OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS / PCS

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awa of Uorrlr county r0r 15, 

### but it io thought that tabulatdl Will fall bola*B, If youi- anawor is that euoh ayyGr.itee



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### for l&ourlexpired tlarcl pr0eont their oonhitiaaise far otfloe? Xn oonaeotion wirh Uris qwstiaa, your a%tentlon is oalled to the raot that it ie too late to ills one~s rbquost to bd plaaod w tii lwuooratlo yri-

"5. uoeo the Conuutodonors' Court, pending th0 iiDa td%bUhhtiOII Or th0 QUIZWIt OeUSUS ( hWt0 the power to appoint aomaeuitablo pwaon to 

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thsmaira Qi thb offimP ix4 asmcie that the scibla6tfo populetfon of iiopcld County ior the yoar 1936 w&ain ezoee8 OSWOOand the offioo of County-auperintandqt @‘o~arly eatabll&@6.

Artiols 26&3, lie C* S., 1925, a8 aunmdo8, pmvifkm aa f0llcma:-Iho Ctisolanera’ court 0r wary oounty hvlng three thourand 3,000) soholmtfo Papuatlon or more as ahown6 p t&o preaeCing afamuo ahall at a Goner01 Elsotlan prod40 fw the oiootlon of a Count SuprL*ocdaz& to 60~70 ror a tern or four (4 yLuu%,who 8ball be 9 parion

J of eduaatlonal attainz6nta, good rsaral oharaotar, and ox8outiva abfllty, and.n&o eh& be provided by the Co*tn;Lseloner8~Co'urt with aa oriioa la

‘Qie LxoUrthou5e # am? with aQ0088aay orrios furnlturo anfl fixtures. lie ahalA M tho holder of a teooherls flret gmata osrtiflouto or taobe4r*s permanent aartlfloato. IA ffory county that 0hal.l attain thrae thweand (3,000) doholmtlo gqmlation or aore the 

### Cocoiaaslonorr* Court diallappoint awh 5upctrlntendent who ahall perioznitho duties of suoh 0m00 uriti;L tlla el~otion em! q~lifl~otl~ of hi5 ~~OWSOS, III ooultiss having leeo than three thoumnd (3,000) ooholaaetie population whenever more than twsnty-flvo per aunt (23~4) of A0 qualiXiod votero of 0ait-toounty as .&own by the vote for Governor lt the poodlni; G8nerrZL

i1eorian shau. pct1ticm tho coKa&a,- 0f~%rd c0urt th02aw~, ad court t3ha 0raer an eleotion for oaid oounty to drPf0milne whethaor not the offLeo OS Oounty superintendent 8hnl.l

bo mwetod in eald oountyt and, If a rPajority of the :;ualliYoU pro rty tupayln~: voter8votlag at said 0lwUor~ 5haG voto Sor tho areatUan OS the 0rr10e OS awnty S~rlntQndQll8 In UIQ 

## ooLintg, the Coamieeianore~



## Court at Its nert ro after the hol4ln$ of ad JMtlon ehalez:~ the offloe ol Oounty S orlhtonded an6 neao 

### a couaty mpwlntanaeuht 3 0 elmll Qmkfy unmr this CW~g~~~and ho14 euoh oft100 uatll 

### tin mxt Gonorm I.

. Erwlde4, 

### that In all 

### ooulltl~ehevlJlg a 

### g0pulaticrn

in 

### *LOOSE

or tbrrr hutma and riftp thouem (330,OCtO)inhabitanta aooomlingto tha loet avoi3sblo Yodem& O@nWetho County i!iqWrlntuiaeatahell be a goint8Q by the County Boar4 of Muaation and SL 11 ho14 off100 for tuo (i!) yore, provi404 turther,that this provlelon shallnot opereto so a* to aoprlvoany elo0t.d Buperlaton4ont or hle ofrloe prior to the uplmtion of the term ior whlah ho &mekm l oetr4; lo population of 

### botuoaa thmo tboue an4 flvo thoueeM(b,OW) eaho&etfee, whtr:in the otiiee **0r a0uu8p**  mqerlsan4rpt has 000 brrn arut an6 a superiatwrbma% oleoted, than ia aueh oo#ntlce the quoetion 

### 0r whet&u or 

### not suah offloe 18 l

etabllrbrd 

### shall be detardnrd by t&e qudifietl totOr& 

### of oald 

### aoutzty in **a** apeolal ol6otlon odkob **ti;omior** by tho CombUioaoro' 

### court 

### or 05id 00u0ty 

### uponpetition 

### th5w0r as hrrdnabovo ~pfioifi~b~~ Artlolo dl780, R, &, 19U'rrdo la part 

### a8 iollower -he offlao 0r a0mty 5uprinteatIont ai publl0 inetruotloa ir hemby 

### o&-bate&; and Lho eom~&rlonl ref oourt of every oowtp in thic 

## sta:e havlq tbroo thousand soholastio 

## population eo shown by the ~%'aoeUFn$ eoholaaetla musue, shall provldo for tbo e~loatlcm of a oouaty l up r:ZntanOsnt

of publio lnrtmtlon at eaah &anoral ol.ootfon

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### ~m0ie 27~1,ii. C. G., i985, prow05 in pati (U r0ii0wr *u oaah aountp having no eohool euporlntudent 

### the oounty

j&Q34 -11 ba 6% ol’

fioio eouaty suparintan&4nt anti ehall periarr all tho duties roqufr*d of the away euporlntendant In this ohaptor

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.-> Honorable i. L, TrlrGble, p&p 4

In sit3 cuse OS34iller 218 2. ,x. 452, l:stiole 2750, R. the oourt a6 iollowar ve 3rowa, (Ta C. A. 1919) &, 19U. wae **0011~trtk~tl** by

2750, *By the artiolea rcfarred to, othar than it olearly apprro that the 6oholartio 66nLluB of iT86ltio **County** takvm l.n Mayan6 Juh0, 1928, for the aoholaatlo year byliml,ng with siaptenber of tht yeas waQ ths n4xt preoeding eeholaatio om.m~e'takea prior **to** the gensti sleotion held on NWembm 3, 1928, aJ&u the Qno oontroui.ll& the **motioa** OS th6 ~oairiLmrion6rB' 00ud in prwidiryi SW the oi60oi0a to th6 alrio

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"IS vi0are 

### not in l TWr La our 

### oanstru8- tiarr 0s tb0 abw8 am010 that 

### the orrio 0s 00wy oup0~lnt~mt.tt 0s pbu0 

### in6wu0th d6- pcurtbt 

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### 6~irt0~0rupaa 

### tb 00rea:tw 0s tb sohdartilooeumurat m&oh @aeraS elootiua,than, **would b6**  **IlO**

of the ohowht&OSthe l ohelaotio oonsua likeuleo by reason OSth6 rhwln& OS**the** l

oholastlo

oan1 1u~, ha8 no furtherexiotenoe, 2otmtial or othe~~leo.. .* In that oesa the reholaatio oamua ha@ Sullea klcw 3000 on a general eleotlfnt yoaz MC although an the **sow** lng non-oleatlon par rhe oem1u **axossded** 3000 It maaheld the Offla6 did not exist. da oall aPtsnttan to the faot **that** Lho statute them ln question Sixed two yeer terxua 80 that an eleot&on would be holLdat every &eneraL sleotian ai& also note the rsrisonlag

OSth8 court ta the efseet that ti6 axisteuoe or eontlnuano@ OS the ofiioe depends upon the caoltingimoy o;bIltloned.



### EEonorable Z. il;. Trimble, me 3

*tie are of the opinion that under the tcrrrrrt OSthis Artiole the status of a County ia 

### deternAtm& by the aoholastio ocueue next >z-cooW~& the elsotlon. In 0586 a auperintcndent4 +J sleeted in a county awl at the tl60 of olectlon said county has in excea8 OS thr60 thouBall (3,000) ooholAstioo then the Saot that ths soho&stIos fall below three thouamnu (3,000) would not esseot the etatuB of &ho County supsrhnd~t but hs nay continua until ho ha5 sex-redthe remialntl~P of the four (4) ysar tern pavvi6ed for. of oourse, at ths erplrstim of hie tea if the prsosd.lng soholastlo oensus ohows less than three thoueand (3,000) soholastlos then no county Bu~erintsndsnt should bs ei00t0a to auooeed the lnounbsnt." tie rem11011

ie &Won for this holding but it must hats been based upon.-die proposltlon that whm.~ established, tho ofSloe ooatfnuod for **the** full sour ysar te*-m018Qwe Poulc hsvs akf;nty superlntendaat entitled to houI 4~.ofSLoe uP'Sohdid **not**

. It la our opinion that the oSSioa of county supariatandcsit of &orrio County havfr& bosn sstabllshotl by teaa~~~oi the soholastlo oeneus prsaediq the eeusral eleotion in 8wss1- her, lY%, being In exo~os of 3000 soholastlos, euoh OfSioe odors into exlstenae for Sow yearsnotwltistandlng such ocnsus atight drop beluw 3000 during t&s years intsrv+nia&tbs i@neralslsotion years **at** whloi~ t?re offloo woul6 re$ular~ be tilled. Ks are Surther OS the opinionthat the~death OSthe inourabsntwauldnot **destroy the**  **office but**  oreate **a raoamg**  to hs S5llsd as herobaftor point& out. Pour first pueartlcm 1.e triareforo answer& in the nagtlve.

rrtlole 2336, il. C. 8.. 19z35, a.0emmded, ram68 as SOllW81 "The oolirt (oor;enieaioaers' oourt) shall have pow? to fill ~aom~~lee tn the ofrice of: , l . County supcrintsnCent or Pub110 InstlWotlQn. 3uoh vuoanols~ ~ahm3.l

be Sllbff by a mijorlty vote OS the oetlbers OS said **oourt,** prewont azad. 

## voting,Qnb 

## thegareon ohoaen sbaY.1h&I offlos until t.hs next @enoral eleotlonr" Under the uutho~iiiy of the abovs **etatut;** and our oplnioll HO. o-604 the fumw%r to your seeoll~ gusstion I.8 yorrEonmable T

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tour tLlr6 qwstlon 18 nnsmmd by our 0plnions::No. o-1664, 

### 0404, uncArt1010 2353, a. c* .!3*,

M8S. In 0gla1on Ho. 0-1664 it WeIS atatodr Yihsre hembeen no u~¶lola.l oaostkuotlon 

### ofAxtlols

8333, oiorsn i 

### d,as 

### tothe offloe OS oounty 

### 80ho01

*U~Pln~.nt. BOWWYOP, thelAnguag0 I* oloar

andnot to ountrary oanstruotlon than that the cp (I ms$ be up Sm aleotloa,**mid** that the offloe to l leotlen

et 

### tha**nut** 

### @nasulelaotlon,

and **that** tit8 torn of the appolntre 

### willoxplre

onJanurrylstsollml~t~ naxtgulan1 aeotloP.* iilth nSerenoo to four fourth qu~stloa we oaSl yout ~ttolbtl~ tQ Art1010 8973 R40*3*, 1933, 

### OSSI~~Lballot

whioh 

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### ppooron th?ballotuxidor 

### Ghohsadof ths psr%~$hatnomlnatssthsm, swat as otheawl~ protided br this tltloi MOnam aLll a~- on the offidti bal.bt US*pt that OS l 08&i- &at+ 

### whowasaotuallgaminmtotl 

### (*ither as a 

### party actmlnso or as 

### a non+prblron

or lndepeahat oan61- bate) 

### Inaooordanoe

withtheprorlslas 

### of thlatitle.* ArtlO& 3100 to 3l33, It. G* so, 1933~1600Aa 

### l .lootlonoSpart~noain~r by 

### ~rtl.8 of oneh rotoe ad w4r* 

### forthe Artlolor 3l.Mto 

### 3133,

H. C. S.,1633 goride 

### selsotlon

of QU%Y mmi~~eos by 

### gaHA.8 of tanhumsand **and** less **than ORO** 



### hundred thousand,

andArtiole

3163 B. CeSe, 1933,prariddssthsmsthodSoraa indepsndantoan6lda~Sror~ oolortpvoffias

tohave hisnam prlatod 

### upontheofSiolal ballot. lutilsl# 3961, 8. C. S.,1933,

reads 

### as follows: *?ihsn a. voter d~slms ta rota a tloket stralght,he shallruna 

### moilor ~nthrou&b allother

tiolcets on tboosiioia1

ballot, makin a aiatlnot martid Une-thron& suoh tlo&t not fintondsd to be W.Od; md whsn he shall derln to vote a &ml tlokst he shal31L do so 

### bym&aning

### a linethrough

the 

### naraee

of amh ~dldates as he shell dsalro to vats apinrtt Ui tiio tlekot !a@is voting, and by writing the mm 

### as tis 

### oariaiacate for rdho?n

ho dealrem to vote in UN blank colU6n cm%in epEioer or&e4 

### for EWE offfiee~ sambto 

### bo wrltttm with laok ink or penail, unlees t&s xmsss OSt&o cUdMats 

### forwhlcrh u dosl~eS t0 vote appiar on t&o ballet, in w&iohevurt he shall lsav@ 

### the sam not eoratohedc*iionoroble T. A. ‘irimble, pa@ 7



### mtm is no rsQuirewxt thut 

### a 

### oendldate r0r 0rrio0 hiwehit3mite4printed upon the 0rrlom ballot. u the mma 0r the oandLdot.8 

### or the votorec ohoioe la 

### not printedupon the gcsneral eledtion ballot hs my vote for hi8 ohoico by writing the 

### aondldatq*o zbaa% J.nthe blank spume prirovit%? for **that** purp060, The raot that it i8 now too late ror a oenbidato r0r nominee or the ihmooratla party to get hie namb printml upon the primtry slootlonballot,or an 

### rsrt.mt matter, 

### theraumo 

### 0r these8nooratio

party to rdeot a noadme, will not arhot tha tight Or t&O QeOgh to GOOt IICOUntY SUp~i~t~UttO~ l t th0 g0nes&l elwaion in Noveabor.

Yroa the anawbra to queaticxm one, two aad throw 1% r03.utw8 that your rifth qwation ohm&l ba answrr*d in tbr afrirnrrtlv4, howevsr the 

### appoiat&mnt wouldnot 

### bemmoly pcabing a mm1 tabd.atlcm or the oonmw but in ao%ordanoo with our anbuw to queotfon nunber three.

3ia efla1olle homuith eopis~ of opinlono Ho. o-604, 04604, 04.210 and 04416. Yours very truly ATTOREEY

WitCEXAI.

OY TUA3

A?i-'i';,:'Z:‘JLJL

8, 1940

~lQQu.+.G ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS