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statement of uly eleoted Public of scurry county, ch &ded Decemiber 31, Holmes wae elected Pub110 Weigher Sourry 1 of County, Texas, f Or 1943, whlah term &January.l, ember 31, 1944, and has duly qualified aking oath and slaking bond as rrqulred pt30ple 0r m3of.tiot Ho. 1, of Sourrr vhs County hate never abolished the 0iSic6 of Bblic %eigher in the manner provided by Art. 5686, Vernon’e’Ann. St.

-. ., 754 2 Honorable Ben F. lM?pe pago ie the only towa In Prroinot No. 1, “Snyder

“-yoi Scurry Coaoty and it doss not handle e eufiiclent quentity of any o? the oomoditiee itsmiaed in Art.

5681, Vernonfs Aaa. St. to authorize Covexmr to appoint Pablio 3eighers.

Tt. L. Terry la manager df a narehouee, looatsd in Preainot No. 1, of Sourry, aaid uaxehoaee being privately owmd, where oommodities, aspeoially oottoa, is rarehoused by the general pabllo and a fee ahargad therefor.

%ti. L. Terry 1% stt6mptiag to qaaliry as a l Cdtiiied Publio ‘#sigher* undtlr Art. 5704 Vernon’s Arm. St., snd he &as pre%ehted hia bond to the Coa- miasionere~ Court of Sourzy ‘County ior lt,a approval, not-with~standing the, faot. that %aid Artiole prt.vides among other things, that~;-*I%plaosa where thera %re no publio weighera appointed or eleoted, any persoa who rhall weigh cotton, eta,, for co~ion shall be required before waighlng suoh produoe a bond* + enter In the case of Precinot IIt+ 1, ot Soarry C&mty there I 16 an eleoted and qualliisd mblio ui8lghsr. for said Pr&liti0t.

Vor yoti arai&anar 1 oall, atteation to the holding ot The Amarillo Court of 31~11 Appeals In the oese of Uartin et al., vs Boy, 234 5. ‘X. 698, in whloh it held ‘that my person had the right to parsue the oooupation of weigher for the pabllo and that the bond reqalredd sash weigher is the band provided for in Art. Can. T%xa% Statatrs (Art. Revised Cioil Statute8 oi 1925.’ 1920.

Vndsr the above holding i.t alearly appears that any one might enter into the bualnese enterprise oi’weigher for pablio hire by making e good and eaffioient bond, regardless of thefaot that there 1s a duly eleoted Public Veigher, Ualy quelirled, the %ame Frealnot, and it would be the duty Of the Coamiaeionere* Uourt of said County to approve the bond or suah person ii the aeme were round to be surfiaient under the law.”

Honorable 3tan P. Thorpe P’s4

; = This 3epaztzaant hw wrlttan seoaral opZnlon8 relstfra tits rleht of .m lr,dirfdusl to qu3lif7 aa I waf;l.l’,lsr ior t&e wbllc under .'irticlc 7. A. C. i’. , ~~or.Ie 8ooh aopii?a of a:::c!i.are hrrrawltlt op&mt bring O-51 and C-43, n,zalossa.

It was fald fn s&Z opinions that angFps?son zg qualify as d wsi:.ha: the TJSlia f2- ilL;c? atder mid hrtiale 5704,. end uslgh for the fublio ior oozpmeat1z.n as rhatiter or sot thare ad regularly irres;ectloa elaatkd or appobtsd publlo wi~,b~ts ia t3s &se pcal;lcC. It is tw opinion, thararore, the Cocmisslomrs* Court t::nt of Sourry County 1s authorlzsd to npyrova &ho bend of z l L. Terry a3 publfo =el&)raz’ of rrrsclnat I:o. 1 of rraurry Cost&y Texas, ander tha fiats ytxtad by pou and aa aathorh in raid Qtiols seld bend bein other- u?ea m.fficiant.

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