OFFICE OF THE AltY)RNEY C-L OF 3ZXAR
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EonorableLea Brady, Comlsdoher
DopaaFtnmltar TiauuQ
Atlstln, Ibra8
Thlewlll aoknowl
Ceptenber6, 1940 wheozll
tmJ depertponbthe to
“The tl0et1on8 pro~o6 nere de- .
si.snedto 8
Eu oft inionxsthn relatlvoto
the suPerv%sion~oS bank& instltutlons~
bankcln~ praotims
and lonotary polic~os
gmordlp, The object aocsllrq-;ly *XCSto
aS-.to,xblo
Cxsffblontinio-zi~noil u$m
Cfchtn bzzo nationallo&S.ation ona
to faoilitm coopaz~tionbotwaenthe
stat0 ta.n!dzgayottxl2nd the nfmonal
bonkzg q@ea. ~:ooClo5n4otcy, tho
b!&?oZkiM8Of ZhthLc~WOj90%Oai3Ot be
m?r08t~kdi0a. xt LO csaentialthat
the inarmtion dcrivodfros thosa
. c;uestlonndro5 sh0ui~'coAsti25i8h4a aa
that nuoh %nfornatlo&shouldba aocurato.
xt is the thou&t of t3a soYQr5latis;
. . slonorsaf %nhln& dth vi!mzf have hd
oontaot&tit it vmld be to tho bostln-
taroat of the state b#Wq by~tor~that-
~t.haSOquw3tfons,lnsos~ ox iu pofis:ble,
. shouldbe anccceredharwniouely,an~ .
thot a ~onfe~noe to that on4 ehaild
be held. The Sat&ma1 iifwxlntion0:
~upervlr;ors'o~Stat0 Zwlu3 is aa organ- .
izationof the b,ankLn& coonlseionors OS!
th3 sev9ralstltoe; Fonaorlpthe aauk-
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That ‘Asaooiation has it8 annual
nea&g on SeptmmbQr I.8 6t Fdohamlla
. Vlr&nla,aad due tothi Caatthnti~
till.be atIxxu?edliymstOS the Bonkkg
%mlssionar6 of the nation it haa boon
dsolbd to holU a aonfarenoerelativeto
the uostlondm at Rlcbti during thlg
neete:g. X feel that it is to the in- . *
~toraetof the ?Sanldng Depertmmt of this
State, and OF tha state b&k6 or~mkad
un8or O?LPlaws, thnt x, OS 3aalring
C&S-
siomr, should attend this confere~i10e.*
Xf it shouldbe held that the purpom of thii
trip la not the ao~cmpUehic9ntot %tata buf3inoso dlreot-
17 conosrrdnp tha BankingOop5rtaacnt of tho Fit&e of
C!a.cs,uhetherthe meet- is a noonwntion* within %lro.
prohibitionoi the rider ~appendedto SonataIM.l X0. 427,
$.otGof the 46th L%f$ti&atu~s,
b0c0rrp0im&ea5aL w
thmefore undertake to pass upon youk seuond question
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me posers and dutloe oi.theBcnkl~ Caxtie-
sloeur are preaorlbodby L-w. l?eis oh?wcd b lew with
tlieeu~rvlslon of oartalnolaeees0C flmumla f luetltu-
tion8 in thie :.:tate, 88 banks bU.ildiEf; E. 1OGll &SsOofa- .
tlona,ato. Xl6 duties In thke respoatam extwutiveor
ed..nistrzitiv0, not legid.EtiVO, in OhnW3t0ra se h&S
no powers or duties ems those-whlohem canisrmd by
law, expresslyor by 3n~lloatlon.
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Thb it&m to eenate91l.l30. 427, Aots of the
46th Lsgielaturo,providesin mrt as follcrasr
Vo fhsveli~ sx~~~~sss shell bo
lnourredby-anyonployeoor ony of the'
deparrrtscente,
or othm-eqenoleeOS the
fgovcreuent,outsiCeof the boundarloe
OS the tit&e of Texas, exceptfor Mete .,
: bualnesedirectlyoonoornlnghis own
departmentor tigenoy* * *.u
w3mpt n5 OtlhoryMeepeolrlonll9 *
exonptod,the provlnionsof this aot
f&S11 albo s?)ply t0 d9L;srtr;odi hOdS
and mdorc 0Z aomais~lons.N
. %ere is no the
exezptliei~of Wikhg Commfeeioner.
*Statebusinessdlraotlyoonoorhle@ a Steto Uo-
partzehtis that busluasewhich has an lmuedlete,rather
than a remote,zeletionto the dlsohargciot tbo powore and.
duties or suoh dapertmmt.
The businessto be trmuicotodb7 you nt the mot-
lu3 doecrlbcdhee no lexmdlctereletionto the dlooMr@e
of yxlr funotlon02 cuporvlalonof flnIxlolol ltlstltutione
in this mate. III itGOlf, it dOeI IlOt OOn6titUt9 the die-
chars of any powor or duty In respectto.suohsupervlclon.
mlthor is it oaloulatodor dcGlgmd, under the statesrjnts.
eicdoin your loftor,In my res-peat to ~;ldor ootistyau
in the dleohar.:eof my poem or duty imposedby low upon
your depsrtient. -53tkmoioro hold that the trip aropoaod
1s not for "3tatebuslnosodirectlyconcornl~~ tho DonkfnG
- De pertmnt, ThlF enewerrendersa reply to your rlrst quee-
tian unn800050
-0vzikuP lB,1940 '
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