TTOBXNEY GENERAL 

CD@-%-EXAS 

l4Juch l&1949 

?Iwa Durwoed Maniwd, Spe8ker OpLdon N& V-768. 

Howe of Repremeatmtivem 

51rt Legielature Ref QwmhdmUmageud 

Awtin, Texu pm? diem of holdover 

memberofWLogtmAmtwo. 

Yopr reqwd for u bpidou la bawd ?m tke fm&wlug fact8 which are recited in l timiaacm la you? provlouo ~iettor of 

J~uary 24019498 

Mro W. E. Heatiy warn elechd end qualified b topa 

remeqt tke 104th Dimtrict in Ucr 5otl Legilb*oo 1947, Mro A. A& 

Eaaem warn eloctod te ht offbe low the 51rt Legimlaturo, 1949, 

Eues b ec a me ser io wlill y mnd l ubnalbed h&r *a-b8 to Uu 

Governor after the election bat before m for the office. 

The Governor immedhl tcceptmd dy the romipu(lmaa mad fomib 

called a Special Election for February 10, I94)o to elect a l ucce~- 

ur to Eaws. In Opinion No. Y-760. in awwer to your farmor 

queatien, it wan held that Mr. Heatly l hould coatinw t# repremmat 

the DirtrictM him wcceuor wu elected and qualMid 'The 

boldiap wae made pursuant to Section 17 of Article XVI of the Taam 

Conetitutkus which provides that .All officer8 wi* thle State l hall 

continue tc pedormtha dutiem of their of&em uaUlthoii mwcemsore &all be duly qculified.9 

Your present inquiry ir whether Mre Iiertly, who 

har now boea succeeded by a newly electid Repreaenhti~e~ im (YIItitled to be paid from the firet dmy of tLlr memmhn, $tiam?y U, 19490 

or,from the day on which he Was 4mtnirtmred tha utL on Jlr~y 

26,1949. You further ark wbethr Mro Hafly Im matitled to dieag* in coming to the meat ef govb?aaneSat mad returlhgb 

The fundamental Coaet&t@ionaI ptovieion in queetto8 

im Section 24 of Article III which reads in part8 

,~ 
l Mmmbo*m mt Wm Logim’lm~o l bmll socdve #rem W *lie boamy a pw diem of 

wt l wuding $ 1 0.00 p ed8r y. , . 

“Ia addlitoa to &a pmr dimr tk anma+ 

bets of e8ch Xowo ehdl be mW8d b d&a~o 

in goiqto m8d rhard~~from~ l oa4J Sew 

M a mea t.. l 

,. 

Whilm @hoc 0 im l o mo dlrnqree in o&w rntdom 

u 90 whothu ihe iwumboat (HeaUy) hoidm over w&r M 08tmarim of lam tmrm~ oi by walua,*~ 1 5 g P M Wt o Qht ~ & uth o r i~ 

mdor b a lLvio wam m, -rit in Ojdmin I@. V-760, h@dm Wt 

the iwambod (HoMy) cantied b ace 4th aU i& powwr, duUorr'mdrompmdbl~~*r ckrnb 8ttyshmdudilYm 8weo1mw 

q&Me&f TLU Wn. C. h& Quo* am Irirmt kmidutt AWrnmy 

Oaaarll”Cblof JwUw of tlu Suprozw Cow& of Tesam, rrr*k 

in 1914: 

’ State v. For#uaom, US Ohio St 51, 76 N.&Zd 3t3 (197); Stata 

v. Stafford, 99 Monk 88, 43 P.Ed 636 (1935), Wood v, Wep, l54 

Ark 318, 242 S.W. I73 (192S)t St~ta v, Bewdoa, 92 S,C. 393, 75 

,S.E. 866 (1912)t Bmber City v. Murphy, 30 Or, 40s. 42 P. 133 (1895); 

22 R.C.L. 555, Publia Officerm,i 2% 

2 ~3ullerkm v. Mw8, 214 Ky. 764, 284 SW. ll3 (1926)r Side v, Curoll, 133 Waa& 459, 234 P. 22 (i925); Pooplr v.,Sweiber, 2IO I& 

436, ll7 N.E, 625 (1917)t State vo Youaq, 137 Lmo 102, 60 So. 241 

(1915); 46 C.J. 963, 971, Officmrm, Smcffoa 96, ll6, 1, 

3 

S&rock v. liylba, 133 S.W.td 175 (Civ, Appo 1939)l Pldw Common Conmol. S&eel Did. va Hayhurmt, I22 S.W.td 322 (Cir. App. 

1938): Stak v* Jordu, 22 S,W.td 921 (Ch. App. 1930, orror dorm,); 

Walker v. Hoppia#, 226 S.W. 146 (Civ, App, 1920); Jkrrr v* Hellor. 

152 Md. 481, UT A, ‘294 (1927): Jan&y v. Baldwin, 120 Ku. 332, 

243’Pac. 302, 47 &L,R. 4760 34 Tex. Jw, 370, P&lie Officers, 

.Scction 31:43 Am, SW, 19-22, Public Officorm,SecU~361-1643 42 

Am. Jur. 980, Public Officerm, Sectien 1391 46 C.J. 960, 969, Officers, Sectiow 110, Illa Mechrm *Public Officera,* p1 257. &&ion 

397; Throop *Public Offkerr,* p, 329, Sect&on 3281 Annotation 74 

A.L.R. 486, 
Hon. Durwood Manford,’ Page 3 (V-788) 

Y 

. . . the term of office of a member of 

the Legislature &all be twe yurs *. * bat . . w 

nevertheless, afkdhe expiration ef tht term 

thus fixed by the CeastiWion, he l - contkue 

te perform the duties of his effice u&l Lls suecessor shdill have been duly quaIlfled.* 

Consistent with such principle are holdings that an 

offlcer boldiug over is a *de jurc” offictr, Two Texas cases have 

so held. Skk Y,, Jordan, 48 S.W.td 921, (Civ. App, 1930. error 

dism.)l Cowan v.,Capps, 278 S.W. 293 @iv. App. 1925, rttr, on 

other #rettads, 286 S.W. 161): 34 Tax. Jar. 370, Public Officers, 

Sec. 3 lr This is ke rule l$a other skks also. 46 C. J. 969,1S16, 

OKicers, Sections ill and 235. 

Tl& conclusion reached by the courk from the 

above~holdlngs is that such officer is entitled to the emolurnenk 

ef the office. The rule has been skkd in 46 Corpus Juris 1916 

in these wards: ‘4 de jure officer, by law entitled to held ovtr 

until a successor has been aleckd or appelnted and qualifled , . . 

ia entitled to the compensatien of the ef.fice, during the peried d 

holding over 1 * The rule is similarly stated in 22 Ruling Case Law 

* 325 that: 

“It la a well establkhed principle that 

a aalryy perkining k an office is an incident 

of the office itself a D B Yet the right to a public office curie6 with it the right to any amelumeuts which may. pertain k it, aud to the perSOB legally holding the office beleng the parquisiks ud emolurnemts attached by law k the 

office, as fully does the office ikclf . D 0 A public officer entitled k hold over after the erpiration af his krm until 4is sutkcessor should be 

elec may ~d c o ntintue o dr a hw il s lary durh 

the time in which he holds ever,* 

4 

Opinion No. 129% k Qev. C01quit.t~ dated Oct. 20, 1914, and found 

ln Reports Md Opiniow of tit Attorney Gen@r&l 1914-16, at page 

405, 
EfQDn W Mdesd, Pags 4 (V-788) 

Former AMamwys GemmA have held k pr4m opir40~s thet in erder fw newly elected member* to qua14fy as members oi the Legirhtwc, SO as ke be entitled te per #tarn and mileage, the claimanhr mu*t hve take.* th* crrDeMtutional oat% of offlee.6 

Howwer B hokk~rw ra~#&mtab h &he by v&k&e ef &is p&agps aleetion and qualificatkan, anal t&err is ne necessity for him tre re$uelify for offkce dprin,g tke h&&w+r perked. The oMJsti)~dm t&et: 

The Tea8 Sqearne Cent ,ia ibe case of S 

Sheppard, 136 Tex, 277, 160 S,W.Zd 769 @94l;), laald that 

r k per dlem is not dependent 01 acti aMewMw.8 at the sebekm 

of t&2 Legislakre. 

We tbe~ref,ore ho&d that Mr. Weatly is eRtdtled k Sk 

mileage in going te and rcturaSap frem the seat of govcrnmcclt U 

to per diem from January lA, 1949, the first day of the session, uatil such time as his successor duly qualified. 
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