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OFFICEOFTHE A'TTORNEY **GENERAL** OFTEXAS **AUSTIN**
**GROVER SELLERS**  **ATTORNEY GENERAL** 

lianomblo D. W. Burkkaltu

0 vote in..the irieC%tiOIt %ovember 7th

was tha o&tlyone 'on the hTOYeabU ae rs-eleotade
**" ;uestlon:**  iii11he be eli&bls to qualiiy OLI January l$t, and hold the offloo tar another Term " leaving i-As rcailp In the other cqunty to XVI hfl buo;neaa'?" zeation.15, krticle 5 of tbb state Canstftutlon grovidea:
"?k.ere ahall !~eestabllshad in eaal?county of t!~is "tat- s Ccl;ntP court, **wkl.ah** shall be a court of moord;and tlxrs shall be eloctad in oath **county,** by the quallfllsdvoters, a aosntp judge, who shall be well informed In the laws of the Stats; shall be a c&neez'Vcrtor

of the PBaOB, 1~46Shall bold hlo Ofrice tar two **yaare,** and until his aucoeoaorahell be cleatedend quallfled. ilt3 shell recelfm4s3mmpso**8atiOn fW**  **hi8 tieldCs8**  **SUCh fO@6**  **all& pBXV&Si.t.te&%+l**  **-. “**  **; aa**  **mny be**  **pro~oribed** by law.- Section 14 oi Article 16 **of** the State **Coustltution** reads es **r0ii0m**

"Al.1 alvll **Ofiiosrti** shall reside wit&in tho State; and.all dirtrlator.ooMty otflaera with+ their dia- ~' :'~. trlcts or~oountlO~, and~ahell~ksep~thelr offices at auoh place8 as.m$ be sequlrsd by lew; and rallkU% to .aosply?Jth this-provlelon 8h$l:,v~ca+t+ :offlof. ~80:heldi~~ :... ..., trticla'S927,

Vernon'sAnnotated Clvll **Satutee** provides:
'To ~pemon~8hlf.:;be:ellgibl~,~to-.~ag~State, oounty,: preclilot~::or muql,oipal:os~ioice~ ,$?.:thfu:

@ate pnleS8 :pe: NmUbe: all@%&'~iti$!~d~oZX~$~.,~d@i~ !$li~.~~&l,@i$loii ~f.icnla~:bt~to;.

and unlesti

;fi$ .~rii@s+ ~+&+s+I+d:$ith.in thim State tur thit p&lo& hi ~2~iWii%~an4 61% months '.~ in the county,prrclnot,or munfclpolity, and which he ofrero bimssli.asa candldate;'nsxt xcrcedlngany general or specie1 eleatloa,and shall here been en aotual.boaarids altimn ot~aald aountp;preolmt, or nunia&pelitptor~more .than:sl%aonths.:. No,peraon.Snallgiblsto ~hdld..oifloo shall eter hWs:hla:amme.glaa~d upon ths ballot in any general or.speoialelection, or at.any ;rimery alaotlonMm-e oandldutaskre sslacted under the eleotlon lawa ot this Stete; and oil suoh insliqtbla candidate shall ever be voted upon, nor have votas counted for him, C.Lany gmmr~l, ogaial, or ,trlmery ~leatlon.W cmtiala 2920; VarnonlsAnnotated Clvl.1 statutes roads as iollows: "Yoither "he ,aoratury 0r &tats, nor giy county judge OS st;la&ate, nor any other authority uuteurized to issue cert:iiasteu, si~ll :ssuj sny cert;ficatas 0rEonorable D. T. Burkhalter - Page 3

election or appointmentto any persou elected or appointed to any office of this 'tate,who is not eligible to hold suah orlice under the Constitution of this %atc and under the above Article; and the name of no ineligibleperson, under the Constitution and laws of this State, shell be oertifledby a4 party, oosmittee,or any authorityauthorized to have the.

nsmes oi oamlldatesplaoed upon the pr%mry ballot at any prlmery election in this

_ State; and the nmm oi.no lneli8ibleoendidatdunder thr Constitution and laws of this State shsll be pleeed upon the ballot 

## or any general or speoia1 eleotion by any euthoritywhose duty it Is to pleoe'namesOS oandidatesupon o.iYioiel ballots.' Artiole 29fi8;"V.

A. C. 3.,.psovidoe,:amoag.other things;"thatthe.residenoe of the married man is where his wife r+das.

Referring to 'Article 2958, V. A. C. 2.. it Is stated in' Texas Jur., Vol. 16, p. 46: The statutedefines the *resit!enoe* aithin the meaning or the election laws, providing:--thst nrres- .ideueo oi.the aarrlad msn is where hfe:rrite.reeidesr~:-~; .e<yiii:'he.be

permanentlyseparated fromhis.wfib,his reaidenoe is Mm-e he sleeps at night. ~,ThusIt has been held theta married man's residenoe is in-the olty in whioh his wife resides, and in which she cares for their children. But no matter how ramilies may be situated; they are not held to have abandoned their residence in s giveh oommnnitymerely beoause the husband or wife or both temporarilyabsent t&apt, aelves on eooount of their own health, or thet or their children,or to serve their government,or beoause their trade or business or proiession takes them elsewherefor varying periods or time.

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It was held in the case of Rarwell v. Morris, 143 s . ":. (26) 809, that a husband has a right to establish thd residenoe ;f the taxvily. (Also 275 ?. 'f.

117). see the ease oi YoCharenv. Mead,

'i'ha answer to tk question propounded in gaur inquiry de_r:ends

upon the fact question regarding the legal residence af the person inquired about.Eon. D. .‘. Bud&alter - Page 4



### Ii. the “CountyJudge aleoF, es 8 matter oi raot, 

### hed aotuelly

abandoned

hla reeidenoo.in

Throolonorton

County prior to the tine 0r eleotlon,

### end we8 not aul

### otualbona tlda 

### oltlzen

of saidoouutyet'thettlam,ha wouldnot 

## harr been 

### l llglblo 

## r0r eleotlon

to the 

## orrio or Coauty Judge, cud the CoUnty Jude, under Artiola 2928, would not ba authorlaedto leaue a orrtltlaate of eleotloa,and the Wounliy Judge~e~eot~ 

### wouldnot be eligible .to qualIty ar Oountf Judge on Jarmary 1, 1945. Whether the %ou.utyJudge elaot* had abandonedhis realdenoo In Throokmvrton Uounty prior fa the time of 

### elootion

or whether he was en.eotuelbone fide oltlzen of $PIQ oounty at that time, ere faot question~~whloh l@ia DepartmentIa not:authorIzed to 

## phas on. ’ ;,,, -, I’ ‘, Very tidy yours,

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