Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN o- G MANN *lvoe*no1*p1L
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RonoTcrble P. O.IialCe%~, PwsIdent
Agrio\rltUWl h t&aohsniQd COllOgO Of T0X.W Colle~s Station, Texas
go aaployw ooopm4d.e glrlng &atulwl to srrp tory, or other muah 8ub- , pod aaatinw, to bo oar- Thla eaQmayw WoulQ lw- but vould reaslve hi8 travel- @alar butler vould not I# aeglaotsd, Involved, ud the Amay 1s wticti- 8 lxvo~r6tfan. Chat a crollege ewlgeo would reoelos
me par but might reoetve trawllag expe~e8. lr there any gener91guldevo c*n follow in aooparafiingYlCh the Federal tir State Cowrnmentr ax varlmm Idaal, oounty, state or national uar board8 vlthcmt rimk af violation al the oonr2ltut$.anal provirlQn note4 abaw?
iiopsrable T. 0. Walton, PwsMaxit, Pqa 2 16 OS the Conmtitution of '~xea
seation 33 or nrtlale CeQds 3s followsr
"'ib aOCOlUltiI&& OffiCW%i Of th18 St4tO 8hE11 ncf.thtw drsv aor pay a umvuat upon tb tmmttrp in favor of ?uly perooa, for 8eary OF crompearatlon CL8 agent, officer or appointee, who hold8 at the name tims ~9 O&W Ofrii30, Or pO8itiOIi Of hOZkOP, t¶Wt Or prom, vnder thlm state or the ualted 8t4ts8, except .%a pl'WCrib& in tht8 CM8titUtiOXl. l l l yO\tr fiMt QU8$t:O?l iaQtiH8 if lWlEb6?F8hfp ?QOD l Lo-1 Flr8 RationingBOard cOatraveasr the abore quoted prevlmIoa of the Texaa Conetltutlon vharefore the rull time college emplapa prohibited rrora mae1visg hi8 ompearatloa sral the f3tute pTt*E
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tWU1 Tire RatiOAXblg ?2CW'dS OWZ8 tit0 Wi8tUkW b WM tallow¶.ng maamr and a8 a p6rt of the war tmo8-g~. Pwmuat to IWmgumat va8 let8 OS the T6th Ccmgrcdrr, the Offbe of Prohotloa emtut by executlye. ozderr of Jammy 7, 1$&l, and &gust 28, 1941, and vm oha- vitb aertrtn authorit and flutie* wltb ra- gard to dOr6Xl8. arla eIoillan 8Upp1 l prlorltl*a and alloa~tieiu. By sxecutfve OFCUP Oi April 11, 1911, the OffIoe or MOO A&in- ktrPt:on VII oreeted and ohaged vlth 0mtaSa authmlt cad dutiesvithTegard to cmzlausnerpro~atloa,pr;cs onatrs I a& &ha Of &Wi0. 8piral%lX& B7 8UpP1WtW7 -0UttW OtieT p~WIltiG93 or t&L3 alfloe Of Produotltm xanag8Esnt, fgproved by the PTbSi&at, the Offlcrel or pro&letiaa vt -8817 WOkd %ll th0 Offbe OS Prioe AdrainSatration p0Ver8 and d&lies with n&pQet to tYW88c- tlons la M rubber tfzes, caelnge ua4 tebo8. AaC purnunt thm?e- to Rr. Leon EenQerron, Prlcs AcbaFnistrator, prescrlbbd tire FatIon- hg regubticmr 8~3.3 oreatad loea2 arid eta* udalntrtmtlve maahlne~ to oarry them out. #4e.!abewhip upon 2.06al Tire Rationing Beard5 re8ulto ?ro81
rsl*otIon by local D6iezua Couaall8 akid l ppolnbarat by the OfSire Appointmentar are 8UbjeOt t0 tsra:n?htiOn of Price b&dnistrdA.on. at any tY.ae by the Offlus of PrIoe Adakini8tr&ion, m peMOEl8 appointed iawe au& duthr end respanaLbI2lties a8 pre#arfbeQ f%m time to tire by th# Offi8e Of triC%e A&d.li:8tP4Lt:~r RE4srkM OpOn the loeal board reoetro no oampenmatloa and their prl6ery xwpon- 8IblJity i6 the a2'lOthenti Of~WW tiW8 OF t%ih8 Vithin thslr? jWI8- diotfonal nren III cOnfox+Mtf ufth SWWS flX8d by the Ofi'ieO Qf kh8 ACtmtii8trotiOXk.
maorabls T. 3. Walton, FmsIde,at, page 3
It is our opinion t.het 70%~ flrmt queatfon should be ~vered in the affirmatlvo upon the outhor%t.p and raaranizgj of - Og.nl~R Kio. c-4313, a copy of which ir wN?l~3LJC- herevlth.
Ziuder the 2FrPlted st.o,t(CltlQkt of faetx contsined in
your scccllc q8estlon, it Ie likevi8a ansvsred! in the efflnuatlve.
Tht datenplwtion of *bat oonrtltutm3 6.n “offiae’ or ‘$osItlor” depends upon numervua foators axletent ln emah psrti- @u2er ~?tuatIon. It i8 theX’#i-oa’Q lqosaibl, to aate@riaal27 prescribe Q general guide applIo6ble to sll. Xn ~ormcuenc~, M 8x-e unable to comply wit3 7our third requ0st but way only rule upen apectf3.c qtaestlak6 6~) t~bmlttcd.
Youra very trulg D APFi 8. 1942