OFFICE OF TH,E ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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ayrrtar COBU~B~~OA, an% all nm,ney reoelvsd in
gaynwnt for advertlslng in truiapublloatlon,
.&ioh tha Wmai8aic1a i8 luth o tizeCto aooopt
00 LOW BB lilahadYBl'tlBl#& i8 Mtt-PtitiOti
~0 relates to Jkustl UUI ilBhlR& -11 k
dogoaltod lath. tip0 7 al Oano ruol nnd rhall
b44 u8d m 18 &r0by appmsatttea t0 da-fhy
tba ooot 0r EnId publloatlon."
"Thu net prooeede lrsrri~11 saloa (981~ico-
vidtidin thio :Jrotlczn flhallbe j,laoedin a
se;iaratafund by the Kurd and my be used
Prom t lm to timeror Befraying su0h expesw30
as playbe mwasary for the lnvaati$atlonOt
and obtaining lvldmoe far vlolatlcsrs0r th0
&W4Y~8l4JIBOf thi. .'iOt."
In anawrrlng Uht que8ti3n,we said;
The question of purol-AaIryartlolee Or wear-
ing upprrrrldeonr8 nooeazary to the looompll8h-
netit 0s thr vorr 0r thr imptirtikast
b 0~ prlearllp
aadrawed to tha alsorrtlon 0r tb head 0r the par-
ticular aepartttm-h.tbA108Sthere ia th galpablo
EUX? arbitmrp abuse of dlaroxw%l;in,
the dwlrlon
of the departmnt imad ahoulQ not bo sot afaida.
Th8 tMt Of th8 VtiiaitY Of BWh pUrah~O8 18
wne timr they an naumabably rmoe0oary to OrrBOt
the i;tate’a gurposoe; , . .*
But *o IIOtB rmm the oojiy or tba propoeed agree-
mat with the Awlit birmu~ of CIrouJatiunatout the per
dior ohug0 nrarma to in your lrttor is a ahugo ror rho
lOr*IoOB oi UI WAdIt@X t0 &it thO b00kO 0S th8 pUbllO~-
Wsn with 8 vlmw to Qat8rPSrlny lxootl~ Itm paI& oirmulil-
ticin. YUfthB&&do-t Of priV8t. PUditSSN i8 lpOoiiiOdly
prohibi006 by Sub-8ooUoP l8 0r the gosauol rldu to 88lb
4ppoprIatlcm in the r0n0vrlng iangwgr:
R#~~o Or tho approprlarionn h~rela ma60 &all
be Uwi ror ths purporo 0r O~~ployIlrgany rit78, oar-
poratlon or pwoon lxe*ptlag persons ragular4 end
OWtitNAW#ly W#O-6 by the St&t0 dBiWtMOnt8, to
BbUiit th8 lxpnalt~oa or roocwle ad' my doput-
smnt, board, bureau, ix InOtltutI~oi pmvld86, bow-
lVBX, thvt ir, in the jut-t or tb ofrlmar,otti-
oor6 or d8partmzS8 abarge br lnw 'with diObu8i~
tho ap~roprirtf.ons hOrOin md8, On audit lo nee6waryr
kattajqdiO8tion SOS 8wh Wit Ohal. bO Jr'28 to the
btato Aw,iltorroquO8tl~ that lruoh w&It bo amOo; end
in th. eV6&i th0 Stat6 Auditor 8hal.l QOt, tIh hi8 jud($-
BOLLt, hW0 l8ik b 1 l 8
ufri6irttt ii&U t0 W&B th0 tW8-
8SOtU-y dit, tbtt tb OmOU, t#iiOOrS w dBp8R%-
aotttahaving ohup oi dirbuminl; rJ1 lppr0prIa8Iaru
arm a~thorisod to dlmottha &aptrollar to baaalar
In Amp 8u1 ~4 ePd to tha lpprsprlatlon for tha
stat8 Audltor'o oir108 boroln mild8 tho amount *hioh
In t&o juayppsntor mild otfioor la nOoo8sory ior the
purposs 0r making staid audit."
It 18, mororaro, our opinlua that th8 pro 08od 00n-
traot ~fth ths Audit Byroad of OIroulatfoa8 Is pro h! bitad by
law.
XIIULBWBr SO p%W lOOMd ~U888lCMl,
it la obu opinion
that thb MaLit 6t PIOOOBs~~y, CaWMblO Bad OU8tgpUr to88
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or oompuAa~t&.Jl
upon a proentags baris for ths prooure-
pvnt a3 adrortlrl~ for your publioati3n 148 within ttu
dirontioa of tJis ha., 7lah and Oyster Camaiertm.
*o es returalng horouita the oopy UCoh0 prct-
~OOOtaooatnot rubalttoawith 7our lettrr.
~0~4 very trul7,