OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

781 

:'OnOrobls John FL. &ook 

.3inlnal WItriot Attorney 

r:m Antohlo, TaxaS 

i?eo~ slrt Attention: XI-. Jay 

tloel aubdlvlslon of the etate 

coats of suoh sleotlon? 

?LIe It obligatory to use the regularly 

appolnted elootlon orriciala in this elootlon?” 

saotion 19 of sstlolo Bll5h, Varnon's dumtd,ed 

Civil ~tatutsa,provides. in part: 

*If ths State ?hrd of Eduoatlon approveo 

of'th eatabllalvn&t or the Junior College LYatrlct, it etxill then be the duty or the Comdaslonara’ Court or Courts, as the case muy be, to 
I Konorable John %. t@obki Fag0.2 

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enter a~ or&r for an eleotion to be held in 

the propored territory wiShin a tkPe not lesrr 

then twenty days ana not more than thirt7 da76 

triter such arderls 1rsuaQ. to determine whether 

or not suah funlo.+ College Dietriot shaa beg 

craatsd and roomed.. , .*~ 

In cpinlon Ho. O-610 we held that. the expense et 

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au ele~tloa fog t!$e inaorpontlon Of a oity a0 provided by 

.;rtio1e llIs4, tl. . S,, dlreotln6j tha ocmntr judge to otall 

suoh eleotion, are to be mplid by the cqmt7 under the proI 

vl3tonr or Artloloa 2943 and 2998, X* U. SW ‘&IS a&me reasoniiui would apply to the sleotion here involved, Dartioulari ly shoe Geotlon 19 of Artiale 2BlSh ~remoly direotr the 

Comaiaslonem Eour8 of the oounty to call the sleatlon. 

artiolea 2943 snd 2996, 8. G. 8.. prooidigg for 

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t.he payment of the mpgonrea of slsotionn provider 

nArtlofe 2943. Pay of judtgeo and clerk&” “‘~‘v 

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i. RJuQges and Clerk8 oi~~generaL.and~ ,sDeoial 

eleatlona shall.‘bs pal8 !?hree .Dollars ($9] a, 

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dey eaab, a&l 21frtp (30) Cent8 per hour eaob 

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for any tine in efawa of a day*88 work a# herolo. dsflaad; providetl that in -a.22 &Wtls,e havi 

ia& P poptiatlon in exoem dt~ thrco hundred end 

fiity-tfvs thousat (@S,OOO) lnhabltauto, aoaordlng ta the last Dreaedihg or any future 

7eberal Caasu8, 5uoh Judge5 and b%e*e shall 

i. 

be pal4 Five lXUar6 ($31 B day eaoh, and Bif’tf 

(50) Cente per hour eaoh Zoa any t~m~J;~;;~s 

of a day.8 workaa herein defined. 

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who delivers the returns of eleotion imaediatelg after the votes have been counted shall be. 

r paid ho0 Dollars ($2) for Wab 8errlce, provided 

> the oiling. pleoe of his greoFnat lo at lsart 

two i” 2) lcilos froa the oourthouse, and prorlded 

! ala0 he shall make return8 at s21 eleoCZon aupplies not Used when he makes retam or the eleotion. ‘Ilen (LO) ProrIcing hours ahall be conaidered a da7 within the meeting ot this :.rtlole. 

‘The aom&mnsetioa of 3udges crud ~Glerks ol general 

2nd wp.eaini uicctions srmil be guid by ths County ~maeurer of the county whero aueh mrviose 

are rt~ndsreb upon m-dur & the Coms~mionora / dourt of suah oounty. * 

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::onornble John Fe Shook, Liege 3 

"All rqenra8 inournd la provid0w rot&w. 

hootha, rtatioaory, oflioial bellow, mo4aa 

Or rubber 8tWp8, ttily 8h8Bt8, pOllilMj lf8t8, 

~‘I in8truotlon cardr, ballot boxel, s~rolo3m8, 

rr*albu WCC aud all other suppl%88 requirecl 

ior oondwtiag 8 &On8rdl Or. 8pooial 818OtiOll 

etd.1 bs paid for by the countf, oxoept tha 

008t Of 8Up;ri.jrbg bdh8 rOr Oitb8. iili #LOCOuat8 iOr CUpp1188 tUrai8h8d Or 6elWlOs8~rur 

dered shall first be spproo*d ty tha acnmisoionsr8 ocurt, axo*pt tbo awoouut5 Per rotfiyr 

booth8 for O~t~e8." 

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ill MBts8C t0 J'OUr ifrEt qUe8tiOJ%, it is OW OR&AfOU that Bexaf COUnty ie l&b16 COr the U-t8 Of hnldinc( 

the eleotlon to stenulue wlmbhor 8 Junior College Dl8trlot 

of Saxar i%xu~O~ eholl be Ora’QLlted. one0 suoh di8ttiot bee / been cre8tbd. hOwM@, a31 aubuequaat WhOtiOn8 partailling 

thwrwto are to bo paid by said dl8triot 84 dsohrsd in our 

CpitiOS :iO. +md. 

30 e@‘ew rtth ,O&’ OO!lo~U81Oll aa to your seocmd 

tpJ8::iOn that “With TOfaT@R~f4 ,%$I tbs i%OO!BQtfUiOIh Or rn?W 

supylfekii and 8erVioms by the 00UlltP, w hare Ssen !i.IKkbl8 

to find any definite authorltf etetutorr or othemlae.W 

if ths oowlty till inOUr II0 obhgation, eXpresa Or inpli6d, 

in the 8008pt8W8 Of flWJ 8WViW8 WI& 8Up@i88, end the 

CotW88iOwrs' COUrt 5.8 sat~atled a8 to th8 boae fid8 sOtkVeB 

of 8Uoh grPtuitie8, U8 era swam ai no rea8oll Why ttrs county 

WY ROt 8oOSjIt thW. 

Th6 answer to your third qwetion la oontmlled 

by hrtiolsa 29'57 8nd 29sB *Ibiah road a8 ~OUOWSI 

miirt&ols ,8999. ?n etmll precinots 

R'f'he tScmmioo~oner8 oourt at the 2'ebruary 

tcm: fihnll. agQOint ?X'QS -oIla tha citiSWAn8 Of 

enoh vo%ing preoinot in which there DIW lW88 

t&en ona hundred votsre rho have paid tlieir 2011 

tax a,nd reosived their oertifIoatss of examption, two reputeble qual?iieb.%sotera 88 judges 

'at the ckaotion, ealeototl Srom ditfment pollticcl purtiss, ii ~reotloeble, nho sir011 oontlnue 
Honorable John 3. .Fhook, PagO 4 

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to (rot tit11 Malr s~0068~0r8 am nQpoiRtid. 

rihan the bound8 af the ~mminot ma obenged 90 

that, OM IS’ nora judges reeids Out8ld8 of the 

pmeinot Zor uhioh thy uue 8Qpointad. th8~ 

oourt~8hell appbtnc other8 to fill auoh vaeanoy or va88aoies. OWJ Of the &d&e8 who shall, 

in’nll oa888 balanff trr tho put7 that at the 

168% fj8flUtd Wl~OtiOll C88t tb. bWg88t VOtO fOF 

CovUZIOr thrOU.@OuC the 23tclW8h6~ ba d4816- 

natod aa the pra81ding judge at slootion8; ho 

shall spgolnt two oompatent and mputabla g&mlifled voter8 of diftftrant pelitioal~ girtlet if 

pwotloablm, to 608 IL8 wlulcs Of th8 elnotion. 

Tba order appointing all ju4qa elxill 5e entered 

of record. ‘&1, QrO8idiZl43 jUigW 8hdl sot in 

manlvi~ and depositing the votsa An the ballot 

bcixer, ati l &61 other judge shall aot in oounting 

the votu oa8tt onf+ olsrk 8hti1 kwrg the poll 

list Of qUtiii&Sd VOtW8, Sti Upon th8 frolx: li8t 

he &mllnrStr at the %.I- of rating the xwae 

and nucGber of cash .voter; the athar olmk shall 

6ot ae otmr88sing; olerk, anb qh811 hasp ,tha tally 

litIt Of tot08 counted. ::eid offioems shall perform auoh t&her duties ab the prciaidin~ judge 

to3 dinot. - 

Wnrtlols W3B. ia law30 pmatnot8 

*For l vuy prsoinot in uhioh there are one 

hundred oltierns or mera *ho bavs ~pld their 

poll tax OY IWWiV8d their 0amrioat60 or OXaaption, thr oOmmiErioner8 aourt aha 8QpOint 

four judgw8 of olaotian~ who ehe+&.,ba oboesn 

when praotioable irOn opposi 

one of VI~BZ shall bq dwsi~Ra%?~~~%¶~ie” 

juUge. The preoiding tend one asoooiats judge 

shall aot in moeivfng 5na deporiting tha volta 

In the ballot box, ~tnd the other tm judges 

Shtil mot in OOU~ting the VOW8 Oe8Q. The pro8idiw jud$o shall appoint ioUr oom~stant and 

rWlXLtPblW OltBrki# t&O tlarV6 paid t!Sir PO11 t5X, 

and of dlffarsat polltio&l partiwa, when praotloabla; two & Brtfd OliWk8 shall. aaixist in kerpin@ go11 liato md the li8t of' guallfiad raters; 

upon the poll liat8 they shull write ths m&8 

ai14 tmbsr of eaofl voter, und at the tim v0t6e. 

7%~ olarkr eAhall bo oanvasoing 01erk8, who shall 
Honorable John R. Shook, Page 5 

Beep tally lista of toter oountrd and perform 

auoh other Qutfes ae the prealding judge may 

dlreat. At the oloee of ths canvassing and durIng.Its progream, the tally clerks ahall oompare 

their tally llots and oertlfr oiiioially to 

lare ‘extra to the presiding judge-for making return of the election.* (Emphaaia our&) 

:?e cdl. attention to the underroared portion of 

atfole 29X38, above, which presorlberr the appointment or 

only four eleotion 0ffIoUla In special eleotions In ~1~100 

0r the sight orrIoials required in each pxsoimt oontfiiining 100 eligible voters or more In gener l all eo tlo noTbr . 

fOrthc+omIng eleotion to deternine whether a Junior College 

Dlatrlot I6 to be oreated Is unquastlonably a epeolal eleotioll. 9 Ruling Case Law, p. 978, so corpus Jurle p. 56. 

It will, therefore, be nroeesary for the oommlmsioners* 

oourtto designate a presiding judge and an assistant judge 

r0r this e&eoial a1eot1on. It would seam proper to aaleot 

thspr rrcm among the tour j&gee previous1 

gsnaral eleotions, or to seleot two qusll F B 

a~pointad r0r 

previously appointed. 

te person5 not 

The stattite in silent as to thfs 

queetion. 

t¶sJlos 34: 

In any event, aa deolared at lf3 Taraa Jurlep~m- 

*The etatutoe with mferenoe to tha.:mnner. 

pr appointing eleotlon officert8 are direotory. 

Where they have not been ~aomplIed with, if it be 

ahown that. the eleetloa was held at the tlxe and 

glaoe provided by’law, that the aleot:on waa iairly oonduoted, and that the vote as cast, oounted 

nnd returned, trxpreeesd the will of tile najority 

oi the qualifIod voters votI&g at suoh pleoe and 

tine, IrreSularItles as to the nanner of appointing the orricers will not In .ths abeenae OP express provision ot statute affect the validfty 

or the election. n 
Eonorable fohn 8. Book, Page 6 

Should any or ths eleotion orZlotals appointad 

by ths oaumlq6loners' court fail or rsfuee to aot, substitute offi6iaLalms;l ba 0ppOiBted by ths voters in the 

manner provIdeU by +rtIola 3001, 2. C. 9, 1023, 

IYe want bo express our app%%olatlon for tha holgful diaoumrioa oi therp questions contained In your letter 

0r rs,quest. 

Assistant