**j** OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS j AUSTIN

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llonorablcJohn II.Shook Crlmlnal District Attorney Bexar County SonAntonio, Texas
Dear Mr. Shook: OpltllonRO* O-7461

Wehate four Article 23726, leraoa' respect to the ahot the aonstructlaa oi Civil Statutes, with et-1 8s **fol]owBt**

f P. E. Dlcklnon, t, Texas, redatember, 1946, to the Aderaor-Collector nd during the last twelve

r,went towork with the City of Ssa first day of September, and ras emeperiod from September 1st through

'atTBsrIOR: Can this employee be paid for the

period from September 1st to Scpteaber 15th **by** theAssessor-Colleator ofBexar County, Texas? *By way ofbrief, YOU 8re referred toArticle 2372g of theRevised Clrll Statute. of the State oi Texas, and your attention is dlreated p8rtlanlarl~amarable John R. Sbcc! - pare 2 

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to Section 3 thereof. Tour attention Is also dlrooted toArticle 16, Section 40, Of theConstitution.

.so far aswe hate been able ta MI‘:!, the question of abether or not 8 party ray be pald for vacation t.iwe

bf the Count.7 while working for another po?ltiaal subdirision has not been Ozsued on since Artfcle 2372~ was passed by t.he ?eelslature.*

TON call ourattept.lontoArticle 23?2~, Vernon’s C~:?fflcationof theClrjl Statutes, helng H. Ii.Xo. 77, ch. 58. of-the Acts of the 49th Texidature at its neizularFesdnn.

t?ection 3 nf t.hat Article is as f~11os~st "The Coiwissloaere Courts **5~8~** ffnnt racatlons to errvlopeesin the actual emOlop of 4~ch counties not exaeedinE fourteen (14) 

### days in anp calendar year .znd, when suchvacatlelrnare erznted, aI7 enrloyees In actual emylapevt of such c~untjes sha'll be cnmnensated for suchvacatlm, 

### time as If actual service were helvc rendered under thejr emnlopent. It bein? t.he purpose nf thjs Act to want reesonahle vacation time durlnr each oalmdar **year** For employees In the aouvties embraced within thjs Act.’
Berar County PalYs Utt?in the class c\fcounties thus enhraced.

**IOU** alse cite Section 40 of Article XVI of the State Ccnstltutlon. That Eeotlon Insofar **au** wertjnent In as follower

"FO person shall hold or exerolse, 8t t,hesar?e tine, more tbsn dire Oitil offioe Of emnlunewf,**+.* Xe *ssu*e from pour clt,lng Sectinn 40 it was your trrucbt that the question Of clnaloftlce-boldi~nc by theemn?oyee in nresented.

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not.state the character of serrjoe Farformed by this erinloree fOr the c1t.v0T 5an Avtanlo, but were3r sayhe, however, .xent t,o rnr:- rj th t.he city Of Can Antonio IV the 1st day of Fentepber and ran evlrTlnred hlrins! the nerlod from Sertember 1st throupb Sentemher 15the". Weare not 8drised whether hjs service VP= t.pstof an otffcer Or s mere emnlapee &wlnB that 

### verlod. Weausure, however, thst Fe was an e~~rlovee w+fl mot aF offfcer of**the ci** **tv of**  **San Artonio.**  Mareovert you donot **shot t,hat**  **the** emntoyee lnvalvc~ was other than an employee hy !'r.Dictioon, the TaxAssessor-Collector of Perar Countv, ard we therefore a6w?w thathe was not **nn** offjcer Of **the county**  **but 18s**  **e mere**  **err! ogee.**  Cpon **these** osunmrtlons -- that i6, that the em))Yoyee **into1** red -- was an employee, as oontradlstlngulshed from 811officer, in **hoth eervioes**  ,no question of irue office-holding Is **jnvolverl,** and Section 40 of ArtlOYB XVI of **the** Constjtutlcw **has** no l-earing upon **the problem**  presented.

**In some**  **oaem it**  **fs true,**  **as where**  **the dual**  **sewice by**  **en eFp1** **oyee of**  **one mtmiojpalj**  **ty** ~rformin? at **the** same time of **hjs servjce**  **n service**  for **enother munlOip8lit~,**  **miRht be**  **of such**  **Inoomnatihllit~v es**  **t.het one**  **or even**  **hnth municipalities**  **might re**  **fuse to**  **nay hjr**  **couwensatjon** for **such** rerfod, but **that principle**  of rwb>ic poljoy canI% hardly a?!plJt.0**the** situation st8tedby VU, for indisruk.ahIvthe employee did not owe toRexar County t?!aduty nf any servzlce**nhettoever dvrlnr**  the st8tutory vacation n~Jnwer)tohim on fu?l wv, sn% Werefore his actual perfc?munce nf **CervIoe for**  **another municipal**  **esploper could**  **not he**  **incon?nat lh?e**  **with any**  duty he owed toWe **County.**

**We know**  of **no reason**  rhy,urder **the facts**  **state% h?**  **you, 1:exar**  **Ccunty FBJ**  **not be**  **llahle an3**  shouldnot PRY t@ the **employee** hi6 **stjpulated sa1arv**  **for an%**  **through .the**  **+aeatl,on neriorl**  **allowed** him. Under the statutorv scheme of aT?oranoe OP rensonablevacat37n 131379

t,oerplovees,he was entltYed to **this concessjon,**  **hut wa** **= not**  **comnelled to**  **devote nuch**  **t.ime to**  **rest nnd**  Jel?nwe, ejther at **home,** ip **the huntinE**  **fjelds, or**  **on** #e river **banks.** Hi6 thIe fer 6uch period wa6 hi6 ver? rwn, and if for an3 ree8on he 681 fit t.r, t,urnIt to **comnensatory** actiojtlea, **his was**  **the choice,**  **ard, he**  **?-arrrs neither**  **t.he State**  ,the aounty nor env j?!diri%t:RS.**As the**  **?tr*7.3rb** **has it,**  "Nobcdy Seems one nen?y theworse”!