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GERALD . MANN
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A-rORiNY ORCNERAL
Honorable A. C. Foster
County Attorney
Haskell, Texas
Dear Mr. Poster: Opinion No. 0-5331
Re: Can the county judge of Haskell
County also hold the office of Area
Supervisor of the Aircraft Warning
Service and the Office of County De-
Fense Coordinator.
We have given careful consideration to the question submitted
by you in your letter of May 21, 1943, which reads as follows:
"The county judge of this county asked me to write
you for your opinion as to whether or oZ he can
legally hold office of Area Supervisor of the Aircraft
Warning Service to which he has been appointed * * *
and the office of County Defense Coordinator to which
he has been appointed * * * while at the same time
holding the office of county judge. The first two-
offices named pay no salary.
We have read with interest the opinion you gave Judge Ivy
the county judge of Haskell county, in your letter to him of
May 21, 1943. We think you have correctly answered the
inquiry that the county judge may hold the office of Area
Supervisor of the Aircraft Warning Service and the office of
County Defense Coordinator at the same time he holds the
office of County Judge of Haskell County.
As we understand the facts relative thereto, the services
to be performed by the "Area Supervisor of the Aircraft Warning
Service" as well as the office of "County Defense Coordinator"
do not constitute either of said positions an office of honor
or trust such as is prohibited by our Constitution. As we
understand, membership in each of said organizations is entirely
voluntary and for the purpose of rendering an unselfish and a
purely patriotio service during the duration of the war.Yours very truly
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
s/ Geo. W. Barcus
Assistant
APPROVED JULY 3, 1943
s/ Grover Sellers OPINION COMMITTEE
FIRST ASSISTANT By BWB, Chairman
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