tharoof, that when a parmn
sroks to hold more than ood olvll offloo aad the dutlolr er
the tw offloos tire lwoapatfbls, that woh 6 pereon cmaot
hold both offfoss, and the sooeptaaoe OS Chs latter, ar later
Lo paint of tlm, is omslldoredB vaoanoy or reri@%tlon of
the .of'Tfootorwrly held.
Appl$ifw there mlea, ?ho oourtieham hold in tho
oaso of Luars t. State, 63 8. T:r(21 699* thaC @he wtlae
of t&a pa00 0821 also be a rwerder in t&a oorporat i an 05urt
6s the oity, ae Art%014 I6 3eotion 40 0r the meto can8tltul
t&on dooa not apply to jwilew ot fib pekoe sad the dutiee
oi tbo tnm ofiioas ara aot iaoota tlble OIU to th other.
.Zventhough the tmr oMos~ in tr0 latpllrrat haad, tax aaMSa8r
oollooturof tka Wna Indspendat PJohool Urtrlot end juetiso
of tha pmsoe, mny be both oftll off’ioau Op imolutaeatyet tUa
px5vl8loaof the ConrtituMon dwa not aagly to JustJooa of
th* pamo, wham on0 parwon oould Mid b&b oif%ooa ualoas the
datlor of tbo IIMTOwere fnaaspetiblo one te t&o et&a-.
Theah the liae rhioh dl~tin&ehhr8 eompattblo ub
lawapatlblodutfos of separate offlooa lr aosstluiw dim aad
dittlau1.t
to dietinppuishyet uo are 5f t&e opinion thst the
oiYlo*s ar tax aa~o8eor-wll#t~ Of tho F&a Iae4padat
So&ool ?%0triot efd juetiao 81 tikapardoeam not lnooepati-
ble olylto t&r 02horandthat the mm perron aan hold bstd~
offloo at -0 ears*tim.
teiot, 200 S. W.
la vlaw OS the farep,ola:: autharitlee,you are rem
1speotf’ul4 ed+fosd that it fs the opialonof thle departaoa6
that thaljuat100or me pmos, lnqairedabout,oaaal.rmlepelly
hold the ofl’foe of tax aawneor-5ollsatar of a,nb for tho :?&a
fndependmt :iuhoal2istriet. In other word8 a perwn can hold
b&h the Offhe Of juatioo of tbu ipaoe and the oflioa of tax
aswla~-OOll~@tor oi the Z&m Independent:!.oh001 CGtriat clt
tha saw tam*
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