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Honorable0. A. Falter@ OOUty AttOrnaT 6u1 Saba County San Saba, Toxar
&I, aatIol&itingthat ha w0ua be ~ao4mrfrfl. on that third eramlnatlon, maar thtiraoa aaa *au aomiaatod over the prerent in0umbant. Thlr week brlagr the infornmtloa that he railed again for the third time.; I preeutm he will take ~aaothsreuLmfaatIo,aaad~, Ii ha doea I awwme that the raeult wlil ba knowa beram the Novacabal: elrotlon. I .
Honorable 0. A. Walters, ?age 2
TJnlaea prohibited,eltbsr through a mnaamus or Indunotlon,one oriboth prooesd- tags, his name will b0 oortifledby the oom- altter and his name will go up oa the tlokot at the general lleotIon.w On the basis of thsse fasts yes hesire to~knowl (1) What steps may be taken to eatabllsh the lnellglbllltyof the 04n4laate for the or- ii00 or county attorney;
(2) If steps may bo taken, rho Is author,- < . Iesd to institutethe aroessary prooerdiags~ (3) 'Other questionsbased upon the assump- tlon that timely stdps will not bo takea. U Opinion No. 0+%?05 this department held that u&or Artlolss 332 ana 2927 OS the Rev'lssdCivil Statutes, '1925,one who does not hire his license to praotloe law aad 'will not have It at the time of thg Suly prlcmry oleatloa Is not entitled to have his name oertitid ae a oanalaate for the offLoe oi oounty attorney at suoh eleotion. Artlalss 2927, 2928 6.tta 2989 of Veraon~6 Annotatoa 01~11 Statutes, rep&: as r0110w8: *Art. 29117. To person shall be ellglblr to any Stats, oounty, pretolnotor munlalpal 0PiIoe In this Stata unless ha shall be eligible to ho14 of- iiae under the Coastltutloaof this Ytate, and unless he shall her0 r6SIdsa In this Stats for the pQrIod or tw6lve months and sir months in the oounty, prealnot, or aunI0Ipellty,In whIoh he orfers himself as a oanblbate,aoxt preood- Ing any gea4r41 or speolal eleatloa,and shall hare beon 1111 aotual bona fide oltlsen of said oounty, prsolnot, or munIolp4lIty.fora0re than sir months. No person Ineligible to hold oftloe shall ever have his name placed upon the ballot at any general or spealal eleotlon, or at 4ny prlmclryelection where oandldatbs are soleoted under prIm4ry eleotlon laws of this State; and ao such ineligiblecandidate 8hal.lever be VOtea upon, aor hnre votes oountad for him, at eny suoh general, 8p00141, or primary el0OtIOn. Eonorable 0. A. Walters, Page 3
"Art. ZQE%. \ "Neither the Seoretaey of State, nor any oounty judge or this State, nor any other au- thority authoria4a to issue orrtItloat48,shall Is8u4 any o4rtlrIoat4sor eleatlon or appolnt- akentto any person 4l40t0a or-appointedto any oriios la this State, who la not eligible to hold such 0ff~o0 uadt3rtha CoaetItutIon0r this State and under the above artlale; and the nams or ao InslIgIbleperson, under the Constitution ma laws or thle State, shall be oertirira by any party, ooamittee,or any authority author- ha to have.the naa0e Of 04ndia4t0s placed upon the primary ballots at any primary elea- tlon In this Statei and the name or ao