OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TE
AUSTIN
county rttornay -
DlokanrCotmty
spw, PCs88
lml. L. D. htilrf, Jr., pa&o z
‘(1) ma hoxld tbo two offiber be 0-0
binod?
“(8) ASStlldU~ that both of the Offiotab
almt:amd 0bQvan1l.lbo re-deoted to their
ro6peotIvoortfioor
in the 0ml.n~ pdamy d&o-
t1m, WLloh of tbnlr llazasaho?llC
&pmr 001
thd gsnaralalaotlonballot in EDm&r aa tha
ZW8kiIt~?
'+
&o
lma 8tatutor
seotion9 of Artdolet or tba 00!28titut10a
of
TataEl 1.
W1~3rstill be*& Olrrrkr0r th DietrIot
oourt ot saoh oomty, v&o rhedl be slsotadby
the qudlfied votarr rm the Statr 8nd eomty
orflom,~anba~o lwl hdd hir oft100roar l
two yoarr hubjrot 00 rcmOva1,bI-informtim,
Q bg IndetraDnt of a @and jury an4 eanvie-
tlon by a etlt jary. fn eam ah taO(mb tho
$&4&e ot de Dirtriotaorrrt 8hal.l halo &
powor to lippoints olork,who shall hold until
the off100 oan be till.6 by elaetionr”
8e+Icm a0 of irtiolet or tha oozlrtItatlmof
Texas1
‘men rhsll be oleot.4 ter oaoh oouaty,
by the qualiflnd wotes, a ooraty oler& u.‘lo
8!Mll hold M# OKleo for two ya&rr, r!m rllall
b-0ilark of t!leoo\mty and~oapm~8slonlc8’ oourtr
and rmortlor of the oounty, w!m80 dutIb8, por-
q u ir ltaa nd
r0~80f0r r i00 lhdl be pr8mrlb0d
ls1atum, and a taoeml b WM# e- ’
f 01
bI tbs&u11
9 IWdon~l’ OOurf,
&I tlllod,bythe Ooeari
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529
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B-4 Lr DO llatlfff, pg@ 8
until tb aetf'pnerd rleotfonfor lotmty and
stats ef10ar8~
ArtLola tool, Rsvlred0M.l 8tatuto8efT*BaI
'A olark of the dirtriotoourt Oz *aah
oount r!dl 'berleotodat osoh guaWalsleo-
tlaa Icuea termof two yeara b * b 0.
Artiolo1903, RaYbed BlVil statutol~
VOSNT NJRL - f5aoomtlu hadrig a *
popsllmtIon ofloorr than oI&tt~~8orlB,
~00ordIog;to tha proa to&m1 oan8u8
rallyml) olerk ekall b@
-Y 6 oet& HI Obali tah
the oath an& Iv. the bond require4oi alrrks
sfboththo &lot aadoounty owaW d
shallbmethe pomrt and parfomflt!k~ dutlsl
of 8-h olrrkn respeotlvsly~m
Artlol.4
1904, ltavlrad
Olvil Statutr81
Arqols 1938, mtired OIrIl Bt&uta8r
"6 olsrk bf the countyoourt 09 rrob
eolmty rbll k rleat.4at lreh generrlll.8.
tion for 8 taza or . two ~wlrma l l * *.
'hrtIoli1948, Revlad QI7Il BtatutrlI
*SfLI1Lu3Zm&-wheroiamyoounty~'
oIntolrrk8hallhntr ba@nrlootod,b *ha%&*
iI3portorm%zgthe duties of eomtt alark wsa
the 8eakOf raId80tdt@ rUthWtISat@ &Of-
flo ia ll
li# as rush olarke"
530
It was hrld In the m8@ of ROLCOi3,lt al to
SPZX?S,t38 SW 891 by tSs Auarlllo Court at 01~11 w
ala, that a prellaziwy uuwmoaaont 8s the oonmu
rJ tho D&sotar ?cren oiiioiafgsmouaoauuntaZ ubloh
thb ubllo and all ofriei0la nay t&r notIoee The 0pl.w
. oanb rohdl,in part, a8 iollorfr
loz in t:Is 8
=Itrould sum when the bulletin I‘ su
Dubliahedcubbdirtr:bUtOdit thOli~kOaa68 an
ti~I01olps~owomwt of the law, oi nhloh
t? ybl.50 aad all otfIoIaU
l 1% thI8 0~80 the mdi
ahow the OunsurBarmaa,
its Dirootar,lerued a
thu rlootionthr olmlstionof LubbbakCounty
to bu 3.l096r ld‘ mans to hare bsea off%-
aiaL T!&lnform~tIaaappua~rtobam been
givea to lead* papor O? the Statur XWU
the law tti‘ irt'oniutlmoould have bean ob-
tainedin no other ua
torcu o,'flalaleot wl
and 8ubjoctt~thc pG.rtyto & &E&r* of ro1ony
*a*,
To the 8aw1 dtfoot Is the oaoo 02 BtVZE 0.
STr?TTt,
44 ST (Sd) $80, who&a it WE dao&:bb:
wls og,nIon I‘ &0**od t!&t thu pm-
Ran. L. 3. X+t~iff,Jr., poig s
ants, it 2oLLovu mukiT3F;othll 20 or Al%Lvla 7 of t&b
30~Jt?t’Aasl 0: ? @X48 and Ut:al.e1905 02 t!u Statutor
of TCrnU,thdonl7 one oh?* 8hauba rlrotsdkrDiak.ilE
h tho forthoaxlrq ganartxl ale&ion.
Cclrrtr7
t&a oouaty alcrk underScotion EO 02 Mtiole P of tb-
~0=atitutionartfArt1cla1935 ei tilestntutoe* St la,
thoretora,o uro p ir dcthina tlztahor tbae o?fiola~aln
Dlak:onsComty nsy aoztlnucto 8erve am distr lo l tM
aoulltyolc&c ceo>eosi?elj, UIG.tLl
the uxpiz%tlanoi the
terau of of& to wklah they were harsto2oa-asleeted.
Tbcroupoathe jotit o:;lrk ulootcld by t!! peeplo nt tha
@lGra1 al*atlorl in co-?CaNlr Of tsie yapa?rill eutex
upon t!z dutlea of o:wls of thr oaunty and dbtriot
aourt of Dlokma Countyr
YCUS 8OOOUd QU&iOil jW#Oilt~8 &iitiOtit p-a-
lan szd, lnmfe?~~aothe oomts oi Tour an aonosrmd~
lu sn orl@nal one* It sill 36 obseved tht noithw
t”a Oxzrtltutlau nor tha Statutw provide ei.ther that
t3c oollnty alork s!!all, asmae tbu datia8 of t&o dirtrist
dark QT that the Chatriot olurk &all antnmathe dutia#
02 the county 03mk riim, by teroe of se&Ion 80 02 u-
Mole V c;"t!m ConofAtutlnneti UtiOl0 100s a2 the 3tnt-
tutu, mly azo olerk 3~7 b (~1aowL ‘60 may tharaujjn
tii;oltiathut thc~frtmarn of th6 Oonrtltutlenend tha
Laglshturo cLd act latrnd that rittat offios rrhould bo
aubarUineta to t!ieotha, Q thr dutfom of @it- qeW
by the othaz,but rathar thet thr 6utler oi @aoh &Odd
asmlm qos a joint slerk who moul6 hold tna ofrloe 02
alerk cf t&e ao*nty aniidiatrkt 00au-t- one 022~~.
Adrcrtlq to lour latter we Ectr '2z.t th,
,
Han. L, 0. Sstllff,Jr., ~a~6 6.
prcwat 4lotrlot an4 roullt701erkr of DiOkea8aolmt7
nra raah setkinp,ndaatlda B7 the DaaOoratidPert7b
the forthaa4.n~xrt7 prhr7 oZeotioato tha rrrpaa-
the officesor di6tXiot 4n6 oomt olcrk. l37for00
or atitlan tb of !.rtloln 7 of tha ionstltutbn und of
utlolr 1.903, however, these two offiooram not luB- .
joot to kel illled b7 rlrotiozi B7 the qudUia4 votara,
thr, b41~ "I-7lieu t~!lcsebb OS17 tA0 joiut MSior of
aout as4 dlrtriot atck, It follcn:s thtdtl no&u-
tim b7 the Duaoorutlo PcFty t0 eithw th0 0ffiW Of
Cistrfot olork or the 0rfh 0f oouatf olerk MUM k
a ndaetlon f~rro:floes nhl6h the*~uaIiZid roterr ~7
not flll by cleotion ooilroquontl7, the adnatlea
uould Ba a futllc th .
Aooor4i.n7, we ~“~217 to your scooa4 puostioa
B711taticpow Cgfz;OAtCb that Oral%t&hOU&thr
prewat dhtriat olark pad the prescat eouatf olerk us
renculrutedln tha i%rt&ouabgD6rXMr8tit~ Party?rLaurg
x100tim for the o:sloreal d18trlat OlsrL and aomty
olerk( respeotlmAy theirncrtsoma7 not a?year an the
general rlcetion dl*t in lovsrobar as the naalnecr of
the mmoordo Party for thsw airi ror the raanm
fhat rwh offlacil CM not to ba tilled B7 the walifiml
tot8rh xt of ooursaiollawu,~wve~, th4t rnl8raan
LnOitl4uaAl8lertui~n~at@ B7 ths DasQeretleParty
in it8 party prla4ryslrutionrar the jobt ofiloaof
oounty ea4 distxio$ olcrk thex'0 ma7 not be @a7 nm
Of the I)moaratf#o6ti&0@6 CQ thC S@UUWtd ilOethl
ballot fm ruoh .otfioa.
IO h& 05r0rdl7 00nsiC~rsd twe 0emreno1
oplnlonaBJ t!de*depsrtmntm48r deter of Ztmo 18, 192iC
snd 3apta?wr ll, 1980. The fl.rstopialanh&la, rhore
two olerks ha& Bwa lmSull7 sl4otedat the prcaeaky
@mml ol6&lon tlnC t!m aoame a-aorrsnt pr:m to
tie puty prbnnrle8reszltrin on4 6~# olerk kbng cub-
jsot to alrstla la the fortho&g general wtiaa,
th4t the 0jalrm.n of ttm Cocmtttro
rmatbaratir zxsautlvo
&odd not rroeiie and file the L lloatl~ oi UI
see to ?l4vahis ass* glaotiwon ix:0offioL¶lb&%
t& pay Al 4 ecndidate for t&o ofti oi dlntrldi al6rk
SC rate fro= t&t of oouuty olrrk hat ahmld roach*
8a r tile oal a llOatiOSl# ot 06ndhtes for t&8 0rri0r
a$ oouaty oniP4 nriot ohrk, gg oa* otMoa* mu--r,
the rcaoad opialtmholCsthat ahare thevnltcbbStati8
acnrun w%t aaettiag tha acalaatiaa B7 a @itlo&
7 oi oaarldatoo Sar the ofiloorOS oouat old and
!E.r trlotolork@how mmh oouut to hrm 8 006 -Bit-
do, U&U there l8 ar?otlmr 1110 1 osllmn iobkr~ lt&
Ealninet1oa8 But prcoea the aaxt 8wowdlag gowral
aleotloawhloh #hew8 8ua 3 oounty to hat, 1.88 thul
6 000 lnhabitmtr, tha pamon w nariasta6for tha OS-
do* OS oounty olork bc0aw8, and is, th6 xwEdao0 cb *
enoh art7 ior the offloe oi OOUIIQ and.dbtrLBt 01-k,
and to 1 a4ms 0s tha arma oonolPLaateU, andno other,
mlet be prided al Lo s 0frioi~i ballot oS the put
aking suoh MdlmtiOn a8 it8 OalIdi&dtO fQT thr 10 In t
Or S0r the offlo-.OS blrtrlotolorb
yo u
a n,~o o eda gI
lrespoatfully ldr io ed
th4t it 18 thr oplnloa OS th lodo p 4 r tma t&tt th 4proo-
ant holQer8 US the ofSiom c& dirtriot olsrk and oouaty
olerk la the oowtf OS Dlokoormy mum the Sul.ltwg
year term8 to tilah ?i!14y nr o h e r eto ia
lbotd
n by the
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534
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Jr., 0413 8.
Roar 1. Da !ZatliSS,
~uallSla6totore of t&s oeuat7i d t&t for the name
of a peraou to n~par oa tho p3aaral lleoti~ ballot
KS tha natlaw of the Daamoatio Psrtp for the Joint
aifloaOS oomty and dlcrlot olerk, euoh perrao must
hcpe Bcea l~wSull7naslaatedby the part7 Sor ruab of-
Sloo In t3o part7 prlnar7- a amlnaf:on by tie mrt7
fOr the rO#QfiOtiVtI Off;048 Of 4OUlt OlWk 0.F 4iOfriat
clerk will not suf:lae UB a nominat Im for the joint
offloeof oomty anC diwtrlotolerk 05 Dlo!cen8 O;u&tpe
Those oonolualoilB aa( of 00Kr5~,pvv&3dl upon
*00t* ahlah WQ have awuw4 rrcrr the #t#t~.?enf~aontalned
l.upour OoK.z2aaioatlBPr