Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Pailroad CormPir8ion 0r T8xa8
Au8tin, I'-8
@ontl*aeil:
801 P0w8r 0r pewar of th8 F84ml Cktrraeat
to th8 polio8 powor of th* Btat8. the war pow8r or tha
9. That thl8 aoatraat 18 within AMY*
Railroad Coml88las Baa8 1. a Uph@idb~~ th0 right Or like ait8d stat88 t0 or war to thr
take over us4 00atrol the rallroml8 in tis, l xalu8len or roe right8 0r tlu timrein, yr. chbf 8kt88 Ju8tia8 khit8 in Port&l% P8Otii8 Railroad kmaaf v8 Worth Daltota, MO b. 8. 1.50, ~14:
"The oompl8te an6 ua~Irld86 rhraoter oftb WU &MWU Of th. unit& 8$at88 18 Mt di8pclhbk8. . . . that, u&or th8 vb 8lWRtUy priaeipA8
Oonatltation, the l uthorI8y oi tha 6ovoremnt Of the utit8d Wb8a l Utd stat.8 18 p-at a8 80 rrrbJ8at8 aanaUniag which it ha8 tbr powu to oontrel, ir indi8gutabh. T&i* boi.4 t-8, tt rlthln to raw&to r88ult8 W* elthoug au%horitr l &V8B 8&hOFO Ul OX%8t %a both th. UBIkd f%at88 whur Ch8 tomr a&,18 into Ma &B th. 8Wt.8, play ooartItutloml anfhuitt uithia mob &Oll8l’d 8phEO tb me88~9 8ifO8b Of 6Ow 80 18, th& t0 th. ortOn Oht My 0Onili.t UiH8 fh8 Iate 81llO8 in Oa8. O? OOntliOt ti.ld WWU 18 mtd, which -l%tZO18 that whloh i8 pUMOUtlf XMfO8r8adu 18 8PbOrbincrtO.* a8nu80
The juwu8 of rm4re88 iatrartat8 otor ua plumr~ rha l todora ta8kaa8atalltf or ~tlorml &M&Z-80 i8 illTOlV.6.
III ~88in@ Upon th8 8- QUO88iOS the W@W Tork cOUt% Or Agp8d; &i%bliO @U~i88 C8d88iOX f8 I~w %9rk . . a&* 8aIal RMAro cant?8l ‘TBi8 Mti@II (iBtM8taS8 t8t8 by l iiS- agenor) wa8 not &i8tlrir6 by anl or.tlm ordlnarl
iohral M3.88 Of i8W. 18 MI2 b0 8U88afnd Mb&J e8 th8 l XUOl88 Cpr th@ WU p@WU8 0f 8h8 &it& 8tata8. A& th888 Q8WU8 aF8 nOLOt lIdtO& by th8. Or8IMry rtie8. rp8olXIa grut T h e y l t~ not bound04 by or authority. w or11 the
The are not anlike what, ?a %ha &tar, pal oe power, bat th. polio@ &ioWr Pai8.d i to th8 Bi#h- l 8t bOge8. Thor are 8uah pwerr U a?9 l 88eatbtiti to Wry 1if8 Oi fh8 MtiOS it8df. *ha8 pr089rV8 th r8QUi8it8 t0 thi8 end tha Ot th8 OItI88a, th, libarty pretutioa or pritat8 propuby, tha po80*-tlr ri6ht8 Or tb* 8btO8, BMt 811 yiO16 to XIUO88ity."
The rI&F of *ha fo48ral gor**urnt to taraM the p~aoe-tbaa polioo pow&8 Of tb 8U6* %8 8h8W %8 oh*88 8a888 ~ph01QIngl it8 l Whority to pseTOat 8al8 Of intoXiOaatS8 11qUOr8 I
i) w8L1 397, 20 UL 8. tt. #&.) gw, a. e8lDa
"saatloa l861. i!iiWhW*% &oretwy 02 War, take to ge8888-
Otll' Ulimr t0 YOUr rfZ8t qUO8tiOU 18 ttut the Xailroad CO~ai88iOn doss not hme jurlm6lotlon Qver thI8 mart 0r traa8portat10nn.
ho to your aroonb que8tion ~8 to wbther or Pot the Ar8y mny engap e oomoa curler to oprrato t:i88@ tlUOk8, w8 t&at hation 13bi5, Title 10 U. A. C. A., in providing toe1 th8t *tlH traaqmrtrtlon of troop, 8unition8 05 wu, ogulp- maat, NUtuy proparty, and atorao thmoughout the Un1t.d Stat.8 8hdl be M68r the lmdI&to l ontra~ ad 8UporVi8iOn of the Soor8tuy or liar, and ruoh auat8 8s he rr appoint* 8ufflolontly authorlrea thr Vmr 5epartaant to appoint w agut it d@riO W&U t& hot8 8tlbdttd h JOUr 1att.r.
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