The Honorable Railroad Commission of Texas
Austin, Texas
Attention: Mr. Commissioner, Ernest 0. Thompson
Mr. Commissioner, Beauford H. Jester
Gentlemen: Opinion NO. O-6986
Re: Chief Engineer of the Rail-
road Commission-authority of
the Commlsaion'to appoint and
pay salary of.
This will acknowledge receipt of the Commissioners' letter
of December 10, 1945, the pertinent provisions of which are
quoted for clarity:
"The Railroad Commlsslon of Texas finds it nec-
essary to employ a Chief Engineer of the Railroad
Commission and to pay him a salary of $7,750 per year,
being the same salary paid the State Highway Engineer,
the chief engineer of the State Highway Department, in
order that the Oil and Gas Division, as well as the
other D,ivisions