Eonoreble San-en HoDonald 

County kttorn4y 

%l&th CQuntP 

Tyler, Texea 

ODiai4u No. 0-2688 

Dear 3rz Rii lYle C&nty D4mooratlo Exsoutfre 

Cormittee may pay aupervlaore of a 

primary elsotion, appointed under ani 

by virtue of hrtiol4 3104, Revised 

Civil Ftatntes of Texae. 

Your opinion re-quest of August 27th,addrosaed to 

Uersli% C. Wnn, Attornay Osnerel of Texas, haa b0en r4i4rrsd 

to the writer ror oousidoration and reply. You clak wh4thet 

the f4os of muprriser~ oi on eleotiorr ohorsn br the oandldatae 

should be paid by the oandidates rx the County &4outlv4 &imt~ 

mitt*0 l We quote the follti~ four psrsgrsphs tram ~o'omr 

14tterr 

"unA4r Art%414 29U, HovLseQ Oivti Statute 

mm j&!uan one~fittkof the ~.aandldateo whes8 rmxms 

‘bp&tr&i ‘iipciti’~tho orriolal bellot In the el4otion 

hsld last Saturday agreed upon two sap6rviuors tar 

aaoh votlne box in %nith County. In sceordan44 

with thla egr44mnt, the au~rviaars a4 a4144t4d 

served 8s 414otion cbffioiala ns per mqu4et in said 

agr44ment. 

'There ere three srtioles of the BevIsed Civil 

Etetuto providing for the srpolntmnt ot~supc+mia~a 

of ~sleatlons. The first artiols 2941, provides that 

the chair-n of the count 4xeoutive oomitt4e x4y, 

upon request five daya pr f or to any general oleotlon, 

appoint one supervixm tar each voting preoinot la 

the oounty. There is no proviaitxa in thet statute 

dIrecti&; thrtt the candidates shell pay said superviaore. Thhc eeoond article, to wit, 2942, makes th4 

provision that any one-f:fth of the canadatee whoae 

namea trpp4sr on the otfloial ballot, eto., aray 

agr463 upon two supervisora. As aiareaafd, it was 

under this article of the 6l;atutasl ow superviscro were appointed. There la no provision in 

eafd article of the statutes plaoing the burden 

of the paying of said supervisor6 upon the onefifth or more of the oandidatee raquestinp, them. 

RThe ttlrd article oi' the statute, to wit, 

29428, providing for the selection of the supervisors upon the petition of forty or more of the 
qualified voters of a preoinot OF ward does provide 

that the ones requesting the appointment of supsrvisors shall stsnd ths expense of said supsrvisora ’ 

serving 011 el~sotlon 0rfi04r4. 

“1 do not iind any 4~48 dealing with the 

paymnt of appointad supervisors by the oountg 

ohairmn or supervisors agr4sd upon. It 00ours 

to m thst irmsmuoh 49 the lsst srtiole quoted 

speoIfI4ally proyid4s th,at the on48 r4quostIag 

the appointment ai supenlsms shall pay for 8wlsl) 

would oertainlg place that burden upon th4 OMS 

V&O asked ror the appointment of aupervIsoxa. 

The rirst two artiolas do not so pruvid4, and It 

Is my opinln su4h sup4rviaors so appelnt4d under 

the firat two artl014s quoted should b4 p4Id 48& 

or th4 funds eubsorlhd by all oendidat4a for 

elsstlon to d4fray eleotion 4speaa4s.~ . 

W4 aasute4 ~that th4 aup4rviaors l pgolnbed a4 sleotlcm 

0rriof4is war4 app4intod Uenam Artlcrle 3104, l ppWag to prlmsry ekotlons, -teed of Artiolwt 2941, 29&? atN2%2a, R4- 

ri8d civil Stetuim, 88 rorrmd to in y00ur Istiter. xt ia 

apparent that Artial44 29&l, 2942 and 29&Za apply only to 

@gal azzd apeelal 4144ti4lia *nd not to p4rty pr%narf,~144- 

,, ,n.rt.&ol+, 25?@ ia Sn gua aa foUorst 

"!&e 4haIrmn 0r the oaanty exeoutivs (IQ&- 

mittae, for aauh pol.itiodl psrty thet has oadidet4a on th4 0frioial bal&t, 0r ir b4 rail.4 t0 

est, cay three lnembars or euah oormaitt44, ml, 

not lestt than rir0 days him4 the getter81 4144- 

tion ,*..* (I’ 

Ala4, Art1014 2943, Revlaed OlvIl St4tutes, applying o&y to g4n4r81 end speoial elaetions and not party prleli80ti&, reads 3.n pert a8 r0ii4ws; 

Vadgss end olerks of g4rmral and apealal 

ol4otIons ahall be paid . . . . by the county #saa lr4r *. l * n 

Mow, Title 50, entltlsd Vl4otloa4,'~ ooixtalna Artioles 

2923 through 3173, inolu4lr4, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 

Texas. Chsagtm 13 of +d Title 50, entitled "IWmlnstlons," 

oontsining &tiole 3100 throu& krtiole 3167, pertsins to party 

pritaary 4140~1ons. Salt3 Art3414 3100 is a8 r0u09fe: 

,- “‘I%4 term *primary eleotion' as us4d In tbio 

ohaptsr, means 4n eleotlon bald by the embers 4S 

an orce;aniz4d~polltiosl party r0r the purpose of 

ncmlnati~ the atutMiidUt8 of suoh erty to be voted 

for at 4 general or speoial eleot f on, or to ri6mLEate the 4ouaty exroutivs offloers of e pertp.** 
p.cm. Warren Me-3ouald, Page 3 

Further, Artiole 3104 of said Chepter 13, referring 

to the eleatlon offloera of a primary elsotlon is aa follow5t 

WAll the preoinat primary elsotiorur of % party 

shall be oonductsd by a prealding judge, to be appointed by a ohairman of the oounty exeautive oocltitter OS the party, with the %sllIstame and epprovnl 

Qr at leant n majority of the slembers of the oounty , 

cxeoutive commIttee. Push presiding judge e&all 

oelect aa aamoiete jueqe %na two clerks to assist 

In oonduatln~ the election. TWO supervisors may be 

ahoaen by sny one-fourth of the party candidates, who, 

with the juagee ena elsrks shell take the oath required of suoh offIoer% In general eleations. !P%o 

addItIona alsrks m%g be appointed but only when In 

the opinion of the pretlibi?l~ juQe, there will be 

more than one huudrsd votes ollad at the primary 

eleotion in the preojnot." P Undersoaring ours) 

Thus ArtI 3104 spplyIng 8peoiflcally to 9leotIon 

offloers In prImerg el%atIaas must govern the eppointment of 

the auperviame related in yous request. 

prooeedlng turther in 86&l ohepter 13, Artiolr 3108, 

Hevi8ed Civil Statutes of Texas, with refarenoe to the 'a* 

pensa ef aonduat,Ing 8 prwry eleatloa, contains the follmLner , 

*'At the rmetI.ng of the aounty executive cmnittee prorId%d In Artlale 3117, the oounty OCQraittee shall ale0 aarefully estlmt8 the ooet ctf 

printing the offIoIa1 ballota, renting polling 

plaoea where same may be found neoesnary, prwfdIng an8 distributing all necerrsary poll books, 

blank statlonerp and voting booth5 required, eomperinetlon or sleatlon offlaers~ana 0Lerks and 

measengera, to report the result In enah $reolnot 

to the oounty oheIrm%n, 8~ provided ror herein, 

and 611 other neaeastiry expana%s of holdlag nuoh 

prImarIes In suoh aountle,e end shall apportion 

euoh oost among the rarloua oenaIdat%e for nor~Ination ror county and preclnot olYIoem only 88 herein defined, end offlaea to be filled by the voters 

of suoh county or preainot only (oandidates for 

Rate offloes exospted), In auoh manner a8 in 

their judgment la just and equitable, Bfrlng due 

oonsideration to the importfmoe and omolumenta of 

eaah such offlae for *hIoh a nomlnetlon is to be 

made and shell by resolution, direct the ohelrppsn to 

IMedIately mail to eeoh person whose n%me has bean 

requested to be plsoed on the offIoIa1 bellot a 

statement of the mount of. augh exponser~ SO epportioned to him, with the request that he pay t'ha 

aeme to the oounty chslrman on or before the Eaturday before the rourth~uonday in June thereeftor." 
,- Hon. Warren MoOon%ld, Pag% 4 

!&he suthority 0s the oounty e%eoutioe 0ommSttee is 

lj.mlteU by the statute8 oontetmd in 8OId Cheptsr 13. W6 quote 

th% r0ii0wfng leaguaga rrm the 0880 or sctltiraen ~8. Pe*%r, 

99 ‘SW 2nd I.0748 

*‘lhe m mcuwy wh%n oolleoted and pLaeed in the 

hands of th% eppeU.ents (the odttee) botmme a 

txqet runu,.epd omlA an4 be dlebtwa%d snd &mid 

out a8 prorId%d by statutes aertsStiAg it ooulQ not 

be ep%nt by the ohelrmm oi the executive %omItt%%, 

these eppellnnte (the oonmltt%%i, for 6elarioe and 

servloeo performed by iA% ohalrmn, nor oould lt 

be spent far uawoesearg oxpens68, but smet be 

spent for t&s purposes intended by statute, snd 

under the prcfvleIoue of tha athutee authcaiai9g 

suoh expenUItaree.w (P%renth%ele ours) 

Honey aollsoted u@sr th4 provisione 0s &Marl* 

3108 to defray the expense% ai the various oendidetee ie 

nem$netlon oanaot be epoat by the oooalttee aor the oh8irma 

of the aotittea for itsme not rdthln the purview %f eei& 

Article 3108. smell te. ~?arksr, u9 sw’2nd 609. 

CI iqe rind no epe4Srio prwbion 06 to the amount to 

be peid su~l7iS4W8 jQ@VJ# Or OlCJrk8 in a pdBl8l’~ d.88tie. 

There 01 the prml8ba se th0 p0jmnt 0s fudge8 a+a oi0rkO 

fn gpmaraL. .aad ,apadal ~1eeMoarr oontabwd ia ~ArtSalo 2943, 

abme, 

euperrisore %ppaInted and e%rv g la gemmel, ep%e %l OS pertr 

Rmwer, th%n 18 ant gimses" for. the pylaaat 4f 

prlmag oleotio~. We have no doubt but that the two eupervieore prwlded fm under drtiolo 3.104 la party prlrrery elmtlons am oleotion ortio%re, en8 that tha oounty %xeoutlv% 

oormlttoo he8 the authorlt~ to pay the ocmpewatfon of ebotlon offloors a8 expense 4s the prlmnr~ oleotion under said 

Artlalo 3108. It I8 tmr apinitm that the o~neation of two 

supertiaor6 &aeon by mm4ourtJi of the pnrty oaadidatee $a 

a prtiarg eleotlan ehould be paid by the emoutiro aomi.tt%% 

mad not tho p%rty candidates uhoodnff the two errpervleore. 

Also, the mooat or oaupens%ticm due mild ~parvloora not b%- 

Ing govermd by statute 1% dleoretlonery *rith the exooutive 

oonmItt%% as Is the mmunt to be paid juag%% end olerks ab 

a prlnmry 0~eotIon. 

Belle*Ing thla to answer your Inquiry; wo ar% 

Yours wry truly 

~~o~~~~*1940 

ATTCRtTXY@ENZRALOFTEXAS 

By /a/ Pat soon 

Asalertsat 

A7YYm3Er OkAL 

PCAStjrb APPROmD OPmxOIo cmmmTRE 

J3Y BVB, Chelraran 

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