lng the oplnlon or YOUS letter of June 0 ned therein is, in thie department regardin part, a8 rOllOW8:

ouaty regard- d sx-membera , hrtiole 1939-A afore epeoi- 90, AOts8 the 48th ‘Legislature, Regu ;laX tlole lQgQa, Vernon’s Annotated Civil *AN hCT to amend Sections 1 and 2 of Bill No. 1004, Page 329 of the General Lawa of the Regular Session of the Forty-sixth Leglelature, so an to ex- tend their provisions regarding the issuance of certl- fioates and certified copies of instruments to be used in tutherFag alaims end establishing psoor or such ex- service men of ths Federal Coverrment nnd such eq- members of Auxiliaries the hrmed Forces ot! the *2 mnorable A. 0. imntarling, page 2 i

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United dtatss Govermsnt of World WU: I, the SpasIsh- mperio~+n War, World War II, Or anr other aOtiv4 SerViOe, to such olaims ror oompensutIOn,or other olaims to be established; defining ex-servios mn and et-mambsrs Of Auxiliaries; repealing all laws and tits of laws in oonfliot herewith; and dealsring ah emsr8enoy.~ "m IT E~ACI'ED BP !tRE IBGISUTURB OF THE SPATE OF TEXAS:

w8eotIon 1. Thut Beotion 1 of flousi Bill tio. 1004, Page 229 or the Osneral Laws or ths Regular 8sssid~ or the Forty-sixth Legisloturs, be amended 80 as to here- nfter read as r0110w4:

"'Seotion 1. That iron and after ths dfsotivi date or this Aot, all County Clarks, Dirtriot Olerks, and other oiflolals Is this Stats who are roquirod to lams any r0m oi osrtirioete or any oopy or oopies of Intro- ments neoesssry as proof to establIah asy olsIm or~olalms or asy sx-ssrvios msn or ths Tadsral Oovarnment or any ex- msmbws oi the Auxiliarias ts ths 'Umsd F0ross~~oi t&s United &at44 QOversmnt, shall Issue suoh osrtifioate, and llkerI44 osrtilied oQpIes -of any instrument aeoessary to prove aaj raot or establish any alaLa or suoh 8x- 88rvIoe men or suoh 4x-numibers of Auxiliaries, ire4 of any oharge, asd shall Inoludo the 48tablIshIh&of oom- pensatlon status, and asy other nsoossary raot to bs es- tablished to aid and assist suoh ex-ssrvios men snd ax- mslnbers 0r thB AuxIlIarIe4 In oompl4tIng the rso0rd o?

8uoh asnloe uhali neosssary or rspuired in the satabtishh- msnt or claIm8 and nsosssary senior statut in slthsr World War I, the Spanish-Amerioan War, World War If, or 4ny oth8r active ssrvioe, where suoh eervioe was rendered, wham the person would, on proper pmmf, bs sntitled o0mp4n4atIon, Insurasoe, any other r0m or ndjwrted settlemsnt ror service rendered to ths United Stat44 Government by suoh sr-service mm or ex-msmbsrs ot the Atilhries. Ths Gounty.Clerk, DIstrIot Clerk, or other orrioIal4 IseuIng cruob oartIrioat44 or osrtirisd aoples or InstrUmsnt4, shall not ~Uable tor asy settlament for any suoh reduction, an& tha sams shall not bs eotmtsd as teas oolleoted and ohapgsable to suoh orrloe, and shall form no part the naxImu4 ress or woh 0rrias. All or tha provialons of SsotIon 1 hereof, shall Inure to the heirs at lax of suoh sx-aervlos men and sx-mssbsrs oi the Auxiliaries, wham the prooS Is nsosssary to establish ths alaim emanating through or under suoh ox-ssnioe ssn or ex-msmbers of the AuxIlIariss.*

“Sea. 2. That Section 2 of Rouse Bill NO. 1004, Page 339, or the General Laws of the Regular Se4sion of the Forty-sixth Legis ature, be anmnded 40 us to hereafter rend as follows:

~*Yection 2. Xx-service aeon and ex-members of the auxiliaries, as xmant in this iLot, shall include all those persons recognized by the United states Govern- sent es being entitled to adjuetment oompsnsation, or other rorm 0r settlement ror service in time or war.1

ma3C. 3. ~11 laws and parts or laws In oonrliot

herewith are hereby repealed to the sxtent of the aon- rlict only. 4. The raot that such oertfrioates and oer- vso.

tlibed oopie4 will In the near future be needed ior the ax-service men and the ex-membera of the ~~uxilIariee to the Armed Foroee of' ths present OOnfliot, and the faOt that there may not be another legislative ees4Ioz'to oon- sides such legi4l~U4n before 1945, create an emergeno~ and an Ileperatlve pubilo neoesslty that the OonstItutIonal Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in eaoh suspended, Baid Rule is hereby suspended, and this Aot shall taks effect from and after Its passage, and it la so ena0ted.v

After oareiully oonslderlng Bouse Bill No. 596, supra, and the definition ofeex-eervioemen and ex-memberswof the AuxIlIaries as derined by the hot, you are respsotfully advised that It 1s the opin- ion of this department that the said term4 *Ex-serviosmsnW and *Ex- mnbera? of the huxlllaries Inoludes all those persons reoognleed by United State4 Government as being entitled to adjustment @04pensatlon, or other rorm settlement for aervloe in tims 0r

sar, when suah persons have been discharged from such services, or When present sesbers show that they are now recognized by the United States Ooveqment as being entitled to adjustment aompenaation, or other fors or settlesent for service in time or war.

Your4 very truly AT-l’ORNW CE%CRAL OF FEXAS