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333 OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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Saptombrr 1923 Soptaabar 19Lf sopteabar 1943 Soptaebrr 1943 saptrabrr , Abiloru, Tour . septaabor 1943 sopte*or 1943 soptombor 1943 ibP&OB, TOu# . . . . . . 15.00 Mrs. L. J. So bnrido r, soptembor Amtin, TIUI. . . . . . . S*ptoatsr 75.00 city o r Pamp a. . . l . ,a . *2 lkorrbls George EL Sheppard, FWo 2
$200.00 s. 5. bird,
Kflgora, Taxcro . . . . . . Sagtratnr 1943 65.00 Yllsn WIlldi Son Antonio, r* em8 . . . e Ssptoabar 19;~ 3.f
125.00 Potroloru Butldlnar
Midland, Tax88 . . , . . . SrptaabaHi’ 100.61 P*trolouB wlLlds.na, Ootobrr &
Midland, Tous . . . . . . Ootokr 25, 1943
We are sdtisrd' that lrasrs On all et the boro spaors rrora ramtod prim tb *J 7, 19 The ?eortj-•Qhth s,.glslattwo pssod sonata Bill k. 26b Artlola 666b, T.A.&s.) with the roqulrilis IjtitlOl ip both ho~~s8~ an6 it brotmo ir80ti+0 OB ylf 7, 19u. &OtiOBS 1 and 2 this A& m #I roilaer
%~otfoa 1. ttrssrtrr dopartmoats and 88enoi08 0r tkn dtato Qwornmnt, mboa rontmi ~u40, IS nowlod for omryiaa on the ruoatl81 tunatloao o r o&oh l &onolo r or drprhanta ot the Stat* Qo~ornmsatt, 8hnll 8dQit 00 tb8 St0t0 ?hrd Control 8 rrquoot themfor, 6itLtu t7psr kind, and size of balldl togrthrr wlth aymdad. Other no00888~ daser tiOB, Snd St0tiqa C&o pnrpase for shish It wU1 0 tI8Od aad the nerd tharoror,
'see. 2r The st8t8 Board 0r Control, upon roooipt of raoh mquoit, rAd if the nom7 haa born mado vellablo to pay the WItal tharron, and If, In tha dimration of the Board rash S~OO 1~ nsrded, shall iorthuith drartlss in a naws- paper, whloh has bran r@(ularly publisha$ end oi.roulatrd In the oity, or tQ*a, wham iaoh mnt- 01 spaoa is sought, ror bids on rtwh roatal spoo, tho PUS lndloakd and iOr o prriod not to @%OMd two yaorsr artor suoh bids ham km ,Bosrd 0r Control its rooolrsd by ths state prinoipal otfioa in Austin, TOI~I, and pabliol openad, tho award for suoh nntel 0Ontr0Ot WU I bo ntada to tha Lowrst and bost bidder, and upon sooh othor trrma 88 ma7 br au-d UPon. Ths kr~rr or ?,b oatraot, togothor’rith the notice UIO IS-PI state Board ot Control wul to t&r Attornw Qaarra 0r Tome, b. gubaittrd *3 Booorablr Oaorgs B, Shrpprrd, Pa&o
who wlll QIUII to bo praparsd and oxsoutsd In l 0OO?d~100 With th@ tOM# Or th0 Sg.?~O#nt, 8MY oontrao% in quadruplloatai one Or which rlll I)o kept B7 l ash party thsnte, oao by thr StakJ’ Board of Control, anta oao by ths Attornof CHb- l r*l or Tam. Tho partire to rush oontnot
*ill bo tha dopartpoat or agono of thr gimorn- unt ar* tho r p o*s l D 188088 ad the prey ths *pro loasor.*
mating In O~liloa Xw. O-5457 w hold 8hat th%r Art date or th0 Aot an le~8sr not osaoel, on tha rfrootl+a and ronkl agnurnts ontom into prior Sr7 f but all rush loasor rot&d br tsnrinrrtad on A&it:‘jl (ths l ad of tho thm ourrant biennium) ahd tbt a~’
l brsqruat lure would hare to bo ootorod lnta the aan- olr prooorlkd bt 23eotlons 1 and 2 or the Aol.
ko are soas8raltnrd to n-sitl~ uSa Opinloa x0.
O-5457, aad y ea on l Orl8od that -7 bo lss~od m worronta by you to pa7 or the above ii0t0e okiu for XWBt. tho Lyialaton ham pnrerfkd l a04e ior
nlneo tlu sro~rlPrg or 0frl00 8pOO by ths mrlous S~oEO1oS stat0 and daprrtmenta, tho7 l ro roatrlotod to thot node and muat oompl7 with thosa roqalrraaats in ordrr bind the Btato.
Fsrgusoa v. &lsoll 47 To%. 421. SOS alao lls~rar v. Rebid- aon (Oom. App.), 2d 8. Wr. 133, t 14l1 WIOB t& LSgiSlStU~ hS8 spoken ia plria
langwe, there Is no rocm for ooastmotion. nor, undor thooo oframstanoIo, srs tho oollrts to k oonorrnsd with tho ~0110~ of the orohsat or the jO8ti00 or it8 Offoot. AlOW thlr line mlr So- prrw coart OS baok 80 us oaso irrgslkiry v, vOB YIamol, 26 Toxr 469, 47l, 8816:
~'WMN laa&aago Is plain and onanbQuop8, thor* la no room for eonrtruotlon. It Is navor dalsslbla to rorort to abtls and ,snioroo4 ooa- stmotionr to ltilt xknd the moaning lan- gnago . Aad, whore words osprs8SiOar &or0 Ss- qalrod dotlnlto meaning la law, thor mat bo o xpoundodr'* *4 ’ * Honorable Ooorgo 8. Shrppard, Pogo A
Cbr Constltatloa prov1408 that no groat pub110 nmda shall bo -6s to a ln4lvldoa1 out or Uo 8kto Trsas- rori404 for by pra-•rlstlaf law. ury, xoapt whon uao Is S00tl~n 44, Art1810 III. P t Is fwtkior proddo t&8 -0 debt mhall bo o-to4 by or on bshalr the Stato,"oxoopt to supplr 088881 dotlsl~nolor rovaneo, ropol la~aslon, supprsss fLUarr~otl0u, 4stond th4 Stok in uor, dr pay oxlst- 14 dobti . . ., sootloa 49, Artlalr XXI. Undw thoro po- vloloar It I# veil 8OttlO4 a0 001 ha8 MthOrSt7 t0 make a ooatraot binding oa tho Stat., sroopt uhsro hr 18 uthorlmd so to do b7 tb Constitution preorl8tla4 tatuto. rt. Worth Csvalr7 Glab I. Sheppard, 125 Ton. 339, II3 8. W. (2) 660; State te &14urs, 163 S. W.
Mloh01s v. Sktr, 32 8. 1. 452 1020, writ rofusod) Stat0 v. W soa 71 for. 29X, 299, 9 S. 1.
155; State t, Forlstoln, 79 S. 1. (1) 43, (wrl? dlomliso4~ stats ‘I. an&a4 Cllnlo-Hospital, W To& 393, $59 9. W. (2)
miss thr pwora of all Stat0 ortlooro are tlxod br law, all poraons doalir@ wit& them ara ehargsd ~11th aotloo of et UIoir authority an4 am bound at thslr psrll to tho lialts eothor tho oontonplatod ooatnot ssoorteln dthln
ponrs oontorln4. Thor0 lo a0 oooaslon la mob a 0804 ror indulglag In proscmptlms or relying on l p p p rnaosr. Stata in v. Raglao Cllnlo-Horplt81, oupra. foallro tha harmhnoss ot oar holding, bat l ro k pcmrrloss to alto? plain dlaarrtw tho Oenatltotlon ln Artlolo 2% Seotfon &&, an4 sootier 49 nd Of the l.w3islatur~ In Art%010 &66b, t.A.0.S.
wo sau horrby wlthdrawlmg oar lsttor Mar& 1945, addrosss~ to -8. *lSOB.
Yours vary truly O? TBKAS ATTORwXY WWUL