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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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until his tera
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9. \ C0u.U a&.oinot ohalrsan who 18
8ookiBg anoth8r.'offlOO8ppoint 8oa0 other par-
son to ooncluot'thaprinry aleotlon and bold
hi8 prooinbt.'ohalrmn'r otiloe until hi8 term
expIrea.*
In the brief aoooaaoying pur letter you ralre the
queetion ot 8 OoBfAIot b0tw00B ArtiOh gQ40, Revl80d Civil
iitatutea, and the rosunm of A. 0. Opinion No. 0-BiW8 round in
the Nay isrue of Attornol tiaorcl* a Opinion tieports. ._Tar
m oonrenl8noe we fir0 0Bolorlng 8 copy of raid OpiBiOB, 8
study of wh10h will explain the slightly lnietadfng prune.
.
COPY first qUe@tiOa 18 Sully 8nmerod by our
OptAniOnNO. 04818, rhloh read@ ir wrt;
701~ latter rrqu88tlng the opinion of
this dO~Ut;lreBt 18 a8 fO1lOVS~
“‘Thr &COSUkt COWtJCbAlriaRB
Oi &UStOA i8
for the gtsto
ti- h88
AUt 006lttSO RUtio( WhOthSr he
ahou&d nsigo 88 CouAt;r Ohirsan be-
for@ th8 Sl~OtiOA, Sboo;L6 hS MkS
th eraoe lfOr,881d.
“AAIlll&lblo perma IU~ boaomoa odU-
bat0 to? th8 OfitS@ Ot DOpr@88AtAtiVO in th@
State kgislatAr8 AAd h8ro his name prints&
Up00 th0 ballot, tldU8 IOU StatUtS Of tb
atat0 iorbldr,
'WiWthU W a06 th. -rO ORAdidSOr Of
th8 OhlrMn iOr anothor ofiloo would 1~80
hOtO a8 Mtter Of bw taOat hi8 Offi @?
oouatJ ohairman, wo rued mot deolde aud a0
not &elde.
'Ib'e
find in ths statutes nor In
nothing
the d001810~8 roti mkr Ohm presmt ooun-
that
tr ohairman o? your oouaty ineligible for lnothrr
offloe to be fllI8d at the qiproaohing prlm8ry
llSOtb A, Or that WOUl6 &WVOAt hi8 mm be-
prkte6 upon tho ballots at the appro8ohing oleo-
Tho oploloa rrm rhloh we have &at qwt86 holila
that it ii AOt AeOOSSW~ for a 04UBty OhliriWA t0 first rOSi&A
y&ai?~anShip b&on b sABOuAoe8 as a OaA4ldatO iOr another
That hollw ti80 8pp11.8 t0 8 pt.Obt O&i-B.
m QdStiO.onof whotbrr Or AOt l OOUllty Or PreOiBet OhA%l'A6A
ipso taoto r808ter his obrlnaan8hlpnhm ba beooues a oandldate
. 4414
Honorable Sam B8In, Page 8
iOr 8 OiYil OffiOe WuS AOt OOBSidUd iA Said OpiAtOB. ::O
b0li0ve that this point la BOW raised by your WOOAd quer-
tiOA.
art1018 AQ40, Rerlred Civil Statutrs, 88 amendeb,
AOtS 46th kglSl&lEe, p. 894, in part, reads 88 r011ar:
-0 one who &old8 uI o?floa of profit
or trust tlndu the United States or this
3tate, or in any city or town in thla State,
Or within thirty (30) day@ &tU r88ialAg
or being b~Sd88~b from lny 8UOh OffIce, ex-
oept 8 notary publlo, or who la a ekndld8te
for OfiiOe, or who ha8 80t paid hi8 Foil Tax,
shall aot a8 jod&e, olerk or 8upuYiror of
Our@)
The undermoored part 0r said artlole maker it very
olenr th a tl pu8OA oannot sot 88 ohlrman or member oi 8Ar
4l8trIot, 0oMty 0r olty lxaoutlre oorlttee of a polltloal
party who la a oandldate for 8 01~11 offI00. It, thertior0,
logioally iOllOU8 that when ruoh a oomilttewtan beoorus a
osndidnte for 8 olvll offI he hn8 by hi8 oral80t dISQU8liried
hlaself troa further serving his party as 00aaittuinan Ed his
polltioal 0rfi00 0r oomitteoiman lQ80 raOtO beeoaes maant.
ThS SMWU to TOW SMOAd qW@tiOA 18 OOntrOlbd by
Art1010 3110, Herlrod Civil Statutes of Texas, AOtS of the 1st
called J~SSIOA, 1905, at p. MO:
Herr shall br for laoh politioal party
requlrrd by thin law to hold prlmry llrotions
EoAOrabl. SU hiA, PagO 4
primary rleotion day; the oountp ohalman by
the qualified voters of the whole oouaty,
executive oomlttor of sll dirtriots of which
hi8 OOUnty 18 d part, aftathe di@triCt comlttse
thus forsrd shell eleot ite o?iA ohalrmn. m
raoanoy in the offloe of ohalrmn. oounty or
rmclnct. or MY membu of auoh oomittee rhall
by 4 !ssjOfity Tot, of 84 lxeoutlve
%aI%~~~G The li@t of 4lection $oiAot ohaIr-
men fm t e ooanty ahoirmn 80 elaoted, shall
be cer?Affea by the oounty comentlon to the
Oounty olork, 4lOAgUIlth the other AOllliB448 OS
said party. Ii there are A0 ropuests filed tor
04Adidat48 for oounty ati prsoinat ohdram, a
blank apaae 8hail be left on the tlckot beneath
the d48igntAtiOBOf eUCh WSItfOA. Acts, lat
C.b. 1905, p: 649." (Undereoorlng ours)
This article outlllus the prOCedrp4 for the oleo-
tion of the praoinot chalrmtn and the procedure for ri1lIng
. rroanoy ln the ofilor. Acoordlngly, it M,Y be r i.Uea only
by lle4tlon by the pop14 or, in Case of a faaancy, by elao-
titanby the executive oonslttse.
'he,thexWooe, reepeotfully advise that both puer-
tIo)la,
Nos. 1 nnd 2, met b4 answered in the negative.
Very truly yours