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*1 \ OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTlN

Eonorablo S, T . Orehan

County Attorney Camsron Count 4

Brownrrillr, *xa8

opinioa lb, o-Wlb Ret Whothr

Dear Sir; Ws hare r l tmi~tt

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whioh is quoted bmlowr

sldaats of tkis lottar, ho County r0r rs&atra- he brand was on the loft side, brculd, der- tb DO 8poiri0 portion gnat.4 upon w&ioh to plaor than Qha lert aid**, thr County A* end adrisod hilp that he ehould ~polfir portlon of tbr animl upon mark or brand should plaoed. w ‘B’ filch an a~pllontlon with Two day8 latbr, Clerk tar rmgbtration a brand oarmark8, the brand bein an ‘0’ to be plaoed on *2 Honorable F, T. Graham t Pu

'the left hip bone',

"The iolloviing day th, county Clsrk reoalrsd,,,’ a reply ima hi8 letter to .*A#, in whioh rrply,:’

‘A’ d8rigaatod ‘th8 lert hip' of animal a8

the partion OS laipral upon whioh to plago

the brand.

‘*Elm UOUnty Clark reoordad tb brrad bt ‘A’, snd has so far withheld irsr rr&tratloa ths pplioation of tBc for registration or hir brand,

and he haa raicrred t&s nmttmr to PO for adtioo

as to whether Q? not ha rhould rroord 'B*8' brand.

"I hare beiorr D, Opinion No, O-1114 written Oifioo or the Attorn8y Oonoral and qi- prorod under data ot No~smbsr tit, 1939, during

th0 takiura 0f orrio 0r Oenld 0. ykon.

*I bar8 read various tatutes to rrglstratfon of brands on livs8toak, and while

It is alear iron thr 8tatuts8 and thr dsai8lonr

oonstruing the otatuts8 that the County Clark

rhall not rroord and register two identiaal brands, and while is al8o olear that the 8am8 markings oharaotora oonetituting brands, my b8 aotually

separate brands whsn or if located on difr8r8nt

parts 0r 8n anipral, I hav8 not boon able to rind

a deotslon whioh definitely would srttlo the ques- tion prosentsd to the Olark,. I am 0r the

opinion that en ‘0’ to bo ~18088 upon 'the left

hip' ot the animal i8 the rams brand a8 8n '0'

to bs plaerd on 'the loft hip bon.‘; la othsr

word8, It appears mm that the left hip and the

left hip bcme, ior branding purposes, should and

probably would k by Court8 oonatrued be

th0 8a~e papt M 8atd. *B*, huwerqr, in-

siet8 that among oattlr brooders rai88rs

that branding purposes, left hip bone i8 the

aa sntirely reparata and di#tinot portion of i8rt hip.

~imdl mmthe *3 i. ^’ , Honorable y. T, Graham - Page 3

“Both 'A* and *B* appear to have been using ' the brands that tlmy We now 888ki~ rog#ter

ror a number 0r years, and riaoe *B* is 803a- rletsnt that the left hip bone Is l separake diotinot portioa oi the animal for branding pi%'- pO808 iromtho 18rt hip, aad rinoe I hsvi Rot k8n able looate my deoi8ionr or OJh&3~8 rr0a your 688m to #wer thir queatlon, 1 dspartmnt would l ppmoiate yooUr adrios in the auttor.*

The pertinent and oontmlliag MrtB' or the oiril t0 yOUZ inqUi?y Rr* 8.t OUt bOlOW1 8tatUtBB la90. Wary person who has rattle,

*Arti . . . . Shall hav8 an ear mark and a bran& differ- ing ‘rrom oar aark u&d brand oi hi8 nei~bors, whlah oar mark and brand shall b8 rsoordod ocunty olark Of t& OoUnty wha8 8UOh UltlPa18 BhflL~b8~r." (AOtB 18h& p.:l66) *Arti 6899 . . . . , Any person may rroord Such brand aad ot nmrk 48 kM rPa;r dosin tQ WO provided no ot Q parson has rsoord8d swh brand i! and/or mark , . . .* (AOtB 1943, 4th Lag., p. 471, Ch.~ 315) fn addition to above, Artidle 14d3b or the Penal Code Toxar plaoos a rho upon 8 County Olrrk who reaords a brand when the person having same rooordod iail# to de- signate the part of tJD animal upon whioh 8ame is to plaood.

The fOrmU Opinion Uf thi8 Wpartmat NO. O-1114,

tiJ ahlo& you rarer, holds ir pMSibl8 two

~8~8OIl8 to hats the S~JW ii&We 88 brand, but only if th8y plae8 the brand at di#tinOtly dirrerent pl4oe on anlmal*s body.

.84 ue uot oonoune6 h&e wlth p4iiB~.iB&O8iy l 00~. but rathu with e bw do~ignob to provide l prao- rioaL and ordsrlf wan8 0r ldeatiriaation Of #tOOk r0r

oattleaes. It is our bellaf that tb Clerk to 18&d- ly juatlfled in wLthho1Uag rma r*str8tCics aad r4ruhg m&later bran6 rhioh, mdor the oim&si8tarro~r rtotrd, to thr poBiti2Xl i8 ?Bf&UO~t+d t0 b i&O*& iS UfIh proltiortty of anothu lden0ioa P r#~i#t8~8d brew3 that h OuniWin& d$ilmts Wm very ~uiyos4 of Lb law. Siam tha aueWr 6t 87d018, 18ttB~B and f-ZOO Or p0OsibiO OO~iMtijnB

rhiooh may b4 adopt& u Wn4ad uy virtutily farxhutibl*, will b4 worked b# t&a It wsuld a9 u IW &rO*i9 C1Uri'B aot . .

A8bualag tknt tlm Qlak has 1egalLr rp:eroo

~?F;~WWL~;~;O;-%& E p44d On 'the 18rt hip*,

jUStiriS 18 miMiit t@ rO$iBtBr idontioal Orad tar "thr l8rt hi9 bma.‘.