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

Eionorsbls C D Wr,;, county Atto&.; Briaooe County sirrsfton, *xllr 

### War Sir8 O&nion Ao. O-6905



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**Pnolnot ror**  **-Zo en**  **rdjoinin~;** 

### pnoinot, **Or #I** **nib, IBtill**  **iti thiB**  **:** th otir library vfehare not **been** able l raotenee reported, rnd w nred to

'1. Did thi8 Cornmirrioner WAtolartlOaUy raaate hi8 

### orrio, when ho aored hi8 rsmi4 to air new looation, on land that ho own6 

### and rstabllrhed him hone et tlo new looation?

### ‘,-’ 480

HM.“U. 9. Wrl&, pago 

### 2 **’ i.** **“ :** 

### .“2, can

h0 l tu hold orrio 00 o~~uu~oo~o~O~, 

## aTan **ir** ho la llr 9 

### in l nothar 

### prrobot dlrrormt rromthe on0 

### ror rh ohhe was l 

### laotod? If he O8MOt oontinue to hold Oiiioe will it t:E; M 00ti0n or thO ~0~a0i0nOr0~ court'br

### olrring the 0kri0etaoant, 

### irhe doer not realgm before a new l0lu1OM be rppolnted?



### ‘4; Ii ha OOBt~UOO ir, OiiiOO Wixi it fntOlf- ’ datg 

### sagorthe order8 

### ortheCocmlaalonerrcGourt,*
mot1oJl 

### 18, Art101050r the Conatltutlon prorldoa 

### 00 iollowar T3aoh OrgaAlftedOOUntyiirth#St6tOAOW or hworite 

### exlot~ ah&l 

### DO

### dlrldod iron,

### tLmr’ to 

### t&a, rOr th0 OOIWM~OI Of the pOOpi tit0 pIWObOt0, not leer than iour and aot mora than 

### right, !Che present count;t courtr ah&l1

### LMkothe 

### rlrat dlvlalon, Subasquusnt dirlaloaa ahall be

### madoby the comial lonera* court, prOYided

### ror by thla.conatltutlOll* IXIesoh auah preoioot then shall **be** olroted at oaoh blonnlal eleotfon, on. Justloa or the peaor and one oonrrtabla, saoh of whom ahall hold hi8 Ofiioe 

### ror two y’rara and until hia auotvaaor ahall be alrotsd and quelLfled) provided that in any preo&aet $a whlah then nay be a olty oi 8000 or taore lnhabitanta, then, ahall be rlrotrd two juatloer or thr pram. Eaoh oounty ahall in like manner br divided into 

### roux00pI alBalOnere* lzeolnota in oaob 02xhioIi there ahall be @looted by the auallfisd toters thareof one oount **oOMl88ioner~** who shall bold hS8 ofrioe Ior two &a ana untilMe l

**uoooaaox** aball

be l h gted

and pusu~d. Tha oountr 

### ooaalarlonrr8 80ohoaon, with 

### th t jud60,aa prosfqng 

### orrioer,oh811 00rqp040 :hi%& 

### Comlaalo~era~ Uourt, rhioh ahall rxsroisr l uoh power8 end **juriadlotion** over all 

### oowty bualneaa, 80 la aon

### rarmd by thla Gonatltutlon rindthe law0 

### or th8 state,
or an mapbr hareartrr prarorlbrdrn (Uaderaoorlng ouxa) , Sea. 14, ht. 16 of the Gonitltutlon prorldra no tollowat
*All olvll oiiloerr ahall rrrldr within the Btatrl 8iid 

### 011dlatrlot 

### or oounty orrlorra within their dirtrlotr or oountloa, and ahall keep 

### their oftlo@@ at l uoh glacra aa my be required 

### by 1aWj and bllum to oonply with this oondltion shall VaOEitethe OiZloo 00 held,"\.\ / i-ion. C. 3. Wright, pee;* 1

..: In rlaw Orthe provlalona OrUt. 

### 5, 300. 18 or tho Con

### l tltutlon, above, 

### thera la no doubt that a county oonaiaaloner 

### 1s e county ofrfosr. While thin quaatlon leame not to have bean passed on by the Courts of our State, lt hae been deoidad by the Court0 of meny other Staten. Yae vol. 10, Words end Phraeae, 

### 96. In the '%maOr!iElClOnBv,‘lJooro, 104 SO. 432, the supreme court or 

### Alabamahold that the 

### 0rfi08 or Colliltg Conaldalonsr or a subdlvlalon or Coireo county wee a aouzitp orrloe;. The raota 

### ii?that oaaa 

### show that car80 county 

### wanby law divided 

### intofourootnnilsalonora~ dlatrlcte. Therefore, a oountg oomleslonar being lnoludad in the term *oountp oiiloarss 

### no uasd in Art. 16, Soo. lJ+or the Conetitutlon, abovo, la raqulred to 

### roslda in hia county only and not aaorarerlly in 

### the praolnot in whlah he wan l lcotad. 

### Artiolo2339, Vernon*8 Annotated Civil Statutea, provide8 aa 

### rollowat

vaoh oounty ahell br dlvldod into rour ooaniaelonora preolnote,a,nd otio oonmfaslonar nhall be elected biemlally ln ssoh preolnot, and aeah 

### comalselonirrahall hold hle OrSloe ior two years.* 

### Art. 2341, 

### V. A. C. S., provldea en 

### rOuOWBl “113

### 0crm0r racenay in the oPfloa 

### 0r mwdsaloner, the 

### oountp judge 

### ahellappoint ooze aultebla pareon living in the 

### preoinot where auoh vaoanoy 

### oooura,to nerve a6 oommlsaloner tor euoh greolnot until the naxt ganaral alaction.* Art. 2927, V. A. C. S., ~rovldas as follows: Wo 

### paraonahall be rllglbls to any State, county, piaolnot **or** munlolpel ofiloa in this Steta unlasa ha **BhOu** bo allglbla **to** hold 

### oiiloo under the COnOtltUtlon of thio **state,** and unlssa he ahall 

### haV*resided ln thle state Sor the porlod or twolvo mnntha and 

### nix months In the oounty, preoinot, or munloiplity, in whloh ha orrera hineelf aal oendldata, next prsoedlug any goneral or apeolal 

### l lootlon, and ahall have been an aotuel bona ride ottlzen of aald Oounty, preoinot, or muniolpallty for more then 

### six moather No 

### Q@r$On

ine1lglble ‘to hold 

### OSriCOahall 

### Over have hle name placed upon tho ballot et any goners1 Or **spooial** ohotion, or nt nny primary olaotlon whma oandidatas bra aoloota6 under primary eleotion 1ewO or thie State! and no auoh ineligible oandldato Ohell aver be voted upor~, nor have voter oouzatad iOr bin, at any auoh ganaral,~rpeoiel, or Qrtiry d~OtiOE."

### 482

.
xcm. c. D. Yirl$ht, pass 4
ArL'2928, V. A. C. S., provides as tollowfirr: *r;elthsr the Seoretary or 

### state, nor any 

### oounty judge or thle Skte, nor any other authority authorlead 

### to issue oartiriostes, 85all issue any oertltlcatee 

### or 'eleotlon or appolntnent to any person elected or appointed to any ffloe la this ststs, who Is **not** eligible to hold suoh OS

f- lee under the Oonstitutlon of this **Stab** and undrr the above artiolei and the name oi no ineligible 

### person, under the Constitution snd I8we OS this Stats, shall **bb** certified **by** any party, oommlttes, 

### or any authority authorized to hare the **names** or oandldstes 

### plaoed upon the **prlmarg** ballots at any prLmary 

### l leotion in this state; 

### and ths nazm ol n&3ineliglblc eanbldate under the 

### Constitution au4 laws of 

### thlr Stats 8hd.l be 

### pla064 won the **btillot** Ofany 4onsral **or** speolal eleotlon **by** any authority wh~ss duty It 18 to place ntuses of candidates upon offlola ballots." Under the 

### above oonatltutlocal and statutory 

### provtsione a county oomaisaloner; after 5s has been duly oleoted or a?polnted, is 

### re;;uired to reside In his oo:mty only rather than in the preoinot in whio5 he 

### was eleatad or agpoistsd. arom this we sre not to bs understood as holding thst a county 

### 001381~a~oxier CM mslae OutdIe the pmd.aOt l.~ 

### whlohhe is oleotsd or 

### appointed at the the OShis eleotion or appointnent. In the absenoe of oonstitutional and stetutory provisions rquirlng 

### a county oommleslonur to reside In his preolnot, after he has been eleoted or appointed, we 

### are oonstralned to hold that he tcsy melde anywhere 

### in his oounty. In **the** ease o? Lhllnger at al VS. tienkin, 29 9. 3. 240, chief Justloe yishsr said1

". . .me provieioii 0r **the** constitution ts expmso in deolerlng that oounty orricers shall renlde within their cOUitle8. This pfovirlon evidently ueans that the county sentloned is the 

### county in *ioh 

### tts orrioer was eleotea. Then roliowa the dsolamtlon, in efreot, that the rc1l.w to SOreside in sal4 oounty ahalL vaoate the 

### orrioe. The oonatitutlon 1s express upon this point. It deolares, 

### i.iaerreat., that ralh-e to 

### 00~ply with its terms wit5 

### rsrerenoe to rrsldrnae will bring about a 

### taoanoy in the OrriOS. 

### u anorgio&r&oves fromthe bounty,anU estabs5 8 a r sidenoe slscwhers, thl8 is a fsot that, rtason 80fthe 

### provision of the oonstitution guoted. vaaates t5e offioe to whloh he *es eledted

. .I1 (Underscorlnk3. ’ 

### 483

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Hon.‘C..‘D. Wright, &15e 5 . .

A oount~~comlssloner rho removea 

### fromthr preolnot, 

### Ln rhloh .h6 was 

### 018otSb and ha8 qUallil.ed, 

### intO an 

### adjolnlng preoinot ln the aaoe oounty is not lnaluded in the class of ;;f;;~;‘:“l~~;h~v~; from their oountiss and establish reel.-

In 

### vle~ Oi the 

### ab ove l uthoritlea, you am advised that -it 1s the opinion of this bepartment that ths Commissioner whon you inqulm about, did 

### not vaoate his oifloe by 

### remov-

.. ing iron ths CoMmlaslonersl QmslnOt, fmwhloh he was eleOte4, into an 

### l

djolnlng pm¬ in the same county, From what we have ral4 w8 4rem it 

### unnooossary to anmer your other questions.
We truat that above satiaraotorlly answers your lnqulrles, Your0 very truly,
ATTOLXZY OUL.!lAL OFTiXAS