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OFFICE OFTHR ATTORNEYGENERAL OFTRXAS
AUSTIN
County attoraer
Palo Pinto, Tuaa
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Honorable Sdgar A. Naddo~, pag4 a
*whoever operate8 upaa e public highmy a motor vbhiOlb under a liaea8e, however obtalnod, for a class other than that to whlob eueh -hi-
cle pronerlg belongs, shall be find not exaeed- M two hundred dollars."
Tho registration of ~motor vehiol4s 14 prorlded for In iirtiole ;~blBa, Vernon'q Annotated Civil Statuto8, and Sub- eaotlons (j) and (n) of i3ectIon 1 th4reor read 8s fOllu44~
"(J) 'Pa444nger Car' m44nr 4ny motor r4hl- ale other thsn 8 motor oyole or a bus a8 8bfiMd
in this hot, designed or us4d prhudy for th4 tranrportatlon of per40n4.w
"(A) Qotor Bus' ah411 Inolude mry rehi- cle exobpt those op4rat4d by maaoular pwer or
excluslrely on stationary rails or traake, whloh 14 used in transporting ger4onr botnssn or thra h two or more Inaorporat4d 4ltie8 c&Ad/Or town8 and 7 OT villages for otnspsnration (or hire) whether op4r- oted over fired route8 or titherwire; except mob or said rehIole8 a8 are operated ereluslrely rlth- in th4 llmlts at incorpomted bit148 and/or tumor or suburban addition8 to 8uch tovme.w
.The vEhlQle8 In que4tloa do not rau wlthla the abme derlnitlon or a Wotor bu8*, 8inbe the 68410 are not u4ad in tran*porting peraorr between tro or more
towns or villagee. They do fall 8
or a *pa44enger oar* and are there
;~~G.I.ows that there is no
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We note the dotlnltlon of a "motor burr eompanf' In artlols Slla, Seotlon 1 (a), Vernon*8 Annotated Ciril Statutes.
k eonoem carrying persons rot aoapsluation or hire bsaome4 a motor bu4 oompany, subjeot to regulation by the Railroad Comb- aion, when lta motor vehlclee operate bctyond the limit8 and out- sIde.tha suburb8 of an inoorporated alty ar tam, whether they enter any othsr alty or town, or suburb8 thereof, or not. How- ever, the re@atratlon is44 of theme vehloles are governbd by *3 Eonorable Blgar A. Yladdox, page 3
Artlole 667&, according to the plain and unambiguous term8 of whlah the vehicler in queetlon must be olaeaed aa passenger car6.
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