OFFICE OF THE ATI’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lionorablo J. A, Bel@er '
County Auditor
Travis Gouuty
Awtln, Texeu
Deer Si?;
Judg: wae 94750.00.
*v&l1 Lou pleaea aavlao 54 nhit eaouat ot f44 or salary
Judge Powell ia entitled to in the above atyled~ and nnsbered
*au** for- 44nlo44 aa Jgsolal County Jud&a to date.*
~onorabla J. A. BslSez, page 2
“On Odobar 20, 19&l, iiocoreble 0110. S. Dowell ~44
~appointetd Spsoiel Judge La Causa No. 10,158, ??tate of
Libbls Burlelaon Pletthorn, droaaaed, ,by proolanratloa d
Eaamrabla cOk4 R. SG4~4114on, Cov~rnor of Texae, after
the Eonorablo Coo. 9. Uattbewei, County Judge of Travis
County, had ent4ssd hi4 dlrrquslifloation In the above
oews. Judg4 Darrell nu%¶4aad filed stetutorq oath of
oZtio4 m the abovs date.
TIhU4r the eb@Y4 appolntasnt, Jubga Dowell, ae
Spsoial Countf JuUg4, has 4ntersd three ordara, sll dated
Ootober 21( 19&l, In ths above 04~84. Travis C4uatg 14
operatAng, ee prmidbd by law, under the salary lew, and
front and hit@? July 3, 1941, the mum41 4dlaky of the :
county Sudgs’aII $5500.00.
‘El11 you ploese advlre me whet amouat or t80 or I
ealery Judge JIow4ll la sntltl4d to In tha above atyl4d i
and aumbemd oause SOT s4mlos8 a8 Spsolel County Judge
to d&e.*
In oplnlon no. D-3091 this departmat haa hemtorore
ruled on a slmllar qaeatloa regarding the oc#lpsnsation at a j \
apaoiel jud$a elated by the ioaal. bar of C%alVeatan Couatp to
preride eo a rpsolal dud& in ofvi;L matter& -in ths County Uourt
as well a6 la probate matteas. Eaw4Y4r, 1lVthat oplniou w4 did
not dQkZ With OT have bOiOI?O u4 thQ ep4CiflO U8IIttiOQ prOS48tad
la your inqulr~. In. t&et. opLnlod (Ro. O-3091P the spaoial ju&e / .;
1~44 eleota& by ths hex ~ot~wv4e9?r1 C~uhty axd uau oat appoLntsd
by ths Covernorr TYfinaW 'the ,faote 8tet4d in yourlnqniry, it 14
tipparent that the '4@iaialjudg~ $n~pMbats Mttera MLS apROintOd ;~I
by the Governor by'olrtue of Articls.lp32, VWnOn'4 AUmtatad
GlVll Statuta~c We snolclee a oopy of' tha above mantlcnud opfaio&
~.rtlolls~193& Vacnen'e ¬ated Civil Statutsa, prior
to its eraendmnt by the 46th Leglslaturs, 2939, read t&a fo~lmt
*'Ii the oouatg judge fe diaqualffied to aat In auy
probats matter, hs shall forthwith asHblip his diSqQaliflOe~
tlolgthorein to the Gotarnor, uimrMspen the 00r~r~r 4hku
appoint 4ome person to aot em speo&tl judge in ssld 0440
WhO sbdl Sat irOt t8rQI t0 tQM Until SUOh diWWtilf%foation
04aees to erlat."
Zonorable I. A. Balusr, page 3
*Be 10 pnaatad by tha Le&~latu?s of the State of
Term:
*.vtkle 19XL (1738) (1131) flpechl Jud&e Ln Probatr
b?attez;~' Shea a aouaty judge te disqualltied to sot if$ fmy
probeto flultter, he shall farthtith aartlcy Ua disqualifioa-
tion thsrela to the QOV~IIIOT, whsraqmn the Coreraop ohall
appoiat BQBO pamon to sot au speoidz judg;m in mid aacre,
v&O Sha22 hot irOe8 tQa2a to teTa until suoh diaqualifiaatlan
WalSd8 to axiet.
A spaulsr. jud#r 80 appointed otlallrwteiv~
the au~e amapcmat%on es ia aon or aey hareafter be gratided
by law for cofstlldc judges ia a%.m.llar OPSO,, aad th& MS-
sioauru' Court shtUU*,at the b&aaiagj at ee~hilmel year,
lnclthd, la the b&go% of tka aountw, a suftlolont smn imz
the,Ipeymsat of the e~eeiti &~dge or judges appolntod by 6he
Governor tom sot for.tha mgulaz aotmty jud~o.~
'sm. 2. The fcboo*thttt t&era is sow no lrrw andim
whloh spsaia2 juitqea, ap3)ointed by the, Qawm~or to uot %n
oaaea wham the regular jadga ie disqualified, mu be Boa-
punsated f#r sem~e~a rmdersd bp the? la such oa8mr weator
M eaergo5oy and aa“&mperatlvs publio aeoosaittV that the
Conetitutlonal $a16 raqulrin& that billo ba.re& on three
several daya be 8USpPn66db be, and the am& is hmebg sub-~
pondad, and tSis .?tt ebafZ taho cfiecrt aad be fn full foroe
frm and after itr pasaagm, and it is SO wmotwL"
'fha abowa aentioaod aat (waatct Blll.Ez+. 256, supra)
beoema sf’fsctiVo Say 15, 1939.
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