Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

:a .- AUWI-IN ~.TEXAS November l?, 1949 Hon. Carroll F. Sulllvant Opinion No. V-945. County Attorney Cooke County Re: The legality of the Coun- Qalnesvllle,Texas ty Attorney serving as a trustee of the munlclpal- ly controlledpublic Dear Sir: schools at Gainesville. We refer to your letter of recent date request- ing an opinion of this department on the following ques- tion: May the County Attorney aepve at the same time as trustee of municlpallg owned schools? Dual office holding is expressly forbiddenby Section 40, Article XVI of the Texas Constitutionwhen both offices are civil offices of…