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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
,4L 514~ sd g33
February 16, 1939
Honi .StaphenP.
aounty Aittornsy
DaWitt Comity
Ouaro, Texas
De&r Sir:
Your letter of haa been reoaived
in whioh you dea furnish you an
opinion as ~towh ionem' Court, ds-
iWing to puroha ing poabably be-
tween $1,500.00 hsve to advertise
sor oonpstltivs
the lowest and best bid.,.,"
peotfully attaoh hereto a copy of an opin-
Hon. Joe Sharp, Assistant Attorney General,
addressad to Hon. Alwln 2. Paps, County Attorney, I'iaguih,
Texas, under date of Soptamber 14, 1937, whioh answera,
BO doubt, the identioal queetion aa oontsined in your
letter. It appears, thsrefore,that this Department has
oonalatentlyhold that road maohinsry oomas under the terms
Hon. Stephen P. liebert, Fsbruery 16, 1939, Page 2
and within the meaning of said statute and that the
phrase *rupplleeof every kind" would lnalude euoh road
mtohlnsry 4s mentioned.
It is, therefore, the opinion of this Depart-
ment that in the purohaee of a road traator as outlined
In your letter that fmme ahould be adrertiaedfor oom-
petltivs blda, as provided in the above statute.
Very truly yours
ATTORt?EYGENERAL @F TEXAS
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ATTORXiT GXNERAL OP TEXAS