OFFICE: OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**

Hcwr8ble FL A. class,Dlreator Textbook Dirirlon Department of gduaatloa +lMtia, Ferns

Dear Sir: oplnlon x0. 04066 R.1 Nultlplelist entlsotlcnla

. for firstala68hi& aohooll. :

nab ss ml **bf** of aa **8dtip 0**  **e&ml $**  **prorld do**  not emu4the allowabla numbarequlralant

to one textbook

?or and used in any hi& eohoolaa the textbook or la auoh 83 branoh in that hl& 

### l ohOO1, but when suohbook or booka is or are so ohosan by **looal** authorities intn the multiple

l&t adoptedsuoh **book or**  **booka** ahallbo aontinwd in thathigh aohoolfor the ontir@ ?iTO (5)psar8 **Or** the **4aOptiW pfdO8.** 
. . .* (ximphaola

rupplled)
**HOti50** Bill 312 haa an **MUBrgenOp olaow~**  but appanntb the aot bid not paaawith the raoorhd rote required to put lt j,nto lmnedlat.

e??eot. Thsrs?ore, the aot &IQ not besonsl ??sotiro untill 90 **llafs after**  **th4 a(ljourxu43nt~ar**  **th4** Legl8laturo or on or aboutootober8, 19u. Art1010XII,BeotionSQ, Ooastltutlan or !lbnm* Unt¶er

theprotlnlons

of Artiolee

2.843, and @MS, a moot= ing Of the Board.oi Eduaatl~ was oallad?or tba artond l&on&y kr oatober

ror the ealeeUon of tutbookia, and the pr~alamatian oalllng

tar bids was laausd two month6 in adranoe et th@ m&lag. 6am&u oontaining

the prloo iniormatlon ,wara tllodby tha publlmhhg ampan not 1068 thaa SO daya boforothe meting u&or tha ruquimmnt8oihrtlola B644.

Tbrafore, the proalasstl=wa8 iaowd and the aample wore.depesltad

‘wrqra the effeotlr6 dafe of EOUW Bill slei HOW- @VW, thamotlng o? the Board is to be held an Oatobez ld, loU, whloh in after the effostlrs date of said bill.

**YOU** want to know whetherthe.Baartl o? Eduaatlon mhoul&

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**&hat ariltlple** ll8t 8el~atiane ba made arrdsr Artlelo 884S a m o r l g ln a ll y cnaotea or a$ a memd~& **by** xo uw Bill Sl & W a lr a o f the opinion

that the aeleotlan

of bookCin themUtQf6 lirrt la to b0 &oVOnmrrd

by the eplended

4tiiOi4.
It ir the **gq4ral** rule that *a 

## atatutrr, speakaa8 OS the t lma at whlah it takea iffeat." SO Tex. Turr 61. The -*t-Y not **MOUIU operative**  oa Ootober e, 1941; tbrsfore, e-r that am ndltipb li s t l leatlonrr

smut **be** govsmell

by It. I3 ?slfRnm thrrt eaoh ?lratolaoahigh aohool may ohoose“aW On* Or a~eal 0r tha textrbookr”

o? tha aalltipti

Met*

w ham heratofora

rntlonti tbntXoWo Biit ZUZJaatal&d an omergouoy olauae. mlla the aot dld not pa.8with the.Honombl6 B. A. elan, pa& 5

rotonra olaom Ifi

lred to put It into lzaoo4lak orrOot, th0 emrgenoy at leantlnbloatlte of the le&8latlra Intentthat the bill 18 to tab e??eota6 8oon 44 poa8lble. Wo quota?rom the oplalon

or the Supram Ooart in th8 044~ 0r Popham v. Patterson,

rel 'Pat 625, 51 S. W. (ad) 680, 48 rollm.8; *.(!*
. 3-ntletermtilng the leglalatlva ldtaati the oourt 8houl4notlookalona ta any one phrar, alaalb,

or 8ontonoa

o? the not, but to the 6ntiFo not3 and thlr ino1u4es the oaptlon,

the body 0r ths 

### l ot~, and the.mmrgenayolauae. fn thla aonndottion, ri hold that,8-n wlmn- the ~omrgonay

~lauae oannot ba glvsnl

?featas aaah, a till It4 protl6lon8 nr b8 looJp4to ii they aid the oourt in 6866rtalnlng the l.sgi6latln

Intent.

=. l . . X a d Uho l otpmedlb~ thi reoord$d+ote requlrad ta 

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offeat, l

ll.pm8oa8 lntorrtbU **would** ham **had lamedi+**  nstiw that :uoaaty **rupaint6ad6atr** ~oleaud **ln Piormbq,**  **19ZWi ta**  **tati of**  iior'fmmry 1, US1 woul4 hold a femur-par t6?& A8 the abt'al4 not get Oh* requir64 reaor4a4

rota to put it iato lmmal~~k l

f r e o t,

**thi8** not160 did not beoam operatlvountilthe not boaam a law, whiohwe6 90 dayuafter the a4Joroaunt o?tkm Legl6lafrrro.

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m ~10~ 0r the r0r0gag, it 3.8 th0 0pinisn

0r th$e 4opartmnt that the 8tateB&r4 of Pbwation la lt8 molutiam to the arrlolal6

or rlr8t 01088 sigh 8ahoolsor 

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%$a$mltlple li8t 8aleotlon8 be mmlo MAa: theprovl6lOna 0rArtialo'zs45 48 UmandQa by the %U6. Bill SU, Aok 47th Leglalature, R. 8.3

The dl8t&n@8hlw featur.8 of tk rtiltipti'lliatSOleOtlon umlarthe arl@selaatan4u84orlt8 **maendnzitare** ntotlt la your letter 48 r0uwr: /~

9x1 the originrl Aztlots a848 it ma8 rUqUind that ax~8oh0018 Mm a 8lng3.0 l e lwtla n

rrOm themltip16 Slct ti eat mare than fire books for *rob subja6t,~wheraaa

tho~.~euWl Artlolo8848UllW8 ~IW high aaho@l- Q? first ala.8,6

ta m&6 it8 maltiplo list ~16o-, tlonafrom ay oembtnatlon of the flea bo6k8 antb,. Honorable Fi. A. Glass, paga 4

X&tip10 list IlOt.tO btabbd **greater** than the enrallmant grade.*

**IYe do**  

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that

_ _. _. a total number 0r bo0k8 ror the SubjbOtor the

the publl6hlug **oompaalea** wU.l Ilo In any ray l~ljurbd

by the arrrndafo~

not. Both the original eat and **ita** aubndment **rbqulrb** the Boerd of Bluoetlon to adopt a mltiplo list 4inot leas than **tbrbb** nor **mro** than five textbooks. Undar AHlola 2242 the **textbook** 00ntreot8 0aJmot0all for a SpbOiiiO **nrmbbr** o? textbooks, but only for awh namber of booksar theState may abed. Under Artlole2046 the notion**glvbn** by the Boardor lrduoatlon lr requlre~ to **rtatb** the mbbjoota on whloh tbstbook8 plsy k aaoptoa, and thb aample oopleoiii04 by the publleihef are raquired to hare 8t~ba or.printbd therein the atlnlmum

**qUUntitib8** ln whloh **the** book wlll be.sold at the rpeolfle~, tim alnlmq **WhOlbUUle** prloe of ths beok,eta. Therafore, es the **list** I# d&araizmd and the~blda made baforethe books enumbrated in ths ll8t are rblbotbd, than can it be aaid that the publl8hbrr ara injane bboaaaa thm first 01400hlgh aohools may 8elaotone or 8bvont book8 on the limt fnrt-a 

### 0r only onao ~0 thinknot. Undar the amenda& artlole, even thoagkplorb then one bookplay b8 6Q,%bUtkd

from themoltiplb

lint, the totalnumber t3blaatba by all the i 

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aohoole 0r -the State, oonsiaerd aa a whele, right **ba#$ly** approrlmate that numberselaotaa by the **ditferbnt** hit rbh~ols, also oo*illbrea 88 a.whola, aaUy3r tha erlglna~

**Wb ’** 

**. tYX8t**  **that t&b**  **?03XUgOhg a180~86~01i**  **64tl8faOtOti~** aa,awbra the &eatlons ln;~hloh yoa **are interested.** 

V6ry truly yours ATTdEIlFPQiWlEiAL OFTEX4S
By **(6) &306&b**  **‘ iI-.**  **s;)Srka**

A8elmtant

tBWSl4b

APPROVED 00%'.

11, 194l **(8) ~bIUl**  **R. &WtS**  Aoting Attorney Qembral 0r ~b2i38 APFROVED oplnlon Colwdttbb By B.W.B. Chairman