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OFFICE QF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVERSELLERS 

*TTORNLY GCNLRAL 

Eonorablo ItI. A. Jaahon, Codrrioner 

state mpartaont Of Banking 

Austin 14, TM.- 

bear SIT1 

*qG6 Sate banks 

91 credit union8 

6 loeli a&d brokerage coqpmiss 

m Tot81 Zorporationr 

.In addition to the type of i~stitasiona 

heminabor8 ldentlfiod 8ubjaot to 3u.r sx.aizlni~g 

jurirdiotlon you are adrlrcd that thfouch our 

bulldin& and loan diVisiOn We j2t' =8f4Ll."vi to 
489 

. 

Hon. H. A. JMiBOn, pa@ 2 

l uporrlar 55 bulldlw and loan aaaoolrtIon8, 

uhloh arm regularly rutined by a building 

and loan l ramlmr l pyolntrd pursuant to tha 

prorlaiona of law art aut b tho bUildin 

and loan oodo. 

*our it0misaa appropriation 88 rot out 

In the Dapartaantal Approprlatlon Bill OXItoad8 a salary wthorlratlon for ton beamlnara and tan l aalatant l xamiaora. Ye harr 

hrntofon pnaumod that the Mprrtruntal 

Approprlrtlon Bill auprwdod the atatutorr 

l xpmaalon aa it had to do with aalarIoa to 

br paid and we hold the oplnlon ol our ofiioa Qounul on thlr point, but wa hare not 

harmtoioro had oooaalon to dotrraInr rhothor 

ar not we would b e l athorisab, under the law 

to appoint l &&ItIoaal l xaAinar8 ua(Ler the 

mfrrrnoa to o na l xaminer an6 on* l aalatant 

for rroh rortr aorporrtisna, and Ii 80 

uhathor or not n woul4 k peralttad to pay 

l ald additIona l xadnera and l aalatmnt 

axadln4ra out of our nwlptr an uaunt 

oomparablr to the sum 

r 

id to lndlrlduala 

oooopyIng tha aam poa tion under the 

IkmImd appropriation bill. 

.In l umsary, tharmfora, w l hould llka 

YOW 8dr108 08 to th0 roiiowlngt 

ml. Are we ruthorlzod to employ two 

l ddltlonal aenlor bank l xanlnerr rnd two 

addltlonal Jurrlor oxadnsra7 

“2. If your answer t0 the Gu86tion next 

above Ia In t&e afflrnatlre then pleaae adrlae 

if we are authorlzod to pay 8uoh pereons out 

of our raoelpts or cmneya oolleoted, end it 

l o would EB ix bound ty the nin1mw.n salary 

authorizetion, or tr.e narlmun salary ;cmltted 

in the itemized reotion Of the De~ertzental 

Appropriation Bill aa lt hai to do with the 

Banking Dopartnant.* 
. ’ 

non. A. A. Jamiaou, paw 3 

Am you point out, the Banking Coda authorIrea the Comrpiaaionor to appoint not l xooadlne ona bank oxminer and one 

l a a ia tbank a nt mamIner for raoh forty oorporatlona aubjoot to 

.paInatlon by the Banking Dapartmont. 

You atata you haro 406 atata bank8 and 91 oradlt unlona 

aubjaot to your rxamInatIon. Thua, you hare a total oi 497 

oorporatlona aubjoot to rmtlon by thr Bankine Departaent 

ln the80 two typsa of oorpontlona aakine up your oomplomant 

or lnatItutlona l ntltlbq you undrr the Coda to twelve bank 

oxaaInrr8 and twalro l aalataat bank l xaminrra. It la not 

neoraaary thentoro ior urn to oonaIdor the 81x loan and brokarage oompanioa under your auperrlrlon l ubJoot to examination, and 

we do not do a0 In rlew oi the iaot that the proaent rpprcprlatlon In Itrma 15 and 16 prorldea for two Building and Loan-Loan 

and Brokeragr uamlmra, 

Sonata Bill Wo. 3b3 paaaod at the Regular &aalon of tha 

48th LegIalatrln (Qanrral and speolal Law8 or Texas 1943, p.U5) 

doolama: 

Vha l alarIoa of all atate oftloora and all 

atats l r;iployrra, rxorpt thoae oonatItutlonal atate 

ofrloara whoaa aelarIoa am apeoltioally rixea by 

tha COnBtltUtiOn, and exO*pt the l alarlea Of thr 

dlatrIot jud&ea and other oompenaation or dlatriot 

judge8 ahall be, for the period beglnuing September 

1, 1963, and ending August 31, 1915, IL auoh mute 

or ui4unta am my ba prorldrd for by the Leglalatun 

In the general approprlatlon bill.* 

It likawlae ropeala all law8 #Ed part8 of law8 tiring the 

aalarlea of auoh l tete offloera and employeea. 

The l pproprletlon rot, a6 pointed out by you, makes yrovialon for ten bank exeinliner4 end ten aselotant bank axail-lners a;:d 

no more. So that, while the 8pprOprietiOE act ha4 not r6pe616d 

tte Yanking Code suthorlzing an exalnlner end ezalsta;,t rrxacir,er 

for eao!2 forty 

lne tion 

corporstlone eubjcot to the Coml44lo;~er~s 6x8-1- 

- nor could an approprlatim bill hove NC!: stfect - ,-et 

it has effectually denied an approprlatloc beyor!d tie tuil exmilnerz aad t4ti a68lmta::t axuuhr;re provided for, rJM moreover, 
don. H. A. Jamiaon, pa&r 4 

the rtatuk rborr quoted ho8 ropoalrd any porriblr legal prori8iOn for any rtatutory 88hrie8 other than thO80 to be 

n85IOd in tho 8pprOpri8tiOn bill. 

unb8r th88r 8l~OUE~8kIl~O8 it 18 iu8 t0 8pOti8t8 UpOn 

tho pUe8tiOJI WhOthOr, iI th0 8dditiOm 8~8dinOr8 8a 888i8taIit 

l x~minor8 wer l e ppolnkd by you, 8~14 ii they wore to porrora 

tholr Oiiloirl dUti8# ior tho rWM1nd.r oi tho blonnlum the 

8uoo~odl~ k&irlatun would bo authorized to make or would 

ppeke (11 8pprOprlatlon to pay them. So that ror ali praotloal 

~bbfl”8*8, yOUr rir8t qUO8tiOn 8hOtid b; 8n8WOrOd h the IWe- 

. 

What wo hero raid rondorr it u~ooor88ry to an8wer your 

8OOOllb qUO8tiOtl. 

YOLW8 rory truly, 

001; fipeor 

A88i8tant