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Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-7 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-7

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the commissioners' court to purchase an automobile for the sheriff without advertising for competitive bids.
Date: February 16, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-4 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-4

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Present effect of Article 3917, V.C.S., specifying fee compensation of the Attorney General.
Date: February 5, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-3 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-3

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Duty of Criminal District Attorney of Harris County generally in civil matters and to represent Harris County Flood Control District.
Date: February 9, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-4 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-4

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of the provision in Senate Bill 98, 53rd Legislature, authorizing Boards of Trustees of independent school districts to appoint tax assessor-collectors for a term of office not to exceed three years.
Date: February 11, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-5 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-5

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the commissioners' court to pay the cost of publishing the complete minutes of all special and regular meetings of the court in a newspaper of general circulation.
Date: February 12, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-6 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-6

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of Article 7047a, V.C.S., providing an occupation tax on the operation of stock and commodity exchange.
Date: February 16, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-8 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-8

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the commissioners' court to fix an additional compensation or expense allowance from funds of Fort Bend County Drainage District for added duties the commissioners perform on drainage district matters.
Date: February 19, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-9 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-9

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Necessity that the presiding judge of an administrative district be redesignated when his term as district judge is extended by his re-election.
Date: February 20, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-10 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-10

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of tax assessor and collector to maintain an office in Whitesboro.
Date: February 25, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-11 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-11

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Eligibility of the Texas Municipal Retirement System to receive funds appropriated for the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund.
Date: February 25, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-12 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-12

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the commissioners' court to employ persons to work in each commissioner's precinct rather than allowing each commissioner to select his precinct employees.
Date: February 26, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-13 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-13

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of the same person being paid both as consulting architect and as associate architect in connection with the Basic Science Building for Southwestern Medical School.
Date: February 26, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Car Door Repair] (open access)

[Invoice for Car Door Repair]

Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by the McNeill Motor Company, including door repairs for a Chrysler.
Date: February 3, 1953
Creator: McNeill Motor Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Car Repairs] (open access)

[Invoice for Car Repairs]

Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by the McNeill Motor Company, including car repairs for a 1949 DeSoto.
Date: February 10, 1953
Creator: McNeill Motor Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Texas Dairy and Alfalfa Hay] (open access)

[Receipt for Texas Dairy and Alfalfa Hay]

Receipt for items sold to D. W. Kempner by Sugarland Industries, including Texas Dairy feed and alfalfa hay.
Date: February 13, 1953
Creator: Sugarland Industries
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yearly Natural Gas Deliveries] (open access)

[Yearly Natural Gas Deliveries]

Report on natural gas deliveries for 1951 and 1952 broken by month with totals, lows, and highs.
Date: 1953-02~
Creator: Imperial Sugar Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from Stahl Editing & Titling Service to D. W. Kempner, February 25, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice from Stahl Editing & Titling Service to D. W. Kempner, February 25, 1953]

Invoice from Stahl Editing & Titling Service to D. W. Kempner for editing and titling several 16 mm. Kodak films.
Date: February 25, 1953
Creator: Stahl Editing & Titling Service
System: The Portal to Texas History
Passing State Law Not Easy But Sometimes It Can Be Fun (open access)

Passing State Law Not Easy But Sometimes It Can Be Fun

Paper written by Margaret Mayer, a special correspondent for The Dallas Daily Times Herald, about the passing of state laws.
Date: February 2, 1953
Creator: Mayer, Margaret
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition in Support of Texas SB 103] (open access)

[Petition in Support of Texas SB 103]

Petition with a brief statement asking representative Latimer to support Senate Bill 103, a bill introduced by Senator Harley Sadler to offer financial relief to school districts located in or under jurisdiction of a county declared to be in a drought disaster area by the President of the United States or his designated agent. Below, there are 51 signatures with both a cursive and printed version of each name.
Date: February 6, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice to Cecile Kempner, February 16, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice to Cecile Kempner, February 16, 1953]

Invoice for expenses related to Project Golden, addressed to Cecile Kempner and paid by the H. Kempner firm.
Date: February 16, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for 50 Feet Manila Rope] (open access)

[Invoice for 50 Feet Manila Rope]

Invoice for items sold to U. S. National Company by Black Hardware Company, including 50 feet long manila rope of worth $3.82.
Date: February 25, 1953
Creator: Black Hardware Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for 4 Yard Load Fertilizers and 2 Yard Load Soil] (open access)

[Invoice for 4 Yard Load Fertilizers and 2 Yard Load Soil]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by Butterfield Gardens, including 5 bags of 4-yard load fertilizers and 3 bags of 2-yard soil of total worth $98.50.
Date: February 10, 1953
Creator: Butterfield Gardens
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for 6 Inch Screen Molds] (open access)

[Invoice for 6 Inch Screen Molds]

Invoice for items sold to U. S. National Company by Burton Lumber Company, including 6-inch screen molds of worth $0.9.
Date: February 5, 1953
Creator: Burton Lumber Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Gulf Livestock Spray, February 23, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Gulf Livestock Spray, February 23, 1953]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by Gulf Oil Corporation including 5 gallons of gulf livestock spray of worth $7.95.
Date: February 23, 1953
Creator: Gulf Oil Corporation
System: The Portal to Texas History