‘; I **OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

! mxwrablo H. V. pitmsn ; county bdltor tryette county I* Orrngs, Paxas

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%eoondt- In 8 oourity uherr oounty OiflOial8 le aompenuted oa uluy basis, oan a County Attorney ohuge

4 oont* permllaforuse of hlr lltomobile uhile attondltag Justlac Court ln the rulous 

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tued 8s oort8 8g8lnrt ths defendantvhsn ooavlotloar18 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, lt the l m tlJB8,nor. than OM olvll 0fSlor of oaloluaent, exorpt that of jurtloe of the peaoe, oouaty 00mmi88lcaer, **notuy** uVU0 urd postmaster,

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. . . Vlth rderenor to the foregoing oonstltution81 **vlrlon** the **8U r**  **eme Court**  **Of ‘**  **LtXAs in**  **th 08se**  **Of Oeal**  **V*** **G&p** son, et 81.. 4 8. V. 365, uldr

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. . Doer this mesa that *IIlnounlbeat obn hold either o? the oSilo*r nsmed, U lt t& 88ae my OthU OfflOO, OF the b 0~ 0dyhOid **tV0** OfilO~8T&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*ptlonto 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**u** Thb other ooprtruotlon would ntsrlally 3ii$L gener81 

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### ~OVbnt *Van 8 jUSti Of pabee from holding my other offloe 

### l xovpt oam 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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### aoro doubt pot z 8onrtruotlanJ but the romls 8re 

### exoept bnd they lndlobto thbt it V&S intended that'. &on al&&t lwtully hold my otfloe, and in 8dditlm the reto l ltbr oi the oSSlae* enuwrst
### ful4 hold too offloes 8t th* s8m tlxis, when both uuo ofrlo*r speoliloally n8wd ia the seotlon. If ths tilrgatloasof 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 understandto hue born the ruling OS the **oowt** bolos. But, be**08uso 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 offloialra?e not prohibited br 18~ fron holding the offloe Oi notary publle uhilo holding theta r** r otlve 0fri0*8. ~OIIOY~ QA the otherhsnd, this deputmen has nltkn oplnlon8 hoidiry that OertUn aounty offlo* w* laooaG 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. 

### Tar 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 d the offloe of notary pub I 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 prohlbltedby 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** that l 

### person ho1 2 oiiloer @an at the l me tlms leg* 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 vL in the 08pbOity of l notarypublid. n 8otlng689

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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. 4MStiOA JOWOttOA0-S 0, holding 'that the oamlr~loners~ oourt of lkulth County vould have 

### l uthorltyto ctyou tha oounty attorneyrraronablo neaossmy trweling ox- 

# feqor for 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* Countybar ?h 8u orlty to allow the oounty lttorney 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 

### MIS l lloud, I? sny, would be ?or o drtemlne in their round dlrorrtlon. Ilk oh l xpe~8e8 **o¬** la E?ruoh

l **xpe~~8** are T lly be taxed against ths dafuubat.

al owed by the oomnluloners~ oowt, ruoh a:xpe~urmust be peld out of the offloars’ r*Ury fund in atriot 00 bAOt8tad 98llanoevlth Iaction (b), Artlols 999, Vernon’s

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ue enoloqe 8 oopy of ow Opinion ioz Q-3670. Tours vsry truly J=mxlxl JUN 2, 1963 uTGttmEY GiElim M TExA8