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*1 208 r OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable Wa. J. fuaker
Executlro Siomtalrf
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la him po8u88io5, 5y tloundep of Ia than tvolre n;l poqt850' or k88 tlnn 515a 5~ asokepel of le88 tbsta four- teen lnohw in length, 8n4 any ult vster &aft- topsail of lure than elmea laaher In lea&h. Yhe pl888 of ule 0~ oSt8rl5g for ulo OP
po88e88lorr rhall, SOP the purpore t&l8 ob8ptsP to establish ve5u0, ba 8lthep DbUO fpom Thiob 8hi ped, op vhore ri8h are four& such firh 8~0 offered far u P l . rt 8hall k lu!ll8*su1 i5 roll- ing m olferlng 8810 8ay flsh larntioaod 15 thlr
-. 209 Booopablo WI. twker, p8go 2 t0 SeVOP tb h-d fPOa th8 body, NOSpt
WtiQlS redfish @Ud Wil8h la rhloh a&@ to 0aSS Oi ttm head ah811 oal bo rowred gill- th~ou& Wvlty and -fiM S&11 ra8815 05 body I: 0s 8uOh P~dflah'OP Wtfiah. Swh hesd~err body of PedfiSh ShSll Wt Y48UPO WPS Lb85 tW.lrtJ-Sore5 1856th, Md SUOh hUdl888 body Of 8 Wt- inoh fl8h till 5Ot mauP t iaOh88 1.88 than 0 185gth; sad all fish npketod OP Natloned la thl8 SPtlOk, mUEt ba relghed urd &Old with the PadfiSh &d Wtil8h MI%- hud U&m&d, .XOept tloaad herela. 5J Of th8 pOdSi “&Q WPSOa ViOhtm 8rtlale Sba11 k dumb Of 8 518-
Or thl8 dew&nor srd up00 oo5vlotlon ah8 fllud a SUB le88 tha to5 (#lO.OO) doll8Pr DOP PLOP. t&a5 fifty ($50.00) dOlhP8.” seati le Oi APti t.581 coda, P.&d& l 8 tOi- 941, 1OWSC
"Rovlded, skll ba unlbvlul for say WPSa t0 t&O, OP h8Ve ia hi8 ~088~88i05 ill t&S St&W, l nJ &m-&d Ia4 tPOUt Of 1888 lWl&ih th85 l55ha8, 85y rod if&h oi 1088 lmagth th5 twelve trolve lades, OP oi &SSt@P loogth tb8n thirty- two inaher, Or say drun of lerr length thn el&t
We ~111 first aoa&id&r th8t port105 of fow~requo8t uhloh PeSdS:
"Srotlon 16 of APtlo 941 porfde8 tbt a11 eonfllatirrg hum are PO mled. -8 ruoh repeal 15 85y vsy erieat m.tio L wg? fi 80, 10 WhSt F- YOU Ulii WtS th4t sSkstiOU 18 Of ArtlOle ttOUhr&? gkl prorider a else llmlt for brUB, wheraar, Artl- dOea Wt Beat105 t&U. llkerlre true that Seatloa h of Artiolr 911 does wt m8atiOa (pfi-t.ODSSll, catfish. Many fish duleP8 15 this
2iO BoaOPSb& Um. J. Tucker, pge 3
State bme bellered that Sectloa la pre them l Pi&it Out up fish, commodly c8ll.d flllotl~ fish, and have such filleted fish for eels la their place of bUSh888 SO long b8 the fish, before be- 2n.g dPe88ed end filleted, met the pre8cribed else I? Artlale pPOhlblt8 the flllet- P88tPlCtlOll8. lly of fish mentioned la r&id Artlele, dOe8 StthSr A$t;gl;T29 or Artlole prohibit the f~lletlng prlnelpal of Ur tha k&t x- It la 8 rettlod ~e8#105 O? th, Vi.U be tiV85 effect. That a5 Act lSV-Wker& 005trOl8, Mm818 8~PSedSS ttW f8 &tel’ 15 WiQt a5 urllrr Act l~oiar tb two bpe i5COU8l8tCIlt l 5d lp- 139. 8iUOe Section le 18 8 reoolrolleble. 39 Tex. Jur., eJ9PO88iOU Oi tb &giS P; ture than Article 929, it will ht.P therofore coatrol where there la say coaillot.
Artlo& &WOVid88 among other thin@ thtt tSrt@iQ S&WhS Of fl8h U5hUiUl t0 haV8 in Olu’S ~08868810li under mad over oert8la prescribed lo-he. Section 18 like- Vi88 plroVld88 th8t 18 UUhUfld ?O? OM hSV8 15 hi.8 PO&- &e&&lo5 eertaln 8p0~deS Of ii&h under and over 08rtaIXI pm- scribed WSSlIFeWUtS. It will be aotlcsd thct the pPe8CPlbed mia&8We lea@&& of redfish S& &he&phOSd Sre 1eSS iIl8eCtiOa lo thaa mlaimum length8 pPesCrlbed lo APtlale 85d la rccordeaae vlth rbore announced prlnolpal of tiv, the lengths of theme fl8h S&t forth In SeCtiOn le will 005trOl laaofcr aa it 8 ViO]ltiOQ for the pO8M88iO5 Of the&e 8p8cie8 0r tmrlae lI?s private u8e.
It vi11 further be noted thet SeCtlOa 1s Qouhers la a vlol8tloa thereunder ror sellI fish provides oertsla leagth8. Therefore, to the sale o? fish, or fish for sale, the lengths of the hsrirrg la 05e’S poa8888lon Set forth la Artlele g2g cOatrO1.
We ?urther fiad no r&?ereMe in %ctioE 18 to or fl8h; thu8 Article 929 provalls and OoWS- rluetirrq quest thereof la davrti to offer for 881~ or lwve in oae's po&8er&loa ior u1e a5y filleted fl8b Of SpeCieC -5tlO5ed wtlole. Dpum 18 aot a type of 5U158 lit8 mmtloaed in *4 lio5oPeble Wm. Tuoker, page 4 dN5, l kd much i0 hTtiCl8 929, SO it h8 50 S~pl~C&tiOU
ri8h, or aay other 8p8cle8 0s fish not matloaed in Artlale 929 may be fIlleted. pert o? xour request uhlah
We naxt ConsideP that PUdS l 8 ?OilOVSt
'It has bee5 aorrtoaded the prori8ioar 0s Art1018 929, 15 re?ere5ce to relll5g or offerfag r0r ule rirh natloned ia this Artlale and pohlb- ltlng the 8e*erfag 0r head from the body, re- fers only to the ape mentioned md t&t eP8 above or below tin pPe8oPlbed ~I5Uu8 OP nxl- M 818~~ and tbt it doss not refer to other sm.
Do, iMtSA08, 18 oonteaded UOtid not be W&V?ti t0 S&V&r tile head l S~Okbd 8C8 trout i5Ch88 in ii 8Wh trout t*SlTe (m) lM8 Wl’e tbI& length. Tbir 005tentlo5 belrq Artlals 929 to all trout, but o5l7 to cult doom refer mater or 8peakled SU trout 0s 1888 thn tTle1*s (12) 15chSS. The lavpr, rho l-188 r~lred this Stat88 thOt the A~tiClS doe3 not epp.1~ qWatlO5, certsla 8peOle8 Of ii&h, but r8ther t0 CerUla of ii&h 0s oertrrin speole8. Ye should like t0 bT8 JOUP Op3.5105 t0 th8 VSiiditf Of this
gogole~~m15terpretetlo5 of Artlole Porn1 .
, 0~ oplalon there is no mrlt la ar meat vo J d be pre8eated in the &bore quotrtlon. Suah n wgumat to presume that the Leglrl8ture enaated ureleer or meaning- it vould bo deolerlng ualaurul sevep- bJ88 ~OtiSirm, I* the head 0s a ii&h whiah ualavrul catoh the fir&t plaae.
Ue truut ?oregolr& fully a5suer8 your 15W1l~108. 'i c&r.
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BY Robert 0. Koch RQKrtlb AS&i&t&at