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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ret Opinirm Ito
Faroh of li
ooatmat 8X
FaryaFh 3 of , in part, prariacrt
cte frca$Our l0tt.r 88 sollowrr
aaticn of the 8tlptiathmli in para-
8 ocatrsotfailedto oonre$to
4 cf Gontrcl rap cxplnrtioo4ett
"1. Can the ~ceftont Boar4 of Contrd, uadar
2!11
EonoreblsRarry Xnox; P* 2
thi8 pts8Otit lXWOi80 its OptiOal8 mt
OOlltfllQt,
forth la yara,mqh one, lf it 80 dosire 4~14 ooa-
no1 and in the futareto prohare ilquor
tlnue.
tu 8tacpa r0r the Tore8Liquor CoatrolMard fros
the Steak Cmpoay of Au8tln at the price stlpulat-
cd in the oontmot?
"2. Tf your answer to the abctequr6tloa should
be 'ym', please cldvlsaus lf tha bon4 attachedto
thl6 Oont~Ot roll1OOntinUi!in f0m0 nad effeot aa
h&aft the Rxe4 parahnses stmps under thio aon-
.
'3. Ir your mawer to our firstquostlonshould
be *no*,plearreadvise us tb date uh.lchthis eon-
tmot oxplr6s.~
A &mr?ul ooluidorationof thir oontruotloares no
doubt but that It wU8 EBQO Under the ruthoritpof, end in OOLPI
pllcmasrltb Tltls 20, Ctzapter 2, Vornon*mFieiiard Civil Gto-
tutos, 1925, whloh aufhWit*8 t2e kxa’4 of Control ti @x&r
acntmots tor printingan4 the gwohaae 02 SIBAlar8upplloa.
Article806, ‘r’bmon’o Ize?Lsed Cl011 btatUtO8, 1925, which is
part of Title EO, Chapter2~.aupra, in port, prorldes:
Vho Bbard ahell oontraotfor 8 t&as of not
etcoadlng two pm%. . . . for sugplylngto the
Etdte all print&E:,birding,stationary,an4 sup-
plle6 of like charaOter.a
?&era mm parson or boar4 is lgpointod'btlm a8
the aceatof the fitate for the purpcssof lettingocntraot8,
the law Mdar rshlohsuoh psreon or bourd aata 18 a8 cuoh 4
Bert of the contrarat as if it were iorcallytranecribadthere-
hill v. &erloan
Isook Coo~any (Sup. Ct. tit: 1926) 171
%A 4272a5 88 20. 59 Corpus JUAS 171: %iObO18*;. ttato
(Ct. Cir:
App. cf T&c., lees) 11 mr. Clv. &p. se?, SE SE
452, writ of error refused; State T. fcrletela(Ct. MY. App.
of Ter., 1924) 78 SX (a4) l.W, writ of error dl8nlssed. Since
there $8 no tendnation date rtlpulntadin the ooa:raotbo-
.Corous, we nust z-e&d the above quotedprotielonof Article
bbc), supra, into the codzuat and hold that It ox&ad tat0 yo+?rll
im the data of cxt?a~tiah.
Paragraph I ot thle contract bound the Steak Corn--
pony to furnieh ttmaty-rim rilllon (~,OOO,OOO) liqucr tar:
. * . .-
2.32
Eonornbh Barry Xnos, Page s
stffipr.St furtherprovidedfor a?~option rshiahgaveithm
:F;; the rl$stto puroh46raddition4lbtncps,if it 80 de-
This optloa, balng a part OS the oontrsot, oould
ha-6 kmt nothinrr smo than that
the St&o E;l&t muabase
&&pt In excess of the 8tlpuletsdtwsnty-five-clliion
(~,OOO,OOO) (if it so dsolred) durlnz the tima that thr
oOntraot was in dreot. The oostraot h4vlnu tmainrtea two
vrmrs fro= the date of its ereoutlon.the o&on neosoaarlly
thS OriniOn Or this
manot now be pirohas-
36 am ratuminq to you harowlththe orlglanloon-
tmot ou!xzlttad
tc us w:t!:your lottarof hpril 25, 1940.
ATTORNEY GEN%UL OB TEXAS