Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1941 )


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  • OFFICE OF THE AlTQRNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorsblr 5. 1. fia8hburn County Auditor Her.r~~oounty Hourrton,Texer Daar Sir: opinion ao. o- it.: Should a r to l rp p a int.6 Of ml4 oourt. l abore ratter said atdoter provider that an hall reoeivo certain fee8 for dome, and Artida 2326 therid owing proririont ial rborthand reporter 8i each JuaioioJ,dlstriat in this State anU the Offb3ial ahorthaad reporter of esoh oouaty oourt, either oivil or oridnal, in thir State, #hall rooairr 789 Honorable H. L. Washburn, Page 2 a salary of $2,100 par annum, In addition to the ooappclnaatloufor tranaoript fees as proribs& for in this Aot. Suoh salary ohs&l be paid monthly by tho Commiaalonera~ Court of th0 County, out 0r the gbnaral fund of the oounty on the oartlfloataof tho dotriot JUaa;O l* Artiola 232bo of aald l$atutoa proribaa that the offlolal shorthand reportor of eaoh Dlatrlot Court in aaoh oounty having a population in lx o o a oif 290,000 shall rooairoa salaryof $3~600~00 par annum In addition to the oompu4a6tlon for tranooript fear. Artiolr 2324 of l6ld ltatutsa provibes that the offioial oourt reporter shall attend all aeoalonaof the Court, taka shorthand note8 of 8ll t88tlmnJ OffertM, ~to- gother with all objootionr thuato, rulings md remrkr by the Court, pnemne said notoa and mnke transorlpt of aaid erldenoe upon applioation thorefor. 3b Texas Jurlaprudenoe, Seotlon 155, RaGa bob is as follaar The appolntaant of a bputy who 10 not within tho oonatituti05al ~lalona, and whloh 10 not for a partloular bur tlon of tlma, ia ooextenalvo in &ration with the tumre of MO offloer appointing him, and, unloaa sooner rm- mred, ho holds until thr mplratlon 0r tho offloar*s term, an& oeaaea to ho14 at that tlma unless ho is reappointed.* In the oaaa of Trinkle VS. State, 127 9. W. 1060, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, in paoaiB& UpOn the validity Of an indietmOnt signed a8 fOrmtIM by one C. A, Green who wae alleged to have been a (Ieputy sheriff at the time the same was signed and roturnod, 790 Honorable H. L. kWhburn, Pago 3 held that sold Croon was not a deputy lherlff at sold time under the SoUowing faota, to-wit: L. A. Eatoh toatlflea that ha was ahorlff aad appolutod Green daputp aherlff on #ommbar 2&e 1906; that Graaa quall- fled as luoh and had oontlnuod to lo tas luoh @for alnoa) that ha, Latoh, was raaleoted *harIfTin Norom- bar,~l908,but bi4 not raooniaaion Graan as doput?, and that Onan has boon sotin undar the ort~inal lppoint5mit. Tha Court of OriJnal Appaala hald that Grean~a appoiutmant as daputJ aharlff OeOOed to be sffeotlra at tha end of tha term of sold Latoh as aharlff. In the *a00 0r Finbla ot al vs. rlallowag, 2b6 S. w. 681 the Court woo 800 L with the d&t of a 6eplltrPUbliO n-r to rotaln his OffiQO MdOP g~~~~~t~ub~,~~*~f~~ $,g: anothor bputx. The ti0U.t hold that #B id l&QOinhOlit was not for a partloetar duration of tlma, and, un- lass tho oommioaloa of said deputy woo ravekod or otharwlas auaullod, it us aloar thet ha would oou- tlnua ooextoaairoly in dumtion with the term of offioe Of WI public waId@ar. Xa tho oaaa of Tamall vs. Sparks, 135 6. 1. 519 tha Suprama Court of Toua was dosling with the right of,the than Attorney Canare of Tens to ontar into a oontraot ulth one Johu L.+Torrrll to patio= lagal lerrl.oaafor tha State of Tana for a ltatod oampanaatian. ILi holding that said OO@.O$'~ORtwas lagal, the Supram Court mado the fo'o2lOw~ atatamnt which is l &@iOObh hanto, to-wit: aDoea the egrommit betwean Tarroll end the AttorneyGanaral, Lightfoot, OOufar UpOn Terre11 the cfflalaJ.oharaater of Assistant Attorney 5eneral? If the effeot of that Eionorabla I%. L. Washburn, Page 4 warn to oonatltutrTwroll M aflrarpunt offloor of the 6tate, then his appointment ULd OOntinUMOO in Offi WOad dOpM& UpM the oontlnuauoe of tho tana of the Attoznry Go no r awh l,olppOiIitO& h im, ana hia, authority tarainatea when thr Attornoy Oumal qualifl04 for his auooeralng trrm and Oororrror Oampboll want out of cffiaa by ruaon of th eluoo~aalon of the pnaont governor.* It la our opinion, tharefon that when Judge Allen ZE. Nomay ooaaod to be Ju&e of .& llyth Dirtrlet Oourt tha offiolal oourt nportrr thwetefon appointed by him as offioial oourt npfktor for aal& Piatriot Court alao ooaaoa to ba luoh OfflOial roux-t ro rtof. We are not pcti.1~ UpOn w &ht ha Yy hare r o trclg- aorlbe lvldauioe and eolleot faoa thenfor! in oaaoa ro- port04 by hia during the him0 Judge Eenm~ .waa upaa tho banoh of said Court ‘8s a Dietriot fu&+ It fo our hol&ln& that the tXmmiaa~eN* Omurt wo\ilb not ba authorlsad to approve a ol.aisD for aaUx for tha parlob of ray auoh vaoanoy .Sar the offiol8 I ahorthmul nportar appOiak#d by the Judp of rid Oourt. Trusting that this aatlafaotorlly anawora your lnqulry , wo 833 Vary thly yeura AT- ,GNRNIUL OF !BXAt3 Jaa. Uo.Baasott AF'PROVEDPJG29, 1942 Aaoistrnt

Document Info

Docket Number: O-2976

Judges: Gerald Mann

Filed Date: 7/2/1941

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 2/18/2017