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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS **oRNEI OENBRAL Hoa. hf. Riley Wyatt, chalman ? G-IF& i __., " ~...~..~ .~~ ,~,~.., Texas Frl8on Board G--&c- 514 Brady BullCiag Antonio, Tuea mar sirr
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Of problblt the sale of suoh goods pmduowl or manu- faetumd in the prism 1nstltutloAs of thla Nate to the Ytate, or to any political subdivision thereof, or to any public institution owned or memae& an4 aon- trolled by the State or any eub4~ri~ion thanor. Y+sotion 2. Any person, fim, partnerafiip, assocla- t&on, or corporatlon vr%lch shall violate any of the pm- vlslons of this Aot shall be ylltr of a mis4ameanor, an4 upon oonrlatlon thsrsof shall be wnlshs4 br a fins of wt less than Twenty-rive Dollars P )%5) AOF aOr0 than Two Hundred Dollars ($%OO) for the first Otiuwo, and not l.re than Fifty Dollar8 ($50) noti~ran than Five madred Dollars ($555) for each subreqwat Otfbkue,~’ Artlols 61660 vested. ths prisw as.~ OF with the pw4r roll AA4 418poss of proiluots ot thm rams an4 "sf mlnstrles owns8te4 with the pdson system upOA saoh tsms ~4 eon<lons as the boul4 4*saM b4et. Art1018 13591-1, 98 t&b otbu hand, oloarly pmhiblw the salr in 2'0~s of ~~ilroa aanufwtumd &mdn, mrss msrshaA418. with th. O~4Opti-Sn @t to th. State OIP w jWd4al Sllbdivi#1OA tla4rut or to ally 9ablls lllatltutlon ouiw4 or mam&304 all4 oontmlla4 by the Stat. or any sub4lvirlon thereof.
It 18 a well noognirce4 prlnsipls of statuttorr aonst~3m3tlon la Tsus that if a oonfllot exists b&mm two rtstutw, the earllot in l na ata ant la rOpaal64 bf the latu. "Logea port4rlons prlorw OOAtmriOU l brogant." (Parrhall v* State, bp: Grim. Reprts 179, lS@ $.w. 967 an4 Stwws t. stats, 90 Texas orla. Reports 565, 159 S.W. SOS.)
Being aonvinad that the tvm 8 tatutos am in~reoona~labla )onillot so far as the sale of prbcur aaRufactur44 $oode, w8m8 aab wrhm418e 1s ~OACWIW~, lt 16 Our Opielaa that Art1010 11571-l sIAst km hsl4 as fha,laat es9resaioA of the Le&slatim and is aantrollln ml ettaotlrs. .Thsnrors, you are respwtfull~ a4olsad that the pr son spata oannot sell in Texas its pdson muiufaatarsd goods, waxes an4 Rorahan4164 to any peruon, flm or Oorporatlon sxsspt that cruoh pdson siamractured goods may be aold to the 8tate or subdlrisloAu theroof or Amy publle Snatitutlon ovmsd or mana~:cl4 an4 Oontmlled by th, Stat.0 or Sng aub&litfriOA theXWOt. You am further advised that It is our opln- ion that tha prison aystam 1s authOrlzs4 u~dsr Art!010 61660 to so11 those preduots not prohlbltdl by Artiole 11311-l.
Our upinlon ??o. 5-ZQl8 Is besreby wlthdrewn stncs that opln- ion 19 no longer appllaabls dua to the subsequent enmotment of