he will be actuallyon ace VLVVduty, a member may claim his exemptioneitherupon hi8 appearance in open court or by filing an affidavita6 providedin Article2137, which reads:
"All personanummonedas jurora b any court of this Stat-e,,whoare exemptby statutory3aw from jury service, may, if they 80 deaire to claim their exemptiona,make oath before any officerauthorizedby law to administer oathn, or before the officersQuumoningQuch persons,Qtat- ing their exemptions,and file paid affidavitat any time before the convtiingof @aid court with the clerk of said court,which shall constitutesufficientexoucle withoutap- pearing in peraon."
Periodsof time when membera are actuallyon activeduty in- clude period8of activefederalor state oervrice referredto in Articles 5837a and 5838. We are of the opinionthat they also includetraining periodsas providedin Articlea5836 and 5837. HonorableK. L. Berry, page 3 (OpinionNo. s-189)
Mmnbera of the Texas NationalGuard are exampted from jury semica duringperiodsof time when they are actuallyon active duty. Art. 2135, V. C. S., aa amend- ed byCh. 288, Act6 9th Leg., 1955. Periodawhen mem- beraare actuallyon active duQ4 includeperiodsof ac.o'. tiv'efederalor atate oervicereferredto in Art1ol.k%37a and 5838, V. C. S., and periodsof trainingaa providedin Articlea5836 and,%37, V. C. S.
The jury serviceexemptionprovl6lonain Artioka 5840-5844, V. C. S., were repealedby Chapter221, Acts 42&Legiolature, RegularSemion, 1931, and were n6t revivedby the 1955 amendment,toArticle 2x35. It is not neceanarythat the namea of memberabe certifiedaa former- ly requiredby theoe repealedartlclenin order for them to claim the exemption.
Youra very truly,
APPROVEDI JORNRY$KSHepPRRD AttorneyGeneral J.'A.'A&s, Jr. Reviewer
J. C. Davis, Jr. BY 4w.a Reviewer Aasintant L. W. Gray SpecialReviewer
John Ben Shepperd AttorneyGeneral