OFF!CE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL 0.F TEXAS 

AUSTIN 11 

GaWC.~ U me-u. 

Mr. F. NC. 

Stat8 Boar fl 

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 member or tho'Bo8rd shall 

Alrd 0r Ten (#lO.OO) Dollar8 per 

day hr 18 aotually engaged in the 

8 OrriOe, inOhdbg tiBI8 8p@nt in 

arel, together with all legltimte 

nourred in the perrormanoe 0r suoh 

All per diem and l xp8n8e8 lnourred 

herounder shall be paid rrom the 'PrOfe88iOn? 

al Engineerr* ?und* a8 provided in thlr law. 

No monrp shall ofor be pdid for the admin18tratloa or thi8 Aot rr0m the General Fund8 
Mr. y. E. Rightor, Seoretary, page 2 

“Sea.?. The Board shall hold a meeting 

within thirty (30) day8 arter It8 member8 are 

rir8t appointed, and thereafter 8ha11 hold at 

least two (2) regular meetings eaoh year. Speolal meeting8 shall be held at 8uoh time a8 

the by-law8 of the Board may provide. Notice 

of all meeting8 shall be given In sooh manner 

a8 the by-law8 may provide. The Board shall 

eleot or appoint annually rrom it8 own memberrhlp the following offloer8: a ChaIrman,a 

Vice-Chairman, 8nd a Seoretary. A quorum of 

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 money8 derived under the 

prOVi8iOn8 Or this Aot, and 8hdl1 pay the 8-e 

weekly to the State Treasurer who shall keep 

such money8 In a eeparate fund to be known a8 

the *ProfeesIonal Bnglneere* Fund*. Suoh fund 

shall be paid out only by warrant ot the State 

Comptroller upon the State Treasurer, upon 

Itemized rouohers, approved by the OhaIrman 

and attested by the Seoretary oi the Board. 

All money8 In the *ProressIonal Engineem* 

Fund* are hereby 8peoIfloally appropriated for 

the u8e or the Board in the administration oi 

thi8 AOt. The Seoretary of the Board shall 

give a surety bond to the Governor oi the State 

of Texas in the 8um Of 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. The Board 

shall employ 8uoh olarioal or other a88I8tant8 

a8 are neoeerrary ror the proper performanoe of 

its work, and may make expenditures Of thi8 

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 by the State Comptroller In payment of the expenses and oompenaatlon provided 

for in this Aot exceed the amount ot the *Professional Englneerrr’ Fund’. Provided further, 

that the salaries paid herein 8hall not be in 

exoe88 or 8alarIee paid ior similar work in 

other department&m 

On November 30, 1937 th18 department held in 

opinion written by Hon. H, L. WIllIiord, Asalstant Attorney General, addressed to the Secretary ot Texar 

State Board or Regletratlon for Proieaelooal Engineers: 

“That it I8 mt3nlfe8t that one membrr of 

the Board ha8 the dutie8 of Seoretarg of suoh 

Board ex offlolo, and the Aot oreatlag the 

Board Ot Registratlm, above referred to, provides ror a per diem 0ompeaaatIon ror auoh 

member ior the expenee’ of such member and ror 

the aaiary of 8UOh member, all of whloh it wea 

competent ror .tho Leglslaturs 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 OF TEXAS 

Your8 very truly 

ATTORNEY GENERkL OF TEXAS 

WJF 

%Ob 

BY (8) 

Ardell WIllIams 

A8sistant 

APPROVED: 

Opinion Committee 

By B.W.B., Chairman