a. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

I 

\y AUSTIN 

Q=hLm 0. MIWW 

Arroll*naolLnu 

Honorable Henry M. Wilder 

county Attorney 

Live cak county 

George West, Texas 

old general eleoappointed to hold 

ion elbation, or 

at nerelJ roqulre that 

er of Jtulger, olerk8, 

I.&ad but that ruoh 

J be diiterent perman 

who hare been or maf 

ted to hold general 

ridge of thlr county hae reguertimm you an opinion or the aonla&d on the following portion 

of the Penal Code, Aots 1935, 

p. 1795, Ch. 467, Art. 

“-provided that raid Court rh4l.l appoint 

ouch offiaers to hold rwh eLectiona asI now requlred to hold general e1eationri.f 

“The quertion Is doer the act require that 

the etuw persona who h8re been or max be derlgn&ted as officera to hold general eleotlonn runt 
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.Boaorable Bepry H. Wllde~, page 2 

be appolutud to hold the loaal option eleatlon, 

? ’ cir, dOea the rat llwrely require that the 861~ 

number oi Judges, olerlce, eta., be appOinted 

but that such offlaere manay be diifemnt person0 

that whose who have been or mar be deelgnated 

to ‘fioTd @snaral eleirtione. 

“I have advised him that the a& doee not re- 

~uir e th a t the l em persona be appointed imhold 

a low1 option l leatlon ae have been or may be 

deeignatedtoholdganeml@eat&ane, but that 

he may appoint dlrferent 

hse the ee~~mambe~mda G 

ream 80 Lag as he - 

es ccaharaater or 

.. offlolale, ae repulred to hold geneal aleatiozu. 

‘To my iaind the statute fe alees and rrleao 

no queetiau that the 8-e perrozm need ?M appointed, ii. such had been the intanZi.on of the tegie- 

: lature itvouldhavs uaediraguegonmre appiprlate ta aonvey it’s iotentian that ‘ale eumo 

po.rmna should be appointed.* ~.. 

A&tlale 666-3i?, Veman@e Annotated Penal %ede, proviaee foe the holUng OS local o p tio l n Isatian8 Co deteam%ne whdhe~ or not the e&lo or UQaoE. shell be pmhlbitod ol? 

” ;‘-fa@-d. 

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Article 666-33, ~ernon~~ ¬ated-Penal Oode, 

Whwe the tfommksslansrs~ ooudi shall order 

8u aleotion as herei0 ppo*dad for, it qh8U kw 

fb duty o f slid o o a t to 0M er l uo h eloatUn to 

b e held at th6 tot* p la c rtithtn ií. l ua h l ub fUvisaid order, an&the opderthue nede shall eqmeee 

the objeot OS l uah eleatien &rid ehall be held to 

be prima raoia evldena6 that all the provadone 

neaereaq to give it valldlty or f0 ulotha the 

oourttith jurladiationtoadrc, it m.ia,hwo 

been duly aomplied with,~ .pxw&l8d th a t la%a ocmt 

rhell appoint ma& offlucrrr to hold stab elmtlon a8 flov roqtired to hold gwmaf eleotl.oU.* 

Artio1e 66635, vs&Anwiuxot~teb PAal~&xxe, provldoe that local option eleat+n# .ehalLbe hosd mad the retux%u 
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Honorable Henry II. lqldq, ,psge 3 

thereof mede in aonformIty vlth the provisions oS the general 

lava OS the State, and by the.eleotion ofrlaere eppalntbd end 

quelirled under euah l.eveJ and Article 666-36, Vernon~e Annotated Penel Coda, provides that the holding of such eleatlone 

by the offloere shall oonform to the generel eleatlon lave in 

foroe regulating eleotione. 

Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, Volume 9, Title 

50, Chapter 3, sets out the qualifioatlone oi otiiaare 0r 

eleatlone end the manner of their appolntnmt. Artiale 2937, 

Vernon’s ¬ated ClvU Statutes, re ulree 

-precincts' (hsvfng less than 100 votes ‘f 

thet in emell 

there shall be appointed by'the bcimmZeelo.nere~ aourt, atthe February term, tvb 

quauried Judgei to .hold elections and the presiding judge 

shall appoint tvo conr@tent and reputable votere to.ect as 

clerks of the eleatlon. 

Artlald 2938, VernonCe.Anqotated Civil Statutes, rovldee t&t for a lerg4 precinat (hev3ng mom then 100 votes P 

the aome%eelonere~ ,eourt shell appoint four judges to hold 

electUner. Thle.etatute authorieee the preedd.Lngjudge to 

appo&nt four compQtent end reputebls alerke to eeelst seld 

judges in hold&g th4 election. 

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Artlolee '2937 am.2938 are a pezt ot the 'Perrell 

File&ii&i I&, vhi~Jqe.beelr held n&to effeat ar ,apply to 

'epeoi-al electione, b&to be oonflned to general eleatiozui and 

prlmery dleatlone (Cheetnutt, et al., v~.Wells, 280 8.Y. 351; 

end authorlt&s citad~theraln). pai81 option electiona are 

speaiax~+eotions. 

ft.N?lWiOlW in VfeV Of the fOrSgOing, ft i6 CUP +Il.on.tha~ Article 66&J3,:-eup.r&, m4raly.raquiree~thet the eeM 

number,~slae~e and oharaoter or judges end eler?kll are to be 

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ap~oIn$ed by the aomBleslcQers~ aourt to ,hold looal option 

el@Otione ae are required to-hold goneral eleatione but does 

not-reqWs that the *arae persons 'whs,haVe~been d4eigneted 

or ap$oInted as ofrloers to hold gemmal eleotione must be 

appointed to hold loos1 option ele$Zons.. 

$Wmtingthet the foregoing fullyanevere your inQuLrY, -vi are 

Very truly yours