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*1 OFFICE OF THE All-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
thla tllo prati- ting thlo Board alotto of the De- l ApprOprlatiOn bill to psj salary to the secrotary- am appropriated by the Lagis- at the oame time ad in 0 *J him per dlcm few for Yembe~ of that Boati?*
The- Act oroating the State Board ol Rcgistr;rtAoa for Prefescional Eq&mi~8 tAats l@m, 48th Legiel,lrture, p. 816, oh. 404rliated 80 Mtle 62A, Article W'?la, Seo- tions 1 to 26,~ %nclusiTe, in V. A. C. S.), mantains, among th’e iollowiad;~p~w%afonst others,
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*SWtiOD 6. $ecb msmber of the Board f&all reccive the mm OP Ten ($X1.00) Dollars per day for esoh day he is Potually emgaged in the dutle6 or us ofrice, inomung time spent in neaosssry travsl, together with lagithate exposes in- ourred in the perlomeance of suah dtttiee. * * l .* ThS Board shall hold meeting *s(lgtlw 7. within thirty (!Q) days after its rgmbsrq are first appointed, and thberttar shall hold at least tro (2) tcgular meetings eaoh year, Special oeetlngs shall be held at suoh time as the by-Ins8 of the Ward may piWide. s I). The Bsard shall elect or a point amsally irom Its osn membershi the folio Iti ag offloerst A Chairman, a V B --- man, and 0 @crM.ar~~ A quorm of tho Board shall consist of not less than four (4) 8xsibePs." (Em- phasls ours)
Scotion 9, among other things, provides that the Scaretazy shall gX;re a surety bond in tbo sum of @,r(lO~.oo~ aad that he mshall recmiie such salary as the Board shall deter&n6 in addition to the oompenwWnt and %xpenscs pro- vided Cor in this Aot.’ the BoWd St~f’urthr~authorizbs to aploy atush clerical or other asoistants as are neaes- wry at salaries in exoess of salaries paid for similar work in other departnients.
Said Wapter 404 Is alw Jcnom as Senate Bill 74, sbich Was pa886d by the 46th LCgiS~atUro. ff Was apprwed and beoamc esfccctire on nay 28, 1931.
Your attention is nom dire&d Senate Bit1 4?rr p. 610, vol. 1, Acts of the itegulsr Scsdon or the 4st.h L@gislature, npprwed snd efiwtite on April 24, 1939. The first two sections of said Aot read as follorst
*aceion I, The salarles of u State otCicers aad all St803 employees exoept those constitutional StatZTfficers whose saluies are spw%Ptoally fixed .bT ths Constitution, shall be, for thb period bagln- tting Septcmlmr 1, 19~d%nUng August 31, 1041, in such tams or asmasts as may be prwidod for by the LogislatuP0 $.a the g8aCal appropriation bills. is speoiPioa1Ly declared to he we OC the htntrmts It hereof Lhat the Legislature shall also fix the amount or supplsslental salarlss h(rrMter, out 0P court Pees to be paid to olerks and other employacs and receipts, *3 Yomwable ii. 8. CoWas - page 2
or the mtrto 0P Cirfl 4pea1sa the suprao Court and the Court of Crimbal Appeals.
l Section a. All~lass nsd parts oi laws fln- .ins; salaries of State s?flosrs sand em- gmyr+s, exoept thsse sonstitutional @tat* om- hereof that,atiy snd all laws autbclsimg payment of aupplfm4ntal salarlos from catrt reoalpts ana few ulsrks and 0tbB employees oi the Courts of Girl1 Appsalr, the t?apreae Court and the Court of Crlainal Appsals, sre ropesled in ss Ian a6 tbisAst.* (ltapha6ls they sreinoordl%otwlth . onrs)
The De-partmsntal Appropriation Bill of the 44th Legislature, Sa 1). 427, p. 7 Vol. 2, esnttins en p. 6% the bisss%al appropriations for tho,State Board a? aegis- tration for Prctes6%oaal @4ginoors~ Under *Salarilbs,~ the tollorFag appropriations appeart
*For tbo years tmmtg August al; +ctmt 31, 1941 *i&alar&eat
1. &oard Ycabsrs --
per dsspl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,lboo.OQ $4 400 .oo 2. Sssretary-Dirsstor........ 4826Q.66 4,200.00 8. * Assistant to
Ssarstary-Dirsetor........ 1 #fsoo coo 1,800 .oo 4. ChieP ClSrk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1rmroo I.600 .oo 6. Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 1,200.00 6. l Cler k - hall-time ..**.. 800.00 800 .oo
:’ iionorable a. ii. Cavneos - pkge 4
7. 0 auw*s - s60onal............ $ mo . o o $ 300.00 8. l 1me8u gato r ................. 1 ,so o .o o l#OOO.OO 9. 0 IaTemtlgato ra -
%6wnal................... 400 .o o 4aQ.Qo Total Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l . . . . $le*mo.o o 16 rmo .Qo 1em vetoed ltB8........., If 1700 .oo 11 ,lOQ .oo* r otalm (0 0ot0od)
Tturo, it will be noted that the 48th Legl8lators
oroital the Bolrril OP ilqglatration ior more8donal &aglne(Fs, and rllorad maAd Board to determ&nO the salary of lta Seer+ taq,ina&Utionto theoentpsnclstlonuui eq+Qser,prmided ior in 0af.d Aat. ThO oreatiag A6t also ap~rca-ad maid Board employ ma!& 01~001 QP other aaoi*tante as u4Pe 8saO8aary SOP Lha proper performalloo Of its rorlt, and oozltl&lea the fol- IWlng prmisor that tbQ 88luEtOspaid •~OV~CiOtifUrth~,
herein ahall not be in exoess ot aalar%ee peld ior cllndlur work in otbor departments.* will nlao be noted that the 46th Leglslaturo tired aalmies ot State OfflOem ood all State m- plofoes, with eerlaia exaeptions, for the period be&ming lPef&!abW’ la 19!39, and emairy dugurrt ?3lpi, 194lr "in such am18 oc aaounta as may be prwlded ?or by the Legislature in the dental appropriation bills.* It mill Turtba be noted that all lass and parts OP lam fixlag aoid 6laries mrb repealed in ao far as they wwe Ln aonEliot wltb uld bat of the &th Legl*lature. The otiloors and employees M tbe Board Reglstra- 2nginoors uare ereeptad rrom the pro- tion for Pr0rt308i0w
visions of said Aot of the 46tb Le@slrttwe. Their saluies, therefore, ior. the biMa%nm, baginning Wptmer 1, lBr(B, and ending August 31, 1941, verb fixed by tbo aama or amounts ap- pepring io the Uepartmcintal Appropriation Ml1 for rid blen- nirpI.
Said appropriation bill fkxed the 88lary of the
8Cwetar-pDirqtor for Pooh &eaigaatcn¶ tiMa year at ~,2#.00. *5 2onorable C. tl. Cavness - page f$
Eouse B&l1 291 of the 47th Legislature, p. 812, 2. S., and Smato Bill 26s of the 4Wh Legtslature, p.
4$2, 2. a., aro identioal in la~~ejtlage with 8. B. 431 O?
the 4~th Leglalature, with these axo8ptionsr
The aalarieo and other oamp8nsatlon o? Mstrlot judges are exoapt8d from the pro~Idon8 of raid dots et 47th atd (8th Leglelaturem~ House Bill 291 Of the 47th Legialatore fixes the salaries not exoapt8d there- ~om,"fortbaperiOdba&nn&ng 8ept8mber 1,1241, snd ending August 811r 194S,.ia suab sums or mounts as may be provided tar by the Le&*lature in the geaeral appra- priation bills.m &mat8 Bill 383 of the 48th Legislature ~kovise tires euoh ealrriea @ior tbe,perioa be&ming Beptember 1, 1012, and 8adiag Annpst 31, 194b..
The De~tmental Appropriation Bill for 8aob blear&am, b8gixmiw Bopt8mb~ 1, 1941, and 88pteaber 1, tbe salary of the Searetary-Mrsotor of said 1943, fixed noard at @,202.00 for eaob timal yeor of asid appropria- tion . Each of said bills also oontalmd an appropriation ot a;n,amouut ior 'Board Yernbers, ps diea.' In addition, eaoli Departmental Appropriat%en Bill pass8d by tha 4$th, 47th snd @tb Lsgislaturee inoladed an appropriation for *Board nembere travel expanse.* thus app8ars that, b8ginniBIg ritb the 48th
Legislature, salaries of the offie8re and amployees oon- meted ritb the Board of Registration for Profeetiional Engiaa&s, wsre fixed by the Legislature instsad of by the Board, al hod bo8n originally alloted by the 45th L~islature. _~.
It is alao alear tbat the salary of the m ItasS-pirreot~rao fix84 by the rariOus Legislatures, be- gimlng with the 46th, at $4,200.00 for eeoh Htial year, olld that $4,600.00 for 8aah f'iseal year was appropriated for per diem for Board members.
The question now arises~ -1s p8r dltan salary? well SntenIatiOnal Motionary, 26 2d., lI8bSt8r'S dedlnes *Per diem* as *By the day*! also as *an allOw8llo8 or asSaunt oi SO muoh by the day.. 4S C. J. 807. ddines 'P* dieoP as *by the day.*
*Salary is a fixed aompemiation, rhlah is pay- km8 1. Smith, 54 Ala. 47, W. able at stated times,*
gonOrable C. S. ~TUOW - page 6
*A salary is a fixed aomp8usation, desreed by aal for penunenoe, anais paiaat strtdlinter- authority Tale, and dopat upon time , ;pna not tbs PpDunt Of the'ser- TiO8s re?.U%8r8d; 8llwanOO.baiug a Tariable quantity.* gltine County'.r~. Ryrah, 17S Pa 702, 702, Z3 Idabo 111. Also, see ~ariouci aatiniti0n0 of 8salarye in lords and Phrases,
Tol.~. in Oobreoht V. city of Oin-ti, W Y. E. 782, 51 Ohio Btate, 68, 23 L. U. A. 509, it Was bold that Vom- pensation publio oiiioc, fixedhy aprwildonthat sash member of the Boqd, who is presead during the entire Oerraion of any re@lar meeting aud otbanrlee, shall b8 entLtled.to reosl+e $5.00 for hia ettendanee, ls not tsal- 'St, Within the meaning OS aonntitution, Art. 2, seat&iii 20, proriding that the Beneral~Aseembly shall fix the term of oiSl.oe and oompensation of all offioers, but that no aban@ shall EffWt th8 MlRl'Y Of W Of-flOh durina; h&S term.* (Wbphaals ours). &sting
It is aMar, therefore, that the per diea stipula-
ted for direotore of the Board Of 28giOtration for Protes&.on- al X4ngineern is not inolud8d in the salary for Its Secretary Director. Th8 elected or appointed S8oretary is entitled a salary as suob, in wtion to his pey diva as a Mrea- tor, and all legitimate expenses as allowed in Seotlon 5 ot Arti018 3271a, abore quoted.. This oonoluslon follws our rormer opinion lo. 0-1386, apprwed September 11, 1022.
Your question is therefore answered la the affirma- UTQ.
Hoverer, the per di8m compensation allwed eseb Director uust ,be balled StrlctlL On his attendanae at Board SQ8tings, inelud.lng tirm8 Spent in 11808sOary traTe1 t0 and from suoh meetings. Par diOm allorea on any other basis would be ill8gal under the pr8ssDt statute. ln order that the kcts df a gwernmental or ad- board mry b8 Talid, it/must a at as a body.0
d.nistratiTe a 1:. J.457. Y8mb8rs of the Board %uet aat as a boay rith a puorum present, and 811~mednbOrs must b8 giren an opportun- ity to be present if is reasonably aonvsniknt for tbaa tQ do so." Webster T. 2. & P. Aiotor Transport Co., 8t al., 10 T. 131, 106 8. '1. (2) 75.
; ;, gonorable 6. iI. Camesm 0 page 7
*It ie a well-established rule in this State, as well as in OthOr states, that where the Legislature has oomnitted a matter to a board, buraop, or 00lPnfeaion, or other sdmiaietratire agenor, swh board, bureau or oommiealon muet aot themon aa a body at a stated meet- ing, or one properly oalled, ans¶ of whioh all pe-mbarn of auoh board hare notioe, Or of uhiob they are givea an op- Cont3ent or aoqule8enOe of,, or agree- portamitj attend.
ment by the individual mc*rbem, aoting separately, and not as a b0*, or by number of the me&Mre les6 thsa the rhole.aatiag oolleotivel~ at an unaudednled meeting without notioe or opi~r;$ty of the other mimber6 to ('EQphaai8 OWE). lebeter T. attend, $g not aUf% i t. & P. Yot5?kutspOrt Co., et aL, supra.
Very truly yours Assistant W-MB