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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

-c.NAnu 

-coIpu. 

thin th moaning oi 

Arta or the 44th 

Ar$iol* 614 ~.rnon’# xrrl~rd Penal Cob.. veer 

authority la the Qc~&‘io~.r oi Labor to snforao Ohm pmri810~ l i the Mt rqulatiu# the pruOth8, oonduotiag or 

rlnklnimg or rmi0 oub4t8, wroatling nmto1Ya, boxi- 
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Eonorablo Xoo Xuuohlk, ComioUonor, Pqw B 

or m roakrtr or l xhIbItIonr for mo(uy, remanoratIon, 

PUS* or priu oquitalent te b8 reoolrad by partloiqantr 

or l o nto eta nt8or , shore aa l daIa8Ion far therrto or therefor i.8 ohar#ed or roooftd. The aot further proridrr: 

ho i8 honby 3r.n rpaoifio authority 

b3B3BOilMI~O88al7 ia U?l7i8# Out thr pWpO8.8 Ot 

, . . . The d.finitiM Ottha rOti ‘fOXO?,' 

*tlomkuper,* *8aoo 

the -8.8 'fi8tir O&&d,' 'WTO8tli4 matoh', 

'b& OWtO8t' a8 UWb in thi8 AOt Shall. b 

~000 t.d a8 6Ofino~ br t& &tiOEd Boxing b80- 

atat t oa and the ktlonal wrwtllag A88wlation, 

Mb the rUl@8 rin(l r@tion8 Of bor14 Ma mrtl l atO8t8 Or 8pUTillg 6Ollte8t8 

ot WbllUna, thdr roroad8 and refrrem 8hall 

l ooordaaoo rith Oh@80 rat out by the Rational 

hs8aeIatIon and tho Xatloaal Wrestling 

IIt i8 our uodorrtanding~tbat the National Borily 

AsaoeIatIon and the Aatioml Wrestlinq Amooiatlon are oomPO804 Of OiiiOid.8 Oi th0 ~8riOU0 888tOS WhOH d~ti48 ia‘ 

thdx re8pertire Itat. repuin them to ~upcnlso In 8uoh 

rtata8 boxIri# and rrwtlIn& l xhIbI6ioM. It i8 OU1 OOMtTIlOtlon et the iorogplng statute that ths Laglslaturo 8p00Ifloally oontepkted that tha OvmaIseIonsr of Labor, In pur8uanoa t-12 hi8 authority 80 prOnU&ptO rule8 and reC(uletiOM, 

8hould l xar0i.80 a voioe in detaldning the tie8 and rsgu.btIon8 to ba pmmul&atod by tb 1Batioaal Boxing Ae8ocIation 

an6 thr Hatlonal Ylre8tlIn# AeroaIatIon, rinoa the =aanIEg 

Oi Oortain mrb8 aad p-808 U8.d in the AOt will be a8 

bOiiMd br there h880&8tieZl8, and the rd.88 gotrrni4g rin( 

ra~latlvnr of boriry and wrestl.ln( oontemt or warring 

oont88t8 or ~exhIbItIoru, thalr 1aoond8, and refelW8, 

promlgatod and onfomed by tha Coma1i88~oner of Labor mw!t 

be In aeeordanae rith there set out by the Aatlonal Boring 

Aaroolatlon and the Lktional Wrestling Amooiatlvn. In 

ennotingj ouoh r0vI8ioa8 into the law, it i8 our opinion 

that th8 Zagi8 L tura thanb intandod to inVe8t the l%t~vfial 

l#oxIry Awoaiation and thr ii ational Urostling Ammolation 
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HeBOSWbiO a0 xWOOhik. Cori88f&O~, Pago S 

with aa offl8ial Oharaotor, inrofar as the dotormInation 

mad0 by t&O80 ti8OOiatiOM 8hOUld bo bindlly Upon the Labor 

~Omi8OiwOr Ot 8hi8 88a80 and in?~UOnOO 8hO-Maniug and 

intorprotation‘to bo plao.6 upon tho Tour law rawtin& 

boxing and rn88llJlg. In othor UOrd8, wo bolIery.that tho 

above 88a 8U8l 0O, M tr UO6 a 8 a wholo Oviden a lOgi8latlro Iatoat to romr4 tho~ktlonal &zing hsooiation and 

the 88tiOd bBtlin(l b8OOi8tiOn a8 OffiOial or sodoffIoIal a 

8pOOiflOti r 

88188 0r govorwont for ruoh ~~~~0808, and 

y ooatompktor that tho Codssionor or Labor 

or hi8 npra8ontatin 8hall partioipato in euoh assooIation 

aotiritior, inmofar a8 tho 8tatUtO oOntOIaplaOos that the 

l OtivitiO8 ef tho8o A88ooiationo #hall bo binding upon 

tho Ooriuionor of Labor in his l nforooaont of the Toxar 

law. 

Wo thoroforo hold that tho mooting whioh Mr. Suxin 

attondod was a wotlng of an offlalal or ooai-o??Iolal In8trum8ntali~ or aeOnor of gorornwnt, endnot a resting o? 

Las&& 

o?#aaisatIon, 10 a8 to iall dthln tho prohibition 

In the Qopartmuital appropriation bill agalnot tho 

~~*$;g--~I~ :~~tg8*awt;y of Oon~ntIon 

Ojdion AO. O-1100 holdIn& to tho oontrory, 18 

qmolfloall~ ovorrulod and wfthdraun. 

Tours very truly 

ArnRAEY 07m OF lTixA8 

prr ,,/l&ig&&& 

R. 8. Irdrchlld 

Aoelstr.nt 

Rwrou 

A)'E~~~:'EI;AUG 31, 1940