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,OFFICE OF THE ATTOkNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
PROVER SELLERS ,nowrr CLNER*L .; :.
Roaorable Syrian E. Haibut
county Attorney Lubbock County, Lubbock, Texao
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Deaf S1r.i 110. o-7242 opinion Re : Exemption of c
tif+w$, Tple ii1 R. C S., enbraces Articles
A. lc s and &@I read respectively as follorrs: pPy69a3.
‘%ach person who shall buy or drlk any animal or ankals for sale or ahl~cnt out of any county, or uho shall bug or drlvo the sam for slnuddcr, shall at the time of purchasiw and boforo driving the same, procure a wrltto,n bill of sale ?VXI tho awaer or owners therefrom, or from his OT theLr *2 . .
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legally authorized agent .’ 3aid bill QS sale shall be properly signed and acknowledged. Such bill of sale
shall distinctly oncmo?ato the number, kind aud-‘gge
of aniuals 3316, together with all rzarks and bra~nde
dlscer&M.e thereon; and said animls before 1eavinR
the county In which they hnvo boea gathered shall bo .: inspsoted by the luspctor of such county or hla do-
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Art. 6934.
%%e purcbassr of any hides bf cattle at the time of purchasing same shall obtain fro;;r the ovmr there- - of, or from his legally author&ad agent, a written bill of. saZe duly ~okoouled~ed, i?hich shall recite in full I the narks and brands of each hide, the wclght thereof, and uhethor the aam is dry or green.” .
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Artiale 6563 roqu&os the purchaser of- any on&al to .s, obtain Sron .the owner thereof, or his :a@nt; a vritton bill OS. ~~ snlo in the nannor and. f&n therein preocMbed. &ticLo 6984 i roqulres the purchaser of my hides OS cattle at the ttia of ,,,
purchase to obtain from the omsr thereof, or his agent, a .~‘.: wlttea bill. of aale la the nanner and form th$reIn prescrIbad.. t
It’ is agp?ronf that Article 1452, P.‘C., is eho oounier- part of Articles Yd3 and 69% and rakes it an offense for the purchassr bf any anl.ml or hides OS cattle to so purchase without obtaining fron the owuw thoreof ore his agent a bill of ~rrlo there- to.
Article 7005, R C. S ., +ftel’ tWl%ug a 1OQG J;ifJt Of COUQ- tlos, concludes by speciflsally exempting the c?o~nntiQs uazed “from the provisions OS thin chapter, ,and from all laus regulatL.ng ths lQSl%f ion’ OS h%dos and an1ual.s.’ Article lh32, P. C., 1s found in chapter 13, TLtle J.7;
OS the Penal Code, which chapter ir~cludos Artl,clos 1471-11188. The la& nentiozisd artiale lo as follows;. --*.
“The counties exenptcd from the lawn rcgilatlog the insyzction of hides and anlmls are thosu as are
or miy be cxenptod by statute.”
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that ¶%e only Article that spkf&lly ameo eortain coun- ‘ties oni3 kxezpts them “SFOZI all lavs re@.ati~ the’iospect~oa of hlcles oncl 002112a1s” 1s ArCme 7005.
We nzw therefore forced to the iae’vltable concluoion those cocntI.os amed in Artkle 7005 are also exmpted fcon all the &dfCles folmd 1~ Chsptcr 13, Titlc.17, of the Penal CO&, which iacludes Article 1482.
The corrcctaass.of the a&e conclusloa ia. indubttably sustained by the le@slatLve hlsto?y’of the original Act of t&o .. LsgLslature Erm which CMpter 7, Pitlo 121, FL 0. 9., 1925, and
Chapter X3, Title 17, of the Penal Code, were .derivod. f 1u.1376, the Pifteeath LeteglnlaSw3 pasaod~an Act (Ch. z 165, p. 235) oatztled “An AC& to eacouragc stock-ralslng aad for the Wotoctltoa of ‘stock-rz%looro.’ Fhin ~53 ths first cession of fr the In~lnl5tum the odoptlon o$ the ConntLtutfon of 1876 after aud ~the ~bovo hsat:omd Act was an euabling Act to put lute olfect B ths provioions of Section 23, &tr XVI, OS ths aev Constitution.
It cmated the office of~I!gn~to~ of Xides and Animals la each or-&aalsed county of .the Statet prescrI.bed his pouers ant). dutleq Sti.@d his compensation; lnposed duties upon stocl: relsers; the OQllcrs mcl buyers of aaLmls aad hi’deol dcfincd nmerous of- fenses and prescrlbod pe~aUA.os for the violation thercob. It WQs a co~p~cl~noivo Act dosl,naed to cover the purposes stated quoted above. 19 lto title, 12, 12 and of respectively’ Sectionii siftj pat read
as follovsr :.: SeottoQ llr Avery popoon who shall buy or Orive any aainal for salo or sh:prr+nt, out Of any COUilty or ClQhXtlg ia thlto State,. or Vho &cl1 buy 02 drive any anl!ml or atimls for slc.u@H..or, shall at. tho t3m OS purchasing aad beforo d~tving the se?.ze , procure a bfll of colt from tho OUQW or ownera thereor, or Szon his or their le$al- ly outhorlzod agant, which bill of sale shall be in I?Plt.- ie, propcrlg sienod nud ccknouulodpd beSore nom officer aathoplzed to authenticate Inotr~zente for record In thl.s Such bill of calo shall dlctlnctly cuo~oratc State. tha nmber kind and qe of an~mls cold, together with all tho n3rk3 end bra&o clc~occirnlbla on said auricles sn:d tw~facllo chrll., bSaro 3.enving the o~:nty 1~ ~hl.cir thy have beon [;i?%h~~~il by tha ItX3;ECtJOr Of such b6 inS!>oCt6d county or 1113 docputy.” j f
Chapter 13 !stle 17, po$al cH.k? l325, Wh%Ch coilta$us. :>Art.
1232 8X7 d88. Chapter 5, Title 33, of tho Eoolsed .Civil statutea of 1879 is rmi l.ticludeU la Obapter 7, Title 123. of the P,oviznd Civil statut,f+ 1325, vbfch coutalao $eticAsu 1383 &$I and 7005.
Since s?z?ct~oil 4s or ths ori@& Act OS 1376 exsl~tod all. couaties thcrola rKtrmd “Szos the opemtioa bS the hct”, Lt cx%xptsd thm SPOZI the crimi~?l ~~~oolkions aa will as tjhe oivll provto~ons tiiereoS. alaefore, tb coelflors of ths $ta.tut(33 OS Is?] m&z it prSectX3 clear thut the‘cbmtiss oxcqzkud Srkn ths provlalons OS ‘tie cntiro Act WO~Q those sxsupttrd by Art&la 653 of the Civ.vtl Statutes or AxMclo 735 qf the Wnal God%
As hsrotofozxe stated, you arc odvimd tbat those couu-1:’ ties ux*!3ptcu by Art&a3 7005, as awrtded la m5, Ewe sxeaptcd . 1 urrtxa all l.nwb re@&ing the isnpctlon of hLd.dcs &ad ac:w118”, : : Includilq- Chapter 13, Title 17, Penal Codo, vhich io~lu&?s ia- _’ t icle L&42. .?_ .. ‘_
- YOU h&vi dixkctsd o&. attention to A&lo lhti5, ~P.C.; reud+q 03 Solltloys~
%poi the trial of zmy pe~&b chargd with ihs th6st OS any Cil~l OS tIl0 horsr?, c3s or cattle 2p3ClOS, ths ‘pmsogaicln of such etot-on on3.ml .br tb~ accuaod, without a wrlttsn transfor OF bill of sale coatalnirqg n~olfic Uooacrlption of owh anln81, s.?.?ll bo wrr2ran f&2%0 ~Vib3tkC-o Q&lSt trx, 8CCtL55d t&it 5UCh pOSU3S31Oll was illegal. n
Thu abovo Article was kmctsd in ,I866 and Is foe& in Chnpter il, Tfitz?.o 17, of the nmal ccJc?a, and has DO hsar~v %&ever won the question hsro oonz~lilcrsd. %a13 Artlclo Boas no~..~oro t&n ~NXost an 0SSor~ bx the Lq#olatura to eXerc:ss~.thS 1o~itlEiate a chan~c3 In the rulf33 ~ovorning #e burdsn of ruacti9n OS Exlgiq prOOf.~ F&KS v. stats, 22 s. IL (26) 684. 1. _.. _- ., . ‘, Y0iu.w very truly