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O+FICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS I AUSTIN I mar Senator D&emyt Your lettar oi Fe0 abcm atated, La aa to11686 trol to foil oonksaot8 have that the axlppooe the ea8e of .rpot
the total amottat or znotwy imoltea traot or8.r er 8poQ pumh8me ordm 1 mat to follow tam prowhremt-
oprnion would aasti -xtob mme al@uQt 5nYe~Yell. *3 ytnufmble ToEDOI)B~~ - page 3
a ONP frtrasr OpsniOn Oouldbe takea,d &ouliibe frlrarain ww OpM O$ d&aUlf, WI fhe crrfent Oh w reply &a the dd8ulting contractor (uhethar tm 8.m spot oont~aet)
oontraot and tba paroba8t~by t&a I5cw-d efthe 5qpllss ~rdered~vtkero me #aa rsy ba ptlrcrhured on the mwket. Morewer, if wch ~~plioe are oatuoll~ ls~rehsed by the Uoard, then yeU okmld f#&JAeP notify the~contr8atur of the ez6QSE toet if StmIl wp- p&&ear if aq, an2 that the eontra.etcr vcmld be chr~ed rith mtoa esM88. Srmb proeedurewe~ldcppewtobootanWhu~
OBIly, ana shmald with propriety bb fOllcved Tin all otwbdl mt oi doaulf .
Imar qa45tien 3 ia not 00 emSly amsverod, t@ XXI all inetanuas where maw b&de are t&an aul the ~oxoo8sd5fference,if emyI hsaebee~~chnrged to the arzQ$nal 6en$CMter, there arlsas 8 I.s.abiuty oa tha part es the OOOI tmaatw upcn his tarn cantreut or bin epot-yorobuso awtrwt for mauh ditYerwce, aad no alfioer c~.boamt of tha Gwern- m8nt may roleaso su& liabil%ty.
Xf,'$,n su& 6 caoe, however, the amwnt of uueh d&f- in uost of 8upplier by way or unwed imnce lMdl%w ta the oentraotw~e liabU.%ty io 50 Owl1 86 that inuoprnwDl7 tb0 co8tibso~wy tea preparatlcnrod onbmlapieo of them&&or te W Attorney Wmex'al f'~rOmthn wouZdes6eedthe amtW8thYOlYO8, tJmI* it is the opJaion efthis DepartmatyourBoanl dmuldtmt
the amtiter innrrr U&I cost, and uhc~l& rrOt mbdt tc the AttorWy Peaeral for aathnat oil. DA thir aeuneotion, we vauld odd tWt whexw them B~YO been rerpertod &&au&to br 8 omtraoter8 and the+ wegate at ouch cuper-ulbod lllrbility wmld esooed t-ho coot of p*epar&g mid. uubudttf~ to tbs Attorney Uenewa1 a utatweat
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