This department ur request for an oploioa. Us quote the per of Jour letter:

seas100, Forty- of the A&s une aeinea rg aad hnedy that haa been ounty Attorney of ith charges filed for riolstioa or led Bession, Forty- uld be advised like ouae Bill 67, Second Called Sea- n&Legislature appear in the Penal id &use Bill 67, Second Called -second Legislature irr force at this ‘3. Baa House Seoond Called Sea-

alon, Forty-seooad been duly oertl- Legislature Sied by the Seoretary or State?

“4. Does it appear that aald House Bill 67, Second Celled Session, Forty-second tigistitum *2 Honorable Wm. J. Tucker, pge 2

ia a valid law under whlah proeecutlona lpay be ~~_ uhan aaaqtnte evlaenae auaceaafully auatalaed la obtained a seine or net bra been used for the purpose o? taking fish from the tidal yatara OS Keaedy or Kleberg Counties.”

We aaaver your first question In the negative. Our Pearl Code vba re-codified In 1925. Bouae Bill 67 ia an ladepeadeat Act mad vsa not passed until 1931, there- could not apptir h&, its provisions In the Pervl Code of . The fact tUt mid Act doer not appear Iu Vernoa*a Anaotrted Peu81 Code, l n unoffIol~l publloatlon, ia of no lmportame.

EIouae Bill 67. la found la oh er 17, pge 33 oftha Qeneraland SpeoIalLwa for the 2nd Legislature, r

2nd Called Seaalon.

’ In aaaver to your l eooad question, a diligent no ubaaquent search reveals statute vhloh would operate to repeal this lhu.

Tha answer to your third question la, “yea.” The l8va paaaad by the 42ad LegIalUture, Seaalon, 2nd tilled under tha authority in tha Oen- vere published of the State ta be tme and emland SpacIal Iava of Texas and oertifled aorract copies of the arIgIm1 tary of Statesa Offloe b Nra. Jsne Y. NaOallu~~, Zieoretuy on fIZe In the Secre- bills of State, October 27, 19 1, f

In 6nauer to your fourth Queatien, ue kuov 05 no reason uhp liouae Bill 67, 422~3 Laglalature, 2nd Called Sea- aion, is not a valid l8v under vhioh poaeoutloaa 188~ auc- or apeoial Tha statute is net lo-1 aeaafully be auateined. vithin the meou~ng of seations and 57 of Artlole III of our State Constitution. SIuoe It oparatea upon a aubjeot la rhlah the people at large are Inteteated, It la a gen- eral lw as&d the conatltutlowal of notloe prior reQUliWeat8 to paaaage of local and speaIa1 lava is not rppliarble. $teveaaoa, et al., va, Woods, et al., 34 9. W. (26) 246. *3 Honorable Wm. J. Tucker, Pge 3

In the event that you do aot hBve acoeaa the lava Texas for the 42ad Legislature, Gene-1 and special 2nd Wiled Saaaion, we are harerlth uboittlug a certified copy of Houae reoelvad and approved by the Oovern- or, September 30, 1931. the foregoing fully aaavera your Ia-

Truatlag Ye U-8 quirlaa,

Very truly youra ATTORNEY ffg??X?AL OF TEXAS By Tde.-

Fred C. Cbmdler AaaIaUat By d.2. k w B. T. Bob Do-hue HTHD rdb’

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