sir:

it is wver proper thaA OAO bI%Ad brand of reaordr recor&~Jn thb County i?hme they ara to kept, so he desiras \t.hs Clerk t3 r653M thlo brand LXI hla 38%~ k.J' also.

Y 4 . . 4 . krticls 6iS90, W&~od Civtt 3tatutas, proviCes as ~ollowus I

"Zvery person who Sss cattle, hog*, sheep or Goats 3nnl.l have an ear aark and brand c.LiM’ariq *2 30

iionorable 2. 0, Ssnslag, pa&e 2

Pran t& aa~ lpark aad broad of hi8 neighbors, Uhlah eer m.vk and brend shall be reoorded by the ooun- tg clerk of the aounty where rush anla~ls 8hell be. Xc parson 8hall u8e more then one bmnd, but ney raoorc? hfa brand in as many aountles OS b desnu naaerrary.” .I Artlola 1484, Penal Code, provfdust ‘Uhoe~ec In cniginally branding or mar- cattle uses mra t&m oaa mark or brand 8hall be ff.aad AOt b88 th8~ tVluaty-iiT AOF IPDCW thin op4 l”luadrsd dollars Par each aDIme SO braided or mark- ed.”

These statutes contemplate, end here boon so con- atrued by our ooucts, that a pareon YJ ~88 or record for u8e only ona brand. Tumor Y. stew 39 Cr. 8. 322, 45 9. If. 10201 state, 39 Cr. R. 330, 4s 3. Y. 1022. The Texas irnsal~. .* ho~u~ts have held, hovevar, that there statut.8 Vera not &- xeo tended to pm3vaat an ovaac 0S llvsstoak Sor good aau8e from “P9’L

dimlgag his brand. pbclura v. Sheak’r Dalrs, t% Tax. 426, 4 9. Y. 5521 Dugat v.'Wlth, 67 Cr. Ii4 46, 148 3. Ii. 769. aoc4ordlng to your lattor.Pra3 vbioll ?ha parsoa, vv

: .;:; :, Leta heretoPore quoted, .daafre8 to u8a UAQ to rceoo~d for u8a &ore thsa aae brand. .A..~ Ye, thervrore, anaver your query In the negativv. Since you rsquast OUT anaver to your related qwstio;l onl3 If vu reached a conalusioa dlffarant to that as VW have ;.. above axpmsseA, it thus become8 unnecessary to render an Op&n-

ion thereon. -0;

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