Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

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OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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OR lo r t8lnorflco
8eo up kb dr &llr
8lOl in 1943.
uo h8vo rour lotto
attention to a oonfliot botv
end O-!56500,and 8 latt8r data
to mrr. lwpfllr colmn, Chbi
and Aooamts, rolatlagb A.
qaeat that we advim *hat 0061
Tim 1ottrr to es.
Saptombrr 1923
Soptaabar 19Lf
sopteabar 1943
Soptaebrr1943
saptrabrr 1943
l, Abiloru,Tour . septaabor 1943
sopte*or 1943
ibP&OB, TOu# . . . . . . soptombor 1943
15.00 Mrs. L. J. So b nr ido r ,
Amtin, TIUI. . . . . . . soptembor 1943
75.00 city or P a mp a . . . l . ,a . S*ptoatsr 1943
lkorrbls George EL Sheppard,FWo 2
$200.00 s. 5. bird,
Kflgora,Taxcro. . . . . . Sagtratnr1943
65.00 Yllsn WIlldi
Son Antonio, r* em8 . . . e Ssptoabar 19;~
125.00PotroloruButldlnar 3.f
Midland,Tax88 . . , . . . SrptaabaHi’1943
100.61 P*trolouBwlLlds.na, Ootobrr & to
Midland,Tous . . . . . . Ootokr 25, 1943
that lrasrs On all et the lboro
We are sdtisrd'
spaorsrroralramtod prim tb *J 7, 19 3. The ?eortj-•Qhth
s,.glslattwopssod sonata Bill k. 26b tArtlola 666b, T.A.&s.)
with the roqulrilisIjtitlOl ip both ho``s8~ an6 it brotmo
lir80ti+0 OBylf 7, 19u. &OtiOBS 1 and 2 or this A& lm
#I roilaer
%~otfoa 1. ttrssrtrr 811 dopartmoats and
88enoi08 0r tkn dtato Qwornmnt, mboa rontmi
~u40, IS nowlod for omryiaa on the ruoatl81
tunatloao o r o & o l
h& o no loorr drprhanta ot the
Stat* Qo~ornmsatt, 8hnll 8dQit 00 tb8 St0t0 ?hrd
or Control8 rrquootthemfor, 6itLtu the t7psr
kind, and size of balldl aymdad. togrthrr wlth
any Other no00888~ daser tiOB, Snd St0tiqa C&o
pnrpase for shish It wU1 0 tI8Od aad the nerd
tharoror,
'see. 2r The st8t8 Board 0r Control,upon
roooipt of raoh mquoit, rAd if the nom7 haa
born mado lvellablo to pay the WItal tharron,
and If, In tha dimration of the Board rash S~OO
1~ nsrded,shall iorthuithldrartlssin a naws-
paper, whloh has bran r@(ularlypublisha$end
oi.roulatrd In the oity, or tQ*a, wham iaoh mnt-
01 spaoa is sought, ror bids on rtwh roatal spoo,
ror tho PUS lndloakd and iOr o prriod of not
to @%OMd two yaorsr artor suoh bids ham km
rooolrsd by ths state ,Bosrd 0r Controlat its
prinoipalotfioa in Austin, TOI~I,and pabliol
openad, tho award for suoh nntel 0Ontr0Ot WU I
bo ntadato tha Lowrst and bost bidder,and upon
sooh othor trrma 88 ma7 br au-d UPon. Ths
kr~rr or ?,b loatraot, togothor’rith the notice
or UIO IS-PI or tha state Board ot Controlwul
b. gubaittrd to t&r Attornw Qaarra 0r Tome,
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BooorablrOaorgs B, Shrpprrd,Pa&o 3
who wlll QIUII to bo praparsd and oxsoutsd In
l0OO?d~1 With00 th @ tOM #Or th 0 Sg.?~O#nt, 8M Y
oontrao% in quadruplloatai one Or which rlll I)o
kept B7 la sh party thsnte, oao by thr StakJ’
Board of Control, antaoao by ths Attornof CHb-
lr*l or Tam. Tho partire to rush oontnot
*ill bo tha dopartpoator agono of thr gimorn-
unt a r * th o r p o *s
lD 188088 ad the prey
mating ths *pro 08 loasor.*
In O~liloa Xw. O-5457 w hold 8hat th%r Art 614
not osaoel, on tha rfrootl+a date or th0 Aot an le~8sr
and ronkl agnurnts ontom into prior to Sr7 f
but that all rush loasorrot&d br tsnrinrrtad on A&it:‘jl
1943, (ths lad of tho thm ourrantbiennium) ahd tbt a~’
lbrsqruat lure would hare to bo ootorodlnta la the aan-
olr prooorlkd bt 23eotlons 1 and 2 or the Aol.
ko are soas8raltnrdto n-sitl~ uSa Opinloa x0.
O-5457, aad y e ao n lOrl8od that m worronta -7 bo lss~od
by you to pa7 any or the above ii0t0e okiu for XWBt.
nlneo tho Lyialaton ham pnrerfkd l a04e ior
tlu sro~rlPrgor 0frl00 8pOO by ths mrlous stat0 S~oEO1oS
and daprrtmenta, tho7 lro roatrlotod to thot node and muat
oompl7 with thosa roqalrraaats in ordrr to bind the Btato.
Fsrgusoa v. &lsoll 47 To%. 421. SOS alao lls~rar v. Rebid-
aon (Oom. App.), 2d 8. Wr. 133, lt 14l1
WIOB t& LSgiSlStU~ hS8 spoken ia plria
langwe, there Is no rocm for ooastmotion. nor,
undor thooo oframstanoIo, srs tho oollrts to k
oonorrnsdwith tho ~0110~ of the lorohsat or the
jO8ti00 or it8 Offoot. AlOW thlr line mlr So-
prrw coart OS ror baok 80 us oaso or irrgslkiry
v, vOB YIamol,26 Toxr 469, 47l, 8816:
~'WMNlaa&aago Is plain and onanbQuop8,
thor* la no room for eonrtruotlon. It Is navor
ldalsslblato rorort to abtls and ,snioroo4 ooa-
stmotionr to ltilt or lxknd the moaning of lan-
gnago. Aad, whore words or osprs8SiOar &or0 Ss-
qalrod l dotlnlto meaning la law, thor mat bo
lo lxpoundodr'*
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HonorableOoorgo 8. Shrppard, Pogo A
Cbr Constltatloa prov1408that no groat or pub110
nmda shall bo -6s to la ln4lvldoa1out or Uo 8kto Trsas-
ury, lxoapt whon uao Is rori404 for by pra-•rlstlaf law.
S00tl~n 44, Art1810 III. Pt Is fwtkior proddo t&8 -0
debt mhall bo o-to4 by or on bshalr or the Stato,"oxoopt
to supplr 088881dotlsl~nolor of rovaneo, ropol la~aslon,
supprsss fLUarr~otl0u, 4stond th4 Stok in uor, dr pay oxlst-
14 dobti . . ., sootloa 49, Artlalr XXI. Undw thoro po-
vloloar It I# veil 8OttlO4 that a0 001 ha8 MthOrSt7 t0 make
a ooatraot bindingoa tho Stat., sroopt uhsro hr 18 luthorlmd
so to do b7 tb Constitution or a preorl8tla4 ltatuto. rt.
Worth Csvalr7 Glab I. Sheppard, 125 Ton. 339, II38. W. (2) 660;
Mloh01s v. Sktr, 32 8. 1. 452 State te &14urs, 163 S. W.
1020, writ rofusod) Stat0 v. Wt soa 71 for. 29X, 299, 9 S. 1.
155; State t, Forlstoln,79 S. 1. (1) 43, 48 (wrl?dlomliso4~
stats ‘I. an&a4 Cllnlo-Hospital, W To& 393, $59 9. W. (2)
105.
miss thr pwora of all Stat0 ortlooroare tlxod br
law, all poraons doalir@wit& them ara ehargsd~11th aotloo of
tho lialts et UIoir authority an4 am bound at thslr psrll to
ssoorteln eothor tho oontonplatodooatnot la dthln the
ponrs oontorln4. Thor0 lo a0 oooaslon la mob a 0804 ror
indulglagIn proscmptlms or in relying on lp p p r na o sr .
Sta ta
v. Raglao Cllnlo-Horplt81,oupra.
k foallro tha harmhnoss ot oar holding, b a t lro
pcmrrlossto alto? tha plain dlaarrtw or tho Oenatltotlon ln
Artlolo 2% Seotfon &&,an4 sootier 49 lnd Of the l.w3islatur~
In Art%010&66b, t.A.0.S.
wo sau horrby wlthdrawlmgoar lsttor at Mar& 22,
1945, addrosss~ to -8. *lSOB.
Yours vary truly
ATTORwXY WWUL O? TBKAS