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TuiHE ATTORNEY GENERAL
oF TEXAS
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CRAWFORD C. MARTIN
AflORNEY GENERAL
April 22, 1970
Hon. F. A. Cerda Opinion No. M-612
County Attorney
Jim Hogg County Re: Whether the Justice of the
Hebbronville, Texas Peace and Constables who are
running for election to be
deemed legally in the race
for their respective pre-
cincts in the May 2nd Primary
under the stated facts and
Dear Mr. Cerda: circumstances.
Your opinion request on the above captioned subject
reads, in part, as follows:
"Are the Justice of the Peace and Constables
who are running for re-election legally in the
race for their respective precincts in the May
2nd primary under the following facts and cir-
cumstances?
ft
"On the 31st day of January, 1969, the
Commissioners' Court passed an order re-districting
the commissioners' precincts, which said order was
duly published in the newspaper and posted in
several different places in the county, a copy is
herein attached.
"On the 22nd day of August, 1969, the Com-
missioners' Court by the attached order created
the election precincts with the same boundaries
as the commissioners precinct, wherein they wanted
to create the justice and constables and inadvertently
the wording to create same was left out in the
ordering part.
"The deadline for filing for candidates for
justice of peace and constables as well as others-2922-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-612, text, April 22, 1970; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth269837/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.