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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Your Tequmt for 

qaestlon haa been rraeited 

m6nt. 56 quote ea foUaw 

the abore eatad 

bp this &apart6 letter fror 

al moQ, Drug;, and 

h Aot la herewith igthe praotioa of the all&3207666 

th Department hemie0r6 t@ aomcleral sood and Drq MmlaloQn4OtiOtl Qf 66tIiP166 Or fOOdS 

U in lntentatr trafiie when srioh 

loe wan. bo murrQ6red without inourring ad~ltimaal 6zpsn66 or fmruting any OOIIsibenbls amaunt ot tillu ofs #6 part of the Wiploy66, and when mob &ip1Ep1oa am gal& for br 

rouoher &awn on th6 r6d6M1 CQve~Pnm6nt. In this 

~0~~3~oti.5 it ham bee0 n6as088~ tar 66Eh i66p66- 

tor of tlitle I)spwtmnt to 681~~ a4 tuthorlaatiem 
4.53. 

nerd aign6d by the U. 5. s8oretary oi Agriaultun, euoh suthorivtion b,ain& linrited to this 

partimlar servlo6. 

'Tdnee the N&bra1 Lew ha5 been anend6d, 

tha qusstioa he5 arl8en whether tha Stats 8661th 

cm .06r or en employ66 oi the Stnte E6alth Departmcmt would be prdtted under ts8 Sate law 

to aooept the com~Uelon a8ntloned in Kr. Pri8bie*lr 

1stt.r. . . ." 

S6ction 703 (a) of th6 Fed61’61 PoodB, Drug*, end 

Comzatlo8 Aat, prcmlde8, In part, that: 

"Th6 S60rC+t=y $6 aUthOtiZed t0 OOndUOt 6Xamin6tions ana -1nY6sti~atlons for the purpore8 of 

this &et, through otfTie6ra 6ad employees OS th6 

D6QWtdU~nt or through any he6lth, food, or dr~e 

ofi'ioer or employ06 of any State, Territory, or 

polltl6sL rubdirleion thoreor, duly Qolshli88iOn66 

by the seo~retary a8 an orfioimr or the Demrtmoat. 

* . . . (under8oorln~ Our8) 

It Is to be noted th6~t When a perssa in th6 publlo 

mploy 1s d68lgnated a8 an orftoer otithe U5lted Stats8 by 

th6 t6mulnOlogp of.the Federal l tatu 

&80~0;;~?~ OiiiO6r. % 

l 8 th6O that p6non i8 

so6 Ze Oplni,nr united State8 Attora6y 

Arti 16, 

Vi886 P8 tOllOW8: 

ScAtlon 83, of the Constitist~on pro- 

*The Aooountlag Wficere oi this Stats shall 

nolthor draw nor pay a warrant tlpon the Tmamry 

irt ravor of any per8on, for 8elrrry or oo?rrp6naatlon 

as a@%nt, o?tlcsr or appolnt6s, who holds at the 

6ams tirm any othsr offlee or posltlon ot hOnOr, 

trust or protlt, unear thle state or the mated 

States. . . .w (uadereooriing; Ours) 

Sootion 40 of Artiole 16 of the Conrtltatlon pmYtdea, in'part, that: 

Vo person ohall hold or exeroi8e, 8t the 

se&e time, more than one CiVll cmtoe Of %m%lrkmmt, . . .n 

The eoBBtftUtiOnal prOVi5iOn8 csierred~ t0 6boF6~ 

prooeee to a6t at oertain 6zQ6ptiQB8 anne0ssMry T'or a8 

to eonolder her6 Sor ole8rly ncm rcbuld 6mbraos oar aitaatloa. 
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The word -e6301amonta foua4 in ‘Artlole 16, matloin 

&I, eat out abme, L~~pLles wsne 11% of pro-Fit, gala, or 

b8nerit. It is our ua4entaaQiag that the Pedsral Qovem- 

~8% Cocm not pay sahrles to those v&o are co~lesionsd 

UI~ l ro ofriaom 0r the ,nep8rtPsnt of ltgriaultwe pursuant 

to Seotion 7CZ(r) of :,he Fodozsl Food, ~r,rclg, 41~4 Coaznetioa 

hat, Eowavar, there is aonBi4rrrtlon is the tranonotlon 

in thlcr manaer: In Uoasid.mtiOn t%f tha a6SueiptiOll of the 

nrious dutlo a or smvla ea l ttaohbd’tbomto the Fe4enZ 

-Gorommoat will be&or a oona.Wiion oga5 the person M 

ua4xwtakl.a~ the gwirformw%u6 thereof. This aonPtltut8s a 

A;- 

tid pfo ~110. #hethor ar hot tBi* ia consbhwatlon w;Ebia 

a meaning ot the word %*lttmmt" pn8*nta a qtaertion of 

consIderable doubt. In our oplnloa it is not. mwevbr, 

you 6ro advbwd that tba Ofilw or &Witfon aoniernd by 

tha stiasion oomu wLthia the mope 0r Artlcla 16, seotion 55, aupm. The poultlon conrwmd has aqle attribates ar ane of *honor- or *trttet*; 

Thamfore, la tko opinion of this department, 

ArtiUle 16, %otlon 35, of the Coastitutioa would pF@hib&t 

aad ndmla the msaountiag offieon of thi8 W%te fmm 

par&g thooa wha are thus ctammi8sl@md by tbaPeUera1 Corrmmat any salary or wmperurtlaa for tha servloen they are 

now radoring the State or ml@. readw In the futtaM! JW 

long as they hold their porltioae rrith the m4m61 Gtmtramat. 

Trusting that the above 8atfrfaotorlly anammm 

pmr inquiry, we am