OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLLRS 

*won”rr GR(mm. 

tiouonblo tolm C, k,rrbur@r 

coulty Attorney 

ayette CouAty 

OpiAiOA NO. o-694 

ii.: Doer e ooamty Ju 

ooUAt#, who iO 4 

Your ngurat ror 0~1: op 

wada aa rollour: 

rubjaot aettrr Ia 
tlorh John C. ;arburaor, P-w* 2 

Article 602 of the Pow1 COQI nadr 66 follow8$ 

"'~4 Oouutr Judge in thlo,stute nko 6L612 ymotloo 

or oitar or ottoapt to pmotbu 66 at attorney at 

I&W h ANY CUXTY COUti'2 02 COUiiT iii' AJLI.TI& L;Y 

TiCki ?&AC% rhrll bu fined not 1686 ttin 01.16 hundrrd 

&or AOW tuui flta hwdrd! doLlrmb.* 

.artlcle tO3 of the iwi61 Codo reada e6 follow~t 

*'&e abaw mzitloned autt~ltloa of iilarlah vu 

.ic.ritu mid L;hop~& va Ltnte crp%esly !dd twt the 

county JuaEci lo tutlorizod to p-octl6u law ic th 

ls6trlot oourt. 6T911 1E hia OllI: CouAt~. siIl&&~ 

tits QP~O of :lorlch t6 State show nrtlozsd lc 

bs@o& on tha ground thathl6 oourt Ime mlthdr 

origbal 110r mgyalbtb ju.r:odlofloc Of suoh &istriot oourt cu6o6. 

Wy ta8 6tpm66 prori6lo.n6 of at1010 319, ii. c. ii., 

the county Juti la prr&tted to praatloa 3.6~4~ a 

oounty or ;u6rio6 oourt, 6wvi in his oun aoUaty provided, howcrur, thcrt 59 owl% would nfire oeltiaur 

origlnel xmr tqpellatu JurlaiIiotlou. At ti:i6 the 

I oancot ~10611 Jurt what ty&m of 0686 tt would bo in 

the Justlao oourt, but the at6tuto porldar ror ruoh 

6 6ltwtlon. 

*i'pQ1 a rwdk& 0r tnu aborr cjaotod str,tutoe, 1t lr 

4y oprnion that fi16 Low oantm Lat66 thnt a county juW3 

46 not yroialbikd fmci ptsOti$ if ag 16U in 6Qy OoWt, utlee6 1% ir 6 oourt trm whlah ha ~63" hav6 an 6lwtiW 

JU&-i6dioUon or b 6666 ia WhiCA ho h66 Ori.&6l. JUrf8- 

dlotloA* ~artalnly !a hoe ~0 0rlglnrL or eg&alLate 
Jd0a~oti4p 0s 8 0880 fiba in mother 00uy. emlair it uould ba ln a aaae rhora a lab or prirllo&a 

~0uLk d l ~8ta 04 aa , 0s 00~~ % w& Oa h Iaot 

l ltuatlm, tha Cotmtr Sudga ahould not l aorpt am0 

loymant. It la thoraion nrf o~inloxi that tba County 

uA88 may praatiae &u ln any turtlea or oounty aourt 

Of l notha? ~aountf l o4pt in 01aea *here a ploa of 

prfrilaga la l uaUlnabk.* 

Tha l tatutea retwrod to by you are the 0~4 atatutra that 

6aoL with t&o cuecrtion rubaittbd, and lt la our opSnnion that pow 

iutarprcrtation th8r00r la oorrsot SOT the sollowing c00aona1 

lfi 16% th% l5ti L%&l818LtUO j@aSb%A the SollOWiui; 18~: 

"&Ci;TI& 1' Be it l naotd by tho io&deture 0r the 

iitdfa 0s ftua~, mot it rhe3.l not b,r imul for the su&e 

cd any County Court oi’ thin Strto to yrrroties 08 au attornby or counrelor-at-law b any 0r tm county Court8 

or courts or tar ~uatloc’~ or tti.o aaoo 0r thin stst0, 

afia ouy County J&v *Do map violate th* prooialo~a or 

tsa 80t ehdl be ouiltf or l tira0~anor, aid upon 

oonrlotlon t;aoreof, in My oourt of ooap6tmt Jurladlotiou shall be punlrtnd by ILco cot 1088 t&m one 

hu~(lraG mr cnre thau fire huuAnA Aollerm l n4 lri 

af34ut0t tncr*t0, UMI~ b0 r0=0r0a fro;;: O~OO. 

o&i&, & ithoraaa, no law non mtiata prohibitCounty Jut@%8 raotiaiug ea l ttorn~fa-at-law in. tha 

iauaty ona es(~ P l trata*a Court8 of thla utOt.0, wh+rebJ’ 

aah 00nrtdan rsaulte, thus orastln6 a l nmr6onoy, 

and an ~ptmttif% publio neo~aaitf that tiilr l ot c.0 

into l rfmt at once1 ther o fo rta h la l ot ahall tab 

4rrO0t 8d w in m00 mm ~1 d 8rtOr it8 pd80668.* 

(p. 216, ~ewe ot mtia, 1876) 

mo 1tita &~irlatu*re, In a +Ndel ze;e8lOfi lis 1875, [;;. 12, 

&W8 Of 8bia 3&aOOial -88iOR) Uteridad A&i010 1136 Or th ;ceVi#d 

civil Ltatutoa of 1879, l aopt~a,P%bruery 21, 1679, 80 that aacm 

ruea en iollowa: 

*‘Artlo& ll36. Gounty judp.r* in tilo8. oouRt~oa 

wt~rdn the oitil or orbabal juri84$etiOn Of tL* 

county oourta hea bean or mey Mroettar bs aimhL%heb 

ahall ha16 thu rigat to preotio* 88 l ttunoya ln all 

Justioea* and county oourt8 la obH8 whersln the cmUt@ 
r(aa. John 2, ;:arburpr, 3~0 4 

ova rhloe may pnaldo huvo nolthrr or 

9 

ha1 

palAata juriaalotloo, prorlbed th ny l ra 

nor l p 

loamad lawyor8. ’ 

wit. 2, iihemaa, undrr the oonatitutlon the 

pmnnt aaaalon OS tha Lwlalatun La limltsd to thirty 

data, a paat portion oi rhloh haa already l rplredl~ and 

wh a r ea aen&w , l xlatl4q la ne a o u~tf juagea a n 6q wlr ed 

OS praotloing in oouaty and othor Worlor aourta, tlrerofore, an l aurgrnof l ib tb and an lmpantlre pub110 nao%a, 

l ltf daaaoda the eua nalon Or tno o0LiatitutiwaL rula 

whleh rr~uirtaa a bll r to ba rcrad on three l oraral bay8 

and that tnia lrr take l rreot and b* in roroo from ana 

aire it8 paaaega, and it la a0 onaotoa.- 

it uaa ari4aat~ tha yurj~ocr of tha Lagial,etturr, lu peaakr6 

m laat abovo quoted l tatuta, to rapal ttla atatuto pa888a bf 

tha 15th Lo~lalatur*r meklng it wdentul for a oounty Ju&p to 

gmotlaa lan in any oouctf or juatior oourt in ao rer 08 w 

apgUed t0 08888 rhweln tho c@&rt over whloh a oOUaty Jua,ga 

prsaidaa ma nolthrr ori&inal nor rp 

xoweror, the atetute peaboa by the 1 Y 

ilato $wia6lotlon. 

th LA&laht.uir wan alao 

rsrrlod into the 1879 mririon of the oitll &tatutoa se Alrtiale 

236, and the part theeor ral&tiVa to the pruotioo of 16;~ bf a 

oouty Juc1g6 raad8 88 fououar 

-. . &or aball w oounty Judge be allowed to 

appear end proof100 ea an l ttornay at law in my of 

trio aouaty oourta or aourta 0r tit0 juatlaoa or tha 

pa808 in thin 8kto.w 

to flrrd that both of t&eat atatutaa nave boat carried into 

tba rarloua ra*~alona of our oivil and orlAna l tatutba until 

thin data, ana appear AOI an lutiolea bG2 =a 603 of our i~sml 

Cods and hrtlalo 319 oi our ii41virrd Cl*11 Statutaa. .Tala altul tlon oofbea althin tha rule 0r law leld dour. ln 39 Ter. Jux., 

aeo. 139, p. 26&, which rode an follower 

*. . .But it la petiaalbla to go boUta tha 

adoption or 8 oode ror aid in ad0eitie tne intentlon 0r thr kslalaturm &I napoat of an UabUuoua prorlaloa. aid au-0 two oonrliatiti~ grovialone, onaotoa at dlrfwent tiiwa, are brou&ht 

forurrd irto a oonpilatlor It in proper to emaIm 

tba orl&ial aota co l rrtro at tao trw ICItarA 

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705 

ym. Jozn 2. 1;erburuor. pmee 5 

Than la no qi%atioa but tnet tho pmlialofia of nrtiolo 

@0l or our Pa&41 cod0 are la 00arli0t with ti.0 pr0rlai0na 0s 

Utlolo i&3 of our ronal Code and Artlolb )19 or our Barlaod 

clrll setutoa. -rbwom, bin00 trjr orl&nal rota ahow thbt 

t&a Lo&alatura inmia0d for tha rortalona of 8816 laat nenrsd 

gfllolab to oontrol it la our op L ion thet a oountf JuQa En 

*uthorlmad to praotfoe law in aw county or juktloe oourt In 

t,hla atata, *roe@ In 0aaaa whore Cha oourt over rhioh he 

pnal&a haa either ori6iaal or rpyolletr jurladlation. 

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