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OFFICE O+‘iWE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
;‘.a nnisanob d~66 not aeo5marily as* tan the uIsh10e tir &ha pmviition 3.0~ the .Pmaf, Wtr, bogInI4 .tpIs aot~‘hwgJ4t. to k l Jolne4 a# aqoiienae and pmtaaribIa@ ir%aa.or hprlson- a0 pwi5hwnb ror ..h%u rio16tSonr
There. &ma exib) jm
sent ~pplloabla.atatuto, to witi, &t%sla 4664, panal ~3. ita netum, and pneoribiag atu+snmnt aa the racy..
In ekwotioa nlth'tb queat4on w&r oonaldoratloa - = I. /
.,.the ,&as molng and batting 000~~1~4 war, nst a+ ttaO ohuaotu. Where the Uqtaor Control Aot alqwese2yor by,naew- beu rawy lapllaetion euthorieba the sale or lIQwr, em¶ rlnm, ana PTOSO be5 the olrom8tanoes unbar whioh:it ma ba sold AHl.1. la 4 Is not elailebla, on tha graund thet &6trMei ~:‘~ 18 latiid oeunpt.ba a ntiaanoa. Thus, sin00 tho Uqwr Gang tral hut euthorI;ie8 petits r0r paokaga atoms to ssu lIqob*t and mdhorlws. pomits ror thb sala or beer r0r oonswptilon~ on ~JAO p&mIaw a paokage star.wItha patitoeanatbo on- for sdng,lIquor, nor oould the rot&U., baar per& .jqiaod haldsr bo annJo$nad ram nrainteinl~ a-plaoa whars persona.r+ sort ror dAnkIng befar, an lntoxioetiag Uquor.
In Me Parker oaae, swre, the ella#ssb nulaanaa sxisb- '06 be a&y* area, Itlatoba notadthst tha suItre.nat t0 ~)a#5 the laai~tOIIMO6 Or pT6dSSO Whercl &Em Ol? gift5 Of fn- torieating liquors WON mada; but premisoa, (a denea hall) to rhioh the publI4 resorted to drink Intoxicreting liquor. Tba Liqwr $mcrOl dot da.8 not dsflne a. an oifanab the wintsnWO0 Of &WI&~WJ to tiah the mbllo resort CO drink int-Ia.tI.6 lIqu&a, al&her in a dry araa or a wet as.&. Tha 0fSsu.a da- nowoad by the Ast I8 tha unlawful sales aa that it is a@erSnt, W&U the perkar ciacia. that W. rrruet look to Artlola 4664 0lonO for t&r’ offwas :and :pi3fmltyT
Bsnowble &me ~Doughty, &., ,P&e 5 . . . 7’ ‘*
Uuder t&mi0ofO stated in your letber it la apparent .$hat the ‘proprfeg&;.of the danoe hall does not have any permit rir lloanae authorl~~d by.the Liquor aontrol Aot and that the plaoe ti. qusst$,on~~jthe~ danoe hall) la a plaoe where persons resort in ~hmyalging of two or .bmre persons to the room for the purpo& o~&Wklng .fntolioating 1lqUOT. .” :~,
Too ‘are: tiiierefore advised that under AxMole 4664
,.a danoe h,all lx;uet territory maintained aa. a plaoe to whloh .,mmbers or the pub110 oommnly resort in mmb,er& of two or moma to’ the mom -for the purpose oi’ drinking lutoxloatlng ll- quors’ may be enjoined ae a oomon nulsanos ii- t~he proprietor does not hold La,,per&t’ authorizing him to sell the .lkquors eon- I’. rrrrpei\ for oonsumption on the premisea, oi ii t&3 liquors oon- sumad thereon ar6 not suoh as are authorized to tie sold for oonmmption on the- premisea, . ,.:,~
kustiiig that the foregoing fully answers your ‘ln-
quby, we are’
Yours very trUly
