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OFFICE OF THE ATTQRNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
d April 17, 39 4 -.. t" Eon. s. a..(Dill) Morrison
Crhnincil DiStriOt Attorney
Cameron, Terss
DearSir: *2 Hon. W. A. (Sill) Morrison, April 17, 19'39, Pqe 2
as provided In Section 32, ArtI- vlded shall, local option eleotlon for the ole 1, order _ _ _ _ - _ - - -
purpose or determlnlng wbetber alOOhollC Imter- ages of the various types and aloohollc contents. he;;Edprvided shall be legalized or pro-
. It Is rurther provided in said article that: ~a&.ns~prohihitingthesa~ ofallal- oohollo betere@m*
This 16 ~oiiirl,aa&etion to be E&d VI&& the gale of allaleobollo beverages has baenl~llmd, the mrd6 *fcr pmhlbltw *or&ore, the sale of d$ aboholle benrages* aad *again8t prohlbltisg the sale ofa&aloohollo bwer88eP 8hO&%be p&tad ontbe
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Clearly, under the pnnirrIon8 ofAz&ti~e 66640, i?t& ama in whlehtbs>lOO& here&orereremdto to option eleotlon Is to &e held is wet, the pr ..~ deal- be voted on Is a prohibitory done, IOU will 6IOns In the Soll0wl.q case8 to au@pert our Op3.alOa a8 herein stated:
Moyer n. Xelley, Tex, Oh. App. 95 SV'Zad SOS, writ dIsmIsses;
Flowers vs. Shearer, Tex. QIv. App..107 WI 2nd ., 1049; Whitmire va. State, ~1%~ Tex. Grim. Rep, 972, 94 Sfk2nd 742.
Hon. K. A. (Bill) Morrisonz, April 17, 19S9,- Page 3
74th the use of the words as set out above, on the ballot, there will not be a fatal varlanea between the ballot and ths petition oalling for tbls sleotlon u!doh uses the following words:
To detsrmlne whether or not the sale of all liquor 8hall bs prohibited In 8aid ulslaortgtf.*
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