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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 Ohmpmri810~ l

i **the Mt**  **rqulatiu#** the **pruOth8,** 

### oonduotiag or rlnklnimg or rmi0 oub4t8, wroatling nmto1Ya,boxi-

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### 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 ontoetant8,

**or** 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# 

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

### *tlomkuper,* *8aoo 

### the -8.8 'fi8tirO&&d,' 'WTO8tli4 matoh', 'b& OWtO8t' a8 UWb in thi8 AOt Shall. b ~000 t.d a8 **6Ofino~ br**  **t& &tiOEd**  **Boxing** b80- 

### atat toa 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 ooordaaoorith 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 OOMtTIlO**tlon** 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 BoxingAe8ocIation 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 aeeordanaerith there set out by the

### Aatlonal Boring Aaroolatlon 

### andthe 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 Ammolationc 

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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 88a8U80,

l OMtrUO6

a8 a wholo Oviden a lOgi8latlro Iatoat to romr4 tho~ktlonal &zing hsooiation and 

### the 88tiOd 

### bBtlin(l b8OOi8tiOn a8 OffiOial or 

### sod

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### r 88188 0r govorwont for ruoh ~~~~0808, and y ooatompktor 

### thatthoCodssionor or 

### Labor or hi8 npra8ontatin 8hall 

### partioipatoin euohassooIation aotiritior, 

### inmofar a8 tho 8tatUtO oOntOIaplaOos 

### that the l **OtivitiO8 ef**  tho8o A88ooiationo #hall 

### bo binding**upon** 

### tho Ooriuionor of Laborin his l nforooaont of 

### the Toxar 

### law. Wo thoroforohold that tho **mooting** whioh Mr. Suxin 

### attondodwas a wotlng 

### of an offlalalor ooai-o??IolalIn8trum8ntali~ or aeOnor of gorornwnt, endnot a 

### restingo? Las&& o?#aaisatIon, 10a8 

### to ialldthln thoprohibition In the Qopartmuital appropriationbill agalnot tho ~~*$;g--~I~ :~~tg8*awt;y of Oon~ntIon

Ojdion AO. O-1100 holdIn& to 

### tho oontrory, 18 

### qmolfloall~ ovorrulodandwfthdraun. Toursvery 

### truly ArnRAEY 07m OF lTixA8 

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R. **8.** 

### Irdrchlld Aoelstr.nt

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A)'E~~~:'EI;AUG

31, 1940