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### THE AL



### OF TEXAS

April 20, 1953

- Home w. B. Morgan Opf8foa 100.s-30. Commlssiomer ~... ~.~
Bureau of Labor Statistics Re: Althbrfty of the Bureau Austl8, Texas of Labor'Statistics to 1iiAmse a Graysbr County 

### reifdekt to operate a8 **emplopne8t** agency **18** Dear rare**uorgaas** Jefferso8 Cou8ty.

You request the ?~pftios~bf@hhiioffice as.-to whether the Comsissioaer-W thb"BUrirau' of-Labor Statlstlos ca8 approve P8 apDlfbatIbi of aGriysoi County resideat to operate a8 

### emplbyme8t'&gCa~yi8'Jefferscm countye I8 other words,'eai'Pn~bn@lQment agait duly lice8sed-to 

### operate aa emplqxneiitigeiEg frGrPyso8 County procure mother lieeiiiittibperkte a8 emplogme8t agency 

### u8&erthe same iame 18 087 other county of thfs State, to-wit, Jefferso8.

You have advised that ;gbUare iaterested im a8 opirfo8 co8cerrlmg only the Private Eaployme8t Age8ey Law.
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Sectio8 3 of Article 5221a-6, V.C.S., reads i8 part as followss

1, Where'tha app_libit%onis t&de br a firm, ~a%ershIp, c$ya8~assaelitioi bf'perso88, It 

### mustbe rerilied“b~‘~qP#i persoi"f&r whose benefit the applfcat3.08fs made, **a8d** sueh appllcatio8 shall also be aeeompa8ieQ bg affidavits of at least five .(5)eredftable citizens 

### who have resided 18 the eoustg fr which sueh applicart desires to co8duct thi busfress of for at least three

be 081~ one type of lfeemae 

### issuedunder the provfsfors of this A&, whifehlfee8se shall be 

### desig8atadas a Private Employmert Agency llee8se, which 

### will permft~the Bfeeasee to Aet as a Prlva$e Employmert Agem%, mafntafnf8g' only one office under said lfoense, 0 m 0N

### HOD. M. B. Morgan, p-e 2, (Op.no. S-30).

The -underscored portions of Section 3 of Article 5221a-6 clearly indicate that the Ldglslatur8 

### intended**for** the Prl.rateEmployment Ag88t to be a **resident** of the oounty inwhich he cd8ducts the 

### busisess of a 

### PrivateEmploymentAger'6yiThe Leglslattmeby this Sectiosrequires that five'~ci%ditoble 

### citizens of the county where the agency lb to-be located make affidavits that the sppllcsbt'for a license to e8gage in the busi8ess of-a private employment age8cy (1) be a resident of the **cousty** where he intends to transact said busiaibs;~aid (2) be of good moral character. If the Leglslature'had 

### Dot intendedthat the appliea8tbe a reSPd88t Of the county where he Intended to do bUSi8eUs~aS~0 private 

### employmentagent, It cOrtal8ly 

### wouldnothave iacludad 

### in the statute the speclflo requiremiit that the applicant submit with his application affidaVita from reputable citizens ntati8g .thathe was a 

### r88idOBt of the county where he 

### iDteDdedto do~busiaess. Under this statute the Bureau of Labor Statlitlcs 12~8approve as applisatio8 

### foran PpplioPat to do business as a private employment age8t li the applicant meets the requirements set out in thenstatute. If the applicant does sot meet the requirements 80 set out the Bureau of Labor Statistic8 does .aOthave the power to approve 8uch a8 applicatio8; Fbr the Bureau to do so would be an assumption of authority prohibited 

### by the Legislature.

The intent of the LOgiSlatUre is 

### madh~~evea clearer by Seetioa 3, Article 52210-5, th@ LPb6r Agency Law, which stipulates that tha affidaviW of the five creditable citizens 

### are only to the etfect that the applicant or applicant8 are perWas of good moral character. Is this Sectlo8 they h&v&left out the residence requirement altogether. If such had been the intent of the Legislature in the-Rlvate Employment Agency Law it must be assumed that they would have also excluded the residence requirement from that law.

Thus the Bureau of Labor StPtlbti'ciWe8 not have the power or authority 

### to approve Pi application by a Graysor county resident to operate an employment agercy 

### i8Jefferson COUBty.. 

### Hon. M.B. Morgan, page 3, 

### (Op.Ilo.S-30).

The Bureau of Lsbor 

### Statistics cannot approve an application of a Grayioi 

### County resident to operate a private emplOyIUO8t 

### ag&BCy i8Jeffersos 

### county.

APPROVED: 

### Yours very truly,

JORNBER SHEPPERD Rudy G. Rice StateAffairsDivlslo8 AttOr8OyGeneral

C. IS. Richards Reviewly Assistr8t


### Xillis 

### Greshnm Reviewi8gAsslsta8t BY AsSiStoBt

Robert S.Trottl FirstAssIstPat