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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY **GENERAL** 

### OF 

### TEXAS **AUSTIN**



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### theabore**eatad bp**  **this &apart** 

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al moQ, Drug;,and h **Aot** la herewith ig

### the praotioa of the all&3207666 th Department 

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### U in lntentatr trafiie whensrioh **loe wan.** **bo murrQ6red**  **without in**  ourring ad~ltimaal 6zpsn66 or fmruting any OOIIsibenbls amaunt ot tilluofs#6 part of the Wiploy66, and when mob **&ip1Ep1oa** 

### am **gal& for**  br rouoher &awn on th6 r6d6M1 CQve~Pnm6nt. In this ~0~~3~oti.5 it ham bee0 n6as088~ tar 66Eh i66p66- **tor** of 

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I)spwtmnt to 681~~ a4 tuthorlaatiem

### 4.53.

nerd aign6d by the U. 5. s8oretary oi 

### Agriaultun, 

### euoh suthorivtion b,ain&linritedto this partimlar servlo6.
'Tdnee the N&bra1 Lew ha5 been anend6d, 

### tha qusstioa he5 arl8en whether tha Stats 8661th 

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### or en employ66 oi 

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### partmcmtwould be **prdtted under**  ts8 Sate law to aooept the com~Uelon 

### a8ntloned in Kr. 

### Pri8bie*lr 1stt.r. . . ."
S6ction 703 (a) of th6 Fed61’61 PoodB, 

### Drug*, end Comzatlo8 **Aat,** prcmlde8, In part, that:

"Th6 S60rC+t=y $6 aUthOtiZed t0 **OOndUOt 6X**  amin6tions **ana** -1nY6sti~atlons for the purpore8 of this &et, through otfTie6ra6ad employees OS th6 D6QWtdU~nt or 

### through any he6lth, food, or dr~e 

### ofi'ioer

or employ06 of any State, 

### Territory,**or** polltl6sL 

### rubdirleion thoreor, duly **Qolshli88iOn66 by**  

### the seo~retary a8 an 

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or **the** 

### Demrtmoat. *

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It Is to be 

### noted th6~t When 

### a perssa 

### in th6 publlo mploy 1s 

### d68lgnated a8 an orftoer 

### otithe U5lted Stats8 by th6 t6mulnOlogp of.the Federal ltatu &80~0;;~?~ OiiiO6r. %l8 th6O that p6non i8 

### so6 Ze Oplni,nr united State8 Attora6y

Arti 16, Vi886 P8 tOllOW8: ScAtlon 83, of the Constitist~on pro-

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### Aooountlag Wficere oi this Stats shall nolthor draw nor pay a warrant tlponthe Tmamry irt

### ravor of any per8on, for 8elrrryor oo?rrp6naatlon 

### as a@%nt, 

### o?tlcsr or appolnt6s, who holds 

### at the 6ams tirm any othsr offlee or posltlon ot hOnOr, trust or protlt, 

### unearthle state or the mated States. . . .w (uadereooriing; Ours)
Sootion 40 of Artiole 16 of the Conrtltatlon pmYtdea, in'part, that:

Vo person ohall hold or exeroi8e, 8t the se&e time, more than one CiVll cmtoe Of %m%lrkmmt, . . .n
The eoBBtftUtiOnal prOVi5iOn8 csierred~ t0 6boF6~ prooeee to a6t at 

### oertain **6zQ6ptiQB8** anne0ssMry T'ora8 to eonolder her6 Sor 

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The word -e6301amonta foua4 in ‘Artlole 

### 16, matloin 

### &I, eat out abme, L~~pLles wsne 11% of pro-Fit, gala,or 

## b8nerit. It is 

### our ua4entaaQiag that the PedsralQovem- 

### ~8% Cocmnot pay sahrles to those 

### v&o are co~lesionsd UI~ lro ofriaom 

### 0r the ,nep8rtPsnt of ltgriaultwe pursuant 

### to Seotion 7CZ(r)of :,he FodozslFood, ~r,rclg, 41~4 Coaznetioa hat, 

### Eowavar,there is aonBi4rrrtlon 

### is the tranonotlon in thlcr

manaer: In Uoasid.mtiOn t%f tha a6SueiptiOllof 

### the nrious dutloa or smvlaea

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### ttaohbd’tbomto the Fe4enZ -Gorommoat will be&or a 

### oona.Wiionoga5 

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the gwirformw%u6 

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A;- tidpfo ~110. #hethorar hot 

### tBi* ia consbhwatlon w;Ebia 

### ameaningot the 

### word %*lttmmt" pn8*nta a qtaertion of 

### consIderable

doubt. In our oplnloa it 

### is not. 

### mwevbr, you 6ro 

### advbwd that tba Ofilw 

### or &Witfon aoniernd by tha stiasion oomu wLthia the mope 0r Artlcla 

### 16, seotion 55, aupm. The poultlon conrwmd 

### has aqle attribates ar 

### ane of *honor- or *trttet*;



### Thamfore, la tko opinionof this department, 

### ArtiUle 16, %otlon 35, of the Coastitutioa **would pF@hib&t**  

### aad ndmla the msaountiagoffieon of thi8 W%te fmm par&g thooawha are thus ctammi8sl@md **by** 

### tbaPeUera1 Corrmmat any salary or wmperurtlaa 

### for tha 

### servloen they are 

### now radoring the Stateor ml@. readw In the futtaM! JW 

### longas theyhold theirporltioae rrith the m4m61 Gtmtramat. 

### Trustingthat the above 8atfrfaotorlly anammm pmr 

### inquiry,

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