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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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We fall to find any Fequlrmaent of citiaenship es 8 gu%liPlcetlm for beaocdlxq 6 reglcrtered mwae under Texas l&W. We therefare bald that (ID. elien map be rsgfstered LX? the &her st%tutoq$ requlsltee me aolpplled vith. It la our further opinion that the lengusge "ecaother State" (ID umd In the above quoted atatute, “another state refera to and mans, 0P the Uuited Statea”. It ir themdbre ourvlwthetneither an sllea 0 a altleen mey be lseued e reglstrotlon aertiflceta under Article 4521 unlens he or she holds a regintretlon cer- tltlcate Proa Pnother State of the United States.
Inreachlngthir oonclu8tonue are notuna&ndPul of them&Wok&e me%nlngs vhloh h%vo b%en %sar~bed to tho ward
Se% T~JCW v. Uhlte, 7 U%ll. 700, 19 L. Ed. 227. How- eter, t&h majority rule meem to be that in the abeeaao of eoam- ia the rtetute ttself~.ixxliccting e aontrery intent or thing utaieso P brander meenlng lo required tc give edeat to the pro- vision, 8 etate 8tatute u8ing thl8 term vi11 be held to lnokwle oalye member 0P theUnlm. Thle rtrlat or nerrov definition la vell aetebliehed in United Stetor ooxmtitutlonel mad Btatu-
k West Tema Ry. Co. our inte~Pet4tlon OP appwrrr In Article 4521 la Purther atreqthened by referenor to the otiginel Aat Pros8 vhlah the acxXSi8re oP one Bevlmed Stetuteo of 1925 took the Sea. 10, Ch. 1133, p. 413, rats 1923, 38th Leg. ueed prQVblO?I. the phmee Vr.om smother stete m territory" end the aodlflere dropp%d "a- territory" th%r&rtm. "Skate or territory" 1s e phrase that hae been fmquentlg uwd In the walprmal provlsis~ JS atate liaenslng stetutes oleo her a end the vcwd “tcrmltwy” veil estebllshed meaning in Unlted Yteter aon8tltutlonal and tttatutory iav. Zx part% Hcmgan, 23 8. 298. It 6eeme oleo* to ua that lea the ebeenae of mything in the statute which vwld lndlmte a aontFory intent, the Leg$slrrture wmd tlae vex@ "State* lo 1t.a llatlted coc~tltutioael een8e 8e reParr1~ to enother atrrte cd' the &serlo%n Union.
We h>pe our v:ws in this matter vi11 aaseat the bawd in d%elLng with these pWbl%xim.
Ycurn very truly