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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Rnilroad Comm%rrion of Texar
Awtin, Texam
Gent lemsn I
these que8tlaM
e ve bound to pro- onoy is appropriated for the en- either bill; and, In riev a? t&r faet, may the Coxmlralon we any other aan%es ln the addntrtratlon and enforotaent of either of them bills tn vholrs or Lo prct?'
A reading of raid tvo Aatr pl~%Wly rhws that ther both deal with the 11tme aotter, that la, the regula- tion of the bunineas genera y referred to am "trwel bureaus,"
Railroad CommIaaion of Texas, page e
As reepecte your first question, there ia ouly,one dlfferenos between the two Acts, vhlah in our opinion merits diaouaaian.
Sectlon 11 of Artiale gild, read8t 'Eaah and every broker ahall keep 011 aaou- rate reoord of eaoh and every oontraot, agree- ment, or arrangement for transportation ohioh he OF it my maIce vlth every peraon traveling, or deriring to travel, vlth rhcm the broker may aontract or arrange transportation, on much fog% and WXdM.rihg ruoh information a~ the Comm.laaFon may preaeribe eud requfre. Spoh reoord rhall be open to lnapeotlon to amy 8her- constable, Couutr or Dlatrict ifi, Attorney, and to my offioer, agent, tnapeator, or other sllrpZoyee of the Railroad Ckmml8alon at all tiua. 8wh PeoOrda mh-~ll not be dertroyed until after the klrplrstlon of three (3) rear*, and then Only after eii order of the Ccnmalialon author- 1sI.q the deatruotlon thereof,' 8eotlm of the atore reoent hot provldear "Ever7 tranrportatlon agent ahsll rrin- tti and keep for not lera f&a13 two (p) Wwan ap evrot reaord, on Soma to be Wovided b7 the Commlaaion, of d.l tYW#&iOM W *u&i agent, inoludlng: (1) mouut Pad to h.%m bY each person trenrported, md by sag motm Car- rier, and rmaue of eaoh 8uab PayOri (2) PO-f, (3) ILtaa@ Of motor O-%w Of dO8tinotlWJ -e of’ driver of the YeNale WsdJ md lioenae number or other Identlflootlon plate number, end make end motor nlprrber of t& vehicle. Every tranaportatian ent ahall by file vith T the tenth (10th day Of Osoh POn a* the county Cler of the oounty in vhiah he 18 k licenm.& to do buaineaa under thla Act, 0 veri- fied COPY of the above reoord for the month next preaeding the date, of 8wh filins, ad the County Clerk shall keep l uah reaorda for *3 ~~lroad Commlaslon of Texas, pqpa 3
not leas than tvo (2) year8 from the date of fll- lug, And the aAue ahrll be rubjaot to inapeo- tlon by Any perron aa pub110 reoorda. A oertl- fled aopy of auoh record8, or any pArt thereof, duly certlfisd by the County Clerk in whore otfSce they we on ii&e, rh~ll be received am oompetent evidenoe In the trial of Any came wherein the eatlone of the trrnaportatlon a- gent nmking auah record8 Are in Isaue, or In my heArfng before the Railroad ComaIaalon, or under its jurladictlon, Involving the a&lox&a of the trrnaportation Agent m~klng auah reoorda."
The nev legialatlon thua provide8 that the recotia required to be kept by tranrportrtion IN filed in Agent8 #hall the offlaea of the oounty olerka, ah~ll be opsn to iuapeotion of all peraona, And oertlfled oaplea thereof lsry be reoelved in evidence in oertaln oaae8. The operetlon of rush trevel bureAua ia A burineaa In the n(ltura of vh%oh it8 OpWAtiOn *ill fwquently tend to bring About eneroA&aent8 upon reguSeP1y oertlfIoAted caxrlorrr And 18 80 Qlorely aonneoted B$th the pub- lio interest that the requirement that aueh reeorda ahAl be filed in the aounty clerka offlcea urd the prorl8lon that oortlfled copies thereof May be received In evidence ia oer- Ubln 08868 oleely are reuomble and rithin the paver of Leglalattwe tom&e. And, theRallroAdC0mm.laalon, it8 mnployeer dud other enforoement offioera of the State in the perioramnoe of their dutlea vould have the pover to Larpeat auoh reoorda. Whether other pec8ona, priv8te partlou, vould hrre auoh right bf inapebtloo, Arid If 80, under M.&At coJ!uUtioua, Are WeBtim vhleh ue do not Attempt to detemine. !&A uuvera to those queationa, whatever they tight be, would not Affeat the velid- lty of the Aot A# A whole. In line vith our prior opinion, 20. o-657, ve .+nawer your fIrat queatfon In the affirmative.
We nov Addream ourrelvea to yaw reooud, third aad fourth queatlona~
Froa~ the opinion of Judge Short of the Cammlealcm of Bp esla, in the wee 0S BMk 9. tie Oouaty Cotton Q3.l Coi8pUy, 27 s. v. At PA@3 130, VC’ CIOWt lw,
Rpilrvad Comd.aalon of Terse, pigs 4
'In the 0888 of St. Imla 8. W. Ry. Co. v.-.' Key et al., S‘u&loe Odnea, mpeskirrg for the Supreme Court of Texas, ln dlacuaalng a similar queatfon, uses thfa 1~ngtugA;
"If Article 4227, A8 mandad, repeals Arti- it 18 a repeA1 by irtQ#tiaAtiOn. Suoh Oh 279, repeals ece not favored, And unless there be A repugnsnay or inuon8lst6nay between tvo statutes, the general rule f6 that the latter till not re- peel the formar la the abaenar of ~xp@ess worda to that effaot. But the qwatlon of repeal, like avery other que8tlon srlrlng upon the oouatrua- must be solted by date tfon of a Etatute, Am neaz am amy be the Intent of tlm Ltqia oiting uogem v. Ustroua 8 Tex. 654 us parte V@b9qWSj 355. e6 %Xe 178~ &~in V* &tU%, TOX. In the ema earnet
“He MrMnu88 *'In Rogm8 t. VAtrOW (8 Tex. 65 58 Aar. Dao. NO), aupra, Judge Wheeler mya: ‘A aubse- qumit atatvte revlaing the rubjaot-awttep of A former oas, snd etldantly fstaaded ~8 A aubati- tute foP'lt,~:Althou@l it aontA&na a0 OXp&MS verds to t&At esseot, must operste to repenl former to the extant to wl2lcG-i its provislonr Ppe revlaed And supplied, so though a a~ubaequent statute ba not repugnfmt In its provlaiona to a Swam one, yet if it v~s alesrly intended to preaarlbo the only rules whlah should Govern, it repeal8 the prior atatut6.*‘
'The genaral rule, enunalated Above by the gg:s iydt~~~~~&:foz~:%~e~~
Judge Whselar, vh%ah x18 SolLoved by Judge OAlna8, am sbovk ntatsd, is also anun&Pated in ~hllea v. State, 1 Texaa. lypp, 32, holding the aat prohi- biting tenpin alley8 to be PAp8Aled by A later one providing for llcenaln& than, and in Dlokenaen
.’ *5 JMlroad Coamlerlon of Toxee, pqe 5
t. State, 38 Tea Cr. Rq 479* 41 S. W. 759, 43 8. W. 520, holding that the v law 1s implied- ly repealed a later etatuto, and l.n Tunetoll v. Wondley, 5 Tex. 483, holdLag an cot oenoe~n- “I lng ahurohee is repealed by a law ooncrernlng oorporatlons. Ye have been unable to find any authority boaring dlreotlg on the mubjeut wbloh holds to the contrary.
“In the eaee of State v. Boueton Ml Corn.. of Text+ (Tex. Glv. Appw) 194 8. W, 432, Chief Juetloe Key, Ln dleaueelng a l Ullar qaretion, eaye I
"'The ml* ir wall rottlod that, whoa a rub- moquont etatut* ahovm by ltu soatext that it vaa intondod to embrace all the l&w upon the eubjoot dealt with, l iuh etatuto will, br lmplloatian, ropeal ell former lewe relating to the mm l ub- joot. 2he 6olVebtnoee of that rule 18 not eon- trovortod, and it 18 un?~coeouy to eito arrthoF- itioe in eupport of It.‘”
Vo quota from State w. T. & Eo. 0, Ry. CQ., Us 8. W. 53, error donled, at pap 55, a8 ~~llowet
‘Oaloeo thm bo s ropu@aeaay or inoaruie- teneJ botwooJ3 two etatutoe, thr 8OZkOFti rule le that the lattor will not ropeal the roPsoF la tho aboenae of exproee wed8 to that offoat. But quertlon of ropoal, like every other queetios uieing upon tho oonetruetlon OS a etatW.0, mqt be l olved by dotorm+aine am near am mar bo tha lritont of the Lsglel&~o. Raklway v. ty, 85 Fox. 59, 22 8. Y. 665; ltogere v. Watroue, 8 ‘Pox. 3 the uaee flret olted In 68, 5~ &I. Deu. 100. Judge Qaln~~ quoter with approval frcm Ragore v. lietroue ae iollowr I (the l emo quotation Is made a8 ha8 already booa oepiod *bore.)’
8. B. 301, 47th Legielature, eovere tho field iozmer- lf oeoupied bg 8. B. 75, 46th Iioglslature, adad in ow epinlon