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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

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In the brief aoooaaoying 

### pur letter you ralre the queetionot 8 OoBfAIot b0tw00B 

### ArtiOh gQ40, Revl80d Civil iitatutea,and the rosunm of A. 0. Opinion No. 0-BiW8 round in 

### theNayisrue of **Attornol** 

### tiaorcl* a Opinion **tieports.** 

### ._ Tar m oonrenl8noe we fir00Bolorlng 8 copy of raid **OpiBiOB,** 8 **study** of wh10h will explain **the** slightly lnietadfng prune. , ..

COPY first **qUe@tiOa 18**  Sully 8nmerod by our OptAniOn

NO. 

### 04818, rhloh read@ ir wrt; 701~ latter rrqu88tlngthe 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;rOhirsan befor@ th8 Sl~OtiOA, Sboo;L6hS MkS the 

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### AAI l ll&lblo

### perma IU~boaomoaodUbat0 to? th8 OfitS@ OtDOpr@88AtAtiVO inth@ 

### StatekgislatAr8 AAd h8ro his name prints& **Up00** th0 ballot, **tldU8 IOU**  **StatUtS Of**  tb atat0 

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'WiWthU W a06 th. -rO ORAdidSOr Of th8 OhlrMn iOr 

### anothor ofiloowould 1~80 hOtO a8 Mtter Of bw taOat hi8 Offi @? oouatJ ohairman, wo rued motdeolde aud a0 not &elde. 'Ib'e find nothing in ths statutesnor 

### In thed001810~8 that roti mkr Ohm presmt oountr ohairman o? your oouaty ineligible for lnothrr offloe to **be** fllI8d at the qiproaohing prlm8ry 

### l lSOtbA,

**Or** that **WOUl6** &WVOAt hi8 mm be

### prkte6 upon tho 

### ballotsat the appro8ohing oleoTho oploloa rrm rhloh we have &at qwt86 holila that it ii AOt **AeOOSSW~** for a 04UBty OhliriWA t0 

### firstrOSi&A **y&ai?~anShip** b&on b 

### sABOuAoe8as a 

### OaA4ldatOiOranother

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

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### r808terhis obrlnaan8hlp nhm ba beooues a 

### oandldate. 

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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 

### thlaState, 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 artlolemaker it very olenr that

l pu8OA oannot sot 88 ohlrman or member oi 8Ar 4l8trIot, 0oMty 0r olty l xaoutlre oorlttee of a polltloal 

### partywho la a oandldate for 8 01~11 offI00. It, thertior0, logioallyiOllOU8 that when ruoh a oomilttewtanbeoorus a osndidnte 

### for 8 olvll offI he hn8 **by** hi8 oral80t 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 llrotionsEoAOrabl. SU hiA, PagO 4

primary rleotion day; the **oountp** ohalman **by** the qualifiedvoters of the whole oouaty,

**executive** oomlttor of sll dirtriots ofwhich hi8 OOUnty 18 d part, 

### afta the **di@triCt** comlttse thus forsrd shell eleot ite o?iAohalrmn. m raoanoy inthe 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 ohaIr

### menfm t e ooanty ahoirmn 80 elaoted, shall be cer?Affea by the oounty comentlon tothe 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." (Undereoorlngours) This article outlllus the prOCedrp4 for the oleotionof the praoinot chalrmtn and the procedure for ri1lIng

. rroanoy ln the ofilor. Acoordlngly, it M,Y be 

### ri.Uea**only** byl 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