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, Tr1m ArxoNEY GENERAL
PIMCE ]DANIEL AusnmlN a i, TEXAS
April 1, 1947
Hon. Jep S. Fuller Opinion No. V-117
County Attorney
Jefferson County Re: Legality of a school trus-
Beaumont, Texas tee's nephew's wife being
employed as teacher in the
school under the Nepotism
Statute.
Dear Sir:
You request an opinion from this department upon the
above subject matter in the following statement:
"One of the Board members of the Port Arthur
Independent School District, Mr. C. T. Weatherall,
has asked that I get a ruling on one of his problems
to see if it is in conflict with the Nepotism laws.
You may know Mr. Weatherall. He is Vice Presi-
dent in the First National Bank here in Port Arthur.
"He was elected to membership on the Board
of Education for a three year term in April, 1946.
Last Fall, probably in October or November, his
nephew married one of our school teachers. This
nephew is the son of his brother. Of course the
nephew's wife is not related by blood in any degree.
Of course this situation did not exist when Mr. Wea-
therall was elected to the Board, but he would like
to have the matter straightened out before beginning
another school year."
Article 432 of the Penal Code commonly known as the
Anti-Nepotism Statute is as follows:
"No officer of this State or any officer of any
district, county, city, precinct, school district, or
other municipal subdivision of this State, or any of-
ficer or member of any State, district, county, city,
school district or other municipal board, or judge of
any court, created by or under authority of any gen-
eral or special law of this State, or any member of
the Legislature, shall appoint, or vote for, or con-
firm the appointment to any office, position, clerk-
ship, employment or duty, of any person related
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