Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Cm. Joe ~unsci:lk,
Y&y 2S, 1939, Pa@ 2
:irticle1579 oft!m Pal Code, Verncm*a Anno-
tated stttuteu, povit%3e for tm elgbt-hourwo&*y for
laborore,wcrkmn or mahenlos employed by or an behalf
of the state op ccunty in oertain typeo OS work. It
made oe routxtst
-~U%lole 1579.. $luht haurs a dny rolk.
El&t &aura &all ocnetftute(tday's wvrk for
all laborers,worh!&w~or nrsohttnloswho my be
oqloyod by or on behalf of the ateta o? Taras,
Ron. Joe ihnscIdk,Kay ES, X9939,Page S
d00irqsuch iWl?k, eXC0fi &I OCi8eBOf SE-,
whhiohmy urise L? tinm of wsr, or ILIoaaa8
-.&erait my bocoaa nooossary to work mom thm
eit;ht(Et)hours p0r calendar day for the protea-
tlm or property, inman life or the nsoasslttp
0r h0~ehg lnmami of publio institutiam in
aas0 of Sirs or destrwtlm by the elements 01
in oases where the total number of hours pc@
week required or srulttsdof any suoh labor,
workmn ar msahtulf c, engaged on work fimuioed
in whole or in part by the m Oovexnmmt
or 8ay rgaaoy thereof, da08 not aoosd the msc
Bon. Joe Xunschlk, kky 23, 193Q, Pago 4
far hire or wages, under the Glrectlm of his
````ploytzr,
muter or aUpriorrm
Bomler*s law Dlatlomiry,Vol. 3, p. 9488, de-
fire8 a ~orkwn~ us:
*chSWho lObOl%iOIIe
WbO La WlOYed tO
work for another+*
A neohaaio, to DouvIer*a
accordin.~ Lm Dlotlon-
-Y* Vol. 2, p* 2384, lsst
%ay alllod workervlthtoot: a -
lrhoshapea end applioamatuiil in the aoantmacr
t&m of halmu; al0 aotually oxlgqodvlthhla
am handnlu oamntruotimwark.*
Hon. Zoe Kunaohlk,Eay 23, 1939, P(ige3
la to watch during tho nL@t anc k&e Cape Or the propC.P
ty of Cis azployer. See Slz&~to~ v. alr0kQ county, 55
Pba. 823, 22 mv. 91. The 6*LLlee Qnd rsaponsibllitlos of
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e 32-t wutomsn are imixtec by.oustomant caruutioc.
Ho is universally raaognleed QB a workman. The addltlan
to the rogW dutlos by the aisployergenerallyof lnol~--
dental and supplementarytasks nui&A.mas detemlne beyond
a ahdow OS a doubt 6tatua of the nl@t watahman as a la-
bO=. tithe kloAdsm8 v. iIlll.s,
supra, the night watch-
man hnd the task of flrlq the bollor. This job was ua-
doubtodly one oi the reasons Vhyth0 lury held the n&at
ratohmnto baa&bararIrthatlmtenvs. Xurthermro
th e
o o urh
te ld
th a th
t ejur va
y s lutb o r lsa d
to find th a t
thenig hva
t to b mll
h 0J.u
th e8t8tua o fa la b o r o r .
oaltraat
to the eouruolfor
aeutlal8,pro``t~tth4
aball h&v0 no power to enter
OS the oltyvMmut the appmal of t;bsoemmoa
T&m mmult of the Bsdd we ,Gltyaf DoWalt bacus
WI-I.Joe EunscNk, lGRy29, lQS9, Pc;go6
was to bring the night watc!xmn u:thin the tight (8) hour
day ordimnce as a laborer,wor"~ or ~echunlo.
Bile wutohlng and guarding the property of hls
tmployer are the prlnolpal duties of the night watchman,
almost Invariably he has incidentaltasks or funotlons to
perform w!Azh would bring him wlthln the Qhorer* or "rork-
man* clasaifloatim avtx tithe prlmsry tat&.8of wwatohlng
and guardlngW and tha nature of work required in parform-
lngthw didnot fix his status as such.
we wish to poiIlt0uttkattbs1anguage osartl-
ol4 lS80, aupm, in its first mmton44 appear8 to go b4-
yapg the alerrstlW4tionw&b4r4r, workaon, m4henlo*r
This sonton~e reeda 4s follmur
*All 4altr4otamod4 bJ or OLLboh4l.fof .tho
atateoiTatar, orbyororbehdfoSanyoopoI
tr, nunl4lpol& or other lo& or poli*lw&
aubdivlaionoi,tho otote,dth any owporetlan,
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a4 0t4t~4wi3rOt0*p4r4404*ittht4 pOintc
ThQ it doe& wltla -&borer' 4nd "loboror8, WceRQ, or
MObUtlQfl. Inrloroi our holg,i%git is tmaeoe~uucyto
b4l&uh4th4rOrn&tth4 WOp4Orth4 4t4tut4 l44a4+
4d by tli4 r & r a l
to nto no e.
Iour ottoattosi
18 oeled to the exoeptlau of
4rtlal4 ~1580 44 4m4444& 044 OS th4 4X44ptiaI4 i* *in
dosor whore 1t my b- n444444ry ta roTk mm.4 Wmn
bight (8) hours p4r 44l4nd4r dey r0r
the prot44tlloa oi
propertq 0 * * a. 14 do mot ocm&a%ethi~ to apply to the
perriaapaaa4 or rcnlthe ZIlght wotebma duty. F4d4rel sow-
orlIme& Qlploymont 4X44pticm ml&it rppl.5
of ooura4* there i8 no sxlyr4844d or irapl%od ox-
euuptia. of a n&tit watohmau in the wow of either arti-
da.
It 3.8mr 4444lti t&t a night uatobwb irr
within the soopo 0r th4 alassiff4atf4u OS *lebtmor8, wark-
Han. Joe &un80h1k, billy
2.5,19s9, Page 7
mm or m30hanlcsn,ooawm to bo~6xrtlolos 1579 and l.580,
as amended, of the Penal Coda Vernm's ANlotlltoustatutoa,
'*d-as a reeult is eubjaot to tha pravlelansof artlals
1580, au amended, Lfthe ofher oondlt.tims Or the statute
4r4 sat1u.f1e& nr0u.cw3in4mm3rtoyowseo0ndfp3a-
tlaa,thrrt tithe nlghtwatobaaa,inadditioato th4aatah-
ing or guarding of the pr41aia48, 1s alao repulred ti-ar-
icum dutlea subet-aatlallpand natarlally ln~ol~
pramotlngtho ocmstruotlaaot a bulldlng ho woul 9 be
4ubj44t to the pravi4hm4 of 4rtiol4 J.576,as omeU4& ii
th4oth4r4mditlais4g~tho8t4sut44r4a4t.
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