Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorablr Ylkr -in
Crblnal Dirtriot Attornrl
124th Jo4lrlal Dirtriot
LorIlst:au,
kwr
mar slrt
tot of Jama- 26,
1945, rtwnt, naac
uifa 18 an aaat of
bl@l coatrol ofrio8r
rlrotloa ot ml
oaont~ u8s in Juno* 1944,
tinr tar Rablrr Control.
88io#rr’ oourb ot on(u oouatf
e&It88 UpOn k&. LkTi8’ aP’
“‘A M$iOn -8 M48 by A. I. 8hrpp8?4
aad 8aOOad8d bf W. V. MIlton to ap int
-8 hri8 a8 R8bi88 COlltrOlofir08r an4
18 .
Bonorab1.r Pa88 2
bb. mtl8 rhall b8 OWri84 On
thr Haalth Unlt Payroll at a salary or $150.00
O&i4 618 ?Or hi8 raid 4Uti.8 8t thr th&lllt~
XT. hti8 18 ~1ppOinta4in OoPpiianO8 Of
tin hata D8plrrkant uho &r plaood Orru
couat~ undar ~68?8l&88. Tha rotlon hairy
got t0 8 TOt8, bMl881Ol1W8 btaltoa,Shrpp8rd
and Smith rot84 *ATB*.’
n5. Thrro8itar, th llraatoak Sanitary aor-
d88iOfl Of T8Xa8 OoIpi80!W84 bfP. &Vi8 a8 al).BU-
tborlead Stata Inrpaotor 0r th8 Llv88took S8nlta-y
Cd88iOa Of T8X88, tha OCWd88iOn bal#& datrd
Jam 6, 19U.
"6. 0?8S(I bUlltY ha8 4 CWllt~ HO8pit81 Ulurd8r
authority of Art&O18 4478, V. A. C. S., 8 County
Haalth Unit, an4 a COWlt HO8pital Bcwrd, a8 re-
quiz-adby Art;018 4479, k A. C..S.
"7. Artlole 4464, prwidaa In parbluular:
“‘Th8 Board 8h811 08rtlfl all bill8 ald
aOOOUZlt8,lnoludl~ all salarlar and rag88
an4 tranMlt th8a to thr CwMl88lOllar8 Oouti
(County Comb), who 8halL provide for Choir
payment In the 8amo aumar an other oWr@aa
agalnrt thr Coantr 6ra paid.'
QlJBSTIOlf:
"2. Woald tha fact that Thomas mV18 rOOai+d
hi8 aDpointinantnnd aIJIJUW4hia dUtla8 RrlOr t0 th8
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Boaorabla Ylko Anglia, Pagr 3
818OtiotkOf Fred Plibr. UhO COIl88aU8#ltlYdid SiOt
‘Iotat0 Confirm hi8 aDDOi#Atmant.FOMOV8 It trm thr
NaDOtl8n j^titllk?”
ut1Ol8 431 Of th8 -Ml tiOd8Of %188, i2lpclrt,
prOVid88I '
"IlOOffhOr Of th18 +%a88 OP an7 O??iOOr O?
any 4:8trlOt, oolulty. olty, pr8olnoc, 80-1 dlrtrlot,
Or OthW 8UBiOi~i 8Ubdit18ion O? th18 $kte, . , . .
8hr11 aPFQb2`` Or ?Ote ?Orr Or OOIIfiF8tb8 8ppO``8at
to any orriaa, pooitioa oLsrk8hlp, rmploymnt or duty,,
Of anr pOr8On r818t84 within th8 88oolr448#?88 by bf-
flnlty or within tha third daeraa by oonra~alnlt~ to
thr parroa r)o lppola*liy 0s 80 mtlnu, or to lnr othrr
memberof any rub board, the kdlrlrtun, or oourt or
whloh 8UOh Q8Y8OZA80 8Q&%<il@ Ol’oOtin# My b8 8 mam-
bar, whrn th8 8alarl,f8a8, or oo8pan8atlon of 8uoh ap-
pObt88 18 t0 b8 JM3ib far, diXUOtlf Or illabfnOt1J,Out
of or tram pub110 hmd8 Or iO.8 ot Otfioa of any kind
or oharsotrr Hiat80avar.w
Artiola 435 of raid Coda protidar:
qo ofrloiror othar par8on lnolud8d within
tha third pnordlq5 artlole rhall apprwa av 80-
ooqt or draw or 8uthorlza th8 4rawl14gof say war-
aal 8alary. frr or om an-
Ea % Yz%i%Gi bla offio8r or parron, itorlug
him to ba 80 inaliglbla.*
A8 8hom by tha fOT88Oi4, th8 8ppOtitWnt O? Mr*
aTi8 18 11~340 by th8 ~88iO~ar8’ COUrt, whloh irOt, to-
gather with thr prO+l8lOa ia tha Orda? Ulet h8 *8h811 k
orrrird on th8 h88lth unit payroll et a 8818ry Of $lSO.OO
par mo nth, lff8OtiVa a8 of Juna 1, 1944,' ooapri888 all tha
faOt8 before u8 with mfrranoo to hi8 lp p o la tta or
a nt,
a m-
ploymnt.
It 18 appnnt ?rom tha foryoiu$ that Mr. mli8
18 aa amploys of th8 Oount~, on tha County payroll, noair-
w h18 dar&natad ronthiy ~la?y tror pub110toad8 and
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ZioaorabloMike AnsUn, Pa&r 4
mane8 in hi8 preaant position Within tha prohiblkc drgr*O
of ralatloa8hip by afiinltyto tha narly qualliiad bunty
Comai8~lonar.
frrour wiaioa No. o-1408,approvadsopteaimt
1939, thla mpartamnt ha14 that wham a County hire8 II
drltor by the month Who latar baoamr (I son-in-law of a
Comairrionar, such rrla tlonohip 0a.m undar th8 punier,,
Artlola 432, Penal Co48, an4 tha auditor should not a l to
payment for hle aervlorr. Th18 rulln4 appoarr appllJ
JOUr SitUfltiOn, end to WI01088 II OOPY Or Bli14 OQiAiO?
htl8Wril@ YOU& qUa8tiOU8, it 18 the OplJl~t";?t;;t
Dopartamt that undrr the faots aubmlttmd, tha paQ l,,
mlary o? the appolnter of tha Commisslonars* COU;,,~,
violation of The faot that su& t0 the
rroaitsd his a an6 and 888Uod hi0 dutlrep the pro-
slrotion or 8 Caamiseloasr who stands wI~,``,~ hia
hlbitrd dagraa of relationohlp to hla, would nr
position froa thr Nopotl8m statutaa*
,:y truly
Yours