OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
;ion.Joe Eunsahlk, page 2
l5aw,rule or regulationof these crtatea. Sftilar
Infornxtionwan oompllsd as to swpsndsd menarrera,
eeoonde, referees,catchaakers,and promotera.
Boxers and wrestler8 travel fros one state to another,
an6 lnformtion oonoernlng their wrel e~~5proiessional
reputation is vital. It ue era t4 be preoluded from
imowing which boxers have been swpended for violations
or their Qutles in other etataft,we would lnvarlably
permit preotioes in Tsxer that would lcwer ths standard
of boxjng in this State, thereby resulting In a de-
aline in attandanoe,end thla would lutomtioall~
deprlrc the Stats ot contemplmted revenue la Its
collectionof three pe: cent or the gross receipts
rroa such borlcqrconteata.
"The Stional Boxing Amoaiatlon Issued their
tjuspenslonbulletin So. I.2 on February 12, 1940,
showlog that one boxer in ~exno es& three boxers in
two other states ha& beea mqm&U for Qouse, and
tbet three boxem in as zant oth6r 6tat-W had been
reinstated. Suoh lufcmmtlen lo furnished to member8
by the Hatlonal Boring Awsolatioa. The auapenaiona
mede in Texas aro reco~lzed in cther.etater,and
the arohange or such inSoruxati4n 1s of'wtarlal
bererlt In WI effort to sza1atai.n boxing on e high
plaae, the very pttr~~ss ror nhioh the lam was pefmed.
tie beiiere that vexes rhotl$d ham a voice lx defining
rpec~rledworda and ala4 e toice in promul&lng aec-
telo rules end rcgulatiaw, an6 then the 4pportunUy
to Imowwhat such words man and what such rules an6
reguiationsam.*
You raqueotour opinion a8 to whether or not a-0 in the
maa of t?26.00ror the year 1940 tar laemberehlpin the E&tlonal
Boxing i;oaooiationof tierioa, Inc. my bt paid trou,the *eon-
tingant expense* hand nentloned fn the aurract epprcpristlon
r0r the boxing and vreatling dlrfalan or your Ijaparterant.
ibf‘tcr
prov5dFng alerles for euqioyeee ot the boxing
and wrestl:ne~~ivls5onof the Bureau or Labor Statlstlee,the
gmeru+lappropriationbill, baiu$ Sena,te~BillVo.429, 46th
bgieleture, xwkes an epproprl6tioDbi tha (IUODof &4,000.00
ror Spoeta6e, atatlcmery,talegraph, teleghons,ewalpment,
tratelitpme ooctiqwnt. exgecse~.n roliouin~ Ruob iteaized
U@ropriation 2.8 a rider rea&tng 58 raliows:
*::,ubjectto the limltetlons cet forth in tte pro-
~lelcjnsappaarlr* et tbe end of this .L.ot, t&ore la
hereby approprletedout of the iioxllsg and Graetlln$
3-d ror soch or t&e yaara ending &uguet 31, 1940
ad huguat 31, 1941, an exouht sutrlolent to pay
the item set forth abore under the boxlc(:an4
SrGstllngZXvis:on.*
The speclfie purpoees hems6 in the appro@riationbill
for whioh ssld sum of $4.000.00ntey be USed are not all oi
l r fmiia r M tUm, attention being oelled to the dlrfersnoe8
~;ye~~y6t5~50nd 8quIpment and bet-en stetlonery and
man the rule or sjuadeir; generis 58 or no
aid ln.attezpting'todeterralne what Is meant by the teti
leohti~ent expenses." Under the alrcumetance6,we think it
11:broad enough to coyer the item 15 quaetlon if the mute bs
reasonablyneoeasnry In reguiatlr& the prontotidgand oonduet-
I= or fI8tia combat8 end wrestling metches. ?kom’a reading
of ArtIale 614, Varnon*s?enal.Gode,and in partloular Seotlonr
h an.4190 timeor, in oonneotlonwlch the rci0tGset out fh your
.letter,.wetareof the oplnlon that it la hl&iLy desirable that
the Connirrlonarot Labor, rho 19 eW.horlze6 by law to rogu-
let* auuh xatter6 tmd who Is charged with the duty of prom&l&at-
.in@ tia and regu&kions which may be neaeseery in the premIsea,
~nlatalahim~slf in suoh a poctltlonae to reosite InformatIon
dlsmmInated by.the:XationalBoxing xasoeiatlonto Ita wmbere.
If we Paderetandyour Setter.oorreetly,it la neaea*ery for
@u6h membershIp to be eii+bllBhed or retained if.such informntlon
18 to ba ha&. +oOOmll~ly, It is gt%roplnlon that this uponee
MY be paid out of the above itentof eppropriaticm.
Yowa very truly
Assistant
JfLA&L&u
ATTORNN GENERAL OF TEXAS