Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
loaorablr Bert Ford Mmialrtrrtor
Tsur Ll uer controi Boua
Aumtia, xao 9L
A ooaairrloarrr~ 9r*- uRu*r Irot8 lnlon of this drgart- mrnt upon hem re08~t.u.
Texas Liquor Control hrld ham rutborlte this permit to ba lluld, Toxaa, In ComRlrelon+rr to the uniaoor3or*ted town o?
ooatod 113 Comm~as~onsrr 7roolnot I . . . . Cubeirislon l.e, 15 of mtlcle tnc Liquor section
Ccatrsl Act (Article 1336-15, Yernonta Annotrted 3onal Code) rm6 l 6 r0ihr:
Honorablm Dert Cord, Adminlmtrator, Page I?
*Hodiolnal Permit 8. Rmtall P harmao~rt l mhall,bs rntltlrd reorlrr ardlalnal pormitm mnd mm11 d~mpmnmm srdlolnal pur- pomrm only. The holder8 of ruoh prrmltm are authorlrmd purohamm liquor froa holdrrm of rholemalrr~m permit8 in thlm State. Any pharmaoy Sor vhloh a prrmlt im mou@t mumt be a bona fide phmrmaoy regtmtered vlthtLIe State Board of Pharmaoy; mumt rmploy have on duty mt all timmm m reqlmtered phmrmaoimt and murt have baen in op8ratlon am R pharmaoy for learnt two (2) yeara In the ptitloulmr pol- ltloal mubi5lrlmlon In vhioh a pemit 11 mought. * . . .
Section 10 of Article 1 of the Texas Liquor Con- trol Aot (Artlolr 666-10, Vernon’8 Annotmtrd Penal Code) re4d8 in pet 48 r0ii0w8:
‘Every applicant Pharmmoirt’m Mediolnal, , . under thlm Aot shall give notlor of muoh applloatlon by publloatlon for tvo (2) oonmooutire lmmuem a new- paper of general oiroulation pubBlmhrd In the olty or town in vhloh applloant~m place of bumlnrmm lm looatod. ?rorldeU, however, im publlmhrd in muoh inmtanoom whore no newmpmper
in the oity or town, thrn the mme hall be publimhed a nmwmpaper of general oiboulatlon publlmhed in thr oounty
whmrs ppllomnt'm bumlnemm 18 loomted, mnd if no nawmpaper 1s publimhad in thr county, the notior shall be publimhrd quallfled nevmpapmr vhioh 18 published in the olomemt nelghborfng county and circulated in the OP applioahttm rmmidsnoe. Such not 1 ce shall be printed in ten (10) polnt black iaoa type and ah811 met forth the type to be applied for, exact location of the place of bumlncse, the name of the owner or ownerm thereof, and if o?eratlng under an *3 Bononblo Bert brd, Administrator, Pam 3
aamurd MB@, the trade nati to&mthmr vlth the was of all ovnmra, and if eorporatlon, thr Duos and tltlom of all offlows. Thm ooat of muoh notioe shall be borne by the applleant.a
After oanfully oonmlderlng Artlolm 1 of the Liquor Control hot, wa find that umtiom preoinotm utd lnoorporated oltlem towns are thr t on polltloal ubdlrlmlonm a in meld sot. oounty vhloh mre refemd The sot doe8 not inoluam a oomm~arlonmrm~ preolnot am polltloal mubdlrlmlon vlth nfmnnoe to Seotlon 1 of the Texas Llquor Control Act.
We quote from our opinion Ho. O-1111 88 follovm: "The Aot lr remtrlotlvo. purpose the prorlrlonm ti th
The tldrnt re?*nnoa to pbarmaoy prr8ltm Is to 1Imlt those eligible for the penlt so am protsot particular oomaunlty being flooded vith mushroom ohmmaolem dlmpenmIng undrr liquor p*rmltm. The quotation from abort Seotlon of the hot rldrnoom the Leglm- that 18ture had in mind lnoorpor8teQ olt~em and mubdlrimIonm of the ;re;fnotm am polltloal *In T&&V of the quoted prorlaloM aad rldont-purpose 0r the Aot, lt 18 our opinion that by the language, Le~lmlatun politloal ubdlt~mlon~ 'partloular uant partloular muMIrlmlon la whloh td bumlnemm p~lIO8tlOn the time Is loaded is mde, l? that bumlnmmm is looated olty, vlthln an lnaorporatad then pharaaoy must hare been In operation within the InOOr- porated olty m period of two years.
*In our opinion, phr8me used does not refer amhe putlculmr polltloal uMlrImIon, but It does refer to the city or the preolnot rnlch the buminmmm is looated and hmm bmen operated m period of tvo years.'
Honorablr llert Rwd, Admlnlmtrator, ?age 4
Am the above mentioned oplmlon *am ddremmed to you ve do not noloae 8 eooy Of the au0 horevlth.
Under the faetm rtma la your inquiry, it Is hovn tht the modlolnal pharuey penlt to be naored jumtlom preolnet No. 8 la HookloP Cotmtr, texam, Jumtlem proelnot lo. 0 of mld oountV, both of add ~~mtlam preolnotm being la ooamlmmlonmrm~ prrelnot lo. 2.
other vordm, thm edlolnml pharmaoP pormlt Is to be re- 8orea from one Jumtloe preoinrt rmtloe preolnot atother 1 rhloh are In 88me eommlarlonerm preolnet. We located brllerr moving medIolnal pharmaoy In the 8mnner nbove stated would bm to move same from cxie particular polltloal uMlrlmlon another polItloa1 mubdirimlon 0s the oountx md would be rlolmtlon 0s ~ubmmotlon lb Article 1 of Aot, above quoted. Thmreform, WC rmmpeot?ullP annmr ths above ateted quartion the negative.
Truetlng that thr ?OrOgolng fully mnmvere your inquiry, we an
Yours very truly ATTORNEY OENi3tAL Oz‘ TEXAS w (Signed) Mel1 Wlillum An3811 Wllllum Ammlmtant 15 1941 APPROVH) )uR. (Signed) Oonld 6. Yann
ATfORNEf OENJtAOF TEXAS
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