Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Artlolk 3119, Ve;non(~eAnn0tetti.d
Civil otatUtb8,
provldes a8 followrl
Hon..I. c. xoalrttr, ps$* 2
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oleatioa, 8tlahaaaml46u ahrll 4011~s~ t#e 8amo to.thr
praalnat obrlrmmn for ,suah greefnot, .a&,. li .unsbh to
dolivor the 68ne~M 8dah pr~rldlag 0fi10rr #z,.preolnat
oholrman not ~1.80 8hmn t*rhty-four Jmurr prior to tl).
time. o? -oprnlngthe poll8 for such priarry, ruah.oom-
tdttob shall dallvor thr umo to ary pu8iiri06 voter
a? the party rcoldin la ruab proalnot,. brklnq.hl&.
rose: t thawfor, en 8 rppointlng him .to h&l6 ~~airah :
llootPon fn~oarr rush-#r8816ing offloe; or ~.prealnot..~
oh8lrz68nah811 tall ta 8
for openlag thr~pollr.*
.-'Wo bollevr thbt thb @bow rtbtutb .oXi?ql~ 81&daxp?iait-
ly pl8066 811 dotlt8 rrgsrdlag thr. .$Uctrlbutlon e? ballot box08
in 8 primary el6atlOti01) the oouaty ezeoutive etxmdttoo.
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‘ Ti&bb&t~ '$0, the di~trlbutioi'~?~ nibh biilot .&c&8
by tie ehcrl?? lr without the 806&W o? ~hlr o??$olal dutlor.
“-.Thld dopaztnmnt’~hao hild~ooE8lstrnt~y thclP.'it'la
per-
mirs6iAe'for 8 aounbf orrialsl to raabpt oompb~8rtloc'?or tlbc-
vlob8 rcEduei3bdpnd th~'Q.tlbr of,his o?~loo uhur ‘the per-
?ormbnob.o? rush nnioor iserllrd~for18 aloarly ~~t.nlth.Lnthe
tyfd;Io? hlr orrlalrl futles. (C~lnlcna Xo:O-5p,~ao. O-921,
.
The dollvary rad dirtributlon of euoh ballot boxos,
Cot b&g WitPh th6 8OOpO O? hi8 O??iOitiidUti68 in rb8pOt t0
8 urlmrJr r>~aica, aould bb 18w?ully Udlsrtakbn by the ehsrl??
ln?iG~tivetb 8utomoblla, and h6 oCuld moeire oolepcunsrrtlon ?or
Such 66rviO68 tT0F.l t&S UOUlltrbXWUtiYe OWdtt.8 Of the hnOOr8t!
Party, but he would not be bZItithd to FOOdW OOmpen8atioU-': -
iron tbn county, un0sr Art. 3899, 1. A. C. S., ?or the milaa~o
treve1sC in psrrorning suoh duties.
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:or. I. 7. XcVhirter, page 3
In regard to the using of a deputy sheriff in the
:ictualperformance of suoh uno??lcial duties, we quote from
Cpinion No. O-921, as expressing a prlnclple of lairapropos
to this queatlon:
*The oouotg olerk has no authority to use
county employeea paid by the county to periorm
services outside 0r the aoope 0r the dutlea or
the oirioe of oountg olerk. Labor paid ?or by
tte county should not be used by the olerk in
the performance of aotivitles outaidb of thb
scope o? the duties OS hi8 O??iOe,"
It la our opinion that ii the :656.25 is collected
from the Demoorat$,oparty, it should not be placed in the
Oiilcers' Salary "und. Eowerer, the county should be re-
imbursed by the aheri?? ?or any mileage oolleoted by him from
the county in perrorming suoh un0rri0m duties. The oounty
should also be reimbursed for any m,oneps paid the aherlr? or
his deputy as salary or otherwise for the time oonsumed in 80
distributing the election suppllea. See Vaples r. Yarrost,
108 Tex. 5, L.R.A. 1917 A. 253, 184 3. :II.180.
Very truly yOUr8
(y2cFGecx.t-
BY
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.- Robert 1. Lettlmore, Jr.
Aasiatant.
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