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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Oaorge EL Shoppub 

Comptroller of Ppbllo Amounts 

Auotln, Tamis 

Dear sir1 

Your nquut sor 

oardully oonsi6erw4 by th 

raquost a8 tollma 

r*oolvo4 an4 

0 quot. rma your 

au a80 th8 W&Ot for flw w&or8 

nrlloo Ta8 not 

the rroont ruling by the 3lprow 

88t 0~ini0a b;r th0 m0rnmy aa0 8rnl.n mubu8 lo mllltuy 8ulloo 

a r t8 o r a o *ln the l luy an4 mllugo do. thu, Of 

the total ottu*llm aulmra, tour h+o not yatrepolrto4forth8 tlrrttlm. Thoque~fionw~aul4 

like elarlfio4 %8 thlw 

"Arm the Sour mubu8 who hare not atton 

l llglbls to rooolro admy from the flrat day OS 
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Honorable Coorge ii. ‘>heppard, Page 2 

the sueslon, i.e., .Janu?iry 12, 1943, or should OllC 

re?ueat be dated CR of the day they r@8ter preBent? 

*The Honorable John Ii. Lyle reported F'ebNnry 

11 and took the Oath of Offioe. The other members 

In military nervloe, eroept iour, were sworn in at 

the beginning of the ss88Lon. 

". . . ." 

Seotiona 4. 5. 8 and 2J+ of Artlole III of ocir State 

cOMtltUtiOn, MC! 86 f6iiOW81 

"S40. 4. The member8 of the 

84llt6tiVO8 8hall be Oho8en br the 

sld their term of oitloa 8h811 be 

th6 day OS their 4lOOtlOn.. 

House~of Ropreq u8liil hd hOtOr8, 

two year8 rrom 

“‘800. 5. Th4 Leglelature shall meet ev4ry two 

year8 at wroh time a8 may be provided by law and 

at other @me8 when eonran& by the Oovernor. ';Jhen 

oonlened in r4guhr &88ioa, the flr8t thirty day8 

thered 8hal1 be 4.rot.4 to tha introduotion of 

bills'8nd resolotione, aotlng upon mergenoy approprletlon8, pa88ing upon t&e oonflmatlon of the 

reoe88 8ppolntees of the Owsrnor and 8uoh emorgenoy matter8 a8 nuy be 8ubnltte4 by the Governor 

in speolal measagaa to the Le&elature; provided 

t&at dnrlne the suooee4lng thirty 4aps or the rsgu1U 8e8dOn Or tb b&8ltltlW3 th8 VUfiOa8 OORRittaes of eeah House e&ill hold hearlag to eon814W 8ll bin8 an4 ZVl8OlUtiOll8 an4 othu nmtter8 

thM pOnbilI@l aed 8Uoh OMXf$enOy lpatkr8 88 Qq ti 

mabmltted by the Cwarnor; provided further that 

dming the rollowlng sixty day8 the Legl8latare 

8h811 aOt Upon 8Ilab bill8 and X’MOlUtiOli8 a8 my 

b4 then p4nding and upon suah emrgwoy oPtter8 aa 

a8y be 8Ubmltte4 by the tlwemor in speoial ReI8ages to the Legi818tUref provided however, either 

Eou8e maf otherwiea datorsdw it8 order Of busimsss 

‘by u1 a3Slrnetlve vote OS four-Siftha of its memberahlp.~ 

“Sea. 8. Eaoh Boucle 8hdll be the judge of the 

qualifioatlons an4 6lootion of it8 own member8; but 

oonteoted eleotion8 ahall be drtermined in suoh manner as shall be provided by law." 
“See. 24. kmbera of the h&28ttire till 

reoolve from the publio Troa8ury a per diem of 

not exoeodiug 513.00 pr day fc& the fir& 120' 

dwn of oath seeelon and after that not cxoeedlng 

t5.00 per Cay for the rwainber of the eeesion. 

%I atidltion to t&e par dislL Lhe xierPber8 of 

eaoh House Shs11 ba mttltled tn miloege in &a* 

to alid returnlnq from the 8eat of governmtmt, 

whloe milaage shall not l x o eo $2.50 d for every 

25 ~!llea, the filstanoe to ba oomputed by the 

noarost and most direot route of travel, frora a 

tablo of 618tanOe propared by the Cmptroller to 

eaoh oounty 8eat no1 or hereafter to be established; no a.mbsr to be eatithd to mileage for 

any extra eeasioon that nay be oallad rlthln one 

day after the adjournment of a raqalar ox oalled 

8088lon.* 

Seotlon 1 of Artiole XVI of our State Constitution 

pX-oVid.8: 

%eOtlM 1. OffiOirl 08th 

Weabero O? t&o Le&il.stum, e~~4 811 Offloer8, befor* they enter um~the 4uflo8 of their 

offices, shqll kko the foll.owlng Oath or Afflrmetionr 

that ~'%I~ falthfdy examto the duties of tlm 

do~sol&y 8waar (or 6fflrm .I* 

offloe or 

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of the State or Texa8, 8110 

will to the best of my ability pre8uv8, protoot, 

snb defend the Oonatltutlan and laws of the United 

statea a114 of this Strto; aud X furthermom roleanly 

swear (or 8ff'ii-m). thnt I have not dir~otly nor indlreotly paid, offared, or prosbad to w, watrlbuted, nor proalmd w oontrlbate 8ny money, or 

taltible thing, or promioed any pub110 OffiOe or 

employment, na a reward for the &ding OT withholding a vote 8t the eleotiotl at whloh I wae l leOte,b . 

So help ae God.'- 

Artiol@a 5422-3-4-54& Vsrnan’8 Annotated Texti 

civil %UtUte8, read a8 fO11ow81 

"Artlolo 5&22. 5505. 3271 'NW of meeting 

“The Fortieth Leglelature shall aesemble to 

hold its blonnlnl aeaeion on the eaoond Tuaedaf 
Honorable George ii. iheppard, 1-e l, 

in January, A. D. 1927, at 12 o'olook m., and 

&all mot blon.nlally thorutter on the mmo day 

and hour until othorwlse prorldod by law. Coast. 

art. 3, aeo. 5. 

LTho80 porrono rooolvlng oertlrioatee of 

l leotion to the %neto and ROUBO of Fiopreoontatlves Of the Loglrlaturo, ma4 thoeo SenatoT0 

uhoao term of ofrioo &all not hato temlmted, 

and nona othera, s&l1 bo 6oupetent to orgaulre 

the SeMt* and HOUSO orXepremintatltoo. Aets 

1876, pa 311; 6. L. vol. 8, P. ~7. 

“Art. 5h2L. 5507-8-16 Who shsll DrWbidt3 

-For the purpose 0r 6tlch 0rganlPation the 

SoorataryoS8tatonh~UproaiUo atuohnoarrlng 

u8alon of the La&laturo. should thorn bo no 

soorekry 0r stat&* or In ease he bo abeant or unable to atfond, tko Attortuy Goa8ral &all attend 

(md periorm thq datios preaorlbod. He ohaU attend 

at tiu tlm Ma p&o0 bibolunatea ror th0 aret* 

oftha Logi8laturr andahallap 

8hall hare bea 0hl.i olo* of t E 

int a ole*rho 

xoU8. thr prooo&ng 808slon If ho be present, to take a minute 

of the pmoe&*. 

vho aloe, unaor the fllrootion 0rtb soorotary of stat+ Bhaul 

'1. aall al1 tbr kountlo~ la alphabmtiaal 

ordor. sh o uld ntur nr o f l lootloa in uly aouaty 

Sor mabora oi the Legialaton not bo mado to the 

orfloe.of seomtary oi State, ha ahall rroterthe1088 call suoh oouuty. 

-2. mell t&e oountler are oalld ana ttu 

mombore oloot *gpear and proud tholr ero~ential~, 

aaldni8tor to emh the ossloi~l oath. 

*Art. 5~26, 5512. 3278 Crodontlal8 

*Any pereon appearing at 8al4 oall and prr 

eantfng the propor evldonoo of his l lootlon ohall 
!. ,,.> 

‘i_. , 

Iionorebls George H. Shopped, Pqe 5 

ba sddttsd or quellilod in the sems memer es thou& 

the return of his slsofioo he4 been u&e to t&o ofiio. 

of Saorotery of Steto. P. D. 5438.” 

Qonstnti~ 8ootion 1 of Artlols XVI of tho Stats 

Constitution, prior to the prosont ssmulmont, esd in 1881, 

the Bupreaa Oourt or Toxu, In the osse or State 1. Oooke, 

54 Tax. 4.82, held that undsr said seetlon of tho Constitution 

it wu e~ldent that thoro was l dlstlnstlon b&w-wan tha rl&t 

to en oi$lqo.aM tho right to eutu upon the duties of en offloo, 

lnesmmh 88 8r;ia soetloa or the con8titotian required the t8klng 

of tho ooastltutlonel oeth borers the p uso n l ntltlod to the 

oifloo ontod upoz~ the 6utl.s OS the ortloo. 

Tha oas* of &loo f. state, 150 8. u. (26) 1039, oonstrulxiu t%ootlon 1 of Artlols XVI of our Stat0 Constitution as 

it now l rdsts, hold ill tho aots or a speolal judge, who took 

an 06th not in oonforaity with the oath sot out in sei& seotion 

0r th4 aosstltutlf+, wars rold, ss4 oltod msny l uthoritlos. 

It 18 oleer that ln order for one to booom entitle4 

to r eo a lro the *per dlu* sb o ~e roromd to, th o l lelnat muat 

do somothlng mro then morsly booomo uitit1.6 to the oifloe of 

rqnwentatlre la the .Tuu L&alature. 80 must ~0 rurthor 

and In feat booou a moabor OS the Taxes E&u80 of Bopresaatetitu. This hs.oen os.l do by taking ths oonstitutlosel oath 

or oltloe. ulales 54% uul S42 

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pro+ldlng a method ior edmlnlstuln6 the oonstitutlcael oet to membus of the Eouso, 

wo think uo no t l xolusiro but marely bireotory stetutos, en6 

that iaesawh as tha Iiouso aor 0utlo.n 8 of Artiob XII of 

oru-bfete Ootutitution 18 *the $a&* or the queliiimtiaas end 

dostlons at its mmbars*, tha Eouno oould l ooept tho qrulitiaation end oeth taking ot e mombar et ULJ tlmo durlry the mossion 

tid in w smsast l osoptebla to the Ilouso of Repnsontatir.8. 

In the osu of 8peus t. 8hsppud, 150 8. w. (26) 769, 

Tans* 8uprem Court oonmtruob Sootion 21, OS Artlob SIX oi OUT 

Steta Constitution, en4 hold,emsg othu things,thet tho rluht 

of l umber oi the Le&islsture to raoeira the pr dim StlPdated 

in the ssstlon was not dopessled upon eotuml l ttondsnse 011 tho 

sessions of the k&leturi, and all that 18 roqulnd 18 that the 

Loglsleturs be in session esd thet#o oleiuat be a member theroOi. 
Eonorable Qeorge H. Shopperd, Pego 6 

Ws Intarprot this doolsIon to moen thet all thet la reqtirod 

in cedar to l ntltlo a olefrant to his *per diem* es a member 

of the Loglsleturo la that tho Loglslaturs bo in suslon and 

thet tho olelranf be l asabor for the porlod of tine for 

whloh ho olelms the meld *per 41s~. 

Oploion HO. O-5039 Of this dopertmsnt, sddnsssd to 

you, writton by Attorney Ganerel Yenn, holds spsolfIosll~ thet 

msmbors or the Lsglsleturo rho ue oorPlisslone4 offloors or 

l nllotod mon in the Army, Nevy ezid JLerIno Corps, ers l ntltlsd 

to tholr selsq uurrults a-06 tho state. 

It being PdlewSul for l ny nonor to be paid out of 

the 8tete Troesury exoopt by l uthorIt~ of sn eot of the Lsglslaturo l pproprletIng the bus, end A.rtlol* III, Sootion 51, 

of the Qonstltutlon of nab hevlng prorldod: 

"The Lsgl*leturs shell here no power to make any 

grent or l uthorlxs the reklng or any gamut or pub110 

aoner to eny indiriaui, usooletlon or Indlr1du.e~ 

. . . . . whatsoorer. . . . .w 

it obviously follmm thet l ottlson cannot bo pal4 eny “par 

dloaw u l memb er o f the Loixlsleturs Sor uy day or days prior 

to the the ho buue l mm&u thsroof. 

In snswer to your questions you em thorofore l dvlsod 

es r0iiotr: 

Ropmentetlro rJ10 who tw the oonstltutlomal oeth 

OS stiloe on February 11, 1945, la sntitlod to bo peld his "par 

diem* Sor fobraery ll, 1943, end la l ddltlon thordo sll *par 

dlee rbioh my uoruo for e&l d+ys ths Lsgisleturo la in ssssion 

during hlo teuure of meld ofTlea slnoo FobmarT 11, 1943. 

Ii tho rou rho ero entltlod to tho offloe but who hero 

not yet bosoms ~smbozs OS the Lsglsleturo pro0004 to booomo msmberm by teklag ths oonstltutlonrl 06th of oifioe, thon durin6 tho 

prssoat sosslon sueh mbors will bo l ntltlod to the full ?mr 

dima* Sor sll dw the Lsg$Islmturs or rhloh thw hsto booomo nsmhors la la sosslon o n end l rtor the dey on whloh they teko ths 

required oonstitutlonel 06th OS ofilos. 
Honoreblo Oaorge H. Shepperd, Pege 7 

The msmbors who took the oonstltutlonel 06th of 

0rrioo et the boginning 0s the sos*Ion but rho hem bin00 

not l ttondod the sosslon era l ntltkd to bo paid their *par 

UloaP for ill the tlms tha LagIsleturo or whIoh they era 

umrbors la in session. 

Yours tory truly 

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