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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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stat. board ot eduMtiva of TOXM~ p4Jo #S 

The letter dated JUT 86, 1063, is quoted la part 

88 fOUotBl 

“To guide and asdot ua in our hrlibwaticam 0nAuguBt &kl,1oIs,1 MIpoetrullJ wza 

your nrittan anmwerb to UN IaQuLries hwoirr 

after tsadh 

l Artlolr 2247 Ao t8 of 1927, 4Qth La&rlatur6~m&aapter 2ls, BwtLon sr reIAtM t0 au bid8 BU\wlttOd f0P fUrtia?zlrl$ Or 

taxtbook8 ami fixim the sll&blllt;l 0r oath 

biddare 

RWWd Cl711 StatutoS of 

aatr8otorr~ box-&m, 

'Tlu ronanal or an axirting oontmot uith 

8 publlmhllr or the 0oatPimmma of thm contraat, 

nhotbtlr at LB Bulb or a dlfaroat prioe, OWLrtAtutar, par Be* a llw &@-o-t, 1t not aI to 
‘, 

_‘. 38’7 

trzwm, at lout to tha uteat that CA4 pel%ler~ 

riad8 QUrt mat in r00Ord t0 8110~ the old 

agrwnent to mamita in ofhot for l gltea tine. 

‘8. abaa a bOIStMOt tar a teat in us* and &out 

to upira ham beea legelly maewed OP oxteadod, d-8 tha State B0u-i of Situwtloa, 

in your opinba, baw t&Q l*sel maorl4q 

to dlrpaue, for thb extended or rczewod 

term of the mat, Wltb til* ooatnct02’8 bond prasorNad by the tenr 0r raid 

Artlole esal? 

389 

Stits Board o? Eduaatlon of Texas, pc*;e 88 

In ~plnion no. O-3939 re sgid the f’ollowi~~ about 

Article6 8247, 2852, and 28538 

"Artial+ 2847 providee 

and a30 for th4 sing 0r 

executed by the IndIvIdual 

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fOl' the fllfni; Or bide 

an n.Widavlt to be 

bidder or a namber of 

t;le flrp or the president Md reoretary of th0 

corporation bidding. The l ffidevit shall contain 

various statements, among rhiah are that no mmber of the CommIssIon Is In any way interested In 

euah IndIvIdu81, flm or aorporetion bfddingj the 

names of nny and all peraonn who ma 

tti duriq the preaedIng genr reao f ved, 

have at my 

either 

directly or lzdireotly, any monog or other thing 

of value from s&Id comgaq ior sorvloer rendered 

the State; the name of all the pop10 -10 ed 

to aot for auoh bidder, direatly or lndireot 

In any way rl28tsoever in seouri?~ the contra0 Iv or 

In the preparation OS Its bids, eta. Thu statementa made In the affidmit are declared to be 

warrrmtiee, end cl.f found to be untrue, ehell s%bjsct the aontrect t:I forfeiturs and authmieo a 

recovery on thn bead to the full amount hesof, 

as liquidated damgee, unlbs8 it be shown tLhat 

au& mIs-etotamsnt or non-disclamre of fact *as 

unintentional or an oversight on the part of aaid 

publisher. * 

l Provlalon Is rgede that the maximum prioo for 

tho books undsr tha contraot ehell not erased the 

minirmrm price at which the publIoher sells the 

books In wholesale qumtitlee, and that a coatrat 

prod 

ale 2252 Y 

for a higher prloo shall be void. (Art& 

Pravlslon Is mudo thnt no booka shall 

be purohued from anions oonneoted vitii a tru8t and 

that the bidder shell file an affidavit stating that 

he la not conneated direotly or lndlreotly with e 

trust. (Art1010 2&S).* 

Article 2861 provides thet the ‘blddol. to whom any 

contraat may have been awarded ahall exeouta a good and eufficiant bond’ IA the aslount and under the oondItiona speckfled themIn. 
The firrt olmim rabalrortly ooatamQlate8 &a$ ml%% 

t&a oae bid OF oi’for xm~ bo ado, and Lb providss that ~oferonoo hall be glYOta the 0 

-z? 

b4laLry tboontraf3tuader 

Uo oonditfona outllnad t!! 18 :har been urged that the 

soowNiolw8oamwd8 the la&bus.9 rolPrc#ww 

inonaoting aeidrouoonrdolauae~ 
orr utit* mua o f ia str wt%Qa w no t o ffmo d or tat o msr 

book a r ill aot bo P YIP O o o aaa Blo a tl o rJoptt II ma sot tbo 

1ntontor tb LogfrliItun to8ll5wa olr8mvont~anGr CmpupI 

r 

60s of the Aat aad aa avoniota of the Iktutory ufo&a~d~, 

or ocuxUtloa8 beta a8 to bIddaM aad book8 ootd! lmvs entirely 

ahsagbd dam tlm orlsiaal ooatmot vu aado. 

olopoovOr, ou rala aote tb8t Artio1* a846 provl~or 

that tha aotioo 8hJl bo glvba w2lea tutr al?0 to to oeleoted 

a~r8hom~oonLT10tior~toxtthaainum ir 

Tbln is- 8 fur&or indioatloa that renonlm 

U% to bb ad. Ilks q oth.r rbogtiO& 

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St@k Board 0r auaation of Tetub pago #ll 

In the Jul 83rd letter It lr uked whottmr tbo 

EQud may ontu in L axtenm10tu or mAowal~ without lrsuj.rq rmt;oo and prior to the rooond Ibnda~ in ooto~rr It 

I.8 our opinion tht th0 no%100 ir requirsd. The ZotWd must 

moot on tha l ooond Xcnday in Ootobor, but It q plso mot 

a t o ther tiP lur m l EUQO that the quortlcn aeked am rorOrenob to the ewpea* you. wmw0r0, a notlao of two 

mtla# from Augwt 2nd would oootiauo into OctaLBr* 11mcaj 

w uuwer thir qp&lon la the IU&ive, JO elm Rmlu8r tiw 

t&e@ quertioar l && in tb Jri)j 26th letter ia t!Je IjQl;OtlVb.