I OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

&norable A. G. aasterllng 

County Auditor, Liinestone County 

Grossbeck, Texas 

0piJllon No. O-6067 

YOUS letter of June 0 

thie department regardin 

part, a8 rOllOW8: 

lng the oplnlon or 

ned therein is, in 

ouaty regardd sx-membera 

, hrtiole 1939-A 

afore epeoi90, AOts8 or the 48th ‘Legislature, Regu 

tlole lQgQa, Vernon’s Annotated Civil 

*AN hCT to amend Sections 1 and 2 of House Bill 

No. 1004, Page 329 of the General Lawa of the Regular 

Session of the Forty-sixth Leglelature, so an to extend their provisions regarding the issuance of certlfioates and certified copies of instruments to be used 

in tutherFag alaims end establishing psoor or such exservice men of ths Federal Coverrment nnd such eqmembers of the Auxiliaries to the hrmed Forces ot! the 

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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 flousi Bill 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~~oi t&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 axmslnbers 0r thB AuxIlIarIe4 In oompl4tIng the rso0rd o? 

8uoh asnloe uhali neosssary or rspuired in the satabtishhmsnt or claIm8 and nsosssary senior 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 rendered to 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-sixth Legis ature, be anmnded 40 us to 

hereafter rend as follows: 

~*Yection 2. Xx-service aeon and ex-members of the 

auxiliaries, as xmant in this iLot, shall include all 

those persons recognized by the United states Governsent es being entitled to adjuetment oompsnsation, or 

other rorm 0r settlement ror service in time or war.1 

ma3C. 3. ~11 laws and parts or laws In oonrliot 

herewith are hereby repealed to the sxtent of the aonrlict only. 

vso. 4. The raot that such oertfrioates and oertlibed oopie4 will 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 legislative ees4Ioz'to oonsides such legi4l~U4n before 1945, create an emergeno~ 

and an Ileperatlve pubilo neoesslty that the OonstItutIonal 

Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in 

eaoh House be suspended, and Baid Rule is hereby suspended, 

and this Aot shall taks effect from and after Its passage, 

and it la so ena0ted.v 

After oareiully oonslderlng Bouse Bill No. 596, supra, and 

the definition ofeex-eervioemen and ex-memberswof the AuxIlIaries as 

derined by the hot, you are respsotfully advised that It 1s the opinion of this department that the said term4 *Ex-serviosmsnW and *Exmnbera? of the huxlllaries Inoludes all those persons reoognleed 

by the United State4 Government as being entitled to adjustment 

@04pensatlon, or other rorm 0r settlement for aervloe in tims 0r 

sar, when suah persons have been discharged from such services, or 

When present sesbers show that they are now recognized by the United 

States Ooveqment as being entitled to adjustment aompenaation, or 

other fors or settlesent for service in time or war. 

Your4 very truly 

AT-l’ORNW CE%CRAL OF FEXAS