OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

i o- G MANN *lvoe*no1*p1L 

RonoTcrble P. O.IialCe%~, PwsIdent 

Agrio\rltUWl h t&aohsniQd COllOgO Of T0X.W 

Colle~s Station, Texas 

go aaployw ooopm4d.e 

glrlng &atulwl to srrp 

tory, or other muah 8ub- 

, pod aaatinw, to bo oarThla eaQmayw WoulQ lw- 

= but vould reaslve hi8 travel- 

@alar butler vould not I# aeglaotsd, 

Involved, ud the Amay 1s wticti8 lxvo~r6tfan. 

Chat a crollege ewlgeo would reoelos 

me par but might reoetve trawllag expe~e8. lr there 

any gener91guldevo c*n follow in aooparafiingYlCh the 

Federal tir State Cowrnmentr ax varlmm Idaal, oounty, 

state or national uar board8 vlthcmt rimk af violation 

al the oonr2ltut$.anal provirlQn note4 abaw? 
iiopsrable T. 0. Walton, PwsMaxit, Pqa 2 

seation 33 or nrtlale 16 OS the Conmtitution of '~xea 

CeQds 3s followsr 

"'ib aOCOlUltiI&& OffiCW%i Of th18 St4tO 8hE11 

ncf.thtw drsv aor pay a umvuat upon tb tmmttrp in 

favor of ?uly perooa, for 8eary OF crompearatlon CL8 

agent, officer or appointee, who hold8 at the name 

tims ~9 O&W Ofrii30, Or pO8itiOIi Of hOZkOP, t¶Wt 

Or prom, vnder thlm state or the ualted 8t4ts8, 

except .%a pl'WCrib& in tht8 CM 8titUtiOXl. l l l = 

yO\tr fiMt QU8$t:O?l iaQtiH8 if lWlEb6?F8hfp ?QOD l Lo-1 

Flr8 RationingBOard cOatraveasr the abore quoted prevlmIoa of 

the Texaa Conetltutlon vharefore the rull time college emplapa 

pTt*E prohibited rrora mae1visg hi8 ompearatloa sral the f3tute 

. 

tWU1 Tire RatiOAXblg ?2CW'dS OWZ8 tit0 Wi8tUkW b WM 

tallow¶.ng maamr and a8 a p6rt of the war tmo8-g~. Pwmuat to 

let8 OS the T6th Ccmgrcdrr, the Offbe of Prohotloa IWmgumat va8 

emtut by executlye. ozderr of Jammy 7, 1$&l, and &gust 28, 

1941, and vm oha- vitb aertrtn authorit and flutie* wltb ragard to dOr6Xl8. arla eIoillan 8Upp1 l prlorltl*a and alloa~tieiu. 

By sxecutfve OFCUP Oi April 11, 1911, the OffIoe or MOO A&inktrPt:on VII oreeted and ohaged vlth 0mtaSa authmlt cad 

dutiesvithTegard to cmzlausnerpro~atloa,pr;cs onatrs I a& &ha 

p~WIltiG93 Of &Wi0. 8piral%lX& B7 8UpP1WtW7 -0UttW OtieT 

or t&L3 alfloe Of Produotltm xanag8Esnt, fgproved by the PTbSi&at, 

the Offlcrel or pro&letiaa vt -8817 WOkd %ll th0 Offbe 

OS Prioe AdrainSatration p0Ver8 and d&lies with n&pQet to tYW88ctlons la M rubber tfzes, caelnge ua4 tebo8. AaC purnunt thm?eto Rr. Leon EenQerron, Prlcs AcbaFnistrator, prescrlbbd tire FatIonhg regubticmr 8~3.3 oreatad loea2 arid eta* udalntrtmtlve maahlne~ 

to oarry them out. 

#4e.!abewhip upon 2.06al Tire Rationing Beard5 re8ulto ?ro81 

rsl*otIon by local D6iezua Couaall8 akid l ppolnbarat by the OfSire 

of Price b&dnistrdA.on. Appointmentar are 8UbjeOt t0 tsra:n?htiOn 

at any tY.ae by the Offlus of PrIoe Adakini8tr&ion, m peMOEl8 

appointed iawe au& duthr end respanaLbI2lties a8 pre#arfbeQ f%m 

time to tire by th# Offi8e Of triC%e A&d.li:8tP4Lt:~r RE4srkM OpOn 

the loeal board reoetro no oampenmatloa and their prl6ery xwpon8IblJity i6 the a2'lOthenti Of~WW tiW8 OF t%ih8 Vithin thslr? jWI8- 

diotfonal nren III cOnfox+Mtf ufth SWWS flX8d by the Ofi'ieO Qf 

kh8 ACtmtii8trotiOXk. 
maorabls T. 3. Walton, FmsIde,at, page 3 

It is our opinion t.het 70%~ flrmt queatfon should be 

~vered in the affirmatlvo upon the outhor%t.p and raaranizgj of 

- Og.nl~R Kio. c-4313, a copy of which ir wN?l~3LJC- herevlth. 

Ziuder the 2FrPlted st.o,t(CltlQkt of faetx contsined in 

your scccllc q8estlon, it Ie likevi8a ansvsred! in the efflnuatlve. 

Tht datenplwtion of *bat oonrtltutm3 6.n “offiae’ or 

‘$osItlor” depends upon numervua foators axletent ln emah psrti- 

@u2er ~?tuatIon. It i8 theX’#i-oa’Q lqosaibl, to aate@riaal27 

prescribe Q general guide applIo6ble to sll. Xn ~ormcuenc~, M 

8x-e unable to comply wit3 7our third requ0st but way only rule 

upen apectf3.c qtaestlak6 6~) t~bmlttcd. 

Youra very trulg 

D APFi 8. 1942