*1 OFFICE OF fHl?:A~ORNEY GENERAL OF -+= AUSTIN

Hr. 0. J. 8. lEllingeon

QenerEil Manager

Texas Prison System

IiUltsvllle,,Texas

Dear sirr Opfnion Ao. 0-3423-A

Re: Secondband textbooks for penitentiary.

Your inquiry of Rag 1, 1941, asking our ~"c&di ais !to,tihether the TexSS PrlSon Syitem:is: '.

entitled to'current ado@tlon secondhand books; reoeivod.

The Aat of the LogLaleture~, be- Artlele 6203, Bevltwl Qivl.l Statutes, does not rofor ta sociondband textbooks ot ang psrtioulslr yea% We th3Ak the proper oonstructlon to be plated on aaid statute is that the State Superintendent of Publla Instruction should furnish to the Texas Prlaon Board the moat available seoondhand books he has to enable the Texas Prison Board to teach the inmates of~the penitentiary reebing, nltlng, ,spelling and arlth- metio. Under rrrid statute he is not required to furnish ourrent~adoptiong eeaandhrnd books.

very truly yourll ATTORBEP Bg31EBAL OF TXAt3 By-$

Qoo. w. Reroun Asdaent euBtHR APPRwEDxAY23,1g41

/ $ $ - Qrover Sellers, 1

FXEST lW3ISTART

ATTORREY CaaRRAL