J%nu%ry 30, 1939
IZonomble Bert Ford
Admlniatmtor
Texw Liquor Control Board
Auustin,Terns
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1019; Bow5an vs..State, 41 S.W. 633; Allen vs. State, 39 S.E. 2g4;
@hapman vs. State, 39 S.W. 113; Irish vs. State, 29 S.H. 778.
A 100&k OptiOll OleOtion is not void by m&son of the fail-
UT6 Of the hUI!l~sdonereCourt to rsoord the or(lere arderlng and de-
olaring the result of the eleotlon at the time designatedby law,
as the aotfiare morelp minlsterlal. Bx part0 mltoa, 73 s.vi.314.
It 18 the faot of oanvassing, rather than the record ther8or, whloh
gives eifeot to the sleotlon. Iithe oourt baa deolamd the mault
of'the eleatioa and ordered the sale of liquors prohibited,it is
presumed that the canva?singwas duly performed. The failure of
the reoord to refleot perrormanoeor the mlnlaterialaotor raoord-
1% th0 0%2lTZkSSbl 18 2lOt8Yid8nW 8Wfiai6nt $0 OVOmOW th6 pro-
6umQtion arising ffnm ths order drolarlng the m&t).tbat tbr
tot88 WM6 %t&.Ul~~.OMV%S88& At bed it 18 Onlf rrid8008 the8
the OO\ut iai18d, aft8r OamaS8itbg, SO pBl?fOm #8 oial8t8rial‘
duty Of 8IltWiw th8 &ate Of the polls in 8aOh pmOinOt, in tb8
wmer by law.
oontsrPplat8d
POtiStat8 that IfItil8lt~.OlOOtiOIlh8l.dti w%lM!l
oouatp them o%n b8 fowd no order 8hwi22g pIblioatlo2iof the r8-
6ult8 of ths eleotion for the tlw end la the muter pzomrLbed by
l%w. Aa t0 thb 8hOtiOX4, if it OM b8 8tiblirbrd tbatth8 Ordclt
iXlf8Ot -8 ,publlaWd for th8 t&8 Md in tb - pX’888ri~8d by
hW; th8 ~SrriOlk8FS COtEt w, at thi0 tipn, 8&W M 0X&8= w
pro tuwin Its kfbUt86 rharity th8 f%ot of saoh
do226in $h8 0688 Of Q8U8 ~5. BfatO (CaUrt Of
not pat r8port8&, but rcmd8rad by th8
th6 Ord8r ha6 %Otu%w b88n $tl?+@h8& tit8
t-08 whothor the 22tiniStOri~ Mt Of 8Ilt8ria th0 Ord8t d8ti8l’ing
nuoh t0 b8 a f%Ot is Or’i8 not p8riOnaSd. It 18 th8 WtUti fWt
,Of publloatloa,rather than t&8 r8aor(lthareof,whtoh giV8S 6fr88t
and ralldfty to tkrseleotion. Th8 02tlypprpo88 of sntarm,t& er-
det at this tina would be to si.X&fliip the mdl8 Of pXOOf Of saQh
publioatlon.
An to the 1934 sleotion in Angelina oounlw, it appeara.
that them Is moordsd in Book~C, R8oorb Of the ~18tltiO2l R8tWlUl
of Apg#~lti Oounty, Texas, th6 state of the pall6 Ill8aOh p8OiWt
on that dleotlon,~anda 8tateaunt by the then oountp jud 8 to the
&feat that th8 oanva88 was ~$6 and the m6Ults deolaret a0 *Own
in mah reoord. You are advised that the CkmdseiOMre Court Of
~agsilna county, ~exa8, may at this tlm6, by mferrlnt$ to th8 r6-
tit.6 of the canvass of the elsotion %s moorded in Beak 4, RO@Ol'd
or the ixleatlonReturns, Angellna County T-8, enter upon the
Yi2&08 Of tb8 &SSl&38iOn8rl3 cOurb.ti O&r deblui13g the r8-t8
of mmh 8leotion mu0 pro tu2uh OXlq T89 ~il18lk, 107 8.W. o(8i
spear8 vs. steto, 6upraw Thts having been done, the ootzrtpmy tbn
Ron. Bert Ford, January 80, 1939, Page 3
order publloationof the order deolarlng the results oi the elsotlon,
and prohibitingthe sale of liquors, In the mnner and for the time
presorlbsdby law, and, publloatlon having been erreated In such
mnner, enter the osrtlrloateevldenoing euoh raot upon the brutes.
Such eleotioa, of course, would not be e,ifeotlveuntil after the
publloatlonrequired by law has been made. The failure to publish
the order does not render the eleotlon Invalid, but marsly poat-
panes the taking effeot ot the law. Rawls vs. State, 89 S.W. 1071.
fwnverlng your requests, therefore,in order, you are ad-
vised:
3!hapmuent Co~lsslonarr,Oourt Of wllna C0unty T8xae
oan f$er to the,r8oults of the 19% 8laotion a8 mfleot8d iy Book'
4 of the Reoord of Sl86flOn Returns, U8olare &n nmlt8 of the olw-
tion, pmhlblt the aale of Intoxloatlngllqwrs, order publloatlonof
maoh or&r, and'ttin reoord the oertlfloateof the oouaty juagr m-
fleeting the fast of publloatlonIn the mannex lndluatob her8Inabme.
In our opinion a%aumWgth% faot6 with r%@r& to the 1904
8bOtk t0
be a8 abOV8 i2ldiMt8d hUJ8liM QOilIltf 18 18@4 m
whethv or nOt anything $6 dono wfth reremnas t0 aurIol(48f8otr in
&j the 1Ql.sor 1336 8;l8OtiOXKJ, slnoe 1t &wJs 2&otapp8%r iron you? 18%
,terthat the oounty has et anytlms in the lnterimbnnvotM rut.
Wltihmgard.to your la& qa86tion a8 to n&l&or 8ny dc-'
feOt8 in th880 1iQlW 8hot:OZMl hatO 8w Off8Ot 011 tb -tr 8p
pmoinat b882 818etiOW &WiOr $0 Or 8ino8 192!6,~b8gtO rdri88 that
thb2 qwstlon Is too p~ral to pardt of M anaw8r~
Youm very truly
AlTORtG?Z (PW OF TEXAS