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

Eonorable L. Y:. **Van08** County **Attorney,** Titus County Etount r'leaaant,

Mxa8

Dear sir: 0pinlon No. O-6704 20: L;tooklaw elaotl (1) chore two 110 **requerrtlng an**  el event%n~ diftook iron rune Coarainslonern~

above telegram,we ae t **the** gueatloru atated date be answered **by**
on July **18, 19451** 

**! ELECTIOPrS**  **MAY** EIXCTXOK OFFISEE 'DPOLLO'~~

SmLOcx **L30 l.mx!l**  **v. ?nYs,**  **z93** E6~LIPAWE EEA11

A?D POL MAY 8E DO?!E

XP

8 for loos1 option **stook** law eleotionm under ate are contained in chaptera 5 and 6 of Title Civil **Stetutee** of' Texae. Artiole 093G and in ahepter 5 oonteln the spplioeble law with g such eleotione to prohibit tba running st large of hogs, nheep or goate, while **Artlola** 6951 and following artiolea ln ohapter 0 relate to euoh prohibition ~6 to hormss, mules, jeoke, jennets and cattle. 'r;ith rnferenoe to **the first**  **olaea ltloutlon,**  **the petition**  **for a**  **oounty-wide** eleotion **must be**  signed by *fifty irseholderew of **the ownty;**  **88** to **tla**I:onorable L. ~:. Vanoe - page 8

aeoond, the petition muot be elt-med by "one hundred (lOC) freeholders." For sub-dlvfslono of **the** oounty 8 different numbe,r of petitionera are remlred to Inetitute the elsatl~.

-p.;ith referwiocato par ilrst question, the oese of %ourlook f. G1nffat.e (Tax. Clr. ~pp., EeaunrOat) &a3 8. :zi.

~7, **oontcina** the follow&g statomntr

*The nourt **further** found that tl.e eleot!on was **'50** irreguiar in the .xanmr of holdln(r and oo:rduOtifig th@ aaCe na to render the result thereof dlffloult,, if not doubtful, 

### of aaoerta?nmnt and 

### that, l

### ad $5 end 8hould be decrleredilleRa and roiQ.* Just r&at mettera and thi,aga oonnaotad wltr:th, holding of s@fd eleatlon the oourt desrwd *lrr*gular ia the ~slmer of holding and omduotinp the sane’ we era notodrlaed, but YO think it my be fairly implied from his rindlnga OS hot (1) that one set of l leotion otZf.oora oonduotad and hali%the two l leotloaa at the eema the and plaoa; sad (8) 

### that Only One fora Of ballot
wae uaad for the two eleOtlon8, ware regarded aa irre&arltlea and iarmed the basis of the oourt'a holdin& It**la** l **bown that**  **the order**  **ior t&**  llmeblon appointed the aame person to hold l aoh alootlon, an4 that two balld)ax~8 wmro provided and awd la rrhioh to doposIt the baalOt. The ballota voted fn **deter** tintng whetter hmaas, MAO., and thoao rote6 to determlam whothor ho&a, oto., should ba yermltted to run at lsrge, were dag08itea in l eperete box05 - not In any mm&or mixad - v*re oo::ntad oaparately, and ylaoed in 

### sepcratereturn envelopes, am3 saob ddentlfi*d aad 

### pointedout **ugca t&s**  **twfel.** 

### It **is** not oonhnded **thot** any oo::rr;elon

erase in the matter nor is them any dfaputi aa to the oorraot tabuladon **and** report of
**tto vote.**  me ballot umd, it Is true, wes l5 Iox% the ~UKWJ

for each eleotion, but the atetuta8, ArtiOLO 7~18~ greiorlbing the forla of 

### the ballot to be u-d in toting to determine whether hogs, ehaep, and e=tS should be 

### permittedto run at large, and artlole 7E45, preaorlbln~ ths form of the brrllotto be uaed 10 VotinC, to dst.intlne

whettier



### or not 

### horses,Rides, **Jaoka,** 

### j*nneta, end cattlb should ba **psrm?nitt@d** to J‘UD at l,aWe, aaob prasoribea that -
"*Votern deslrinq to **prevbst the**  **aaixMfS deei&-**  nated fn **the** order frum tunnfq kitl,aree~~11 alto* upon thbfr bel]ots the ~~:orba, "For the atook law", aridtrio

e In favor of alLowin@ suoh **animals** to Pun at &are* shall gleoe upon thair bal.:utz the words,F?onorsble &. :Y: Canoe - ps~e 3

wA@ztnst the etook lawrM*

"The aourt found that thme rorda wre on 

### all the ballots. So 

### the ballots aozplied with the 16~. The undimputed feats do not su;:port the oourt~a holding that from the mmner of holdIn and OODduotlng tha l

leotlon tbe result warn dlffloult or doubtful of a80ertaInmnt.g



### It will bi noted that the srtiolos or 

### the atetute referred to In the oourt*8 

### oplnlonawry 

### the number or t4a 1911 reri6ion of the mtetufe; 

### theywre brought forwsrd 

### in the 1925 revision unohclnged, aa Artiols# 6935 and 595C, Rsriaed Civil stetutefl, 

### In the oaae 

### of Lyle8 v. t&yer (Tsr. Cir. App., 38n Antonio) 293 

### S. ‘i;'. 295, the oaurt aaids

"The pro+isIOaS a8 to preventing ho&s, 6h#p, and poets from running at lcr@ are oontafnsd in obapter 5, wfiI3et4oee applyIn& to 

### home8 muleo, 

### jaoks, j.nnets, and oettlo we aet forth in ohaptor 0 of the Stook Law. In most reapeots they oo:.tein tha @am reQutiezent8, and In Article 6943 of Chapbm 5 injury ti treqmralng borres, mules, 

### jonnets,**jrcke,** and oattle arc le~i~latud againat; hog@, sheep and &oat8 

### net boln@ nmotioned. Article 8044 return8 to the latter l

nlml8. Chapter 5 requlmo a 

### potitlon of 2Q freeholdern 

### to obtain 

### an rleotionin 

### 0 subdIrIaIon of 8 oountg *Bile ohapter 0 rOQuIrea bC frerholdersi The two 

### obapteraHeie 

### enacted et dIi.;erenttiaes. C'esee no reason ubp the 

### two e&otions provided 

### tor oould not be combined 60 as to permit the freeholders 

### to exyren8 tbelr desire6 a6 to all olrseee of @took nrcmtlonedIn the two chspters.w



### In view of the excerpts above quoted, it Ira our Opinion that your first 

### queetitxa should be, an4 It la 

### aaswred in 

### the efTlr:mtire. xt t3houia be notad, howmr, th0t In the 

### rirot

cam afted and caoted 

### the Oourt took aaie to point Out th5t there were two sepsrste beliots with ihe bsl:ots on the dl.frerent hsueo huvlne been depomltad in eagereta bO&eo, thus ;3ekin~alear and qerbia the result 86 to the two CLi~tInOt

### HoaarableL. Ii. 

### Vanoe - page 

### 4

almmtlonrbming 

### held by t5e mmme 

### alaotlonorf~oImlaat tbo ~ma!Ea 

### tilae.Xn your omae, therefore,thomaholdin&the eleotionmmhouldrxaroIseoar8 

### to avoid error or Ooniualon.

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### pummtlon the iollowing Is 

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## sot permit US 

### to 8uStalnthe oontontioa oi 

### the l tmta 

### that on. pub

### li6Stlonof the nbfloemat8 tbadoman Of the law. Xn~aduptlng

tlm 

### oonmtruation

of tJim

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rarm4anta te 

### uhiuhr~feeou6 ha8 beeli amae,, I$Bust be gild Plmt 

### theqaaing of t&o 

### &abrrW 18 

### that She aotlae

### 8hall be pubiiab4 

### awing et 

### lmt ~tblrty dayr beforeth8 

### ait or d80,ti0a. st8tbd In r.uliro~nt way, th4 

### not188



### ia ehereroJ~~~~?y~~ olrcn#dlkUW quamtlon,theti 

### publlomtlonii l 

### wbekllpqar'lm l 

### utf o on , iFP-~ prorIde 

### the same 

### Is ountlnwd Sor 

### the nqulrad 

### laagthOS tiPI. Artioloa6984 and 6969 Oi thS-,RSviSOd (lilt1 SktUka praaarlk.thi taraSend oonb~tlonr,ot publioStlon

no~aamary, 

### and are 

### l ubatmatimllyIn thehImntims1 

### lmn@~S@. The holding

or 

### the oourt In trio ou~~&qomn 

### thermtorbanlwta your qlleatIon.

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