J%nu%ry 30, 1939 

IZonomble Bert Ford 

Admlni atmtor 

Texw Liquor Control Board 

Auustin, Terns 

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Hon. Bert Ford, January 30, 1939, Page 2 

1019; Bow5an vs.. State, 41 S.W. 633; Allen vs. State, 39 S.E. 2g4; 

@hapman vs. State, 39 S.W. 113; Irish vs. State, 29 S.H. 778. 

A 100&k OptiOll OleOtion is not void by m&son of the failUT6 Of the hUI!l~sdonere Court to rsoord the or(lere arderlng and deolaring the result of the eleotlon at the time designated by law, 

as the aotfi are morelp minlsterlal. Bx part0 mltoa, 73 s.vi. 314. 

It 18 the faot of oanvassing, rather than the record ther8or, whloh 

gives eifeot to the sleotlon. Iithe oourt baa deolamd the mault 

of' the eleatioa and ordered the sale of liquors prohibited, it is 

presumed that the canva?sing was duly performed. The failure of 

the reoord to refleot perrormanoe or the mlnlaterial aotor raoord1% th0 0%2lTZkSSbl 

6umQtion arising f 

18 2lOt 8Yid8nW 8Wfiai6nt $0 OVOmOW th6 profnm ths order drolarlng the m&t).tbat tbr 

tot88 WM6 %t&.Ul~~ .OMV%S88& At bed it 18 Onlf rrid8008 the8 

the OO\ut iai18d, aft8r OamaS8itbg, SO pBl?fOm #8 oial8t8rial‘ 

duty Of 8IltWiw th8 &ate Of the polls in 8aOh pmOinOt, in tb8 

wmer oontsrPplat8d by law. 

POti Stat8 that IfI til8 lt~.OlOOtiOIl h8l.d ti w%lM!l 

oouatp them o%n b8 fowd no order 8hwi22g pIblioatlo2i of the r8- 

6ult8 of ths eleotion for the tlw end la the muter pzomrLbed by 

l%w. Aa t0 thb 8hOtiOX4, if it OM b8 8tiblirbrd tbatth8 Ordclt 

iXl f8Ot -8 ,publlaWd for th8 t&8 Md in tb - pX’888ri~8d by 

hW; th8 ~SrriOlk8FS COtEt w, at thi0 tipn, 8&W M 0X&8= w 

pro tuw in Its kfbUt86 rharity th8 f%ot of saoh 

do226 in $h8 0688 Of Q8U8 ~5. BfatO (CaUrt Of 

not pat r8port8&, but rcmd8rad by th8 

th6 Ord8r ha6 %Otu%w b88n $tl?+@h8& tit8 

t-08 whothor the 22tiniStOri~ Mt Of 8Ilt8ria th0 Ord8t d8ti8l’ing 

nuoh t0 b8 a f%Ot is Or’i8 not p8riOnaSd. It 18 th8 WtUti fWt 

,Of publloatloa, rather than t&8 r8aor(lthareof, whtoh giV8S 6fr88t 

and ralldfty to tkrs eleotion. Th8 02tly pprpo88 of sntarm,t& erdet at this tina would be to si.X&fliip the mdl8 Of pXOOf Of saQh 

publioatlon. 

An to the 1934 sleotion in Angelina oounlw, it appeara. 

that them Is moordsd in Book~C, R8oorb Of the ~18tltiO2l R8tWlUl 

of Apg#~lti Oounty, Texas, th6 state of the pall6 Ill 8aOh p8OiWt 

on that dleotlon,~and a 8tateaunt by the then oountp jud 8 to the 

&feat that th8 oanva88 was ~$6 and the m6Ults deola ret a0 *Own 

in mah reoord. You are advised that the CkmdseiOMre Court Of 

~agsilna county, ~exa8, may at this tlm6, by mferrlnt$ to th8 r6- 

tit.6 of the canvass of the elsotion %s moorded in Beak 4, RO@Ol'd 

or the ixleatlon Returns, Angellna County T-8, enter upon the 

Yi2&08 Of tb8 &SSl&38iOn8rl3 cOurb.ti O&r deblui13g the r8-t8 

of mmh 8leotion mu0 pro tu2uh OXlq T89 ~il18lk, 107 8.W. o(8i 

spear8 vs. steto, 6upraw Thts having been done, the ootzrt pmy tbn 
Ron. Bert Ford, January 80, 1939, Page 3 

order publloation of the order deolarlng the results oi the elsotlon, 

and prohibiting the sale of liquors, In the mnner and for the time 

presorlbsd by law, and, publloatlon having been erreated In such 

mnner, enter the osrtlrloate evldenoing euoh raot upon the brutes. 

Such eleotioa, of course, would not be e,ifeotlve until after the 

publloatlon required by law has been made. The failure to publish 

the order does not render the eleotlon Invalid, but marsly poatpanes the taking effeot ot the law. Rawls vs. State, 89 S.W. 1071. 

fwnverlng your requests, therefore, in order, you are advised: 

3!ha pmuent Co~lsslonarr, Oourt Of wllna C0unty T8xae 

oan f$er to the, r8oults of the 19% 8laotion a8 mfleot8d iy Book' 

4 of the Reoord of Sl86flOn Returns, U8olare &n nmlt8 of the olwtion, pmhlblt the aale of Intoxloatlng llqwrs, order publloatlon of 

maoh or&r, and'ttin reoord the oertlfloate of the oouaty juagr mfleeting the fast of publloatlon In the mannex lndluatob her8Inabme. 

In our opinion a%aumWgth% faot6 with r%@r& to the 1904 

8bOtk t0 be a8 abOV8 i2ldiMt8d hUJ8liM QOilIltf 18 18@4 m 

whethv or nOt anything $6 dono wfth reremnas t0 aurIol( 48f8otr in 

&j the 1Ql.s or 1336 8;l8OtiOXKJ, slnoe 1t &wJs 2&ot app8%r iron you? 18% 

,ter that the oounty has et anytlms in the lnterimbnnvotM rut. 

Wltih mgard.to your la& qa86tion a8 to n&l&or 8ny dc-' 

feOt8 in th880 1iQlW 8hot:OZMl hatO 8w Off8Ot 011 tb -tr 8p 

pmoinat b882 818etiOW &WiOr $0 Or 8ino8 192!6,~b8gtO rdri88 that 

thb2 qwstlon Is too p~ral to pardt of M anaw8r~ 

Youm very truly 

AlTORtG?Z (PW OF TEXAS