"1. Can the ~ceftont Boar4 of Contrd, uadar

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thi8 pts8Otit OOlltfllQt, l XWOi80 its OptiOa l mt forth la yara,mqh one, lf it 80 dosire 4~14 ooa- tlnue. no1 and in the futare to prohare ilquor Tore8 Liquor Coatrol Mard fros tu 8tacpa r0r the Steak Cmpoay of Au8tln at the price stlpulat- cd in the oontmot? "2. Tf your answer to the abcte qur6tloa should

be 'ym', please cldvlsa us lf tha bon4 attached to thl6 Oont~Ot roll1 OOntinUi! in f0m0 nad effeot aa h&aft the Rxe4 parahnses stmps under thio aon-

'3. Ir your mawer to our first quostlon should be *no*, plearre advise us tb date uh.lch this eon- tmot oxplr6s.~

A &mr?ul ooluidoration of thir oontruot loares no doubt but that It wU8 EBQO Under the ruthoritp of, end in OOLPI pllcmas rltb Tltls 20, Ctzapter 2, Vornon*m Fieiiard Civil Gto- tutos, 1925, whloh aufhWit*8 t2e kxa’4 of Control ti @x&r acntmots tor printing an4 gwohaae 02 SIBAlar 8upplloa.

Article 806, ‘r’bmon’o Ize?Lsed Cl011 btatUtO8, 1925, which is part of Title EO, Chapter 2~. aupra, in port, prorldes:

Vho Bbard ahell oontraot for 8 t&as of not etcoadlng two pm%. . . . sugplylng to the Etdte all print&E:, birding, stationary, an4 sup- plle6 of like charaOter.a

?&era mm parson or boar4 is l gpointod 'bt lm a8 the aceat of the fitate for the purpcss of letting ocntraot8, the law Mdar rshloh suoh psreon or bourd aata 18 a8 cuoh 4 Bert of the contrarat as if it were iorcally tranecribad there- hill v. &erloan Isook Coo~any (Sup. Ct. tit: 1926) 171 ttato %A 427 2a5 88 20. 59 Corpus JUAS 171: %iObO18*;. lees) 11 mr. Clv. &p. se?, SE SE (Ct. Cir: App. cf T&c., 452, writ of error refused; State T. fcrletela (Ct. MY. App. of Ter., 1924) 78 SX (a4) l.W, writ of error dl8nlssed. Since there $8 no tendnation date rtlpulntad in the ooa:raot bo- .Coro us, we nust z-e&d the above quoted protielon of Article the codzuat and hold that It ox&ad tat0 yo+?rll bbc), supra, into im the data of cxt?a~tiah.

Paragraph I ot thle contract bound the Steak Corn-- pony to furnieh ttmaty-rim rilllon (~,OOO,OOO) liqucr tar: ^[*] . *3 .- 2.32 Eonornbh Barry Xnos, Page s

stffipr. St further provided a?~ option rshiah gavei thm :F;; the rl$st to puroh46r addition4l btncps, if it 80 de-

This optloa, balng a part OS the oontrsot, oould nothinrr smo than that the St&o E;l&t muabase ha-6 kmt &&pt In excess of 8tlpuletsd twsnty-five-clliion (if it so dsolred) durlnz tima that thr (~,OOO,OOO) The oostraot h4vlnu tmainrtea two oOntraot was in dreot. vrmrs fro= the date its ereoutlon. the o&on neosoaarlly

thS OriniOn Or this manot now be pirohas- 36 am ratuminq to you harowlth the orlglanl oon- tmot ou!xzlttad tc us w:t!: your lottar of hpril 25, 1940.

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