Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICEOFTHEA?TORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN

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870 of the Penal cods doalareet
nlo oflIar or arplgee the date
of
peuttonti~ ehall be pemaitted to pwutuse
sny goods or siekrehhandise or other proparty
most the state or Penitentiary syetea, es-
oept eu6h surpltm Goode, vegetables, ioe,
water, steam 4zid lights as may be produced
or m4aufaotured on the premiee4 cl the pfmh
tent&wy, or to appropriate to his private
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use or employment the labor, services, or use
of any State penitentiary oonviot, or of any
animal, rchiale or other personal property be-
longing to the State, unlesoltbeby the ax-
press aanwint of the renitentlary Board bad b7
anorde@ tothateffeet entered of reaord on
the mlnutee of 8a&i Board, prbr&ding for the
amOUnt to be paid by such 0ffi.oe.r or ttmplorea,
for the me, employment and aerv~oes of 8uah
cronviotor oomiota for the use of any person-
al property belo~@ng to the sta te; l l l .
Any euoh 0m0m or saplgee rho shall tiolate
w pro~ieion of tbb Artfole &all be punish-
edbyd%amLssalSrombis aSfloe or SmploJlnent
and by a fine of not lees th+n twenty-five dol-
lam nor more than t80 hundred dollara, amd It
the oomlotion be for aeoeptlmg or reoeiving
sruatlon from l hirer or a-
omiate, the party so aon-
ntothepenalty above
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Aa interpretatian or theme statutem impel8 0a to
the oonludon above amounted.

Of oourse, Mai8 ep%nlon would xwt apply to a aase
of speaAf3.0legislatito appropriation of euah produets am
part-of the ooqmuatlan to 8uab an employee, nor does it
apply to sales oi the produete of the penitentiary to BD-
ployoea, M speoially provlded.in drtiole !m of the Penal
code above quote&.

very truly yours
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