**OFFICE OF**  **THE Al-I** **’ ORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  

### TEXAS

**AUSTIN**

Honorable R. A. YoRlrath Oounty Auditor Cooke County Galne~~lllr, Texas

Dear Slrr Oplalon Nor

/ **lour** requert 

### toropinion haa oarefully oonaidsred by this depar request a8 tollowzr your

*Artlo 1650, ot the 44th Legislature appolntmnt, 

### bythe din asaIetant8 to oountf au In thlr law with retere sIatant8 end ~oour/i&l

ties where only one aealrrtant sslatant shall be authorized

tier az are required by law ot the County Auditor. In oountles In rhIoh more then one aselatant ehall be appointed, the County Auditor maydrslgaate the aselztant rho ohall be authorized to aot 

### torhim **during** his, **abrenoo** or unavoidable detentian. All ot aaid assietantr rhall take the usual oath ot ottier tor talthful pertormnnoo ot duty and may **be re**  quIred to gIre suoh bond aa the Oounty Aualtor mq 

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dotrrmlno whloh bond shall be paid tor 

### bythe ooun

### tyandehall run 

### Intator ot the oountr 

### andat the Oouatr Auditor (IOtheir 

### ~Intereet mayappear.

The Qounty Auditor shall preparo a llet ot the 

### number

ot doputlee **eought** to bmappointed, 

### their dutlee, qualltIoatIone and rxperlmoo and the l alarIoe

to be

### paidwoh, and ehall or&J the llet to the Dletrlot Judge, or In thr wont at more than one Dlotrlot Judge In thr oouuty, 

### tothe 

### Dlotrlet

Judgee, 

### andthe 

### Dietriot Judge or 

### theDletrlot

fudge0 ehall then oarrfully oonelder the 

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pplloatlon tor the appointment o? raid aeeletantr and maysiakoall **aoo*eeary** Inqulrles oonoernIng the qualItIoatlone of the person8 nemed, the poeltlone **sought to**  bo tll~~d and the **reaeon** ablrnree ot the ealarlee requeeted; andii, atCor euoh oonsidentlon, the Dletrlot Judge, or In the event of more than one Dletrlot Judge **a** majorItJ

**or** the DIetrIot Judge8 ohall approve &heappointaunto sought to bo mado or an? nmb8r thereof, ho or t&y ahall preparr a llet ot the appointee8


### eoaproved and

### thmealarke 

### tobr paid rach and oortP fy l ald llet to the ComIeelonere Oourt of l ald oounty. The Oommleelonare Court shall thsreupon order the **amount** paid **,trom** the Osneml Fund ot raid oounty upon the pertormanoo ot the 08n

### lorel and l ald Cottrtehall approprlata adequate iundofor the purpoee# pzorlded that the total numberot aeeIetante allowed to ELUY munty under thle Artlolr ehall not l xoeed two (2) aeeIetanta 

### Inoountlee

having leerthan tltty **thOU0Md** 

### (50- 000) Inhabitante, one assistant in oountlea ha&g not leer thn **fltty-three** thoueand, nine hundred and 

### thirtpelr(53,936)andnot 

### morethan

### tlttp tour thoueand (54,000) kabltante aooordlng to tha last preordlag bderal Cmeue tour 

### (4)aeeIetante in oountlee having between tifty **thOU8and** (50 000) **and** one huadred thoueand (100 000) inhabItante 01x (6) aeeletaute la oountlee harlng between oie hundred thourrand (100 000) end 

### on0 hundred and tltty thousand (150,0&O) Inhabitant*, ten (10) aeeletante in oountlee hating between

one huu&redand titty thousand (150,000) andtwo hundred and seventy-tire thousand (275,000) lnhabitante., and fltteen (15) aeeietMte in **OOUntieO** hati 7 more than two hundred and seventy-tire thouaand 275,000) Inhabitante, in aaoh Inetauoa **aooord** Ing to the laet preoedlng or any **tuturr** Federal

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Honorable R. **A.** MoXlrath, Pagr 3

Ooneue, exoluelre In eaoh Inetanoe ot the tlret aeeIetant, end euoh temporary aeeIetente as maybo needed In oaeoe ot bona tide earrgenolee, the number ot suoh tamporary aeeIstante, their ealarIee and the duration ot employment to be reoommended by the County **AudStor** but to be datarminad by the Dletrlot J-e or 

### bya majority ot the Dletrlot Judges as the oooaelon mayrequire, provided in oountlse hating thrre hundred and thirty thousand (330,OCO) inhabitants or more 

### aooordlng to the last preordlag 

### oranf tuturo Federal **Census** In like **mower** the Judges of the Dletrlot Courts may authorize the appointment ot additional regular aesletante when in their judgment a neoeselty exists therotor. The Couuty Auditor shall have the right to dleoontlnue the eenloee of any aeelstant employed in aooordsnoe with the pro+leIone ot thle Artiolr, but no aeeletant shall be employed exoept In the manner herein Judge or Dletrlot Judges gIoprorlded. The Dietriot ng consent to the Auditor to appoint an aeelstant or aeeIetente shall annually havs the right to withdraw euoh oonsent, 

### andohange the number ot aeeIetante parmittsdr

-_ “TheCounty Auditor shall **be authorissd**  **to**



### prorlda

himsalt with all neoeseary ledgers, books, reoorde, blanks, stationery, oqulpmsnt, telephone and postage at the oounty’e expense, but-all purohasee thereot shall be madein the 

### mannerprovided tor by law. (As mended **Aote** 1935, 46th Leg., 

### p.763, oh. 333, a 1.)”

Thr above quoted statute prorldee no age **requlre** mento tor aeeletant oounty auditors. Ye hare been unable to tin& any statute whatever requiring age qualItloatIone tor euoh aeeIetante.

Wequote iron 34 **Texee** Jurleprudenoe, p. 345, as tollowe:
* In so tar as thr with tb’gtter It is held d6oIeione have dealt that both minor6 andwomenOMbe deDutr oleik;,*and a WomM’eaIfglblllty lo not atteoted **by** 6s taot that she Ie marrlod.” (Undereoorlng OUrO)Honorable R. A. MoElnth, Page 4

The oaae ot Harkreadrr v. State, 33 S, W.117, Texas Court ot Criminal Appeals, holds that a minor maylrgaily serve as a deputy oounty olerk.

The oaee of Delsnoy v. State, 90 3. Vi.642, Texas Court of Crlrclnal Appeals, holds that a deputy dletrlot olerk need not be a qualltled voter andmaybe awomfm. This oaae cited the Harkreador 08~8, eupra.

Youare reepeotfully advlaed that it lo the oplnIon of this department that a minor maylegally serve as assistant oounty auditor.
Very truly yours
A7Zl'CXGT

GENJBAL

OFTEXAS

BY %L J. Fanning

Assistant