OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**

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Pmnk B. xurmy 

### oounty kttmwy 0 -=J-q careon cmnty Panhadle, Texas Dear Sir:

Under date or 939, you oubnllt ior the apini0~3 

### or this depe **OWil3& QUWtiOll,**  **UhiOh ~0**  **quote rrom**  **YQOU~ lstt0**  utomobile while tru8tee iTom tatutes, provlber,

In mmlriaks 1. State es awl. iiokferra, 49 3. x. 708, tha pueatlon lnvQlve4 +as uheth#r a P0.bo01truatas +ga e aountp orr1oer. That 

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Rozmrable lraak R. Xurray, Page 8

'Each of thsa Is an ofiiobr in and 

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### the 

### oounty of uhioh his 

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### a part, **and** oonsequsntly of the **oounty** itself; and we think thsro should bs no **dirrioulty** in oonstruiag ths Constltutlonmd ths statutes **as** lnoladlng the oiiioers of the 

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### triots of a oouaty in the gotma dssignation 

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## orriotm.- Ths Handrloks ease was approved by ths Supreme Court of Texas in the case 0i BoruiSr 7. Bslstsrling, 104 **Tot. 432,**  and ths oourt us88 the iollowia(ll lasguags: "In that MS0 (Efsadrloks

v. stats) the dlstrlot we8 a SubdivislOn of a oounty and the trustss derlvsd his authority solely from the gsasral law which applied to the oounty. Be was thsrsfore an 

### oitlosr in the oounty Lo the sass sansTTaZi6~ Jiimoo znxirp%aoe .*

see FoWlOr st al vb ThO#S st al, E!76 S. w. 863, **and** authorities 

### oltsd themln, holding that a.sohool trss~ tse 18 a oounty 

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ws oonelude that 

### a sohool ttites is a ooasty otflosr within hrtlale bQ68, Rerlssd Civil Statutes, lOi%,

Artfit 49. **an41 cods,**  **dotine** a rdmy **in** ths iollowlng language:

-'Aax offense whioh may - sot must - be ppurlshable by death 

### or by oonflmaxmt la the 

### paltentlary ls 6 felOw; * l l " wei also call yaw attention to tbs oplnfoh by Judge Hawkins in the aaue 

## or 3. r. Oordon v. state, 185 -i-a. **crlanlnal** Reports 438, uhloh sets out the 

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## 018**808, FuntU**  **Cod%, 88**  **emon&d, an6**  OOMtmlng sams. The opfnlon, in **pekrt,** reeds as fol$ows:

"Artlols SOZ, ?. C., as ammdod, 

### Acts 1989, 

### 45th Legislature, 

### chap. 60, 0. 108, provldos: *Any psrsm uho drive% or Opsratss an automobile or any 

### other Eotor rshlole upon any streot 

### et alley, or any'othsr plaoe within ths limits 

### 0r any **lnoorporated** city, town, 

### er village or upon any pub].%0

road or hlgbway la tRisState while smh psrson is latoxicated, or in any **degme** under the influanos of intoriaatl~ liquor, shall

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Honombls Fmnk E. Murray,;age5

uponaonvfotlbn

be uonflmd In thepenltsntiarp for not 

### mom thantwo (2)yearsor 

### be aonflned in ths aountgjailfor 

### not lessthaniire (5) days **nor** 

### more thanalnsty 

### (90)daysand fined 

### not less than 

### FiftyDollars ($SO) normm than 

### BiroIiundrsd

Dollars($500).*The punlshmbrrt psraltted

may In the dlsomtlon of the courtor 

### jurybs oonflnemnt In the psnltsntlary and the 

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## th;smrom a **rdollj.** or by 

### the ten38 

### of the statutsths juryIs at libertyto Inflict SOIIUB mllder **punlshmsnt** 

### than irprlsonntsnt ln ths psnltsntlary

thatdoesnot pmvent 

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a relony. csapboll v. State,ee ~exss Crlm.Rep.262,& 5%. W. 6ZS; Smith

v. State,US TexasCrlm.Rap.88, 26; s. 1A.

**(ed) 350.** **”** We **also** 

### oallyourattention to 95 A. L. R. 1116, and authorities

citedthemI& .WIoonuluds

tram ths authorltles **oited** 

### In thls opInlon,that

the oonrlotlon.

of a ash001trustee for 

### drlrinsan automoblls

while Intoxlsatsd

wIl1 dIsaualIW suoh trikes rmfi 

### said mowalthemfrom. 

### oftios and mnasr hia subjiottdmrours very truly ATTORXBT 

### C4EREEAL

OF TEXAS 

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