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

HonorableJoe ?&mot&k, Ccmmisslomr aureaa of **Labor** Statilrt.108 Au#tin, Texas Dear Sir:

1939, in which you rogue in re8peot to the **r0iiow** requeatib on

**orrio** aad 8~ri0s program **or entar**  iool, 06nYwttiQM, rothoedby singers, and various other

ly and only with Joha L;oe. The prior of the progrtin is a lump sum whioh le tired by mtual apea sent betweenJohn Do* and the person, 889001atioa, convention,

eto. dee1rin.g the entertaihmcant. fobn hoe seleote ~errorniaro to produoe the type of program contraoted. fog, and pays the perionram t.he priae agreed upon between John Doe and t&e perrormms. John Doe has **exalcairs** oherg andUonorableJoe Kunsohik,Page 2

oontml 0r the psrrormere, Is preaent,and directs the programthroughoutit.8 rendition. "Under the above msntfoned raota, doer John Doe oome within the provisionsof the %IIploymentkgenoy Law, whereby he would be required to obtain an employmentagenoy lfoense to uarry on suoh aativities?* At the outsetwe wish to polat out that the Terarr Wplomnt Agenoy Lau, Artlolea 2208 through 5221, &vised civil Statutee or 1925, as amended,and Artlolse 15134 through 1592 or Vernon*8AnnotatedFenal Code, are very rully and capably dlaouaaed In the oaae or Karr v. Baldwin, 59 Fed. (2nd) 252 (DlatrlOt Court, Texas) by Judge Atwell. krtiole 5206, Revised Civil Statutes, 1025, derines an -WpLovnt Ageaoy” as **r0u0w8r**

"The term *E&ployaent **A&enoy ’**  aiaana

etery perso+, **‘ rim,**  **partneredlp** or **assooiatlon** of peraorta engaged In the bublaefm Or asaleting amployera to aeoure employeea,aad persons to.aeoure eaiployment,

or 0r oollactin~iaromeation regardingemployers seekingemployees,and peruopg seeking employment.* The sass statute ?ronteln$ the tOllowIngdeilnltloa or *?3mployaeat orrioe't

'The term *Xmploymant Offloe*~eaxis

every glaoe or ortloe where the buslneas or glrlng lntelllgenoe

or information

where emploVmeat or help may be obtained,, or rhere the buaineas ot &in employmentagent Is oarrled 011." Aooording to the rstatutoxy de&nit&on above eet out an %xployment Agent* is a parson, fZrm, pPrtaerahlp or aerrooiatlon

or personsengaged In the btalne~e or **brln&** ing about an eaployer-employee or master-servant

relationship between two personaor a rim, corporation,partnership, eta, ae employer or maste r and a person as employee or servant. In a situationdesorltwdin pour lettoT, however, the agent employs and paye the entertainer@+ The latter have no eatreotuil relatlonahlp whataaeverwith the pereone,asaooiationa, olubs, aomentlonu, eta. desiring the entertainment. They look to the agent forEonorableJoe Kunaohlk,Fag3 3

their inatruotions end their remuneration. The asent in turn contract8with the tioreaald parties desiring an entertainment

program. A lump aum la paid to the agent for the sh0w or talent he producesor rurnlshea.

To be an *employee*, the relationor master-servant muat exist to the extant that one party has the right of ultimatecontrol over the other. SuretyCnlon InanraaoeCo. P. holeod, (Texas)36 S. F. (2d) 449, 551.

"In the languageof the law, however, the word *servant*la used to smbraoe all olaasea or employeea. It la synonymous with *employeef, end laoludaaall persona of nhatever rank or. poeitlonwho are aubjeot to the dlrecrtlon.and aontrol of another in any departmentof labor or buainesa.a 29 Tex. Surla. 10.
In the SupremeCourt oase of Ribtik I. YoBride, 277 U. S. 350, Justice Sutherland niakea this algnlflaant observation: *The basineia ot aeouringemploymentfor those aeeking.work is eaaentlallythat of a broker, that ie, or an iatermadlary.w Under the faota set ant in your letter the agent la something&ore than an lhtarmadiary. Ea ia In reality the employer of the entertainera, having oompletiOontrol and paying them for their aervloes.Inthe abaenoe or any ralationahlpof master and servant being brought about by aald agent betueen the entertainers on the ond hand and the
**parsona,** oluba, asaociatlona and convention8

deairlng their aervioea,ft la our opinion that the agent or entertalneasnt entrepreneur

desorlbed In your letter does not aoaie within the purview or Artiale 5208, Revised Civil Statute8 or lSW, and la not requiredby law to obtain an EmploymentAgenoy Lloenae,Articlea liWEl through 5221, Revised Cioil.Statutea of lQe3, aa amended,and Artlalea 1584 throue 1593 of the Annotated Penal Code of Texas not applying to hi8 buelllbaa.

we **are** Trusting tllat the above fully answers your

POUTS v0l-y tTul.y APPROVEDAUG22, 19.39 .ATTORXEY QXNERAL OF TEXAS k5Qu4.d.u ATTORNEYGENERALOF TEXAS-