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*1 OFFICE OFTHE AlTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS

AUSTIN

Honorable Bert ?ord, Adainibtntor

Ton8 Liquor Ooatrol Board

Auatla, Teaa8

Dear sirt

ated ordinance OrrOot t0 be quostlng the opln- queattoa reads a6 ion or thle drp fo11owllr

aoa, Judge or BOtor aa opinion be e Comla*lonerE' egal power to eetablish beer la hanaoay with ti.ag the 8~ Orr00t t0 th8 city 0r Oderaa, aOupall.or Oouaty.

ds, it is the deelre tba corn--³ t to O#babl~~ 'O~~@VI how8 rOT

la area8 the oounty sftuatod ootsldo of lneorponted alty llalts, in the event tha oity or Qdessa ordinaneo establl8her olos- lug hours within the 9ity,*

ApUole 667-10, Vsraoa'a Annotated Pea Oodo pro- tlds#;

*(a) It 8hall br aalawful ror anl person ta sell 0, orrer mm9 sale between the houn

Honorable Bert Ford, Poe0 2

of 12:OO e*olook mldnl&hB and 7100 a. a of any day or front and after 12100 o'olook d6nlght Sat- urday until 7:oO a. me Uoadey th8 follalng week provided, however, that any holdrr of a Rot ai 1 Dealer's Liomoo or a %%ao and 3eer Flo- tallo+~o Permit oholl, upon ahowi* to th8 8ati8- feation of tho Qounty Judge that ha lo o-aged also lu the sale of fwd and sthu oammdltloo ior httman oonorrmptloa, and that the sale ot bsr-

00 Sor uhloh a lloenoe lo roqairod does not ouoh prohlbltod hottro noraolly ln the &r % oouroo of any 080 waok*o t& omoakat~ l.u dollars sad oulato 4a mm0 ~%hoo Us oal6. vuue of sood and othor oomaodltloo'for humon oonoumptlon by oaoh lleonsee during auoh houro bo entitled without being roqoirod to pay en7 #ee theroror, to a oupplemmdary lloono* outherlalng hlia to oU1 ouah bereraageo during anr hour or anf'day.

Sa%d l opplomentary liaenoe shall bo on a rom furofehed the Board or Administrator and upan being loouod shall bo attaohod to and beoom a of b,aolo lloonoo of the holder, and oaoh oupploaoiitary lloonoo shall l xplro with tho.li- UMOO d whloh It lo a part/ provided fu~theo, tho Board or Its reprwea8a8lve6~moy say tioto nke inquiry into the buoi6886 rnloh lW1d.r; and uolo o o It oanbe l hmmbytho'lieenos+thAt hi8 88lo0 ot aloohelio bevorageo ore not ~06~IIog la mlue tho 8aI.r off ioq4 and othor oonunodf0ior for huaan oonou&Wn durin( ths hours. rotorrod to in this psorioioa, the.Boord or Adnialotnter io athorlsed after aotloo and hearlag Ce i8+@ an ordor revoking oaoh opplmoatary 110~80, aad the helber or a llooaos oo reveked oha?.l not be’ te onpple~~e~ta~ lk+onu tot six (6) eatit 0wh0 th0narter.

‘It, lo provided that during the porlad oi (301 days titer the otreatlte date of this thirty Aoa as 60 oil par&as aothorloed to U1 beor at lntall OK& durlI&i a porlod of thirty (30) bays orkr hia. loouaaae thorosr’~a0 00 say aew lieaaeo or peni autltorlrlag r00h ralo (but not as to any renomel) it ehgl be preoumed that tho pfa- oipal &uolnoao ot tho llooasso or pemlttee lo not tho ~a$?, aloohollo bsvorogeo; end duri;mC: *3 .

Iiaaorob& 3ort Ford, Pago S uoh porlcd of tim 00 aplnot OnJ prtioulor li-

000000 pmittO0 th0 r00triotionr this ho- tioa and Seotian 2 o? thfo Art1010 &all not apply.

'(b) ft shall b ualawful for any rooa to mok0 ~0al0 0rb0.r onyvhoro in this r 8 ate on the aor of.‘- ~ne~O1 lao r r l leotion 0 goaarol olootloa hold in this S at. botueea tho hours of r . P. of the day; provided, 7100 a. me sad 8r00

horover, that the ho Qr of a Nonufooturerr’o I&- P oonoo or 8 Dlotrlbutor’o Lloonoe ry ask. dellv- erloo rholomlo during ouch hours to tho bono Or p oxwits to l e~.2 hoer, rid0 hold8z8 or lden8eo but oh811 not moko any 8loo or doliveries to any other porooa.”

Artlolo 667~lo&, Vernoa’o Aanototod Puul Code, C~Pdo la 00 follovor

. . . . . oitloo and towno are horoby 'All inoorporaf86 oothorl#od to regulhe the sale of boar uithin the aorpor0te limits oi au* oltleo and t0im0 b;r ohaster awndmont or ordlaanoa ori4 EST thereby preoorlbo the opening oad olooing hours u8h oalooj ouah oitioo and tom0 ouy olos doolgnrte oertaln soneo ia the rooidontial seation or ?oatlon.o oitleo and tovao v&r0 rush re&ations r0.r open- lag-d olooinghouro for the oale of h4ll be oboorted or vhero ouah uloo my be prohibited.” It lo toll ootobliohod in this Wats the OOEI- ml**lonor*' oowt hove only erroh @over and authority as lo expressly ooaforrod br the O@aNtitutlos and tha lam thlo go: bz, the pover’and outho8lty ~~oeooarlly implied there-

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The Leglolature or Gonotltutloa &a not o&erred upon the ocmloolormro~ owto any povos to fir the opening rimlo rar the orlo of boor. Theroiore, tie and olooing avower the a eve stated quootloor in tho aeg6tlre. r

Vary truly yoouro