OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TIZAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Jesse James 

State Treasurer 

Austin, Texas 

Dear I&. James: Opinion No. O-56 

methqd of aoqu 

department as 

t tpmqany, oopy of ,a Resolution 

gdaptsd by ths Ezeq%ire Seo$%taw ~I& the Board 

of Mreetgss of the Rational-~Bisatit Muunder. date af April 12, 1943, ‘+d the original 

Powes of Attorney, 

“This warrant wilJpr@bably be c&led for 

payment about Sammy 1; 1944,. and we thereiW0 

a&k your .opIn.ion aa to whetbel or not the ~QeZ%ifioate fumlished by the Seomtary of the lWtional 
Honorable Jesse James Pags 2 

Bisouit Company and the OrTginal Power of 

Attorney attaohed thereto are sufflaient 

aat&.irfty for us to aooept for payment at 

or about January 1, 1944, the above mentioned 

warrant endorsed by Sidney Eenbow, Attorney 

in faot ror and on behalf of the National 

Bieouft com$auy.” 

We suggeet that the matter be handled in the 

following way. Have the National Bisouit Company and 

Hr. Benbow jointly to exeaute an instrument of reoeipt 

and’aoqgittanae to be delivered to you at the time of 

pagment of.the warrant v&ioh may or oourse be made to 

Xr. Benbow. 

suoh 811 instrument (toU.kewi+~ oopies .qf this 

u may send to the Nati- Blsauit 

C%ty and to~P[r. Sidney Behbow, 

‘with’ youx? Letter advising .~tbem of 

you will be in. funds to pay tbii3 

ostned 

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Approved Opinion Committee by E%‘&,- Chalnaan 

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Cm; OF TRAVIS ..I : 

KNOW ALL ME?N BY ‘JEZSE PRESENTS that this ins truwent witnesseth: 

WHEREAS General Revenue Warrant NO.’ 4l5OS3 for 

the sum of $91,424.00 has been .regularly issued on April 2, 1943, 

in favor of Hatic&& Bisotit Company In pursuanoe’ crf S. B. 185, 

Oh. 95, of the regular session of the 48th Legislature (1943); 

WHEXNASidney Benbow, Att orhey at Law of 

Harris County, lkxae is th/s amer of an interest in said warraut 

on adoouut CC profeZmior.U& serVicea &mdered by bin to the 

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WHF@@ :St is aeaessaq in pursu~ae. o$ sard )’ ,_ 

S;. Bb 185; thatth&e’,bs. exeouted and delivered to the’Stat 

Tpaasurer a propsr: receipt aokuowlkdging the ‘pafwspt~ $f said 

judgwent and rei&3fiag the S+.af;e of Texas .t’rom Blljt-~a+$ all. 

obligatio!ls orsat& tharaukdar, upon the. pa&%&of said warrant;.’ 

NOW ‘%iERE2?‘~, we the National B$S@t “gqnpsny, 1~~ 

a private oorporation .organlzad under tbs laws of ‘the’.‘&%ata of 

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New York, being the same sorpoPat.8 person n&ad in”S,, :B. 185, 

and likawlse iu said Stata Warm& .and Sidney Benbow of’ 
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Houstosi; mxas,'the Attorney hereiubefore named, have this 

day reoefped payment in full of said warrant, a'ud have this 

.day acknowledged reaeipt thereof and by these presents do 

~. acknowledge reoeipt thereof and likewise by these presents 

do here and now release the State of Texas from any and all 

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,,obligaficns whatsoever oreated by aaid State ',l'arrant ho. 

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-415083 or by t&at oertaia Judgzant recovered by l%itional 

BitquIt Company against the State.of TQXSS iu the Distriof _' 

Court or~Travis County Texas, for the 53rd Judicial Distriot 

azid;there&ter duly affillped by the Supreme Court of Texas, 

and mentioned in 6. EL 155 Chr 93,. of the Aots of the 4Sth 

: .zegsala;tow of' ~$xaS. <, 

WI&?l$SS .the .Qnatures of said National Blseuit 

Oaapauy and the s@d;Benbow'ths former of which is attested Tj 

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by its oorporate beal,: ~~$his &e bag dr A.,D;iQti. 

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WBTIOIULBISCUITCOMl'ANY 

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V~oe'President 

Sidney Benbow 
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COUNTY OF 

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Before me the undersigned, a Notary Publio in 

and ror the Oounty or In the Stat6 . 

:of.New YoY.% on this day peraonallp appeared 0. P. Moritgan&y, 

Vice President of the IJatlokl Bisouit Caupatiy, a &poration ~. 

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organized un4er the law@ of t&q State of New Y&k, &own to 

,. me to be the pereon'whose name is subsoribed to t& forego$ng 

instrument and aoknowledged td me that he exeouted:tha srme 

as the.avt .@I$ i'netrument'of the Aatlonal Biso$t &mp#y 

u@on the a&M.de~~tlon an4 for the"purposee tWz!e&efa$& i 

an4 ' in the oapaolty ,of Vloe President of the Natii%al Bisouiti 

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On this day personally @peared berors me' the 

undersign* authotity a Notarfr Pub110 in and for Harris 

C&&y Texas, 'S&+.ke'y Benbow known to m6 to bs'the person 

whose name is subsoribed to the foregoing instrument and 

acknowledged to me.that he sxsouted the wie forthe pulc 

poses an4 upon the oonsideration therein stated. 

Given u&lag my hand an4 vfflo&l ~8883, of 

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@otary Public, Harris Oaunty, 

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