OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
tlonorabloClaude A. ~llllamr
Ohairman and Exwutirr Director
Tarar Unonplopant CampensationConmlnaion
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1 ~rorisionetrollthe oontraot, rhlah
or tha quo~tloaat hand:
*To aanvaro for Inruranoo as4 oolloot pram&m8
during eaoh and lvwy week on the pelieier of mid
Coapny obtained br or l srl(gn~4 to PI to ai in the
propar adjustment of olalms on my debit, “nd to bti
Honorable Claude A. ~llllama,page 2
any and all other thbwa tha Cawmzw la authorlaed
Y lta charter to do that tight ba maulnd of ma
?roa tins to time by the Comaan~ or its atanauer
and to an&age in no other bualnaaa daring the &a
oi thle employmetnt.
"To pay over each day, or at the time lndloatod
by the nulnagerof the dlatrlot in which I work, all .
aoneya collectedby me to the manager or to any other
person de#lgLntodby the auma&er; nnleaa othmrwiaa
ordam by thr . . . Coaqany. A0 monay or monaya
shall be retained by me out of any oollaotionaamda
by me f Or any iNlrjtO.8. The total aumo oolleoted shall
be'turnad over to tha manager or person designated by
the manager or by the Company. My-ooaipenaation #hall
be paid to me directly by the Company through its
manager or other proper officers. Under the tonaa
of this oonti%ct the agent agraoa to keep true re-
eordr 01 the bus&r8 ln the books ,and on tho forma
provldad by the Company.
-And it Is further understoodanti.
agread that
I aa to be dlraotly reaponalblaiar t&e tailurn,
thr&gh w.8attaa,.whataoo+er, to pq ovqr soya ool-
loot&d by me in,tha manner above doaarX&a. ,.
*To.&asks.aponthe forniaprovided by thawConpn~
an4 to forw~d It each tlqa ‘dea$gnated~by ~the manager,
irlthmy aoepunt or report, a list of all poUoiea, am
whloh themuma am four waeka in arrears. TM.
a ant's fallura to do so shall cause the lgont:to bo
lfabla to the Company, and he shall pay over to it
. as ii oollected~byhim, all pren&ums in arrears mo&
than row wreka. But this penalty la not to.be~,taken
as a waiter by the Company of the agent.6 ap,wnt
to report or iomax-4 a list of all poliolee four rooks
or more in arrears, and la not to be takaa In lieu
of, but addItiona to the penalty Zor diaobedienoe OS
the rules of the Company and the violation af,thia
contract.
Vo take ao applloationexoapt upon thq lives
porabnaJ.lysoon by the a&ant at the tlma the dppli-
cation Ia mad8 and bcllavad br him to be ld’aound
health, The failure oi the agsn%to ,800 the pOr#OKI
on whorihe la aubmlttlngan applloatlo~for inauranoe
will tom&at8 aad cancel thla~oontraot.
Honorable Claude A. Wllll#ma, page S
*The total #mount or w#kly pmRhJU# in the
Life Policy Hoglater, aitsr deduotlng the total w#akly
pmalum in tha Lapse Yolloy Register 8rb to be debited
to my acoount on Monday of aach and every reek. This
#mount shall be known as the ~Oolle&lbls T)eblt*,a8
la haralnartormade's baa18 OS my caapensetlon. This
CollaotlbleDablt aball be considered as having been
absolutely racelred by me for the Company, and the
Company shall not be mqulred to prove th,atthe egant
actually rooelved the promirma or any OS them but
the agent lt to bo charged with all pmmluma in ad-
ranco pay and to ba orodlted with auoh arraira not
to uoeed four weeks on any policy as umy be sat#b-
liahed on the d#blt assigned to the agent. Tbis'olanae
la aot to ba taken as a vmlrer of or ae a~ffactlngany
ri&ht# of the Company otherwlao soour@ by this agme-
mant.
"'Thebualnsaa smbnood in this agenop ah411 b#-
long to the Corn ny and, tha agent shall not tr#n#for
or aall asma. rha agent agmoa not to #coopt any
aampana#tioa~Sromhis auc0eaaor or other p~r#On for
tha transfer ot,the bu~inaaa of hla agency or any
part or it.
'Thlg agrsament say be mrokod &nd/or temlnat#d
by the Comp#&y ~lp~n~~on#
day.8 notion. Buoh oorpan-
utlon as ah#ll;haoaacoruad and brooms pay#bl# Up
to th# date ot my re.algnatioa~erthe twmhation of
this #greament by the Oorp#ny.ahaU be in full day-
mont and satisfactionof all ry aervio~a to the aom-
.pallJaad my oompan#atloatinderthla q&raeant an4
of ah claims upon the Company.a
Artlcle s221b-17 (6) (11, VorMn*a Annotated Plvll
Stattitaa,detinaa employmentaa roXlOw,$%‘
Honorable Claude A. Williama,Da6144,
aubjeot to the other
rrB$Lploymeat* potiaiona
of thla subsection, means lonioe,
lnoludlng aar-
+loe in interstate omerea, performed far wages,
or under any oontraat of him, written or oral, ex-
press or lmpllad provided that any aarvloaa per-
formed by an lnd~vldualfor nagba shall ba deemed
to be employment subject to thia~Aot unless and un-
til it is shown fo'thc aatlafnotlonof the Commla-
alon that such individualhas been and ~111 continue
to be free from control or direotlon over the par-
fonmncs of auoh aervloaaboth under his contract
or ssrvioe anb in iact.
Since said contract binds the agent to comply dth
all the lnatruotlona,rules and regulatlo!ia in Some at ths
time 61 tha making or the aontraot as roll aa all~inatmotlona,
rules an4 regulation6 that aey thereafterbe prc9nulgatad by
the insurance oompany, it la inescapablethat tha lnsuranos
oompany poaresaes tha right of complete control over the par-
roramoe of ssnloa rsndarcd by said a@nta.
It la our opfnloa that aald agents ara, as a~matter
of law, in lmplo$me@ ot tha lnauraaoa compan~;rlthinthe maan-
lng ~ofthe above quoted atatuta. :
: la trust that we hava aatlaractorilyansrered'jotar
pueatlon.
Your. very truly
APDEtOVB;:
APR. 24, 1942 ATTORW~OHHERIILOFTXXAS
/a/ Ororar sellara
BY
RBST ASSISTANT
ATTORtiIWGE%XAL
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