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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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clnot Ohal?- 

rklng 8noth.r 

t mime puson 

he dutlor of 

until his tera 

m,, rdq,, 00wb814iqr. 

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9. \ C0u.U a&.oinot ohalrsan who 18 

8ookiBg anoth8r.'offlOO 8ppoint 8oa0 other parson to ooncluot'tha prinry aleotlon and bold 

hi8 prooinbt.'ohalrmn'r otiloe until hi8 term 

expIrea.* 

In the brief aoooaaoying pur letter you ralre the 

queetion ot 8 OoBfAIot b0tw00B ArtiOh gQ40, Revl80d Civil 

iitatutea, and the rosunm of A. 0. Opinion No. 0-BiW8 round in 

the Nay isrue of Attornol tiaorcl* a Opinion tieports. ._ Tar 

m oonrenl8noe we fir0 0Bolorlng 8 copy of raid OpiBiOB, 8 

study of wh10h will explain the slightly lnietadfng prune. 

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COPY first qUe@tiOa 18 Sully 8nmerod by our 

OptAniOn NO. 04818, rhloh read@ ir wrt; 

701~ latter rrqu88tlng the opinion of 

this dO~Ut;lreBt 18 a8 fO1lOVS~ 

“‘Thr &COSUkt COWtJCbAlriaRB 

Oi &UStOA i8 

for the gtsto 

ti- h88 

AUt 006lttSO RUtio( WhOthSr he 

ahou&d nsigo 88 CouAt;r Ohirsan befor@ th8 Sl~OtiOA, Sboo;L6 hS MkS 

the raoe l fOr,881d. 

AAI l ll&lblo perma IU~ boaomo a odUbat0 to? th8 OfitS@ Ot DOpr@88AtAtiVO in th@ 

State kgislatAr8 AAd h8ro his name prints& 

Up00 th0 ballot, tldU8 IOU StatUtS Of tb 

atat0 iorbldr, 

'WiWthU W a06 th. -rO ORAdidSOr Of 

th8 OhlrMn iOr anothor ofiloo would 1~80 

hOtO a8 Mtter Of bw taOat hi8 Offi @? 

oouatJ ohairman, wo rued mot deolde aud a0 

not &elde. 

'Ib'e find nothing in ths statutes nor In 

the d001810~8 that roti mkr Ohm presmt oountr ohairman o? your oouaty ineligible for lnothrr 

offloe to be fllI8d at the qiproaohing prlm8ry 

l lSOtb A, Or that WOUl6 &WVOAt hi8 mm beprkte6 upon tho ballots at the appro8ohing oleoTho oploloa rrm rhloh we have &at qwt86 holila 

that it ii AOt AeOOSSW~ for a 04UBty OhliriWA t0 first rOSi&A 

y&ai?~anShip b&on b sABOuAoe8 as a OaA4ldatO iOr another 

That hollw ti80 8pp11.8 t0 8 pt.Obt O&i-B. 

m QdStiO.on of whotbrr Or AOt l OOUllty Or PreOiBet OhA%l'A6A 

ipso taoto r808ter his obrlnaan8hlp nhm ba beooues a oandldate 
. 4414 

Honorable Sam B8In, Page 8 

iOr 8 OiYil OffiOe WuS AOt OOBSidUd iA Said OpiAtOB. ::O 

b0li0ve that this point la BOW raised by your WOOAd quertiOA. 

art1018 AQ40, Rerlred Civil Statutrs, 88 amendeb, 

AOtS 46th kglSl&lEe, p. 894, in part, reads 88 r011ar: 

-0 one who &old8 uI o?floa of profit 

or trust tlndu the United States or this 

3tate, or in any city or town in thla State, 

Or within thirty (30) day@ &tU r88ialAg 

or being b~Sd88~b from l ny 8UOh OffIce, exoept 8 notary publlo, or who la a ekndld8te 

for OfiiOe, or who ha8 80t paid hi8 Foil Tax, 

shall aot a8 jod&e, olerk or 8upuYiror of 

Our@) 

The undermoored part 0r said artlole maker it very 

olenr th a t l pu8OA oannot sot 88 ohlrman or member oi 8Ar 

4l8trIot, 0oMty 0r olty l xaoutlre oorlttee of a polltloal 

party who la a oandldate for 8 01~11 offI00. It, thertior0, 

logioally iOllOU8 that when ruoh a oomilttewtan beoorus a 

osndidnte for 8 olvll offI he hn8 by hi8 oral 80t dISQU8liried 

hlaself troa further serving his party as 00aaittuinan Ed his 

polltioal 0rfi00 0r oomitteoiman lQ80 raOtO beeoaes maant. 

ThS SMWU to TOW SMOAd qW@tiOA 18 OOntrOlbd by 

Art1010 3110, Herlrod Civil Statutes of Texas, AOtS of the 1st 

called J~SSIOA, 1905, at p. MO: 

Herr shall br for l aoh politioal party 

requlrrd by thin law to hold prlmry l lrotions 
EoAOrabl. SU hiA, PagO 4 

primary rleotion day; the oountp ohalman by 

the qualified voters of the whole oouaty, 

executive oomlttor of sll dirtriots of which 

hi8 OOUnty 18 d part, afta the di@triCt comlttse 

thus forsrd shell eleot ite o?iA ohalrmn. m 

raoanoy in the offloe of ohalrmn. oounty or 

rmclnct. or MY membu of auoh oomittee rhall 

by 4 !ssjOfity Tot, of 84 l xeoutlve 

%aI%~~~G The li@t of 4lection $oiAot ohaIrmen fm t e ooanty ahoirmn 80 elaoted, shall 

be cer?Affea by the oounty comentlon to the 

Oounty olork, 4lOAgUIlth the other AOllliB448 OS 

said party. Ii there are A0 ropuests filed tor 

04Adidat48 for oounty ati prsoinat ohdram, a 

blank apaae 8hail be left on the tlckot beneath 

the d48igntAtiOB Of eUCh WSItfOA. Acts, lat 

C.b. 1905, p: 649." (Undereoorlng ours) 

This article outlllus the prOCedrp4 for the oleotion of the praoinot chalrmtn and the procedure for ri1lIng 

. rroanoy ln the ofilor. Acoordlngly, it M,Y be r i.Uea only 

by l le4tlon by the pop14 or, in Case of a faaancy, by elaotitan by the executive oonslttse. 

'he, thexWooe, reepeotfully advise that both puertIo)la, Nos. 1 nnd 2, met b4 answered in the negative. 

Very truly yours