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

80t14tor8,and to m4kw every l4w mgul4tlng or ln any -ranor gorernlng the holding OS prlmarlee applloable to the holding Of pd54riO8 tOr the nO0in4tiOtXOf 4 08JIaiaatOiOr united stat08 **Senator.** The Artlole doee.not purport to make lawe eppllaable only to ths holding of primaries for the nomlnat1.x of caadidates applicable to general oP epaoial elsotioas, as dlstlngulshed from prlmariee, for the alect.lsnof the Vnlted States Senator.
**A careful**  **search of**  the **statutes oi**  this State reveals no lar:authorizing o$ req,uiringany fee to be~colleotad b,,; .any

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of. this Sta$e .fqo&:O~+&id8tea~for 814otibi ,tO i : '.'. public'offl@e it~~~t'e~&laloi;'gd~~~al.~s~adtib~nl. $h& $&?ib$&g :.' I.;.',: a8 is made for the oharging.of fees has,referenoe only to fees rOr the privilog4 or partioip4ti4g 48 4 04naiaate in 4 prlmcir9 

### l leotion for nominrtion 

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YOU 4r4 fhW4tore **advleed** th4t IU)t44 i4 ta Be oolleet4d trom oandldatee for Vnlted States Senetor at the epsoial eleotlon to bo held on June 28, 1941.

With rogartlto the riling ot eampmign srpenee aooounts, Jour attention la direeted to th4 tollowlng Art10144 appearing In the 00diti84ti04 0r~xsggi
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*Art. SlU. Wlthln ton d4p 

### 4ttor **a** timal eleo

### tlon, all **undltl4toe tar**  

### ottibe at l aoh 414otlon 8h4ll 

### tlie awritten

limaiwd

l tatomont, Pa&r oath, with the oounty 

### ludge **ot tha**  **oounty ot**  

### their roeiden68, **ot** all the expbneee lnaurnd during the aanraee **tor** th4 ortim, and tor the momimtion, inaludbg 4.muate paid to newopqmre, hot41 4nd 

### trav.Alng xwnee4, 4nd eueh **e?atemont** 4h411 be euorn to 4nd tiled wEethor the oandld4k **was rleotod**  **or detutod,**  **u&ah** eh411 at 4lZ tlmee b4 rubBjert to the lnepeoti.anst tJm **pttblie. ”** 
*ht. SluJ. Every pweoa who man4gee say politleal headq44rtere 

### tar an9 polltlaal party, or ror 4a9 oandidat4 beton 4n9 

### l leotlon, **and** 

### every olerk or agent of such meager for suoh headquarters or oendldate, and every other person whomsoever who sxg~nde money, halvesany property or thing of value,- .,

Honorable **Wa.** J. Law5on, page 3

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### prealeee to uee lzuluenae, or give 

### 4

## rutur0rewara to **promote** 

### or 

## a0r84tthe eleotion 

## 0ran9 oandld4k, or to pr4mete or aete4t th4 auooess ot any politioal party at 

### 4x19 eleotion, ahall, within ten days .aitersuch eleotion, file wit.hthe oounty judge or the oounty in'whloh the political headquarter‘ was located, and with the oounty judge of the oounty, where euch manager, olerk, or other person, au the case may be, residea, au Itemized statement of all moneys or things of value thus given.or promired, for what purpose, by whom SupFlied, in what amount aridho% expended, and what reward was given OS promieed, by whoa and,to.whom, **ana** v!hat

### i.fdiu8n08: m~s 

## pro5i~ea~,~~,.~y~

w&p~pxolqf~*a,

and.to :wh~~.said,~*.@&.N:~~: .was-.~giren;,:"'~~.

shalt:-'~Bta~.d-whether he ha&'

%een .lxi-' formed, or has reason to.bslieve, that the pereon thus 

## 4iaag or attcrmptingto br84t 4 party or 448&id4te w4e an ottioer, etookholder, 4gent or 

### l mplo94e or, or w4e aot oorporation, giv

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### ter or in the 

### intereat of lay 

### hi8name,

## aa, it 80,da4t eorporatien; and h4 ehpll it he h4e no poeltive knmledge, ‘tats the eouroa of his intormation or the season8 tos his beliet, 4s the oaee may be; all ot whloh ‘hall be eworn to and eubsorllmd b&ore the county judge, yho shall iii8 4na prsservs the SW, whloh ah411 at.411 times be 

### l ubjeot to the inepeotion of the publio.* ,~’ _., ” ._I

Art1010 SlU, abova quoted, 014arly appllee to oandidate8 tor the **ottlee** ot **Unfted** State8 Senator at **the** 

### tofihoomlng epaolal aleation, whloh thaugh epealal la alearly 

### a VlnalW elaotion. Art1414 9146 re aira rsporte at 

### reone **other** 

### than **the o4.nbiu4te**  

### hbuelt. lde Art1010 la applraable to tie 

### torthoomin This P ep4olal eleotlon tor the **ottloe** ot United St4t44 Senator. IIolear, tor the 4rtlole Uses th4 word8 "any eleatlon,w whloh 

### embraoee both general and epeolal electi4ne. In t4at, tM~wRbo$e 44ntelt of suoh art1414 inaioates that it use intanaea to embra44 )oth gener41 **and** epeaial 

### l laotl4ne. 

### Artlole8516,

-41 We, 1985,-provM4et "gash **pereon** *ho ah411 rec4ive 

### 4119 paymentlionorubleWm. a. i..awBon, page 4 

## air00tly0~bair00tip, tar **politioal purpobxi**  

## in
a oampeign before a general election ror

## unlteaStates Senator whether as salary **or** a6 expenees, shall within thl.rtyaaye arter such payinenthae been

## Maeor proziaed mke a sworn statement ahw:i.nf: 

### indetail said payment or ~romlsed payments, by whom made and w!mt servlaea were rendered for same. Thla statement sixillbe filad with the socret?ry of State. Any parson who 

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x;?thin

## ths~proviaions of‘this article mr! fails to **t?nke** such statments, sh<iI.l be confined ir;jnll not lees t!mn ten nor KUOTRthan'thirty days."
This Artiale, in term: applies 0x1~ to expenses inourrea
~'...~. "id.a.camp~ign,ror.United State% Senetor before 5 @ma?al slection.w

.~ fThe&electi@ io&U **d** is *speoial;*'&t -3' **Statqf ’** **~. ‘** **g3e,n~.t~r .wimah**  **y0.u are**  .concernep nertiltiEaction'.'fitib~fdle' 3097.,~.fisa~cl::~~~l,l.'.~. "1': Statutes, 1925. Bu ermre, this provlslon, In our opinion, has no,. ref‘eronoe**to** the cendldate **M.mad.f,** but retore **to workers**  **who re**  eelve payment8 by my of "ealaf~ or expsn~ea' for polltlml nrria.8 

## r8tia.main B euipaiqa 

### bera-0a gam-ai eloetion for 

### unitadmtes senator. .i

While you, in 

### youroffloial oapaoitp, are not oonoerned with the reports to be filed by candidates for United Statea Senator with the Federal authorities, we deen it adviseble to oall attention to the iaot that the Federal Corrupt Praotioa Aot, Title 2, U. S. C. 

### A., Chapter 8, contains provieione **regulating** oemplgn expendituree in eleotionn for suoh ottioe end provisions requiring report.6of ex&mndltummi to be ffled with the Seoretary or 

### the Senateof the Waited States.

Youre vary truly
**ATTCRRSY**GSNERAL OF TIUULS APPRCWED bfAY14, 1941 By: 9. 6. GROVER SELLBRS R. w. **sairohua** Asal8tant FIRST ASSIS~SATT3RKE-f

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