OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS** AUSTIN

&morsble Loa Alsup ! mutire &oretary-Dfreotor c **sate** Commlssloa for the Bllad

~ Aastln, 'Peras DOAS Sir:

on or the state 

### the.Bllnd? And

the above question stote that W8need swered la the nega s depArtmoot oa -don, whioh you questian is Aant Appropriation ror 11 No, ,423, at page 47th Leglrrlature, Ragtsasao~s and Hleoollaa-



### $ b 30. Y

Rerolr fund Sor rsw materials to be used f by workera in home

industries 

### forsduoational sad rehabili**tAtiOn PUpOSAS.** 

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### 5,000.00 5,ooo.oogcaorable Loa Alsup, Page 2



### 31. Stand equipment, machiaand toola for re- ~!ilitAtiOtl AIhde&UC@- tioaal training 

### purposfm5,OfJO.OO 5,000.00" Inour opinion 

### No.O-4059,addressedto~1s~Hazel H. Seokhsm, then Ereoutlve ~Zeoretary-Director af the State Ccnusisslon for the Blind, weheld that the term Wequlpmsatn 81~ used In Item 31, 

### quotedabove, lo sufficlent~ly broad to inolude stocks of merchandise to be ,a014through vending stands established GM malatalaed by the Conmisslon ae an aid to tba flnanolal rehabilitation of blind persons. ii9 urderetsnd that these stocks of neroliandfse lnol~de cigars, psokaged ohewing hum, packaged OAIA~~ bare, bottled soft 

### drinks,and other such thlngn ordinarily sold through vending stands oonducted In the lobby8 of office buildings. Younowdesire to purahass these stscks fr05 the revolving fund provldsd In Iten 30, in order to releaee the funds provided insItem 

### 31 tarother pressing nesds.

Ths answer to your question ~depsnds on whether the Phrase “raw materials” Iooludes such thlnga as cigars, paoksged ohewing gun, packaged oandy bars, and bottled soft drinks, andupon whether the phrase show industries* includes vendlng .stande operated i~. the lobbys of offloe bulldings. :?e have found no judicial definltlons of these phrases, whloh ars epplloable to the question here presented. Yebster de-. fines tho adjective vraw* 

### aa meaning *‘in, or nsarly 19, ths ;;;;F aGateJLlttle ohanged by art 1 umrought; ~8 raw ma-

.unprspared r0r use 

### or enjoyment; orude; as, raw produaL , ,fl, and %aterlal* as “the substanoe or eubetanoae, or parts, g00as, stock, or the like, ,of which anything la’ oomposed or maybe made; **Aa,** rawmeterlaleaV. Inaemuoh ae the stook in trade or a vsndiag stand such ae tho8e Operated under the supertlsion 

### of the Commlselon cmeleta 0r thlags ia whioh the 

### pmueee ofmanufacture is Cmplete, and *hioh are prepared for final ooneumptlon, we do not believe that these things come within tha meaning of the phass “raw materlalsv, as used In Item 30, above, by the Legislature. BuFthermore, WB believe that the phase “home lndustrles*, ae used In said Iten 30, r&era to arts, oooupatioas, Andbusinesses pursued in or about a &nelllng or dwelllnge.

It Is therefore our opinion that none of the funds appropriated In said Itetv 30maylawfully bs used by theHonorable Len Alsup, 

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state Com@iealon for the l3llad for the purohase of mromaalee rhloh la to be sold 

### byvendins atandq **Op#rAted** under ite supsrvlalon.

Sines we hare anewred~your first question in the 

### mgativo,we do aot 

### onaider your seoondqaeotion. Yours nry truly AT!l’ORIDYC.~~~LO? Ti;MAs 

# BY- E. R. Allon

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