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OFFICE OFTHR ATTORNEYGENERAL OFTRXAS

AUSTIN

County attoraer

Palo Pinto, Tuaa

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aurp bum 3.lm in 80 opamatlng its baaao gn pamonger amr lfbanrer '~ 4.b tlol@ting Artlolb 805 of the Fend, Ood& Said Irrrtlele 805 rbada am.. iollaws:

Honorable Sdgar A. Naddo~, pag4 a

*whoever operate8 upaa e public highmy a motor vbhiOlb under a liaea8e, however obtalnod, for a class other than that to whlob eueh -hi-

cle pronerlg belongs, shall be find not exaeed- M two hundred dollars."

Tho registration of ~motor vehiol4s 14 prorlded for In iirtiole ;~blBa, Vernon'q Annotated Civil Statuto8, and Sub- eaotlons (j) and (n) of i3ectIon 1 th4reor read 8s fOllu44~

"(J) 'Pa444nger Car' m44nr 4ny motor r4hl- ale other thsn 8 motor oyole or a bus a8 8bfiMd

in this hot, designed or us4d prhudy for th4 tranrportatlon of per40n4.w

"(A) Qotor Bus' ah411 Inolude mry rehi- cle exobpt those op4rat4d by maaoular pwer or

excluslrely on stationary rails or traake, whloh 14 used in transporting ger4onr botnssn or thra h two or more Inaorporat4d 4ltie8 c&Ad/Or town8 and 7 OT villages for otnspsnration (or hire) whether op4r- oted over fired route8 or titherwire; except mob or said rehIole8 a8 are operated ereluslrely rlth- in th4 llmlts at incorpomted bit148 and/or tumor or suburban addition8 to 8uch tovme.w

.The vEhlQle8 In que4tloa do not rau wlthla the abme derlnitlon or a Wotor bu8*, 8inbe the 68410 are not u4ad in tran*porting peraorr between tro or more

towns or villagee. They do fall 8

or a *pa44enger oar* and are there

;~~G.I.ows that there is no

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We note the dotlnltlon of a "motor burr eompanf' In artlols Slla, Seotlon 1 (a), Vernon*8 Annotated Ciril Statutes.

k eonoem carrying persons rot aoapsluation or hire bsaome4 a motor bu4 oompany, subjeot to regulation by the Railroad Comb- aion, when lta motor vehlclee operate bctyond the limit8 and out- sIde.tha suburb8 of an inoorporated alty ar tam, whether they enter any othsr alty or town, or suburb8 thereof, or not. How- ever, the re@atratlon is44 of theme vehloles are governbd by *3 Eonorable Blgar A. Yladdox, page 3

Artlole 667&, according to the plain and unambiguous term8 of whlah the vehicler in queetlon must be olaeaed aa passenger car6.

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