Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNM GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
state4 qaeatloa
as armxtsU, albm3
or lsso lnhabltsats,
ama88688or and Qol-
Mtere fh6 offlaa o? sharlff
the offloe of amefsuor UIU
6awhatalunLatlBalloweua8the
86otlon 16 of ArtZolo 8 or the stata coa8t1tw
tloa read8 ea follem~
*m0 uheruf 0f 6~0h 00mty in raditian
to hle oth6r that168aball be the aeeeuuor and
Bon. A. M. ‘turn- page 2
oollsstor of taxes thersror but, in oountlss
having ten thousand (10,0001 or mars lnhabl-
tante, to be detarminsd by the last preceding
08nt3~80r the mitsd states, aa ~sasssor and
Collsotur of Taxes ehallbo eletstadto hold
orrise ror two (2) 7sars end until lir muoessgr
ehall be eleoted and qudliriad.*
Artiole 7246, Il.C. 8. made a8 folltnrfar
*In eaoh oouuty having learnthM tea thou-
aan4 (10 000) inhabltantrr,
tba sheriff of euoh
oounty a&U bs the Assessor and Colleotm of
Taxes, an4 shall have and exerolso all the righto,
powsre an4pritllsge6, be 8ubjeot to all the
requirsmants and rsstriotions, an4 pe&ona all
the dutlea 4mpose4 by law upon as8es8ors an4
oollsotora; and he shall also glre ths same
bonds rsquirsd of an assessor and oollsstor
Or tWI8 OleOtd.'
Artiols 7246a, R. C. 8. reade a8 followsr
Vhe Assessor and cOllestar of Taza8,
Sheriff;or Sheriff and Assessor and Collsator
of Taxes, are hereby authorized ah4 ~pwtrod,
to adninlster all oaths neoessary for the dis-
ohargs 0r ths duties or their rsspsotfv0 0rrf008,
an4 to a4mlnistsr all oaths rsqulred for the
transaotion of business of their respeotlvs
0rri0es.*
Art1010 3283, R. 2. s., reads in part ae r0nm:
RExaspt as othsrwlss provl4e4 in thiu hst,
the aanual rees that may bs rs4ained br pre-
olmt, oounty and dlstriat orfloera aentloned
in this Artlole shall be as tollauo:
71. In oountler oontainlng twenty fire
(25,000) thousand or less inhabitantsa County-
Judge, Mstriot or CrlmlnftlMstrlot Atturmy,
Sberlff County Clerk, County dttoxtiey,
MatrIo& Clerk, Tax Coll~Ioz~ Tu A~Bo``oT,
or the dcM8aOr &mS Colleotar of 'hxs8,
Twenty-marHwdred (moQ.00) bollmu woh;
Justloo ai the Penw and cOuekblel, Tael~o
mna=8d m.2co.00) Do mlm ea a. .b.
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lboh ofrioer named in this Chapter
8hbllrh~df``t0~the8~tiO~8&hti
arrfMpeyarkpalathe6mmarit-
hirUUdaZ$be prCn~81aaUOf&-thd@~,
together nith the aal``lss at hla an8i8tmnt8
and deputlss, and autimrlzed axpamos under
ArtlOle s399, and tlm 8Rauat ReMmary to
60-r oosts or predu~ an whatever 8urety
botirpa~berequlred bylaw. Iftb ourmat
fee8 Of tWh ofif OOllwted in aa~ YU~X
be mre tban the arount needed to
amoutoabareupaiiid 8~8~0
eaaae88fee~anudbe``eda.r~
tb rmnner heralnaft.er pxwvl4ed.
*In oountle8 oontalnlniftwenfiy-flw
thousand (26,000) or lbs8 inhabitaIIt8,I&s-
triot and County offiosls rvuvilherein shall
retain one-third or euoh OX0088 fee8 Until
mob one-~, tafvstherwith the ammntu
opemlflsd In iirtioln.
sa3s, slpouutsta Three
31ou8and Dollars ($S,OOQ). IYeolwt oftloers
&allretalnona-third untflauohone-third
togathor rith the mount SpOOiriOdin ArCloio
s8t3s eRaunt8 to lraurtesnliun4red Dollus-
(31&J,.*
Ire quote frul ToaD Jurlapntb6w~* Vb 31, ptl(p
447,aii falla8:
*In 6ame imtanoe8a publlo affloar by
tlrttm of the faot that he hold8 the ofdoe
touNehhenrs oleotodorirggolntod,axe ex
Hon.
ottloio, aa authorlted and‘r0quizwd to ex0lc
oise the pow~8'anUperfo~the duties ofum-
thsr 0srio9. Xn SW& a ~8.80the kprene Court
has~sald that the r8 and autiss ti the orfl-
eer, simple as 8uoii-
,W3#38t8Sdi8tinotfraa
hi6 par#M aad dUtbS8 WhOll aOt* iI hi8 OX
ortioio oapaolty he as la they were exerolred
by two different paxOon8. ft 18 further mid’
that the oonferring oi,pcnmr and authority of
thi8 oharaoter up0a On omoor 18 difforel%
;~blandIngtwo dt6tInotfunotloneln one of-
.
"&me time8 P duty Is attaohed to two Qffl008,
to be sxsrolusd by the lnombent aonaurrentl~.
Tiiludoe8 not aonstltute the reopectlve offloen
Inouabent to r&orethan one ottioog nor does it
vIolate the oonstltutlonal provisIon that hlbltr
the holding of BOZV than on* ofrloe d 8316 p"
wnt.
Aatatute Impoi3lngfnmhdutlaa upcman@fIoer
18 not repealed by a l8tterOMot.mOnt impc+Olngtke
same dutias upon another offl~er, the later oat
aontaIr&q no repealing olause; the dutlcw hposad
upon both oitioem, but not amluslve4 uponeither,
and the onewho tirtstenter8 upon the parforpanor
ha8 t&cl rI&?i an4 parer to &WTfOnS, and upon nil.4
pertow la entitled to the statutory ootml~lon.~
Zn oplnlon No. ZSlO, qndoed by t$l+ %pa+aent
on laroh 9, 192l and printed in Rapwtb and Oplnlo``ior
1920-22, page 297, It was held that the oounty ju&e sot-
lnq a8 ex 0rri0i0 oounty sohool superlntondent was 8b4
perforxl141additional duties an4 the acaqmmtlon rot hi8
sorploea aa 8~ offiolb oountp fnqerlntendent oonstltute
a fes a8 aaunty ju4aa.
On Biy 24, 1927, in M opinion wrltton ?~yHon.
H. Grady Chandler, klslafant Attomq Oa na r e3,
lddreeeed to
l3. D. Uorewlok County Attorney IHokens Co& %~uY,
applytn~;the s&e reanonlog, thla deprtwnt he%l tlmt
In the o&se of a shdrlff who oolJaot8 taxes the person
18 not ffllin~ two offioes but the shsriti 18 8iap4
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