OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lbnambl8L.A.vood
8Uta 8uporintoadollt of rubllo lMtrwt1oa
Awtda, Toxu
In Uw ouo ooaaldor-
io uld r tlll - tvo
Rwton,rouldheYo 0 irsd lzll942. m-8.Ievtm
vu appolntod by thm“EIluionora* bourt to ill1
thr -y orutod by the bath ot br husband.
“Al ths abow wntioMa 0piPlon holdr tbt the
vill~pworof the pwplomuatpw8lltozam
Bononblo L. A. voQd8, Paw 2
m iaambelltat the next g*no?81 *lootIon, vlll
the person rloeted to the pm. of oount7 *upor-
bttmdent rt the forthoomlag gonon llootlon
*orve for a four-par ponrlod, or vi11 rueh l p er -
*on **mm until 1942, vhIoh 18 th* tlm tha COUP-
- ter m, to vttIonrh.o u y T nevto
. nvul18Qt-
ed, vi11 WY* rxplnd?a
Our opinion Ho. O-1664, roforred to In rour lottor,
hold8 that one &ppoInted to the offlcr of aounty ruprlnton-
dent tq the coPrmi88Io~rs'oourt tills rush vrcmcy only until
the next gene-1 lleotIon. The only question vlth vhloh ve
are concerned In thU oplnlon I8 IJ *t&ted above.
~tu Conrtltution of TO-*, ktlole 16, Section 27,
proYlde8I
_-
*In all eleotIon* to fill vao8ncler of of-
floe in thlr 3tbte1 I 8hl.l W to fill the un-
expllwd term OnlJ.
The Lcglmlature, to give effect to Art1018 16, SOO-
ti0n 27 0s
t.h0 c0mtitUtioD, 8~ emoted Article 20, Ver-
non** Clrll Btatuter, vbioh rd?' 8 88 r0ih8t
'All eleotloru to fill vrcmcler in otflce
*h&l be to fill the unexpired tenu only.'
Also see mckm 08. curl, 38 Clr. A&. 445, 86 3v
368.
In vIev of the foregoing ruthorltler, JOU me nrpoct-
fully rdrI*ed tht lt I8 the opinion OS thlr department t&t
the peruon elrcted to county rchool 8uperIateulsnt at the torth-
oomiag genenl election, under the oiroua8tumer art out In your
letter, vi11 be lleot8d to further till the v*ornoy In 0rrm
ometed by the death of Mr. fevton, that IS, until the gensnl
,
Bononblr L. A. Cods, Page J
llootlon In 1942, vhon e. Revton's ter m
vouid have lxpirw.l.
Trusting that this rrtIrf8otorll~ dlrporsr of your
inquiry, ve rewin
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion