Non* Robert P. w
County Attorne$
Bo8quecounty
Nerldlan,
Te%M
bearsic:
opinion No. O-1560
Re: Whetherthe bondeervloecontraatbetween
The SteakCompanyand CliftonIndependent
SchoolDlstrlotoonetltuteea violation
of~firtlale
43Oaof the P&al Codeof Texas.
Wi8haveyour letterof October6, 1939in uhlohyou
reque8tthe oplalonof thl8department withrefereaoeto
the gurqtlon~wl&her.oo! @otthe bondlervloeomtraut whloh
patt.ea&8ed. in. your -letter,
betweenThe Steak Cuatwmyand
~Olll'toa
~%de#mdent'Mhi$ol Dl8trlat. crautituteaa viola-
tlob ,of!
ArtiIala 4gOaof th,*Petial &de of TexM ,~relatlrig
to
the Unl%ufUl :prbtice of law.
ts p8rtAgraphI (a)of the
I&I referpartloularly
aari+aet
whichretieas 'rollowe%
"1'~
- ,Legal
Serviae~
n(i)To pmpare~thelegal$aeg;ae~am~&ary
to be executedin votingandp
l86uantre:of
the propomd ue'uuidtleti.
Wherean eleu-
tloa#&@quired;thl6*111 lnelu4ethe preparat+mof
thepti~fwtlon prc#leedltig8WITWCUTEXTRA C&UWJE.~'
ff the oompsd~~prepme8 aueh~pre-eleotlon
@a+ooeedin@
8x@ the eleatldnfall8to aarry,ne 0-e j.@to be'
madebytbuempany f'orthe pmqeedl~ti'so p-@&d.
It lm agree& now'avsr,thatif othereleetlone &.a
rlmllarprepeabllitlim
are aalS@dwithinone yearfmm
the &k%eof the.previcam eleatlon,
ehle aentraot will
applJ,tO the new eIeotlons;
withany neoereary altera-
tZon8&n prlaeto oerrespdnd wlth.thenew PrOPOIBitlOn.
The oumparqwillprovidethe austomerwlth not more
‘tihaa~thih traasarlpts
of the OWlite legalpro-
aeedlnga feraefmtlon-one fortheawktamer,ame for
.gdctlon
~2.of:Artlcle
4369 6t the'Pena‘lX@e~.deiines
thb',@Wtiiie:
of law~xnd lnoludesthe followingi
'"(b)For a coim%deratlon,
rewardor pecuniary
b&i&d*, prymittor antiolpated,~
direct,or indirect,
edWf8$?8
or counsels to secularlaw,or
imother'aa
drari.:a or lnatriment
paper;~doeiunent affeotlngor
rel&tingto aeeularrightat..."
,.
3eotlon 7 bf Artlele43Oa of the P&al Coderelates
to i$@&s&ritrinrl6lationof the unlaufulpm&ice Act. Thie
SeatltW,*adailnpa+t.sSfollo*ei
%ny agree&atby anpperson, aorW-atlon,
OS'~seclatlon~.ln
tiolatlono$,thl8Aot shallbe
ill.,@:u#l&@b.p@raQn,~atlon, or sssymfa-
tlinihallnot b&able to ramwe%-for aay UeIViOet3
ieuitiw'itivlalatlenof this Aot either on the
eQntreot* a:qpssl-cront~etual *i3ll.atlon.
. . 2,
Ue~aMutwfraa your letter ~4ndfron the t&B8 Of
the oiatrbatthetThe8teekCoqpwgiaa eerporatlon, and
therefereaantmtbe Isrhrll~
authorfzed
to praatiaela@.
Xon,Ro+rtF.w, Page3.
formmnue of these serdccs,
Under our oplmiori Raa,O-831,by As8lstant~Attomey
GeneralRobert E. lbplce, adUre6aed to Hon. 3. P. Bryan,County
Attorney,,
Brazorla County,the agreement by the aorporatlon
to performlegalservleees~wauld be llleg,el,even thoughit
wee oor&uplatedthatlloeneed attorneys shqmldperfox%the
legal sex-does under employment by the aorporatlvn. A large
number of aaseaare altedin #aid opinionswstalning this
proponltlon.
In Maordahitb
with the requestcontalned in m
letter,Ue eiymturnlng herewiththe oopy of the bondser-
vlee'cditkitct
whlahym'eent tie.
B;rr
RdRoySlmmocm
Assistant
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