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*1 I OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 1 $2,

G‘“&LD c. MANN .3 ~on*sv -l-my Jfl Himorabls Karvin Eall, Comieeioner

&oar& of Insuranas GomA3sioners Tsxcm

Austin,

Dear Slrr Rer Eioara

This will aoknow

U$'27, 1940, l'8qU88ting t

6s to ths authnrlty of th loll oertlaln em-

t0 retain OZl th8 $~EIflOfi ted Stdlt8IJ h&y p1Oys8s who hiI'8 Resa and who anticipate ire duty at t&&t tiU8. ur attent:on to &wit required by the portion of the e by ths head of aash CoFnptroUer or State Departtin

8 UW41103’88l 011 thiS ooapenseti0n as 80 #ho holds at th8 sams und no statutory authorieation for ths in- 88rtiOn Of tPia/pr0~i8i0!1 fn ChQ dapw&8KLWAl pBLyr0~ am&Wit required to be rida to the GomptEollar in S. B. 427, Aots 1939, 46th b3giislatUS8, S~80ial Laws, pe 7* the DepartWntal Appro- priatlon Bill, and ~8 assume th8 provf5ion v~as inssrtad in an arrort to oarrg out the mandate ot eimilhw prorislons in CoIdd.tUtiOn Of 3!8Xasr

Prooeeding on this assumption Let u8 examine p%rti- nent protrisions of our Conotituti@#i.

Honorable karvln Eall, Fag8 2 XVI Of the Uon8titutdon of %OtiOn 12 of Arti010 prooldest

WOO. X3. No member of Congress, nor pereon hobUng or sxeroldng any off’ioe of profit of trust, under the United States, or either OS them, or under any foreign power, shall be rllglble a8 a member tha Leglelature, or hold or exerolee any 0rr508 of prOfIt or trust under this stats.*

ThlS &~~ii~iOn Of Ou31 OO~&ItftUtiOn IS qmIfI8d by reoent ammdmnts to Ssotlons 33 ana 40 of Article XVI, adopted X'ovambar 8, 1932. These ssotlons read:

%eo. 33. The Aoaountlng oifiObr8 of this atate shall neither draw nor p%y a warrant upon the Treaeury In favor OS any person, for relary or oonpsneatlon as agent, Offio8r 0r appointee who holds at the 8ame t&e any other oifioe or pool& of honor, trkaet profit, under this State or ths United Statsr,

"ti8Oi 40. Bb ~r8cm shall ho16 or QxerOll)o,at the m tim8, 1~0~10 thur 0m C;VII orrI08 0r m110i~- merit exoept that or Just108 of Peeoe, County 00a- !&W&l8r, Notary Publlo Md POStlliaSt8r, OffiOiW Of the Xational Guar(l, tha NatlOnal Guard Reaarvs, and Thai UfriOer% R888rV8 t%?pP Or the united mxt8s td 8nlIsted m8n of th8 NatIOnal Guard, the KatIMal Guard Reserve and the Orgaulzed Reserves of the United Staterr Sn ret&s& of2108r~ oi ths Unlted Statea A~IIIY, Navy find Line carp8 an& retired warrant orilloer~, &n or the Unite4 State8 Amy, and &Area anlisted Mary and Marine Gorps, ~nl8rs otherwlse speolally provhed herein. ProVid8d. that nothing in tiiil ccp$tutOn shall be eoastNed to prohibit an OillOW?

ll d man of the National Guard, anb %he National *3 Honorable Mar~ln Hall, Wge 3

.* It Is clear that under Seotlon% 33 and 40 or Art1018 XVI 0r the Cor.utitutlon 0r Texas, and th8 departmental payroll affidavit interpreted In the light of these oonstitutionel pro- vlelona, en offioer In the OffIo6ro Reserve uorps of the United States may hold in oonjunotion w5th that.orfIos any other poel- tlon of honor, trust prom in the State or Tsxaa, and may reoeivs salary or oomp8neation for ~am(d.

You are acaord5ngly advlaed that employee% of the Board of Insuranos commi88lanera who ar!: Reserve Oftloer8 in the United Stataa Amy play oontlmm raoelv5ng their ralary from Lh8 State of Texas while on aotiv6 duty during their vaoa- tlon, and under ths olroumstanoss de%crlbed you my make the payroll affidavit required by ths Comptroller.

We ai& oonatraidbd to 0all'Jrour attention, however, td that pdT?+iOn Or S8OtiOil e Or the D8&Wtill8ilta1 Appropriation Bill, 9. B. 427, Adts 1939, 40th Lag5slatur8, Speolal Law%, It p. 7, dealing with vaaatian ellowanoe for State emgloyeee. pror5aest "Vaoetion Allowanoe. BQartment erlkQloyee% shall without deduotlon in salary, reoslve not exoesd5ng twelve days' !vaimtlon, ~XO~UBIVO Or Swdey% and legal hoLidaya, op whloh Stats Off5068 are 01os8d, for eaoh Stat8 fi80~ yeaT, %Wh VaOation period t0 be EiUtUEliky agreed upan by the head or each tiepartment with hl8 sRp1OyS88 provided that employee% belonging to Texas I~ixtional Ouar d may haV8 their VatKltion at the time of the meting of the annual snosmpment. Pro- vided, that no employee for whom a %alary Is hereby appropriated, shall reoelve oocqmnsatfon while on vacation Lin16%8 he or %he has been an 8ioployse Of the departn8nt for not lese than 8ir Oa18ndar month8 praoading tie vooatlon period.*

Aonorable iiervin knell, Pae;e 4 i

YOU tU'8 &dd88d this SUOtiM Of DU~~Jitrl hp&WO&WiatiM Biu KtWt b8 8triot&$f OOlU@ieti pdth -8 .$t6t8 WQ10~88El al-8 limit8d t0 tW81V8 bay&t' YP88tiOll OXQ1lUiV8 Oi sLinaayr and legal halidaye, with;iut aedwtlon in e?aary*

Very truly your8 ATTOIWEY Ol@JTBAL OF TEXAS