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

**l&q 89,**  1939Hon. ?%rks Z. :.'cElchael, ?.!a~ 29, 1939, Page 2

or vote for, or ooafimi the appointment to ady office,pooslt.S%m, olerkehlp,esuploymont or duty, of any person relatedwithin the seocmd degree by aitinlty or within the third deffree

by oonsangutnlty

to tho person so eppoint in& or so voting, or to any other mew ber of eny such board, the Legislature, or court of whioh suoh person so appointiq ar VOti~8iay be (L

rsmber. when the **663tUFy, fees,**  or ooqmmatian **af** uuoh appointee **la** to **be** paid **for** dlmtly **or .ipdireatly**  out **4f or**  **from pabiio**  **ihaas 4r**  

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aet out. The oompeneetlon which say be ollo3wd to the awputiea,aaoistmts or alarks above named for their 5omico6 shell be a reasonable one, nat toeeroeed the rollouingtXUOUU&6t.r..* Thiede~~~+~&heere~~ruledthetti. appolntnent

of a relative of the ocul66lo~~~rs* aourt b7 another oounty **otiiaer** as a deputy is uot in violatlgnof ths pepotleei

leu **and** that the feot thet the,a&eioneret ootmt sets the ntimber of deQutl66 to be appointeddoes uoteaouuttoa aonflmmti~ofth~aypoinWatt.

On **Februa~** 9, 1938, tbi6 **eu 0phla0**  by **HOD. R.**  **0,** Wat4r6, **eml,** that it **was** not a 

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with Artl6le %9OS, **R-4** Civil 8tatUte6of Tew. OnIkroh 6, l%S,'thl6 depu'tamittheld in~6iL oplnloaby ROD. 0. a Kennedy; Ibsl6t6ut Attorney (knanl, ~ad~y~eriiiib616aiirot.ocwsinoimcbth4 %ia&er6 ot the Od66iC6W2’6’ oourt utdd not be ~X'Ohibited~ fmsa ser vin g

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l ppolotaeatbythe 6h6rlff +10&tethet6m6 of *lole4SS,F6a6l CodeofTexu,or the allomuae of hle'eeleryby the oaral8eioaere* court ooastltutea vlolatlonoi such nep6t&66 Zaw boaau6e the oomtqlssldnere*

court did not eppolnt or rote for or aontirm Ti,,nt of ey,dsputy ahsrlff.

On September 21, 1935; this dewmtment held in au opinionby Hon. Joe J. Aleup, AesletantAttorneyGeneral, that a perwh related to $ho oounty judge in the **prohlbf** tive degreemar serve a8 deputy clerk end the faat thatHon. Parks 6. FoC'ichael, By 29, 1939, Page 4

the cat-z&?isloners* ocurt sets the number of Geputles to be aprointcd

does not amount to a conflrrmtlon. This dwpartmenthold on Eeaember29% 1936, in en oplnicn by Ron. Wllllem ~~oCrew, **Attorney** &mere1 **of Texea,**  **that the**  erpointnwntof an uncle of one of the zmzbcre of tho ccumlsslcneret ocurt a8 e:mistant dl?frictattannepwns not a violationof tha nepotieni 1s~; cf tlw state of Texas.
On Jul7 6, 1939, thie departwaitheld in an oplnlonby Ilan.

Ji H. Broedhuret,

Aselstent.

**Attoraa** General, that eppolntmentof a relative of the **OC6I&6lOU~** arat ocurt by another oount7 aiiloer ee **a** deput7na not in vlolatlonof tlb8 nepotism 3aw. U&rtheprmUlans ofhrtloleS902, Revleed Civil Statutes the crow&y ortioer dealrIngdeputlea, make8 ~tbe

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IBanallerto7ollrrirlwtqtraa%lan,Jou~irera6peotfullyadvl6edth6t it is the api6bn ofthi6bp6rtrent that it la aat a 

### vloletlfm 0r the wpotlm law for the dletrlat olerk to appoint a deput7 dlstrlotalerk who if3 a sister of the eating eqmty judge ab the eount7. You are furtherreapeatful37advlaedthet It iethe apinion of this departmentthat in aueh @ease the eomlaslonera* aourt does not ocnflrm the appolntetent.

Bllth rer'erenoe

to pour second questlonifou ere respeotfully

advlsad that this departwnt hes repeatddl.7 ruled thvt relatlcnshlp **by** aff'inity

Inaludesonly the **re** letlonshlp

of the husband to his wire's blood kindred or!lon. %x-k6 E. ~?clr'lohasl,'May 29, 1939, Page 5

relntiviskip cf the w;ifeto the hur;bcnd*n blood kindred, cm? that.

person related only by affinity tc the husbbnd are net relatedto the wife and vioe.versa phrsons reIntedonly by ailinityto the wife are not re atcd to i thr: husband. We respectiully rerer you to the opinion of this department. written February 16, 1918, by &xi. c. A. Lwoeten,Assistant Attorney General. kffinity is the tie wl&h exists between one member of'

a marriage and the blood relationsoi the other member; it arlsee in aonsequenoa0S a marriage. 8 W fur., 300.40. i

There i8 no atrinltybotwoon the 

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On SeptaOmr 26,1998, this **deparkarat lmM**  in anoplnlonby Hod, R. f.Oray. AssistantAttorney General,that a dlstriatolork oould not employ amhi deputy the wife of hip wife.8 fatbe, aaid wife not kirig the mother of the We of the dlstrlot olerk, and would be in the prohfbltivodegree mad the same affectiverelatlmshlp by.nW3,nit.y: l'hls opinion is hersby axpromly overruledand vithdrrrro,

You are therefore **respectfully** adrise that in answer to your stoond question it. is the opinion of this departmentthat-thedlatrfot clerk ia not relatedby affinity to h1.e

s8ep-mother-in-law.You are 

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advised that it la the opinion of this **depnrt** sent that the difstriat olerk would not violate the nepotismthe 1~ in en?loying MS mid stop-mthcr-in-law as his a.cpty.

are 2ustin!- that tI?ls nnfiwers

year inquiry, we

Very truly yours