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OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bert Ford, Ad!nlaietrotor
~05arrcrhb
'f.f(~I
Liquor Control Board
Au&tin,T.XOS
By latter det ( you rocJueet4a
the opinion of tllisde r the OfSi44 o?
Price &dalalatntlon, ire ageaey, Imy
l.alpoao
prlae orili r Control.Bowl,
in r4giiditinor rrband llqaor un-
6ar motion 30 uor Contml Aot.
Other raatt6rs am followt
ow uh6ther, 66 6
ter of gemal pob-
otherwloathm of-
~8bidding eml rooept
any eivsn lnetanar.
llk4wi66 provld6s for thti64ll-
rlff'a 8414i, w should silti0
feet oeilina prioa reylationrr
8 %4rirr ai a5y aou5ty in detbr-
id6 for llqum rrhouldbs 4406pWl
SectIon 30, krticle I, of tha !bxao Liquor Control
Aat provld68 toral.tarnetire netrhodr of 6614 ot oontm6band
l&asd uw3.t tbo AOt.8 1% mny be sold at lie auotion by
the Sh4rifr or the oountp 4f 8elm.r4 or f"
t my b4 4onoub
tmtad by tit* Bwrd at ury plao4 with3 tko 8tak a44w
most advmt~mme and w&l at "4lth4r pab&io or rirabe 6ilo".
smn whsra aale is nt publio nwtlon by t&o !ibe~! ff, thr
&mm3 asy r@eat Cho bid u&d rwol.1 Vaau the auth@siQI@itra,
OX it hes nuthorfty bo lid et t&e oaX4 W tiaka aoliVUy for
t5 prpea* of rmmla, attor payifq a wme8 ol tb ll4.
fAan.ml,tlythe palley Of thin mtrtube T a t4 6*6uPe bo chr
*bate thsshigbert pt?twibloprloo SUP bhir 0anbPaBrrad us8 lb
iauabbe ooaeodtithat if the 0. P. A. mmy, by xe&ulntlun la-
paa* prlos 44llif4y OR Msoh Ml.4, t&are ragalatiws wd be
in oanfliot tit& the atnte*s etnbotea.
Rert Ford, Adminlatrator,Pago 3
fianoreble
UJ. 6. G. A.) oonta~ios theso pmhlbitlcma;
*It atiallbe ualawful, ngardl~s of 8ny 6on-
tract, agnomnt, leaam or atber obllgetlon ham-
toioro or banafter ontrrad into, for any prmn
to eel1 or deliver any ocmodity, or in the 44a~a
of trade or bualneao to buy or noslw any 445zmetlb
tf, or to demand or reosire 8ay wnt for any bsiase
loooL110d8tl0~8,or otherwine to 40 or
aron h o u r ine
omit to do any aot in rlolrrtfon o? any ngulatl~n
or order under aeotion 2 (motion 902 of thla rpf~~+
did , . . ."
That p&a oantral le~l*latlonla a proper *am!-
oiaa of rodoral luthoritp andor the War pwora* of Can(lre?%,
moms to be wall latabliahrd. Highlan~~v.lws*rll car L snou-
plow ao., 279 u. f. 253, 49 8. ct. 3lb. In anoh an anot&enay,
“thr power i8 not 1itit.d to riotorler in the fiall urd the
dlclpawlonot thr lnaurgnnt iorooa. It 4arrl4a with it in-
barwatly tb powr to gu4rd wolnat bhe imwdlrtr remowl of
tJi#oontliot and to rard&-the evil8 wlilohharr lrlaaa f%mh
ltq::~ri44 4nd progwra”. R&exandu T. 3towrt et al. f. tr.
Rloem 4t al., ll ValL 493, 20 t. Pd. 176.
tt1 8 wu mtka th a tht -4rbe4ni lhdtf,
rxarelmd in a delqatad Siald,oonfliotrdth tlm lam of the
ltr ite,the 1att.r runt yield and the W4oral crothorltyfa 8~
P=-. Stats of Florldo v. Mellon Eaoratary of the 9Wmarf.
lt II., 273 U. F. 12, I+'?
6. Ct. 2& As it Wornmaid ia tbr
oam oi Helena Rablarlrla,Xo., v. Charliner Gut-Hato, lao.,
132 2. if.2q. 256, 28 AtI. (2) 113 wh8~0 tk 60-t had andor
otm8lderMAon a 00nrii0t betron th %aergo8oy prtea tmatw1
l6t o r 19w" end the atato*s -ialr trwle aot*, *the uthwitf
oi the Federal smVartmant la ouprarm tith X88pOt to mOtt8T4
ah&Oh 8X-8 delegated to it by tha F doral CWStitUti4n OVIBi
though t&a exuolae or auoh eutkor Ity RR~ latarfur *Ith the
lrf00tiv0 8ppiiO8tm 0f the i-8 or 8 ltetO*.
The lmugenoy prioo oaitrol l4t provldaa t&t tt
ahall bo wilauful ter *ray paraoa* M vloIat8 ro&ulatioW
gworablo Bort Poti, Mbalnl8trstor,Pago 4
~4ubcl thbrmneor. 50 u. 5% 6. A. spp. 904. mF0 ib n-
,pbtbblb buthorlty 83 thb~lffb othbt t onllnbrll~thb lbn-
@lb&p -nf PO--“* *an u8od ln l 4tbtut0, dosllnot 4pply
w ln(L1noluQ 8 ctrto in tho 888onoo of apooffio wording
l&lortlng atoh 8~.lntontlon by tho I&slatura. Laastoin
,. xvsns et bl., 69 Fed. 9088 AM. Cbs.19128. 1214; 59 C. J.
~03, soo. 653; 25 R. C. I..766. &waver, rooont waos br
a. Supnrc, Oourt OS the Unit06 gtbtos hno bpprwod a maoh
ma&r oonatruotionoi that toni. In D. E. t. Coopr Cor-
p@a$iOA, 3x fl.3. 600, 61 s. ct. "~llr, It is said:
*Z?pillOO, in bQp100.
Ubb@, thr tbA ‘QOTWB’
Qbb not inolubthe botaroi~, rtbtutm bapleflng
z phnso arm ordlnbrll,f oonbtrubd to oxoludb
But tbmo lb 00 harE and feat rule of sxolu-
&&l. Thb purpose tho bubjbot Patter, thb ooa-
text, the logfblbdrs hietoory, bad the exooutlto
lntorprotatloncd tho rtetuto or0 aid8 to oonstnab
tlan *hioh may lndlobto ELIlatent, by the ubo af
of she
lt o l.,
la*.”See
tho tom. to bring btbtb or ubtlon within tho aoopo
0100 Stbte of Ooordb 1. Hvbas
316 0. S. 159, 62 9. Oh. 972; State of Ohio
v. Holvorlng et el., 292 U. S. 360, 51 7. Ct. 725.
It mag be notbd thbt under bbotion 20(S), doflnl-
tlonb bad oxplanbtlobs,gbnorrl mbrlmm prlco rb lbtlon,
lsauod by the ?rieo A&lnlmtrator on Aprfl 28, 1r42, ptvbbsbt
to lthorltr gitbn him by thr onergonag prloo oontr~l lot,
thbt thib 80rlnltion1s found,
wPorwn lnolubr bn lndlvldubl,oorporbtlon,
gwrtnorbhip,b~aoalbtion,any othor orgbnizbd group
of pbrwnb, logbl e~~oonbor br reprr*bntb*lro of
any of tho fongolng, 41~3 lnaluder
bny agonoy thbroof, bny other
al’ it8 pOlitib.1 SUbdiVibiOnb,
6ovoAmmt,
the Valtod Ftbtob,
or any
4Jld baj b6biWY Oi
any Of the tOrb&@f4&‘
Flth the deo&broa purpf~~
8moFgbnoy .prlaaoontrol aot of 1942
ion thrt thb lmgurgb, l8ny perew*, t~6used In the rot (50
u. 3. C. A. 8~3. ~88. 904) 4991ibb to t&b #tat. nod 1tD bgbn-
eloa crehtqat thf Prior aQmlngb~g b@~~n~mu;!MfT;othBiff~;-
ltl tbrw$*Jr .bbu6~~or ma
“;.‘.’252
*ioh bpply to Eblb8 or oOn%robbBd t&or tho Tbnr Llqoor
(DobtrolAot. ‘Pbb SXOZOiSO Or 8lldr brad pa*Orb by 40. b&ill-
,$btTbt~ wlthln @bfiOrbl li8itbtiOZW iapObbd by t?Otl&Pb6S hbb
b&s noontly upheld by the Ruprbmb Court ot thb Uoltod
$tbtOS. 09p Cotton IUlb, Iao., v. AdSlnlstrbtor,312 u. 5.
tj16, 61 9. Ct. 524.
Other lnqu~rlob inolu(L4 ln yobr mquwt, r0latl.a~
ts thm partloulbr b?fOOt Federal re~atlonr wbnld hat0 on
aho mnnor af SdLb andor the Toxbs r.lqrror Control AM, 'n
&om it iMdtiO6bh t0 bnmr. ~bdorb~ ~iCiibtPb~&~O rogu-
~bt&tlS $~Oti&e 4 tlexlble SrbtSL8 Of @BV~AQwlt, rubJoot to
~68liioatlon, brorptiba,retrabtlbn,and lmet6tlolr irbfndbr
t0 dbt. ti OW StbtUtO buOU8 th0 mrd t0 BlbkO “@irOt
B&O* Of OO~t?bbbil&, it 18 I)Ot iDlp~Obb~0 that a 8bhb QTbO-
tloe may bo btlood by the Board ta WllbtikthXl the nit&
h&ml sga~or, rhloh till intWO tho hi&bat poribla prloo
f@r the 8tOtO UhiOh b OWibtbllt With hderld ~O@UlbthSl8
unl rlniohwill, et tho 841U the, efX@ly dth tb paidbbs
ol the ‘%X84 LiqUOr COntPOl hot.