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*1 OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAs
AUSTIN
G-GNAW -a-
Oentlemen: AttOnti6IU Mr. R. D.
from di8OU88b& the matter with at the CIamO Fl8h Qr OpUter (%EUU18- ted and pub&bed ior the benefit sn the pertinent game and fish law8 there uw 801110 lndlvidltal8 or oom- ad.8 who b a of the nature of their buelrmas oam
oontaot with many hunter8 and fishermen. Thee8 oom- panlee or Individuals dsoire ta obtain large quantitlee of these pamphlet.laws and dletributs them to hunters and flahennea as an advertising media with the n8ms of their buelnsrs prfntsd thereon. ,It 18 their plan to aooompl~8h this result by either ona oi twos wayel I)y obtaining a large quantity paid for out of State funds from the Oame, Fi8h & OyUter U0m11if88iOn, Or, by e~~fering into a OOntwOt with the printer doing 8tate oontraot printing for the printing of additional pamphlets using the same type 6et
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UP r0r state work.
Fe ahall answer your questions in rewrse order, 9e88in~ first upon the Uaoond one.
Artiolsa lOBa, 108b, 1000 and 108d of the venal Code read aa,, follows :
"A+%. lO@a. $xoapt under contract or agree- ment with the State as hereinalter Grovidad au- thorizing them so to do, it shell be unlawful person, rm, oorporatiod aseooia- rorany tlon of pereons doing any printing, ugler con-.
traot, for the State of Texas, to repo?oQuoe, print or prepare or to'sell or furnish any 8uOh prlntlm or .printed matter or any repririt, re- produotlon or copy 0r same, or plate, type, mat, out or engraving from wh~ioh such printing oon- traof,wata oreouted, exoept the mouut and num- bbr oi oopiee~oontraotsa.to be. printed rur- nlshed to the State of Texas under such .contraot.*
*Art. lOSb..gny printing do& under oon- traot ror any department, the legialatum or either branoh thereor, any board, oo~~isslon, oourt., orrlosr or agent or the State or Texas, ae well as my suoh work done direotly for the State, shall tor the purpo8ss of this Aot be deemed to hc;ve been done for the State or Texas.*
mat. 1080. ?rovided that with the aonsent of the State Bosrd of control and the Pivarnor, any suoh person, firm, corporation or aascoia- tion nay print extra copies and sell s-0 at a price fixed by the State Foard of Control, when- ever in the opinion of the Toard of Control and the Governor the printed ffiatter should be Qis- tributed in such manner for the benefit of the publie. FrovSded that any such oontract ror the ~prlnting and sale of such extra copies shall be approved by the Attorney P,eneral.-
*art. loed. tiny per8on, rim, corpcration or association 0r persons violating any pro- vision of this ;,ct sh.sll 5s guilty of a niisde- meanot,and upon oonviotion shall be punished by fine of not lees than one hundred dollars nor
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more than one thousand dollars, and in the Went the violation le by ulna$ural pereon or the agent or employee 8 person, ~orporu- tlon, flrrr or aaaoolatlon the punmment ry be by Jall sentence not to exoeed thirty dyr in addition to 8uoh rlne. The oonviotion of Ul went Or employee 8hE4l1 not bar convictton nor the grlnolpal aileoa~
It 18 01ear lXW reading them rtatuter that no Oontraot w be .entered Into by anyone with a print* d* 1% 8tate oontradt 9rl.n)jlcg to reproduoe, print, P-W* 8011 Or fOnnl8h extra copies or reprlntr Of State d olt- 1888 the oonuent of :the State Board of Qontrol * themor Is obtained; and such oontraotr ror.the Prlntln(l ur(L.88le Or extra 009i48 suet be *pprovqd by the AttmU General. In the abaenoe or suoh oonrent and such wPQti W8 N8t UlSW4r your aeocnd gueatlon in the negatlVO-
'Your iir8t queetlon la oonoerned with uheth- OF iOt.the cOlPlni88lOn may dl8trlbute game and ilrh pit In qpMtlty lot6 to lndl.r;duals snd OOO@~~~~ phbt.bW8 who raf deriru to use them for advertirbbg; ‘purposea.
1188 a question or 901107 lrlng wholly withIn the l drtni* tMtiTe dleorutlon of the &ame, Plah Q Oyeter Courirsim* While W8 sight point to the provlslona of Artlaler 1-8 108b, 1080, and 108d or the Penal aoae aa mqgrstind the pulley to pursue, It le the opinion of this departneat and JOU.*re advl8ed that the law does not prohibit ~ he, pI8h 8 Oyster Commleelon iron distrl&ting eet hU8 ill qmtity lot8 to oompanle8 or lndltlduti8, +i* oompanier or lndlrlduals have manifested an intention to 9laO4 advertlslng matter thereon berom redlstributioa to the general publlo,.