OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
shall hare filed with the head of the department In
which ho or she is employed an pitldavit shoring his
or her marital atatua, and if married, whether or
not the spouse of suoh employee is also ekwloyed in
one of the Departmentsof tAis State and the name of
t&o Departxcent where such spouse is employed, to-
gethw with the nom of suoh epouset the head oi
au& doportnant, in addltlcn to the statutory nPM-
&wit ~GIT required to be attached to all payrolls,
~21011 also set forth in the payroll aWizlarit that
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all of Ma sployaea hare made the required affldarit
sad alma loa f8rtk tha taota Of aw maid relatiaaahlp
employment am dI8o108ed by latd aPp10yoea~ affidavit,
together with tho name of the departaent where suah
apouaa la anplOVed, ud if such rolatlonship aIlplOy-
tent doea noa exlot then uirl affldavlt ahall lo atate,
and teehaad.of the dep&r+mnt and the EtataOomptrellar
o h m 1net 1 lpprwi for pamout or iasua rat-rant8or
cheaka for lalarlea to ,dther the hueband or die where
bothaal4bosbudaSId+ife*re aaployedlinthabopart-
wnta or tMB mate lUbd8Ot, hOTWerJ te the fOllOT%ag
proTioloM . Affid8vlf8 Of praaaat aaplwaa8 shall be
made ami filed tith the heada oi dapsrtmentaof the
State 7lthla t8a (10) days before the first da7 of
each flsoal and persons thereafter eaplged
ye*rJ
ahall file auob rffldarltr before thw begin work;
._, ,.. all of, aaid.affid$vita shall be preserved by the
heada‘afdepartoenta for whiob appropriation8 ara
made for at lea8t two (2) year8 after their datw J
which sffldavlta shall be open to pub110 inapectlon#
e&d OmplOyeaa' effldarita aball be ooaolusive evl-
denoa of the right of the haad of the dspartmmt te
approve,the pqroll, and the payroll affidavit of the
hoarkof the dopartmnt shalV'be aonoluaive widonae
to the, State Comptroller of him right~to laaue the
oarranta,if ID the event the CamptrollOr shall hold up
iaauanoe or dellveqof any mawran W reason of theme
provision8 he s&11 notify the head of the dopartmant
affeottd of his aotlon aad auah aarranta shall not be
iaauOd OC dmlirarad Until the pl’OTimiOna hBT8 baaa
corq~lled with to the aatlsfnctlon of the State Camp-
trollerf and In the went the head or heada of said
departtientaJ ao eqloying asid husbard and wife, or
errid husband and ,rifa tJ&eolselTeBe.amOf agree on
which arfeoted employee la to be retslnod ln the
State's mployJ than the State Comptroller shall
iasue and deliver the warrant to the affeoted eaw
ployee who ham been contlnuoual~ employed in t&e
state's senioe for the longer period of tine, and
refuse to issue and deliver the warrant to the vthor
affected employee who has bocn continuwsly eqloyed
in the state's service for 8 shorter porlod of time
than tbe other affected relative. Tbo prc~islons
herein shall apply to dspartrent heaUr and mxcbora
OC Comilssions but not to the zana$er nnd Eatron of
tbo ~orec State Farm. The lord *Ilep.prtzcnt*3s used
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nonornblo L. 4. Iatdl8r - pago 3
berein shall mean those departments named in
this Aot alai t&o Soil ConsetT8tlon ldo8rd olml
shall not 82~17 te other ep;encice of this
state and the employee8 employed theraW.*
Attentlsn la rpeocisllr ditaated to that portion
cr’ the para~qh vNch provides In part8
.Tho vord 'dqmrtmant' as usod heraln
shall sib(Lnthore departsanta named in tblr
Act .and the Soi1 Gonsottation~bopd and
shall uot app17 to otbor agonoies of this
&ate and the aciplopeea employed thereby.*
This deHx%itlon of the vord vdeprrtmCvM makea tt
>Laln thirt thl8 ridor door not apply unless both tiusbaud
ana wire are e&ployed in dep8rtrentr named In the Depwt-
cmrtal Appropriation PLll or in th0 Soil ConsCrv8tion Bawd.
Xou ‘ore ckmrefore advised that thi6 eeotioa doam not pto-
hibit the osplopmnt of u husband in one of the Statr de-
partnontr ombruced in tho Departmental Appropriation Bill,
r&an the rite Is cmplopei in auother institution or depart-
::.antnot numd in tlro Dapartmentul Appropriatioa Bill.
very 1truly yourr
AiPliOVIZAU3 21, 1943 ATTURlGXGl?WUiL UP TEXAS
R. 1. Fairahild
Amdotunt