Art. 4007. DEFINITIONS. The word "employee" as used in this title shall be held to include all officers, agents or employees, actually employed and engaged in the service of such corporation, company, association of persons, including its officers, bona fide ticket and freight agents, physicians, surgeons and general attorneys, and attorneys who appear in court to try cases and receive a reasonable annual salary therefor. The word "family" as used in this title shall include the wife, minor children and dependents of any such employé or person. The words "minister of religion" shall be construed to mean only those whose principal occupation is that of a minister of religion, priest or rabbi.
Art. 4008. SPECIAL RATES. Nothing in this title shall be held to prevent any corporation, association or person mentioned in the first article of this title from granting transportation at the rate of one cent per mile to veterans mentioned in the preceding article, or their wives or widows; honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, marines and Red Cross nurses of the late world war to or from the annual convention, Department of Texas American Legion; any minister of religion for intrastate trips, or from granting to ministers of religion reduced rates of one-half the regular fare, or to prohibit the making of special rates for special occasions or under special conditions, provided authority therefor shall first be obtained from the Railroad Commission of Texas; or to prohibit transportation between points wholly within this State at the reduced rate of one cent per mile while traveling on official business connected with their respective offices, the following named peace officers, to wit: Adjutant General of this State; State rangers; the sheriff of any county, his deputies to be designated by him; constables; chiefs of police and assistant chiefs and captains; city marshals, chief of the detectives of any county or city, and assistant detectives.
Acts 1907, p. 94; Acts 1911, p. 151; Acts 1921, pp. 171, 191, 214; Acts 1923, p. 175; Acts 2nd C.S. 1923, p. 100.