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**OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN**  **aROVER**

**SELLERS** ***rroRNn GLNERIL**  

### Honorable

### A. C. 

### Ulnborn M8trlot Attorne 

### Civil Court8 BLJ ding Houston, Texu

Opl.nlon lo.

on on the lnteral Code, vhloh nds

r not a jnllmatron, l

### mr, 1944, vho 18 entitled erter the flr8t day Of rubsequentvaortione @tar e&h follovingyear.

88en from tJw Artlole under estinatioh, t entitled to any vac8tlon until Ukr uhrly employeda8 a matr on r0r l period 

### of at 1eMt one year, then 8h8 18 entitled to fifteen (15)days vaartlon in ewh year, with pay, 8ubjeot,to the 8hel'itf

hW?ing the right t0 dO8i&DatO the d&y8 UpOn VhiOh 8he ahall take a v8oatlon. mu the llherlff the wthor1ty to allov the jal1mBtront0t8ke4 erao8tlonprlort~ Bep k&Or 1st of my **8Ub8eqUOnt** 

### oalendar year 8fter 8h6 hu completed one 

### ptp1:'88ervice?"**.** 

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Artlole 

### 1583b. V.A.P.C., provides a8 folhw8; “Every wmber of th8 **8herifr~8** 

### dep8rtwnt w8lgned jail in any olt of more then twenty-five thouaend lnhabltants oh 1 b8 alloved fifteen (15 days vaartlon in to 

### due M jam, jrU gurzd, OT jbU mi~On at ~2~~~~
e8.ohsear with pey, not slorethan tvo (2 wmbme to b8 on moation at the 8~88 tlm8; provided that th8 pro~i8lon8 of **th18** Section of **this** Aot shall not be applied **t0 any**  **SU4h** jailer, jail guard, OT j&&l 

### matron in any olt o? more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, UIJ088 Such 8lemher ahall haw bcenmgulesly employed 8,ssuoh jailer, jail guard, or jail 

### matron for a period of at lea8t one mm.

"The shsrzfi haViIIg**8UpsrVi8iOn** Of the OOUnQ j&I 8hp31deslgnat8 the day8 uponvhloheaoh 

### jailer,jail guard, or jail matron 8h*u be alloved to be on veoatlan. **Vhe ziheriir**  **hwing ~8up8r~181on**  

### or **the oounty**  **jail** in any 8uOh ai* vho **V1018te8 My**  **plWV181OXi Of**  **th18** 

### htiitle ahall be **fined** Dot 1088 than -80 **m11-8 (#lo),**  **IZOZ ’** **I803 ’** **9** th8n One Euudred **DO11P8 ($lc@).** * Itvlll be noted tart by vlrtw of th8 plain provlPiOn Of b'tiab 

### 1583b, 0 jti lldX'OX2 at -7 **0OUZ-i~** 

### joit in q city of m%e than tvenQ-fin **thou8rPd (25,000)**  

### lnhablturt8 **i8** entitled to 8 vacation eMh y8Or vhen **8aid** jail matron h88 been **employed** r0r a psricd TZTn8 year.

!lW term "ye&w" 18 **to be**  OOn8~UOd **88 a**  **“ a8hnd8F**  year" in the abscnoe of ""fthing ahtiing adifterentm88ming. Bee the follovLng authorlt 088 Dough8 v. Aaolm PlutualLife Ins. co., 118 9. W. (26) 643; Bryant Y. State, 97'To%. Cr. R. 11, 260 5. W. 598, 600; Words and %FEUU@I,,Volume 45, pq,y 645, fmtlcls 23, subdivlsiou 16, V.A.C.S.

We are unable to find aq lenguqp in Artlola 1583b to ehov that the Lo&olature intended a dlf'ferentnumuing than "oe&mdp~ year" vhen It ueed the term 'eaoh ye&'.

In vlev of the foregoing it is our opinion that a jrU matron 18 entitled to 

### a vaoation 

### of fifteen (15) tiy8 vhen~8he has been regulrwlg employed for a ptrlod of one year md a

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Honorable A. C. Winborn, PW 

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v8tmtion of fifteen 

### (15)d8q8 every "oalendaryear" thereaiter. Or stated in 8notherWay, the jni.l matron **is** 

### entitled to 0 vaca**day8** 

### under the feoto presented any tlw that the 8hsl'iff

shallde8143Xlb3. Your8 very truly ATTORREY clrammL OFTEXAB

BY John Reeves