OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

OmALD c. MANN 

AlTOllcI 0E"B"AL 

Honoreble T. N. Trlablo 

Pint Aerletant State 

Atutln, Texar 

Deer Ur. Trlmblc: 

l?egc la r Seasion, 

9. 9. 297, snrotsd 

Mrrch 1, 19&O 

Vx..w XsCSRi!!D I, we, or either ot 

($60.09) SIXTY h 09/100 - - - - - - - -Collsrr 

Papsble aa lndionted In the schedule of 

pa~mata, with intar4at fmm aat8 et 10 per 

ornt per ennum, with l ainlmue of $15.00 

ettorneyo far4 if note ls pleoed In the h&s 

of an attorney for aollaotlon or 8ulti IIW- 

$84 
-1.85 

. 

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paymant of any instalmnt ahen due, rsndarr 

the e%tlre a.zount Gus and gayable at the 

option ot the holder; to saoure the psynent 

or this nnta. I we or l fther of UB, do assign, trsnsfsr ant pladge to the holder of 

this note any salary or wage8 duo or Khlch 

.%sy bsoona due from Filet rolnt lndependsnt 

Pohool filet. a* do agree thet if this co te 

is not paid accordlcg to Its tans am? assign- 

.mnt praeented to said eohool, mid school 1s 

outhorleed and direated to honor said eseignment end pey dinOt to the holder Of this note 

out of salary duo or to beoo.xe due, the balance 

due cn said note. 

Address Canton, Tdzae (S&wed) 31sada Feaae 

UC4 8. Mokory 

Address Grady ?eaoe” 

On the ravorae aide of the lnstrumant 1s a 

form for en ~oknowledgment with sll blank8 as to 

oounty, taaohsr, dataa, notarial osrtlflcete, saal, 

end the like left entirely blank. 

for an unmsrr1.ed person, but not as tr a joint acknowladgmnt ahme the teechsr 1s a nmried woman. 

SectIon 2 of Ssnste Bill 29’) authorizing an 

a00 lgnaer t, transfer or plsdgr by any teacher or 

school employee Gf salary or viagee aontains thir 

WZ?ovlded tbat such aselmment, 

transfer or pledge be in writing and 

aolcr.owlrdged in the sa* ‘mnner as 

required for the so:-nowledgme nt of e 

deed or other instrument ror rsglstratlon, and pmvtied further that lr 
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suah inetrument be l xecuteU by a married mrsoa, it shall also be axsouted 

nod sdkrwwledSed by his or her epouee 

in euoh manner.” 

I? the ?ors upon tte reveres side s? the 

~esiaxtmut in the partiouler tramectioc here lavolved v:ss not oompleted by t;lr filling of the neoesesry blanks, azx¶ the ei,gnatum and seal o? the 

~nv~tidpublio, the instant nsslgnnent ir entirely 

. 

We nasume that Elsoda Feace was the teacher naklq the assignment in the ?r~stant mm, and 

that ehe wae a married WODBII , thr wl?e ot Grady 

Peeae. In that avent the ?om acknowledgaaent we are 

conslclarlag, even thou@.h filled Out and acknowledged 

by Slaada Pasoe, would mot Se aurrloimt for the 

lack o? joinder o? Omdy Peace in tha aoknowlaE&aent 

before the notary publlo. 

Fe call ycur attention ‘to the Peoullar word133 o? thle act with respsct to ‘acknowladgment. The 

vordlos 1s ruch that l? the teaoher be a illarrlsd pereon (whether husband or wipe) the instrument ohall be 

axeouted and aoktmvledged by h.lllr or hsr spouse. From 

this it would ?ollow that l? the teaohar be a :;larrfed 

mm, nevertheless his rl?e w.:ult also be rtqulred to 

sign and eeknowledge the asrlgnment, snd, of oourse, 

ae sirs2dy lodlcnted, i? the traoher be a mrrled 

woemn, her husbend would hsve to sign end aoknorledge. 

What wo hmv* 8eid her no rafersnor to teeohera and employeee o? school 6lstricta ereated by 

apeclal eote contelnlllg contrary gm~lsione with 

reenct to r~slgrm3nts or 8alarlse. Thle qua atlm 

is Qecldrd by us in opinion No. 0-2l72, addraesed 

to Eonorsbla L. A. Yoods, State Scper i.hte lyleut o? 

Pub110 In8t~ctlon, a oopy o? which you have in your 

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Bcnorsblr T. ‘7. Trimbir , pa=* 4 

Trlut1ng t&t @&at wa havr aaid aufflclently 

8nswer8 rour lnfp~iry, ra am,