Hall v. Baum

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

Sec. 18, Art. Ill, Constitution of Texas, Vernon’s Ann.St., provides:

“No Senator or Representative shall, during the term for which he was elect ed, be eligible to (1) any civil office of profit under this State which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which have been increased, during such term, or (2) any office or place, the appointment to which may be made, in whole or in part, by either branch of the Legislature; * *

The question to be decided in this direct proceeding in this court is whether by virtue of the quoted constitutional provision State Senator…