**J%nu%ry 30,**  **1939**

IZonomble Bert Ford Admlni atmtor Texw Liquor ControlBoard Auustin,

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Hon. Bert Ford, January 30, 1939, Page 2

1019; Bow5an vs..

State, 41 S.W. 633; Allen vs. State, 39 S.E. 2g4; @hapmanvs. State, 39 S.W. 113; Irish vs. State, 29 S.H. 778.

A 100&k OptiOll OleOtion is not void by m&son of the failUT6 Of the hUI!l~sdonere Court to rsoord the or(lere arderlng and deolaringthe result of the eleotlon at the time designatedby law, as the aotfi

are morelpminlsterlal. Bx part0 mltoa, 73 s.vi. 314. It 18 the faot of oanvassing,ratherthan the record ther8or,whloh gives eifeot to the sleotlon. Iithe oourt baa deolamd the mault of' the eleatioaand ordered the sale of liquorsprohibited,it is presumedthat the canva?sing was duly performed. The failureof the reoord to refleotperrormanoeor the mlnlaterialaotor raoord1% th0 0%2lTZkSSbl 6umQtionarising f 18 2lOt 8Yid8nW 8Wfiai6nt $0 OVOmOW th6 profnm ths order drolarlngthe m&t).tbat tbr tot88 WM6 %t&.Ul~~.OMV%S88& At bed it 18 Onlf rrid8008the8 **the OO\ut**  **iai18d, aft8r**  **OamaS8itbg, SO**  **pBl?fOm #8**  **oial8t8rial ‘**  duty Of 8IltWiw th8 &ate **Of** the polls in 8aOh pmOinOt, in tb8 wmer oontsrPplat8d **by** law. POti Stat8 that IfI

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h8l.d ti w%lM!l **oouatp** them o%n b8 fowd no order 8hwi22g pIblioatlo2i of the r8- 6ult8 of ths eleotion**for the**  tlw end **la the**  **muter pzomrLbed**  **by l%w.**  Aa t0 thb 8hOtiOX4, if it OM b8 8tiblirbrd tbatth8 Ordclt iXl f8Ot -8 ,publlaWd for th8 t&8 Md in tb **-** pX’888ri~8d **by hW;**  **th8** ~SrriOlk8FS COtEt w, **at** thi0 tipn, 8&W M 0X&8= w pro tuw in Its kfbUt86 rharity th8 

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### saoh do226 in $h8 0688 Of Q8U8 ~5. BfatO (CaUrtOf not 

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### th8 th6 Ord8r ha6 %Otu%w **b88n $tl?+@h8&**  **tit8 t-08**  whothor the 22tiniStOri~ Mt Of 8Ilt8ria th0 Ord8t d8ti8l’ing nuoh t0 b8 a f%Ot is Or’i8 not p8riOnaSd. It 18 **th8 WtUti**  fWt ,Ofpublloatloa,

rather than t&8 r8aor(lthareof, whtoh giV8S 

### 6fr88t and ralldftyto tkrs eleotion. Th8 02tly pprpo88 of sntarm,t& erdet at this tina would **be** to si.X&fliip the mdl8 Of pXOOf **Of** saQh publioatlon.

An to the 1934 sleotionin Angelinaoounlw, it appeara. that them Is **moordsd** in Book~C, R8oorb Of the ~18tltiO2l R8tWlUl of Apg#~lti **Oounty,** Texas, th6 state of the pall6 Ill 8aOh p8OiWt on that dleotlon,~and a 8tateauntby the then oountp jud 8 to the &feat that th8 oanva88 was 

### ~$6 and the **m6Ults** 

### deola ret a0 *Own in mah reoord. You are advised that the CkmdseiOMre Court Of ~agsilnacounty,~exa8, may at this tlm6, **by mferrlnt$**  to th8 **r6-** tit.6 of the canvass of the elsotion %s moorded in Beak 4, RO@Ol'd or the ixleatlon

Returns,Angellna County T-8, enter upon the Yi2&08 Of tb8 &SSl&38iOn8rl3 cOurb.tiO&r deblui13gthe r8-t8 of mmh 8leotionmu0 pro tu2uh OXlq T89 ~il18lk, 107 8.W. o(8i spear8 vs. steto, 6upraw Thts having been done, the ootzrt pmy tbnRon. Bert Ford, January 80, 1939, Page 3

order publloationof the order deolarlngthe results oi the elsotlon, and prohibitingthe sale of liquors, In the mnner and for the time presorlbsdby law, and, publloatlonhavingbeen erreated In such mnner, enter the osrtlrloateevldenoingeuoh raot upon the brutes. Such eleotioa,of course,would not **be** e,ifeotlve until after the publloatlonrequiredby law has been made. The failure to publish the order does not render **the** eleotlonInvalid,**but** marsly poatpanes the taking effeot ot the law. **Rawls** vs. State, 89 S.W. 1071.

fwnverlngyour requests,therefore,in order, you are ad**vised:** 3!ha

pmuent Co~lsslonarr, Oourt Of wllna C0unty T8xae oan f$er to the,

r8oults of **the** 19% 8laotion a8 mfleot8d iy Book' 4 of the Reoord of Sl86flOnReturns,U8olare &n nmlt8 of the olwtion, pmhlblt the aale of Intoxloatlng llqwrs, orderpublloatlonof maoh or&r, and'ttinreoord the oertlfloateof the 

### oouaty juagr **m** fleetingthe fast of publloatlonIn the mannex lndluatobher8Inabme.

In our opinion a%aumWgth% faot6with r%@r& to the 1904 **8bOtk t0**  be **a8 abOV8**  **i2ldiMt8d hUJ8liM**  **QOilIltf 18**  18@4 m whethv or nOt anything $6 dono wfth reremnas t0 aurIol( **48f8otr** in &j the 1Ql.s or 1336 8;l8OtiOXKJ, slnoe 1t &wJs 2&ot app8%r **iron** you? 18% ,terthat the oounty has et anytlms in the lnterimbnnvotM rut.

Wltih mgard.to **your** la& qa86tiona8 to n&l&or 8ny dc-' feOt8 in **th880 1iQlW**  **8hot:OZMl hatO**  **8w Off8Ot**  **011 tb**  **-tr 8p**  pmoinat b882 818etiOW &WiOr $0 Or 8ino8 192!6,~b8gtO rdri88 

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Youm very **truly** AlTORtG?Z (PW **OF** TEXAS