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OFFICE OF THE A’HORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
T&we h8s been lcindlysuhmltted to us, for ammlaa-
t1on ln cmnlBut1m vith the instMt quest2rm, 8 oopy of sm-
tract lmp4ogo betvean the Bureau or Ycrrdrand ma8 of ths
u. 3. uavy and the Brrnm-Bellovrr-Columbla
Camtruotlaa COJE-
psny, for the cclrrtrwtiapof & Amfal Nr Bara at corpus
Chrtitl,MdflwmM cl-tionMd oons:beMtioa &all
partltlaltprovlslcmaMd featuws thereoi,w &TO rewhed
the aawlu#IaL, upal the pwlo~ples aad md*r tbo lIthor1-
ties dlwuswd in our opinlm Ro. O-3049,thst ths SPafIt-
Bellows-Oolumbla CowtrwtlaD Ccqsny Is thereby oarcrt1tut.d
UI lJldepeodantOaitractor vlth the Federal CowrnlAat for
the cmstr+ca of the dmorlbti projeot~1 a *ooot-plus-
7sitssll~ izirglz% &rxY3as,m
therefore,\nder the lithorltlsecited snd dlaoussedla the
oplnlm advertedto, that f&e tu 1Wled by APtlA.e7047,
Seotian4U, Subsectlaa(a), RevisedCivil Statutesof Texas,
aould ocurrtitutlamllybs Ilisposed
upm and oolleatsdfPcm
the Ims star Cmt corpmtiaa, &a rrell*r of ruoh omt,
ova thou&suehtushouldbeps&wdm~ part oftlmpw-
oimnprioe, tosuohlnba~~teap~to u&dultUmtely
to the Fedor Qovmwmnt, so 8s to lnamsse, pm3 tmto, the
oalstruotioacosts or this pro$Bat.
As la opipianIlo.O-5049,our omolusiop kero U
to the tuaMlfty of the traaswtiar fads addlfi~ rup-
port ia tlabexpressupdm? by the oov~rnmeat,irrt&o
rme oithe oultlwt (Art * mabdlvlslcn0). to rebl-
burseths ganmlomtrrotor,8Favn-&ll~~olrrrMlC~~-
tim ckmp8lq, to the followingexte@itr
'(0) The net aml?ultof My u. s. soala
Becurltytaxes and artystate or 1QMl tuss, fees,
orahwgesuhlch the amtrsatormyks uind
aiaecrountoftblsamtraatto~yaxOr "4maax
plant, equlpMat, prooess,0r~tlcm, mbtwiAls,
or perscnaelwider my applloabla alld IAV or
regulatlms issued by aoqmtont ruthorlty."
'&apo8slble&8iu1o~tb@ taoa,ShrCbnuatBorpO=-
tlcmr~tB*awrr-Bellar8-Col~~abisCmrtrwtioaO~y,rsd,
lntum, ofsuuh lstterroapsaxa~8ttbe FederU Oar-t,
for fd~smt, under the above quotedprovl8lanof the mm-
Ealorabl.Oe0rg.H. shsggyd, -3
treat, ofcenwnttaxes prlcltoth0 Stste,is l crantrotsray
betwan ths partiesarising out o? ax&rsot nthor tbm
the tax measux'~hero tiVolv~d,sad huoe M the ~XW@OP
aoope of this oplnian. Howwr, ve do sky tbt suoh tex
me8sura1s applloabloto salor of emtby the frQo 8tU
cmt Corpo.retlon,ueopltethe dwmlw&ms oantalne6sn
Its lettertmnsmittiog bids snd in p-o mder oovor-
lag shipmentsoioemsnt, toths ltrwtthatsuahawtorials
"are for the axeluslv6use a? the Unltod 8tatessad tit10
to the w vests in the United SWter upar thoil,d@liV.~y
to the custodyof Bswm mid Root, tie.,U. S. Bellovs,aa&
co1umb$aCanrt~tlmCornpaag,ceatrrotfOy~090,x~~
AlrT~ingS~tim,Corpu8 cmi8tl,Toxa8,"~& "Fede~l
sxclw tu, statesnclloerltams avenotappUacrbl6to
thl8 purehue ior tbs sole Waount o? the UnitedSt8tu."
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