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I OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

! mxwrablo H. V. pitmsn 

; county bdltor 

tryette county 

I* Orrngs, Paxas 

Pub110 end devote a 

or the& tinu to 

ties rhlle on duty 

oun use and baneSit? 

%eoondt- In 8 oourity uherr oounty OiflOial8 

l e aompenuted oa uluy basis, oan a County Attorney o huge 4 oont* p er mlla for use o f h lr l ltomobile uhile attondltag Justlac Court ln the rulous 

P 

686 
morsble Il. V. Pltnan, pqo P 

r 

J. P. Preolaot* la the oellntyt If so, QUI 1t be 

tued 8s oort8 8g8lnrt ths defendant vhsn ooavlotloar 18 had Or her vhat fund should it be pbld?' 

i 

8eotlon 40, lrtllok XVI of the ut4t* coLut1tut1on, 

provlQ* I5 putt 

"lo person -11 hold or l xoroleo, l t the 

l m tlJB8, nor. than OM olvll 0fSlor of oaloluaent, exorpt that of jurtloe of the peaoe, oouaty 

00mmi88lcaer, notuy uVU0 urd postmaster, . . . 

unlay ot?mrvlu l peo % +lly provided herrin. 

. . . 

Vlth rderenor to the foregoing oonstltution81 

vlrlon the 8U 

r 

eme Court Of ‘LtXAs in th 08se Of Oeal V* G&pson, et 81.. 4 8. V. 365, uldr 

.'. . . Doer this mesa that *II lnounlbeat obn 

hold either o? the oSilo*r nsmed, U l t t& 88ae 

my OthU OfflOO, OF the b 0~ 0dyhOid tV0 

OfilO~8 T&M both ~8 8IBOIig thO8e 8peOiiiOdq 1 I de*lgnstedT Vo think the former is the proper 

oozutruotlon. 

u0ti0ttn6 0rZJ%0?f~& 2i%%ZoF~ 

l845, ofl861,8ad of1866,uhfoh la the ram. in 

l roh of thorn lnstrImmt8, @ad roads 88 follow8: 

. . . It is alem the under thl8 rrot1on @I&y 

ustloo 

H 

OS the puse ml&at hold m0-r offlo*. 

ovoll v* Vllaoo, 26 tu. 59. TLu offloe of justloe Of the peroe V8II mode sn 8xo*ptlon to the 

gweralrtio, an4tho lnforsnoe truathe us0 of 

the r*rw ung 

3i 

l la the pms*nt Constitution 

rptLthe abro tioor of other offiorr, 18 strong 

thAt itV8s notw8Jit in8nyMnMr toOhUge the 

genubl rule, but rtsroly to sate addltloaal uThb other ooprtruotlon would ntsrlally 

3ii$L gener81 dr00t of tb 

tG 

0v1*10& It 

- Would ~OVbnt *Van 8 jUSti Of pabee from 

holding my other offloe l x o vpoam t of those rpeolllly named, 8ad vould be 8 r8dioti dopsrtwe 

frOa thb prOrislOM OS 8I.l rprbvloua OOiWltUtlOM 

011 the *Am8 l ubjeot. coIut1tut loll, l&g, Art1010 

3, 8eotion 30. Ir the l ti tlu provl*lon 

I in qw*tlon had been 0 *e or jurtim of 

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, 

ganorsblr B. V. Pltmn, p-e f 

th8 F í l te*4 

thme my hwe beon a oro doubt 

pot z 8onrtruotlanJ but the romls 8re exo ep t 

bnd they lndlobto thbt it V&S intended 

that'. &on al&&t lwtully hold my otfloe, and 

in 8dditlm ther el tltbr o oi the oSSlae* enuwrstful4 hold too offloes 8t th* s8m tlxis, when both 

uuo ofrlo*r speoliloally n8wd ia the seotlon. 

If ths tilrgatloas of the petition u-0 true, v* 

8re olrrrrly of ths oplnlon th8t the &ppel&nt did 

not vsoate his ofrlos of oounty oomisrloner by 

aooepting thst oi asyor. 8uoh vo understand to 

hue born the ruling OS the oowt bolos. But, be08uso ths 8ppe~sAt did notmke all the SKmberb oi 

the ocdmni88ioner8~ oourt party to the suit, the 

jud&WAt lb 8f~1nabd~’ ,; 

tii deputwit hbkivrltton numerous oplnlo~r holdlag that orrt~ln oountp offloialr a?e not prohibited br 18~ 

fron holding the offloe Oi notary publle uhilo holding theta 

r** 

r 

otlve 0fri0*8. ~OIIOY~ QA the other hsnd, this deputmen has nltkn oplnlon8 hoidiry that OertUn aounty offlo* 

w* laooa 

G 

tlbk with tha 0rri00 of notary publla ad that a 

psrron ho if@ sash ofrloo oannot at the bus the hold the 

office ai notuy publlo. Ta r l xaaplo, it 1s held that the OSii08 of oouaty olerk ml/or deput 

ble rlth ths offloe of notmy pub L 

oounty olerk ~8 lna 

tha ofrloe of oount 

o uid thAt 8 person ho 

8t the e&w tlae ho I d the offloe of notary pub 

81-k 8~&or daputy oount 

L 

olerk oamot 

08 This do- 

#? 

tment has held that the otflae of notrry pubUo and oounty 

rsuurer &re aot lnoomp&tlbk aad thst the oounty trururer 

18 not prohlblted by 1811 trae holding tha offloe of notary 

pad10 *hik h0idLng th0 0frl08 *r o0my trubw0r. I~W thr 

purp0ser oi this Opinion we do not dmn it nroe88bry to enumerate or mention all the. opinions rsgudlng your first auestlon. 

In Vie0 0r the foregoing ruthorltles you uo rerpeotSully wlvlsedthet it.18 the oplnlan of thlr departnmkttbat 

the offloes of oouaty l xUtor r**l*t~t oounty auditor, oounty treuwr and 40 

ottloe of notary pu t 

uty 

Uo 

sheriff ue not inooap8tlb,‘~t’$~~h.a 

and th a t l person ho1 

oiiloer @an at the l me tlms leg* 2 y hold the 

All of the *boor mentioned orflolala 

Who 8~ duly ~uallfled ~otarler publie ary kpll ohapge tba 

tees provided by law tor their rervloes as such v L 

in the 08pbOity o f l no ta r y publid. 

n 8otlng 
689 

Iionorable RI. V. Pitaan, page 4 

The oounty o??lofalr of Fayette County are ooqpenr*ted on an SAAwl uluy b8818. 

Vlth ~SfUWlOe t0 fOW *eOond 

Lion 18 dir-ted to our Opinion No. 4 

MStiOA JOW OttOA0-S 0, holding 'that the 

oamlr~loners~ oourt of lkulth County vould have l uthorlty to 

ctyou tha oounty attorney rraronablo neaossmy trweling ox- fefqor or the l ttendly 

ho aethod o.? oompenut 

justi oowtr 0r the oounty 01~3 that 

on of ruoh expenwr bllowed, ii any, 

would bo for ths ~aPrtrrlonerr’ court to determlno irr their 

eound dlroretlon. 

be 

The rtrtutes ar* l ll*nt ** to the rste plr mile to 

alloved the aounty rttornsy. Howover, in vlu of our Opinion lo. O-3670 8nd Artlolo 38899, Seotlon (b), YerAM’ kmotatud Cl~ll 8tatut*r, it is our 0 inloa that the oommlr8loners~ 

ciourt OS F8y*tt* County bar 8u ?h orlty to allow the oounty l ttorney rearonable and ae1oers8ry traveling upwmer for attending jurtloe oourts 0r tbr oouty. 

Of OOiU&Nlt~tiOA or ruoh 

The saount, and the aethod 

e 

the oamalssloners~ oourt Y 

M IS l lloud, I? sny, would be ?or 

o drtemlne in their round dlrorrtlon. 

Ilk ol xpe~8e8 h o¬ la 

E? r uo h l xpe~~8 are T 

lly be taxed against ths dafuubat. 

al owed by the oomnluloners~ oowt, ruoh 

a:xpe~ur must be peld out of the offloars’ r*Ury fund in 

atriot 00 

bAOt8tad 98 

llanoe vlth Iaction (b), Artlols 999, Vernon’s 

itil dtatutar, 

ue enoloqe 8 oopy of ow Opinion ioz Q-3670. 

Tours vsry truly 

J=mxlxl JUN 2, 1963 uTGttmEY GiElim M TExA8