OFFICE OF THE AlTQRNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorsblr 5. 1. fia8hburn 

County Auditor 

Her.r~~ oounty 

Hourrton, Texer 

Daar Sir: opinion ao. oit.: Should a 

r tor l p p a int.6 

Of ml4 oourt. 

l abore ratter 

said atdoter provider that an 

hall reoeivo certain fee8 for 

dome, and Artida 2326 therid 

owing proririont 

ial rborthand reporter 8i each 

JuaioioJ, dlstriat in this State anU the Offb3ial 

ahorthaad reporter of esoh oouaty oourt, either 

oivil or oridnal, in thir State, #hall rooairr 
789 

Honorable H. L. Washburn, Page 2 

a salary of $2,100 par annum, In addition to 

the ooappclnaatlou for tranaoript fees as 

proribs& for in this Aot. Suoh salary ohs&l 

be paid monthly by tho Commiaalonera~ Court 

of th0 County, out 0r the gbnaral fund of 

the oounty on the oartlfloata of tho dotriot 

JUaa;O l * 

Artiola 232bo of aald l $atutoa proribaa that the 

offlolal shorthand reportor of eaoh Dlatrlot Court in aaoh 

oounty having a population in l x o o a oi f 290,000 shall 

rooairo a salary of $3~600~00 par annum In addition to 

the oompu4a6tlon for tranooript fear. 

Artiolr 2324 of l 6ld l tatutsa provibes that the 

offioial oourt reporter shall attend all aeoalona of the 

Court, taka shorthand note8 of 8ll t88tlmnJ OffertM, ~togother with all objootionr thuato, rulings md remrkr 

by the Court, pnemne said notoa and mnke transorlpt of 

aaid erldenoe upon applioation thorefor. 

3b Texas Jurlaprudenoe, Seotlon 155, RaGa bob 

is as follaar 

The appolntaant of a bputy who 10 not 

within tho oonatituti05al 

r 

~lalona, and whloh 

10 not for a partloular bu tlon of tlma, ia 

ooextenalvo in &ration with the tumre of MO 

offloer appointing him, and, unloaa sooner rmmred, ho holds until thr mplratlon 0r tho 

offloar*s term, an& oeaaea to ho14 at that 

tlma unless ho is reappointed.* 

In the oaaa of Trinkle VS. State, 127 9. W. 

1060, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, in paoaiB& 

UpOn the validity Of an indietmOnt signed a8 fOrmtIM 

by one C. A, Green who wae alleged to have been a (Ieputy 

sheriff at the time the same was signed and roturnod, 
790 

Honorable H. L. kWhburn, Pago 3 

held that sold Croon was not a deputy l herlff at sold 

time under the SoUowing faota, to-wit: L. A. Eatoh 

toatlflea that ha was ahorlff aad appolutod Green 

daputp aherlff on #ommbar 2&e 1906; that Graaa quallfled as l uoh and had oontlnuod to l o t as l uoh @for 

alnoa) that ha, Latoh, was raaleoted *harIfT in Norombar,~l908, but bi4 not raooniaaion Graan as doput?, 

and that Onan has boon sotin undar the ort~inal 

l ppoint5mit. Tha Court of OriJnal Appaala hald 

that Grean~a appoiutmant as daputJ aharlff OeOOed to 

be sffeotlra at tha end of tha term of sold Latoh 

as aharlff. 

In the *a00 0r Finbla 

2b6 S. w. 681 the Court woo 800 

ot al vs. rlallowag, 

L with the d&t of 

a 6eplltr PUbliO n-r to rotaln his OffiQO MdOP 

g~~~~~t~ub~,~~*~f~~ $,g: 

anothor bputx. The ti0U.t hold that #Bid l &QOinhOlit 

was not for a partloetar duration of tlma, and, unlass tho oommioaloa of said deputy woo ravekod or 

otharwlas auaullod, it us aloar thet ha would ooutlnua ooextoaairoly in dumtion with the term of 

offioe Of WI public waId@ar. 

Xa tho oaaa of Tamall vs. Sparks, 135 6. 1. 

519 tha Suprama Court of Toua was dosling with the 

right of, the than Attorney Canare of Tens to ontar 

into a oontraot ulth one Johu L.+ Torrrll to patio= 

lagal l errl.oaa for tha State of Tana for a l tatod 

oampanaatian. ILi holding that said OO@.O$'~ORt was 

lagal, the Supram Court mado the fo'o2lOw~ atatamnt 

which is l &@iOObh hanto, to-wit: 

aDoea the egrommit betwean Tarroll end 

the Attorney Ganaral, Lightfoot, OOufar UpOn 

Terre11 the cfflalaJ. oharaater of Assistant 

Attorney 5eneral? If the effeot of that 
Eionorabla I%. L. Washburn, Page 4 

aflrarpunt warn to oonatltutr Twroll M 

offloor of the 6tate, then his appointment 

ULd OOntinUMOO in Offi WOad dOpM& UpM 

the oontlnuauoe of tho tana of the Attoznry 

Go no r awhl, o lppOiIitO& h im, ana hia, authority 

tarainatea when thr Attornoy Oumal qualifl04 

for his auooeralng trrm and Oororrror Oampboll 

want out of cffiaa by ruaon of the l uoo~aalon 

of the pnaont governor.* 

It la our opinion, tharefon that when Judge 

Allen ZE. Nomay ooaaod to be Ju&e of .& llyth Dirtrlet 

Oourt tha offiolal oourt nportrr thwetefon appointed 

by him as offioial oourt npfktor for aal& Piatriot 

Court alao ooaaoa to ba l uoh OfflOial roux-t ro rtof. 

We are not pcti.1~ UpOn w &ht ha Yy hare r o trclgaorlbe l vldauioe and eolleot faoa thenfor! in oaaoa roport04 by hia during the him0 Judge Eenm~ .waa upaa 

tho banoh of said Court ‘8s a Dietriot fu&+ It fo 

our hol&ln& that the tXmmiaa~eN* Omurt wo\ilb not 

ba authorlsad to approve a ol.aisD for aaUx for tha 

parlob of ray auoh vaoanoy .Sar the offiol8 I ahorthmul 

nportar appOiak#d by the Judp of rid Oourt. 

Trusting that this aatlafaotorlly anawora 

your lnqulry , wo 833 

Vary thly yeura 

AT- ,GNRNIUL OF !BXAt3 

AF'PROVEDPJG 29, 1942 

Jaa. Uo. Baasott 

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