OFFICE OF THE AfiORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bbnorable Homer 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 

district attornety. 

Ke are pleased to aomply with your request for an 

oplnlon Srorn this departimnt upon the question of whether 

or not you may continue to re8eive your salary aa distriot 

.attorney after you shall have been induoted Into the United 

z 7 under the Seleotlve Senioe kot,of the National 

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It ie our opinion EhatSeotlon 33 of Artlttle XVI 

df the Constitution of Texas reaolras this 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 position of hanor, 

trust or proflt, under this State Or the United 

States, except as prescribed in b&is Conrtltutlon, 

Yrovlded, that this're$trlatQm 68 to the drawlng 

and paying of warrants upon the lpseasury Shall not 

apply to offloers ot the Ratio&al Guard oi TOxas, 

the Watlonal Gugrd Reserve, the Offlaers Beserve 

Corps of the Vhit,ed &tates, nor to enlisted 

or the National Guard, the National Guard R 

ah& the Organized RemrYes of the,Unlted St 

nor to retired ofrloers or the United StaWi 

Navy, and Marine COT 8, e.nd retired warrant offi-' 

oera and retired en1 s sted *mm of the Unlted!Btates 

army, NaYy, and Marine Corps, (See. 35, Art. 16, 

adopted election Nov. Si 1952.)* 
mmable Eomar Thornbarry, Page 2 

Aa dlatrlot attorney your salary la paid by warrdnta drawn upon the treasury cl the State of Texan. You 

a* an offloar of the Stata, Aa an induotoa in the United 

satos Army you lpi11 hold en Woffloa or position of honor, 

trust or profit under . . , . the United Stateam. And this 

awn though your position in the United Stats6 Army mmg be 

only that of a private. 

Inoludad wlfhln the exooptlma protldad In Yaotion 

3s of &rtlolo XVI of the Constitution is tha followlng~ *nor 

to anllated men of tha National Guard*. The lnolualon of thla 

olaealfIoatlon wlthin the exoeptiona damonatrabea that enllatad man are lnoludad wlthia the aategory ai any orfloar of tha 

Btate who holda ‘any othar offioe or oaltlon of honor, trust 

or profit, under this State ot the Un P ted States*, Othea’wlao 

lt would not hare bean neoeraary to deaerlba and inoludr anlieted mm of the National Guard within the exoeptlona. 

Appartalnlng to seotlon ES3 of Artlole XVI of the 

caaatltut1oa, 

?a 

InIon No. O-333S by thla departnent oontaina 

the tollowiag a tam&r 

*trm tha abo~m,.it.ia olear, without aseumcmt, that ualasa a mau falla within oao of the 

eioeptltma protided in the @eooISb amtenor tba 

Gamptrollar aannot Issue hia a warrant in oonelderatloa of ay apple ant 

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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 Carpontor fa. Shappald, 145 S. W. (2d) 562. 

In 48 muoh as you inquire only ooaoernlng the reoolring OS your salary, un&er the clreumatanoea deearlbed, wa 

have doamad it unnsaasaary to dlaousa the quastlon of a raoanoy fn your offlae, and other related questiona, whlah you 

brlofed in your letter{, 
&noreble HoaPer Thornberry, Pago S 

It Is therefore the opinion af this departmant 

that the Aaoounting Offioora of thla afats are prohibited 

by the Constitution from drawing and paying a warrant for 

your salary as dlatrlot attorney while you are serving am 

an lnduotee In ths Unitad Stetaa irrmy. 

We axpraaa our approolatlon for your brie upon 

the quoationa involved. 

Vary trW yours 

ATTORWES O&WRAL OF TKUS