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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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thin th moaning oi Arta or the 44th Ar$iol* ~.rnon’# xrrl~rd Penal Cob.. veer la the Qc~&‘io~.r oi Labor to snforao Ohm pmri- 810~ i the Mt pruOth8, oonduotiag or rqulatiu# nmto1Ya, boxi- rlnklnimg or rmi0 oub4t8, wroatling *2 Eonorablo Xoo Xuuohlk, ComioUonor, Pqw B or m or l xhIbItIonr for mo(uy, remanoratIon, roakrtr PUS* or priu oquitalent te b8 reoolrad by partloiqantr l ontoetant8, or shore aa l daIa8Ion far therrto or there- for i.8 ohar#ed roooftd. The aot further proridrr:
ho i8 honby 3r.n rpaoifio b3B3BOilMI~O88al7 ia U?l7i8# Out thr pWpO8.8 Ot
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*tlomkuper,* *8aoo the -8.8 'fi8tir O&&d,' 'WTO8tli4 matoh', OWtO8t' a8 UWb in thi8 AOt Shall. b 'b& ~000 t.d a8 6Ofino~ br t& &tiOEd Boxing b80- atat t oa and the ktlonal wrwtllag A88wlation, Mb rUl@8 rin(l r@tion8 Of bor- 14 Ma mrtl l atO8t8 Or 8pUTillg 6Ollte8t8 ot WbllUna, thdr roroad8 and refrrem 8hall l ooordaaoo rith Oh@80 rat out by the Rational hs8aeIatIon and tho Xatloaal Wrestling IIt i8
our uodorrtanding~tbat the National Borily AsaoeIatIon and the Aatioml Wrestlinq Amooiatlon are oom- PO804 Of OiiiOid.8 Oi th0 ~8riOU0 888tOS WhOH d~ti48 ia‘ thdx re8pertire Itat. repuin them to ~upcnlso In 8uoh rtata8 boxIri# and rrwtlIn& xhIbI6ioM. It i8 OU1 OOMtTIlO- tlon et iorogplng statute that ths Laglslaturo 8p00Ifl- oally oontepkted that tha OvmaIseIonsr of Labor, In pur- 8uanoa t-12 hi8 authority 80 prOnU&ptO rule8 and reC(uletiOM, 8hould xar0i.80 a voioe in detaldning the tie8 and rsgu.b- tIon8 ba pmmul&atod by tb 1Batioaal Boxing Ae8ocIation an6 thr Hatlonal Ylre8tlIn# AeroaIatIon, rinoa the =aanIEg Oi Oortain mrb8 aad p-808 U8.d in the AOt will be a8 bOiiMd br there h880&8tieZl8, and the rd.88 gotrrni4g rin( ra~latlvnr of boriry and wrestl.ln( oontemt warring oont88t8 or ~exhIbItIoru, thalr 1aoond8, and refelW8, promlgatod and onfomed by tha Coma1i88~oner of Labor mw!t be In aeeordanae rith there set out Aatlonal Boring Aaroolatlon the Lktional Wrestling Amooiatlvn. In ouoh r0vI8ioa8 into the law, it i8 our opinion ennotingj th8 Zagi8 L tura thanb intandod to inVe8t the l%t~vfial l#oxIry Awoaiation and thr ii ational Urostling Ammolation
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HeBOSWbiO a0 xWOOhik. Cori88f&O~, Pago S with aa offl8ial Oharaotor, inrofar as the dotormInation mad0 t&O80 ti8OOiatiOM 8hOUld bo bindlly Upon Labor Ot 8hi8 88a80 in?~UOnOO 8hO-Maniug ~Omi8OiwOr and intorprotation‘to bo plao.6 upon tho Tour law rawtin& boxing and rn88llJlg. In othor UOrd8, wo bolIery.that tho above 88a8U80, l OMtrUO6 a8 a wholo Oviden a lOgi8la- tlro Iatoat romr4 tho~ktlonal &zing hsooiation and 88tiOd bBtlin(l b8OOi8tiOn a8 OffiOial sod- offIoIal a 88188 0r govorwont for ruoh ~~~~0808, and 8pOOiflOti r y ooatompktor that tho Codssionor Labor hi8 npra8ontatin 8hall partioipato in euoh assooIation aotiritior, inmofar a8 tho 8tatUtO oOntOIaplaOos that the #hall bo binding upon OtivitiO8 ef tho8o A88ooiationo tho Ooriuionor of Labor in his nforooaont of Toxar law.
Wo thoroforo hold tho mooting whioh Mr. Suxin attondod was a wotlng of an offlalal or ooai-o??Iolal In- 8trum8ntali~ or aeOnor of gorornwnt, endnot a resting o?
o?#aaisatIon, 10 a8 to iall dthln tho prohibition Las&& In the Qopartmuital appropriation bill agalnot tho ~~*$;g--~I~ :~~tg8*awt;y of Oon~ntIon AO. O-1100 holdIn& to tho oontrory, Ojdion qmolfloall~ ovorrulod and wfthdraun.
Tours very truly ArnRAEY 07m OF lTixA8 prr ,,/l&ig&&& R. 8. Irdrchlld Aoelstr.nt Rwrou
A)'E~~~:'EI;AUG 31, 1940