Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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b).of tbls et raads, la part, as.fol- *2 Eon. Olin Culberson, Director, page.2
of liquefied petroleum gas over the highways of this State for use in any such apparatus,, without having rim obtaIned from the Railroad c0amlal310n or Texw, ukl6ar the provlaion of thlo Act 0. Xioense (I@ tc do. * l **
'3~ have read em& cowldereb ontlrd B.B. 792
and ln-our opinion the tan person aa urn6 b~sectlon (b) and other sections oS.saId Aot Ia tnwd to donot@ a de&or which may bc n person, firm or oorporatlon and is wad in the 8ense of a person owning and operatAng his own particular bualneas which i8 regulated uuder the term& an6 scope of this Act. Frcm our concridera-.
tlon of the entire Act, w da mt belIme tktt it uas the intention of thq Leg.i@lature tc require every per: aon that might be employed by a rlrm or a aorporatlon to hme'a'.Ucenee and to poet a bon4 before partiiXpat- ing in thw8iLe or assembiing,~numrriaotrrring, ti6tal- l#g or trawportlng any of theappazatplr or equlpmpnt N@V&&d'fOr fo this ht. .' - _~
But on-the contrary we tmUcve it to have bea cho inteatloon of the Legia&Mre tbpt the pnm~; firm or aorporatlon operating the ~8lnu6 and reapcnsible for,the omration mma&baent.ot t&e Wdnass to be.tho '~hnlfonh~~qxinul~fo poet a bond '&ml. 6eotuo the lheaae.
The as&of thcterm *~erunP being in the muse applleb in Vo&. 7'Worda-anU E'hrases, First Serlw, aa tbb~oaa who oould olaimthd use) benefits or advantage of the Propel-v. We like also. to apply the restrIotlof:: $t.he "right to oontrO1 the property or bueInass".
event loosa me bustainsd or .a aau8e of a&ion arose as a rrreult of the deieotlmi? apparatus sold, the 1Iabillt.p woul&.iall upon the person, firm or corporation operat- lng sqld business. J%crciore, you are advlmd $bat'In our~oplnlon the answer to your rfmi qu.cstlon la "NO".
Question No. 2 - *Such a,oorporatlon as mentioned in.QuwtIon Wo. 1 burnishes these.
8yatemn ana applIancss to other~pcople who oper- ate In their own indivIdoa1 cnpaalty es mer- ,ohants or salesmen. Colmpiasione are paid to euah merchanta or salesmen br the corporatlmx illZIng suoh orders. Ia It aeoessary that each
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Indltldml who operates u6der'hIa own JUUIIO to file a bond end pay the license ieeP
wo an6wer your Gue6tIon X0. 2 In the arfiraatlvo. q&tlon 6tates that other people operate In theit own Indlridual oepaoltg, that b&in8 true they hare their own bwknc6s'or represent thetmeWe6 tc bc In buslnes6 end are not taking orders iron the manufacturer or from come corporation firm or I6dlvIdual. wo conctrue H.B. 792 to Intend that all persons engaging in any .phase8 of the.indu8try mcmtloned herein upon their own rreepon- 6IbIllty to tall within it6 requirearsntc. Thea? lndlv- idual am acting as msrohnntlr selling liquid &ae*~
QCW8$iO6 x0. %. ' "The Automatic Butane Gae Company.homm ottice Xouato~, Texa8, al80 oper- at66 the ~f3razoria hwty Me ~mpcuiy~ aad the .' 'LIbcrtpcountfSa6 cozopany.' can tba rutometio
mtnw ,oao coiapagy rihone bond and gay me 110kn6t1 roe to eater the actltltie8 of twthrw dU%natly nctmd aotltitfqc,.bat all of which are under on. co~n,~*8hip~" ; ~timrrtloi Bone oi ‘Wo’..hme additiomil
.thrw ham& eompnnies (LFO fncorporateb, but are all owned by one, lmllv.ridwl and operat6d under arrsmd. aatlroly The Etrezorla .County euu¶ Liberty County Gas Oom- z being operated 86~branche6, rgceiring their stdck and equiplahn.t,fromthe Automatic Eutcne k6 Compftlly, There Is, therefore, one owner reeponsibls for xowton. all debts, 01aIm1 or law suits of or a&nst.all three oonoern8. Under our theory of the lntention of legislature there Is n&necessity for a bond and llaense of each com- ~pany. but one bond and one liceage will suffloe.
Questlcm x0. 4. 'Sectlo 2 of Bauae Bill 798 l-048 8s fOllOW8, in PDEt: *Containers eub- jdot to theredulation of the Inter&ate Com- memoe CommIssIon and oontalners whiah are owned or used by.the OoYernment OS the United St&e6
-- Bon. Olin CUlberBon, Ei.rsi+toP, page 4
oi Aacrloa W exosptsd tram the JCOVISIOnS cf -- thl6 sect&i -8 aon, w psopfe WhO We Wht is kIlm
es 'L&O. Oontalnera ln ths hudlng Or what is ad&85 .:pa&tfadr gw bueineaa, but 8~oh aciw ttinera~~n~ahlppdInanythlngexaeptin
intZWt5tO bU8.+666. ngtherseot1Gm 8pxovide8 for the RMMT of 06nstTuotian of buterie &a8 OOlltilbl~6 Md not to CtI@@.ng in the 'bWiIuOs8'.
‘*We bare huld that a pW6QI se- and di6- bUbrrS @AS USbIg h0.a.. (lOd&Xl~ 16 UibUtW it14 the,boQd alA& w th8 liOen8e 8Ubj66ttO fW.~ Al- WO OOTl?+Ot ia this qtliTOSMt?- ?oua'QUutlarr end lflforamt1& partaining thets; t0 ~dT%808 US tit&i YW hero h8a (L WTOfSt Who. 8em and dlatributes - %26 Using I.&C. COUtt&uS8 16 8Ub- jeattofllaabai4andpapthe.lloen8sre6~. WethInk thut qw6tlasl am5 that the yue ba*s wrlwatlg.'~~ 6hwAts aeQr4 requQe8 tbst thEt be do&e. . .:: so4&ia .i&i) pz!oilMi ‘xhat .wn*w 6ub @St ., tata;; mgnxatloa df th* Iatsr6tat8 oo6meai c, 0rlJM IOZi arid uontalner6 whioh,cW owned snd used by the Govern- LpcD1E. ot tb tbdtti BtatCr6 Of IMQflC& .lTb ffOCQt.sb irapl Of this 66OtiOU+ 8iZWf! lp&lX 1attQf Stat66 th6 ~nni81068 the ocutaineT6 natlan0dlr.~Qyestlon HO. 4 are'uaed '&nLy In kttrastate~ bualnwe tae 6tetute ‘k&66 no &asp- tloa.fcar those oontainen they ere olearlywIthln the rtqdmmenta cl the lrtatute.
~U66tiO6 HO. 6. *A dietrlbutor of butane hqui~t hW MS produot8 haadled by indiVidWl8 toirn8. Thtiw iihIvi5ukls -5 rirse, in dlfferect 6nd firm6 8elIoit sale of t316 butane eq:,lp- ment6ndr66eiv6th6reirm~6manIa6ion fromtkm diStribUtw& %6 di8Wibutor OpWLte6 LUhX oue muac an5 the above amutlcned repneeatetlves operate buslne66e6 uudes thetr owu reepectire~ U*."
~ueatlon 80. 5~axmr6 to us to have the same Ipo, Z, heretofore 8nswerfA ‘aat of ifICt6 as Qumiitfon