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IR ICE TIANIEIL AUSTI TEXAS
February 3, 1950
Hon. James A. Gee, President
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce, Texas Opinion No. V-996
Re: Applicability of H.B.
6, Acts 51st Leg.,
R.S. 1949, to East
Texas State Teachers
Dear Sir: College.
Your request for an opinion reads in part as
follows:
"The Mayor of the City of Commeroe,
Texas, has stated, in effect, that under
the provisions of House Bill 6, Acts 51st
Legislature, 1949, the contract entered in-
to between the State Normal Board of Regents
and the City of Commerce on 27 August 1917
(copy of which is enclosed herewith) is now
null and void. The position of the Mayor is
further believed to be that the East Texas
State Teachers College is now obligated and
required to pay the City of Commerce for
water."
Your request presents the following questions:
1. Is House Bill 6 of the 51st Legislature unconsti-
tutional insofar as it relates to the contract between
East Texas State Teachers College and the City of Com-
merce with respect to supplying water to the College?
2. Does House Bill 6 annul the provisions of the
contract heretofore entered into between East Texas State
Teachers College and the City of Commerce on August 27,
19177
House Bill No. 6, Acts 51st Leg., R.3. 1949,
ch.256, p.473, reads in part as follows:"AN ACT authorizing and empowering the
Board of Regents of the Texas State TeachersL
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