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*1 .‘:. .- OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN Tour with 0~0108 or

rrfora truer truokr and mud-

v. A. P. c., 887a, Beotion 6 limit8 thr total x-018 rrlght tzuok and 10ld to sc4,ooo pounda. Tour dirriou ty f I that the orri00 ~~18.8 rrom tho brlioi held by nom. oarrlrrr of Defrnrr Tmnmportation ha8 I##~64 order8 rhloh under ear- i

396 !-Ion. Aomer Cmrrimoa, Jr., Fmgm

tmln ooa4ltloom rmquirr. b*arlrr loading mad to tho bellof sx~roms04 by a dlmtriot l tto rnry to you that thim drpart- ment, la Oplnlonm no. O-5165 an4 no. 5341, role4 that tho rtatr laws mumt glrm rmy to thm ordera of tho 0. D. T.

In tbonr opinion8 no !1014 that the ~odrrrl nr Fowsr 18 superior to thm Stmtm*m Follom Foru, that mama of confll~t the iomsr would prevail, that mooordlngly it soul4 not b8 punlmhablm ~4ar thm 3tat.O lar ior l oar rlar to do what thr 0. b. T. require4 of him though muoh otlon; night ooaillot with writtrn gsovlmlonm of th. Tex68 p.igh- way Law. .::a rerm not asked nor did ama upon thm qummtior, of rhrthrr or not tho 0. D. T. had adopted a rulo rwplrlng motor carrlorm to oprrato under oorwlltionm outlawed by th0 Texam 3tatutrm.

The .?tat0 Statutm la olssr. The only thing to bo drteml~ed la whsthor the 0. D. T. by lawful orb? rm;uirmm motor oarrlerm to operate with a gross load lnoludtng v&lo10 in 010088 Of 88,ooc pOUDd8.

Ix bmllere that thm ardor8 Or thr 0. I). T. menlfemt an lntrntlon not to rrqulm ourier to trmnmport ln a manner that la promorlb84 br 3tatm mtatutmm mnd that the oon- rtruotlonm plaoed thomoa br it8 own orrlolalm mm in moo014 rlth thlm-view.

xm qtiotm rOiiOI#iBg xomrptm iron a letter rrlt- Bmrriorm tho tan by Jomrph K. Kollmr, Conmultant st6to OifiOS Of JO8CQh B. wattma, Oirrotor of tho osrloo or ~mfmn88 Tranmportation to f. x. Longlry,. Chief of thr Liomamm ma4 %l&ht Dlrlmlon, Taxns Department ot fubllo Safety on /,ugumt 13, 194er

mYour lrttrr c# July 15, a4dremse4 Dlreotor ?!amtman, ham been referred to me. I mm l nolomlng hermwlth a Copy a psmmm relsamo ar DlrWtOr Emmt- man~m, lmmumd OIL ftiy 9, in rhlmh ho SIULOUBO~~ that all outmtandlng O.D.T. ordmrm ooverlng truok oonmmr- ration would be amended 80 that they would ocn- fllot with any mtatr lewm. Canrral Order O.D.T. No.

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17, Immar6 Jul7 14, mmrrirm thosr 84Jo#t- meats Into OfrOot.

*Thr l nolomr4 oopy of 0. 0. T. Ordu xo.

17, ~motlon 501.4 (o), romdm mm tollowm~

*tThr prorImlonm oi this subpart l hmll br so aoamtruo4 of rpplle4 mm to ro- qulrm 8ny oomon orrrlu to p4rrom anr tnnmportmtloo l orvloo, the prrontmor of rhloh by It la not l otborIzm4 or-amno- tlonmd by law or to rmndmr ny muoh l er- ~100 bryoud Its trmnmportmtlon ompmoltr.t* In Omnrrml Order 80. 3, rrrlmo4 Jrilr 13’ 194Z, find this prorimloot "(0) Thm.provImlonm of taim mubpmrt mhmll not be so ocximYMm4 or ippllmd ma to r o qulr r l ny oomimon omrrisr to pmrSorrr any trmnmportmtloa mot- vi00 prriormanoo of uhlah by it la not mu- thorkmd or rmnotionod by 188 or rmndmr any suoh mmioo bryond ltm tnnmportmtlon orpmolt~,*

Tb mubpmrt refrrrod to 4omlm with oomrion oerrImrm or propmrty mnd the oonmmnmtlon of thmlr motor mqulpaent. In oonnmotlou dth thim ardor on tho ioll~lng dry the O.D.T. mmdb relmmem la whloh it mtmto4:

vo truok will bo rmgulrod to pufo rm l mrnloo rhloh Im *boyon Its trmnmportmtloa ompmotty* or wbloh $8 not rothnrltm~ or •mno-i~ ,A ..i- tloomd br lmw.’

YOU arm mmoor4Ingl~ md~Imm4 thit 3tmtr statute prohibiting thm weight of a trhiolm and Its load irom 4xoe4dins 38,000 pounds is still in full forom and dimot, and that the 0. D. T. ham not 4lrmotr4 m0tOT OmrTiUS ln Tmram to xoomd tbLm limit.

Yonormblm Bomrr Gmrrimon, Pago 4 tM8 18 ruiiy rmmponmlro to %a trut‘tbmt It nm oan be of turthmr wvlob, plmrmm

your rrqommt. omll upon us.

Yours rmry tntlr ATTUWKT GKHKRAL OY TRXAS BY LiJztwaw~ DmV14 1. Romth AmmImtmnt