**OFFICE OF**  **THE AltY)RNEY**  **C-L OF**  **3ZXAR** AUSNN **-c.- --** 

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Eonorable

Lea Brady, Comlsdoher DopaaFtnmlt

ar TiauuQ Atlstln, Ibra8

Thlewlll aoknowl Ceptenber

6, 1940 wheozll tmJ depertponb

the to

“The tl0et1on8 pro~o6 nere de-

. si.sned 

### to 8 Eu 

### oft inionxsthn relatlvo to the suPerv%sion~oS

bank& instltutlons~**bankcln~ praotims**  **and** lonotary polic~os gmordlp, The object aocsllrq-;ly *XCS to aS-.to,xblo

Cxsffblont

inio-zi~noil

u$m Cfchtn bzzo national lo&S.ation ona to faoilitm coopaz~tion botwaenthe stat0ta.n!dzg

ayottxl 2nd the nfmonal bonkzg q@ea. ~:ooClo5n4o tcy, tho b!&?oZkiM8

Of ZhthLc

~WOj90%

**Oai3Ot** be 

### m?r08t~kdi0a. xt LO csaential that the inarmtion dcrivod fros thosa

. c;uestlonndro5

sh0ui~ 'co



### Asti25i8h4a

a that nuoh %nfornatlo& should ba aocurato. xt is the thou&t of t3a soYQr5l atis;

. . slonors af %nhln& dth vi!mz f have hd oontaot&tit it vmld be to tho bostlntaroat of the state **b#Wq** by~tor~ that- ~t.haSO quw3tfons,

lnsos~ ox iu pofis:ble,

. shouldbe anccceredharwniouely,an~

. thot a 

### ~onfe~noe to that 

### on4 ehaild be held. The Sat&ma1 iifwxlntion 0: ~upervlr;ors'o~

Stat0 Zwlu3 is aa organ- . izationof the b,ankLn& coonlseionors

OS! th3 sev9ralstltoe; Fonaorlpthe aauk-

. That**‘ Asaooiation**  has it8 annual **nea&g on**  **SeptmmbQr I.8**  **6t Fdohamlla** 

. Vlr&nla,aad due tothi Caatthnti~ till. be atIxxu?edliymst OS the Bonkkg %mlssionar6 of the nation it haa **boon** dsolbd to holU a aonfarenoe relative

to the uostlondm at Rlcbti during thlg e: neet g. X feel that it is to the in-

. * ~toraet

of the ?Sanldng

Depertmmt of this State,and OF tha stateb&k6 or~mkad un8or O?LP

laws, thnt x, OS 3aalringC&Ssiomr, shouldattendthis confere~i10e.* Xf it should

be held that the purpom of thii trip la not the ao~cmpUehic9nt ot %tata buf3inoso

dlreot17 conosrrdnp tha Banking Oop5rtaacnt

of tho Fit&e of C!a.cs, uhetherthe meet- is a noonwntion*within %lro. prohibition

oi the rider ~appended to SonataIM.l X0. 427, $.otG **of the**  46th L%f$ti&atu~s, b0c0rrp0

im&ea5aL w thmefore **undertake to**  **pass upon**  **youk seuond**  **question ilrot.**  **;**

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.&aorablsLss3ra&y,~ 3

me posersand dutloeoi.theBcnkl~ Caxtiesloeurare preaorlbod **by** L-w. l?e

is oh?wcd b lew with tlieeu~rvlslon of oartalnolaeees0C flmumla f luetltution8 in thie :.:tate, 88 **banks** bU.ildiEf; E. 1OGll &SsOofa- . tlona,ato. Xl6 duties In thke respoat am extwutive

or ed..nistrzitiv0, not legid.EtiVO, in OhnW3t0ra se h&S no powersor dutiesems those-whloh em canisrmd by law, expressly

or by 3n~lloatlon.

. Thb it&m to eenate91l.l 30. 427, Aots of the 46th Lsgielaturo,

provides

in mrt as follcrasr Vo fhsveli~ sx~~~~sss shellbo lnourred

by-anyonployeo

or ony of the' deparrrtscente,

or othm-eqenoleeOS the fgovcreuent,

outsiCeof the boundarloe OS the tit&e of Texas, exceptfor Mete ., : bualnese

directly

oonoornlng

his own department

or tigenoy

* * *.u .

w3mpt n5 OtlhoryMe epeolrlonll9 * exonptod,

the provlnions

of this aot f&S11 albo s?)ply t0 **d9L;srtr;odi** hOdS and mdorc 0Z aomais~lons.N

. %ere is no exezptliei~of the Wikhg Commfeeioner. *Statebusiness

dlraotly

oonoorhle@ a Steto Uopartzeht

is that busluase

which has an lmuedlete, rather than a remote,zeletion to the dlsohargci

ot tbo poworeand. dutiesor suoh dapertmmt.

The businessto be trmuicotod b7 you nt the motlu3 doecrlbcd

hee no lexmdlcte

reletion

to the dlooMr@e of yxlr funotlon02 cuporvlalon of flnIxlolol

ltlstltutione in thismate. III itGOlf, it dOeI IlOt OOn6titUt9 the diechars of any powor or duty In respectto.suohsupervlclon. mlthor is it oaloulatod or dcGlgmd, under the statesrjnts

. eicdo in your loftor,In my res-peat to ~;ld or 

### ootist

yau in the dleohar.:e

of my poem or duty imposed by low 

### upon your depsrtient. -53 tkmoioro hold that the trip aropoaod 1s not for "3tatebuslnoso directly

concornl~~ tho DonkfnG

- De pertmnt, ThlF enewerrendersa reply to your rlrst queetian unn800050 -0vzikuP lB,1940 ' Youxnocrytruly
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