OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Gerald C. Mann AUSTIN 

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Be: IJJD~@ faoto rubmlttod 

Your letter of Fe 

oplnlon of this dopartmnt on 

read8 in Port aa follovo, 
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Bon. Joe c. Oladmy, p&a 2 

barn ouvhlly 60xwd.m your mquwt in oolnwotlon~ithOtDO~kb.0-~,0~00l~ o+J2# am3 tb 

authorltiea 4it.d in mmh opla%oaa. 

usdonotthinktbtolw0phlonIk.0-5024&aadug 

apPllaat$ontu tbqw*tlom pmeentadlnyow%aquWy.Aa 

atatad ip your btbr, thl.8 Wmrtdbeat held b Oplnlon 80. 

0500ltbt&~lr~,V~'*~tatedCiril8htubs 

vao 8 Mlllty. 
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Dlikrlot Attornmy," does not exist in t&se oountle8 oomlng 

vlthlntheprovi.8lon8.or8aldartlo&. 

Seation 21b .Wtlala 5, of tb 3t8te Constitution 

provides tcr tb oiiioea 0rooa attom arrddi8triotat 

toWJ. ItoxPro8slyauborizeBL~ioL~to~~ 

for tboleotionofdi8trlot,~ttommy8 in mohdlatrlota 86 

may b deemd mcesaary. Paah of ulb offly puwlded for 

p&e,meotioa of the Coastitutlon Is l o o nstitutio na l 

Wbbn~8Olg~ot~8p~Oia~8~ntor~ 

distr& attcmmy," it la olear that It refom to.8 “dlatrlct 

attoraey” vlth 8geolal f'umtlon8 OS povbn rrd dutle8. what&w 

the orbulnaldl8telot atiarmy l8 attokmy vho8e duty ir 18 

to 8enm8 "orlsllnuldl8triOtOourt,'orVfibtherh8 ia 8lmply 

o m vho ser vee 8 ldlstrlct o o urotî f a dl8trl.d o o isp ocr sed a 

single o o untit y b la imm utvneo etro adeuar y ldeIa either . 

ouae, the offloe webted ls a coastltutlonal offloe, ou9 

sapresa4 author;zedbytbs Constltutiontobeoreatml by the 

Isgl8lature aad such dl8trlct8 88 muy be deem moe8suy. In 

Seotlon5a of Artlole 326q, tb Lsgl8lalam expire884 dlsuvowd 

ths intention to oreate "any off ice. of district uttormy or 

otbr coastltutkmal offloe," tbbmt far lmob88lty 08xX& be 

say 

oonstnaed tobe u~oxaraise of tlaefrgirlative paver toomate 

"a oonatltutloPel offslie.* 

Itls'~tbbrLrsldino~:~inlonO~l"thotfb, 

Isglslutum doe8 not have fM .povsr :to mate 8wh 8tututory 

ofrloe lo aLad 8hun88ntlyoleaaintbd8olslonaf tb oouzd 

of this stute. Aztlole Sb SootIon 21r of the Cfwtitution, 

onates tb, 0Sfioe of oounty l tto r myud b mb ltb tlm oounty 

attormyths authority to repn8enttb State lnalloue8 in 

thedl&rictaM iaferlorcovrts lnhlsoounty. Itl8only 

vbn the Iaglslature -lse8 ths authority oonformd by that 

wotlonot tbOorrrtltutionto~~tbott~ofd~~ist 

Etto~yor~~dir~~t8ttonuyo~hoi tbreoartltutlonal0fr10.8 thut tb orrlce cf oouat attorney My bs 

abollab& or the pouera eaddutie8 00 13 l rmdby the Coxmtltutlon upon tbr oounty attorneys &ri&o&~* 

Uedo~tth~tbstitsur.kuidthat*bsnr 

person runs for and la elected ta the o%Ylo~ OS %riminal 

dicrtriat rtteney” uuler tb pmvZ8bn8 of Article S26q, that 

ruahpsnon~rrovt&~oountyattor(uy~itucrrb6~ thut 

8uohstatutev88 inrdlld. 

Invievriwouroplnloxm &8.0-2p8lrrd O-WOland 

ths uuthoritier oltad ths;csln, it la our opinion that ths psrsoa 
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Bon. Joe 0. Ols8myb wei 4 

vhovas.laotad "o'or~dirtrS.ctat~y"~ItuskCountJ 

18 tWt th6 OOUBt~ attoraey Of Said OOUItty. 

Bmmver in rlev of ths rongoing fads and our 

OpitAiOtt lo. o-D& it 18 OILC OpitLiOtt thht usmnova 

dof~0tooountyatt0rv3y. Weeml.i~nhmwi iii 

opiaioa RO. o-3158. 

a oopy of raid 

whathtuttuteasaldsboTeamveMyuur 

fi.l'St Stld fOUFth qU88tiOtUJ. 

b VO hBV9 MSUW'Od JOUP fint cad fOUt't&h qVB8tiOd 

itt tb St4lttWl’ ?JhOVO Stat& it beOOrpS8 -OeSWy to OOtt8idOr 

your seaold atma thlrcl qUOStiOtI8. 

VO t&Ulk yOU iOr t&B brlei SubPitted Vith JOUF CBq-St. 

Yours very truly 

ATTORBBYnmnaznr. WZlCXb 

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AWt8brrt 

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APPlm~ApilxL16,1903 

(slgml) wrald c. mmlt 

Attoamy oemral OS muu 

BY 

Amlellmlllcum 

A8sl8tant 

Approve& Oplnlon Conmltted 

Byt B.W.B..~