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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Bursao cU Labor Statlrtioe 

Au&la, Tou8 

stated qurrtio 

ion was apjuwml, thir 

rpeotlon rrporta and 

088 iroo the insurpno~ 

6 the boilerr whloh 

e ‘&at a Booard 

l dr r iro of this dopaitmnt to know 

l vd them inrpeotionr an&mako 

00 a8 we feel that it ~111 be unlarl ocopthe t tnruraaae Xn8peoterr 

n States’ bollem. 

#x’fln lieu or the erlating oiroumtanoer we 

rhall l ppreaibto your adrime relative to the mttsr 

nontioned above.” 

X0 our oplalon Ho, O-e36S, reiwred to aborr, two 

puytionr mr8 grwentrd for out oonridorationj the QWStiOB8 
Bureau or Labor StatiStiOS, Page g 

: . ‘762 

a5 presented read as iOiiOW8: 

To. 1. Carr the Board of Control legally contract for ineuranoe for a three year contrsot? 

"Ho. 3. CM the various State iBStitUtiOn8 

and agenolre pay in advanao, ?xvA ourrant apprOpTiatiOA8, iOr the prIdU;P On 90110108 OB iu8UraAOr 

ooveriag a three year contraot?* 

These ~U6StiOllS mro MSWerad in the nagatlve* 

under 

aurrd 

every 

Shall 

YOU forthOr inioru US that a number of the bOI18rS 

the jurlsdiotlon of the Soard of contxol are now inby v-IOU8 Insuranoa OlWl~aKli~S. This beFng true, 

iA8uraAoe company i~eU&Ag boiler8 in this State, 

after inepeoting sag steam bo;ler, file a duplioato 

TrpOTt Of SUOh iAO&WOtiOA with thr ~Ollld8SiOA8T, ae ~ovldrcl 

by ii0~8e Bill No. 419, Aate of the 46th Logislaturs, paga 

433, Volune 1, tinoral hU8 of Texas. house Bill Ho, 419, 

Bupra, reads IA part a8 fOllOW8l 

Veo. 5. zv@ry 1ASUlXACO OO.lQk3ny IASUrIAg 

boilers in this state shall, within thirty (30) 

day8 after IASQeOtiAg aAy 8teti boiler, ii10 a 

duplicate report of such inapeotion with tha 

Commiesioner Showing the date of ewh IA8peOtiOA 

togetMr with the AaJlS Of the person asking SUOh 

lus~ection, aAd 8uoh report Shall Show irtlly th6 

oonditlon and looatlon of suoh boiler at the time 

Suoh iAapeotiOA waa .mde. Suah roporta will also 

State when the policy of insuranae was IMAled by 

the insurance oompong on salcl holler and the date 

of axplration of ruch polloy of Insurance. The 

owner or uoer of every boiler lnepected by an 

iA8~~OtOT for aA inSUrMO0 oolapanp authorlsed to 

do bu8IAe88 in this State on whioh suoh iAsul%AOe 

~08pa~y has issucld a polioy of ~ASW~AO~ after 

inspotion thereof, shall br exempt imll other 

ill8~4OtiOA8 and iAPpeOtiOA fee8 WldW tb PrOvIaIon of this aot; provided nothing IA thla 

SeatiOn shall prevent the oomAIssioAer from authorlzlng the IAspeotIoA of any lneuranoe boiler 

at any reaeonable tfme when, in the OpiBion Of 

the ConmIesIoner, auoh iA8UTd boiler my bo In 

a~ uneafo OOAditiOA, provided the ~OaLaiaIIioABr 

shall contaot the Insurance OompiAy oarrylng suoh 

within twenty (90) days, for nhIbh' Inspection 
Buroao or Labor 8tatiStiO8, Pag, a 

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,110 additionaS OhOr shall br madr as 8Ot forth in 

Brrtioa 18 a? this Aot. The COM~SS~OBU 18 authorimd and has authority to i88or a orrtI?IOato 

o? opOratlon to the om8r or uau a? all boilrrr 

rubJaot to inrpeotion UBdor this Aot, and the Owner 

or u8or a? any lmurrd boilrr 0haU pay th0 sum 

o? on0 dollar ($1.00) for raoh oartltloato a? opuatioo IrrAod, and the owner or Y8u OS the State 

ierpeotad bOilOT &all pay a like 8~3 of oAa dollar 

($1.00) for l aoh oortlfioatm of opuation i88ued, 

whioh said ?eo shall ba and 18 abaorbrd by the lntorn81 md *XtUBti iASp.OtiOA ?OO l uthorircrd in 

BOOtiOn lt O? this AOt. m.Ty blSWalle0 OOLR9M7 

shall noti?J thm Conurisrioner in writing at the 

00naOllatIon or Oxpiratlon of l rrrr polioy or inSUTSBOO i88uod by it with re?8reBor to boilrra,in 

this State, within twnty (20) days aftor the oxpiration or oanorllation a? raid polloy, giving 

th8 oaP80 or rraaon ?or ruoh oanpollation or l xpiration. Such notlow of oaaoollatlon or explratiOA shall Show the date O? tha QOliO), aAd tbr 

date whan the oaAo~llatlon or expiration has or 

will beooma l tieotivr . * 

We do not think that our opinion No. 0-838S, above 

referred to hra enr Application to the que8tion undrr OOASidWAtiOA. 

I? thr above mmtloned bOilOr ar8 AOW iB8Ur.d by 

8om ~ASUTMOO oompaay duly authorlmd to d0 bUSiB@Sa in this 

State, th.A undu the ~OVISIOAS or fiOU8e Bill 419, l upra, 

the said aoapany is required to ii10 the in8peotort8 report 

of 8uOh In8poOtion with the cOolaiA8iOA8T, within thr timr 

and mannu as aborr 8.t out, The above mntionrd aot further c 

pmvid.8 that “the owner and mar 0r every boiler in8prOt.d 

by an Inapootor tar an IASUTMO~ oowany authorixed to do 

bUSiM88 in thi8 state on whioh SUOh iA8uTaAOr OOmpIUly has 

i88wd a polioy Of ~BSUTMO~ &tOT itX8QOOtiOB thOrOO?, shall 

b8 .buaQt ?tOa othor iASpeOtiOA8 aA6 iBSpW3tiOB ia08 undu 

the prorialona of thir Aat.* I 

Howorm, it i8 further providsd that nothing in the 

above iarAt lOBOd aot shall prsvont the CO5dSSiOBO~ rrolp 

authorizing the in8pootion o? any iA8UTOd boilrr at any 

reaaonablr tiao when in the Opinion O? the COMliSSiOBeT, 

SUOh iorcur8d boiler mpy br iA aA UASA?. WBditiOB, provided 

the Comai88lonu 8hall contaot the inruranor oompony oarryiB6 

muoh inrurancs ati tb iB8pOotor or deputy inrprotor Shall 
BUX’OaU Of hbOr 3tathtiO8, -68 4 

jointly and togather inrpeat the bqllor rlthln twenty dayr, 

for whiOh in898OtiOn no additional oherg8 8hall bo mdr, 88 

8Ot rorth ill s8OtfOll 1.8 or &Ii80 Bill 4l.9 supra. 

In rirr or th8 fbrrg0ing you sfa r88pootrully 

advi88d that it 18 t& oQitiOn Or thl8 Dopartsnt that tb 

Bureau Of Labor st8ti8ttO8 0-t di8r8erd tb in8UranO8 

oompany ili8Q8OtiOn8 ad nako stat0 itl8pOOtiOE Oi bOil8t8 

whloh oom und8r the JUi8itiOtiOll or the State Boar6 or Control Wh8r. 8UOh boiler8 8M in8ur.d by an iMlW@IIO8 OOSQaIly 

authori88d to do bo8in888 in thir 8tat8, Upon whloh, 8uOh 

hl8UranOO oo.apany ha8 irOU8d a polioy 0r iJI8tlranO8, and 

88id bOilOr i8 in8~OtOd by Ut in8Q*OtOr rOr 8aid h8UrtiW 

company. EOwW8r,~wh8LL ifi the OpiniOn Of thn cOti88iOn8r, 

such in8urrd boiler may bo in an un8arr oonditfon, the Coa 

iai88ionor sapal authoriza the inrpootion of any fnriarod bollor 

at any r8a8OnablO tima in oomplianoo with th# prOvi8iOn8 Of 

hU8o Bill 419, 8Upra. 

Trurting that the rorsgoing rully 8n8wor8 your 

inquiry, wo aro 

Tour8 very truly 

ATTOR.UZY OBBISUL OY ?EX;\S 

Ardell William8 

A88i8tant 

APFROVEDSEP 30, 1940 

;TTORNEY GENERAL OF&TEXAS