OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG 

AUSTIN 

Bon. um. B. uw88011, &Irotrry 

stata B8r of Tam 

Llttloflrld Btdldlag 

Awtin, Tom8 

tembar 24, 1940, 

a. Thr *srtion 

or 'hxar 18 al 

88 80 88 to be irlUld.r bh8 fFitWll81 

iah 

1On8 1426 lb) (7) 

l xuo pfrom t meh 

l Q in th* rnplolr 

polft 1081 8ubdiri8iOn 

8tZ'UMnklitl or any 

0 iOrW5OihQ Whhh 18 

by OILI or 60~ 8t8te8 Or 

bditiSiOM; IAnd aw 8Ol'Y10@ 

tfvl l 8iplOf O? 8Xir iMtCUJUnf On8 Or ELOr8 steta8 or pOllti08l 

CiUbdiViaiOll8 t0 thr O%tWAt that th. fn8trUmentsllt~ is, with roepeat to such 8ertie8, 

lmnlullo under tha CoMtitutlon or the Unitob 

State8 from &be tear lmpomd. . l n 
Hon. whl. B. car88Ow, paga 2 

Thr Stat8 Bar Of Taxer wa8 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 8Xl adm&ttratiVU agency Of thr JudI0181 DIpartmmit of the Statr, with power to 

oontraot dth relation to ita own affair8 and whloh mel 8ua end k 8u6d 

and hso* 8uoh other power8 as era reaponably naaorrary to oarrr out tha parporra~ 

of thi8 Aot." 

%OtiOn 3 O? th18 8tiatUta provide8 that ell 

110anaad lrrrryarr ahell oonstitutr the Stab. Bar end 

rh8ll be mxbjeot to thr rule8 adoptad br thr @promo 

Court of Tatas. 8rOtiOll 4 8lI8hOriH8 the SupMm 

COurt Of Taxer to praroriba rul88 for thr oonduot 

Of tb8 Stat4 %r md $0 pmeOrib6 fO.8 Mt axqordlog 

iour dollar8 per annum par por8on *to ba pald to tha 

Clax% of the 8uprame Oourt to be hold by him and ax:- 

pendrd by tha Court or undrr It8 dirrotlan ior the 

ptlrpOll@ Of thr Ildnini8tratiOn O? th18 AOt." 

Under tha rulrr edoptrd by tim Suprenu Court 

0~1 ?obruary 22, 1940, gov~rid$ thr Steta B8r of To~a8, 

it I8 provided in ArtIolr T(T, thotioa 4, &at the anna 

membar8hip foa 8hall be payable ennuelly to tbr Clark 

of the supr8ao court. Out oftho ierr paid to bin, th8 

Clark of the 8uprmr hurt Is authorlrrd by Artlole V, 

Saotlon 7, to pey one errirtant to arsti him in dleohergiag the dutlsr Imposed on him bf the Stete Bear AOt end 

the rules of the 8aprema Court edoptad th4rrundrr end to 

pay oertain sxpenree naoesrerily 5nourroQ In 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 

ArtlOla V, Seotion 6, o? the Supmnn Court 

Rulss fixes the duties of the Ssoretsry of the Stata 

Bar, an2 prorides that hi9 eelarf ebe1.1. be fixed by 

the Boerd of Dlreotors. The Seontery I.8 also authorlzod by suoh 8aOtfOn to rnploy auoh olsriwl a88istsnoo 

ez the work 0r hi8 orrio~ may raqulro, the 8zlerl.8 to 

iia flxrd by thr Board of Direoton and prld out of thr 

fund8 o? thr Stat. Bar. The wmatery and hi8 olrrlo81 

088f8tMt8 err the only paid o??iorr8 or @~plo~rze of 

tha Stete Bzr, the other offiorr8 8nd the dfrootor8 aerz1y rOOOiVftl~ QcyrllMt Of 8OtURl ati Il~Ocl888rp WpWi808 

in disOht%rgin~ 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 the prorleloza or thz Intern81 

Raronua Code quoted ebon. Thr regti.StiOII end di8oiplim.8 

o? lewyzre end the formation end 8dalniatntion o? an 

intogretod bar ore properly within tha fznationr o? thr 

judlolal brenoh or tbz gonmmmto? the Btatr. Compmrr 

In ra Intogratlon a? Steto Bar o? Oklehmm, 185 Okla. 

5 95 P . (zd) 113 1 n re xut~gratton of &bra&a 

S&r Bar Awsoole tlin 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 under thr requlnwall Of the BtztUtz8 %X&d thr nt108 O? the 6UPOlu 

court are used nndar tha dlrrotlon of thz Supronr 

Court for the purpoes o? oarrylag out the prmizlom 

of tb State Bar Aot end for no Other purpoM. Ro 

private person he8 any luterert whatever in the Stak 

Bar or its funds. 

For the reasons etstad, It la our Opinion 

that the State Bar of 'Perez Is ezatapt ?rOrp Fzdzml 
Honora blr Wm. B. Cere8d, peg8 4 

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