Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

54 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 'it -0 ‘PJ,eaae arise ws offloe ii T8 u-e au~uissc~ qpolnt 8 minor rfth legal lv3moTa to the podtioxl ot notuy plbllo umer &-tiOlO iw49.' :. .I Uonoxvible bi. 0. Piowsrsr Pago 2 &?.nat~ Bill No. 262 (Nag. Sea. 40t& Lug., Gon ' Lana, Vol. 1, y. 488) amended Article 5948 of the Rorieed Cidl. Statutes to read ou followet “ThQs0crettu-y or stat0 OPthe state of Texaa shallappoiata omeldentnumbor of ~taries publ.lo for oath ooimty. Kotarla8 gubllo may be appointed at any tinrs,but the te,qAfiof all notaries public shall eid on J?ZIB 1st of oircb odd-zzuaaberedyeor. To bo eligible for oppolntment a6 notary plbl%o, the person aball be at least twenty-one (21) ys6rs Of age SzKl a resiaent or the oounty for tiCbhei6 S~iatt3d.* This amendamt was in pm3uanco of the conatitu- tional aakwlman$ recently adopted, transferring the appoint- ive per from the Governor to the Secretary of Qtate. Mor to the man&ant t&a statute ~eacribed no age qualification6 for notaries duo. Artio1e 6923 Revised Cirll 2tatute8, regulating the titter of mama1 of legal disabllltiea of minors, po- ridorc .If the oourt grant8 such petition, the decree ohallspeoiiically adJudge the odnor of full age for all legal purpoaes, exoept aa to the right to vote.. She voting privilc~e TBS cxoopted a6 of course be- cause the Constitution itself definitely f3xoe tho right of eufrl-ago. &mm%%3 AI'tiCle8Q4Q, being t&e latest 10&6latite act upoi tho aubjsot, dealaxes that to be eligible for ap yointment aa notary publio a person shall be at least twentp- OM ye&u-s or age. This has tho legal effeot to make a seaond exception to Artiole 5923 , from which it followa that yoUr quocltion should be anawcred in the negative+ our conatruatlon hns the affoot to hnmoulte all of the exlsti~ statutes, gliving to each it6 propur plaoe fiomrebla ii. 0. FlOWOPe - WO 3 aml attributing to each a fair iznd reasonable meaning, without conflht ubatclosrer. Very truly yours ATl'ORNrTXQiIXENiL OF fEXM3, BY AFPEOVEXDEC 2, 1940 ATTORNEY GENKRAL OF TMAS