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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
'OF TEXAS
AUSTIN 11, TEXAs
RGERA
Dr. C.W. Butler, Jr.
Member, Texas Prison Board
Crockett, Texas
Dear Sir: Opinion No. 0-110
Re: Employment of relatives in Texas
Prison System.
Your request for an opinion on the following stated
questions has been received by this office.
Your letter reads, in part, as follows:
"1. Is it legal for a son-in-law of the
warden of the Texas Prison System to work as
Recreational Director and being paid from
the Recreational Fund (A fund created from
the revenue from gate receipts of the rodeo
and commissiary, etc.) if and when he is em-
ployed by the General Manager or Prison
Board, however, he, the son-in-law takes
orders from the Varden as well as others who
are employed in the Texas Prison System, but
are his supervisors? This Recreational Of-
ficer is located at Huntsville at the walls
under the supervision of the warden and man-
agement.
"2. * * * *"
With reference to your second question, it is necessary
that we have additional information which we are requesting in
a letter that follows.
"3. Is it legal for a Prison Board mem-
ber to keep an inmate, or convict, at his,
the Board member's residence or home, to cook,
as a yard boy, driver of his car, or cars,
and not for personal gain or to work for pro-
fit from the inmate's earnings? The Board
member furnishes food and quarters (Board and
room) for the inmate and may, or may not, buy
the inmate's clothing. This act of keeping
the inmate at the Board member's home or res-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-110, text, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth257294/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.