*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG

AUSTIN

Bon. um. B. uw88011, &Irotrry

stata B8r of Tam

Llttloflrld Btdldlag Awtin, Tom8

tembar 24, 1940, a. Thr *srtion or 'hxar 18 al 88 80 88 to be ir- lUld.r bh8 fFitWll81 1On8 1426 lb) (7) l x uo pt from meh iah l Q in th* rnplolr polft 1081 8ubdiri8iOn 8tZ'UMnklitl or any 0 iOrW5OihQ Whhh 18 by OILI or 60~ 8t8te8 Or bditiSiOM; IAnd aw 8Ol'Y10@ tfvl l 8iplOf O? 8Xir iMtCUJUn- f On8 Or ELOr8 steta8 or pOllti08l CiUbdiViaiOll8 t0 thr O%tWAt that th. fn8trU- mentsllt~ is, with roepeat to such 8ertie8, the Unitob lmnlullo under tha CoMtitutlon State8 from &be tear lmpomd. . l n *2 Hon. whl. B. car88Ow, paga 2

Thr Stat8 Bar Of Taxer wa8 omatrd by

th. State Bar Aot, Houra Bill 74, Aots, &6th Legisleturs, Regular So814lon, page 64, oompllad In VWrlOn's Civil Statute8 a8 Artlola jaOe-1. s6otl on 2 Of this etatUt reed8 a8 fO11OW8:

Vhore i8 honby orestad tha Stat. &Xr 8hfOh f8 hrrrby aa8titutld 8Xl ad- m&ttratiVU agency Of thr JudI0181 DI- partmmit of the Statr, with power to oontraot dth relation to ita own af- fair8 whloh mel 8ua end k 8u6d and hso* 8uoh other power8 as era reapon- ably naaorrary to oarrr out tha parporra~ thi8 Aot." of that ell %OtiOn 3 O? th18 8tiatUta provide8

110anaad lrrrryarr ahell oonstitutr the Stab. Bar end rh8ll be mxbjeot to thr rule8 adoptad br thr @promo Court of Tatas. 8rOtiOll 4 8lI8hOriH8 the SupMm COurt Of Taxer to praroriba rul88 for thr oonduot Of tb8 Stat4 %r md $0 pmeOrib6 fO.8 Mt axqordlog iour dollar8 per annum par por8on *to ba pald to tha Clax% of the 8uprame Oourt to be hold by him and ax:- pendrd by tha Court or undrr It8 dirrotlan ior the ptlrpOll@ Of thr Ildnini8tratiOn O? th18 AOt."

Under tha rulrr edoptrd tim Suprenu Court 22, 1940, gov~rid$ thr Steta B8r of To~a8, 0~1 ?obruary it I8 provided in ArtIolr T(T, thotioa 4, &at the anna membar8hip foa 8hall be payable ennuelly to tbr Clark of the supr8ao court. Out oftho ierr paid to bin, th8 Clark of the 8uprmr hurt Is authorlrrd by Artlole V, Saotlon 7, to pey one errirtant to arsti him in dleoherg- iag the dutlsr Imposed on him bf the Stete Bear AOt end the rules of the 8aprema Court edoptad th4rrundrr end to pay oertain sxpenree naoesrerily 5nourroQ In dIeaher#lng suoh dutiso. After thr daduotlon of 8uOh rrponsel, th0 clerk 18 rspulred bg Art.1010 V, Sootion k, to pay over all funds or tha State Bar to the Saontery of th* Sktr Bsr.

Bomreblr Wm. R. tir88OW, pa&o f

ArtlOla V, Seotion 6, o? the Supmnn Court Rulss fixes the duties of the Ssoretsry of the Stata Bar, an2 prorides that hi9 eelarf ebe1.1. be fixed by the Boerd of Dlreotors. The Seontery I.8 also author- lzod by suoh 8aOtfOn to rnploy auoh olsriwl a88istsnoo ez the work 0r hi8 orrio~ may raqulro, the 8zlerl.8 to iia flxrd by thr Board of Direoton prld out of thr fund8 o? thr Stat. Bar. The wmatery and hi8 olrrlo81 088f8tMt8 err the only paid o??iorr8 or @~plo~rze of tha Stete Bzr, the other offiorr8 8nd the dfrootor8 aerz- 1y rOOOiVftl~ QcyrllMt Of 8OtURl ati Il~Ocl888rp WpWi808 in disOht%rgin~ thals dutiS8.