**OFF!CE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL 0.F** **TEXAS AUSTIN** **11 GaWC.~**  **U me-u.** 



### Mr. F. NC.fl Stat8 Boar ightor, Seoretary

of Reglrtration 

### r0r Proie88loaal Rnglnnerr Austin, Terar

Dear Sir:

question ha8 been 

### reosl

Revised Civil StattiOn rOr PrOre8- ted whose iluty rOTi8ibn8 Or

0 Shall be appointed to, with the adrloe

t th8 above-meatloned rtatEach memberor tho'Bo8rd shall Alrd

### 0rTen (#lO.OO) Dollar8 per day hr 18 aotually engaged in the 8 OrriOe, inOhdbg tiBI8 8p@nt in arel, together with all legltimte nourred 

### inthe perrormanoe 

### 0r suoh All per diem and 

### l xp8n8e8 lnourred herounder shall be paid 

## rromthe 'PrOfe88iOn? al 

### Engineerr* ?und* a8 provided in thlr law. No monrpshall ofor be **pdid** for the admin18tratloa 

### or thi8 Aot 

### rr0mthe General Fund8Mr. y. E. Rightor, Seoretary, page 2

**“ Sea.?.**  The Board shall hold ameeting within thirty (30) day8 arter It8 member8are rir8t appointed, and thereafter 8ha11 hold at least two (2) 

### regular meetings eaoh year. Speolal meeting8 shall be held at 8uohtime a8 the by-law8 of the Board mayprovide. Notice of all 

### meeting8 shall be given In sooh manner a8 the by-law8 mayprovide. TheBoard shall eleot or appoint annually 

### rromit8 ownmemberrhlp the following offloer8: a ChaIrman,a Vice-Chairman, 8nd a Seoretary. Aquorumof the Board ehall 

### oonalst or not less than rour (4) member8.*

Section 9

### 0r Artlole 3271a, read8 as rOllOW8:

“The Seoretarp oi 

### the Board shall receive and aooount for all money8derived under the prOVi8iOn8 Orthis Aot, and 8hdl1 pay the 8-e weekly to the State Treasurer whoshall keep such money8In a eeparate fund to be knowna8 the *ProfeesIonal Bnglneere* Fund*. Suoh fund shall be paid out only **by** warrant ot the State Comptroller uponthe State Treasurer, upon Itemized rouohers, approved by the OhaIrman and attested by the Seoretary oi the Board. All money8In the *ProressIonal 

### Engineem* Fund* are hereby 8peoIfloally appropriated for the u8e or the Board in the administration oi thi8 AOt. TheSeoretary of the Board shall 

### give a surety bond to the Governor oi the State of Texas in the 8umOf

### TWO Thousand Five Hundred (#2,500.00) Dollars. The

### premium on said bond shall be-paid Out Of the ‘PrOies8lOndl Englneere’ Fund’

. The Seoretary of the Board shall reoelre such salary a8 the Board shall determine in addition to the compensation and expenees provided for In this Aot. TheBoard shall employ 8uoh olarioal or other a88I8tant8 a8 are neoeerrary ror the proper performanoe of its work, andmaymake expenditures Ofthi8 tund ror any purpose whloh in the opinion of the Board le reasonably neoeesary for the proper periorm8noe or It8 duties 

### under this Aot. Under

### Mr. F. 

### I&.Rightor, Seoretary, **Page**

### 3

no oiroumstanoes shall the total amount of warrant8 I88Ued bythe State Comptroller In payment 

### of the expenses and oompenaatlon provided for in this Aot exceed the amountot the 

### *Pro

### fessional Englneerrr’ Fund’

. Provided further, that the salaries paid herein 8hall not be in exoe88 or 8alarIee paid ior similar work 

### in other department&m

OnNovember 

### 30,1937th18 department held in opinion written by 

### Hon. **H,** 

### L. WIllIiord, Asalstant **At** 

### torney General, addressed to the Secretary ot Texar State Board or Regletratlon for Proieaelooal Engineers:

“That it I8 mt3nlfe8t that onemembrrof the Board ha8 the dutie8 of Seoretarg of suoh Board ex offlolo, and the Aot 

### oreatlag the Board OtRegistratlm, above referred to, provides ror a per 

### diem 0ompeaaatIon ror auoh member ior 

### the expenee’ of such memberand ror the aaiary of 8UOhmember, all of whloh it wea 

### competent ror .thoLeglslaturs to prescribe and enact. Therefore, you are advltied that you are entitled to both, a salary and per diem oompensatlon.~

We

### oonour with the above-mentioned oplnlotl and believe that it oorx?;eotly answer8 the question preeented in your lnquiky. Thererore; you are re8peOtfUlly advised that the Seoretary of the Texas State Board of Registration ror Profeseional Engineer8 is entitled to both a salary and per diem oompeneatlon.

Trusting that the foregoing answer8 your Inquiry,

we remain

APPROVED

SEP. 11, 

### 1939 (8) Gerald C. Mann ATTORNEY



### GENERAL

OFTEXAS Your8 very truly

ATTORNEY

GENERkL

OF

### TEXAS



### WJF

%Ob BY (8) 

### Ardell WIllIams A8sistant

APPROVED: Opinion Committee By B.W.B., Chairman