Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVERSELLERS
..TTORNEY GCNERAL
iioaorable L. A. Van Slyka
couaty AttorMy i I
i?orGBend ccunty
.uchmoad, Texas
ed at the same eleatlolr
bela to determine WhethaP
or not an Iamlaa0rpoFat.d
--. 'd two -1 ba iaeorporateb
uader tha aomnlseloa form
Of govsraaeat?
the ballot for tb eltatloa
of suah ofilarra.
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Yeur reaimt ~ettm’r*lNlte to the calllw of an
election to determlnm WhBChemor not a towa ok village hav-
lag a population of 200 to 1,000 ahall be lacorporated aa
provided by Article 1158i- et oeq., Revlred Civil Statuter,
1925, requer~~ thb deptmeatbr opLolorr oothe follovlng
quemt 1OM:
1. Ir lo nmadatorr uader Artlole 1158, R.C.S.,
1925, for the county Judge at the lacarporatlon election to
also crll for the electloa of l ma y o r awl two cammlrrlvaers?
2. Xou aad ulth whom do ruch candidate8 file for
office and hou 1s the ballot pewed?
Artiole 1158, R. C. Y., 1925, reads an follwrr
"At
such election tbcre shall be elected tuo
conmissioners, vho shall serve until the Cust
Tuesday in April folloviag, Sad Ia said UoiacoP-
rora~ed cities and tvvas, aad unhevxwvraced tovna
ILonorsble L. A. VaO Slyka, paSC 2
The mym 9t the laaorporatei
end lnaorporatad twar aad vlllagaa, adopting
the comlssloa farn Of govaraMnt aball coatlsue
to hold his offloc for the tarn for ublah be raa
eleatad. The aara of crflca of the map? and
a 0mlsa la M r alx8opt
, the flrrt llecteb Iwar
the provlaloaa hereof, shall bs tvo yawa, and
they shall ba c-:actad oa the first Tuesday lo
iIgrl1 every two years.” (Oadarraorlag ours)
Thla statute, YO believe, c&car it amdatory ror
the coukty Jud$e at the 88~~6 electloa ca2led to daoida OIY
;i,t lacorporaeloo to &so call Sor the election of a myvr
oad 2~0 comlsaioaars.
Ansuarlag your ascoad questloot UC hava cya-
fully checkad the atatutea aad ma umbla to firrd any atatu-
TIOF~directiona as to hou the oudldataa Sor such office
ille EOJ vlch vhoa, aor a6 hau they get thalr mm8 on the
iallot aor as to the prapa.ratloa of the ballot.
"It la . . . well settled , . . that a law which
confers a poweror hpoaea m duty upon an officer
or board oarrlaa vlth it by i,mpllc8tloa tha au-
thority to do ruch tblw8 es are reasonably nacas-
sery to carry into eiltat the pouar grmtitad Q the
duty imposed.’ Public Officers, 34 Tex. A@. 444,
par. 68 ne 7.
It’ia therefore OLWopinion thmt alaca tha st*Outea
are silent as to hou o caadldata for elthsr the office of
myor or city comalaaloaer eey get his ama oa the offloLa
ballot that the couutg judge m8y adopt any reasonable rule
for that porpoae, auoh aa glvlng aotlce that he will accept
applications -#ior to 8 glvea data. If ao candidate reqwsta
his aamo be placed on the ballot, 0~ if not as mny as two
ca&idates do not file for the offlae OS comal8aioner, he pap
print the oases of those that do apply and leave a blnnak
qoce f3r MIIS or names to be urltten la by the voters.
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::morabla L. A. VCa SlYkC, pge 3
The rloket 8houldh8va plotad on lt tha laforma-
;?x that r,uoiu4 to be electedaVIWl8SlOMrSso that each
~rde.r may kaw as to thmt offlceha say crotafw two paogle.
Your6 very truly