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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

tlonorablo Claude A. ~llllamr

Ohairman and Exwutirr Director

Tarar Unonplopant Campensation Conmlnaion Au8tln, Terse A the above OODr Qf a tioll.

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r puartioIi 1,s r8- 1, 29s9, rod OQ- ymuit Aiat o~~taiaed I rr0r the tenha ttm furR~aho4 04 In quo8tlQR 1 ~rorisione troll the oontraot, rhlah tha quo~tloa at hand: *To aanvaro for Inruranoo as4 oolloot pram&m8 during eaoh and vwy week on the pelieier of mid Coapny obtained br or srl(gn~4 to PI the to ai propar adjustment of olalms on my debit, “nd to bti *2 Honorable Claude ~llllama, page 2

any and all other thbwa tha Cawmzw la authorlaed

Y lta charter to do that tight ba maulnd of ma ?roa tins to time by the Comaan~ its atanauer and to an&age in no other bualnaaa daring the &a oi thle employmetnt.

"To pay over each day, or at the time lndloatod by the nulnager of the dlatrlot which I work, all . aoneya collected by me to the manager or to any other person de#lgLntod by the auma&er; nnleaa othmrwiaa ordam by thr . . . Coaqany. A0 monay or monaya shall retained by me out of any oollaotiona amda The total aumo oolleoted shall by me f Or any iNlrjtO.8. be'turnad over to tha manager or person designated the manager by the Company. My-ooaipenaation #hall paid to me directly by the Company through its manager or other proper officers. Under the tonaa of this oonti%ct the agent agraoa to keep true re- eordr 01 the bus&r8 ln the books ,and on tho forma provldad by the Company.

-And it Is further understood anti. agread that I aa to be dlraotly reaponalbla iar t&e tailurn, thr&gh w.8attaa,.whataoo+er, to pq ovqr soya ool- loot&d by me in,tha manner above doaarX&a. ,.

*To. &asks .apon the fornia provided by thaw Conpn~ an4 to forw~d It each tlqa ‘dea$gnated~by ~the manager, irlth my aoepunt report, a list of all poUoiea, am whloh themuma am four waeka in arrears. TM.

a ant's fallura to do so shall cause the gont:to bo lfabla to the Company, he shall pay to it . ii oollected~by him, all pren&ums in arrears mo&

than row wreka. But this penalty la not to.be~,taken as a waiter Company of the agent.6 ap,wnt to report or iomax-4 a list of all poliolee four rooks or more in arrears, and la not to be takaa In lieu of, but addItiona to the penalty Zor diaobedienoe OS the rules of the Company and the violation af,thia contract.

Vo take ao applloation exoapt upon thq lives porabnaJ.ly soon by the a&ant at the tlma the dppli- cation Ia mad8 and bcllavad br him to be ld’aound health, The failure oi the agsn%to ,800 pOr#OKI on whori he la aubmlttlng an applloatlo~ for inauranoe cancel thla~oontraot. will tom&at8 *3 Wllll#ma, page S

*The total #mount w#kly pmRhJU# in the Life Policy Hoglater, aitsr deduotlng the total w#akly pmalum in tha Lapse Yolloy Register 8rb to be debited to my acoount on Monday of aach every reek. This #mount shall be known as the ~Oolle&lbls T)eblt*, a8 la haralnartor made's baa18 OS my caapensetlon. This Collaotlble Dablt aball considered as having been absolutely racelred by me for the Company, and the Company shall not mqulred to prove th,at the egant actually rooelved the promirma or any OS them but the agent lt to bo charged with all pmmluma in ad- ranco pay and to ba orodlted with auoh arraira not to uoeed four weeks on any policy as umy be sat#b- liahed on the d#blt assigned to the agent. Tbis'olanae la aot to ba taken as a vmlrer of or ae a~ffactlng any ri&ht# of the Company otherwlao soour@ this agme- mant.

"'The bualnsaa smbnood in this agenop ah411 b#- long to the Corn ny and, tha agent shall not tr#n#for aall asma. r ha agent agmoa not to #coopt any aampana#tioa~Srom his auc0eaaor other p~r#On for tha transfer ot,the bu~inaaa of hla agency or any part or it.

'Thlg agrsament say be mrokod &nd/or temlnat#d by the Comp#&y ~lp~n~~on# day.8 notion. Buoh oorpan- utlon as ah#ll;haoa acoruad and brooms pay#bl# Up to th# date ot my re.algnatioa~er the twmhation of this #greament by the Oorp#ny.ahaU be in full day- mont and satisfaction of all ry aervio~a to the aom- .pallJ my oompan#atloa tinder thla q&raeant an4 of ah claims upon the Company.a

Artlcle s221b-17 (6) (11, VorMn*a Annotated Plvll Stattitaa, detinaa employment aa roXlOw,$%‘ *4 Williama, Da614 4,

rrB$Lploymeat* aubjeot to other potiaiona of thla subsection, means onioe, lnoludlng aar- +loe in interstate omerea, performed far wages, or under any oontraat of him, written oral, ex- press lmpllad provided that any aarvloaa per- formed by an lnd~vldual for nagba shall ba deemed to be employment subject thia~Aot unless and un- to til it is shown fo'thc aatlafnotlon of the Commla- alon that such individual has been and ~111 continue to be free from control or direotlon over the par- fonmncs of auoh aervloaa both under his contract ssrvioe anb in iact.

Since said contract binds the agent to comply dth all the lnatruotlona, rules regulatlo!ia in Some at ths time 61 tha making or the aontraot roll aa all~inatmotlona, rules an4 regulation6 that aey thereafter prc9nulgatad insurance oompany, it la inescapable that tha lnsuranos oompany poaresaes tha right of complete control the par- roramoe of ssnloa rsndarcd said a@nta.

It la our opfnloa that aald agents ara, as a~matter of law, in mplo$me@ ot tha lnauraaoa compan~;rlthin the maan- lng ~of the above quoted atatuta. : la trust that we hava aatlaractorily ansrered'jotar : pueatlon.

Your. very truly ATTORW~OHHERIILOFTXXAS APDEtOVB;: APR. 24, 1942 /a/ Ororar sellara BY

RBST ASSISTANT

ATTORtiIWGE%XAL

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