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RationalGuard and the National **Guard** RsSBTlW, or sn 0trt00r of the CrrioersRsserve Corps of the **IkLted** State8 or aa on**listed man**  **in the**  **Or&mized** Reservei oi the Vnnitcd States; or retired ofrioers 0.f the -UnitedStates Army, llavkand Karins oorps and **retired Warrant**  OrfIO8+Ps **and retired**  enlistedmen or the United States Aphy, Navy, and Zarine Corps irow holding in o~Jum#tiOa with such 0rric0 any othsr 0mc?.'or position 

### or honor, trust or prorit, uhder thb state or the united Statea, or rram voting et any eleotlon;general, .speolal or pr5Illary

'inthis statewhen otherwise qualiried. (Seation40, Artlole 16, adopted eleotion Xovallber 8, 1932.)" Ii a persori

5.8 eleoted or appointed to if11 two inconsistent0rrl0e8,his qualirloation0r the seoond operates in law as a resignationor the rirst otiias rorwhioh lie qualitied,

whloh therebybeoomes vaaant, State vs. Rrinkerhofr,66 Tex. Reports 45, 17 -'??109; Rx Parts Call, 2 cr. R, 497.

In the oase or Thorn8 et al vs, AbernathyCounty ISne Independent

School Diatriot, 290 $W 152, the court held 

### that oneperson muld not hold both orrices or school trustee and aldesmanor the olty, even though the office of sahool trustee~wasnot ah office or emolument,es the duties of the two orriceswere lncaapatlbleone to the other.

Artiole 2076, Revised Civil Statutes or Texan, provides for the eleotlonof rive county school trustees eleoted **frasl** the **oount~,** one or whom shall be **eleoted** 

### rrom the OoWty at large by the qualiriedvoters or the oommon end CoasoIidatedIndependentsahool districts or the oounty and one fioin

eaoh oowisstoner~s precinct by ths qualiried voters of each oomtissloner*s preainot, eto. Artiole 2677, Revised Civil Statutes or'Texas,provfdes that the eom- ~izsloners*court shall cmnvass the resulta of au& eleotion. iifiicle

2687, Revlsed,CioilStatutes or Texas pmvides that each county sohoolY.trustse shall be?

paid three dollas pOx day, but not sxoeeding thirty-sixdollars la any oae sp~ex,

for the time spent in attendingmetlags, out of the Cemmal Pund or the oounty by warrant drawa OE orderRon. **R. P.**  **3ledsoe~** Pa@ 3

af the ocasalsaioners* court aftor approve1 of tke acaamt, properly sworn to, by ths president of **t!m** aounty sohool trustees. Article 3688, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, **providee** that all appools irc%s the deolslon of the aounty auparintendent of publlo'instruction shall lie to th8 ooul)ty

board ot sohool trustees. eta. Articles 2725; 2808, 2741 2742b, 2622, 2226, 2S28, 2782, 2787, 2746a, 2677 and +Hor articles,Of the Revised Civil Statutesof '?exss dool rith thQ VtdOUE relations of **the** cce&sslonersv~corlrt tc the nohool syatans of **ths** aounty.

On Xay Oth, **A.** D. 1929, this departmentheld in sn orinlonwritten by hon. AnthonyWtnlscnlao,Assls

### tsnt Attoraey Ceneeel, that one person should not hold the orrices Or county oomla iouer and sohool Crudtee, as these offioeswere lnoomp,.tible and ttit the aoosptanoa of the seoond oftlae :;a8 a.resIgnetioaof the first. Tbo%ofoore,

you ars respectfullyadvised that It ia the opinion of this dupartmentthat one personmay not legally serve es county oommissionaraad as county soho Wustes iit

the sare the. Tmh&g t!kt this armmers pour lnyxiry,wa am’ Very truly yours

ApPROVEDti 26, 1239

ATTORNEYGENERALOF TEXAS