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OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

opllllotlib.o-6673 

Ito : R o a t OR l o r t8ln orflco 

8eo up kbr d &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 

Tim 1ottrr to es. 

l , Abiloru, Tour . 

ibP&OB, TOu# . . . . . . 

15.00 Mrs. L. J. So b nr ido r , 

Amtin, TIUI. . . . . . . 

75.00 city or P a mp 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 George EL Sheppard, FWo 2 

$200.00 s. 5. bird, 

Kflgora, Taxcro . . . . . . Sagtratnr 1943 

65.00 Yllsn WIlldi 

Son Antonio, r* em8 . . . e Ssptoabar 19;~ 

125.00 Potroloru Butldlnar 3.f 

Midland, Tax88 . . , . . . SrptaabaHi’ 1943 

100.61 P*trolouB wlLlds.na, Ootobrr & to 

Midland, Tous . . . . . . Ootokr 25, 1943 

We are sdtisrd' that lrasrs On all et the l boro 

spaors rrora l ramtod prim tb *J 7, 19 

t 

3. 

s,.glslattwo pssod sonata Bill k. 26b 

The ?eortj-•Qhth 

Artlola 666b, T.A.&s.) 

with the roqulrilis IjtitlOl ip both ho~~s8~ an6 it brotmo 

l 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 & ol h & o no lor or drprhanta ot the 

Stat* Qo~ornmsatt, 8hnll 8dQit 00 tb8 St0t0 ?hrd 

or Control 8 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 

born mado l vellablo to pay the WItal tharron, 

and If, In tha dimration of the Board rash S~OO 

1~ nsrded, shall iorthuith l drartlss in 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 Board ot Control wul 

b. gubaittrd to t&r Attornw Qaarra 0r Tome, 
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Booorablr Oaorgs B, Shrpprrd, Pa&o 3 

who wlll QIUII to bo praparsd and oxsoutsd In 

l 0OO?d~1 With 00 th @ tOM # Or th0 Sg.?~O#nt8M, Y 

oontrao% in quadruplloatai one Or which rlll I)o 

kept B7 l a sh party thsnte, oao by thr StakJ’ 

Board of Control, anta oao by ths Attornof CHbl r*l or Tam. Tho partire to rush oontnot 

*ill bo tha dopartpoat or agono of thr gimornunt a r * th o rpo *s l D 188088 ad 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 tsnrinrrtad on A&it:‘jl 

1943, (ths l ad of tho thm ourrant biennium) ahd tbt a~’ 

l brsqruat lure would hare to bo ootorod lnta la the aanolr prooorlkd bt 23eotlons 1 and 2 or the Aol. 

ko are soas8raltnrd to n-sitl~ uSa Opinloa x0. 

O-5457, aad yea 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. Rebidaon (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 plain and onanbQuop8, 

thor* la no room for eonrtruotlon. It Is navor 

l dalsslbla to rorort to abtls and ,snioroo4 ooastmotionr to ltilt or l xknd the moaning of langnago . Aad, whore words or osprs8SiOar &or0 Ssqalrod l dotlnlto meaning la law, thor mat bo 

l o l xpoundodr'* 
336 ’ * 

Honorable Ooorgo 8. Shrppard, Pogo A 

Cbr Constltatloa prov1408 that no groat or pub110 

nmda shall bo -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 088881 dotlsl~nolor of rovaneo, ropol la~aslon, 

supprsss fLUarr~otl0u, 4stond th4 Stok in uor, dr pay oxlst14 dobti . . ., sootloa 49, Artlalr XXI. Undw thoro povloloar It I# veil 8OttlO4 that a0 001 ha8 MthOrSt7 t0 make 

a ooatraot binding oa 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 tlxod br 

law, all poraons doalir@ wit& them ara ehargsd ~11th aotloo of 

tho lialts et UIoir authority an4 am bound at 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 pppr na o sr . Sta ta 

v. Raglao Cllnlo-Horplt81, oupra. 

k foallro tha harmhnoss ot oar holding, b a t l ro 

pcmrrloss to alto? tha plain dlaarrtw or tho Oenatltotlon ln 

Artlolo 2% Seotfon &&, an4 sootier 49 l nd Of the l.w3islatur~ 

In Art%010 &66b, t.A.0.S. 

wo sau horrby wlthdrawlmg oar lsttor at Mar& 22, 

1945, addrosss~ to -8. *lSOB. 

Yours vary truly 

ATTORwXY WWUL O? TBKAS