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*1 OF TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AUSTIN
Honorable Bert Ford, Admlnl8trator Control Board
ream8 trquor Au&in, Texar
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eletod question. Mr. OuLnn, ~QJ; of Civil Appe8 Count dlsalsred the appeal in Attorney at El P880, thr, .
“It Ya8 8gresd by all partier oonoerned, in- 01udln.g the Dlatrlot Judge of El Paso, tb,at Abopdo would held in applloation of ii8Ftin *2 EonOrablr Bert Ford, me 2
6ua we8 peadlrq appellate aatlon, and the up" voul$ be pe+tted to sell bror during pp iannt peadenOy 0s 8ppml. "The 48th iiUgi8htW8 ito. eoaated sm&t. Bin at’8 it UtbEr$tklf UT vlth 8UffIoiOUt 8 pt status, nnd It beowe ?a W ltith the oOVet'tbOr 8 rig- tlnture on Mllr 14, l943. Thl8 BiU. C8tTiUd iIt tloO- tlon 14 thereof a provlrlon enaotlng 3.~ the law a neu 3eatlOn 43-8, reading aa follow8t
"Qheo t&8 term8 "olt1xen of Texa8* and l altl- Zen Of thi8 8tate' r8 Ured In thI8 Aot, the? 8&XU M&i not OdLy Oltlxearhip in 'petb8, 88 required by thl8 Aot, but 8baZl ala0 require oltlsenshlp in the United St8t68.'
"The lsrur in the Martin Abogado oaae ma8 vhether.ur alIen oould obtain 8 llorore to sell beer. SInae xny qwst1on about thl8 matter i8 nov moot, we Should 1Ike to have jOUP OpiniCa iz& PeI- ponse to the following qUe8t1OUst
"1. Yould the Board be xuthorixed to apply the qimllflaatlono of new lnv to the pe2kdl.q ap- plicatlon OS M8rtin Abogado, end to reject It mu on the grouad~ that an alien IS not qudllfled na a Platter of lnv hold a llaenm?
#2. Uould Borrd AOU have t50 legal au- thorltr to cancel licenser hrld by aliens in El Pa80 County, hwetorora 18Sued undor the order8 the Cotmtg IX Dirtrlot COUrt, but UhIoh lloen8es will not own terfas fw mme under their rxplrr tine to wale?@
Oenerallj Sante Bill 00. 117, Aots of the rpaking 48th Ld&8latUre, Regtie.F %S81cul, 1943, i8 a Act amu marq provisions of the Texas Liquor 07!z::zi:t h3-8 vhtoh f8 quotad above in YOU3 18ttW 18 a neV .;o- ~OtlOli tlo o l dded to th e ht. Seotlon of said Senate 8111 tie. 117 reads In part a8 tollovrr
"That the repeal 01? ameridaent of any Smtlon or nny portico or a seotion of the Texa8 Liquor Control Aot by the emotment of this Aat shall not
744 iioaorrble Bert Ford, pep 3
Ufeat or ispair ury aat done, or right ve8ted or raorurd, or &ay prooeedIa.g, suit, or proaeautloa h8d or oommwaoed in anf aM8e berore 8uoh repeal OC WtXdAMt 8blhti t&e l ff6Ot# but 8V8rJ 8U& l t done, or right vrrted or 8aorued, or prooeed- had Or OUEiiE8aO.d 8brJL1 itI& 8Uit, Or ~088OUttOa remain in full roroo and erfeot all intent8 ir ruoh Seotion, thereof, repealed a8 or part uoept or waded h8d rumiaod ln foroe, that whore th8 OS pruttloe Of prwedurs iOr en- ooumo of 5u8h Plght, or th8 ooaIluati foroawnt 8Wh prooeedfag, 8uit OF JX'O8eOUtlOn 8 hwie err be OhM$ed lIabiUty, peaoltf, or Sorrelture, oomltted @ad no vith woordmoe in 8W OtXMhOtsd &l&b this Aat. lo orrml8a [88] lie&P 88 l lthor olvll or orImIn81, inourred prior to tlm tiR8 Vhen 8x11 SeatiOn OF put th8reOf 8h8u b. re- pealed or wnded br thl8 Aot, 8hall ;be dlroharged or l rreoted by 8wh rqmal Wadaeat~ but pore- oUtiOn 8ad 8uIt8 for 8-h OffeM88, lIab~lItl~8, perultlar or rorrsttures, shall be lnrtituted sad prooeeded With ;a all re8 Ot8 as lr prior 8atUt8, or part thinor, had not eea repealed or mead- r
ed, exorpt that whew the m&e of proaedura or Mutter8 of praotloe hive been ahauged br thlm Aat, prOO8dLU8 hrd 8ftbr thi8 AOt Sh4u have taken effeOt in 8Wh ~088OUtiOA Or 8Uit rsu)J k, I8 far a8 praotIoabl8, la oooordMa8 WItb this Aot.’
Mtiole 667-5, lTeraon~8 Anaotatod Penal Cod8, pro- Video in part t
"&J ~PrOIt dellring a licWl8e a8 aWNlfa8- turer, di8trlbutur, or retul daalw my la WC- tlOA or in termtIm@ ii18 a p@tItlCm rlth th8 Couu- l ppliOaXit 660 ty &l&58 Of the COUtttJ In Vhi8h 8Irer ag8ge la ruch bu8lae88 vhIoh petitloa 8h dl Itat l fOflOlf8:
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"(1) TUt h8 a law abId&& tUp@ lag oltltba of thI8 at&to, over trentpoae (21 3 year8 that he ha8 beaa rerldont of th8 oouat~ WJ Wherein suoh lloenre i8 rought for a period more than one year asxt preordlng the fllIag of *4 Hoaorabk Bet Ford, pam 4
8-h pOtitiaJ# urd h8 hr Dot beea mavlut- ed Of a f&Ow Within tlto (2) raaP8 LWtedlatelJ greaedmg riii45 0r ruoh petiti0a.
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%f a r+tetl dealer t 3ubreotloa 16 cU Avtiole 66645, Teraon*8 Irrmotated CiVil 3tAtUt88, 9rCWitkr8 iA mta
*The Board ruthorimd to 1m8uI liine xnd The hOldOr 0r much pmr- &or R8t@i18ra8 Porrltrr tit8 &MU h xuthorlxed xx11 f’or ocQsumptlon on OY off ~~ruim8 vhmro #old, but not r0r vlnoux 8nd axlt hwerttge8 eontainiag al- reu&, r oent by obhbl In eMem of oar-half an$ than fourteen ( ) prr aont !t volunw Md not -8 of h&oh01 by VO~UJED. fi18wh mt8 d&.1 be baled, 8Ad f88m app2ird fOr 8Ad i88Ud, -88 mid ‘Upon the 8W proO8dWe Md irr th. WtEm W- AOr ud UpOA th8 8W faOt8 and wd0.v ths 8W endbr tha xam durrtlen time, oirouaatmoe8, 113 the maa manner, a8 re- 8nd 8h4ll be rumabk for UI 2ovwl.s qwod a& provid*d appuo~tioa im8aume ot Rat&l Bwr Dwkr’m Uoonxar under to Artlok 11 of thfm Aot, xnd xhxll be mubjeot o r l w ion fo r 8ay 0r th e reason8 omael.Utfon z;$ Bgta& &or c r ler’r Ll88ase ruy be oan-
d8d8 and upon th8 main pr0ue&trr0
Thoboldwm 0 r UlaomdBoe~ Retalkr~r P8mlt8 m l l80 8ubj8Ot tQ fin ~O'or181C#U ot SOOtiOn Iu, ~fOdroli0 b8V.W 22, Art1018 II Of thi8 Aot.
agm rhloh the holdlrro af muoh mltm are adhoe iS8d t0 W&l ry be 8Old Uith & 8a.w r68trio- tlaa8 mm provldod la Artlola II goveralag ule 0r beor, 8s to pwhlbltod hour8, looal rertrio- 8w Of w-888, OY B8iAt8- tiW; iMttitiOt8 nanao of b8rrimrm OF blindx in openlam or doarr, *5 Bert iionorabl8 Oord, gag8 5
P obIbItIonof th8 twe of the word 'wl~oa' In
h8 8Igcu Or adv*rtIrIng, aAd wbjoct th8 mm8 of wlm IU provided relt?IOtIoM UpoD OOLU tlon "1p r o r bur In th8 aue OS l tul &o r De&er r In
soket1on [15] oi Artiol* If or thI8 Aot. VlOtitlO#l If, th8 hOb28r8 Of 8UOh rrit8 rhdll b8 lirbl8 ot B4 l @Ioab& &WOYi8bn8 Folr th8 ot kt1018 for &Wa1tI8l poVId8d Ia th* rtola- tfM Of w Oth8P gtPOV18bZU Or 8btth8 hold- b8 8Ubj8Ot t0 &Wtiti88 l C8 Of prl'llft8 .Wh &ldl this ht. ~OTf&88 in AFti 1 oi II a . l ,* l la hrrlaur
xt 18 8trted a, at JUrl8prU&enOe, Voluu m&e
'A otatutr uhioh arbItr8rIly prohlbltr 8lIen8 tfolo engaging In ordinary kind8 of bwlA888 i8 un- oolutItutIm&l. Bowevm, dL8orIafa8tIQa rgstart aJiM In th8 panting
of a lIoen88 to n8IntAln 8 II 8Ubf8Ot t0 abtw thr a-lty, Oh88%ffO8tiM tht 18 t0 8UmO88 th8 ror8lgn 01yn 80wry, 8w m088 born, uhou alla I al8 gor8rruamtti 8noe [18] fir8t to their 8JWiWl%DWUt end oontrol bT8 been engukd8red 8ad formed UdU WltiP8lJ diff8rmt reg-8 Urd gOll- t858, h8Y8 not th8 mua in8plr8tlon ror th8 pub r IO weal, aad BP8 not b8 ueu dlrpored to- UnIted 3t8te8 88 tho8e who, by oltlren- vrrd ship, are l p r rt or th8 govrrnmat it88ar. Thus, ther8 I8 no qu88tlon but rt8tes8 denial, to porron8aOtOItaoas af t&8unit8dbkte8,of th8 cl&t 0btal.n 1168n808 to sell Inttulfsatlng 11QbOF8 8llw OP UI 8brId@Mnt or their rlghtr not M WUfUl dI8orimlmtIon Q+ti8t VithIn prohibition Of the POUPt88Utb t&8 rundarnt W4l8ral Cwtftution~
u8 quote 348, A8 tO;llOW#I f’l-olP A. L. Ra, YOhJUl8 39, w %Or, 18 IlO QUUtiM but th8t 8tat8’8 donI to porronm not oItfxen8 tfu United bt8t88 OS the right t0 abt8In liO0~38 t0 8ell FntOXlMting *6 itonorable 8ort Ford, pga 6
‘A8 rtated in th8 Tr SW -8 @If.) 8U&W@, Y n0 01u OM OlAfa 88 8 rigla w -8P Wh4tWU th8 V8lblftJ Of t0 Bell -tori-ta &iQW8, 8Ild th e UerOlBe by l Stat0 ot it8 pollee peer in re@alrtlng tholr ral8 dot8 not, in the halt de- on 8n# qwrt1on 88 to, the preunue gree, degmd or abreme of dhorlrlaatfon r02 8g8fn8t put i- OUlU ~r@W OF Ol888e8 Of pW8O~k8, 8nd the %a&= right to 8eu to ibhture Iy i8lPftiy &rult 8 OO,t8llJ 0 I8 88 and Utt&hOld froHl Otherr. it ‘The oon8tltutloorlity requlr- oi strtUt8 fag the hold8r of I lIquOr liouwe to be 8 oitlran Ot tba UnIt6d State8 VU UnQUo8tIaned in %9kb;l4'8 Uoen8e (1909) 41 P8* 8uper* Ct. 370, uhere a uQuOr llOul88 Wa8 r8vOkga UpOn the $3roU& tbrt the holder W88 8a @Urn. It 18 8t&t@d tZ4 the ~illlble Q&O, 8Ugr8, ‘a Sk&g, Co. Ll. 188, it uao held th8t t&a holtlor ef
Uaenus a liquor lioen8r met br a oItIxoA the Vfaited btator, md th8t VbIl 8wh 1108R88 I8 &S&?rc@8r~ Mted to one not l Oitl- IT Y 1 b 28voked." Iat&, 8Ucrh zf~8~8 UpOn Q@iO8tiOXk
However, th8 lIOen8e ln tb# above pwatlomd 0-8 lavoloed uhereiths 8tEtUk Pare pMtd t0 the alit exje888- ly provId8d In pUtr “Uowane8 @hall only be granted oft%- united 8tatoo*” L8n8
Vith roiarenee your rLI’8t QU88tfM heretofore 8t8ted, We UIUR8 5MtiM8b theZ’efA doe8 not th8 per8- t&t rum &*a a lloemr ti 18 M klng 8n applltitlon So r l lloeme 8uthOrItie8 it I8 our t&e. Ia tleW of th8 at -8 and r8aeiv8 8 ilcexme un- o plnlon th8t M l .len omnot Uquor Control&t. %2wefore, ue rrrpmtfully der T8u8 8frm8tiqe. your ffrrt quartton in Wwec *7 mnwabk Bert Ford, w@e 7
la olew of katlon 26 of Senate Bill no. 111, 8~pr8~ Y. Ul@W*u VW MOOad qLU8tiOn iii th neg8tiq8r HOVI)*W, wh823 lfioeB888 iJl QUe8tta xpbe the hOl88rS Oi SWh 1108lw8 who 8re l i8n8 would h8v8 no r&&t remu the ame.