OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bonorabla 0. B. IAvnwo 

state AwAter 

Au8tin. Texw 

Deer UP. Ow-B~sa 

Le$g~slmIro, 

or bate the 

iB tb8 188 

erred to sata forth is 

sressed by the state 

ed state Auditor mha11 

experienae as 8 

aoountmt inmdiatel~ preoadt, and he rhsll bo a m of 

grity and moral ohvaoter ood 

tioient experienoo in bUriDOm8 

properly dirdl8rglJ the fullotioa~ 

of the otrioe. ES shall bW0 b#B S OitiWSS 

ad reaideat or rWb8 for at least fita ye8r• 

iopullrtel~ prlw.Alng hi* rppointrmt. 80 rdull 

qualify by trklng tbo aonstitutfoaal 08th et 

oifles aml eteputlng l bogd to be qprwad,by 

the eppointing pomr, pyeble to the Gwernor 

of the state of taras end his 8UEOMSOP8 in 

oftias, in the um oi Twenty-Sire ThhgosamI 

(@D,oDD) Dollars, aolditioned upon the tdtlb 

.* a,.,..., 0. 
643 

Bonorablo 0. 1. Catn4e8 * We P 

tul dieehargo of tb0 &tie0 of hi0 ottiee, rltb 

8 ae1teult surety eompaq 88 euretyr mr prom&m to the eurbty sompm~ ?or the neoutib~ et 

maah bodl ehall bo ptid by the State.* 

Ssotioa 11 of the Aat prwidee in pcrrt as tollo~et 

WI4 ?irst Aadetmd sat4 Auditor ehal1 

perform euob dutias and bee%pnents l 0 the 

t&eta luaitor my preearibe, and aball aat a8 

State Auditor ia the abeenoo of the Ctete 

Auditor l Au l udb ra4i8taat uditore ud 

l teno g r epand h ia aleriaal aeeietanto eball b4 

namd and appointed by the state Auditor, . ..' 

Seation la proridee in pact a0 tollo~ec 

*The Stete Auditor elm11 be free to 

l eleot th4 most ettiGi4nt pmsonnel 8rail*ble 

for eeoh and ever;r position in his otfloe, to 

the end that hemal reader to themmb4re of 

the Legielnture that oemlee H-&oh t&q here 

a right to Oxpect. . . . . The State Auditor 

is hsrsby authorised to conduct euoh proteeeionel sxaminetione as h4 may deem expedient 

in detsrmining the qualiPio4tione OS the pereons rhom he oont4mplatee pl8oing oa b&e staff.@ 

aeation 13 of the Aot providoe in part1 

*The gtmte Auditor WRY rewwe or dieoharge 

any assistant auditor or any mtenogaphia or 

olerioel assistant* at any time and for 0x17 

mesons l atiefaotory to himeel? end ritEout 8 

hearing." 

The above-quoted portion8 of the A8t oonatitut4 ~11 

that ~8 find in the Aot b44ring upon the ?lrot Aeeietant Stat. 

Auditor and the other seeistamt auditor8 la the St8te Auditor*8 

40pl0y. It will be obeenal that the Leglel8ture ha8 not l eem 

tit to prseoribe th6 qu4li?i4otione to be poeessemS w the 

Piret Ao~ietimt State lpditor, oc by any other l oeieturt auditar. TlmrePoce, the State Auditor ie free to data-mine the 

qualiiieatione he 4111 require of those whom h4 4mplqe. 

That the la4 provides that the First Aeei4tust State 

Auditor ebsll aot se State Auditor in the l be4no4 of the State 

Auditor does not milit8ts rgsinet the oonolneion expreeeei 

abore. us power and duty to sat ae Ctate Audltor in the l b- 
650 

aenereble c , II, cevneea * page a 

mnae 0P the Ctats Auditor is derived from him oeeupeaey 

of podtion 4? Piret Aesietent I&tote Aditor, to whioh 

oiYf44 or place tha L~gieletur~ hem sttaohtd the putboritr to aat am State Auditor IR the rbesmo4 of the Stats 

Auditor. Yailo a4t.ing am state hditor in the ebeenoe 

o? th4 Stat4 Auditor, the First Aesietent doee not hold 

the ofrioe ef State Auditor, but ie merely rcpowered ee 

Ylrmt Aeaietent State Auditor to exeraiee pro te the 

powers and duties atteched to the pcincipel otflae. 

Prertr v* aahnlut, alo 0. ‘Ir. i@31.