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**OFFICE OF**  **THE Al-l-ORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 



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### &llr 8lOl in 1943.

uo h8vo rour lotto attention to 

### a oonfliot botv end O-!56500,

and 8 latt8r data 

### to mrr. lwpfllr colmn, Chbi and Aooamts, rolatlag b A. qaeat that 

### we advim 

### *hat 0061

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.

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### 15.00Mrs. L. J. S o bn rido r, Amtin, TIUI.

. . . . . . 

### 75.00 city or Pamp a. . . l . , a . **Saptombrr** 

### 1923 **Soptaabar** 

### 19Lf sopteabar 

### 1943 Soptaebrr

1943 saptrabrr 

### 1943 septaabor 1943 

### sopte*or 1943 soptombor 1943 soptembor 

### 1943 S*ptoatsr 

### 1943

### lkorrbls GeorgeEL Sheppard, FWo 2

$200.00 s. 5. bird,



### Kflgora,

Taxcro
. . . . . . Sagtratnr 1943 65.00 Yllsn WIlldi Son Antonio, **r*** em8

. . . e **Ssptoabar** 19;~ 

### 125.00Potroloru

Butldlnar 3.f 

### Midland,

Tax88

. . , . . . SrptaabaHi’ 

### 1943 100.61P*trolouB

wlLlds.na, **Ootobrr** 

### & **to** 

### Midland,

Tous
. . . . . . Ootokr 25, 1943 We 

### are sdtisrd'

that 

### lrasrs On all et the l 

### boro spaorsrrora

l 

### ramtod prim tb 

### *J 7, 19 t 

### 3. s,.glslattwo

pssod sonata Billk. 26b The 

### ?eortj-•Qhth Artlola 666b, T.A.&s.) with the 

### roqulrilis

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### ir80ti+0 OB

ylf 7, 19u. &OtiOBS 

### 1 and 2 or 

### this A& l

### m #I roilaer %~otfoa 

### 1. ttrssrtrr 811 dopartmoats and 88enoi08 

### 0r tkn dtato Qwornmnt, mboa rontmi ~u40, IS nowlod for omryiaa on the ruoatl81 tunatloao or

o&oh l & onolor

or drprhanta ot the Stat* Qo~ornmsatt, 

### 8hnll 8dQit 00 tb8 St0t0 ?hrd or 

### Control8 rrquoot themfor, 6itLtu the t7psr **kind,** 

### and size of balldl togrthrr 

### wlth any Other no00888~ **daser** tiOB, Snd St0tiqa C&o aymdad.
pnrpase for shish It wU1 0 tI8Od aad the nerd tharoror, 

### 'see. 2r The 

### st8t8 Board 0r 

### Control, upon roooipt of 

### raoh **mquoit,** rAd **if the**  **nom7 haa**  

### bornmado l



### vellabloto pay the 

### WItal tharron, and If, In tha dimration of the Board 

### rash S~OO 

### 1~ nsrded,shall iorthuith l 

### drartlssin a nawspaper, 

### whloh has bran r@(ularly publisha$

end oi.roulatrd

In the oity,or 

### tQ*a,wham iaoh mnt01 spaoa is sought, 

### ror bids on rtwh roatal spoo, ror tho PUS 

### lndloakd and iOr o prriod of **not to**  **@%OMd** two **yaorsr artor**  

### suoh bids ham km rooolrsd 

### by ths state ,Bosrd 0r 

### Control 

## at its 

### prinoipal

otfioa in Austin, 

### TOI~I,and pabliol openad, tho award 

### for suoh nntel 0Ontr0Ot WU I 

### bo ntada

to tha Lowrst 

### and bost 

### bidder, and upon sooh othor trrma 88 ma7 

### br au-d UPon. Ths kr~rr or ?,b l

oatraot, togothor’rith the notice 

### or UIO 

### IS-PI or tha 

### state Boardot Control 

### wul b. gubaittrd to t&r 

### Attornw Qaarra 0r Tome,

### 335

Booorablr

OaorgsB, Shrpprrd, Pa&o 3



### who wlll QIUII to bo praparsd and oxsoutsd 

### In l0OO?d~100

With th@

tO M# O r th0

Sg.?~O#nt ,

8MY oontrao% 

### in quadruplloatai one Or 

### which rlll I)o kept B7 l

ash party thsnte, oao by thr StakJ ’ Board of Control, antaoao by ths Attornof CHbl 

### r*l or Tam. Tho partire to rush oontnot 

### *ill bo tha dopartpoat **or** 

### agono of thr gimornunt a r* t h orpo* s l

### D 188088ad the prey mating ths *pro 08 loasor.* In O~liloa Xw. O-5457 w hold 8hat th%r Art 614 not osaoel, on tha rfrootl+a date 

### or th0 Aot an and ronkl agnurnts ontom into prior to Sr7 f 

### le~8sr
but that 

### all rush 

### loasor rot&d br tsnrinrrtadon A&it:‘jl 1943, (ths l

ad of tho thm 

### ourrantbiennium) 

### ahd tbt 

### a~’ 

### l brsqruat 

### lure would hare to bo ootorod lnta la the aan

### olr prooorlkd bt 23eotlons1 and 2 or the Aol.

ko are soas8raltnrd to n-sitl~ uSa Opinloa x0. O-5457, aad ye a o n l Orl8od that m worronta -7 bo lss~od by you to pa7 any 

### or the above ii0t0e okiu for XWBt.

nlneo tho 

### Lyialaton ham pnrerfkd l a04e ior tlu 

### sro~rlPrg

or 0frl00 8pOO 

### by ths mrlous stat0 S~oEO1oS and daprrtmenta, tho7 l ro roatrlotod to thot node and muat oompl7 with thosa roqalrraaats in ordrr to bind the Btato. Fsrgusoa 

### v. &lsoll 47 To%. 421. SOS 

### alao lls~rar 

### v. **Rebid** aon (Oom. App.), 2d 8. Wr. 133, l t 

### 14l1 WIOB t& LSgiSlStU~ hS8 spoken ia plria 

### langwe, there Is no 

### rocm for ooastmotion. 

### nor, undor thooo oframstanoIo, srs tho oollrts to k 

### oonorrnsd

with tho ~0110~ of the l orohsat or the jO8ti00 or it8 Offoot. 

### AlOW thlr line mlr Soprrw coart OS ror baok 80 us oaso or irrgslkiry 

### v, vOB 

### YIamol,

26 Toxr 469, 47l, 

### 8816:
~'WMN laa&aago 

### Is plainand onanbQuop8, thor* la no room for eonrtruotlon. It 

### Is navor l

### dalsslbla

to rorort to 

### abtls and ,snioroo4 

### ooastmotionr 

### to ltiltor lxknd the moaning of 

### langnago. Aad, whore words or osprs8SiOar &or0 Ssqalrod l dotlnlto 

### meaningla law, thormat bo l

### o l xpoundodr'*

### 336 

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Honorable

Ooorgo8. Shrppard, Pogo A

Cbr Constltatloa 

### prov1408that no groat or 

### pub110 nmda shallbo -6s to l

### a ln4lvldoa1 out 

### or Uo 8kto Trsasury, l xoapt whon uao 

### Is **S00tl~n** 44, Art1810 

### III. P rori404 **for** by pra-•rlstlaf 

### law. t Is fwtkior **proddo** t&8 -0 

### debt mhall bo o-to4 by or on bshalr 

### or the Stato,"oxoopt to 

### supplr 088881dotlsl~nolor of rovaneo, ropol 

### la~aslon, supprsss fLUarr~otl0u, 4stond th4 Stok in uor, dr pay oxlst14 dobti

. . ., sootloa 49, Artlalr XXI. Undw thoro po

### vloloarIt I# veil 8OttlO4 that a0 001 

### ha8 MthOrSt7 t0 make a ooatraot 

### bindingoa tho Stat., sroopt uhsro hr 18 l uthorlmd so to 

### do b7 tb Constitution or a preorl8tla4 l tatuto. rt. Worth Csvalr7 Glab I. Sheppard, 125 Ton. 339, II3 8. W. (2) 660; Mloh01s v. Sktr, 32 8. 1. 452 

### 1020,writ rofusod) Stat0 v. W t 

### State te &14urs, 163 S. W. soa 71 for. 29X, 299, 9 S. 1. 

### 155; State t, Forlstoln, 79 S. 1. (1) 43, 48 

### (wrl? dlomliso4~ stats ‘ I. 

### an&a4 Cllnlo-Hospital, W To& 393, $59 9. W. (2) 105. 

### miss thr pwora of all Stat0 

### ortlooro are 

### tlxodbr 

### law, all poraons 

### doalir@ wit& them ara 

### ehargsd ~11th aotloo of tho lialts et UIoir authority an4 am 

### boundat thslr 

### psrll to ssoorteln eothor 

### tho oontonplatod ooatnot la dthln the ponrs oontorln4. Thor0 lo a0 oooaslon la mob a 0804 ror 

### indulglag

**In** proscmptlms **or in**  relying on l ppprn a os r.

Sta t a 

### v. Raglao Cllnlo-Horplt81, oupra.

**k** foallro tha harmhnoss ot oar holding, b at lro 

### pcmrrloss

to alto? tha 

### plain dlaarrtw or tho Oenatltotlon ln 

### Artlolo2% Seotfon 

### &&, an4 sootier 

### 49 l



### nd Of 

### the l.w3islatur~ In Art%010&66b, t.A.0.S.



### wo sau horrbywlthdrawlmg oar lsttor at Mar& 22, 1945, addrosss~ 

### to -8. *lSOB. Yours vary truly ATTORwXY WWUL O? 

### TBKAS