Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

OFFICE 0F:THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 0-O.wuccC -- p-t-t. ’ reoeire4 Hon. A. M. 'Jhrnndy,page z 474 Bon. A. M. Turney,, page 5 The Con8tltutlon protide. that the duration of 011 offlaes not fix.4 thereby &all never exceed two yeare. But it also erprassly fixes the term of oertaln speoifled ofilcee at from tw to mix pSar8, and It autlwrfzes the Leglslatur. to fir the tbrma of oertaln other oifloers and members of out&in boards at not exaee4i~ elx years. The first of these oormtitutlonal provisions (Art. 16, sec. 30) fixes the terms of all offloers at two ye&r@ where they are not otherwlae fixed by the oonstitutlon or by a statute or mun1a1pal or4lMnoer Thero’h 90 statute requiring 4oputloa to take the oath of offloe la o hJenu u y , the only requirement being that muoh otfloer, whether lleoted or appointed, Shall, berofe enter* P P tho-dut;.s~of his ,offi.e, take and enbsorlbe~tho oa tr pro6ulbed by law. In Mswu to yourfilwu Question youare respeot- fully adtl8.4 that It Is the~oplaiomo? t&ii3department that when a Ueputy mherlff irr a~lnted.adl takes em4 sub- scribes to the oath prssclrib.4:by~l.a~before entering upon the dUt1.s Of hi. ofi he 18 not required t&take the oath of off180 '%it& Jiumuy but the Sirat o&h ~taken is suf- fieht6 4url8g Tqlo e nor his TpriEoipu; -:mJ-, rucrh 40$&f m?uXd ,be iequir@$ to take ‘rtnb SUblWziBe~ the oath of of$fw pzom6rlkd’by law when reappoint84 .hy ~klCphSmolpel wkem ``'iQOi~ta.t~l``or'``````;8ander a new prin.lpui Yom ~800& quostian has been an-d by this do- partneot Ill inion UO. O-91 rhioh holds that in OOlUltie8 h&ring a po3 lrtiaioi b8i ~han~tOBthwaaB4 lnlmb1tant.e tk4~okultf ~ad~m8088ar and eallbotor of taxes is entitled, un4.r Arti. SBOZ to o&y one ahlo? deputy at a salary of $laQo.oc pu 8makr we ~3bliukue``a~y or op%nson m. O-91 for your ln- formatlenr ~4. ooimonIamb, vatmumg that :fho ?wsga4g tally enswere l-m lnqulry, we rcmalu BY