*1 OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable IL '8. Sattertield

PerlPlOll '(ZosEf+io4er

State Firemen s a&d Fire Marshal's Association

Austin, 'Texas

Dear sirr

Your letter of

~thls department a copy of a

to beg areoated:by the',loc.al

Bo&e WLi ay3, aotr '1937, ~~th&..~yot~~z& obtain, the, info y to enable you, air, @riaioh fiommie requirements of then, &et that ,ehe

t6 the State Trea

1143 the rEt9tS ~i8 hi required of thblr existence. The adetjuate in every respeot .ae.Vs~one; The form letter aeters to the oity ox t@-n as having;a "]regularly organized Fire Departmant,w whereas the Act make6 ePigible.only 'those inoorpoiwt,ed cities and tmma hav2qg a "~reguiarly ~ra;ani@d actlv,),Fise Depaitment.n The letter should be amende& in this reapedt.

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Ecmtarablo H. 8. Satterfield, page ,2

Aa pointed oat above, the Aot 1a silent an to the m&hod8 1y whiahtthe Fi.romen*~ Pamion :Bemmlamimer~~shal.l satisfy himnelf of the.etlmtanoe o? the fag&r detemining the. eligibility of the board.: There is no reqnliament, therefore, that the lnfornmtion knoorporated in thk Iotter shall bo supported by an arfldatit., Howswer, the~Commlsaloner is at liberty to require the infonuatlon to bs submitted in affidavit fOW.

Yours very truly ATTORKEYCZl’iE?AL OFTEXAS By '( tUgned) R.W.FAIRCIEELD