OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

Honorable

Tams W. Cbzndler CountyP.ttorney Bobert6cJn

county Frenklin,

Tena I&rch 15, 1939Honorable ThomasE. Chandler, Arch 15, 1939, Page 2

priorto Ueoeaber

31, 3938,terminating,

the date oi thie oontmot." Yinoe the salver of the formerCountyAttorneyoould cover only hie tern,and the preeent CountyAttornoy has not waived,did the C~aalone~rs* Court exceed Its power in etlp ulatlng

the aboveexoepttion or provlsi.on?

Couldthe present

CountyAttorney

now take chargeof the suits thatwere Piledby the QOIItraotor

pd.or to January

1, 1939 (Deoaaber

Sl, rest, tbetiine **d&b** or oat&mot I? (I gllEtTxos

4t Dobe tam oontraator bavb tim ri*t ta a lsp aaamlb~aon

on any rboov4ry

4.4 the mttlbmcab::0r

a tar malt afterDbarpbbr ail, 1988?Honorable Thoma R. Chandler, MarohM, 1939,we 3

collect the $100,000.00

he had ~uarnnteed

tc do by the expiration

date or said oontraot,Decazber 31, 1938, (andto be exact, only e little lees than $80,400.00 has bean oolleoted

by Ireamber 31, 1938.). Kould you oowider thiFscontractbreaohed?" x8 will firstendeavor to axuwer

your Guestfon

No. 1. Artiole

V, Seotioa

18, of the Constitution of Terra, af$erpmvldln~ for the eleotion of four oooinmfssloners in eaoh ozunty, pmvlden as tollowsr

bythicr

Coiwtlttatioa

aa thb lawa at the State, **ar ar**  **nay br**  **kmreaS%ar gnmttrlboU+**  **”**

**,.** Tiwe ir no wlmtitutlo~ pmedon or ,8tptUt9 8tatwg

barorethe aoust eaa aot?

Tb9r9arenoT9xasagfpaxla~ 9ourtOa808 **quest&m,** and there ls a mat gonfltcrt wwthe **othbr** 

### fatstee.Eonorable ThomaeB. **Clxmdler, Marok**  lS, lQZY$, Page 4

Igdlam held that Wan a quorumof a oity ~ouuoll*as presentthat a majority

OS the votes cast (acme being present

end not voting) authorized

tile ccu~cil to act. In a foot note to the case of Law z~&rs. Ingersoll, **puma,** in Volume 6 of L.R.A., the follovAng : *Thle cnat~ emd the one next Sollowing, xiwlvl3.le

oas 00. VII.

xhtahT.ll.le,

post. sls, by their shark oonfllct add interest

to 6cmo questions

ahlch do not often QOBIB beforethe aousts. *mua **wbight** 

### or authority is to the of- I

t

I 1~

1 Pth9awQrst~r‘~~~ .

C h t in a p x ww U a g u n de r A r ti s l e P$, b$ t b a

**that** t u -thm s o t t he t u lti m **fhmb** p %w b nt tln a Y o tln g n u t t o t e 6 a m mm l y 9 o a - atwd’Artlolo O61, as& 1. 

### rbally of 8~ v&tie to ualr fa t&s ew d &tat0 TO* OitJr

oi MaAUea, thu wwt lib24 that a dty ardlnaaoe

wtu lwella bm8aume belngth6raalpafatendi~meinthaaa8;p **butthb4mtatblao** t!??i!k- **had** not elm it, thh uld, whiohrcl

are irurk ta statsmay b4~ ui8tu& th nPUd.ast *As mll ordlaanobb ut bb agqfravo4

by a Mjorlty Ya4b 04 thaw pruoat Mu robl!a& ata rPlrUb~@&ll8&8t~dthDbr*a8Sd~~~,:t mt u appbbr that Ste m nlrwnt at a a*deMy k~ti8bWS Vd8i?d3tb%8~~~~*Xonorable Thoms 1;.

Chandler,

Maroh 15, 1939, Fage 5

In that ease the 'mayor and four oounoil~~~~~ Wre present, and two voted *yes", one voted "no",and the xtayor and one oouncllman aid not mte. The langu;uaCe in this ease indloates that JUdge Ryan,n?~o

wrote the opinion,

Savored

the rule leld down ln the aaae 

### 0r Rushri~e ias co. VS. city 

### or itushville, a. As indicated

**by** the authorities

on the question, tbi.8is a very closean4 dirrfoult question

to,dealde,

**edd** we realize that we aan decide~one

my almostas loglaallg 6s we oen deoidethe other way. Ziowever,

m reel like the uuurt did in State vs. Yates, after it haU reviewed the evenlybalanced authorities

on both of the question,

in w&oh it said:
'We ar6 inullaed

to thb oplllion

that thb pro bhar r x~&lcrth&ttho~Jho r.malnsllant lbr&mmMta auaatto the aotofthoeo l&o 40 vote'.*

ml3 ruls was 

## eated In camp V8r Thumael, 86 8.W. (84) mc, a11 tolla* r* * * lbierypsrsvalsoharge4withthe

knowledg#

of the law 

## tbat ooraeirrdon~ aourtm oan be boundby their apmamte only when theq aut a8 oourts

axd **by orders**  **Uuly pessed.**  HO rl@ts uan be ae agrwatm **dth** WiredaB aga$rmta **twuntyby**

**&I8** mlatiiolYbr6* uaurt~~inairidual8eon1po6lagae~1~

Whir0 the evibnbb ahars that the ammlbalcmerr~ 00ur-t

bae aoted w.kth

kmmlb48e of the olroum~tanee6~

0~4% that thb otbbrpart@ to thbRonorable Thoms fi.

Chandler,

Baroh 15, 1939, Page 6

-allqed contract

has innooently

placedhimelf in a situation

uhihiah will oausehim loss in ease the contract

la not suataimd, it nay be concludedthat the county is boundthersbg. Ths ratlliaotion

or estoppel

must be basedupon aotion on the part Or ths oon!m.bsioafsrel oourt.* This rule or ratlfioation wan expressed

in~the~oaees

or Boydston

vs. Rockmill

County (Dr. Sup. Ct.) 86 Tex. 234,24 3.X. 272; ‘d.llisxs

vs. Pure Oil Co. (Ter.Cams.**A** p.) and ~elvoston

County vs. Oreshsm (Tex.

Clv. if pp.) 78 S.E. (26) 929; 220 3.~. 560. The eontraot

in qusetlon

Is batedMay 26, 1937, endwo **do** notknowwhat &s ~YRUW~~I& ala00thatdate. It may or pray &at b.~&y~g~pa~%~~ Oopnt]r 

### bRB Z%tif%ma

it arid ifb m~gpab t0 a”’

. our mmwertoyourfirst cpzostAml.s that byvlxtam of t& two to one efrlamtivevote by the oomll#doaers' oourt the oontraot ls vttUd:and in addttion theretothe oontraat might be enforolble oonstlt\rte ratifloatioa and ortopanmuryour seooadqm8Moar The &atute uhloh autdaorltw thereidada ot wntraoti la rrzlolt4

78s5 **or** tam perlad ai*1 Statutva 0r Texas, 8auI it z06a+ b part,a8 fbllowm

%heawer tbo -~donarr' ovwt OS any aounty **after** thlrtf**dyr written**  acitioo to, tbm oouatyattonw 6r Qirsriot attorney te fflr 6d.inquanttaJLsu%ta~hl.a iailaseto doso, &mlldeam tt neaorrmary or axgedicat, 88l&crourt may oontnaot

with u4r **osnpetent** atturnoy to qofora* or assistin the m~orcrownt 0S the wlleotion~or

any ddlnquant Btata aad Qouutytaxea for a per osat on the taxes.a This oiiroshas heratetirat~held **in Attorney**  &meral*r Opln.lon?&.0-237 **dated** February 14 lQS9,tbata Omr~&relom~rs~ court ldm3~.1*0&* term sn4ed IalbSs owl& notiluske a wntzaot of thJa **kind** uhkohwan aot TV take **Wteot** until lQI!M, rtrem a mw **aam&oslonwe*** **hurt** wouldbe in oitloe, on the @wand that tym CWaiouara* Court aould oat biad the rrsrt OaPnnLedoriemr*

Court **in pemonal**  matters **fa? tJd.8**  **kl& Hamwcwr**  **ya) till**  **not ea**  **80 iar**  as to hold t&at the @Wxmmy **aaplqed** by tie QWUBL$88LOn~(l' Court in oontraut8

or thi6 **klnd** mUat ma00 work to the extcmt.oi nQt proseouting

owmalafeedy flb4 $180 **broaauea newa~sn~rec**  **aourt an4**  **a ww**  **ouunty Attorney**  **himi taken**  

### orrioe, ***vim** 

### tbeu6h **the** ooatraot

speaftigally

provideo t;hst the attorney 80 ~pbrail shallHonorable Thoms R. Ohasdlar, Haruh 15, 19959,

Pago 7

be allowed

sir monthsafterthe temInatIng date or the oontraot, kich una also tie end of the CopBpisaiOner8' and the County

Attarney*sterm 0r orrioe, t0 proseauto suitsalready

riled to rinel. judgment. In this oaeo the oontraot maker suah a provIsion and grants the attcmsy ID emplo~ad ths rightto finishprossoutingthe maIt already flledt and we ballevs t&t the Caaraiselomrs~ Court had the ati- --thodty to grant tho attorney this privilege, Commonsaxme dlotates that tho attcmmyvho fllodths suit md startedltuould be Iaabotter position

to prossoute

the **mit** to

omai udgeumtthan some4

other attorn.ey,andthIsis exaotlywhatths C rsionsrs *on tbsyput that pmvidon In the sontrasb. thoughtInthIr sass

Tberoanno antborItlenthatwomifl~& tbatbeardiraat 4 a this sIt\atloat **brrt wo**  **kl%o*a** **tht the**  **nU atat.**  **%a 4**  **pae, On**  **The Iar**  **or** 

### 'Ooutraetr, **&rd** **xd*,** **8848,** applies **to thie**  **8~01 that**  mls bef.n6

a8 iollas:

:

~d,atfm we tho 8aooesrful bid.derfar theHonorable ThornsFL Chandler, March 15, 1938,Pace 8

wculd clearly

have been entitled

to com;Jlete the or Uer

. *
It ha6 been nu&gested thst the new CountyAttorney, who took officeon January 1, 1933,haa oertslninterests in theee CGSeS. lie

does have a vltel interest in the mite flledefter he tcke6 office,

because

he Geta e fee a8 **ptided** in me 15% 3.S he file6 the mlts (and.this w-a8 $lven Sor one OS the xumaone Sor Attorney

Qanerel’s

0pWon x0. O-W?, referred to abow); but ba @.OOS Ilot

have t&i6 interest iIltU SUitEI that have @.bWdy been filedby an outaiUetsx attorney bofcm he took atlice, and wh%ch suits**are calf**  beingpmcsecutod to Slnal judagmsnt. The zxmonhe dose not hnvo thla lntsrert Anthe tits alretiySil+4**by.ea** out&de -ta x l tt a r a ey

l a b e o a a mh8 w o tll dwt x* & v* l fee l a t h o a r 8 u iC8

ss l a t ka ti r Eyr i~ror~f~~~~~rrr d s in p a F ti *~i b t 1WSt';l;e cocstitutlonality

of Article7335was upheldby the Supreme

Court of Texris

in the csses of Cherokee Countyvs. Odom, U3 Tex. ZCB, 15 5.i.. (Ed) 538; nnd Com~I.ssfoners' CourtoGbEdison County

vs. it~llace,

116 fex. 279, I.5

S.V.'. (26) 535. - quentto those casesthe Commission oS Appasla,

Se&ion A, in the case of ';nstemooG

vs. Henderson

County,

62 S.Z. (2d) 69, saldt "Thepower to provide for the colleotlon of dellrquent tares, ad prescribe the oompensationto be p&G for servicea rendered

in that res;)ect,

resides

exclusively

in the LegieLature. Under this power,tho cowzssi'oners* oburtav?ay be grantedsuthotity to mske binding

aontrsats lookin@

to the aollaotioti

OS deljmpuent

taxw, and to tha paymeat0r a 88 amapamatlon Sin a0 lA= t as the aolleotioai3, oee **putowed** in that
**j Otlrenawrto**  your third **qusstlon la**  **t&t tba**  **present Uouaty** **Attarmy** oaul(la~tatthm praaenttiwtslr;s ohargeoitha muits thatwere fllead by the QWqueat tax attoraa **tealnatiagdato** of the awttraot (Deaauber sl, 1MB T prior bo ths

1 In&ha ocm taltm ohrggeat themattbe l ndof rri,xmantha

aStarftM.tazml~tlag &at0 if any ar8 8tlll on the daeket,

We rlll PQI give aansideratlon to jour fewtla

quwtlon~ Theaaatreetpzrovldea that RaEutsonCauatyimto paythe tu attarm em oyodwar tb eantraot WI per aant cri the amouat oclleoted

0E: pl al deliaqubat

taxna,peaaltg

and intuwt+ * * eotuellyoalleated* + +, OS vhlah sbaaedRsrty (tuattaraayll8l.iwtmasatalin oolleotlx@ * + + ".
We Mvea~eady held laour tmawarto Qu88tioatwothettha tax attomsg~ls entitled ta eix mantlmattertha tsa&mtAag tit* c# th4 aantrsat Daamnbat3l.,3.9Ei3, lnwhlohta pm86autato ii&ml IV&- Wat (Nit8 drSGdySl~& f,8.d we hare held inour M8mrto '4-S t 011 three thatdurIng that I xmcnthe periodthe CkuutyAti~~rney aauld not teke ahargaof the tsx suits ~l.re~Clg Tiledby the tax attomep. Eruita that ere Siledbythstar attorney bdn& theaimtmot perlo and eettled by himwithin 8i~mnthrr sitar tb0 tan&J&- ing date me alesrlyaantanpktedby the aontZ%ot, and ths pOd8iOn referred

te above that provides for payrnant to the attorMy of 1% OS the mount aallaated applisa withoutqwirtion to th880 Qaao6i OuramwutoyaurZ'ourth qubooionia that thsooat~ofor, the taxattora~,has the xtghtto alf4j4aamslmloaona mr@YO~ls the 8ettlrmeat of a ta%atitaSterDeasmiber sl.2938, pkwV%dti th8 suitwas riledby the tar stboxmy prior ta Deomaber 1IL, lQIBB, darinesHonorable Thoms i..

Chnndlsr,

Usrch 15, 193Q,Page 10

the term OS tiio

uontraot,

;-ad wu5 settled

within six monthsOS Decelnber 31, 1938. :ist? will rlow

t&e up your SiSth question. This contract

does not expressly

state that t&m is OS the essence. IS a law suit should developtjotween

the parties

to the oontract,

it is iqossiblt? for us to sey nt this time what gle&dings

would lo tiled

wd what evideme woilld be odmitted,'but it Keg be ttit the 1~ ouitwould developso that the rule in Taylor allin;:Co. W. ~knrican kg Co., 230 S.ii.

782;would apply,

whioh rule is in vmrds CE follows:

Vhether or not tinr, it3 of the essenoo~or a oootmot ls~a quetuttion at femt **fbr** a jury, UdLdSS the eaatraotwpre66lyat¶keeitso,ar utihss the tmbjeot-matter OS the oontraot

is euoh that aoourtullltake judlolal knowledge ar the taatthat the pll't&OS obvlouely

lntsn888 that t3.w ahaul bs ab me 08-01) OS ths aoatraat. Suahwiuld bet&~ oaselnauontraatto deliver

aotlm ox-

wheat, or any art~ole OS nblah thereWi8 a aonatentl SulotQatinglm~t, a8- outalrsble **by** estab dab edE3rkutquotatWa6. *The **modsrnteadsnoyls** tohold that time ti aat Qs the a6banooOS a aantraot woepttM*r tbs **alrouwtaaoos** above &atodr' Tbi.6 oifioe bk8 bonoti18d OntO MEWr~QWStiOW, and '10 hkIV8 vSnt~~O8

Our OpitiOa

Ron thereWa(1

#Uah a &Jk Or authorltythstitawtante8 only to a me88 a8 torhattb8aourt8weuXd yobuuE'Qd3.l not ga 60 r= or be aa reaklese a6 to tsm66

what a

. On aoootant

cU the Saot that this may developinto a &XT qwtetlon,webelieveth~titwouldbb inpmperfarus to attmptto GMweu it,.

we wlu now endsavor to anaveryour sixth**quwtlon.**
In paragraph

YII OS th8 aontraotit ie mvldad that $aberteonCounty is to pay ths~t~~attaney bnp%yed under %3 peroentot the amount otor OS taxes durine: the (t tt the &es:to:~ )iei t

"iii% is "tii tal 1 11 tl

t%?iS t&t%n~o%? In para&ra~h VIII it is pXOti ’b8 that “ thi8 WtiXWt 6htkl1 be iEl fQl’W inw. 8UW 1, 1937, to Deoenber XL, 1938, + + * end at ths expiration or 6&d periodthie 0mtraatehel.lteda6te * + *,* Tek%ng+heeepmVi6- ians a.low3

into oonslderation

wwmii.6 aanolude

that the aontraatcrHonorable Thomis Ii.

Chrrndler,

-oh 15, 1939, Page

(tax nttorney)

oouldonly reoeiveoo~~~&~alons fro= 1~ the tern of the ffintrnot whiohwas rnxu June 1, 1937,to koember 31, 1938,and that he oouldnot rsoeivecommisslone rmi gnymsnts rnnde after that tiae; but there is another provision

that mat be considered,

and that is that pert of paragraph VIIIwhich prorides as follae: wExoeut the oontraot

shallbe alloweds$lx monthsin which to Prosooute

to final fudaumt suits 1-d mlor to i)eoanber 31. 1930.- In oonstrulng

this last quotedprovision we held in our anower to your seo~ndquestion that this provision wa8 valid, end that ths tax attormy has the ri&t provided for in this p~uvieion. If the tax attorney

"is lnstnueentsl

In oollsotln~"

thesetaxes by tirtusoShad.agflleda suit, that ie ifthssultoau~~edthe paynwmt of them taxoo,then surelythe tax attor~~ey Ia entitled to reoslve a 6omldon, be0mls0 ii the tax attQnwp oanaot rwelve these OoQalstdonn lt'would

bo wsless (LI

far a6 he *a8 **oonoornod**-to ~sseute to iinal judpent”~after Dewmber Sl, lVS8, suitsthat he had fU.od prior to that tlms,and tlm **abare** quoted **pr~tislon from**  **Sootion VIIX**  of the oohtraot

weuld be meanlng&s~, &oh a aoaetnrotion weld not be 10 8 hes4 011

this ooatraot

by aayoourt, but the rule axprsrssd ln **ex.Tur.884wmldbo** applkd,thatrPlsbslng ariollms:

l 1 tl a t o b s

Ouranswwto your ulxth queasttonlr that the 6outra6tor (thetaxattornsy) oeuld aoteoatinuste reoelrsoomml.emlonm oa 00X- ~leationo -de by t.b Tax AmesmI ”CIOlle~t~ after Dsoaaber Zl, lBS8 with the eraeptlon

that be is entitled to a ooamisrlon

on money ml& totho TaxAeam61~0or-Ooltootoru~ta ml 19f59,

fish&was ti@trumu&al in aollsotlng by vfrtu6of havS.4$ fhsd a cult @or to DOOOBIbar 3l,lUS,

we4 till now enswer

your mmutth qqeetlorb
It 1s our oplnlon that mar 8x1-r to que8tian sit alao anSWSXVB I&IS qutw,loni.

YOU se at tmat rate the ooauisnW #houla be paid, and that ie already set out at 18% ot the arsouat 6ol266t&Ronorablc Thoms S. Chandler, Um-ch 13, 1939,pnge 1%

Cur mswer to your seventhqestion is that the contraotor (the tax attorney)

could not receive

oo.missIons

fmlr.tha

paymnt af delinquent

tarescf't~ Ijeoe:ber 3l, 1938;wItA the ezoeption thzt he ie entitled

to li cozA.solon

on colleotlons

up to July 1, 1939,whIoh he wae instrumnttil in collecting

by virtue of ftavin(; filed 6 adit prior to Lkxxmber

31, 193& and his rate of cox~Ission lntlxme latter onses is 13 per cent of the mount collooted.

tlon. Se wIl1 now discuss and aaaweryour eighth, and last,quesXe are unable to find in the contract any wordo by which the tax attorney

&uarsntees

to solloot$100,000.00 In delinquent tsxm by 

### Deoember

31, lOSe$and, thonfiwe, ws oonaluds that ths **repremntatioae and**  

### guarantyn to rhlohyourerer

in yourquestion w4r4 orallymade at th4 tlm of tbo ae~tiationsl~dluguptoths luaungoi the oontraot. Tha only ps+vldon lnthtroontraot that mwtlonsa ?guarantee* ie Seotlon

XVI, whloh rsadsas follows: *B;L1plxtiissZwrstoagmatotbsfollordng 4hangsin tho fWo&6g pnnisions of this 6on**tS!LOt, to-T&J**  **&OOold PJlX**  **’ ty**  **&f&l1** ROt **X ’**  **OOaiv9** say oomp~satdonuhatmsrer umbr and by rirtps of this aoatl'aet

until Cm l?uadrsd

Thouscud

Dallams (#lOO,OOO&O)

shallhambmm soLlooted by saib gwty or th0 64ixmd pit. .zr as, a04Whsa safd~Ttyaffhss~ndp~obalihaoeo~ot~ odQneHunaredThousarrrlDollan ~#lQO,OOO.OO)be ahallbe entitled

tc ad must be PaId the !Phire **tom** psr oent (1%) aolaskrlon set out abovo, **.gnd** thereaftersaibpartyoftbs astmdpartshallbe

The above aomission of X3$ uhlo~h is w&hheld is a guarantee that One Ikudred

Thoumnd Dollars (#100,000~~00)

will be oollsoted

shallbe plaoedin osorow,

payebB to ths .party of the so+ ond gmrt upon proof or the oolnotIon of the $lOO,OOO.OO,

the benk or banks to hold the esorm money being,

neuSad by prey of tti samad part., **said** bank or banks ta bs situated in Robertson colaaty,

TexaII*

party or creoond

part rurtber

agreea -not tc eend out any notlms or tile~eu.ky suit qainet delinquent

taxpayers

prior to August IBth,A.D., 1937v" This provlsioa

ooulit not be **oanstxwd** a6 a tbs tax attonvry

would oolleot$lOO,QOWQ guwanty that lb msrelypmofdee that the t&z 

### attornsps upuntilhe has oolleoted $LOO,oOo*OO~

end **amat be**  remembered

that **ha is**  entltbd **to 6i.x**  **mm&&w atiar**  **DeOaab~**Iionmcble IZm?zsZ. Emadler, Wimh X5, 1959,Pags 19

1, 1928, in d.i~h to wos%%ut% to findL jtipti suitsalr%a& filed, 2nd it nit?*

bet&t the total of O,lOO,OOCi.oO will be reaoh%d

tir hce%?r 31, 1938,xhflobe is so pms%outln~thoee suits, aud tha 5% r;c;uld

hu a?titAed

to hi% cou~nsation.
In ragam to the oral agr%%nmt +u3 ntlioh yourefsr by wbi%h thetex attorney

reprnreaented

aail gwrante%d t&t h% would %oUeot p100,033.00,

~6 must. not overlookthe x-tile stated in 17 Ter. J'Ur. 844, cs r0u02f8:

Ykcl evidenoe is l.radmlaalble to vary en unoontitLona3.

pmmisato paynmn%y **by shea**  p~orarcoat~~~~paroln~nttbatthe pxvdaorrPIouldnotb4raqulredtopayorthatlt we4 notabsolutalypayable - as, ror sxswplo,

that itehouldbepagablso~yuponthe psrfolmllos0r h speoiried

6ondition

or the happenin of a o%rtainoantingsnoy,

orthat;Iaym%& should bsmads ootorapa~calar **tun0.***

i Am.1 86 8.8'. @U) lslr Robert&St. fohuWtor Co. vs* Bpriqpasr, 66 8.U4 o!a)8991 aad Hldal '9" Oarmty

### Wati4r

Jmpmclrwnt

Diet6 Hoe 4 ter. Feutara Iat%& %r& 06.1 **U.S. O&A.)**  **16 ted.**  **(&I) 89%**  **It may** **be** t&still

eUw wiltooaur8 lnmlringthirr aontraottlatfraud,aoof**doat** or aistnha

**will be**  **alleged and**  **thereby make** **oral** rspremntatlons**admlsdhle lu**  **evldems, but**  **we lmv6**  **only** tlm **oontraot** be$wp uslnsnswering yourrirrsstions,andaecsaonlyba~~~dbgthe wordsor th% 00ntra0t*

mraatswer toyouraighth qasstlonlstbatualerthe Rrcrts tbetyouhave &mm us ontMs questionwrido not oonsiderthat

the contract

has bean **beaehhsd.**