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

Honorable Dellaa Blankenrhip, Chairman Cd.minal Juri8prodenae Coamlttee mU8e Oi ~p~O8~~t8tiY~8 AU8tin, %X&8
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### “ All political advertl8ing rhall b8 done **at the**  **8am8 rate**  **a8** leg41 **notiaer, and**  **Under the**  8tu80 rupervlrion 8nd **ngulatiotm.** 

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### l Yer, thi8 18 not altogether olorr frGlra reading of the entire **aaption.**

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### judgment, be- ~ond na8onrble doubt. A mrmnable doubt mt8t be rerrolr6din Savor Of the lO~i8hBtiY6 aation, and the **rot be**  **8U8tained. ‘** **”** %k bOli6Ve thle r'U&iand qUOtatiOn 18 pertinent to the question of the lnvalldlty of the provlalon of Howe Bill NO. 

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### Aot notvlthrlmdlng the un8oa8tltutloa8lit~ a? a portfon of the 8aD8. A further ttxmlna**t:On** Of **th6 8~~~t~**  pl’OY18iOll8 Of the Aot, Vb think, 8hOV 

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### Aatvouldnot thereby be invalid. 

### .39 sex. Jur. 84-85.

tf0tl'll8tthstin thl8 mttnner we have f’ullr atuvsrod your inquiry.

Harold 

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