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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

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Eonomble C. E. Miller,QoPollorloner 'PeasUnemployment

Comp8nratlon

Coxnlasio Austin,

T8xae

mnhation of ihe

imint aommiity 

### inrrofar ooasiw& or 0 hcm8 offsoe

the distrist

nmagei are ~auperihteadsnte, rour ok Plm in nvciber. Wk'eaah angerintendsnt

is a group of Ladustrial ag6ntsaopsieting of roux or five men, The mtmqger ia responsible

rot the whole aietmt. mm mlper inten&di is respuneible fop a Mvlsfcrn

of theHonorable C. R. Miller,Pa&a 13

dlotrlot

. The ageat ia responolblefor a oubdiri~loa

of the euperlntrndent’ r -.a. *$aohageat is f'uraiahed with a debit book whioh oontaln6 the a8506 

### ana aaaresreo of all poliopholaera within his aeblt **or** axea of operatdm~. ae well a8 the polloy numbersof all of the pollolss the **prduma** on whiah he is 

### 0bargea with the duty of oolleothg. The debit **book** is &man& in mmh a wuy uo to sot forth the aetaal **route** over whloh the agentDravelain the eolleotlon 

### or ihe px+utt~.
"OnXonduy,Tuaeday**and** t?Mawdny af eaoh week, **the** ageat -8 oolluotlon& ZIe 

### odlr upon t&o polloyholder lndloatsa b the ilrstp&go ot his debitbook) j&e thea OaL upon the peraoaladleatea **by** the aemad **uad** 60 on& Ha tramls over hla go,
route bLaay maaaa available to E%&,- 1eots.t weeklypranlumr: dae. The ia88 that ha la 80 engaged

on thwo duyo does not mama that he lr not llkewlso oharged

nlth tha duty 

### or 8aUi.aa

laouranoe,

ba8h **Aadu8trhl** ema 0- lasuraaos,aathe~daysaade*rry 08herday. **0aThWJde.Y** BrfddlJrand BatWlUY **the** ***gmt devote8**  **his** 

## &a **#mra&ly 00**  

### the **0d0** 

### 0t insurao~e

or **bath** 

### tppee. **ot3 ~atiuday,**  however,

at least the t%rfit

halr oi the **day** is devoted

to offioa

work. This Sa8ucdag@ffloework ooasiete

of. ths, ageatl*s

sttfag ap of his new bu&nea8, putMa& euah sew buaiaero on rolto oheetrla.hlsfolio aaa sora~ igf of the register his la 866 s#bHw. Thuee latter sheetaare eheets~ Iith nferelaoa

to bueiaees

w&oh is dead beeaueeof the poXlay holdat*s

failure

to pay pa?embus. Liktise on Saturday

meming pAloh are plum4 la ulveLq+es

alongwith reoslpt

books,aad toUoe are btim06a to arriveat the amoua8of the debit or the agent ror the week bs.@uhe the followlag

ltoaday morala& The amtuat.or the agent'8

debit lrr

arrivedat **by** aubtruofiag his lapsedbuelaeso from his new busina~&HOaOZ?ablO CL R. X%ller,.?88e

5

"Jkoh morning,

exo8ptXoaday'mrPing, the agsnf 1s relulred to be preaent&t a meetlag

held at 7r45 a.m. At euohmeeting the agent take8hls plooe nt hle a681~0a de&c In the con&may ofrloloc,

to be aiblres6ed by the alatrlat

managerand two other ladlrlduale

aonmoted with tha oampaayselected by the maaagerror the purpose. At theso aeotiqe a roll call ie rlrsthad. F.ch ageat **responds** to hls nama with, that a statmeat of tba mount or ladustrlaliaeurauae writtenon ths pm~~o.0~~ day (in term of the amountof weekly**prmlune)~ eeooad,**  the amountof ordinary la6uranoe

wrltteaon the prwleue dayi third,oo&laotloa6 00. la-- duetrbl pollales

for tha revieu~~

day; an$, roourth,

a0u00ti0nr 011

0rdLior the previous

day. Ih addition

to t%im statmeate, the agent la required to annouam snddoeetumounoehispledge of aoocng+llohma$ footha daydor~whiohhrir aa~Ml& Thw, he anaouneee

oa Tuordayo and we&edaye the emalatof ool.laatloM bB erpeota to make on thoeedaya, 80 well a8 the' a5CUntOf iWWeaOar he.slgeotS to write, On Thursdaya,

Aldiiys

and Satur&Qa,ha amiourieeu mar&y hix pledgepuotaor mrgsoiwd buslaesr In the matterof wLJ.S.na lnsumno0, lx!

mirrc enco baingpada to oolleotloas, becauseoolleotlon

duty aover only the first three deya as the week. If an agent is late la arrlring a&e~w~:t~ he ie held up to ridiaule by

. If it Is n~oe~aerp for him tie3 be abeaatfrcnn

ruohmeotlng

he oommaloatm that feoti

to the maaager **by** telepjiom cm otherJm6nE* Upon the aajo



## urnraeat

of this llbw?&~ burla& whloh the manager

km8 n&de urgentrequaat that the eupsrlntendenta and agents got bueineas,

eaoh rruper5ntsndelrt odLnaril,y gathera with 6 group of agmats la a rmtaurent for ooffelso.

Atthietima bueiacloa Lergcb. afsouaaed

ana each agent la tola by the m&perln%endent

the elaot tima aaa the mot placeHonorable C. R. Mlliller,

Pago 4

at.whloh

he, the e~rintendULt, riu reti the agent on the agent'8 route that day. The agent then goes to his delineated area t0 p8d0?3 hi24

motions, hi8 route =r=gea for hIa by the arrangement of the pa@8 in Me debit book. Thoeepages latlioate to him the next address

at whioh to ofii Th@ debit book ocntaIns

80 many paean that aelleotiona 6r8 0~ mr 00Tema 01). the tir8t atcf,

LEono day, the remaining

~ortlone

belt@ oovorod 00. TWSdaJ. The manager as well a8 the superlntandant

and agent,1s psrfeotly ramiitttr wsth the debit area Inbloated by saoh debit book. "me agent maea hi8 e&l **otion** an8 08eQ~ the f3uperint~a0ntattha ~po%tedtfme **aad** p&as, ct w&ioh tW he adv see with the eu arintenaent

aeto ark parti~.oullr pmblepla ofi ooafroats

U In come inatanovs the euparinteaaent

offer8and giroa aeilotenoe In then matter **or** tranepor0lag the agaut to SOW address at whloh the agenthae prevlouelj oalled la hle morning

rouad8but iallmdto ooll~ot~ At tineepolioyvholdere 91ovad tram the'.deblt area of one asentdo the debit area of .azMthr)r. In suoh lnetanc~~s **the** auperintend6nt

may teke tha agentrithh&ta the& on mohrsrnrrrrl and the new looatieri Or th4 pQllOyholdOr* The agent than oolleoto thatweok'sprendum, ibe polioylaterbeing transferred to the debit of tha agent in whorwr territory the polioyh0iaer has nmfly looatea. "kfterlaavfiy the ~crrintendentthe agent thea gooe on with his oolleotionls. This oolleotlon

duty ordinarily

ra;iuireer that the agent work untilapproximately pa eaoh night. 0 100

This Is due to the fao that an agent,to retain his oonnection with the

Bplet produos95% ool.l~ot~ons, &S&u8 a $%f' :a "3: laorease la his buelwse. The aemat of r-quuirea

inoreoao

la bueineesIs eat by the ooaqmny,

wually $1.00pm week of premlume

oollaotible,The oae aontsot with ths supedit~~~aent mentioned a008 not mean

e.Honorable C. IL Miller,Pam %

that tba agent

will not be OOO~~O~O~ a& duringthe day. The euparintandont ir familiar with eaah agent*s

debit to the pofnt Or h0~1ng aQprOdmste4 where thb agad 2.S xorklnc

at any particular

time. Very ofte~~ the superlntentlent ags%naontaoti3 the a ent ytu, that he is s.otually porfoxyming

h&l

.
wn Wednetday

amrnlngof oaohweak bhr flnaloolleotion

dutlsoem done, 

### thatla, all oollsotions

not mad0 on Mm&ay or Tuaday ore attempted

86 be made an wdaeedey tWl%ing. Cm Wednellday afternoon

the pgcmt ~0rvt?rz

the 00pip~ 0rf208 0h00w gp hi8 At that time ha turn8 in the mr~~p &oh he ha0 00m0tiea du.mg that

tiollu. This aooouatis babno~d agaInat tkw

6 Thus, if an agent 6d.b a.palioy the premium for w@ioh lr 25# pcrr week, he ie oredited

on the books of the oonpanp with twentytlaee 23#*, wtnrfm, when he oollsotr the 8%~ per week he I#, on eaoh ooo+*ion oredlted

with twenty pesoont, oi 2Wi T&i.



# PHonorable C. R. Eiller,Page 6

apparent

asset on the a&sntrs reoord. ulth the oompanyi8 offsetbJ a o!mrge-baok to the a&ant of twentytimes his lapsed bueineas.
THUS, if e .?3#

grdu iS due on a pOliOy which lagaas,

that la, ia not oolleotodulthin thirty'days Of the due date of the weekly prtmlum,

the agtmt*a

roaord with the oompauy rerlttota a ohar60to him or twenty timesi 2Sg. Thea0a-8 are inzportant in. 43rrivl.q at the agantt6

wageewhloh, ror any prirtloular week, are aotually

figurqd

on **Wedneedeyu.** The statement

abate is pimllrled

by the fur-

. ther 6tatement

that the a2bnt ie not aotual-
%b t f"i 6 the mll amountor twentytlnmshis xaeitead,

he i6 aid a stipulated pert oentGe thawof, probaby lS$. Tha Woe B isheldbythe 0-y to his oredit. *Ea)Caoh week the agent is oh&reed with an ampunt uuudly two or thrm dollars, whioh ia hd.4 out 0r his tmgee and is pbmd in what ie termedtho a@nt*s **bond** aooount. Ho actual bond ia issued,

but the oompauy

builds up a bond aoaountin order to take oar8 of arrd to ofrsetany ebmt~e on the part at the agent.
"It oa%bs seen **that** :it is possible

for an agent to be entitLed to no aash mbney on pay day,whloh falls on&turday. Anagentlnthat rltuatlon

who need0mnsy on any pfirtioulm ey day my and ortan does make arranmnenta VI & the n8nagerror an advanos. Bfs wage slip thererore

refleots that hla total mmtaneratlon for tha ~8ak’ie paid under axi item aenoabnatta *speolal

tialarg.'

His 'speolal

salary may be and~umaally

ia paid ev6n thoughhita aaoount with the oonpanyshows that he is aotually*in the red.' This epoaialsalaryie en ordinary item or wages in that it is pata eaohweelq howeveq the amountof suoh epsoialsalary varicefrom fire to tw8My dollars, aeoordlng to the aohlevem3nta of the agmitdW%ng the week. xr ths agamt hm ~OJM #Xl .he may be. pata twenty

dollars 8 aoial saXmy: whmeas, poor aooonpliabaent ws Xlmerit hln a&Ly five

-..Eenorable 0. R. Miller,

Pa6e 9

dollars

speaiel

selary. Xn other oasesthe agent will be oredited

with a epeolal

ealary over and above the w-t which his a~~ompllehmnt would ordinarily permit. This lnorease In the partioular

agent'srrpeoial

salam uet&ally resultsIn a deoreaee oi' the speoial. salary Or some other indiv&dual or individuals. Thfs Is due to the fact that there Is usually available

to the dir&riot

&uimgeronly a oerteln amount or martoy

whioh oan be used for spoolal salery paynmnte.* Basedupon the above iaots,you ask the Sallowing questions

whichwe quote from your lotterae lollowsr ",41-o the lnduetrfal

lnsuranoe

agents treated

in the etatedient

of raats attaahed heretoln the amp10

3"" at of the lit0 lneuranoe coprpany

under h-iii0

0 gaamm(6), v. R. C. 8. 1925, In its presentfoocm and/w as it axlsted priorto anmndnumt

otfeotlvo

April 1, 1959?a
Be will firstUlaoUae the questlon of whetheror not the iadustrial

insursnoa

agent8 were in the employ0ent of the iire fasurauoe oozumny withlu the meaningor the unOtEplOgrJsnt

Compensation AOt, fnfrfi, prior to It8 eirwubmt orreotive April 1, 1939. we do not think It .neoaaeary to dluouuso

the general

provisions

of the Aat relating to eaploynient

insofar

as this quoatian is oonaemed beoause prior tics April 1, 1939, the Aat oontainad a speoltlo

pmnlalon whioh,we bollsvs oontrols t&la queetion. This prov~e~iox!, subseotion

(g) (of 0r motion l9 0r the mxfia Unemploynent Compensation

Aot, sanre

beingAct8 1986, 44 Leg., Srd C. s., oh. 432, pb 1993,wax aa Mllowsr

"(9) In detotining employeeo under this tw OAb in aatemlning employercs under thisAct, and in determinln@ wages under this Aat, neither

term 8hfcu Inelude

employwit 0r or setiae by agante or inarand oompanie6 who oolleot their oompeneatian on a aondasian be&s.* (I?apaaleU April 1, 1939).
Therewould neem to be no doubtbut what the industrial

insuranae

agent in question

was an agentxithinHonorable

C. R. 1EIller,

Page 0

the meaning

of the above quoted eeotion of the Aat. This beb true, the question 6dsea as to whether the remunemtlonrmeived by the &sent I5 in the forin of a coIla.ealon.

It can readily

be aeon that an agenttight not be entitled

to any aompensatlon on pay day due to the oosmiualon plau or paymsnt which the iasuranoe oarqpsny has in force. To meet this situation, the oompany

has a planwhereby the a&m‘6map obtainan advanoa. This I6 more fullyet plainedIn the ractshcreincbove mentioned. If this advance IS charged

against

the oomn~I~~$on~

earned by the agent,then It oannot

be ssid that hs receives any oompsnsatlon

other than on a oommi~sslon beds. /
Under these facts,

we ars'or the Opinionthat the agents in question, prior to April 1, 1939,were not in the employment

of the life Insuranoe acunpany. However,

Ii thesepartloular weeklyp4mente are not charged

WaInst the aomIssIons earnedby the agents, then theymust be scmethine: other than loan0 or advsmes on oomia5IQns. ThIebeIngtrue,whatwe have s&l Inanswer to your firstquestion would not be applicable.

wrore pas&n& to the oaoon&question, we wish to ooment on Regulation Ho. 37, (nowRegulation No. 331 promulgated

bg the Com5.ssion,

whloh,we balIeve,

Is in ooz& :~:'

'~+- flIct with what WC have heretofore saId. ThisRegti$atIon rends,In pmt, ~a follows:

"All enlployaeo

of Insurfinoe

0ompanIss and oorporntionn

crc 'subject'

employees, except agente,

a8 hereinafter

set out. "Agents far the purposes

of this 8x9 ceptlon are those indlvlduale oolraniesioned by lnsumrme co5penIes or corporations

to represent

tha In ths sale6 of insurance of any sortwhom r~WIon ooneiats only br coMiissIons on the smotlnt

0r the aforesaId

sales.* (tfaderlaaorln& ours)

The obovaResulatIon provided,

in substame, thatKonornble 0. R. Mlll&, Page 9

lnsumnoe agents are exempt loyesttonlywbmthsirmmuneratlon

oonslrts

or aonml8a

K om on the mile0r Msuranoe. fie Cat nrovidsd

that insurance

c&entsWho aolleat tMlZ

___ .~_. I-_._~- oonp~satioaon n oommleslon baeIiiw

tire ezongtemployees. Under the r6CtG set out herein,the acent reoeives a Qua1Pis8ion

for the colleotlon or oertain uoeklvpremlw. Under the provlalons

of the dot grIor to April 1, 19939, he ~168 an exemptemployee

elnoe the oorpIpiu&on would ba a part or his 0opqpensatl0n. It would seem,however, thali if
w shotild

r00k t0 tb0 ~egulatiott or th0 c0dmi0a alcat0, the agentwould not be an excm#tea@oyee beoauw tha aanTo the extent that ROgUlatlon No. 87 ooafllobed with th0*hem0r0~ quoted 800tiar~ or tb hot, tam mtar governed

until it8 rsgeal.

msnt AxtAo 6fZlb-17 (6) (11, supra, defines UsplOp
as r0umw
"(8) 1 vu WoploytsuW mbbjeot to the otherpro a on8 of this eubseotion, JUWL~I aervIoe,~InolUding

eervloeIn i.ntar&iate tmmumae, perr0mitd ror wage6 or under any oontraot

or hire wr%ttam or oral, sxgrass or **Implied,** provhrd that any servloee

### perrorined by an 

### lntli~l6ueil for wage@ shallbe deemedto be cuqlo t

r oubdeot

to thin t&t unless and unt it ia shown to the satl~raatlon

or the Co~~~~Ztmion

that such individual

haa been and wIl1 0ontIm.m to be free irOn oontrolor dS.reotlon over the pertormanoe

of mob 8ervloea

both under hi8 oontmmt or aemvloa aal in ?aot.*
Artiole 9281~17 (a),VemXL*S hnnoimted Civil

_ - stotutm, aerme6 wage85 ae rw.m5tXonorab1e.G. R. tiller,Pa&B 10

"(01 *Wages

v mtmnu all 33mUll0ratlOn payablefor gefetngtr eanloes, inoluding commissions

. Them can be no doubtbut what the agent renders a servloe

to the ocmp~~ There oan be no doubtbut fhat he reoelvee%agee8B a8 a consideration for tha perfonuanoe of said servloe. The agent Is olearlyia'theemplogmant, OS the iaeuranoe

oonlpany

ualoee it can be shownthat he %ae been and will oontfnue to be free f'rom

oontrol

or .diraotlon

over the psrrormanoe of auch aervloe~

both xxw dsr his contra& of aervloe and in faote*



### we’quote 

### fron the 

### oasa of craanmrlor oi kaerlaa, Ino.,v. Industrial Gommiaefon,

et al, 108 P. (Za) 306, supreme

court ofutah, a8 rou.mmt %ub6ivlalaa (6) of aubeeatlon(j)provides,that, ~Qervioos'perfor~&I by an ipdlvldud

ror wages shall be dwned to b8 uaploymont atibjeot to this act unlessand until it 1s ~~CWXI t0 th0 mh3r~~tl~ or wu OO~DI sloa that - *'(a) ruoh indlvidualhaa **besrr**andrilL oontinue

to be free rrom oontrol or dlnotlon over t& pet-lomanos of suoh semloea, both uner his oontraat

ot fservioo

an6 in faotr



### *‘ @I such serdoe 1s oltheroutsliIe the usual oourseOS the-buaiaess 

### Sor which suoh mrvloe la psrformed. or that suah sarv106 la psriormad outaldo of all the

d laasr, df bus5ness



### or the entarprlsa

for s oh auoh **servlo~ Is**  psrformsdi **and** w'(c) suoh indlvldwl is custcnmrlly

. engaged

in an independently established

trade, oooupatlon,

profession

or bud.nausq,"'

At page 606, the folXowin& Laagua&e is f'cundtHonorable C. 3. Miller,Fage 3.l

WY * * The cloinant

was required

to purahase

a iruokwhiohmet the approval of the ccm+ny , xhlch truokhad to be galnted ir e cortzin

xznnerand bear the co~~an;r~a nciilO thereon. Clobent ms required, it tight reesonnbly

have be& found,to sell the company*a

produots

at a certain

prioe,
iLClUdh~ C8rtahi *specials' whlohWBr8 'pushed'

by the oonrpsny

ocoaslonal.ly.

The pricespaid by olalmant :or both 'speolalsf snd regular

produots

were fixedby the oompany, suchprloeshavinga dlreotrelationship to the prloe for whlah suoh products aotlld be sold. Claimant

was required

to keep his truckat the oompany garage,

and repairs

were made thereon

by the oompsny and oharged

to claimant

without

his knowledge or OOnsentr Books of aooount were supposed

to be kept by olaimant whloh books were required to be left at the otfloe of tho oompany unlessoonsiznt

was obtained

to take them home. The oompeny maintained

B speoial

bank aoaountfor claiagnt

and daposlted.the

money oolleoted from oustomers. Claimant~s oheokbook, used to draw on said bank aooount; waa required

to be left at the oriioe. The oompany

had a right to i-at olaiicant*a route and did so lnspeotit by malnteialng a relief

man who oaoaslonallg relieved claimant. Thin relief ma, who was an employeeof the oompany, made reportsto the oompnayon the oonditlon of olaWantf8 route. Some ool~eotlons froiu oustemere on olairnantls.route were also made by a reliefmnn who turned into the company all sum ao aolleoted. In adaitlon to the above, the oonpany made rsuggestlons* and coffered

advS.oe*

es to how claimant

should inorease

sales, make oollaotlons,

eta. The contract

underwhioh olalmant performed
h.l.8 esrvlasla could be terminated by the conpany at any time upon two weeketnoticeor within 24 hourswhere a *teohnlcal* bremh of the contract

had been made.~

2.Honorabl4 C. R. Miller,Page I.3

underhis wMzaat*. At all. eventsthe evleenos

1s m&that ws oannotsay that the Co~&ralon must, as rsasoncble men, have foundthat claimant wtm free from such control."
In Industrial

commission

f. Eorthwestcrn

Xut. l,ife Inns. CO.. 8Q P. (28) 560, Suprams Court of Colorado, the 2usstloa

wcis whethsran agentof a life insura~e Oosipanowas ln employment of ths oonpany

witltin the manin& of the Oneqloynent Compsneatlon Act of t&t State. The definition of employment is the same as 1s set out In the Creameries

of Anarioacase, mapram The Court said:

"In the preface to the 'Rules and &a~;- ulatlons,'

whloh are a parf of the oontruots herein, ws find this lan&age; 'It is selfevidentthat Q buslnsss l.&@rlng aush enoranus detailas that of a la& fife -fnsuxanoe oampenyoaunotb4oonduot4dinahaphe&ard WW. Theremust be definite rulae by whiah 8mh edid ~3.n be cafii4e to completion. otherwioe

the Yerioue

parta of the maohlne will not work aamothly and triafion

and losa 0r *ifort *ill result.*
"Ksre we hem an admlasion of detafled dfreotion under ooaQ?aote‘tith the ~lndlvld$ ual! imolvsd herein. It would indeedrequiree revolutlonazy chaugein the oonduot oT the 11;"s

insurauoe

buslneea,

as shownby the evidenas,

to bring about a eltucrtion wherebyits ae8nte.woul.d be free from any oontrol

or direstion.*

In oooparing

the dsflxl$lon

or employnmnt

ln the **above oases**  with the dsfini%lon of employment in the Stetutes of Textis,

we L"ina

the detlnltlon

is exaotlpthe same In each insthnoe,

with the enaeptlon

that Sections (b) and (0) a5 set out In the Creamrfee Of America aam, 5upr6, are not folind

in the Texas dafinitlon.
Sow other cases involving this $mstion area KaDermtt v. State,et al, 82 P. (Ed) 568; Globe Graink Killbig,

Co. v. Industrial

Carmission,

et al, 91 P. (Zd) 512; i;nsmploynent

Compensation

Com.ission

01 Zorth Carolina

V. JeZeroori

Standard

tire li3sr

Co., $ 8. E. (2d) 584; North-westemi Mut. Ltfe Ina. Co. f. Ton4 et al, 4 A. (2d) 6166



### In Ra Perdeiak,

19 N. Y. 8. (2d) 1600.
To determine

whetherthe agent Is free fro5 oontrol or direction

of the lnauraltoe

oompanY,

we referbaok to the iaote. Xe 

### finethat th4 ag4ntmust attenda msetlng everymorning,

exaegt Monday,at a given time. He nnrst report baok to the ofiloeafter he ha8 finished his If he 1s late for the mralng meetings, he fxes?i to rlilloule by the mmgof~ xfuu&l4to be present

at a meeting,

he notlfles

the atanager.

lie oolleote premiumson

oertain

d-8 and ~oW~SagiVenn>ute in 80 do&l& A "md";y agentto 800 leot 4 oertaln 4mouut 8 job. ~austmak4O\rh oertain report4et 04rtai.n

qeoifled tlmar.

.~rom the abow faots,16 in obofou8 that tha agrb3t ie subjsot

to n&um **kind** of oontrol or dimatic?n,

In the 0884 of Aaerleem Nat. fnrr,

00.". Dea)n, 4t tie 9s 8. IT.(2d) 870, the t-hUUhtiOn Or App44b h4u that am lmuranoe oompany was not liablefor the negligent not of the agent in the ogeratlo&t of hi8 autimoblle

while ealloltlng new bwlneea. The ia &n thin oaee are pmotie % the aam as thaw Involved henr The oourtheld that prlnolpal dldnothw4thaOt the agentwhiohwould render the prino f 402 qontr4lc~4r pal. Uable for the agent0 n4gllg4noe.
I4 do not bellevethat the above oaee ia oontrolllng of the question involved

heru. If the Yagialature had wqutee these agent@exempted, why did it repealtba very prorlslon

whioh exempted

them? We think tb language round in the ~reaneries of &mrioa 0~4, supra,16 enlightenlng. We quote aa follower

n* * ** The fact that n4lthm the term *employee*

nor the tern *independent oontllaotor' Is mod any where in the UnemployrmntC4mp4n4atlon not le itt34irlndioative that the legiel.ature did **not** intendto UBB the relatiormhipe of 'independent

oontzmtcir or *employer-amployae~, as d&incd by the common law, 88 the orlterla to determine

who are sntftled

to benefits

underRanarable Cl 8. Itiller,

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3noaploymllt

",oqpsnoation

Aat. The wvml 'lJlillvi&usl'

le uwd thro*ut the not to referto the person seekidn(; unem- ~loylne.nt

bullefitn.

;:rUlo the term 'en+ player'

ami 'enploylq unit' am uaed, they are ejmoiffoan~define4 by the hot no that they have a Gstinot rmeclng wMoh my or may nat coincide with t$e* * ,, ordfnary

ooMeption or" 'eEIpl0yer.

. In our cpinfon

X0. O-1290,soma lang!stge Watt used wtiohml&t be taken to indloate an opinionthat the oommonlaw principlea laid down In our 5tieOsr and 06rvant oasestight be lookedto Sor the purposeof a~terminln6 w&itthrr

or not a person I# an eatplo~me wlthla thi8 Aot. That, howet6r.

16 not n60688ariJ.y tna6. Wh5.10

'an lOY66 **undra** that line of oasenwoulR un&oubtsOy be an ag To ym withinthe Aot, we do not beUsve that t&e oomver80 w~uliI alwayobe true.

For the reaaone

herclAn give&,WB are af tba opinion that the agent In @mstion ia ana ban bean dnoe April 1,

th6 alploymentoftheiaauraoa* ooalpsnywl~ths of the Texae unemp10yiMnt aoPrpen8ation hot,

four8 Y6ry tmly ATTORt'G'Y(3RREXAL~T~

GlennR. Lexfe AeeiBtMt

A~'I'OR?JEY

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