OFFICE OF fHl?:A~ORNEY GENERAL OF -+=
AUSTIN
Hr. 0. J. 8. lEllingeon
QenerEilManager
Texas Prison System
IiUltsvllle,,Texas
Dear sirr Opfnion Ao. 0-3423-A
Re: Secondband textbooks
for penitentiary.
Your inquiry of Rag 1, 1941, asking our
~"c&di ais !to,tihether
the TexSS PrlSon Syitem:is: '.
entitled to'current ado@tlon secondhand books;
reoeivod.
The Aat of the LogLaleture~,be- Artlele
6203, Bevltwl Qivl.lStatutes, does not rofor ta
sociondbandtextbooks ot ang psrtioulslryea% We
th3Ak the proper oonstructlon to be plated on aaid
statute is that the State Superintendent of Publla
Instruction should furnish to the Texas Prlaon Board
the moat available seoondhand books he has to enable
the Texas Prison Board to teach the inmates of~the
penitentiary reebing, nltlng, ,spellingand arlth-
metio. Under rrridstatute he is not required to
furnish ourrent~adoptiong eeaandhrnd books.
very truly yourll
ATTORBEP Bg31EBALOF TXAt3
By-$
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Asdaent
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APPRwEDxAY23,1g41
/ $
$ - Qrover Sellers,
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ATTORREY CaaRRAL