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*1 . 313 OF TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AUSTIN
Railroe Condn~rsion of mxer
Aurtln, Taxes
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939, you stete nit& Transport CORF-y, Ino. , ioa in Cklahome
0dcilt3a ltl tNa e e r3tenaara inmrance to potebt ita (I provision8 or sootion uler :%ealon of the i‘ortp- sea by the Torty-third tar c0nt0naa that sinar otion of the Interstate hot be required to file mob tlon imurenae.
etate or recta, you ask the opinion of the queetioa shother euoh operator la done of Seation 13 of the Aot above eating the proteation of elnployeer of a notor oarrlrr by teking out work&en*8 aompenaatlon lasur- MOO.
Seotlon 13 of the hot to, lnciofer as it rofarred coaaerns the qcestlon or workuen~r aompenratlon tnruranoo, provider am r0ii0wf8 I *2 sbilroea Com.las1oa 0r ToxaIl, m&3 a
*Each motor aerrier shall also protoot his ofiployoao by taking out wor'mea'a aoqennaetion lnsurenoo, afther as prorided by the I:‘orkmn*s Compensation Laws of the State of Texe8, or la a reliable lnearanco oompeny authorized to writs workon’ oomp.snaatlon lmureaoo epprovad bT the COn;;ai8GiOA.*
The porsr'~onforrod upon the Congress by the Con- stltutlon of the United Staten to reeulato ao~%eroo batwren the atatoe, :whFhen exerted, oxalunes and aupsroeaoa atete lsglslrtion in.-roapat to the aeao matter. Congress, in exerting its poser to reeulato euch phase oi intaretato oom- in such manner as to ceroo, nay alrcmaoribo ite rogulatlon leave a Fert .of the aubjoot to atata notion. The purr088 of Con&rosa exclusively to roecleto mey be implied, but not unloas the Fedora1 Loaaure, when feSrly interpreted, 1s plain17 lnoonsiatont v:ith atete roguletion of the ae&!# izetter. cllvery t. ~Cuyahoge Vellop Failway Compenp, 292 U. 3. 57, 64 6. ct. 573, 34, 78 L. Ed. 1123,
There 10 nothing iA the Foderel Llotor Carrier Aat, 49 0. IZ* C. A., foctiona 301~E27, -ronotely suggesting a purpose to rugulato the liability of erglogore engaged in la W-18 tppi0r lnteretate ao~orae to their employees.~ As Congrese hee Aot ~000 rlt to iAVeae this field 0r reeula- tlon of intoratete domerae by motor aarrlers, the author- ity or the State or Terae over th B subjeot ren;niAs unimpalr- od, and the provisions or Section 13, above quoted, are ep- pliooble to intereteta uommo~ carrier oortlfloato holders.
StAto ox rol :‘;eahingMn r.otor coach Co. V. Kelly, Dlrootor or the Deportment 0r Labor and Induatrisa, (Sup. Ct. or Eeahington) 74 Tao. (24) 16. anairora
30 trust that ‘the foregoing atiliabntl~ your laquiry.
Very trnly yours ATTOiILURT GENERAL OF TKXJU R) W. F'r "-aa. Abrrr