OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bonimiblr Qordon C. Cam 

county AttQrnsJ 

Lampasas oounty 

Lsqasas, Tans 

Dssr Sfr: 

lsttsr ot Juno 

a8putPmt 0p0n 

sons nam 

for a perballot as a 

r0r rspressntat iv8 

math. sspT bsbs sufflolsnt to 

roper men~er?~ 

on*8 ~umetatea clvll statutes, 

assiring his name to appear 

allot as a sanaiaats for the 

id just100 or rasooiats 

ourt of Civil Appeals, or ?or 

rspressntatits In Gon~ss, or for Stats Ssaator, 

or for roprssentetlt*, or alstrlot JUap or ahtrlst attorney in rsprsssntstl*e or $aUlclsl 

alStriOt8 OQnrpOSOa Or POr8 tbaB OB8 OOMtYs 

shall ii18 With th0 ChrfZ7EfiII Oi i&C CXOOUtiTO 

00aitt00 0f the party for the aistrlot, said 

request with rorerenoo to a aanilidats ior a 

Stats ncmhatlon, or ii there k no ohlrmss 
i¬able Gordon C. Caqs, Pa&a 8 

o? such dtitrlot ereoutite osnmittas, thoa 

with the chalrman o? wash oouaty oo~poalng 

suoh dietriot, not latsr than the iirst Wnday In June pn~dlng ths gonual prinmrg. 

Such requests q llkewlse be filed not l,atrr 

than da date by any twenty-fivo qualiri8a 

rotors meldent within suok ~distrlot, s-86 

aa dull y b k newhd~lbmdlataly 4 4 . otter 8816 

date cmoh suoh dlstriat ohalrmaa shall carti?~ 

tho name4 of all gerscns SOT whom staOEP4qu48tS 

ban bwn tiled to the oounty shalrmmn o? *aoh 

county ooaposIn,g woh dIs$rIob." 

Iphls artioh pr0da08 th4t e aanaia8te w4ii iii0 

wltlt the ohairmn of the euoutive cmmittw* his wquhet to 

hate his PLUPB pleosd upon ths oflicial ballet, and pu dosin 

So know whother QT not daposit oi an ~>~pl&s%t&m iB propsr 

row ocmtainlng every attsr r0qtllrea b7 law In the fhttoa 

Staten mails ena re44Ipt by ths prepar otriber ti au8 time, 

may be 4458Iaarsd vIlIi@ witihfn t&W lbanfiy a? ArtIoAs SUB. 

as statd bp kdr. Justfoe Iloximna In mioaa i3tatss 

va. Lombardo, 841 U. 3. 73, 36 S. Ct. 306, 6Q L, Ed., 8971 

vho word vile* is a4m4a from ths 

latia ubra *ii t Ma wlatos to ths ansiont 

praotlo* or papore oa a thwad er wire 

for safe-keeping ai& roe4y refewnoe. Tills& 

It must be ob84mod, Is not ce~@eta until th. 

doouerent Is deliyand ,and r~40ired~.~ 

It will .bs observed that two element4 are eesoatiti 

to eQBstltuto "?111ag" of &B iJiS~OStt; vie. aemory to and 

rsoslpt o? by th4 proper o??lo4z. This Is wall .rstabiIshed. 

In T*xas. Real V. Alexander, 6 Ter. 6@r CIt7 o? Dallas t. 

B@man (0. 0. A. 19398) 18 Tex. C&V. h&q. SF&i, 48 s. w. 686; 

Brogaoka v. State, 68 Tex. Cr. B. 4T5 I.40 23. W. SS8; Wsst v. 

3tat0, 106 Tax. cr. R. 647, 8 S* w. fed) 571 

DIetriot Clark, (C. C. A. 1993) 65 S. ?i+ (8d 

f 

HQlb 7. wwa, 

3lElleokbux-n T. State (G. C. x. 1934) 7~2 Y. 8. 

368,, ‘1RIt zWamd# 

&d) 667* Br patio 

%?&;I ff37 Tex. Cr. B. 445, 77 fit. Vi. (8d) 178~1 W&Z V+ 

. ri. 193P) 108 3. W. 389. Sab afuo Poynor 1. Comtiesfor& o? ~tsrnal Aevau4 (0. C. 8. 6th elr,) 6L lr.4. (ad) 

681. 

~@m.4 th4 me*. d4posIt or all lr@SWmnt in tha unit46 

3t4644 ~llails Is not su??lcisnt to oea88itWo *?lfIn@ (;n. 9. v. 
33 

Ronorable Qoraon c. Cam, Page 3 

Lombardo, supra; Moores v. Stata, SO N. W. 225) reoelpt by 

wall within the proper time and by t.he proper o?fIoer Is a 

“f lllug” ) and the vehiole or egenoy by whloh the instrument 

Is tranauittod 1s Of no oonsequenoe. Is all oases the query 

Is, has the Instrument been raoelved and plaoed In the oustory 

of the proper offloIal. Moorer, Y. State, 06 Ii. W. 225; Swaeneg 

v. City of NOW York, 225 N. Y. 271, 122 N. E. 843; O’Hesrn v. 

Rrloksou, County Auditor (S. Ct. Mlnh. 1022) 152 i&m. 3449, 

188 W. W. 736. 

AS stated in Swesney v. City of New Yor&, supra, 

“The varb ‘to ills1 my be used In rarlbus 

senses. When, as in thfs statute, It la eald 

that a paper suet be riled with au otflwr, the 

r4QUirOaent le at leaat oowplled with when the 

party dellrers that paper to the orfleer at his 

o?flolal place 0s bualhess aa thsrs 1~~08 It 

with him. Whother ha does this uersonally or 

by ml1 Is. we think. lanatar 1. so long as 

‘it is aotualkr n00ivOam. ~Un~er*oorIng ours) 

In aooord with thls statement of the law Is Oonmnwealth v. O’Bryau, Utloy & Compan~r, lb9 Ky. 406, 155 9. W. X1.26. 

In Stat.0 4x rel. O*I&arn v. Eriokson, Gount7 Auditor, 

supra, a aandldate ?or tbs offlee Q? State Reprosentativs mailed 

an appliOat%OB to have his B~QU phOOa on tha ballot on the last 

day for legal rilfng aad it was not reaelvrd until the rollswlng 

day. Ths oourt held that the da7 tho appllsstion was aotual17 

reoeited by the proper O??Is8r was th0 day It was filed. 

Consapuently, It Is the opInlon of this departmnt, 

and you aro respeatrully advised tht whm nn appllsatlon 0s 

a oandiaate to have his nanw plaoed upon the primary ballot In 

propar form and oontainlng every mattar requ&red b7 law Is 

tranamltteathrough the UBitOd States mall8 ana la reoelved by 

the proper OffloOr within the time allowed by la~;lt IS 

!'?lledR within tha msaning of r;rtiole 3112, VO~BOB'S Annotated 

CIvIl strstutes. 

APPROVECJUN 26, 1940 Very truly 7ours