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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **QROVCR~CLLCRS 1**  **ArrolNrr QCNIIAL** 
Honorable Paul Grog&n 

### County

Attorney ~0nt~oKlel-ycounty 

### conroe, Texas Dear Sir:

**this** Opinion Flo. O-7402

Pour letter of rem dcpartxmt on thq above "As prod Denocratic Zxe

teo were paid end the fund deposited in the bank to the credit of the Wontgomwy County DOT%- cratic Executive Comittee, - R. A.,PoweU, Chaim'. **"At** the find. merti~q of said Cxecutive Connittee on **August** 29tb, 1946, snd after ell other bills for expenses of holdiw the two primlee

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### Hon. Paul Grogan - Page 2

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“4th.

“5th. $100 to be pnld **to** 

### t-ho Sooretary of the Conndttee **for** 

### rsr~Icee nnderud by him e* DU& inoludiog lntiduztal eqensas ind by

him for pootage,

l M. 

### $~tehpaidtotb, ??I ch8irmaa 44oa4pQnMt.tonferhl88e 

### Qos ill oonneatloa with the holang of 

### et& gdnlaly

l 4 ctio M.



### “ht. Bari% orsoreed tha cmdibrt-88 for - pow4 dove unntionad (u wall M the Jz- 0 ~.

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**WZd.**

“3rd.

“4th. expenee~~of holding the primary electlone, 

### doer t&o **Cordtter** halo 

### thr authority to pa-odd. hy nrolutioa for the 

### dlstqrowrt 

### ofNc.hfunda

for mlah purpooor7

Doe.athe Comtltke have authority to creata 8 m~orve fund and tot&n put of the waxpamled balance in suoh roeem fund? X8 it neoessary for the Con8aftteu to t&u 

### w.xm rffimatite cction Cireatlng the aak&q of a refund to emdidater, before the County CW w&ill be authorimsd to a&a 8 refund of the unexpended balance to the contributing cmdidatos? Cour &ttez%lon iii oallad to the arth.oritSes and stotutoa becxing upon quuetfone submitted. - kufban Parhr 99 5, “i. Znd, t&J, 8. 5. **Znd,** 10741 **Srsall ~8.** 

Art, 3108 

### ad 3022-A.* **Parker,** :19 S. ly*

time 

### Forthe 

### purpose of thisopinion 

### we ahall divide 

### yourq&einto tim groups. X6 &all refer to your first five questions as CrwapA 

### and your aocond four qiestiona ee Group B.

,ucstiono Uos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Grwh A are anmcored in the our O@bions x08. 

### 0-2688 ud h,d. fn (+hiOA x0. 

### od that t&a County Bxecutive Comlttee WUInot authorieed 

### to (~sae98

thev&riow oaadlbtrs a8 

### M expanse of theprlaary

a foe for the mber~~ of meid eomitteo, Opinian’ 

### W quo- thefollot4q hna said
m-tiele 3l08, V.A.C.5., provldesr 

### "'Atthe

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Hon. Paul Grogan - Pa;;0 4

and officOO to be filled by the voters of Ouch 00unty or,precinot only (candidate8 for State offices excepted), In such,mannor aa In their judgment IO i! ust and equitable giving due consideration to the mportance and Omoiuments of each nuch office for which a nomination Is to be made and shall, b reOolution, direct the chairman to immediately ma 1 r to each person whose namehas been requested to be placed on the official ballot a statement of the amount of muchaxr nees the request that 80 apportioned to him, with e pay thO sameto the county chairmanon or before the Saturday before the fourth Monday in June thereof.’ (Underscoring ours)

“Article 3117, V.A.C.S., is as follwsr

“‘The various county committees of any political party, on the third Nonday in June preceding each general primary, ehall meet at the county seat and determine by lot the order in which the names of all candidate8 for all offices requested to be printed on the official ballot ahall be printed thereon.’

“Article 3118, V.A.C.S., reads as follows: O~Thoroshall be for each political party roquired by this law to hold primary elections for nomination of its candidates, n county executive committee, to be composed of a county chainnan, and one memberfrom each election precinct in such county; the committeemen from such election precinct shall be chairman of his election precinct, snci the said county chairman ehall be olacted on the .general prlmary election day; the county chairman by the qualified 

### voters of the whole county, and the precinct chairman by the qualified voters of their respective election precincts. Said county and precinct chairman Ohall assume the dutior, 

### of their rospoctlve offices on Saturday following the runoff primary WOdiatOly **after** the committee has declared the results of the run-off primary election. Said county chairman shall

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“IO the em. OS lhaf'fmrsb 

### v’, Pwker, 99 S;*‘, (26) 1074, the court had before it 0. &Alar question to the one peeon6ed in your request. 'i'e quote w4 

### follow'h&br&Ue&~ froPr8aidaa6eI



### pIwlslone in the etaxn 8n8wwto your fU%h qpostlon in Group A and your third 

### queetion in Group B, we qoll your attwtlon to the follouiw lurGt&a&e in Kam v8* Farkor, 99 9.‘;;. (fw 1094, w161

‘If thoro ir a aurplw of mosey on hand and with the cm after all the oxpmm of the cemphligr, the first and second pdmries, am paAd in Awmt,k-on. 

### PaulGrogan - Pcig6
it rlghtiUly

belo-8 to ticdonors, ti.ooa 

### Mm I.+ **twkd** it 

### totb **ohalnma, aad**  lt **ehuld be**  **returned** 

### totioty*o put it 

### up ln pro 

### tloaW Jha$ 

### theyeach

, This we ncop~ tod by the 

### appllants

p” 

### whntheyrafundedor paldbbak

?oparoat 

### of the tundDtheyhAd 

### onhuxl

## aftortrn Hoondpx-sEmy.1tia WiQmt cslthority-of 

### 1831 to it iorbockrat6 for foxmar yuar~ time, end ior

8U LLQt Pl’OVidrd to th8 dAEiix¶rIan *ad/ Or &ll th It&lltb8. 

### %e:';rtt ti% tm lwimrduo doeamt l~;~~~ut thns Wnth8, **and the**  **olmlram f&ret**  **ha the**  **~~o*(lmoac8** **ftwa the**  **9 maduauu**  **- hr**  

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### Inview of the 

### forego

i”i: thisdapartmnt

thettheDemoare&deolrricin, it Is thoopinion

of e Executive 

### Comlttse does 

### not hwa the**authorit** 

### to areate a resorva

fundbutmustrefund allof **the unexpended**  

### b

SLwe of she taonie6 mu on &andafter the nmmuuy oxpenoes ham **bean** paid.

In vluw of the foro~oi.ng, it is unaeaoseary to 

### iwafer quaetionsa 

### andtwoof@roupB.