### 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 holdovermemberofWLogtmAmtwo.

Yopr reqwd **for** u bpidou la bawd ?m tke fm&w**lug fact8**  which are **recited** in 

### l timiaacm la you? provlouo ~iettorof 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 

### became

seriowly

ill mnd l **ubnalbed h&r**  ***a-b8 to**  **Uu** Governor after the election bat before m for the office. The Governor 

## immedhtdy l **cceptmd 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 dmyof 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 imSection 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

$10.00 per d8 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~**  

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M ameat.. l ,.

Whilm@hoc0

im lomo 

### dlrnqree in o&w rntdom u 90 whothu ihe iwumboat (HeaUy) hoidm over w&r M 08tmarim of lam tmrm~ oi by walua,*~ 

### 15g PMt WoQht ~ &utho ri~ mdor balLviowm,

am -rit in Ojdmin I@. V-760, h@dm **Wt** the iwambod **(HoMy)** cantied b ace 4th aU i& powwr, **du** Uorr'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. 152Md. 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 139146 **C.J. 960,**  **969,** Officers, Sectiow 110,Illa Mechrm ***Public** 

### Officera,* p1 257. &&ion 397; Throop *Public Offkerr,* p, 329, 

### Sect&on 3281Annotation 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. 3lr 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 DBYet the right to a public office curie6 with it the right to any amelumeuts which 

### may.pertain k it, aud to the **per SOB**  legally holding the office beleng the par**quisiks ud**  emolurnemts attached 

### by law k the office, as fully does the office ikclf

. D0A public officer entitled k hold over after the erpiration 

### af his **krm** 

### until 4is sutkcessor 

### shouldbe 

### elec~d may 

### c ontinue

to draw his l 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 heldk pr4m opir40~s thetin erder fw newly elected member* to qua14fy as mem**bers** oi the Legirhtwc, SO as ke be entitled te per **#tarn and**  **mile** age, the claimanhr **mu*t** **hve take.** * **th*** **crrDeMtutional oat%**  of offlee.6 Howwer B hokk~rw ra~#&mtabh &he by v&k&e ef &is p&agpsaleetion and qualificatkan, analt&err is ne necessity for him trere$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, 160S,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,oreho&dthat 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.~0%. DUZWOHI **bhaford,** Page 5 **(V-788)**