**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**

Bon. rred 8rlmaa Dirtriot 

### Attorney Longvlor, Texar 

### Baroh 1, 1930

“It anyottlorr of any 

### OOunty..e, rball broom0 la any mannor poounluily lntrr*rtd la any eontraotr rub by ruoh oountf,r..rthrough It8 allentm,or other-

.. w110,tar the oonrtruotiorr or rapair ot l 

### nr brldgr, road 

# rtrwt, alloy or house, 

### or any othor wari

### unabortakrn **by** l uoh 

### oounty, .,..shall Moore lntorootod 

### i8 ant bid



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Roa,.Prod 3rlmaaa. Yarob 

### 1, 1939, Pa@ 8

**or**
**:: or**  proposal 

### for **sooh work**  **or** 

### la the **putabme** ~10 ot sayt~lq, 72660

### tor or oa rooount **suob oountf,** 

**. .** 

### .or whoshall oontmet 

### tor reorlrr ray monq or **property,** of the **reprssrntrtlrr** 

### or dttrr, **or** any moluamt or advantage 

### ~hatsowo? in oonslderatloo ot 

### suoh b14, proposal, oontraot, 

### porohase 

### or salo, ha **shall** 

### ba fined not less than **flit7** nor more tran 

### flre hundnd dcllars.* Thr **toregoing statutes**  **arr 86666**  **apoa som4**  pub110 polioy. 'Ihoobjeot 1s 

### to lnsuro to 

## the l oumtr strlot fldellty upon the part of tho86 rho mm 6 ita 

### tlsoal rftrlrs. 

### The rule **prohlbltlag** 

### pobllo otfloom froa belag lnterrsted In publlo oontraots should be sorupulous~~ l

afor666~ The authoritloo 

### are praatioally uaaalmous to the 

### offrot that the offloor to be 113ble, mumt bare an interest 

### (dlnotly or ladlrootl 11, la the rubfeat 

### -utter ot tha aontraot. 

### Ar6Sote aoat 

### ngrnot~rlll aot bring #aid **oftlarr** within 

### the statutos~

The Toxss rule 

### 18 roll l tate4 la Taus Jurloprudenae, a6 follws~

***An** oftloer 1s prcblb~ted rroa 

## l atlna ln k-isofflalrl **aapaoitg** as to **aattorr** In chloh ha has so intOr#ot~ Cons 

### louour examplrs of 

### saoh prohlbltlons are t 060 whloh ! forbidr.~.~ember6 of 

### the oomsl6slon6r6~ oourt 

### from ooa6ldrrat~oa of l 

### nr olala la vtiloh thy 

### are lntwortrd. But to oomo rlthla the 

### rule tho **Otfioer ’** **6 lntere#t**  **must b6**  

### dlreot and aertala; ho 16 not dlsqualltlrd by an allo@ soaetary.~ntrtest rbloh 1s 

### at most oootlagent, ind may dot 16 tr ot l xlst at rll.o 34 tax. fur. 499, 

### 878. \ Corpus Jut16 stator the law to BOX 1
*A peoualary lntrnst 

### lo the aoatraot blreot or lndlrogt 18hold to oow rlthln tbo prohlbitlon....Aa lntor66t 

### to laralldato the oontraot qurt k of l parsonal

### or prltato.

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### Ron. ?rod Jrlmaa, Yaroh 1, 1939\ P6(o 3

. 

### nature.,..It must 

### ba an latrrrst 

### la jrot mtter 

### ot tha 

### ooatraot ltselt 66 alstfnguiSh@d irOt6

OUtS~dO 1IitOrO6t6 Of the.... 

### offloor lnoldratallyaftratedby the makfn(j 

### ot the ooatraot." 

### 44 0. Se OS, **para, 81%.** 



### m (,8d)

99Ia thr OikSO

of 

### bity of Gdlaburgvs ~1116, 60 6otion a&a

### I the Coain1661oa Ot Apprals la 6 rotailer'r 

### nut thr 6lty iOr a 

### talanoo duo on 6n opaa roaount,held the 

### question of whrthrr a olty aomm~srloalr rho 

### sold 6uppll66 to rat611dealerr, and rho sold suoh 0up911a6 to t:r 

### retailorbrlnglog the 

## l otloa, ~68 a 

### taot qu~#tiOa, tfnally dotorelaableoaly by 

### 611 th6 l ttondrnt olroun6taa00se 

### It **traud** aad 

### oollu6loa ooul4 b6 6hown, tho oontraotwould b6 M illegal oni.

PrCm the author1t166quoted, supra, 10 are Of oplaloo the aountywould not be 

### praoludad from aoklng 

### puroha6e6 from **the** 

### t1111ag statioa in 

### $uest1oa, aad 

### that thermwould be 

### no rlolatiooot rlthor statute 

### you olta, unle66 aollusloa **and traud**  be 

### provable as to 

### the ocmal66lonor l



### ftootrbr Vary 

### truly gourr