OFFICE OF THE AfiORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

BbnorableHomer Thornberry DlStTfCt Attorney ~ustln, Texas

DOar SirJ Opilllon HO. O-3693 Re; Vihether

a district attorney Inducted Into the If&ted States Army may aontlnue to reoeive hlrr salary from the State as districtattornety.
Ke are pleased to aomplywith your request for an oplnlonSrorn

this departimntupon the question of whether or not you may continueto re8eiveyour salary aa distriot .attorney after you shall have been induoted Into the United z 7 under the SeleotlveSenioe kot,of the National -a It ie our opinionEhatSeotlon 33 of **Artlttle** XVI df the Constitutionof Texas reaolrasthis question in the negative. Rreads as iollows8

The aooountlng otfioem or ‘this State shall neither draw norpay a warmant upbn the Treasury ln~favor oi any pWwaon, for salary 02 ocmpematlon aa agent, ofrloer or appointaei~$0 holds at the mme tima any other olfic,e or positionof hanor, trust or proflt, under this State Or the United States, except as prescribedin b&is Conrtltutlon, Yrovlded, that this're$trlatQm 68 to the drawlng and paying of warrants upon the lpseasury Shall not apply to offloersot the Ratio&al Guard oi **TOxas,** the Watlonal Gugrd Reserve, the OfflaersBeserve Corps of the Vhit,ed &tates,nor to enlisted or the NationalGuard, the National Guard R ah& the OrganizedRemrYes of the,UnltedSt nor to retired ofrloers or the United StaWi Navy, and Marine COT 8, e.nd retiredwarrant offi-' oera and retired en1 sted *mm of the Unlted!Btates s army, NaYy, and Marine Corps, (See. 35, Art. 16, adopted electionNov. Si 1952.)***mmable** Eomar Thornbarry,Page 2

Aa dlatrlotattorneyyour salary la paid by warrdnta drawn upon the treasury cl the State of Texan. You a* an offloar of the Stata, Aa an induotoain the United satos Army you lpi11 hold en Woffloaor positionof honor, trust or profit under

. . , . the United Stateam. And this awn thoughyour position in the United Stats6 Army mmg be only that of a private.

Inoludadwlfhln the exooptlma protldad In Yaotion 3s **of** &rtlolo XVI of the Constitution is tha **followlng~** *nor to anllated**men** of tha National Guard*. The lnolualonof thla olaealfIoatlon

wlthin the exoeptionadamonatrabea that enllatad man are lnoludad wlthia the aategory ai any orfloarof tha Btatewho holda ‘any othar offioe or oaltlon of honor, trust or profit, under this State ot the Un ted States*, P Othea’wlao lt would not hare bean neoeraary to deaerlbaand inoludranlieted mm of the National Guard within the exoeptlona.

Appartalnlng

to seotlon ES3

of Artlole XVI of the caaatltut1oa, ?aInIon No. O-333S by thla departnent oontaina the tollowiaga tam&r

*trm tha abo~m,.it.ia olear, without aseu

### mcmt, that ualasa a mau falla within oao of the eioeptltma protided in the @eooISb amtenor tba Gamptrollaraannot Issue hia a warrant in oonelderatloa of ay apple ant i? by the State aubaequont to tho tlma he a **enlletted ln**  the Army, whether aa an offloar or a private."
We hare asaura that you are not an Of'flOer or anlieted mm in the National Guard OS **Texas,** the National Gum4 Reaam4, or of the organls8d RoaerTea OS the United Ytataa.. Saa Carpontorfa. Shappald,145 S. W. (2d) 562.

In 48 muoh as you inquire only ooaoernlngthe reoolringOS your salary,un&er the clreumatanoea deearlbed, wa have doamad it unnsaasaaryto dlaousa the quastlonof a raoanoy fn your offlae, and other related questiona, whlah you brlofed in your letter{,&noreble HoaPer Thornberry, Pago S

It Is thereforethe opinion af this departmant that the AaoountingOffiooraof thla afats are prohibited by the Constitution from drawing and paying a warrant for your salary as dlatrlotattorney while you are servingam an lnduoteeIn ths Unitad Stetaa irrmy.

We axpraaaour approolatlonfor your brie upon the quoationa involved. Vary trW yours ATTORWES

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