'OFFICEOFTHE ATI’ORNEY GENERALOFT'EXAS AUSTIN

Honorable W. S. Bussey, Chief Mvlaion of WeQhts & Measures Department of Agrioulture Auatln, Texas Dear sir: sea td%onveny \ Your letter of July 9 partment on the following

Assooiatlon.'.. 

### "ARTICLEn %eot~lon 1. - Ang 

### State or City Impeotor or Deputy Inspector of Weights apd Neesures In Texao shall be eligible for active membership.Honorable W. 9. Bwaey, Page 2

%eotlon 2. - ,Repidrmen, lt~pe~otm~ 

### 0r wetighina 8nd mearurin~~devloer. 8nd lndfv%darls hating ~~. au-interest in w&ghLng &d meaauriug problems - maybecome ssroolete members.

“Seotion 3. - Hanuisoturers, jobbers, wholesalers and firms, oomp8nies, oorporetions or associations having an Interest In or are ooncerned with weights 8nd measures work, maybecome associate memberr. “Section 4. - Associate members, 88 indivlduals or otherwise, ah811 have a voioe in all proceedings, but shall not vote. ?Seotlon 5. -‘Honorary memberahLpmay, .,upon reaommendat~on 

## or,*8 exeoutive bommLttee, be .o&fsrred upipon' thori, ;per?~ who'&a% 'pep-,, rozmed outrtai+.ng gqrv$oe in behrlf: 

## i3r: th& 88sooiation. I. .,

_ ‘ARTICIR III

“Seation 1.. - The offioers of this aesoolatlon &hell~be a President,. a Bioe+rer&dent, 8 Searetwy+%esru.rer;~ and an .Asris$~ant Seu&etarg.. There r&1811 ‘alao, be.~

c ~eOujig?e t$?mmLttee or ‘five:..membersi .IM;ae.rZp ‘.of the..Prit~:$&len~,. the Vio~++rhldent "or thee a&oUitian;:and three' ;: :‘

. ,~ @her- eotlv6 niemberr of ‘the aas,ogl&tlon. Ap1 the ~:’ ror&gbing 

## orriO ehall bexl.J.g@d~23s. e&x+ion .at ~the.aizwal meeting 0.f:the, @woglr%$g~:h?~~~Lita Pcrtive membership. vtp~~i13~ ~EI.. ury..

## tsrtde.tiy be ..rllled by rppoln%ment~,b$ the exi?oi%tive &mmittee ’ ~for.the unexpired term.

. . . 'Seotion.2. - ~he~Qommlsslaner tie AgrLeulture and the chier of the Weights and N+wer ahaX& ~~ be ex-orrlato memberr~ ‘of the exewitive ao@imLttse. ” T -~ 

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3. - Phe ,aerldent ahev psrlde at ~~, 811 meetings, ihal& c e8ewe order, enfewe the ‘::” oonstltution 8nd by- we, oall. apeois1 meetings, ohall be ex-offlolo ohalrman of the exeeutfve commIttee, and ahall appoint neoeraary 0ommAtteex to carry on the work of the 8ssooletlon, ln&xdZng a three-member no*atlng colranittee.Honoreble W. 8. Buaaey, Page 3

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. - l?M healdent or Saqratary

### Weestir ah833have povbr to 

### aenaflora w&b&tea .ti evtit of'aiokneai 

### or death In the hoaaehold of e nlember of the easooiation. '8eotlon .5,j - Ln the ebaanoe of the prealdent, the duties or hii offloe still devolve upon the vice-.prealdent., USe#jfian 6, - Tiie .8tiretby-Treeaurer atill keep~.rea?& of all pro&dlnga, shall cd&Teat. 811 duea, givlng~receipt therefor, and ahali pay ell~bllls on fhe approva,l of the Prea~ident. He a&ialP~hiake~.e

fintmclsl r,eport at. eaoh regulwE&+rfjble W. ,8. Bmaey, pa& 4,

and et,a ptiae deoided~~pon‘by the uaooletion or 

### l plaoted ,by the exeoutive aoqilttee in.oaae lie meeting'p&aoe is designated by tbe~eaaooiation. RSeotlon 2. - The dates of the annual meeting ahall.be deterplined by the executive committee. No l uoh meeting shall be Galled within 60 days of a regular meeting. 'Seotion 

### 3. -..Speoisl meetings maybe oelled by the pF.e,al.dentupon request of the executive oommlttee.

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“@eotiog 1. - One-third of the members shall oona$l$ute- P quorum. All voting ahall be aontined ~to.a&~v~.~nmabera. 

## ,*&&on a. - &ll elect&n of 

### oifio~ra~aha&l 'bq.$y.hLbti A.ma~.a%?lty of aXi voter oaat’

. ihal& oowtitute a ohQloe. "Seotlon 

### 3. - The term of office shall be one ~year.or until a successor has been eleoted.

- 9. ~Adj.ournm&nt.

"ll$YiTe@ VIII "Section 1. - 

### This oonatitution maybe, eltered, amidid, or added to c&L~by 8 two-third8 vote of the members present et the annual meeting of the Association. T.obe considered, any proposed ohaage in the oonstitution ahall be submitted in w%?iting to the president, a&least 30 days before the dateHoiwwble g. S. Buasey, page 

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t&n ma&taunual meeting, and oOpiea of aaoh **~p~iL,rhall be**  promptly 8uppEled w,tha pzerident tg ellaative~ me&era of the aa~oaietion. The propoWi1 ah611 then be eated upon at the next annual meeting.” It reema that the Comptroller haa refused payment expenses of your employees incurred in attending the Annual 

## 0rmeeting of thla association on **May** 7th and &%h, because In his **opJ.n** ion the meeting was a ‘convention,” and the advance approval of the Attorney General wee not obtained es required by the ourrent departmental appropriation bill In the followlug term:

“No moneya appropriatedtiere3.n shall ever be apent,$o pay.the traveling expenaea of anystate employee to any type,of oonventiqn wi$hin the State or wltho~ut,the State’~~ept.llpon.sdvsncs written proVal ~of.the ~Attorney Qenerel’aa .be,ing 

### ,for.@e~e~a fmeaa.:. :. ~~I&& this ~prbviaik, trevelh-e%$eneia’ lnc&bd G attending + ‘bcon6intlona oqot be paid unless. before they uere incurred the written approval of the trip must be aepar+ely epproved; this Department till not undertake to give blankvt authorizationa._

tIfe,are 

## ,orthe qpJ.nlonthat the mwttng involve~iaon~ 

## l t1tute.d t !q6qentlOn* tithjm the aieening.,of the ~&ppr$~‘%ttlon bill, Phe deaeription.of thenassemblege~of & ‘meeting;. 

## 8 uoolifer6noe 

## a etc.,’ ia not in@rtant~ its ahs*roter 38.. ~A ?conventS&!:as .wed in the a$@o~iatian bU% ia a ‘masUng 

## or ~~epa,,:.~r’,delegatee. 

## 0r 8 prlvete’6~gan$Eat2on, partr, olub, so~~ety,,or .+e like y” Bee our qpl..ni.on~~Ho., O-1731;*: %#ha hrpcroterrof i+e b~ganlaeti~h.88 “private* or 

## *orrioiel depadfi, not alone upon its 

### purpose,but..slao upon.ita ayuberahip~ :The Conatlttition’and By-lewa of the Aaaoolatlon revea,.l that the ‘%asooiirtion la 8 “~pMva,te organisatlon.” ~$Phe ,privete oharwter of the organlaetitin is emphaaieed by the.folowing prgviai4$i$ar

(1) Private indivldtiala, firms a.733 aoqor.stiowmi4~ be ‘eaaooiate” members.

(2) ’ Duea are oolleoted from a%1members, regular an&5

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.., Honorable Ii. & ,Bussey, ;Elsge6 t,

rmooistei these due8 are not 

# oolXe&hd bg r&herLt : would be 'H#kd,'%f %hey:Uer-~ puhblio mmie&*), .&i$ : ',

they~are: eqe&+#j UUheut an,8pprqwl.atlon for puipoeies fdr~'whlah, If the46 ~funds vere not tI?e.pmperty: of a private orgaailsatlon, they could not be expended, (POT_ instance, floral~tributeo ~l.nevent of slokuees or death in the household of a member of the asrociation.)

Ye trust that the.foregolng answer@ your ln~ul%i. &I the'future, you should request the approval of thla, De- ~. psrtment in kdvance of attendanoe~upon the meetings of,tLrir organirsation. Yours very truly :

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