OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG

**AUSTIN**



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Thr Stat8 Bar Of Taxerwa8 omatrd by th. State Bar Aot, Houra Bill 74, Aots, &6th Legisleturs,Regular So814lon, page 64, oompllad In VWrlOn's Civil Statute8 a8 Artlola jaOe-1. s6otl on 2 Of this etatUt reed8 a8 fO11OW8:

Vhore i8 honby orestad tha Stat. &Xr 8hfOh f8 hrrrby aa8titutld 8Xladm&ttratiVU agency Of thr JudI0181DIpartmmit of the Statr, with power to oontraot dth relation to ita own affair8 **and** whloh mel 8uaend k 8u6d and hso* 8uoh other power8 as erareaponably naaorrary to oarrr out tha parporra~ **of thi8**  Aot."

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ahell oonstitutr the Stab. Bar end rh8ll be mxbjeotto thr rule8 adoptad br thr @promo Court of Tatas. 8rOtiOll 4 8lI8hOriH8 the SupMm COurt Of Taxer to praroribarul88 for thr oonduot Of tb8Stat4 %r md $0 pmeOrib6 fO.8 Mt axqordlog iourdollar8 per annum par por8on *to ba pald to tha Clax% of the 8uprame Oourt to be hold by him and ax:- 

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Of thr Ildnini8tratiOn O? th18AOt."
Under tha rulrr edoptrd by tim Suprenu Court 0~1?obruary 22, 1940,gov~rid$ thr Steta B8r of To~a8, it I8 provided inArtIolr T(T, thotioa 4, &at the anna membar8hip foa 8hall be payable ennuelly to tbr Clark of the supr8ao court. Out oftho ierr paid tobin, th8 Clark of the 8uprmr hurt Is authorlrrdby ArtloleV, Saotlon 7, topey one errirtant to arstihim in dleohergiag the dutlsr Imposedon him bf the Stete Bear AOt end therules of the 8aprema Court edoptad th4rrundrrend to pay oertain sxpenree naoesrerily 

### 5nourroQIn dIeaher#lng suoh dutiso. After thr daduotlon of 8uOh rrponsel, th0 clerk 18 rspulred bg Art.1010 V, Sootion k, to pay over all funds or tha State Bar to the Saontery of th* Sktr Bsr.Bomreblr Wm. R. tir88OW,pa&o f

ArtlOlaV, Seotion 6, o? the Supmnn Court Rulss fixes the dutiesof the Ssoretsryof the Stata Bar, an2 proridesthat hi9 eelarf ebe1.1. be fixed by the Boerd of Dlreotors. The Seontery I.8also authorlzod by suoh 8aOtfOn to rnploy auoh olsriwl a88istsnoo
ez thework 0r hi8 orrio~ may raqulro, the 8zlerl.8 to iiaflxrdby thr Board of Direoton and prld out of thr fund8 o? thr Stat. Bar. The 

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thals dutiS8.

In our opinion, thr Stat. &r of hrar 18 814 lnetrumntellt~ or thr State OS %x88 end la wholly ounod by the Steta,within theprorleloza or thz Intern81 Raronua Code quoted ebon. Thr regti.StiOII end di8oiplim.8 o? lewyzre end the formation end 8dalniatntion o? an intogretodbar ore properlywithin tha fznationro? thr judlolal brenoh or tbzgonmmmto? the Btatr. Compmrr In 

### ra Intogratlona? Steto Bar o? Oklehmm, 185 Okla. 5 95 P (zd) 113

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n re xut~grattonof &bra&a S&r Bar Awsooletlin 133 I b 283 275 N W ZbS In ra $dwerQa, 45 Id8i0, 676: k6 PiO.~665; k*8.iB@ or c ll?omle T. Snuerlor Court, h0.~4324 In M Oib6on, 35 F3 g 207 081. 323 278

. . 550, 4 PI (24 643.
Tha Stetr Bar o? Texes 18 de8igmd solely r0r the purpoea o? aerryllrg out the8a fUnOtiO~8. Tha fee8 whlah are&aid by the lewy8rs

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For the reasons etstad, It la our Opinion that the State Bar of 'Perez Is ezatapt?rOrp

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Enploymnt Texrr with respaot to ~ervlor8 parfoanrd by penon amploy8d end paid by It an&r thr State Bet Aot and tha ruti 8 of the Suprrmr Court isruad under ruoh aot.

Tours vary truly
ATTORBZY GENERAL. **OF** TEXAS

Jmw18 P. Xart A88iatMt JPEILW

ATTOmEY GEIEHAL Or' TEXAS