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,- Ronorable 6. R. HeRame

Direotor.Rate Division Railroad Commf88ion of Texas Auatln, Texas OVERRULED By 

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Dear Sir: Opinion Ro. O-2954

R4t Whether ctarrisr4 hauling for th4 Federal Uovermnentmuat charge therates iixed by the **RaUroad Commission.** 

In your letter of Deoember 

### 13,1940,**you** 4n4los4 oopy of au opinion written to you on April 

### 13,1938,by Aseiatant Attorney Oermral Albert Q. Wdker, in afCeat holding that the Federal Govemment may oontraot for.oarrlar 44mio44 tob4 performed 

### tor it, without obrmvfng therates approvedby the Railroad Commiaelon of **Texata,** where tha ooatvact is made pursuant to **advertisement** 

### forbide. You now requ4et wr opinion as to whether 

### oarrlernof intrartet4 freight for the Fsd4ral f3ovsrmgnt mu4t demand urd 

### rsaeivothe ohrrg44 approvedby th4 Rails-oad Cooaaiasfon,

OF wh4th4r rush carrieramay disregard therater and oharges approvedby the Railroad ~omaleeion in making oontraotrr for the transportation of goods for the Federal Oovermeat. Yours letter lndioates that you arepartiaularly conaernedwith the movement of freight for the RuBed States Army and we will oonflne our opinion to the tramportation of good8 for the mUitary. Thie la not meant to imply that the rule is oth4rwise a8 to 

### otherarms **or** departments of the Federal riovernment $ merely that it may not be. For lnstanae, it is at laast possible that aom auoh arms 

### or departmentsmay be instruoted to comply with etate regulations Mlatfng to rates and fares. At least, 14 would not wish to attempt to give au answer applloable in all inatanoes of transportation for ths Federal (‘rovernment.
Among other thinga, Seation 8 of Article 1, Constitution of tha United Statea, provides that the Congress shall have thepower to “providefor the oonnnon defense and general welf4r4 of the United States;

. . . **To** raise and supportermies

. . .; To provide aud **main n**  navy;

**. .**  **.** To make all laws whioh shall be neoassary and
proper for carryhg into 4l8eUtiOn the fOr8gOiq pOwera,

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Section 

### 5,Title 41, U.$.C.A., reade:.

. Honorable C. R. YoRamebr page 2, O-2954

-- "I 5. Advertisements for proposals for purchases ahd **aontraots for**  auppliee or aervioea for departamnta of Ooverumsnt

. Exoept as otherwiseprovld4dby law all pureha8ea and oontraota 

### for auppli48 or 44rrrio48 in any of th4 d4partmentapi th4 Oov4maunt and purohaa48 or fndiar,auppll4a,exo4pt for personal aervioea, shallbo made by adv4rtiaing u auffioient tim4 pr4vioualy for propoacla r4spectzng tho aam4, ??h4n the pub310 exlgewiea do **not requirs**  **the lxamediata**  delivery of th4 arPlol48, or g14rfox-m4n44 of t.hO84rvio4. 'When**immediate** delivery or perfoqance is rtrquired by the public exigency, tha artio&ea 

### or ~4~7104 rvqulr4d mayhe prooured by open purchase or contaaet, at the plao4a and in the avmn4r in which suoh articles arc,uauallybought and sold, or auoh lervlosa

engag4dibetween lndividualar"
84ation 

### 1374,Title 30, U.S.C.A., rsadar
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### 1374. Transportationof Army 4%or4aby private parties. All traneportatlonof atoms by prIvateparties for th4 **Amy** ahallbe dono by oontraot, after 'i&14legal advartia~- r4nt+ 4xo4pt ln oaa4a'ot 4mD "sf 4a4y. uhlah mt b4 **at** ono4 r4port4U to th4 S4orrtaay of ar forhia approval."
**/---** S4otion 561, Tit;l4 

### 34, **U.S.C.A.,** provides that "411 proviaiono,

olothiug,hup, and other xeterlala of every name and **neture,** for t&4 ~44 of th4 Xavy, Audi+&;he tranaportabionthtizvmf, when :r~~;tia~rill.

~perait,ahall, axeopt, am othoxw%.a4

pruvided braIrr, ,be furnishedby oontraot, by the low4atbld(@r,e and thsn,,gian dir44tiona tobe tollowed by th4 seorstary of the.llavyin,advortlaing for bids.

'5.0 far aa **your** questlor is bonoern4d w4 think it la immaterial whether~the aontraot is made after advertiamsnt ror bids or otherwlae, Tha **Congress** has enjoined upon the officer4 of the **Faderal** Oovernmtnt the duty to 144ke auoh oontraota,by statutes plainly evid4noing an in*4nt for auoh offlo4ra to obtain th4 moat eaonomiaal trenaportatlon joaalbl4. l’boahargo to **ba** mad8 for th4 s4mi4e is a amjor **fw,tor** in auoh oontraota for oarrler servitor To allow t+e Stnto to fix the ratesland ahargaa for the transportation a4rvio4 involved in th44o aoutraota would ,,beto permit it to amk4 ths oontract in large pert. Such would oonatltutea dir4ot int4rfer4no4with th4B4deral Oovsmusent in its discharge of oonstitutional funations. Th4 principles .annouucedin such oases as Louw4in va. ,Moody,12 S.W. (26) 9598 Johnsonvs. Mary16mdi 

### 254U.S.51, Mitchell, 

### 269U.S.514, 's, p s. ct. 16; Yotaalf VS. 0 L. Ed. 3 4, ,PahhandleOil Co. va. Miss., 277 U.S. 

### 218, 72 L. Ed. 57, are applloable.

In our opinion, oarriera may olontrect with the Fed4ral Oovernment for the transportation of intrantatefreight for th4 military without re ard !i to the ratea and **fares** And th s is **,true** whether the **ap c**  ved~b oontrao i 88 ad g%Ki~r~dsc%E!%~BQigOP* ment for bida or not. Approved ORL:OO/cg Yours very truly, Opinion APPHOVEDDEC. 18, 

### 1940 AT'i'O8NE:Y CSBtRAL OF PizXAS Committee, Attorney &moral of Texas Yy (flenn R. Lewis Assistant 5g EWE, chrn