Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

*i’ I i, OFFICEOFTHE A'TTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS ATTORNEY GENERAL lianomblo D. W. Burkkaltu 0 vote in..the irieC%tiOIt%ovember 7th was tha o&tly one 'on the hTOYeabU ae rs-eleotade " ;uestlon: iii11 he be eli&bls to qualiiy OLI January l$t, and hold the offloo tar another Term " leaving i-As rcailp In the other cqunty to XVI hfl buo;neaa'?" zeation.15, krticle 5 of tbb state Canstftutlon grovidea: "?k.ere ahall !~e establlshad in eaal? county of t!~is "tat- s Ccl;ntP court, wkl.ah shall be a court of moord; and tlxrs shall be eloctad in oath county, by the quallfllsd voters, a aosntp judge, who shall be well informed In the laws of the Stats; shall be a c&neez'Vcrtorof the PBaOB, 1~46 Shall bold hlo Of- rice tar two yaare, and until his aucoeoaor ahell be cleated end quallfled. ilt3shell recelfm4s3mmpso- 8atiOn fW hi8 tieldCs8 SUCh fO@6 all& pBXV&Si.t.te&%+l -.“; aa mny be pro~oribed by law.- Section 14 oi Article 16 of the State Coustltution reads es r0ii0m "Al.1alvll Ofiiosrti shall reside wit&in tho State; and.all dirtrlat or.ooMty otflaera with+ their dia- ~':'~. trlcts or~oountlO~,and~ahell~ksep~thelroffices at auoh place8 as.m$ be sequlrsd by lew; and rallkU% to .aosply ?Jth this-provlelon8h$l:,v~ca+t+ :offlof. ~80:heldi~~ :... ..., trticla'S927,Vernon's Annotated Clvll Satutee provides: 'To ~pemon~8hlf.:;be:ellgibl~,~to-.~ag~State, oounty,: preclilot~::or muql,oipal:os~ioice~ ,$?.:thfu: @ate pnleS8 :pe: NmUbe: all@%&'~iti$!~d ~oZX~$~.,~d@i~ !$li~.~~&l,@i$loii ~f.icnla~:bt~to;. and unlesti;fi$ .~rii@s+ ~+&+s+I+d:$ith.in thim State tur thitp&lo& hi ~2~iWii%~an4 61% months '.~ in the county, prrclnot, or munfclpolity,and which he ofrero bimssli.asa candldate;'nsxtxcrcedlng any general or specie1 eleatloa,and shall here been en aotual.boaarids altimn ot~aald aountp; preolmt, or nunia&pelitptor~more.than:sl%aonths.:. No,peraon.Sn- allgibls to ~hdld..oifloo shall eter hWs:hla:amme.glaa~d upon ths ballot in any general or.speoial election, or at.any ;rimery alaotlon Mm-e oandldutaskre sslacted under the eleotlon lawa ot this Stete; and oilsuoh in- sliqtbla candidate shall ever be voted upon, nor have votas counted for him, C.L any gmmr~l, ogaial, or ,trl- mery ~leatlon.W cmtiala 2920; Varnonls Annotated Clvl.1 statutes roads as iollows: "Yoither "he ,aoratury 0r &tats, nor giy county judge OS st;la &ate, nor any other authority uuteurized to issue cert:iiasteu, si~ll :ssuj sny cert;ficatas 0r Eonorable D. T. Burkhalter - Page 3 election or appointmentto any persou elected or appointed to any office of this 'tate, who is not eligible to hold suah orlice under the Constitution of this %atc and under the above Article; and the name of no ineligibleperson, under the Constitu- tion and laws of this State, shell be oertifled by a4 party, oosmittee,or any authority authorized to have the.nsmes oi oamlldates plaoed upon the pr%mry ballot at any prlmery election in this _ State; and the nmm oi.no lneli8ible oendidatd un- der thr Constitutionand laws of this State shsll be pleeed upon the ballot or any general or speoia1 eleotion by any euthority whose duty it Is to pleoe'names OS oandidates upon o.iYioielballots.' Artiole 29fi8;"V.A. C. 3.,.psovidoe,:amoag.other things;"thatthe.residenoeof the married man is where his wife r+das. Referring to 'Article2958, V. A. C. 2.. it Is stated in'Texas Jur., Vol. 16, p. 46: The statute defines the *resit!enoe* aithin the meaning or the election laws, providing:--thstnrres- .ideueooi.the aarrlad msn is where hfe:rrite.reeidesr~:-~; .e