OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVERSELLERS 

..TTORNEY GCNERAL 

iioaorable L. A. Van Slyka 

couaty AttorMy 

i?orG Bend ccunty 

.uchmoad ,Texas 

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ed at the same eleatlolr 

bela to determine WhethaP 

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or not an Iamlaa0rpoFat.d 

'd two -1 ba iaeorporateb 

uader tha aomnlseloa form 

Of govsraaeat? 

the ballot for tb eltatloa 

. . I of suah ofilarra. 

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Yeur reaimt ~ettm’r*lNlte to the calllw of an 

election to determlnm WhBChem or not a towa ok village havlag a population of 200 to 1,000 ahall be lacorporated aa 

provided by Article 1158i- et oeq., Revlred Civil Statuter, 

1925, requer~~ thb deptmeatbr opLolorr oothe follovlng 

quemt 1OM : 

1. Ir lo nmadatorr uader Artlole 1158, R.C.S., 

1925, for the county Judge at the lacarporatlon election to 

also crll for the electloa of l ma yor awl two cammlrrlvaers? 

2. Xou aad ulth whom do ruch candidate8 file for 

office and hou 1s the ballot pewed? 

Artiole 1158, R. C. Y., 1925, reads an follwrr 

"At such election tbcre shall be elected tuo 

conmissioners, vho shall serve until the Cust 

Tuesday in April folloviag, Sad Ia said UoiacoProra~ed cities and tvvas, aad unhevxwvraced tovna 
ILonorsble L. A. VaO Slyka, paSC 2 

The mym 9t the laaorporatei 

end lnaorporatad twar aad vlllagaa, adopting 

the comlssloa farn Of govaraMnt aball coatlsue 

to hold his offloc for the tarn for ublah be raa 

eleatad. The aara of crflca of the map? and 

a 0mlsa la M r al x8opt , the flrrt l lecteb Iwar 

the provlaloaa hereof, shall bs tvo yawa, and 

they shall ba c-:actad oa the first Tuesday lo 

iIgrl1 every two years.” (Oadarraorlag ours) 

Thla statute, YO believe, c&car it amdatory ror 

the coukty Jud$e at the 88~~6 electloa ca2led to daoida OIY 

;i,t lacorporaeloo to &so call Sor the election of a myvr 

oad 2~0 comlsaioaars. 

Ansuarlag your ascoad questloot UC hava cyafully checkad the atatutea aad ma umbla to firrd any atatuTIOF~ directiona as to hou the oudldataa Sor such office 

ille EOJ vlch vhoa, aor a6 hau they get thalr mm8 on the 

iallot aor as to the prapa.ratloa of the ballot. 

"It la . . . well settled , . . that a law which 

confers a power or hpoaea m duty upon an officer 

or board oarrlaa vlth it by i,mpllc8tloa tha authority to do ruch tblw8 es are reasonably nacassery to carry into eiltat the pouar grmtitad Q the 

duty imposed.’ 

par. 68 ne 7. 

Public Officers, 34 Tex. A@. 444, 

It’ia therefore OLW opinion thmt alaca tha st*Outea 

are silent as to hou o caadldata for elthsr the office of 

myor or city comalaaloaer eey get his ama oa the offloLa 

ballot that the couutg judge m8y adopt any reasonable rule 

for that porpoae, auoh aa glvlng aotlce that he will accept 

applications -#ior to 8 glvea data. If ao candidate reqwsta 

his aamo be placed on the ballot, 0~ if not as mny as two 

ca&idates do not file for the offlae OS comal8aioner, he pap 

print the oases of those that do apply and leave a blnnak 

qoce f3r MIIS or names to be urltten la by the voters. 
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::morabla L. A. VCa SlYkC, pge 3 

The rloket 8hould h8va plotad on lt tha laforma- 

;?x that r,uo iu4 to be elected aVIWl8SlOMrS so that each 

~rde.r may kaw as to thmt offlce ha say crota fw two paogle. 

Your6 very truly