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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN LyneBarnhlll
xl-e, eatherlne County Attamey
Bee ,County
Beevilla, Texas
Dear Mr8r &x2m.llt
*a Annotated
This wlll.aoknowle
l&y .15,-1944, which
on whether the state, transport, distribute, warehouae, store, uoliolt orders for, take orders for, or for ths pur- pse of~sale to bottle, racti~, blend, treat, for- tify, ~33, or proceea any liquor in any wet area wlthout first bavlng prooumd a per&it of the alaas required for suah privilege. Aa amended Acts 1943, 48th Leg,, P- 509, ch. g 2.
Hr8a. 0atheripQ Igme Bamhlll, pap 2 :
'."(a) (1) It sbsll be unlawfu3 for any *rson to mnsume any alooholla beverage ¶+ any public plaoe, or for any perann to possess any alaoholla beverage in pub110 plaae for the purpose of consumlng the aaw In snah publia place, at smy time, on Sunday be- tween the hours of 1815 a.m. and 1.100 o'oloak p.m., and on all other days at any tima between tha hours of 12t15 am. end 7tOO o'olock a. m.
‘(2) Any alooMlo boverage possessed In viola- tion of this Seatlon Is &olar8d tb be an lllla1t~ bbversge and rnery be selted without warrant to be used as evldenoe of a violation of law, and any person In. possesalon thereof or who otherwise riobtes any pro- vision of this Seation may be arrested without warrant.
(3) Any person who vlol8tes any provis1an of ~To &rlfy any weming amb%guity, w refer to-Ho& BlU 8, &&er 221, Aats 48th bgirlaim+, whlah providea. in pbrt, a8 follftwst
.35ectlon 1. Ehat.irtlole 1, Chapter 467, Aats of the Seoond Galled Session of the Forty-fouru1 Legisl.ature, ai amended~byEous@ Bill lo. 8, Ads of theThlrd.lladSeessienofth@Forty-fourth ~glsletura, By Hciuw Bills x08. 432 and 5, A&s of the Stegubr &881.on of the Borty-flfth I, i8htUW by Senate Bill Ho’. 20, &It8 of the ~-8t' p58 l3ed~ Semion of the Ferty-f&fth LoglslaW, snd by HoUS Bill8 Ih8. 8 and AOts 0f ths md4W &mslon of the Forty-seventh Legisle-, be amended by the addition of new Seotloqs 4 (0) and 4 (d), to Fesd as followst
Hrsi OathorlnI@eBarnhl~L page 3 asectlon 4 (c "(1) It 8ha1 l be Utlbftd for any person to --- -
~OMimm any rlaoholic beverage or ror person to possess any alaoholio beverage in alIy public place i-02' the plIrpO8e Of CoI,8I.&J&3 the same in suoh public plaao, at any time on Sunday betwan the hours of lt15 a.m. and .ltOO o*olook p.m., and onall other days ataqgtlae betweenthehoure of 12t15 a.m. and 7100 o'clock a.m.
'(2) Any alaoholla beverage possea8od in vlola- flon of this Seation is deolamd to be an llllolt .. pawrage and tuay be selsed with&t warrant to be used a8 evidence of,a violation of law, and any per8on In possesalon thereof or who otherwise violates any pro- ~lalon of this Seotlon my be arrested without warrant.
'"'93) J&y per&n who VioBtss any provision of ,ihis86ottan 8ha11 be guilty of a ti8dsgeulor, a ~:Wnvictian,~shall be u&shed by a f&x¬ ex- OWd%U&plity~O&.bZ'S .(&?I&". -83s OUPit.
& is our 6&nlan'&at the Wgialature intended Seetlon 4~ (b) ) :*up+~ea the penalty Ijr0vl.slon for 6 violatlol~of Seo- tlon k ojr supma, and that alone. 7
Xt follows that wo believe a violation of Article 666-4(a), supa, ia punishable by Article 666-81, VOZTI~JJ~~ Anno- trtedPtmalW~,whlehprovide~ as follmt
*Any~rs~wfiovlotr~senypFovbionoi thl8 z Act for +rhleh a 8peaiiia penalty l8 not provided shall be ~deemed guilty of a t8%8demeanor and upon aonvlotion be puni8hed by fine of not loss than One Bundred ($100.00) Dollara and not more than One Thouwnd ($l,OOO.OO) Do1br8,. or by lmprlsonment ln the oounty jalJ..for net aore than one year, or by both 8uah iinr, and wrl8onment.
'The ~telra "sDealfla nenalt~* as used in this Se&ion meSnaalIdlWfeXV3 -bly to i penaity~whioh might be imposed or-1 proseautlon. ALS amended Aeta a8 a reftult of ‘a p. 509, ch. 325, 8 8.' 98th Leg., *4 ^
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#pa. Catherine Lyne &mhill, page 4
Trusting this 8atirfactmrlly answer8 I am Y
Ygurs very truly ATTORHXY f?HIIBl?AL OF BY ((I) Fred C. Chandler Assistant By (a) Elton li. Eydem, Jr
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APi’ROV-ED MAY 27, 1944
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