**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Xoaol\blo Arnold Smith 

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orno~ xontgomery aount~ Conroo, Tuar
Dear air1

, addnsrwl to the Quootloxl8 for an

make any &lffsreIlor in regard osltloa uhether tha Dlstrlat d or **var** dnft.6 into the Nilitaly
“4. Cm thmDlrtriot Clerk plaoa hlr we upon the ballot for election won though ho 18 in lllltb~ Servloo l d ii DO, 18 it neossr4rf tbbt ho k **prermIt** In Juluary OS**nut** par to talc. the 

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JHonorable Arnold Smith, Pago 2

ArtIolo 169L Vornoa’o hnototrd Civil Statutes, pro~VIUo8ior th8 elootion rt oooh 6onbrol rlootIOn 0t a Clark or the Dlotrlot Court or oaoh oounty for l term 0r two rboro. Artlele 1695, Rarfoed Civil strtutoo, proiIdo8;

Whonoror l rao onoyooouro In ths otfloo of dirtriot oldrk, lt shall be rlllod by the dlrtrlot judge or l uoh oountyI and ouoh 8 shall 61~0 bond on4 qurllfy and mayhold 1pointer I8 otfleo until the next g4noral lleatlon. Whore I taomr~ ooouro In 0 oounty having tuo or mors biotriot oourto, tho iroono~ shall be flllod **by** the JuQoo of l

uah oo;lrto; and Ii ther toil to ogrro, tho Oorornor, upon the oertItIooto oi l uoh ju&oo, ohall order 8 opooIol l lootlon to iill ouoh va0anPOy. Art1010 1696, Vornon’o Annotot8d Girl1 Gt6tute0, reads t “ThedIotrIct **clerk** may, In writing, UC+ dor his hand and thtr oeol of hi8 oourt, lppoint one or more deputloo. The oppointmont 8hall bo rooordrd in 

### the Octloe 

### 0t the oounty olsrk. 3uoh deputlro shall toko the ofrlolal oath, and 8hrl.l rot In tha mm8 of their prlnoipal, on4 rnorbo and perform all 8Uohortiolol
was so mar be lowrully donr and prtoraad by l uoh rlotk In person. If the **olerk** doer not reside rt the oounty aeat ho oh811 hove a deputy rooidlng than.’ Tho l uthorltloo oitoa In our oplnlon O-%46, o oopy of whloh lo horrto l ttaohod, would appear to oontrol the queotion ot rooonog on&I8 oppllooblr to thedlotrlct olark of your oountg. Until B vaoanog I8 8otablIohad, both the dlotrlot olork and hi8 ohioi deputy are ontItle to tholr salary. Wealso

l nolow oopIos ot opIdon8 O-3060 **and** O-&65. The latter hold8 tbrt

. oountg rttornoy rho voluntarily joIar4 tho IntollI6moo Corp. OSthe United State. Army woo not prohibited tram &rrwl~@ his oolory LOlong aa then IO no Voo.onoy In the ottloo. In opinion O-3060, this drprrtaent ruledHonorable Arnold Smith, Pago 3

that on induotion in the United stats0 Amy as a draftee does 

### not *root* 0 vaoanoy. The SongoIng opinions 

### are rppllooblo 

### to the 0tt10. or DlOtrIOt Clerk.

In *nowor 

### to your quootIono 1, 2, and 3, It is the oplnloo of this dapartdwntthatno rooanog

### 10 oreated where 

### a dirtriot clerk, without rsolgnln8, rolunteoro or IO 

### drattr~ Into tha milltory oartlor o? thr units4 States, nor 

### is he 

### prohib:ted from drawing hf. calarr 

### rroa thr 

### orrioOr*o solory Pm&. A Ilrputr appoint04 and qualltlod underMtloloo 1690 and 3902, Vsrnon’o Annotated Civil Statutes, any. perform tho auti00 ot thot 0rri00.

Rmlotlto 

### to your fourth quootlon, oomaapparently oontemplater military oerrIro without the Stats. In our oplnien O-4591, 

### aI80 

### l nolooed, this do 

### oognty attornry uhq beoama on otrlorr Ei

### rtment hold that a tha UnIted 

### stat.8 xanl 

### Reorrte raa not 

### prohibltod fma plaoIn& his name on the ballot ?or naleotIOd nor ?roB **taking** tho oath O? Ortiw. Artlolo 5697, i3erlood Civil Statutes provides:

“saoh dlotrlot olrrk, before antering upon his of?IoIal duties, shall give bond, to bo approved by the GonuiiooIonsro 

### oourt OSthe oounty, pryoblo 

### to tha Governor, in the sum of tire thousand dolloro, oon4ltIoned tor the roithtul dloohargo of thr dutioo ot hi. ottloa, and shall 

### l Aro **take** 

### and

l uboorIbo the of?IoIal oath whlob shall bo Indoroad u on tho bond. suah **bond** &.a4oath shall **be** P tI 04 and raoorda4 in the oitioo o? the oountr olerk.” Artlola 16 ot said 

### l tatutoo, provides: *iaoh ottloor In this Stoco, whethar oleoted 

### or l ppoIntoa shall, before anterlrg upon tho autlra o? hia offloo, **tOk0** aa4::auboorlbr tha oath prooorIbe4 by Artlolo 16, saotlon 1, o? tho 

### Qonotltotlon or this state; ena ii ho @hall be roqulred by ion to aira on ottiolal bond, ~814 oath ohall bo riled with said bond.”Xononbla Arnold tilth, ?aga 4

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"All oath., . . . 

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### w ~omiooloner 0s **doodo duly**  l thelm 

### or thlo state noidIxq vi hla sow othor pe

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### xi without the **unltod** Uktoo, kr0tu any notar Qublle, or any mlaloter, caaaloolatmr 

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vhen tb l Sfld&vlt ur b0 kkoa, or uq b0a8d geluml, oonoul, tlob-maoul, oaamlw~l agent, *loo-oaurolal l



### pnt, doputToonoul, or oonoular l gmt 

### 0s thb Vnitod Itstoo, rooldmt ln l ucthoountry.

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### u&or of oay **board** 

### or omlooIon ormted Q 

### law of this 8tatb, 

### in utter pert8lnIag 

### to the dutloo thereof, ma7 l dmlalotor 

### oaths or 

### brfiruti0n0.”
lar~0mg 

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### tb 0pini0n I;. or this 

### dapartmnt t t ouoh 

### diatriot elork so quallflod and 

### sitwtod a0in our aaowr to tha 

### rim three quo0tiono 

### sub mltkd, WJ mum his wo to k plaood en the ballot for rel lootlon ad lf l1oot.d mar tab tha oath rlthout the Stat. 

### kr0n any 

### wthorioed parson named ln Artlole 2?6, Xevlood ai~ii at0tuk0 0s 50~80.