OFFICE OF THE AltY)RNEY C-L OF 3ZXAR 

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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 botwaen the 

stat0 ta.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 Asti25i8h4aa 

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- . 

ization of the b,ankLn& coonlseionors OS! 

th3 sev9ral stltoe; Fonaorlp the aauk- 

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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 

neet e: g. X feel that it is to the in- . * 

~toraet of the ?Sanldng Depertmmt of this 

State, and OF tha state b&k6 or~mkad 

un8or O?LP laws, thnt x, OS 3aalring C&Ssiomr, should attend this 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, uhether the meet- is a noonwntion* within %lro. 

prohibition oi the rider ~appended to Sonata IM.l X0. 427, 

$.otG of the 46th L%f$ti&atu~s, b0c0rrp0 im&ea5aL w 

thmefore undertake to pass upon youk seuond question 

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me posers and dutloe oi.the Bcnkl~ Caxtiesloeur are preaorlbod by L-w. l?e is oh?wcd b lew with 

tlie eu~rvlslon of oartaln olaeees 0C 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 powers or duties ems those-whloh em canisrmd by 

law, expressly or by 3n~lloatlon. 

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Thb it&m to eenate 91l.l 30. 427, Aots of the 

46th Lsgielaturo, provides in mrt as follcrasr 

Vo fhsveli~ sx~~~~sss shell bo 

lnourred by-any onployeo or ony of the' 

deparrrtscente, or othm-eqenolee OS the 

fgovcreuent, outsiCe of the boundarloe 

OS the tit&e of Texas, except for Mete ., 

: bualnese directly oonoornlng his own 

department or tigenoy ** *.u 

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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. 

*State business dlraotly oonoorhle@ a Steto Uopartzeht is that busluase which has an lmuedlete, rather 

than a remote, zeletion to the dlsohargci ot tbo powore and. 

duties or suoh dapertmmt. 

The business to be trmuicotod b7 you nt the motlu3 doecrlbcd hee no lexmdlcte reletion to the dlooMr@e 

of yxlr funotlon 02 cuporvlalon of flnIxlolol ltlstltutione 

in this mate. III itGOlf, it dOeI IlOt OOn6titUt9 the diechars of any powor or duty In respect to.suoh supervlclon. 

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 "3tate buslnoso directly concornl~~ tho DonkfnG 

- De pertmnt, ThlF enewer renders a reply to your rlrst queetian unn800050 -0vzikuP lB,1940 ' 

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