## I OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN



### &norable A. G. aasterllng CountyAuditor, 

### Liinestone County Grossbeck,

Texas

0piJllon No. O-6067



### YOUS letterof June 0 thiedepartmentregardin part,a8 rOllOW8: lng the oplnlonor ned therein is, in

ouaty regardd sx-membera

, hrtiole 1939-A afore epeoi

### 90, AOts8 

## or the 48th ‘Legislature, Regu tlole lQgQa,Vernon’sAnnotatedCivil

*AN hCT to amend Sections 1 and 2 of House 

### Bill No. 1004, Page 329 of the General Lawa of the Regular Sessionof the Forty-sixthLeglelature,so an to extend their provisionsregarding the issuanceof certlfioatesand certifiedcopiesof instrumentsto be used in tutherFagalaims end establishing psoor or such exservicemen of ths FederalCoverrmentnnd such eqmembers of 

### the Auxiliaries to 

### the hrmed Forces ot! the 

### 325

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### 326

i mnorable A. 0. imntarling, page 2
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United dtatss Govermsnt of World WU: I, the SpasIshmperio~+n War, World War II, Or anr other aOtiv4 SerViOe, to such olaims ror oompensutIOn,or other olaims to be 

### established;

defining ex-servios mn and et-mambsrs Of Auxiliaries; repealing all laws and tits of laws in oonfliot herewith; and dealsring ah emsr8enoy.~

"m IT E~ACI'ED

BP !tRE

IBGISUTURB OF THE SPATE OF TEXAS:

w8eotIon 1. Thut Beotion 1 of flousiBill tio.1004, Page 229 or the Osneral Laws or ths Regular 8sssid~ or the Forty-sixth Legisloturs, be amended 80 as to herenfter read as r0110w4:

"'Seotion 1. That iron and after ths dfsotivi date
or this Aot, all County Clarks, Dirtriot Olerks, and other oiflolals Is this Stats who are roquirod to lams any r0m oi osrtirioete or any oopy 

### or oopies of Introments neoesssry as proof to establIah asy olsIm or~olalms
or asy sx-ssrvios msn or ths Tadsral Oovarnment or any exmsmbws oi the Auxiliarias ts ths 'Umsd F0ross~~oit&s United &at44 QOversmnt, shall Issue suoh osrtifioate, 

### and llkerI44 osrtilied oQpIes-of any instrument aeoessary to prove aaj raot 

### or establish any alaLa or suoh 8x88rvIoe 

### men or suoh 4x-numibers of the Auxiliaries, ire4 of any oharge, asd shall Inoludo the 48tablIshIh&of oompensatlon status, and asy other nsoossary raot to bs established to aid and assist suoh ex-ssrvios men snd axmslnbers0r thB AuxIlIarIe4 In oompl4tIng the rso0rd o? 8uoh 

### asnloe uhali

neosssaryor rspuired in the 

### satabtishhmsnt 

### or claIm8 and 

### nsosssarysenior statut 

### in slthsr World War I, the Spanish-Amerioan War, World War If, or 4ny oth8r active ssrvioe, where suoh eervioe was rendered, and wham the person would, on proper pmmf, bs sntitled to o0mp4n4atIon, Insurasoe, or 

### any other r0m or ndjwrted settlemsnt 

### ror service 

### renderedto ths United Stat44 Government

by suoh sr-service mm or ex-msmbsrs ot the Atilhries. Ths Gounty.Clerk, DIstrIot Clerk, or other orrioIal4 IseuIng cruob oartIrioat44 or osrtirisd aoples
or InstrUmsnt4, shall not be ~Uable tor asy settlament for any suoh reduction, an& tha sams shall not bs eotmtsd as teas oolleoted and ohapgsable to suoh orrloe, and shall form no part 0r the naxImu4 ress or woh 0rrias. 

### All or tha provialons of SsotIon 1 hereof, shall Inure to the heirs at lax of suoh sx-aervlos men and sx-mssbsrs oi the Auxiliaries, wham the prooS Is nsosssary to establish ths alaim emanating through or under suoh ox-ssnioe ssn or ex-msmbers of the AuxIlIariss.*“Sea. 2. 

### That Section 2 of Rouse Bill NO. 1004,

Page 339, or the General Laws of the Regular Se4sion of the Forty-sixthLegis ature, be 

### anmnded40 us to hereafterrend as follows:
~*Yection2. Xx-service aeon and ex-membersof the auxiliaries,

as xmant in this iLot, shall includeall those personsrecognizedby the United states Governsent es beingentitledto adjuetmentoompsnsation, or other rorm 

## 0r settlement ror service in time 

## or war.1

ma3C. 3. 

### ~11 laws and parts or laws In oonrliot herewithare hereby repealedto the sxtentof the aon

## rlict only.

vso. 4. 

### The raot that such oertfrioates and oertlibed oopie4will In the near future be needed ior 

### the ax-service men and the ex-membera of the ~~uxilIariee to 

### the Armed Foroee 

### of' ths present OOnfliot,and the faOt that there 

### may not be 

### another legislativeees4Ioz'tooonsides such legi4l~U4n before 

### 1945, create an emergeno~ 

### and an Ileperatlve

pubilo neoesslty that the OonstItutIonal Rule requiringbills to be 

### read on 

### three severaldays in 

### eaoh House 

### be suspended, and 

### Baid Rule is hereby suspended, and this Aot shall taks effectfrom and after 

### Its passage, and it la so ena0ted.v

After oareiullyoonslderlng Bouse BillNo. 596, supra, and thedefinitionofeex-eervioemen and ex-memberswofthe AuxIlIaries as derined

by the hot, you are respsotfully advised 

### that It 1s the opinion of this departmentthat the said term4 *Ex-serviosmsnW and *Exmnbera? 

### of the huxlllariesInoludes 

### all thosepersonsreoognleed by 

### the United 

### State4 Governmentas being entitledto adjustment @04pensatlon,

or other rorm 

## 0r settlementfor aervloe in tims 

## 0r
sar,when suah personshave been dischargedfrom such services,or Whenpresent sesbers show that they are now recognizedby the United States Ooveqment as being entitled to adjustmentaompenaation, or otherfors or settlesentfor service in time or war.


### Your4 very truly
AT-l’ORNW

CE%CRALOF FEXAS