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1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY fiENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable CllfforU B. Jones, President Texas Teohnologioal a0110ge I Lubbook, Texas Dear Sirr opir@-+-$98

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From the marketing oontraot you anoloeedwe quotm oertab pertinent provie$oner fmuuwrIN0 a'omaT OF TIi8 TEXAS CERTIFIED SEE9 OROWERS ASSOCIATION "The Texas aertlfled Seea bowsrs IlssOoiPtion, a non-profit, co-operative-~sooiation, with its.orable Clifford B. Jones, page 2
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office and place of buslnees at Lubbock, in Lubbook County, Taxaa, herearterreferredto a* *&eoolatlon9 and the undersigned,hereinafterrefarred to as 'Breedar'.AGREE: 0.
. . "2. The Breeder agrees to deliver to theAasoolation all of eaoh variety of State Certlfle& Grain Sol’ghum Seed now on hand or produoedby him 

### or forhim or aoqulred by him aa landlordor tenant for ten (10) orop years from and artier date of thle oontraot. ". . . ". . . *b. Title to such Grain 80rghusu Seed shall pase to the Association upon delivery. The &soolatlonmay borrow money and pledge the.Graln Sorghum Seed or other asseta a8 seourltyfor loam. "5. The Asaoolation shall re-sellaaldGrain Sorghum Seed as it deems best 

### undermarket 

### oonditlons, and shall deduot from the prooeedaof sale thereof, f'relght, lnsuranoe, storage and interest, aaroll aa the cost of operating and maintaining theAseoolatlon, and in addition thereto,in ths dlaoretlonor the,Board of Dlreotors reservesnot to sxoeed fire (5) per oent of the gross 

### re-sdle prloo or aata Grain Sorghum Sesd. All reserves shallbeoome a permanent oontlnulng fund of the Asroolatlon, unleea distributedas andwhen oonolwlrelg determined by the Board of Blreotors;and eaohmember*a lnteiest in suchRes4ne fund shall be in prop~rtlon to his oontrlbutiontheretoas approvedby the Board of Directors. The Breeder agrees that reserves deduoted under any previous marketing oontraot betwen him and the Asaoolatlon shallhereby beoome subjeot to the proVisions of this oontraot. ". . . ". . .Honorable Cllrtord B, Jonas, page 3



### ". . . "9. Ir ror any rsason the Breeder falls 

### or reruses to dsllver all or his State CsrtlfledGrain Sorghum Seed oovered by this 

### oontraotas herein provided, or sells any State aertlriedSeed as individual property or rails to report sales and to deliver prooruls of Sales to AssoolationSeoretazy, then and in that eYsnt he shall be held to have braaohad his oontraot and shall pay to,the Assoolatlon liquidated damages in the sum or 250 per bushel on all Grain Sorghum Sesd withheld 

### or sold, and a reasonable 

### attorney roe and oosts or 

### stilt, whlah shallbe due and payable at Lubbosk, Lubbook 

### Oounty,Texas. Breeder rurthermore 

### agreesin this ease 

### to surrenderhis lloense to the State Seed ana Plant Board and diaoontlnue &rowlng State Csrtlfled Seed, and must raturn all unused Assoolatlon Brand Bags to Assoolatlon at prevallIng.prIoe of bags at the time. *.
. . * * We haYe examined the statute8 oreating and alieotlllg the Collegeand wa.ara of the opinion the Board of Regen;; ;; :~PI& authorityto enter into the oontraotyou enolosed. ~__ thatArtlole 2629 authorlses the College to 61~0 lnstrustlonin a&rloultural

### pureults, and Artlola 2631make8 it the duty or the %oard to provide the raollltles that ~111 enable the studentbody to pursue oourses in tarm husbandry. These statutes do, or ooursa, authorizethe College to mske it possible for the students to do orlgina ana rasearshwork ln agrioulture,such a8 the breeding andmsrkatlng of sorghum seed. It is a wholly differantmatter, horefer, when it is proposed In oonneotlonwith that authorized CollageastIYlty to enter into a ooutraotwith a prIYate agenop tar the marketing or Gollege or State property. ~Rspeoial.Iy ls thistruewhen the contract oontains 8 provlslonr.for liquldated damagesand attorneys roes, or provides ror a oo~miss~onnot axseedingflvs per sent ior the private oonoern18 serrloes.

It seems to be will settled in Texas that uniYersitie8 aadaollages, like othar oorporations,haYe 01ilJi such powers as are@ante& in their oharters or by goYsr&tg StatuteS. R. B. :,Spenoera CO. Y. Thorp Springs ChristlenCollege, 41 S.w. (26) 482;42 Tex. JUT., p. 821, sea. 4.Honorable Clifford 8. Jones, pago 4
oolleges and unlverslor a stats oollege are ars purely creatures or the constitution and laws or Texas. The only powers or oharters they oan have are those granted by the Lsglslaturs. Splawn t. Woodard, 287 S.W. 677; 42 Tax. Jur., p. 822, sea. 5.

?lnally, ws point out that stats offloers oan make no binding oontraotwithout prstlous authorityoonferred by law. State Y. Perlsteln, 79 8.W. (2d) 143; 38 Tex. JUT., p. 840, sea. 22.

Sinoo uw hate oonsluded them Is no statutory authority for it,ws advise the College should not exeoute the oontraot. Very truly yours, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

By 6*7+ Elbert Hooper

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