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Hon. Alfred M. Clyde, page 2
"1. The Blue Bonnet Stamp Company keeps
at its location in Fort Worth, the merchandise
with which to redeeem the stamps, and also has
other redemption stations In other cities in
Texas. The only way this Company puts out mer-
chandise is by redeeming stamps that have been
given away by the merchants.
"2. The holder of these stamps cannot re-
ceive merchandise from the merchant who gives
the stamps. They must present the stamps to
one of the redemption stations.
'3. The merchandise of the Company is
displayed at the redemption stations, and each
article has a value which is known by the Com-
pany.as 'book value'. The merchandise runs
from one 'book value', and up. Any person may
appear In person at the redemption stations and
select and receive at that time, any article
that the Company has, provided they have a suf-
ficient number of books. Deliveries of merchan-
dise are also made by this Company by mail. Un-
der this system, the customer selects the desired
article, orders by number from a pamphlet put out
by the Blue Bonnet Company, and mails the required
number of books contain ng stamps to the Company.
The Company, in turn, will mail this particular
item to the individual, which closes the trans-
action, unless the item is damaged in shipping.
If so, the Company will make it good.
The Texas Chain Store Tax Statute (Chap. 400, page
1589, Acts 1st C.S. 44th Leg.) is codified as Art. 1llld, Ver
non's Annotated Penal Code of Texas. The parts of the Act wi'th
which we are concerned provide as follows:
"Sec. 1. That from and after the passage
of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person,
agent, receiver, trustee, firm, corporation, as-
sociation or copartnership, either foreign or
domestic to operate, maintain, open or establish
any store or mercantile establishment in this
State without first having obtained a license so
to do from the Comptroller of Public Accounts
as hereinafter provided.Sec. 6. The provisions of this Act shall
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-76, text, March 7, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth264895/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.