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01 bar, refueett *,o a6on tiubt no par- eimozS*e Beased Ultil Btatutea ate for the p3nmhase OS mater- , eqLLtpmont adl mlstenanoe sor tw aball Be upon~t~tW& BS&+,. exoept as ,MwoSnaSter pz' ale aaitnnlt .to Be expded is,rfir axoBB0 or the sumof +6,0OO,OotEepurcWee aballbeasde upon eealwl oonpetitlve biao rectelted by the Ilxulqger aster ten days eaY8rtLeement Till some paper or papere of g.3nw~,M.rcmlotioPinthie Btate . TEere~ the tummnt. of tEe paroEw4e it3 lese than $6,000,0o~.tEa maxeger &all, before lettimg any oontrept fob swh parohDee, ask *2 the

for the msteriaJ5 sndinstallation sf asamiing plsntat The 6y5t0m,~ no tlouBt, aoted the BtateJarmindi8strle5. %$ guru-oe of Aytisls 6lW1, abwe quoted, and the Board rhaps dsolinsd to approve the sontraat Be- oause of Ar 1015 680 of the statutes. r

The langmge~ot A.IWole 0188m, *all toMroot* for the purchase of ad4rlal5, sup &es, eqaipmmt 55d suste- name for the4 Prison SystenQ p' e Braod enootgb to %~5&uae the present; oontraot. mhel~ngaage ofdrtidee~4, %3.m supplies to inoluda * * e ard all othsr.tEings re@md By the iliffe~rent department5 or bmtitutions, sxsspt sb*iotly pwishable goods,* is also broad snsugb to ower the present eontraot.

fhwe Is, therefore, an olmious ooafliot, and 0110 OF t,hs other OS the statutes must fall. The rule in sued a 0888 IS that ths'last Ast 'rep3515 or supereecles the prior Aot in respect to t&e OOafliOt.

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Eonorable 460 ,, a. shfwgard - Ewe. 3

Article 6lflSn was enacted in IQzr. &tic18 634 was smenlefl %q 1989 by H. B. 149 (ati C. 8. 41st Leg..p. ,‘Lbere is no 5xprees repealSng clause in aoj C@;l+ H. Bi Ho. $4*. mere is alwsgs an inrpl+ation of repeal, Jwweyer, where,,. as here, the prtieions of'the lzm statutes relste".to~the asme subjeot-m&t&r, and sre,l;n such conflict 85 that both oalmot stsud at the ssme time. Furthermore, the. emergemy olauee of H. B. No. 149 la '$uite. eignifioant. ~Thtat~clause ier

*The neoeseity for 0onformIng and extend- ing the e1x5roiee of the rosponsibil+ties to be aee@ed by the Board Of Control to all in- 1. stitutions of the St&e gorermo3nt, creates

ane+frgemoy and an ikperatire ,plbliO.netes~ sk*y that ,the oonstitutional rule~requjr%ng i

that.biil&be reed on three meteral dsye be ~usp51#%3d, an&the rule $5 hereby suep5n&&, andth%e A& shall t5ke SffeOt 8ndb5~i3l 80:.&t, you are adylsed that the. oonf+raot in question should have been let by th0 @o&d-of Contro2 rather than by the FrzLson System, Artiole 634 being the llaast Aot, ,and you should not pass the aooouut for psy-

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Very bLly y0urs ATTORNEX Assistant O&aR