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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATT’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Q-G- --
Honorable Bort Ford, Administrator
Texas Ldquor Control Board
Austin, Texas
Dear Kr. Ford:
eipt of your letter of llwenber 7 opLl.don from this departmnt mi 8 oaptionsd subjeof matter, rhioh
r&bed as follows: quently a Ilsekage Store Penait uas is-
auedwldlla&1edt0the appuaant.
*On Oatober 7, 1940 we reoelrsd
notice from the IPtate Treasurer that
aaid oheok had br)sn lost in the mail
and obar@d back to the aeoount bf
this Board. We i.medlately referml
the matter t,o w. L. tdoody 0 Gompany,
HO& ikrt ?ora, ngr 2
zoquratlng that thag iaaur a duplipatr ahaek. -Thay hatr lnfonuad ua fhet thr will~.lam~ no duplloatr aaahlrr*s &*a E until thar ham born iumlahaQ4vith in- bond tor double thr,.adiount of dmnlty tha aheak. "I do not ballevr., that thir Board lbwatrd with lag&I. ,authorlty to make an idrmnity bond and wlll appnalatr our advior aa to whothor, or not thrrr a an)r other mathod bjy whiah thla Dapart- I nant my obtain arttlrmrnt."
Wo brg to adrlar that Taiaa Liquor Dontrol Board, like 84, other gotrrmarntal agrnay has auah pewera only aa are aontrrrad u on it br axprras atat- uks by neaaaaarr ~$llaati, nc, $ ‘find nbthlryl tifhr atitu%ra that oould,
Mdrr t&r, oat ld,baI?&l lntrrprrtationthenot, author- isir tha B61rd to rrrotik thr lndranlty bond aallrd for by. w. Li: ,x00ay .,k. Jompa~.
holder. df ~thcloat ohaok, for whlah manon it ~lr au#- toaary, at hart, for bank; t@ dread auoh indrmity aa mnaltlon prrardrnt toiraubwa dupllaatr ahraG Thrro ia,, no~:,lay.~rrqulrln& be#' ~%o l~aatm dupllo’atra it
01 thoi,,wlth or ,nithou.t indrmaityi And tha bank lr
in rrfualng to laaur, *3 Hoaorablr krt Tord, m@r 3
&a rndorarnrat by th papa, howwar, in ia- l rntlal tom a 818 otlatloa at tha ahaak a0 aa to .mka th trkrr holdrr P II duo aouraa ,(.Faurth llatlOm1 Bank of Fcioa TB. Lettlmom @a.) 148: Si 8.’ 396j Wmuhoa*a 1. X, 80 bhrt; ualraa thhr Toxaa Liquor (5th ra.) p* 558 l I C&o1 Boar4 radoraed.thr ohaeka la bliak, tsisrr could la no want ,bo ,811 lnaoimit hol(lOP and’ thr~riaklnaldrnb laaol~ a 6upllolti mold little or nothiag. If to lWaaurar ud your Boar4 rndorard thoa~ ohroka to tb not &qnoldllf then there could br a@ holder in duo oouraa wlthoui tha on&orararnt cf. thr Treaaurar. 4x3 not adtired an tom whatbar or not the Traaauror ham an- dorard than& abrekr in blank 10 an to iclka poaalbla a boldar ia aor ooorae.
3%~ ~Bear(l.~r ‘prebrblr nardy uauld be a dmpla aoit ormotlan upon tha ldat laatrumaata, or poarlbly a ta erno~l thr pwalfa gogoa:a8 l,Laura ,pr non-prymat .
wa a0 nob aariu 8paoliloall.y tith re8$a;~o ,hewatclr, thl.ak~~.pdmpa rmMlw, a rrtlrfaLW lag d-ah xwpwt to .tha .aa&w~manta of
at bhr. Tr8ammr end a raaaenable :tln
olant to:~-hwo 8 ham bank to ,laaua the’ iwquaatlid &plloatr withoat iadrmaity. t@iniOa G0mmitt.r by B.W.B. Obriwa
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