Case Information
OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
~05arrcrhb Bert Ford, Ad!nlaietrotor
'f.f(~I Liquor Control Board
Au&tin, T.XOS
By latter det ( you rocJueet4a the opinion of tllis de r the OfSi44 o?
Price &dalalatntlon, ire ageaey, Imy l.alpoao prlae orili r Control. Bowl, in r4giiditin or rrband llqaor un- uor Contml Aot. 6ar motion 30 Other raatt6rs am followt
ow uh6ther, 66 6 ter of gemal pob- otherwloa thm of- ~8 bidding eml rooept any eivsn lnetanar.
llk4wi66 provld6s for thti 64ll- rlff'a 8414i, w should silti0 feet oeilina prioa reylationrr 8 %4rirr ai a5y aou5ty in detbr- id6 for llqum rrhould bs 4406pWl
SectIon 30, krticle I, of tha !bxao Liquor Control Aat provld68 tor al.tarnetire netrhodr of 6614 ot oontm6band *2 lie auotion by l&asd uw3.t tbo AOt.8 1% mny be sold at the Sh4rifr or the oountp 4f 8elm.r4 or t my b4 4onoub f" tmtad by tit* Bwrd at ury plao4 with3 tko 8tak a44w
most advmt~mme and w&l at "4lth4r pab&io or rirabe 6ilo". smn whsra aale is nt publio nwtlon by t&o !ibe~ ff, ! thr &mm3 asy r@eat Cho bid u&d rwol.1 Vaau the auth@siQI @itra, OX it hes nuthorfty bo lid et t&e oaX4 W tiaka aoliVUy for t5 prpea* of rmmla, attor payifq a wme8 ol tb l4. fAan.ml,tly the palley Of thin mtrtube T a t4 6*6uPe bo chr *bate thss higbert pt?twiblo prloo SUP bhir 0anbPaBrrad us8 lb iauab be ooaeodti that if the 0. P. A. mmy, by xe&ulntlun la- paa* prlos 44llif4y OR Msoh Ml.4, t&are ragalatiws wd be in oanfliot tit& atnte*s etnbotea.
fianoreble Rert Ford, Adminlatrator, Pago
UJ. 6. G. A.) oonta~ios theso pmhlbitlcma;
*It atiall be ualawful, ngardl~s of 8ny 6on- tract, agnomnt, leaam or atber obllgetlon ham- toioro or banafter ontrrad into, for any prmn to eel1 or deliver any ocmodity, or in the 44a~a of trade or bualneao to buy or noslw any 445zmetlb or to demand or reosire 8ay wnt for any bsiase tf, aron hourine l oooL110d8tl0~8, or otherwine to 40 or omit to do any aot in rlolrrtfon o? any ngulatl~n or order under aeotion 2 (motion 902 of thla rpf~~+ did , . . . " That p&a oantral le~l*latlon la a proper *am!-
oiaa of rodoral l uthoritp andor the War pwora* of Can(lre?%, moms to be wall l atabliahrd. Highlan~~v. lws*rll car L snou- plow ao., 279 u. f. 253, 49 8. ct. 3lb. In anoh an anot&enay, “thr power i8 not 1itit.d to riotorler in the fiall urd the dlclpawlon ot thr lnaurgnnt iorooa. It 4arrl4a with it in- barwatly tb powr to gu4rd wolnat bhe imwdlrtr remowl of tJi# oontliot and to rard&-the evil8 wliloh harr l rlaaa f%mh ltq::~ri44 4nd progwra”. R&exandu T. 3towrt et al. f. tr.
Rloem 4t al., ll ValL 493, 20 t. Pd.
tt 18 wu mtka that th-4 rbe4ni l hdtf, rxarelmd in a delqatad Siald,oonfliotr dth tlm lam of the l trite, 1att.r runt yield and the W4oral crothorlty fa 8~ P=-. Stats of Florldo v. Mellon Eaoratary of the 9Wmarf.
l t II., 273 U. F. 12, I+'? 6. Ct. 2& As it Worn maid ia tbr oam oi Helena Rablarlrla, Xo., v. Charliner Gut-Hato, lao., 132 2. if. 2q. 256, 28 AtI. (2) 113 wh8~0 tk 60-t had andor otm8lderMAon a 00nrii0t betron th %aergo8oy prtea tmatw1 l 6t o r 19w" end the atato*s -ialr trwle aot*, *the uthwitf oi the Federal smVartmant la ouprarm tith X88pOt to mOtt8T4 ah&Oh 8X-8 delegated to it by tha F doral OVIBi CWStitUti4n I though t&a exuolae or auoh eutkor ty RR~ latarfur *Ith the l rf00tiv0 8ppiiO8tm 0f the i-8 or [8] l tetO*.
The mugenoy prioo oaitrol l 4t provldaa t&t tt ahall bo wilauful ter *ray paraoa* M vloIat8 ro&ulatioW *4 gworablo Bort Poti, Mbalnl8trstor, Pago 4 50 u. 5% 6. A. spp. 904. mF0 ib n-
~4ubcl thbrmneor. ,pbtbblb buthorlty 83 thb~ l ffb ot thbt onllnbrll~ thb lbn- -nf PO--“* *an u8od ln l 4tbtut0, dosll not 4pply @lb&p w l n(L 1noluQ 8 ctrto in tho 888onoo of apooffio wording l&lortlng atoh 8~. lntontlon by tho I&slatura. Laastoin 69 Fed. 9088 AM. Cbs.19128. 1214; 59 C. J. et bl., ,. xvsns ~03, soo. 653; 25 R. C. I.. 766. &waver, rooont waos br a. Supnrc, Oourt OS the Unit06 gtbtos hno bpprwod a maoh ma&r oonatruotion oi that toni. In D. E. t. Coopr Cor- p@a$iOA, 3x fl. 3. 600, 61 s. ct. "~llr, It is said: *Z?pillOO, in bQp100. Ubb@, thr tbA ‘QOTWB’ the botaroi~, rtbtutm
Qbb not inolub bapleflng z phnso arm ordlnbrll,f oonbtrubd to oxoludb But tbmo lb 00 harE and feat rule of sxolu- Thb purpose thb ooa- &&l. tho bubjbot Patter, text, the logfblbdrs hietoory, bad the exooutlto lntorprotatlon cd tho rtetuto or0 aid8 to oonstnab tlan *hioh may lndlobto ELI latent, by the ubo af of she la*.” See tho tom. to bring btbtb or ubtlon within tho aoopo
0100 Stbte of Ooordb 1. Hvbas
l t ol., 316 0. S. 159, 62 9. Oh. 972; State of Ohio v. Holvorlng et el., 292 U. S. 360, 51 7. Ct.
It mag be notbd thbt under bbotion 20(S), doflnl- tlonb bad oxplanbtlobs, gbnorrl mbrlmm prlco rb lbtlon, lsauod by ?rieo A&lnlmtrator on Aprfl 28, 1 42, ptvbbsbt r
to l thorltr gitbn him by thr onergonag prloo oontr~l l ot, thib 80rlnltion 1s found, thbt
wPorwn lnolubr bn lndlvldubl, oorporbtlon, gwrtnorbhip, b~aoalbtion, any othor orgbnizbd group of pbrwnb, logbl e~~oonbor br reprr*bntb*lro of bny agonoy thbroof, bny other 6ovoAmmt, tho fongolng, 41~3 lnaluder Valtod Ftbtob, any of or any 4Jld baj b6biWY Oi al’ it8 pOlitib.1 SUbdiVibiOnb, any Of the tOrb&@f4&‘ Flth the deo&broa purpf~~
8moFgbnoy .prlaa oontrol aot of 1942
ion thrt thb lmgurgb, 8ny perew*, t~6 used In the rot (50 u. 3. C. A. 8~3. ~88. 904) 4991ibb to t&b #tat. nod 1tD bgbn- eloa creh tqat thf Prior aQmlngb~g b@~~n~mu;!MfT;othBiff~;- ltl tbrw$*Jr .bbu6~~or ma
“; .‘.’ 252 *ioh bpply to Eblb8 t&or tho Tbnr Llqoor or oOn%robbBd (Dobtrol Aot. Or 8lldr brad pa*Orb by 40. b&ill- ‘Pbb SXOZOiSO wlthln @bfiOrbl iapObbd by t?Otl&Pb6S hbb ,$btTbt~ li8itbtiOZW upheld by Ruprbmb Court ot thb Uoltod b&s noontly 09p Cotton IUlb, Iao., v. AdSlnlstrbtor, u. $tbtOS. tj16, 61 9. Ct. 524. Other lnqu~rlob inolu(L4 ln yobr mquwt, r0latl.a~
ts thm partloulbr b?fOOt Federal re~atlonr wbnld hat0 on r.lqrror Control AM, 'n aho mnnor af SdLb andor Toxbs dbr lmet6tlolr and brorptiba, retrabtlbn, ~68liioatlon, irbfn ~bt&tlS &om it $~Oti&e iMdtiO6bh tlexlble @BV~AQwlt, rubJoot to [4] SrbtSL8 Of t0 bnmr. ~bdorb~ ~iCiibtPb~&~O rogu- ti OW StbtUtO buOU8 th0 mrd t0 BlbkO “@irOt t0 dbt. B&O* Of OO~t?bbbil&, it 18 I)Ot iDlp~Obb~0 that a 8bhb QTbO- nit& the tloe may bo btlood by the Board ta WllbtikthXl sga~or, rhloh till intWO tho hi&bat poribla prloo h&ml f@r the 8tOtO UhiOh b OWibtbllt With hderld ~O@UlbthSl8 unl rlnioh will, et tho 841U dth tb paidbbs the, efX@ly ol the ‘%X84 LiqUOr COntPOl hot.