OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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o- G MANN
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Agrio\rltUWl h t&aohsniQd COllOgO Of T0X.W
Colle~s Station, Texas
go aaployw ooopm4d.e
glrlng &atulwl to srrp
tory, or other muah 8ub-
, pod aaatinw, to bo oar-
Thla eaQmayw WoulQ lw-
= but vould reaslve hi8 travel-
@alar butler vould not I# aeglaotsd,
Involved, ud the Amay 1s wticti-
8 lxvo~r6tfan.
Chat a crollegeewlgeo would reoelos
me par but might reoetve trawllag expe~e8. lr there
any gener91guldevo c*n follow in aooparafiingYlCh the
Federal tirState Cowrnmentr ax varlmm Idaal, oounty,
state or national uar board8 vlthcmt rimkaf violation
al the oonr2ltut$.anal provirlQn note4 abaw?
iiopsrableT. 0. Walton, PwsMaxit, Pqa 2
seation 33 or nrtlale 16 OS the Conmtitution of '~xea
CeQds 3s followsr
"'ib aOCOlUltiI&&
OffiCW%i Of th18 St4tO 8hE11
ncf.thtwdrsv aor pay a umvuat upon tb tmmttrp in
favor of ?ulyperooa, for 8eary OF crompearatlon CL8
agent, officer or appointee, who hold8 at the name
tims ~9 O&W Ofrii30,Or pO8itiOIiOf hOZkOP,t¶Wt
Or prom, vnder thlm state or the ualted 8t4ts8,
except .%apl'WCrib& in tht8 CM 8titUtiOXl. l l l =
yO\trfiMt QU8$t:O?liaQtiH8 if lWlEb6?F8hfp
?QODl Lo-1
Flr8 RationingBOard cOatraveasr the abore quoted prevlmIoa of
the Texaa Conetltutlon vharefore the rull time college emplapa
pTt*E prohibited rroramae1visg hi8 ompearatloa sral the f3tute
.
tWU1 Tire RatiOAXblg?2CW'dSOWZ8 tit0 Wi8tUkW b WM
maamr and a8 a p6rt of the war tmo8-g~.
tallow¶.ng Pwmuat to
let8 OS the T6th Ccmgrcdrr,the Offbe of Prohotloa IWmgumat va8
emtut by executlye.ozderr of Jammy 7, 1$&l, and &gust 28,
1941,and vm oha- vitb aertrtn authorit and flutie* wltb ra-
gard to dOr6Xl8.arlaeIoillan 8Upp1 l prlorltl*a and alloa~tieiu.
By sxecutfve OFCUP Oi April 11, 1911, the OffIoe or MOO A&in-
ktrPt:on VII oreeted and ohaged vlth 0mtaSa authmlt cad
dutiesvithTegard to cmzlausnerpro~atloa,pr;csonatrs I a& &ha
p~WIltiG93 Of &Wi0. 8piral%lX& B7 8UpP1WtW7 -0UttW OtieT
or t&L3alfloe Of Produotltmxanag8Esnt, fgproved by the PTbSi&at,
the Offlcrel
or pro&letiaavt -8817 WOkd %llth0 Offbe
OS Prioe AdrainSatrationp0Ver8 and d&lies with n&pQet to tYW88c-
tlons la M rubber tfzes, caelnge ua4 tebo8. AaC purnunt thm?e-
to Rr. Leon EenQerron, Prlcs AcbaFnistrator,prescrlbbd tire FatIon-
hg regubticmr 8~3.3 oreatad loea2 arideta* udalntrtmtlve maahlne~
to oarry them out.
#4e.!abewhip upon 2.06alTire Rationing Beard5 re8ulto ?ro81
rsl*otIon by local D6iezua Couaall8 akidl ppolnbaratby the OfSire
of Price b&dnistrdA.on. Appointmentarare 8UbjeOt t0 tsra:n?htiOn
at any tY.aeby the Offlus of PrIoe Adakini8tr&ion, m peMOEl8
appointediawe au& duthr end respanaLbI2ltiesa8 pre#arfbeQ f%m
timeto tire by th# Offi8e Of triC%eA&d.li:8tP4Lt:~rRE4srkM OpOn
the loeal board reoetro no oampenmatloaand their prl6ery xwpon-
Of~WW tiW8 OF t%ih8 Vithin thslr?jWI8-
8IblJity i6 the a2'lOthenti
diotfonal nren IIIcOnfox+Mtf ufth SWWS flX8d by the Ofi'ieOQf
kh8 ACtmtii8trotiOXk.
maorabls T. 3. Walton, FmsIde,at, page 3
It is our opinion t.het 70%~ flrmtqueatfon should be
~vered in the affirmatlvo upon the outhor%t.pand raaranizgjof
- Og.nl~R Kio.c-4313, a copy of which ir wN?l~3LJC-
herevlth.
Ziuderthe 2FrPltedst.o,t(CltlQkt
of faetx contsined in
your scccllcq8estlon, it Ie likevi8a ansvsred!in the efflnuatlve.
Tht datenplwtion of *bat oonrtltutm3 6.n “offiae’ or
‘$osItlor” depends upon numervua foators axletent ln emah psrti-
@u2er ~?tuatIon. It i8 theX’#i-oa’Q lqosaibl, to aate@riaal27
prescribe Q general guide applIo6ble to sll. Xn ~ormcuenc~, M
8x-eunable to comply wit3 7our third requ0st but way only rule
upen apectf3.cqtaestlak66~)t~bmlttcd.
Youra very trulg
D APFi 8. 1942