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OffICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF,TEXAG 

AUSTIN 
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non. C. R. T'eminf$oa, Pn~o a 

Tha reooa33 of the .Soo:*ctflry of3taters opcice revet21 thet 12. X. J. CroPoct was Zcosidezt of t?.o Gulf COaat 

y;ster Coqxiny, a C~m23:Io o~rp~ration, on &wot 6, 133s. 

Act3 1834, 4Srd Le&slatui*ej 4.th Called je3dIon, 

inSO 19; Ch. 7, C?.O6tin$ tho LO%XZ? Colorn.do River Authority, 

rcrds, In port, a3 follo::3: 

qJrovidsd that no pcraon shall be eligible 

for 3ucl-1 a~pOIhti~IOn% 1:' he h33, during t219 p-cccd135 t?.qe (3) ycnr3 bcforo hi3 npgointmsnt bocn 

enploy$ by'an oltctric ~oxcr end lir,ht coqmy, 

gc3 coqmy , tclcp>onc coiqany, or any other utillty oorqmy af Eriy kind Or ch&roCtcr xhat3oevor.* 

(Underscoring 01.~3) 

Sinoo the facts .shOi'l tht Yr. X. J. Crofoot ~133 

the i‘residont of the hCrqtO:'OXo ncztioned cOrFO?ationj ;ivr- ' 

Inx; tl:o pccediny t&xo (3) year 3 before his op;oi,asc:e,:crrt to 

the Board of Dirootom Of thic, LOX;er COlWQdO River Authority, 

the dcteminiq ~c3tIon xould GOCSI t0 kc! w!lctk~r or nOt ho 

\mmd o:ploycd by the 3sj.d oorporations -&thin the zzeaninx 02 

the hoo~e .o_ucteC rart of the Aot creatind the Laxer coloro~0 

River J,uthorIity . - 

%%a &a ~~e~~~loyod*t ha3 mmy zssniqo. N It 93~ nean 

any person who rczder:r2 labor .or scrvico to Another. wl’latson 

v. XQ. cc., 50 3?. 1.1. a. ma. 

JO.? in ~~$Yl$ij ..pyi* 

ft could Inclu~~c every ,,;eu . \ r~'e .6-r. &-~~~df&ti-~;l -%it?i6rit rO;?;zrd to- hi3 

&rGdq Or rank, or the nature of kio dutir3. 

ot (11, 63 N. x. 525. As us04 in Its broadest 

Ia' re Stryi:er 

3eU30’, the 

SJord %n~loyedq8 denotes every person who I3 in the ,sorvioo 

or a oorgooratlon. 32 L.2.A. Q7 Zt pa&e 113, The word "ezploy&* denotc3 028 *.&o,rim~era Oervice. Sot 'h%h3tcr~~ sm. 

f~tcrnatiO361 3Ictiomry, 3OCO:ld ZditIO!l. 

yie iuote frc.2 hbbdtt V. L:o::'i~, 77I<.'.?!. 94, C3.fOl" 

loxs : 
n 

..a anyone e:i~lcycJ by R corporation in arq 

cnpocitjj may parhara be consi?mrcd as ezplojjec of 

the co7pcrntion (aA if frm the context such as: 

pccrdl to bc tte mxnin~,.thc officera of' the corForatior, ni,:hS be irrtondecl by tba tcr:: urdar 8om 

cirom~tacccs) .,.** 

The question ie: -Vhat is the sense in ~ihich L,he 

word ~ezployc~I*~ 13 123~4 in tho above c,uotod pzrt.of the Xct 

crentiq t,k.e Lo::er ColornCo River hutbority? Ceriafcly this 

is to be de:crsL!:eC! fro:1 t:le ocntst, end the apynrent 6b$jcct 

aau pxpoi;a of tllo pcvi3lcr.. 

It cann.ot be said t!z:st t& presideat ci a ccqcraticn is not in the SSFS~.CC of the carporction. IS ho not 

.tho qcnt of t:ic corgoretion :vit?in t>a scope cii ~oxu-a dele- 

&at& to hi!! by the bonrd of directors7 Soes he. 20: enforce 

&m¶ defend the various rlzhts of thu cor~croticn7 IS he not 

promoting the intsrcst;: of the ccr;croti.ozz % believe that 

tImso r,ucsticr~s ma only be 4rmfcrsd in the rftiratetivo. 

Ih6.Lq$.slaturc plainly ir.&icctteC t?,ot til persons 

oxpl.oyc0 by 8 utility cozpcny->fit%.n t?ree j'ofir3 prccedin~ 

the Cute of s~;ointmnt 3hculC not be eliqiblc for aaid a;- 

~i&-tm3Iit, X3 there imy eoui%I arid logical remon for saying 

that the cf?icsrs of e nti'lity coqmy We not esglcye~ by. 

that ccr;oratico within tho :xzninrj of the.Aot? ';;c thiak 

not. WQ cc?zn,ot believe that tho Legislature inteabe:l that 

such a oonatruoticn ehould be~plrtced -02 th&~~Ier@,c~c-_r_o mmtioned oocticn of the .ct,~ ~T'c~the cotitrnYy, it would op~car 

.thot them 13 a far fpeator ret2300 for saying t!lat t:?e officcz's of a utility company are incli:~iblc than t&?re ia for 

sayid;; that only tho subordinzte eqloyoos, aa:aely, the ol-arks, 

;;a.mcsg and.evcn the janitor, are~Inell&bla. The pctcsibiA r,isonief and evil arising out of tine appoiritrtmt of's 

subordinate e~;?lcyec of a utility-coqmy i.3 for lez~s ccqcrod to that of appointins anofficer 0: h utility con~my vfho, 

no Cou%, is a stookhclder axI who would be is a positfon 

to pCrsO?.nlly benefit fro;r the nppolzt?xz& to t2.c IJmra Of 

Dircotcrs of thc.l.oacr Cclcrnclc Flivi:r Authority. 
845 

-&3 concl.\;Ees", yox are 30 i?&i.x5 l&it ty:c &pl:GiF:- 

ted of 3. ‘II. J. *ofcot to the Bx.rt. of ‘iiractr?rs ~3 tkc 

t,owr Cclornio River ,Witority 13 I n Siroct violetlo~~ oi” t30 

kcrcinzbG?c xontiorrod 3ecticn of tile Act croatiq tf;e LGm?r 

ColornGc Bivcr hct:tSlcrit;y. I;:r..Crol"oot I:, t%rafcre inaligibl6 fcr t!:c Rp;oinkent *WJ th Bo&d cf 3ircctora,cl the 

I,o~ver Colorado IIivcr Aut?rority. . 

Yo*ws very tru>J