The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-22
TO THE VOTERS
OF LUBBOCK COUNTY


County Judge,
Lubbock, Texas.
Dear Sir:
The Attorney General is just in
receipt Of yours Of the 18th inst,
/ in which you state among other
things that at the last general cleo
ton c. A. Holcomh received 81
votes as Sheriff and 8 votes as Tax
Collector and 1860 votes as Sheriff
| and Tax Collector of your county
You also state that s. c. Spikes re
ceived 1887 votes as Tax Collector
From pervious correspondence we
understand that the 1910 United
States census showed your county
to have a population Of less than
! 10000. But after the primary cleo
! ton and before The general cleo
/ ton, certificate was issued by the
/ Director Of Census showing your
/ county 10 have n population in ex-
\ cess Of 10000 inhabitants. Under
| these circumstances you propounded
/ the following questions:
This being the case, whose
/ bond should the Commissioners APP
prove for this office, and TO whom
should |, as County Judge, issue GER
tificate of election for these offices?
Should ] issue certificate Of
election TO G. A. Holcomb as Sheriff
and Tax Collector, or should | issue
certificate 20 him as Tax Colllec-
tor? Should | issue certificate Of
election 10 S c. Spikes as Tax Col
lector?
3-ln the event that bonds are
presented 20 the court, should they
approve bonds In accordance with
the votes cast, or should they ap-
prove bonds as stated below
(a) Holcomb as Sheriff and Tax
Collector, or as Tax Collector,
should he present a bond made out
IN that form; in other words could
he under the present status choose
which Of the two offices he would
assume duties?
(b) Should he approve the bond
of Spikes as Tax Collector?
(c) Or should he approve all n
the bonds and let the court decide
which is entitled % which office
Under the facts here. stated your
county was not entitled 10 elect on
could not legally elect one and the
same person the the office Of Sher-
if and Tax Collector There be-
ing no such office 70 be filled in |
your county by election or other
wise, az such election.
On the contrary the county was
required 10 elect and have two diff
ferent persons for these respective |
Offices That is, one as Sheriff and /
the other a. Tax Collector State
Constitution, Sec. %, Art 3 State
Constitution Sec I g, Art S; r. c. S. |
1911, Arts. 71i9, 1920, 1906. 1906, |
7607.)
Under these facts you are adj
vised that in the opinion Of the |
Attorney General, Mr. Holcomb is
entitled to the office Of Sheriff Of |
that county, and is entitled 10 a
certificate Of election to that Of /
flee, and has the right 10 qualify /
as Sheriff Of that county, In the /
manner prescribed by law, but that \
he is not entitled TO certificate II /
election to the office, nor % "a ccr-
tificate Of election as Tax COllec- |
or, also that he has not the right |
Co choose between these two offices, |
as 90 which he will accept You |
are also advised IN the opinion 81 |
the Attorney General. s. G. Spikes, |
Is entitled to certificate OF cleo
ton 20 the office Of Tax Collector |
IN your county, and has the right |
90 qualify as such in the manner /
prescribed by law. For your fur
Their information we are enclosing |
herein a copy Of the opinion No. |
20249, rendered by this Department |
September 18th, 1920, addressed TO |
Peyton b. Randolph, and there Is IN
which the question raised by your
inquiry are discussed at some length.
Yours very truly.
w. W. CAVES,
Assistant Attorney General.
To The Voters Of Lubbock County
Greetings
The above and foregoing article,
speaks for itself, and shows clearly
that ! was elected 10 the office OF
Tax Collector Of this County, during
the year Of 1920. was installed
as Tax Collector Of the Countw how
ever, after a long hard-fought suit
for the Office was decided IN my
favor, and have actually had pos
session Of said Office since In April
u this year.
BEING lifelong Democrat. I am
naturally a candidate Tor reelection
Tor a second term 20 the oiIice. sole
~ upon my own merits. and not up i
on the DEMERITS Of some one
else. and because know that ] am
competent and qualified a. hil the
duties 0f the oflfe
AZ my OWN EXPENSE. I have
employed "a competent and reliable |
assistant. fof 80 MAN can ho af thc
0iii0r every hour 'n the day. ls
days a week, twelve months b year.
therefore the necessity ~ an ONCE 1
assistant. |n order that ! may give
you the VERY nfsr ahRvlCE'