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aa ff dorm by the .ksesso.v and Colleotoror'

Taxes In purscn, pxmided, tket in cou.rltica

ileviut: a po~uletiunof t&me hundred end fiftg-firethousand >5j,O00)Or 1~03x9 ecooi-dI= b- to the lust preoediugyadelal Census, the **Aaaes3or** and Collector of !?ezos my in edditioh oontrect with spc32i~i

deputieshaving special technical t~ainih&,skiii, cd experiencefor the purpose of assistinghiul

in obteining ihfometiou upon rvhich to base proper valuationsof oil and miner8.3.~ boaring leuda cud propartiesehd loterest,.s~,~.oroln,

. irsduatriei

ad menufsctur3.ng

plants,end other properties ;qhhore

specialtschnicslakill and training Is requirad. aasistsnts, In sddition thereto, such special

olarical,~

eocountin&or stenogrephio, as my be necessery to conduot,,the orgeaization herein provided for end to carry out the purposea or this Act nay ba applied fol* end appointedin like olaneer

provided they ahallbag appointedonly far purposes conaiatant\qIth this hct. In e&Iitlon thereto, the Assessor and ColleotorOS Taxes shell be ,egt&oriqed to apply for the appoFntn?ent of a apeoielhead of the'automobile,~diviaion OS ,_ ~. his oSSice at a aalery~not .,to trxoaed

**TFJO** Thousand, :1 .- .eveuKu&red Eoll&ra ($2,700)per enhui.~ The ,':".~. cctipenaatiou

to be paid audh speciaLde@ios end spsoielautomobiled8perimenthead shell be aubjeci to the &pprovel.

of the Comiuiesiohera Court end the County Ludiior, en& 1Wtationa upon the mount of 8Uoh aomponaation&sew&em provided sha.lill not ep- ' PlY. The contreot of employmentshell be for a defloita tern,,

not extendingbeyond the term of offioe of tha Assessor and Colleotor,end ahall ba mda upon morn applfcation,to the ~omissioners Cotit sh0ivi.w

the necessity therefor,end ahellbe al;bjeot

to approval both as to aubstanoeand as to form by the Comissionara Court end by the County Auditor. hots 1%76,-p; 220; G. I., vol. 8, pa,

1096; Acts 1935, 44th M-T.., p. 648, ch. 1939, l&h~Lo&, B. B. $%22,, Q 1."262, Q 1; Aats

Article 7256, Varnon's **hnnotstsd** Texss Civ3.IStetutes, provides for the eppoiotmnt of aeputjr tar e3sos3oTcollectorsin oertsin towns end cities. There are no ego qualifications

fiucd for such daputles in this stetuta.

## ~oonorable

soi? 0. Cladmy, Faga

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1605, Vemon7.s hktatea TOZES Civil Stat;- 1utes, provifies,

amnz; 0th~ thiags, 'iOn tb.a sjigoInti9ent

of deputy tsx assessor-oollectors ft)X bWi!iCil 0I'f'J.oes

in ce3dxin Goutrtios. ‘I’his statate does riot prGr;crlbe Oliy age cpsl?l.iYctw tions for such deputies.

drtiCit3 72& %XXIOZI'S hTKIOt&Gd 'l8X83 civil scatu&s, presoribes tho.oath thst couiity tax assassor-aolleatorn =a tiidr deputiesBust take. Ihevor, it is olearlg e?,parcut thst ,thePe

1s nothing in it that n &nor ooul.& not subscribe to.: t~rtlole 3902; Vernon's fmotatoci Texas Civil Statutes, provla.so

for the aygointrml~or &puties, assistants end alerki generally but does not prescribesny age quslrfications for suoh appointees.

Section 7* Infants; 23 Texas &?.risprudenoe, p. 7':2, reads 8s rollorsr

on whether tha olfioe is 8 ninistcrialOCR-ajwiicial OLW. The rule hss been $hua stated: If the orf%oe is ninistorial,3uch aa calls for the exercise or skill saCi Lntelligenaeonly, tiers ifi@ legally hold the s&.m end execute the duties thereof; but if the office is jtiicial or om T.'hichconoerns the ackL.ni$iration of justice, itdants nay .no", be appoi:ltoa

Lhersto. IL im5 bocn helriacoerdin&y that a minor fxty hold the oki?.ue of deputp county olo?k, tb~ere being n0thin~g.kthe eonstituLion 0~ statutes prescribirig ?u~l~llicatians-bush would rendor hifa

imligible or disqimlifyhia.*
:'!G have been unable~tofind any constitutionalor 3tnl;utory

provisionsroquirin, v ugo q~ualificztiona for deputy oounty tnx sssessor-colleeto~a..HonorableJoe C, Gladney, Page 4

1% quote'from34 Texas JurisprudcnW, p. 345, as follows: ~.'.

n In so 'far

as the decisionshave dealt with ~t&&ter:it 'in held thzt botgh minors and women can be deputy clok~,*and a womanls CTgibility is'not affected by the faot that she is marxied.

n .,(Undsrscorlw

oxrs) TX& case of Narkreadtir v. State, 33 3; I?.117, Texas Co'uYt

of CrXninalAppeals, holds tlwt a nfnor nmy 1~ - gaily serve as a deputy county oleric.

The oasa of Delaney v. State, 9.0 9. W. 642, Tuxae Court of CriminalAppeals, h@dn that a deputy distritit clerk. need not be a qunli.fied.voter and may bs~

a wamsnl This case oftad the Earkreadaroase,'~~su~>ra.

Opinion 30. O-4963 of thin departmentholds that a minor may legally sexve as assistant county auditor. A oopy. of this opinion is etiolosed herewith for your infornatioa.
You are resoactf& advised that it is the opinion of this ~department t&t a mink may legally sexve as do-&y oounty ta2 assessor-oollector. This is true irrospectivo of whethe or not the disabilitiesof minority have boon removed.



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