OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

~05arrcrhb Bert Ford, Ad!nlaietrotor 

'f.f(~I Liquor Control Board 

Au&tin, T.XOS 

By latter det 

the opinion of tllis de 

Price &dalalatntlon, 

l.alpoao prlae orili 

in r4giiditin or 

6ar motion 30 

Other raatt6rs 

( you rocJueet4a 

r the OfSi44 o? 

ire ageaey, Imy 

r Control. Bowl, 

rrband llqaor unuor Contml Aot. 

am followt 

ow uh6ther, 66 6 

ter of gemal pobotherwloa thm of- 

~8 bidding eml rooept 

any eivsn lnetanar. 

llk4wi66 provld6s for thti 64llrlff'a 8414i, w should silti0 

feet oeilina prioa reylationrr 

8 %4rirr ai a5y aou5ty in detbrid6 for llqum rrhould bs 4406pWl 

SectIon 30, krticle I, of tha !bxao Liquor Control 

Aat provld68 tor al.tarnetire netrhodr of 6614 ot oontm6band 

248 
l&asd uw3.t tbo AOt.8 1% mny be sold at 

f" 

lie auotion by 

the Sh4rifr or the oountp 4f 8elm.r4 or t my b4 4onoub 

tmtad by tit* Bwrd at ury plao4 with3 tko 8tak a44w 

most advmt~mme and w&l at "4lth4r pab&io or rirabe 6ilo". 

smn whsra aale is nt publio nwtlon by t&o !ibe~ ! ff, thr 

&mm3 asy r@eat Cho bid u&d rwol.1 Vaau the auth@siQI @itra, 

OX it hes nuthorfty bo lid et t&e oaX4 W tiaka aoliVUy for 

t5 prpea* of rmmla, attor payifq a wme8 ol tb l l4. 

fAan.ml,tly the palley Of thin mtrtube T a t4 6*6uPe bo chr 

*bate thss higbert pt?twiblo prloo SUP bhir 0anbPaBrrad us8 lb 

iauab be ooaeodti that if the 0. P. A. mmy, by xe&ulntlun lapaa* prlos 44llif4y OR Msoh Ml.4, t&are ragalatiws wd be 

in oanfliot tit& the atnte*s etnbotea. 
fianoreble Rert Ford, Adminlatrator, Pago 3 

UJ. 6. G. A.) oonta~ios theso pmhlbitlcma; 

*It atiall be ualawful, ngardl~s of 8ny 6ontract, agnomnt, leaam or atber obllgetlon hamtoioro or banafter ontrrad into, for any prmn 

to eel1 or deliver any ocmodity, or in the 44a~a 

of trade or bualneao to buy or noslw any 445zmetlb 

tf, or to demand or reosire 8ay wnt for any bsiase 

aron h o ur inl oooL110d8tl0~8, e or otherwine to 40 or 

omit to do any aot in rlolrrtfon o? any ngulatl~n 

or order under aeotion 2 (motion 902 of thla rpf~~+ 

did , . . . " 

That p&a oantral le~l*latlon la a proper *am!- 

oiaa of rodoral l uthoritp andor the War pwora* of Can(lre?%, 

moms to be wall l atabliahrd. Highlan~~v. lws*rll car L snouplow ao., 279 u. f. 253, 49 8. ct. 3lb. In anoh an anot&enay, 

“thr power i8 not 1itit.d to riotorler in the fiall urd the 

dlclpawlon ot thr lnaurgnnt iorooa. It 4arrl4a with it inbarwatly tb powr to gu4rd wolnat bhe imwdlrtr remowl of 

tJi# oontliot and to rard&-the evil8 wliloh harr l rlaaa f%mh 

ltq::~ri44 4nd progwra”. R&exandu T. 3towrt et al. f. tr. 

Rloem 4t al., ll ValL 493, 20 t. Pd. 176. 

tt 1 8 wu mtka th a tt h-4 rbe4ni l hdtf, 

rxarelmd in a delqatad Siald,oonfliotr dth tlm lam of the 

l tr ite, the 1att.r runt yield and the W4oral crothorlty fa 8~ 

P=-. Stats of Florldo v. Mellon Eaoratary of the 9Wmarf. 

l t II., 273 U. F. 12, I+'? 6. Ct. 2& As it Worn maid ia tbr 

oam oi Helena Rablarlrla, Xo., v. Charliner Gut-Hato, lao., 

132 2. if. 2q. 256, 28 AtI. (2) 113 wh8~0 tk 60-t had andor 

otm8lderMAon a 00nrii0t betron th %aergo8oy prtea tmatw1 

l 6t or 19w" end the atato*s -ialr trwle aot*, *the uthwitf 

oi the Federal smVartmant la ouprarm tith X88pOt to mOtt8T4 

ah&Oh 8X-8 delegated to it by tha F doral 

I 

CWStitUti4n OVIBi 

though t&a exuolae or auoh eutkor ty RR~ latarfur *Ith the 

l rf00tiv0 8ppiiO8tm 0f the i-8 or 8 l tetO*. 

The l mugenoy prioo oaitrol l 4t provldaa t&t tt 

ahall bo wilauful ter *ray paraoa* M vloIat8 ro&ulatioW 
gworablo Bort Poti, Mbalnl8trstor, Pago 4 

~4ubcl thbrmneor. 50 u. 5% 6. A. spp. 904. mF0 ib n- 

,pbtbblb buthorlty 83 thb~ l ffb othbt t onllnbrll~ thb lbn- 

@lb&p -nf PO--“* *an u8od ln l 4tbtut0, dosll not 4pply 

w l n(L 1noluQ 8 ctrto in tho 888onoo of apooffio wording 

l&lortlng atoh 8~. lntontlon by tho I&slatura. Laastoin 

,. xvsns et bl., 69 Fed. 9088 AM. Cbs.19128. 1214; 59 C. J. 

~03, soo. 653; 25 R. C. I.. 766. &waver, rooont waos br 

a. Supnrc, Oourt OS the Unit06 gtbtos hno bpprwod a maoh 

ma&r oonatruotion oi that toni. In D. E. t. Coopr Corp@a$iOA, 3x fl. 3. 600, 61 s. ct. "~llr, It is said: 

*Z?pillOO, in bQp100. Ubb@, thr tbA ‘QOTWB’ 

Qbb not inolub the botaroi~, rtbtutm bapleflng 

z phnso arm ordlnbrll,f oonbtrubd to oxoludb 

&&l. 

But tbmo lb 00 harE and feat rule of sxoluThb purpose tho bubjbot Patter, thb ooatext, the logfblbdrs hietoory, bad the exooutlto 

lntorprotatlon cd tho rtetuto or0 aid8 to oonstnab 

tlan *hioh may lndlobto ELI latent, by the ubo af 

tho tom. to bring btbtb or ubtlon within tho aoopo 

of she la*.” See 0100 Stbte of Ooordb 1. Hvbas 

l t o l., 316 0. S. 159, 62 9. Oh. 972; State of Ohio 

v. Holvorlng et el., 292 U. S. 360, 51 7. Ct. 725. 

It mag be notbd thbt under bbotion 20(S), doflnltlonb bad oxplanbtlobs, gbnorrl mbrlmm prlco rb lbtlon, 

lsauod by the ?rieo A&lnlmtrator on Aprfl 28, 1 r 42, ptvbbsbt 

to l thorltr gitbn him by thr onergonag prloo oontr~l l ot, 

thbt thib 80rlnltion 1s found, 

wPorwn lnolubr bn lndlvldubl, oorporbtlon, 

gwrtnorbhip, b~aoalbtion, any othor orgbnizbd group 

of pbrwnb, logbl e~~oonbor br reprr*bntb*lro of 

any of tho fongolng, 41~3 lnaluder the Valtod Ftbtob, 

bny agonoy thbroof, bny other 6ovoAmmt, or any 

al’ it8 pOlitib.1 SUbdiVibiOnb, 4Jld baj b6biWY Oi 

any Of the tOrb&@f4&‘ 

Flth the deo&broa purpf~~ 

8moFgbnoy .prlaa oontrol aot of 1942 

ion thrt thb lmgurgb, l 8ny perew*, t~6 used In the rot (50 

u. 3. C. A. 8~3. ~88. 904) 4991ibb to t&b #tat. nod 1tD bgbneloa creh tqat thf Prior aQmlngb~g b@~~n~mu;!MfT;othBiff~;- 

ltl tbrw$*Jr .bbu6~~or ma 
“; .‘.’ 252 

*ioh bpply to Eblb8 or oOn%robbBd t&or tho Tbnr Llqoor 

(Dobtrol Aot. ‘Pbb SXOZOiSO Or 8lldr brad pa*Orb by 40. b&ill- 

,$btTbt~ wlthln @bfiOrbl li8itbtiOZW iapObbd by t?Otl&Pb6S hbb 

b&s noontly upheld by the Ruprbmb Court ot thb Uoltod 

$tbtOS. 09p Cotton IUlb, Iao., v. AdSlnlstrbtor, 312 u. 5. 

tj16, 61 9. Ct. 524. 

Other lnqu~rlob inolu(L4 ln yobr mquwt, r0latl.a~ 

ts thm partloulbr b?fOOt Federal re~atlonr wbnld hat0 on 

aho mnnor af SdLb andor the Toxbs r.lqrror Control AM, 'n 

&om it iMdtiO6bh t0 bnmr. ~bdorb~ ~iCiibtPb~&~O rogu- 

~bt&tlS $~Oti&e 4 tlexlble SrbtSL8 Of @BV~AQwlt, rubJoot to 

~68liioatlon, brorptiba, retrabtlbn, and lmet6tlolr irbfn dbr 

t0 dbt. ti OW StbtUtO buOU8 th0 mrd t0 BlbkO “@irOt 

B&O* Of OO~t?bbbil&, it 18 I)Ot iDlp~Obb~0 that a 8bhb QTbOtloe may bo btlood by the Board ta WllbtikthXl nit& the 

h&ml sga~or, rhloh till intWO tho hi&bat poribla prloo 

f@r the 8tOtO UhiOh b OWibtbllt With hderld ~O@UlbthSl8 

unl rlnioh will, et tho 841U the, efX@ly dth tb paidbbs 

ol the ‘%X84 LiqUOr COntPOl hot.