OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Xonorable Goargo R. Sheppard 

Comptroller OS Pub110 AWIOUltB 

Austin, Toxna 

Dear Sin 

In your letter of ou oall our attention to the plVVieiOn8 of eg., being oh. 403, 

quert our opinion 

You adriee that 

talna the brick 

perate* and mlned in the f‘rieon 

SyMaJa 0nly;not ring briokr to other State 

inat~tutlons, no 

4 the fnduetrial Revol*lng 

the amount of $SO,OOO.OO 

em in the purohasing oi suplent, shoe and print 6hop and 

of flniehed produote a8 pmidon Bill for et&l spItem. . ." 

nrrar we understand that the question 

the Taot that the briok plant does 

8 produota and 63onsequently *ama no ine revolving rund map br replenished. Thor0 

daa bo no question but that the briok plant l.8 an industry, 

8ubjoot to the brnrfltr of tha got. Purttennorcb, it la 

l ucllly olear to ua that the Legirlature had no intention oi l&iting the use oi the fun& to the purohese of rupplise 
Ronorable Gecrge Sheppard, page 2 

and materiala tot euoh lnduatrlsa aa should be able to 

produoa an inaome out of whloh rxpenditx-as from the fund 

oould ba relmburaed. Aftnr all, the operation of t.ha whole 

Prlaoa System ia Stata’s buaineaa, end it would be just aa 

muoh to the State’s Interest to be able to get the advantage of oaah purohsaa of auppliea and matarlala for an industry whioh au?pliea the ?rlaon System only with its produota and conaequeotlp ahowa no lnoome, aa to make ouch 

purohaaea for an industry whloh aelle to other State in&itutlona or other8 and hsa an inooma. Thcro would be poor 

raaaon ior mdciy a diatinotion and the’ Aot does not attempt to do a?, It is our oplnlon, thererori; that said 

revolting -4 may be used in We purtihaas of auppliea and 

materials for the brick plant. 

You will note howerar, that tha Aot authorize8 only 

the purohnaa of suppl!.aa and materials not *supplies and 

WJUJ:ra.* . In our opinion itnasmplated that Only thos8 

08 and materials aonauned in the operation of the rarioua lnduatries might be paid for out of the rerolrlng fund. 

Aa applied to the brlok plant, this would inalude suah things 

aa the raw mmteriela going into tha brick. Traveler’s Ins. 

Co. vs. Pillage o? Ilton, 23.3 El. Y. S. 206; Standard Gil Co. 

va. Detroit Fidelity and Surety Co., 157 L $7. 418, Ohio; 

So. Surety Co. *a. Xetropolitan Sewerage Commission, 201 B, 

IO. 980, tYiai Commonwealth va. Xationel Surety Co,, 97 A, 1034, 

Pa; Royal Ind. Co. ?a. Day’& El. Co., 150 N. E. 426, 44 6. L. 

R. 374, Ohioi Am. Ind. Co. PII. Surrow8 Bdw. Co., 191 S. V. 

574; 00 C. S. 1166-68) 39 C. S. 1508; Senklas Edw. Co. 

Glob8 Ind. CO., 170 S. 2. 643, N. 0. We think fuel olio 

ia. 

and gas used In pxunUc:oturi.ng the brick would also be lnclud84 in the term. Smith VS. Oeating, 203 N. bra 131, Xfchi overman and Co., ~8. Karylaad Gas. Co., 136 9, XC. 250, R. 0. f 

Standard Oil Co., va. &tlonul Surety Co., 107 So. 559, %%a. 

The word Nropaira* haa a different meaning generally 

from either of the words uaed in the Aot, Ordlnerily it mean8 

a replscemeat or r.ending. 8e6 64 C. J. 396. The amking of 

repsir may fnrclre a labor oost. Aa applied to thr brick 

plant, it may inolucs oertaln materials, but suoh will not ba 
Bonorabla 04org4 Ii. SboFparQ, pug4 3 

matarla1.r tar44 or oonrueed in thr opemtlon of thr fnau8try, 

thr rnaani~~~ which 4 reading OS thr Act a8 a who14 o6n~lno48 

urn was intrndad to be divan the word naetrrlal.a Th4 authoritier oitad 4441 with oontmotor*a bon68 and aatarialmaa@ Urn8 and am of llmitad applloation,but thar do ‘how 

at laawt thr dlrfrranea in aean~n& whloh tha wcql may ban. 

The ournnt Approprfatlon Aot, Oh. 6 p, 7 (at p, 180), Aotr 

46th Lag., 4arriea an appmpriatiorr iot m4cn8truetlon matarla18 urd 8uppli48,* on8 for *mehim ‘hop matar and ‘up 

pllrr,* and on8 for .8hco rhop matrrlrlr an4 8uppli48,w 

another on4 for General Bupport ~6 l$aintananoaj~ tha 1999 

appropriation bill aontaiaad 8imflar proolaloar. 

p* lM4. 

Aot‘ 1957, 

Fwthsmorr, it would 84411 that tha ara8 to km 

aat by tha Aot erastin& thr r4tolrin@ fund ua8 non p?onoimooU 

a8 to suppliar and aptaria aoarwnad In tha opamtion o? th, 

rariou.8 lmlustriar of the Prlron Syatam than as to materialr 

used la rapairing tha plaata. tid, lb ir also thought that 

no tipaatar aarlng oould ba l ffeetad In xaaking eaah pureha 

Of Mterialr for making rapair in p-iron induutriar than with 

r48paot to material8 u44d la npairing other parmanant buildfng8, and lmprorcrraent8 balongiw to tha Stata. 

Our an8war to our quaatian is that l uppll48 anti matar1418 wad by the br I ok plant mar b4 paid for out of tha 

r4TOlTiry fund, but that rapsIr to tha plant may not ba 

80 paid, 

Tour4 raw truly 

ATTORHEYOTZ?ERAL OF TEXAS 

eRLlx? APPROVEDJUN 27, 1940 

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ATTORNEY GEILEEAL 03 TIiXA4