*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable Emory I?. Spenoer

Uount~ Attornq

Aransar county

Rookport, POSJM

Dear Sir:

auount to aompllanoe inion request wherein l ulthin;ths lllalta e of the:lxmlt8 o?

&$%9&&e 947 of the Bevised Penal Statutaa of Texas, LO&X, proSib/se ay follows:

.y!Iti ahaL be &awful for anf per- son to. u&oh cm attempt to cateh~any fish, gmen,~tgrtls, loggerhead, tdrrfipin shrimp in any af the bays or natlgabL6 water0 of thie State, within the ltita or within one tile, af the l%mlta of #viq -

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Honorable Emory N. Spanoar, June 9, 2939, PaSa S

city or town in this State, wlth ~slnaa, draga', fykee, eet.neta, tramtim neta, trapa, dam or wefra. A town or altr La the meaning of thla artlole ehall be thm OO~eOtiOn of one hundred famlllea within an Itma of one square rnll Any 11 in& any provision of thlaeirtiaX:n:&: ii:,"- fined not leas than twent$-?fro nor mora than two hundred dollars. In all proeeou- tlona the ldentifioatlon of the boat iron whloh auoh violation ooouza shall be prima iaole evldenoe ~agalnet the owner, leaaee, paraon in oharge or maeter of auoh boat. It ahall be the duty oi auoh town to ea- tabllah and maintain the buoya, atakes or other masks. designating the limits got the one mile within whloh suoh aelnsa '~ shall be hauled and auoh nets set." In answer to pour firat queatlon It la tha opinion, Of this department, and YOU Wty be 80 adriasd that the pbaee Wlthln the limit8 or within one mile of the iii&i8 of w OitJr or town In this State" meana within a ail10 0r tha ,ter- ritorlal limIta 0r any lnoorporatod a%ty or town; (LB pnaorib@d in the olty oharter of said alty or town; aad in the apant that there la anYnaVIgable water wlthln the lla&~.a,~aa deaigi nated by the olty oharter of, auoh lnoorporated pity or town, then in that avent It shall be unlawful, under the p~avlnio~ of this etatutie, to aain% eta.,.... In or upon mob. uarlg- able water so anoloaad,wlthln the limit8 of eaid~lnoorporated oity or town., In the event that the town or oity, In the meaning OS this artlole,“,.ia an.Wlnoorporatad oitp or town, ,and le made a oity or toyin wlthln the meaning of this art1010 by the definition therein Bet out; then, and in that event, it la the opinion of thla department that the statute mean8 within one ml.18 of the temltorlal limit8 of said Oity town, whloh would mean one ml3.a In any dlreotlon from the shoreline of the area whloh oomposea the ,Oity OP tOWZ& iu question.

In anewac to your aeeond question, it la our OPin- IOn that the atatuta oomprehanda that buoya shall be plao@d at various Intervals along the ahorellne at a dlatauoe of one mile from the llmlta of tha oltg Or towa in auoh a mu- uer and at oloa& enough intervala that 8-0 till advise the publ$o generally of the llama aa W'Q praeorlbed in this statute. ~~ to what will ooncatltuta aucfiai%nt buoys that

Honorable Emory N. Spenoer, Juna.8, 1939, Page S

will put the public on notfos, it is our-opinion that any buoy of a standard type, kind, oharaoter or make ordlaarily used for such purposes oan be used for this purpoas. Wa do not believe thst the statute oontemplatea that any par* tloular type, kind, oharaoter or nature of.buop ahell ba used, but only that a buoy, whloh oen be r8OOgniaed aa auah, shall pe plaoed at various intervals, at the requlrod apao- lng dletanoes, in order that aam8 shall bs a warnin& and notloe to the pub110 that within the limits of said bn0~ tharw ahall be no seining, ato.....

Trusting that this will sufflcl8r$ly anawdc your questions in the premises, we remain

Yours very truly ATTORNETOENERAL OFTEXAS ?itir!L~

Assistant .BC:FL

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