Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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“of *hother or Qot a5 ofifuia
1.2.8llf quufr and aat aB Cl
br the Citr Comimlowr~ not
osboth0rth0~
lolr of the State
ro Ytui41 uo pov1d.d
OfSlelal oourt ropoptwr we moridod for by hrtl-
Qh 2321, et ma*, B* c. b., 1935. ArtLo 2% provldmr
lah dlstrlet md rrimlml dlatriat W
wu lgpsint M 0friofmi 00wt nwrt*r d! 0 ahO1
b el IR)orQ offloc of the aourt u&d -11 hold p
o flic . dwlq th 8 p lW8ur . Of zb r QO=t. l l l
Ronora8k John 0. lhrrla, m 2
hr810lo23= ~oadaa fw uw rrpoPtu'0 taklag SO
oath “that ha rlll~011lc¶ truly la aa iqYrtla1mnnar keep
8 cornet roaopd of all lv%dmaa orfarad ln w@h ema report-
ad by hlwR A~tlcla2324 makes it tb dutf ot tba reporter
to *ttotiall waaloaa or Lb* oourt~to taka full rhorw
Mk@ ofallarul t*atl8aayalfuadlao~aew t?m La
-ld a-ta to6aUur rith all objaatloaa to t&a admiaolblllt~
o fth e
lvUoaoo, tha rall~a aad rowka of the aourt,and
lxktoptloor~to poauta
a ll &ll akorthand no800 tabal to
furmiah any praoa a trumrlpt lrgootha gepaa8 of foes po-
rued bT l&u. %Se onaula68rtlolarpovlda Ior tha roportu*a
oorprarrrtleauulu~owr
Pubnpr the moat exhauatlva amd oomprahonal~a ro-
vi011 or tba authoritloa 00 t&a quaatiorrof ctvil 0fri000 ap-
gmur 10 stOt8 0i Ho fM nO l rrl. Juliuslkrmr vr R. 1.
Hauklar, 2S? Pac. all, 53 A. L. R. 58% ti quoto thuofra
00 r0ii000 8
*There us a oat many juillai414aulaiosra
deehill tha rord a officolor tha uorda lpubUo
The aubjootla an old oae,ad tha daal-
llo r uestrnd far Wok. 8ooa or tha do81010R0
ltraaa OIU teat; othuoama othu. lbwuor, la
maarll8ll bra roundaertaln lm0 tOotwO that
at8od out gwmUwbt1y. Toquoto irO8al lurrllkad
would ortond this o9ioloomushbapnd raammabla
lon#h. Emovar, vo &all qwta hero froll sow
doolaioaa aad doiinitioru uhloblllaotrete, to
aofm oxtoot, tbr varleuaaaaaotiala of publieof-
i100, lm#i8aiwd br tha oourta 8wl othar author-
1ti.0,maa rhish lt8to loII Of the thf~o tbt
hava boo bald Paqulalto.
"IAn&f&a* 1~ deflwd by pod lAhorltv aa
tivolv.riog b dalogatloa to tha indlvldcul of lo=
o r C& loruolgn fwlatioaa of ptarammt, to ba
Moauabls Joha 0. Morris, pago 3
l ‘uhua ..*tk aofU.aar lxuelra lmp mta a t
public dutiaa uhd be delepkd to him aone or t~u
fuwtlooa of eowramaat W his oiS:oe la ior l
flxad Cur aad tha pouara, dutlaa aud a8olumanta
aowoyaat~
koow raakd ia l lnaoeaao~ uhaa tha orfioe
kk-
se
auab u
offlai8l rry pro r4
lie ortloar
1 lUshlo *, PE -1-8
215 Pa. r~P6 L.&A. (1. 8.) 289, tr A&l. 430.
“Uls d~t~a must rot k mm alerl6a1,0
th0W 0EQ Of 88 -Et or YPUat, Y titaunt k pr-
tamad in tba axaoutlaa or admloiatr~tioa of tba
lav, la t& lxuolu of pouu aad authority Be-
ltouad br tba kv.’ ACCT. Oaf&.v. TlllUghaat,
203 Rosa. 539, 93, 89 1I.B. 1060, 17 &a. Coo. 449.
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“The moo8 &mars1 distinctlam OS a publfa of-
flu0 la, that it eabrwea tl’u mriorwnoe by the
loomhat of a publio fuaatloa delegated to him
00l gut of tha lorwalgnt~ of tkw atata. ) Stata
“‘mr~ olilaa w&at tha Cmatftutlon Sm$+llaa
ma 4uthorlt~ to aurolaa l?sy partioa elf tha
aovuotgn pouor of tb •trt:Le~lt; in makin&
lxooutm or bd8lnlate~l Olmatssd v.
Mu York, X0 Joaor L 8. 3 4 1.
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apnotlo811y 411 of tha wthorltiaa, houvar,
&old that to UL alfloor OPa paatad lou of tha
aovar*iga poua~a of tha govorammt, Co be exer-
olaad for tha baoilt of tin publlo. Thaf hold,
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Baro&blo Joba 0. Barrrla,
pp 4
"The tom lafftiom ~la a l dologatloa 02 a
paPtiM of tha aovu*lsa powuB sad tha paawaaioa '
of it b7 tb porrolr tlllw tb8 ofilao.
dOfhltlM WrbO rlth 18 0% vi to&al s ;t$$:
lP ldoa ChOt tha parru dol**td #rat k arolaad 0
tbe,m~r~n b his mm rQht sad set io, mothar*a
8taCo Me ml. wa ve Chrlatua, 104
ewe)
Ths MY of RWtaoa we RI&la Oouaty, 84 8. w. 1097,
uoaa mda``tadlPQf,`` 84. *hat &at la lm all rtarial
roamata mraUo1to tBa palalooa or tha paaoat l tatukaa,
noted ottova. RoWoloP, tha 19OYAot a&d tha torr 'otiLola1
lt@ wg r @ p h1WtaOd
a ?’ Of'otfioial P@port@r.m The &t pwgd-
ld for their Wpl.ntmaat by ?&a judges of tha dlatrlat courts,
cud d4aluad that they should bo %uora olflcara of rho oourt,’
aad rbouldhold tbriroff100 dwtrrgthe glaaauro o? tbr aourt.
Tha dutlaa raqultod of la@h oifl.el8lrtoaograp?wr vorq tba
m as thoaa pwontl7 ?rgpirod Ot UI oitlalal -portor.
Robartaorr fo md auri.aaa sa d lwd the 0ouOtxto
reoovu a balaaoo al r pd to k aw bin thaoafor. Tha oma-
tl dafoPdrd 00,tha &rmmd t&t thaAct of 1903 vaa vlolatlve
of kotfoo JO ol Artlolo XVI of tbn GoQatltutlon, rhInh pro-
vides %hat tb duratloa ot 011 offloes rook fixed by this
Corratltutiao ahall mvar uoaad tuo four.” Aaaa8uahaatho
ceurt*a trrgucrga la root lllu8laatlng, 9ra vlll quota frcu It
more or leaa at lan&h.
!f& drria1tioa cd the term ‘stfi#e ’
as &a*bi I&. Naohar ia hla work oa ?ublle Of?L-
oopa; la qwted with lpprovel by ow 8upraaa Court
io tha ammoof Xlrbrot@ vs Raraatt 93 To%. 301,
55 8. u, SO, sad la 80 ~olloma~ at pub110 offlca
la tbm tight, luUmrlt~,ld duttoroatadand ooo-
forrod by lav,b7 uhlch,for 0 &.kvoa parlod, amar
f-6b lBV 02ldWio (88l - p h 8OwOfth r
ar~tilypovu,~hdlvld~llaln~at8d~lLha~
portionoftha aovue ruaotlou of khe warn-
mm:, to ba exaroiaad % hla for tho tanal r t or
the oat ooafu upou tha
Xoaombla Joha 0. Rarrla, plga 5
orfloa la em l8ploywo8, it does not follm tbt
every oeplogmaar la aa offlo~. * ml Ha43ham,10
his vork on trrblia Offloua, soya: %a mat im-
pWtMt Obrmto?lOtiO vhleh dlatl~talr&@ aa of-
tloo from an lqAo~at or aontraat la th8t tha
artitiom rPa la a fur o!~ aa offloo t8volv*al
dologlrtioa to thv Sndlvldwl of aoma of 8ba cover-
@* iUMCiOW of gOlo?oIat,to ba lurclwd by
hi8 ru tha hauflt of the plbll0~ t& tlema pop-
Clw of t& roroPo%gDty or tb eopot?y, .1thep bg-
la~tlva, uaoutlva, u jvdlalal, lttaahma Sco tbm
tlr baiau, to be uaealaad for tha pub118baaeflt.
Ualoaa the pouua~ ooafarred are 0s this a8tora tha
ladlvldval la not & publla offlau.~ Mou, da
the SaaC that tb poaltioa OS lt~no~a~r la
daalgMtad 1~ tha sot porldima for, 18s oP~8tloo.
00 an offloo,sad that it deolura that tha
rho ml ba e8llod to patiara lta duties *&g*
a sworn offlou al tba oowt, * Uforda aom peaaon
for datarmlning it to k l wh, still it ia bellevod
the plaea 900000000noae of thou aoverolgn funo-
tlon8 of the jvdielal de*twnt of the govera-
meat to vhleh it rdlataa, to dlatlngtiab 18 from
a mope employment to glrrorm a apeat servle~,
under 9ubllu ltlmrlty, for the laaiatawe,+d aoa-
vanlawe of tha oowt md partlao lltlgaat them-
usk;;aihloh ao judlvlal dlauvvtlw .w jud@mat La
. T&JO
oreatlon of tlm p0aitlaa, as shown
br ths varr tarma 0s the a8 t, us0 daalmad for 00
okhar ~wpbmaa the to &~ovida MP, 601 by Uzntb
oral lvidorrao offorad, ltd o%har pOuaad
volvw objrotlooamda to adW.aalbillt~ 9a tOO~l-
ulo~, the rumigof tha oourt, and lxaaptlcoa
thereto, afght be wkea -ia ahorthmd, 00 a vthod
or prmanw t&em mttara as thar oaaurrad, with-
out do&$&n8 trIala, to be 8ftarvarda trarorlbd
and fumhhad tha oourt and put100 to the cult,
to aid tha8 :n ma 8uow4ta 8ad p-t pematl0a
or uw reoord. mba report or tranaorigt 0s the
prowedlaga by 8bo ltawgraphar 10 sot bLodiarl#
however, upon th0 OOUPC,@Ed MJ b0 OdO t@~aO;p-
Jeo:ad a: hladla8Patio~. lo set vhf&a &
th0pimd to do lo lndopandant of Un eootr01 0f
ot&ra, QC veakd in hill as a lwwer Wv to by
warolaed *a a rrsbt or mar0 tire or a udioirl
off 100. we OOQO`` th m tuhfYa th e p o o l:1o n o f l
395
Boaorabla John 0. Xarrir, pago 6
ateaopaphu, undo0 tlwltatutr in thla stab, ma7
be, in b 88~88, an offloa, end tha term theraof
my oontinua for a loogar period than two pus,
yet tbara la no ouch lovuelgn funetlon of govrra-
aant lnbraaad lo the pouara oonforrod upon tha la-
d:vlduBl parforming 188 dutlaa 88 brlaga it ulth-
lu tb, maanlngor tha word ~oftlaa*as used 1st tha
aaatloa of tha ConatltutOen quota&”
It 10 dlffloult to proolva h o wl roportor, by vlrtw
of his not bol voatod with w. aoverolgn functions 8Ould
fall to ba an 7o floor vlthla t& neanlw or Saetlon 30 and rt
tba aam tlma bo an officer within t&m maanlng of Sootlou 40.
The aalar qualltla8 mka a 9araoo aa offloor under both. The
cola additlotul alamat lpeolfled la Seotloa 40 Is that the
orrica ba ona or lmolumont~
J
Us ma not unmindful of oana llka Otto v. Urea, 185
S. Y. 350, end Dunn v. Allan, 63 S. U. (26) 857, uharela tha
oourta &TO locurd wrlta oi mandanua to aampal rrportarato
prepare ltatamata 0s rwt lo a0000 where tha party requeat-
lng aamu has flled a pupergo oath. Ia the llmltad leaaa oaf7
that la naceaaary to rupport a aft 0s mandamus a reporter mey
be ctmaldued an offlear. iiouavar, It la lxlomtia that
smndamua lies to enforcr the puformawa of a noa-dlaeratlon-
ary oat or duty; that the writ will iaaw otiy whoa the act
or duty la ninlrtarlal lo charouter, and not vhea the sot in
any nuaaura lnvolvaa the uarolaa of dlacretloo or j\rdgUPt.
28 Tax. Jur. 537, kc. 0. m oat oomandad to ba done la
not OM vhleh would oonatltute the holder t&roof aa OfffOer
in t& aanae used la Smatloa 10 of the COEatltUtiOE under the
authorltlaa above rahrrrd to.
Yo uus ld?Uad, &erafope, that there la no uon-
rtltutirwl lnhlbltlon lgaloat an offla~l aourt reporter’s
quallfylng as elty lttorruJ under an lppolntuat by the city
oomlaolonar.
Ue baliovo that thla ruil~ a.navera~our lapulrr.
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