Honorable John D. RmB, ?a$* 8 J3&Ub3 0Si S8~tWb.r b UK%. 0Onta.h~ the

at Big folr0wIng l tataQentt Wmd I be given wiploy- zneqt by you, ?lther the podtion applied far, or same other, now or hemafter, I bazeby a6mo that suoh sa?ploynmnt my be terainateb by yau at an;l time without llablllty to mo for wager or salary swept ewh ad my bar* been oarwd at the date of such temi8atIon.* We therefore rare not nquired to have any rewon ior pour termfaatfen. nirthw, we undwetand Taxa6 Courta have dealwed a Btatute uueh am that nmntioned in your letter a?

We 7th unoonatltutl~nal. (6igaod)Ar*lrtaat Oumml QuporlnOendent.~

Veur o ,inIon will be l p p reolste6 on th e QuwtlQJl - s to &ve a s a Qorpwatioa require6 bi8ohar~a4 amplop a rtabaent la aitiag t&e eawa oi hla dIrohar&e - in or6a tlmP we my 4letel!dno what pr0e*duro it My, to take an a matter tht is a0w pen&I* beian tbir Dsgar(cL '. mu&~*. " , ,

drtloie 6196, Vemon*m Civil E&u&~ reds, la pax%, au iollowut of ioll0ufng &balk .,

=wlther or lisor !%a tien agalmmt p*mew reekln@ oatutl$u$o craplo~ul* t Where mny 8orparatIon or rti*iwi oil the .:; doiw bumlnem ia thii #%&a’ 8z agent cr’arployeo Of auoh aorpontbion ir r*M tap, “3 =. 8hall have &Imhar@ aa enpioyae an& maoh en&.oyw baaad a 8tatement in writing of tb mm* of hie dIuaher8r, and 8uoh sorporatlon, meelvor, agent or emplcyee thsrsof fail8 to fur&ah a oi the #une to 8uo:h diaohargge+l true statuwnt amployw, within tm daya after rush danmad, 8r where any oorporatlon or rooalvrr 0s tha oame, or any ofrlaer or agent of azoh eorpontlon 01 raoeirer shall fall, within tm dam aftsr written demerdl for thr #ame, to furnish to any employee rolmtarily learing the 8enioe of 8uob aorp0ratioa or reoelrer a statement in writing that 8uoh employee did lare moh suvlaa *3 voluntarfly, 0s where iiny,oorporation im reoelrer of the ilame, 4oing bu8lnesa within this etato, shall fail to show in enp statement under the provlsloo sf this tltlo the number of years an& months during whIoh l ush rrployso wsu in the esrrioo 0r the '&aid eorporstlcm or rsoslrer in eaoh and ovsry wepareto m&moit.y or position In rbioh he uaa aep;Loyr(L, aa8 whether him eoniou wem utiri’rotory tp roh mob oapwlty or not, or whore wy euah ooxparation er reoaIrsr eh4ll $ail wIthln ton &J* after writtesi demand fortha sama to furnlrhto any mah em loyee e tree oopy oi the 8%atemwt

o x! ginalLy &ven to fwoh employee for hI# IPI* In aaae he arm11 Irave Loot or Ie othermime cl~~;~ulof the UIO of eai4 oxiJna1

The reaum for the roenaetment oi the b&alr%htias sktute In 1929 by the Forty4iret LsgfrlatuVe, 8tatott in She amrrgenay olausa, war beoauso the ~oodlfiem vi’ Ohr Re~lsoff Qlrll Eitatutes of Text, oi 1988, omitted Frog! the definition of diearimlnalba ~ylly ei the mterlal pPorfeian8 of the foPiner law on she subjeob am 8at*0tt6if ASti4Lo 894 of the fieviard Cl711 Jt6tutee oi 1911,

In 1914 the Supreme 00-t 4E Tome, In the ease of st. Louie southwestam Ry. Co. re, CaWrfn, 171 G.Wq 705, held Section 3 of rzrtIols 594 OS the Hevisted Civil SMtutee of la11 (whioh ia ia0ntioOi In lu3gwr 0 with Seotien s of Article 5196, Vernon's CIoIl Statutes 7 ~oolaatitutiond..

Obviously, the reseon that the ooditirr6 of tke Rerlssa civil Statutea ot Tame, of loeb, omlttd 8d.4 Art1418 594 iron the 1985 tmM.flaatfon wm due: to the Saab that thie .Axtlel.e bad been doslsred unocmtI(lutional by

Bonolrble John D. Rood, p 4 Trwtlng that the ‘abcwe satiafaatorily dls~tmw

or your inqulPy, wa remain Your8 VOPy tidy d FIRST ASSISTANT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL