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Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2081 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2081

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the corporation in question operate “stores” or “bona fide distributing points” within the meaning of the Texas Chain Store Tax Act?
Date: May 29, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2126 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2126

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Qualifications of voters in bond elections.
Date: May 21, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees Minutes: May 20, 1940] (open access)

[Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees Minutes: May 20, 1940]

Minutes for a regular meeting of the Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees documenting attendees, topics of discussion, and committee reports.
Date: May 20, 1940
Creator: Congregation Adath Yeshurun. Board of Trustees.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1889 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1889

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of Article 4727, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, and Article 577, Penal Code of Texas, 1925.
Date: May 16, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Zelpha Sprague to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Zelpha Sprague to Blanche Perry]

Handwritten letter from Zelpha Sprague to Perry. Letter thanks Perry for the painting, and mentions various family and common acquaintances. Mentions details of the baptism of Elro Scott and Wayne Ward.
Date: May 15, 1940
Creator: Sprague, Zelpha
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1335A (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1335A

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Payment of costs in connection with the prosecution of offenses under Art. 567 b., Vernon's Penal Code (Reconsideration).
Date: May 9, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gray Carter to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Gray Carter to Blanche Perry]

Letter from Gray Carter with an addendum from Alta Carter to Blanche Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting in the Church of Christ in Lawton, Oklahoma. Mentions baptisms of Elro Scott and Wayne Ward.
Date: May 7, 1940
Creator: Carter, Gray
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2089 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2089

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: (1) Validity of Order of commissioners’ court levying annual occupation tax upon all occupations permitted to be taxes by Article 7047, V.A.C.S., for the year 1938 and succeeding years to remain in force until repealed or changed by order of said court. (2) Is Article 121, Penal Code of Texas, void and unenforceable because of its uncertainty and indefiniteness in fixing penalty for violation thereof.
Date: May 5, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Precinct 32 Deomcratic Convention Minutes: May 4, 1940] (open access)

[Texas Precinct 32 Deomcratic Convention Minutes: May 4, 1940]

Minutes for the Texas 32nd Precinct Democratic convention listing motions and their outcomes, including the seven people elected to be delegates at the county convention. A resolution circled in red pencil documenting the decision to vote for John Nance Gardner, followed by Franklin D. Roosevelt for succeeding ballots.
Date: May 4, 1940
Creator: Elliott, D. S. & Bradford, Alex
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2125 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2125

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is it the duty of the state and county tax assessor-collector to assess and collect city government taxes of the City of Court Lake and related questions
Date: May 3, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2086 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2086

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Necessity of lis pendens notice in ad valorem tax suits.
Date: May 2, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. R. S. Barbaby] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. R. S. Barbaby]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Comm R. S. Barnaby, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This particular order contains a bronze cast of "Forrestal," a bronze cast of a "Portrait Bust," bronze cast of a "Bust of David W. Taylor," and a bronze cast of "Wright Bros. Relief."
Date: May 1940
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Stephen Clark] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Stephen Clark]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Stephen Clark, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes bronze casts and a statue of James Fenimore Cooper.
Date: 1940-05/1940-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. August Belmont] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. August Belmont]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. August Belmont, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry.
Date: May 1940
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2008 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2008

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Where one person operates a store and another person owns title to the merchandise in the store, the operator is liable for the chain store tax.
Date: May 1, 1940
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History