OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
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80t14tor8, and to m4kw every l4w mgul4tlng or ln any -ranor 

gorernlng the holding OS prlmarlee applloable to the holding 

Of pd54riO8 tOr the nO0in4tiOtX Of 4 08JIaiaatO iOr 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.lsn of the Vnlted States 

Senator. 

A careful search of the statutes oi this State reveals 

no lar: authorizing o$ req,uiring any fee to be~colleotad b,,; .any 

.. ~Q.up,%iS%:.gf$twr. of. this Sta$e .fqo&:O~+&id8tea~ for 814otibi ,tO i : '.

public'offl@e it~~~t'e~&lal oi;'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 to 0trit3e, 40nd~ot4d b9 4 pouti 

P-w. 

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 rogartl to the riling ot eampmign srpenee aooounts, 

Jour attention la direeted to th4 tollowlng Art10144 appearing 

In the 00diti84ti04 0r~xsggi 

Bovleed Clvll st4tutee ot T4x48, 198br 

*Art. SlU. Wlthln ton d4p 4ttor a timal eleotlon, all undltl4toe tar ottibe a t l aoh 414otlon 8h4ll 

tlie a wr ittelin ma iwl d 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 tr a v.Aln xwnee4, g 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.an st 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, halves any property or thing of value, 
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Honorable Wa. J. Law5on, page 3 

OX prealeee to uee lzuluenae, or give 4 rutur0 rewara to promote or a0r84t the eleotion 0r an9 oandld4k, or to pr4mete or aete4t th4 auooess ot any 

politioal party at 4x19 eleotion, ahall, within ten 

days .aiter such eleotion, file wit.h the 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 

arid ho% 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 attcrmpting to br84t 4 party or 448&id4te w4e an ottioer, etookholder, 4gent or l mplo94e 

or, or w4e aot 

oorporat ion, giv % 

ter or in the intereat of lay 

hi8 name, 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.* 

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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 appl r aable to tie torthoomin 

This P 

ep4olal eleotlon tor the ottloe ot United St4t44 Senator. 

II olear, 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. 

Artlole 8516, -41 We, 1985, -provM4et 

"gash pereon *ho ah411 rec4ive 4119 payment 
lionoruble Wm. a. i..awBon, page 4 

air00tly 0~ bair00tip, tar politioal purpobxi in 

a oampeign before a general election ror unltea States 

Senator whether as salary or a6 expenees, shall within thl.rty aaye arter such payinent hae been Mae or 

proziaed mke a sworn statement ahw:i.nf: in detail 

said payment or ~romlsed payments, by whom made and 

w!mt servlaea were rendered for same. Thla statement 

sixill be filad with the socret?ry of State. Any parson who 0OZ.88 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 KUOTR than'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 

nertil tiEaction'. '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 reeelve payment8 by my of "ealaf~ or expsn~ea' for polltlml nrria.8 r8tia.ma in B euipaiqa bera-0 a gam-ai eloetion for unitad mtes 

senator. .i 

While you, in your offloial 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.6 of ex&mndltummi to be ffled with the Seoretary or the 

Senate of the Waited States. 

Youre vary truly 

ATTCRRSY GSNERAL OF TIUULS 

APPRCWED bfAY 14, 1941 

By: 9. 

6. GROVER SELLBRS R. w. sairohua 

Asal8tant 

FIRST ASSIS~SATT3RKE-f 

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