**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



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vith~7j protldo4 that theHonorable John D. Reed, page 2

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### Motion of thlr **Aot** ah611 uot be applied to any membar of any euah department in any city of.more tlnaa thirty thowand (30,000) Inhabitantsunle88 8uohmember adallhave **been** regularly employed in rush department or departments r0r a period 0r at leart one (l)!yoar.

“‘4. I&oh preording Federal aensu8 8bslldetermine thepopulation.

“‘5. The city orrioial8having supervision of tha rlre~depsrtt8otIt and polloe department ah811 

### cleslgaate the da ruohmember s&l I8 ot 

### the reek uponwhich eaoh not be 

### required to be on duty, aud the day8 upon vhioh each 8uohmember 8-11 be alloved tobe on vacetiOa.l (Under8oorlngours)
"As far a8 I am able 

### to determine, the 

### statutesabove quoted are the only laws ve hwe goterm10g the hour8 0r poliooreo in 

### a oity 0r rirty-eight thowsand (58,000)

### as 8hounby the laast Federal con**8US.** "ThinDepartmsut I8 in reaelpt of an inquiry from a cltg or the **abovr** slae oonosroingvhethsr or not it would be within the lav in ltutltutlng 

### a propo8ed plan of 

### work and 8alarlea for It8 polloe 

### orrioera for the dwatlon or the 

### war **emergenoy. At**  the present time the pollee oitiOer8are vorklng eight (8)hour8 

### per da six (6) 

### dayr per reek, and are rsoelrl a 8a

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### 0r oneSiundretd and 

### sixtp Five Dollara 

### per month.

**“ Bocaum**  the City 18 &bls to replroe It8 per8onnel who h8ve entered the armed servlow, both the remaining orrioem 

### and the city OffiOial8 **have** tentatively agreed to 

### a tvelve-hour day during the emergency 

### period and 

### tar this they are to receive compenrratlon for the extra four (4.) hour8 at the MLP~O

rata or py a8 regularly received. "Policedepartments, likemany Industries, are faced with a problen or **findlug** quallfisd uorkers,ati this plan 18 to only be used during the war emergency 

### ror the proper protection oi llfs and property. .Honorable **John** D. **Rood,** paga 3

"will you plum oculdsr ths above 

### proposed plur and advISe m Uh&hOr 

### or not It oan b0 put 

### ita0 Orr80t vithout viomirrg ouc ratutes?" 

### 222

Ths olvll and penal **statutes** you hro **quoted ~8**  ths only 

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pplloablo ones t0 pollossea~s hour8 oi labOr In a 

### aity or 

### 58,000popumlw. In both oodss the lav my not be 

### relaxed sxospt ln aml 

### msrgswy insofar 

### as It lirits hour8 **or work.**  What oonstitutss aa l 

### mrgonoy is a qwstioa 

### or raot la the aase of roh city of tha oUsa. We thlak the olty orrloials are ooqmtslrt to 

### doterninawhether 

### an surgraoy la raOt SXi8tS. It IS a mttor or universalknorledgo **that** the d61~ndr 

### or **wr upon** 

### our**mmapouer** 

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### amwpnciss 10 all walks 

### 0r lit0 and it 40s~ **not** 

### seem raasouabl* to sap so that the cities or the State ars any Uceptioa to the 

### rtar 8. If the oity luthorltlos 

### 80 dstsrrrine, it 18 our oplaioa tbat aa l rraugeasat 

### ror six twelve-hour dais per ussk vould not violate the **statutes refsrrd**  **to.** We rurther point 

### out that **thsro** Is nothing in 

### the **statutas** 

### to prohibit 

### a voluntary ar**raugswnt** rush 

### as you have outllnod even in the ab8enos Oi an 6mergeaoy. **Vary** 

### truly yours ATTOlum OEHERAL

OFTEXAS

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