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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

tlonorablo Claude A. ~llllamr 

Ohairman and Exwutirr Director 

Tarar Unonplopant Campensation Conmlnaion 

Au8tln, Terse 

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the above 

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1, 29s9, rod OQymuit Aiat o~~taiaed 

I rr0r the tenha 

ttm furR~aho4 

04 In quo8tlQR 

1 ~rorisione troll the oontraot, rhlah 

or tha quo~tloa at hand: 

*To aanvaro for Inruranoo as4 oolloot pram&m8 

during eaoh and l vwy week on the pelieier of mid 

Coapny obtained br or l srl(gn~4 to PI to ai in the 

propar adjustment of olalms on my debit, “nd to bti 
Honorable Claude A. ~llllama, page 2 

any and all other thbwa tha Cawmzw la authorlaed 

Y lta charter to do that tight ba maulnd of ma 

?roa tins to time by the Comaan~ or its atanauer 

and to an&age in no other bualnaaa daring the &a 

oi thle employmetnt. 

"To pay over each day, or at the time lndloatod 

by the nulnager of the dlatrlot in which I work, all . 

aoneya collected by me to the manager or to any other 

person de#lgLntod by the auma&er; nnleaa othmrwiaa 

ordam by thr . . . Coaqany. A0 monay or monaya 

shall be retained by me out of any oollaotiona amda 

by me f Or any iNlrjtO.8. The total aumo oolleoted shall 

be'turnad over to tha manager or person designated by 

the manager or by the Company. My-ooaipenaation #hall 

be paid to me directly by the Company through its 

manager or other proper officers. Under the tonaa 

of this oonti%ct the agent agraoa to keep true reeordr 01 the bus&r8 ln the books ,and on tho forma 

provldad by the Company. 

-And it Is further understood anti. agread that 

I aa to be dlraotly reaponalbla iar t&e tailurn, 

thr&gh w.8attaa,.whataoo+er, to pq ovqr soya oolloot&d by me in,tha manner above doaarX&a. ,. 

*To. &asks .apon the fornia provided by thaw Conpn~ 

an4 to forw~d It each tlqa ‘dea$gnated~by ~the manager, 

irlth my aoepunt or report, a list of all poUoiea, am 

whloh themuma am four waeka in arrears. TM. 

a ant's fallura to do so shall cause the l gont:to 

lfabla to the Company, and he shall pay over to it 

bo 

. as ii oollected~by him, all pren&ums in arrears mo& 

than row wreka. But this penalty la not to.be~,taken 

as a waiter by the Company of the agent.6 ap,wnt 

to report or iomax-4 a list of all poliolee four rooks 

or more in arrears, and la not to be takaa In lieu 

of, but addItiona to the penalty Zor diaobedienoe OS 

the rules of the Company and the violation af,thia 

contract. 

Vo take ao applloation exoapt upon thq lives 

porabnaJ.ly soon by the a&ant at the tlma the dpplication Ia mad8 and bcllavad br him to be ld’aound 

health, The failure oi the agsn%to ,800 the pOr#OKI 

on whori he la aubmlttlng an applloatlo~ for inauranoe 

will tom&at8 aad cancel thla~oontraot. 
Honorable Claude A. Wllll#ma, page S 

*The total #mount or w#kly pmRhJU# in the 

Life Policy Hoglater, aitsr deduotlng the total w#akly 

pmalum in tha Lapse Yolloy Register 8rb to be debited 

to my acoount on Monday of aach and every reek. This 

#mount shall be known as the ~Oolle&lbls T)eblt*, a8 

la haralnartor made's baa18 OS my caapensetlon. This 

Collaotlble Dablt aball be considered as having been 

absolutely racelred by me for the Company, and the 

Company shall not be mqulred to prove th,at the egant 

actually rooelved the promirma or any OS them but 

the agent lt to bo charged with all pmmluma in adranco pay and to ba orodlted with auoh arraira not 

to uoeed four weeks on any policy as umy be sat#bliahed on the d#blt assigned to the agent. Tbis'olanae 

la aot to ba taken as a vmlrer of or ae a~ffactlng any 

ri&ht# of the Company otherwlao soour@ by this agmemant. 

"'The bualnsaa smbnood in this agenop ah411 b#- 

long to the Corn 

or aall asma. r 

ny and, tha agent shall not tr#n#for 

ha agent agmoa not to #coopt any 

aampana#tioa~Srom his auc0eaaor or other p~r#On for 

tha transfer ot,the bu~inaaa of hla agency or any 

part or it. 

'Thlg agrsament say be mrokod &nd/or temlnat#d 

by the Comp#&y ~lp~n~~on# day.8 notion. Buoh oorpanutlon as ah#ll;haoa acoruad and brooms pay#bl# Up 

to th# date ot my re.algnatioa~er the twmhation of 

this #greament by the Oorp#ny.ahaU be in full daymont and satisfaction of all ry aervio~a to the aom- 

.pallJ aad my oompan#atloa tinder thla q&raeant an4 

of ah claims upon the Company.a 

Artlcle s221b-17 (6) (11, VorMn*a Annotated Plvll 

Stattitaa, detinaa employment aa roXlOw,$%‘ 
: 

Honorable Claude A. Williama, Da614 4, 

rrB$Lploymeat* aubjeot to the other potiaiona 

of thla subsection, means l onioe, lnoludlng aar- 

+loe in interstate omerea, performed far wages, 

or under any oontraat of him, written or oral, express or lmpllad provided that any aarvloaa performed by an lnd~vldual for nagba shall ba deemed 

to be employment subject to thia~Aot unless and until it is shown fo'thc aatlafnotlon of the Commlaalon that such individual has been and ~111 continue 

to be free from control or direotlon over the parfonmncs of auoh aervloaa both under his contract 

or ssrvioe anb in iact. 

Since said contract binds the agent to comply dth 

all the lnatruotlona, rules and regulatlo!ia in Some at ths 

time 61 tha making or the aontraot as roll aa all~inatmotlona, 

rules an4 regulation6 that aey thereafter be prc9nulgatad by 

the insurance oompany, it la inescapable that tha lnsuranos 

oompany poaresaes tha right of complete control over the parroramoe of ssnloa rsndarcd by said a@nta. 

It la our opfnloa that aald agents ara, as a~matter 

of law, in l mplo$me@ ot tha lnauraaoa compan~;rlthin the maanlng ~of the above quoted atatuta. : 

la trust that we hava aatlaractorily ansrered'jotar 

pueatlon. 

Your. very truly 

APDEtOVB;: APR. 24, 1942 ATTORW~OHHERIILOFTXXAS 

/a/ Ororar sellara 

RBST ASSISTANT 

ATTORtiIWGE%XAL 

BY 

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