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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN our opinion In g&h. -. *2 lor_whloh pleare aompt our thazlb.
We believe
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Sootloa 6 (a) of &tIolo Bllb, Rorired Civil 8tatuto8, am amna0a tn 196T, road8 a8 r0ii~:
--2%~ Railroad Co~~I8rIon Is here- bl giran authority to upon appli- oatlon to those pt4rson8 who dorlrm tg angaga in the bUalZi@88 of transportlag for hlro over the hI&tway8 of this State, llramtook, cohalr, *ool, milk, llts8took r80a8tufr8, h0~80h0lb moda, 011 ridd qulpmnt , and used offi l’urnltur8 ma l qufpmmt, timber utw in It8 nat- ural l tate, rvnr maohlnery, find grain 8 ala1 peryaltr upon su0h kms, oondl- t ons, and rertrlotIon8 a6 the Railroad r
CommIesIoa nay aem proper, end to make ruler ma rogulatIon0 governing 8u0h op- oration8 kerplng lnmilnd the proteotIon or the hig‘hwey8 and th4 oarotT of the- trwellng ~publlo; proridbd, thnt If thlr hot or ray rsotion, ,OubM)otIOn, sont+oe, olau80, or phraro thomd, I8 held unooa- 8tItutIonti anb fmdia br roamon th0 illOlUOiOl& Or thi8 Sub8eotIon tb L&S- laturo heroby doolupr that It rould haw paawd this Ant-aaU
may suoh boo- tion, Subseotlon, mentense, olau88, or phra80 thereof without thI8 Sub800tloar* W8 unaoataaa rN8 you that the speol8l maodity porritr la quO8tIon, a8 orlgInally 5ssuod, only authorize the truuportatlon Of *oil field •qUIp~nt,n but that l ub- 8equont to the Irsueno~ of suoh pomiIt8, probably ttmu@ inadtwteaoo, the Ia8atlrloation platoa Irru8d thereunbr do8orIbr thr authority OS the tN&r a8 bolng for tran8portatlon of *oil rida equipment 9spgp&&Aod. 80ti of ruoh oarrietr am OontendIag tha rI&ht now to 0~x7 artIole8 uhloh ark not pmullar to.011 rida8, but uhloh ria~ b8 -06 la ail fma8, own poorIo8, lumbar ana the llko.
kuthoritf oaunot be obtaImb for tran8porta- tloa oi umwdltior other th8a t&or@ naimd In 8aI6 Seotloa 8 (d), rithout appliodlon tuta huring, *ioh uo urd0ntuia has not boOa had a0 to the oarrIM In quaatIon: and one mu8t make applioatlon b&or0 reoelrlng authority to tram-
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port tam Sp6OId 8O=OditiOS aud la tootloa 8 (4). IIoaeo, w Ue Of tha OpbiOn SdditiO&l~ right. the iMUti= br th8t t&O80 SUdU8 Of the *ordS hU0 SSqUiMa ‘Utd Sue [80] p1hS’ $a -0 IaMtifiOatiOa plateSa flold qulpmnt”
To 4~. the tmm”oIl broad ‘oontendod r0r br 80% wu;La aunlag 0s tJLo.8 OUriOM Oa the put Of ONat OMD3n OarriUS WithOUt OOIQiiUIOS th0 pomlttoe8 rith thr aur;l roqulrm8ntr ad8 0s typa 0s SUrhri "Oil firld l quimt’ Otiy ruoh tOOl8, M8U8 apparattis find maobinary a8 I8 needed Inthe drilling ana operation oil and g66 8ellr. Sooh equipsat au82 bo pe- OtiiU to Oil fiO)dS sod their O&'UatiOth urhi10 mt in point, the fOllowIn& 0~8~8 are OS l ssiatr oeo lc thi6 eon- MStiOn;
U.S. Ebl+r Co. vs. Ua6hIa@oa Si&
., 149 Pao. 706, L.R.A. 131s-?, p. 951 %llkVS. 0.c. t 8.2. w. CO., 68 S.X. ec# VS. tit0 ~iMCO0 CO., 40 S.W. - Inin (8U) ulqlyps;h.(L.tG. Coatral Trust Co.,
. rma opinion 0s chid nutlo* xeciendon in vs. Railroaa CommI88l0n. 117 S.1. (ta) 148: Qnor l r o r ala- UiSSSd, W qUOt8 (LB fbllOW81 -
qn*r baldor 'SDOOfti 008- moaltf ourlor pumit, i88u0a I'ebns- ary 16, 1933,'und6r femblD'8 An8. Clr.
St. art. Ollb, Sootion 6 (a), rued tb Bailmad Coa&a8ioo and Its membon (rorurd to as dd8ndaCtS) to rot aala@ a goneral ordor of the Com8I8sIoa pa8884 Bowmbsr RR, 19333, :lImitlng and n.tr10t1ng trarMgortat10n or 'Oil Pi814 rqulpmmt* uadu Sp6016l Ckmmodl- rpd for moiua~ ahi. ty Puma*; . .
*Th* ardor ra?- +taokad on two beoeuse, (11 it xa6 pa8SOd with- grotmdsr out not.100 or heuIng, dsloh mot la8 oonosama~ and (8) it was unjust, unroa- sonable, dIsorI.mInatory as to 0rwr.
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notlom houin( ware not r88eatiaI validity of the or&r la qumctloa. . . ?bi8 SOOti (u (b) ) 8SUirOSuY h8 no nlmtioa trJ genmral ordmn of thm Coop- miS.iOlI, sffeoting alike 8&l 06rrf.r. or all'oarrierr a olasa.
*It deal6 3peolfloally .~~lu.It.- with Inrraotlo~a or th. lar or Cov6aIs- slon rulme and non-utimr by lndlrldusl omr- tlfioatm or germlt holdmrr. The dlmtlrro- tlon bmfnmmu ordarm of this oheraoter mnd general ordora la fundmnmntal. Thm fOWU dr80t oaly th. individual osrrlor m0ma, mnd turn prmdloatmd upon momm d.r.llotlon upon hi. part. Thm lattor affmot al.1 motor or thomm of a olasr am r.lL a8 dl oarrlmrs of ovary dmaorlptlon.. oompd.ng oarrhra Thm rmoord shows th6t t&r3 war3 ot3r i?iCO wxsnodlty oarrlmrr operating unndmr 6pmOiti pormlts granted prior to No~omnbmr 88; 19SZ.
Therm la no mompolllng Inherent reatin *hy notloe and hmaring Should requlrod as prmrmquI6itm to th. vtiiasttg of -neti- ~108 6nd rmgulstlorrr adminirtratlre bo.rd..”
Am already Iadloatmd, nm do not bmllmrm that the SpmOiti l ommodlty oarrlmrs, sUthQrItOd by their omrtifl- sate8 ,to trmaaport only 0Il ri8ia qulpasat, havm utbarl- tr to oan'y mnfihing .x..~t auoh tOO18, apparatus ad ma- ohbimry U nm.4.4 in the drilling ULd OJmNtiOIh Of Oil Cmrtaialy, under holdlag in Ma g68 WuS. oourt*a Ormmr oaam, oupra, t&m Raiboad ‘~00ai86~0n oi %x86, by gmmral or&or, .oan mo restriot 8uoli oarrlmrs. Your 'ihmrmform, rsomltma an affinmatlvm answmr~ rlrrt qonrtlon,
fOUr6 VOW tNly AmFlREY oi?lmfAL OF TKxhtl APPROVEGAUG 10, 1939 ATTORNEY GENE+L OF m$
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