OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

shall hare filed with the head of the department In 

which ho or she is employed an pitldavit shoring his 

or her marital atatua, and if married, whether or 

not the spouse of suoh employee is also ekwloyed in 

one of the Departments of tAis State and the name of 

t&o Departxcent where such spouse is employed, togethw with the nom of suoh epouset the head oi 

au& doportnant, in addltlcn to the statutory nPM- 

&wit ~GIT required to be attached to all payrolls, 

~21011 also set forth in the payroll aWizlarit that 
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all of Ma sployaea hare made the required affldarit 

sad alma l oa f8rtk tha taota Of aw maid relatiaaahlp 

employment am dI8o108ed by l atd aPp10yoea~ affidavit, 

together with tho name of the departaent where suah 

apouaa la anplOVed, ud if such rolatlonship aIlplOytent doea noa exlot then uirl affldavlt ahall l o atate, 

and teehaad.of the dep&r+mnt and the EtataOomptrellar 

o hm11 net l pprwi for pamout or iasua rat-rant8 or 

cheaka for l alarlea to ,dther the hueband or die where 

bothaal4bosbudaSId+ife*re aaployedlin thabopartwnta or tMB mate l Ubd8Ot, hOTWerJ te the fOllOT%ag 

proTioloM . Affid8vlf8 Of praaaat aaplwaa8 shall be 

made ami filed tith the heada oi dapsrtmenta of the 

State 7lthla t8a (10) days before the first da7 of 

each flsoal ye*rJ and persons thereafter eaplged 

ahall file auob rffldarltr before thw begin work; 

all of, aaid.affid$vita shall be preserved by the 

heada‘af departoenta for whiob appropriation8 ara 

made for at lea8t two (2) year8 after their datw J 

which sffldavlta shall be open to pub110 inapectlon# 

e&d OmplOyeaa' effldarita aball be ooaolusive evldenoa of the right of the haad of the dspartmmt te 

approve,the pqroll, and the payroll affidavit of the 

hoarkof the dopartmnt shalV'be aonoluaive widonae 

to the, State Comptroller of him right~to laaue the 

oarranta,if ID the event the CamptrollOr shall hold up 

iaauanoe or dellveqof any mawran W reason of theme 

provision8 he s&11 notify the head of the dopartmant 

affeottd of his aotlon aad auah aarranta shall not be 

iaauOd OC dmlirarad Until the pl’OTimiOna hBT8 baaa 

corq~lled with to the aatlsfnctlon of the State Camptrollerf and In the went the head or heada of said 

departtientaJ ao eqloying asid husbard and wife, or 

errid husband and ,rifa tJ&eolselTeB e.amOf agree on 

which arfeoted employee la to be retslnod ln the 

State's mployJ than the State Comptroller shall 

iasue and deliver the warrant to the affeoted eaw 

ployee who ham been contlnuoual~ employed in t&e 

state's senioe for the longer period of tine, and 

refuse to issue and deliver the warrant to the vthor 

affected employee who has bocn continuwsly eqloyed 

in the state's service for 8 shorter porlod of time 

than tbe other affected relative. Tbo prc~islons 

herein shall apply to dspartrent heaUr and mxcbora 

OC Comilssions but not to the zana$er nnd Eatron of 

tbo ~orec State Farm. The lord *Ilep.prtzcnt* 3s used 
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berein shall mean those departments named in 

this Aot alai t&o Soil ConsetT8tlon ldo8rd olml 

shall not 82~17 te other ep;encice of this 

state and the employee8 employed theraW.* 

Attentlsn la rpeocisllr ditaated to that portion 

cr’ the para~qh vNch provides In part8 

.Tho vord 'dqmrtmant' as usod heraln 

shall sib(Ln thore departsanta named in tblr 

Act .and the Soi1 Gonsottation~bopd and 

shall uot app17 to otbor agonoies of this 

&ate and the aciplopeea employed thereby.* 

This deHx%itlon of the vord vdeprrtmCvM makea tt 

>Laln thirt thl8 ridor door not apply unless both tiusbaud 

ana wire are e&ployed in dep8rtrentr named In the Depwtcmrtal Appropriation PLll or in th0 Soil ConsCrv8tion Bawd. 

Xou ‘ore ckmrefore advised that thi6 eeotioa doam not ptohibit the osplopmnt of u husband in one of the Statr departnontr ombruced in tho Departmental Appropriation Bill, 

r&an the rite Is cmplopei in auother institution or depart- 

::.ant not numd in tlro Dapartmentul Appropriatioa Bill. 

very 1 truly yourr 

AiPliOVIZAU3 21, 1943 ATTURlGX Gl?WUiL UP TEXAS 

R. 1. Fairahild 

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