OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Guunty astornay 

Prlbddi0 county 

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Rational Guard and the National Guard RsSBTlW, or sn 0trt00r of the Crrioers Rsserve Corps of the IkLted State8 or aa onlisted man in the Or&mized Reservei oi the 

Vnnitcd States; or retired ofrioers 0.f the 

-United States Army, llavkand Karins oorps 

and retired Warrant OrfIO8+Ps and retired 

enlisted men 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 'in this 

state when otherwise qualiried. (Seation 40, 

Artlole 16, adopted eleotion Xovallber 8, 1932.)" 

Ii a persori 5.8 eleoted or appointed to if11 two 

inconsistent 0rrl0e8, his qualirloation 0r the seoond operates in law as a resignation or the rirst otiias rorwhioh 

lie qualitied, whloh thereby beoomes 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, Abernathy County 

ISne Independent School Diatriot, 290 $W 152, the court 

held that oneperson muld not hold both orrices or school 

trustee and aldesman or the olty, even though the office 

of sahool trustee ~was not ah office or emolument, es the 

duties of the two orrices were lncaapatlble one to the other. 

Artiole 2076, Revised Civil Statutes or Texan, 

provides for the eleotlon of rive county school trustees 

eleoted frasl the oount~, one or whom shall be eleoted rrom 

the OoWty at large by the qualiried voters or the oommon 

end CoasoIidated Independent sahool 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,Cioil Statutes or Texas pmvides that each county sohoolY.trustse shall be? paid three 

dollas pOx day, but not sxoeeding thirty-six dollars la 

any oae sp~ex, for the time spent in attending metlags, out 

of the Cemmal Pund or the oounty by warrant drawa OE order 
Ron. 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 Statutes of '?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 department held 

in sn orinlon written by hon. Anthony Wtnlscnlao, Asslstsnt Attoraey Ceneeel, that one person should not hold 

the orrices Or county oomla iouer and sohool Crudtee, 

as these offioes were lnoomp,.tible and ttit the aoosptanoa 

of the seoond oftlae :;a8 a.resIgnetioa of the first. 

Tbo%ofoore, you ars respectfully advised that 

It ia the opinion of this dupartment that one person may 

not legally serve es county oommissionar aad as county 

soho Wustes iit the sare the. 

Tmh&g t!kt this armmers pour lnyxiry, wa am’ 

Very truly yours 

ApPROVEDti 26, 1239 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS