Case Information
*1 ‘OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Xonorablo Edgar A. Maddox, Pwa e
.: kill or havm kil1.d aoh 6e.r while ln 4 She sot or dwtrorlng mob oropm, puturom,
I ar $ardM‘.
“SeO. 3. All law8 ar part8 oh laws ln
‘0 far u they oonfllst with any portion
thla &t b*, and &ha aatm are, herabr ro- p‘+lOd.'
*ourbh ana lut *witiota rooltu the raot that th8 prwlotrs law ha‘ not. boba ‘ufftoiant to proteot tha oropa, ~rtur.8 and aawtkm 0r th0 r- of thou tro qountle‘, an4 deo1ar.s au -ojr.
Houu Bill No. 155 (now 8odlfied aa wt. W9a, VW- n~n*i,Penal Oodq of 19IlS) ro@ulato‘ the plaolng and ka.pl.ng or dmm$ parti8 t!aOrWi 011 aold ‘torya, and the dlapori~1o.n
. But th0 rlret 8ootion th0200r prorid b g~a83 knu u raarrt
"aiat'lon 1. Any deer or pax% OS aam law- $ully klllrd.or onhrod into thlkstato 4 br pe88~8otLrromthotlma thataamewa8 lawrully i ~I %._ killed or, ontorod iaso thlr $ta6w and untill c : a0 rfiqw+g ai* wt.-
Aa-,
u you do in youclnquily, that the waakilloduadu 8ueI~eondltlons than Itrro lawStallykil&d, and she pla3.n pToYl8lon8 o? motion 1 of mu8e Blll No. lSS pemrit it8 r*tentlon unt2.l r0iiorritlg Jrurn 5th. Thlr la true in view of th* raot that Hou8b Bill8 m. a37 partiauhrly and 159 are the lateot expro88loar of the lagl8latlva dll upan the ‘ubjoot.
wo oall to your attontlon, h-v@, the fafaot that Ar- tiolo %3(g), Voznon*a Penal Codm of 1925 i prohibits the use of
Eonorabla BtQI‘r A. YawQX, Pago s
a door @all in huntine dopr; Artlob 98sh prohiblk t&m a@*,,’ 0rr~bg r0r 840, 0r 88r88105 ‘alter pup&a80 or say wild door or the oaroa88, d0 02 mm8 E tha00rt m~0i0 aso in 8toplwl‘ all4 prodbil‘ *ha ll#* or a dO@ in hlms* Artiole 901 prohibita palo PInSo Wuntiu (am0116 othira); hunting from an autemoblle, pworbbat, 6e.i aad ArCiolo 901 prohibit!8 hunt- b7 mma# ai a~ utlflolal ll@t. Tlwr atatutu am not in say mennor dra0ted by ~pra~l8lo~ Bou‘o BillSo. 819.
Isle thoroforo, our opinion thattb omrmuuof deulawfullykjllad inPal Pinto cOwxtybylandonwrm,or under tdulr dlrootioa, while $81 the aot or du%ro puturoa or garduta, may ba retaiaod and uaad unt 1~ tli?%%ww . P l.ng Juno Sth, ir~tbm‘timannar~ and uadu th.8~1 eeaditio~, aa irthrJrh~bo~latrrllJkill~dduring~opur~~on.
BY (‘I W. R. Allen A“l8taat ., .
wRA:RS AFTROVIPI
APPROVBO DBO. u8, l%L opinion oamittn (a) or0?orsol1u* firat Mal8taat httorn*y ~goner4 m B. W. 8. UhaM