i I OFtiCE OF THE ATTORNEV GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

AHORNCY GENERAL 

BQnQrrblQ Claude Iabell 

SQcrota 

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Au8u.n , Texan 

DQar 8lr1 Opinion IO. 0-6582 

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we have no01 

of thir dQpartuent, 

SQr an oplnlon 

QUO 

l bQvQ vould thlr Q~OQ be rutheritUtiOn81 a8WMboiIta parred dtarhgirhtllro tQ thQQQ IiQVqxQQr. fQr 

ovned and OpQmtQd b7 a person vh~ 

8 SQ8dQZk Of the &~i~htUlWt &hQ, 

mu14 a n~vapaper by preMbltQd from publirhlng Quoh 

QaQndwnt8 bf roamn Qf the fact that a WmbQr Qf thQ 

hgiebtul'o at vhioh thQaQ QBlQlId.EQlLt8 VQl’Q 8Ub8ittQd 

a&at ovn stock In ruoh navrpaper? . . .* 
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8QOtiOn 1 Of hl'tiOlQ I? Q? -Q %iSS hXiStitutiOn @'Othat mumh "p~~pOm0d SUnSndmontS Shall b. dd7 gublimhmd OAOQ 

: veok for ?OUr VQQkS, CCQIB?SnO~ at 1QSSt thl'OQ ~Od-bS bQ?Ol'Q Sa 

lootion, thQ ttiQ Of vhloh Shll bQ SpQOi?i~d by th0 bgtmbtuzxa, 

a one vmmkl7 nsvmpapar of e&oh county, in vhloh l umh a novspaper 

ay bQ publlahQa." 

&rPStO?OFQ the OOSt Of thlQ t 

rid ?ra~approprlaticm8ad~b 

of publioetlea baS b~cw 

rortlmt8peol?lo 

:mOSQ . UQ assuua thQ Forty-n th LQglmlmturo vi11 make a mini- 

-IS- appmprlatlan to pa7 the oortm of publishiag thQ amndmntm 

rop088d by thar at this SQ88i0& 

b1922Op~lon~o.24llv~~ l pprovtdandnlQa8Qe ?rm 

iis OffbQ br thQ &to &umX'ablQ v. 1. UQlirrg, vho thin vas 

;tOl%iQJ O~nerel of %%am. Us wok from 8alA opinion am ?ollwmt 

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. A person vhc vam a mmber of thy leglmlatUl'Q I&IQ t%M Of thQ QMObOlbt Of IIhQt is kaovn &s thQ 

8tQtQ iitf&Wh7 CclPIPiBSiOII IAN Otid ILOt 3AVf'Ul17 OskQ Ii 

ocmtraot vlth a oountg .?or ro(cd 06nmtruatioa vo* involvo~~~onIbVa~Qd to 8UCb OOUllt~ b7 the 8tatQ Hi&lm7' 

UQ thbk ala0 th a t l porsson rrho vw a 

PrUSbSl Of iho 8tatQ &X&StQ at thQ tbQ Of thQ QMOtStQllt 

0r thy l.av l ppropri4ting ~glstr8timr. SQWJ to tbo 8tdQ 

Rlglnm7 Caml88loa oould not lavrult oentraot vlth a 

count7 vh~r~ fumla apprQprlatQd br rudh l Ot a n to be 

er g lldeAn b . a ppropr lal tlut'ir, ea Q? oour~~, a lmr. 

8QQ 8Wticn 6, hrtloie 8, 8tXtQ COuiatituti6n. Ceunty’ 

aontract8 of the kln&hWe unbr OotulilQratlan oould 

IlOt bQ tiQ i? thQ StStUtQ ONtiag thQ 8tStO Highvst 

Ccmalm8lm and providing for l utamobUo reglmtratlua 

?QQS haa not been Q.OtQd. Ilm1tb.r oould muoh ooatxaqtm 

by ma0 tit488 tb xagi8trtun had qtp0prtat0d thy .” 

8tstQ &.&iVN7 -8. VQ thhk it OlQaP, thmnfom, 

that a oontraot of thlr kind 9.0 to bQ OeSridQrQd aa barlng bmma *authorlaedd' by thm 8tatQ HIghway Oomdmmlar 

statutes mM the approprlatien sot abomnf~rm4 to.' 

Th~r~foro, lt ii 0awOplnloatbata oontnotbetmra 

3 Stata of%xam antlamembmr,ofth4Lmglmlmturr fortbopub- 

:hlng~mwhwmbmro?tb~&g 

:ionml amen&entm la pr&lbltoU 

thQ hMtitUti@ll Of %‘QX,ltnS, ?Or 

) LQgiSkAtOF+UbiiShQ~ ?Or SQr*i(HS 

Ad bm b7 authorlt of an approprla 

,vhioh much LQ&%s & toepublisher 

Tiilat um. 
HonorrblQ ohudo Imboll, pm@ f 

F'urthQrmorQ It Is cur opinion that mmld 8Qotlan 18 

Of &tiolQ 3 of thQ Cmnmtituthn Q? hxam l lmQ prQhlbltm a ooni 

tract bQtvQQa the State of Turns mad a oorpQrrtlon in vhlch a 

rmSplkP Q? thQ ~s&im~tUz’Q holdm mteok, iOr thm pul’pOmQ8 hQrQla 

prepomQd, bQa6usm Q? thQ prinolplQm of lmv uprQmmQd In thQ Sol1oVlng aUthQrltlQ8, 

iru: 

In VolwnQ 10, Tax. Jur.,w. 781-782 l pp~rm the frllw- 

'Certain17 thQn is amply authorit ?Qr t& 

vlcnr th a t h o l tQokhQldQr8 have a bmnmflolal 1ntmFest 

la thQ OorporatQ prQpQrtf6 Am bm bQQn vQl1 mmld, 

thoQIZItQXWSt Q? a StoolchQldQr in thm oopltal ?und 

thQ o&lrotmrimtlom Q?: (a) lnd.lmotiQn; 

subordirutlon to tbmt Q? the omdltmrm~ and 

SQQUSnt OOnthgQnOJ Q? ~1lSatiSn b thm ?Om 

of prmfitm or return Q? (Qr xMmbumQarsnt r0r) him 

CQntributlmn.~" (tbdQrSOOrbg l ddQd ?Qr Q@ISSh) 

In tha ease of iiobbm, Wall k CQ. V. WOZWI, Dlmtrlot 

dourt of Appeals, Third Dirtriot, Callfornlm, 293 F'mo. 145, the 

pU.rohmmQ Q? l uppllQm for a olt7 troa a oorpontlQn, thQ manager 

-of vhloh van almQ Clt7 C~~~ollman, vat ill~gal.b~oa~~~ tbQ 

Counoilmanvam “lndlrmotlr lntQnmto4 in virv of a 8tatutQ 

prohibiting an Q?f;C.cer Qf thQ Oit7 frQE4 being intQ!'QEtQd, 

dlrQctl7 or lndlreotl~, b ~n7 Omntraot vlth l uoh,olty. VQ 

qwto ire5 aaid mane am ?*12mvmr 

"Uhoa It appearm that an offiow Is mubmtanthll7 bonQ?ltod, ?lnmnolall7 or QthmrvlmQ, by 

him pmrtlolpatlon la a oontmot vlth the runiolfaatt 

lxa 

vhloh ho rQprQmQntm, thy t~8aOtlOYJ is 

bl7 doalar~d tQ by IllQgal. Under much 

Oi~UWtFUtOQS, ia It8 QffQrt tQ uphrld thQ trUUl o tlea n, awrt vi11 nQt rmmQrt tQ ?iaQ dirtsno-. .~~ 

tiQn8 in QrdQr t0 dQtQIminQ'jUSt VhSt ?SOtS vi11 

aQnmtltutQ an filndlnot lnt.QrQmt* in thQ part of 

the Qffloor.g (&dQrmooring addQd ?Qr Q-q&maim) 

In VIQV of tbQ ?~r~&Qin& VQ dr not ~Q~IQVQ thQ SQWQ: 

kry Q? 8tmtQ tQ bQ authorlmQd tQ SUbpllt ?Or publlocrtlon COMtltutiQna1 ~ondmmntm proposed at this l mmmlmn di thQ YaglmlaturQ 

to thomQ aovmpmpen~tbst arQ ovnad md QpQmtQd br Qr, if a 

oorgwatima, in vhlch steak ir hQld by, a pomm V~Q Is a mK&or 

812 
of thtm l Qmml~ Q? thm kglmirturm. 

Um hmrevlth onoloaQ a omp7 Q? maid Opinion Ho. 2411.