**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**GROVER SELLERS**  **ATTORNEY GENERAL** 

Honorable Bert Ironi, ALdminiatratOr~ Texas Liquor Control Boar4 ‘1 Auwtinr Texas ‘; : ‘j

**mar Xx-.**  **Ford: Opinion**  **NO*** **c+Byp i**  **A** Re: Wheth&iraot r&r Ohlldren, l oting through the gmwdfm of their satatef,

may mOeIre 8 ~oly;+6tore permttr under theLfquoWmtrol Borrd Act? ,. .,’ ; “j

Your request for an o&& **u&n** the

### above mbjeot matter is am follo~sr ,.,_, ,C’ ‘. ‘* t *: ‘Leon Kaufman ai S&n Antoirlo, ,Texam, is l dminiw trator ior the estate of bin 4eOerae4 wife an4 he is guardian tar his two aiimr a)?lldren rho are ehlldren of his deoeased rite. Iho twominor ahildron Inherited au lntrrsat In a p6skagwato?e bolonglng to the ~14 Leoq~hu!'M&n and'-hli'-d#asamd rife. A&. Xaufman, as I undaratan4 It, thawdes&fem to olom the a4miaistration on the estate or. hie dooeared Vfie and meoure 8 **l=aoknRe Store**  **Permit from**  the **Texar** Llqnor Control Board in hlr om name indlrlduall~ an4 la him n8me an guardian of ,therstatee oi the twominor ohlldren.

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**. “** **Arti6ie** .4i?4of Vernon’s Civil Statutes, with refer&e t.aOontinuation of business under the Chapter covering guardian and ward, reads au fOlY,oaar

“Ii there be a **farm,** plantation,mamafaotory or business belonaing to the estate, and if the samebe not require4 to Be at onoe sold **Par** the **pawent** of debt+ the guardian or such eatate, **UQOn** order of the court, **shall carry**  on suoh farm, plantation, **manu** faotory or **hurinees,** or rent **the same,**  as shallappear for **the best**  interest oP **the** estates In decldine, **the court**  shnll take:Innorah?e Bert 

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### Into consideration the 

### oon4ltlonof the estate,aa the 

### aeceaeltythatmay exlmt 

### for **the** 

### futureaaleof **auoh** 

### propertyfor the payment of debt@, 

### or the eduoatlon an4 ralntenance of **the** 

### var4, 8nd shall **not extend**  **the** time **of rentinp**  **moh prop**  erty beyond what may **be** oonslstent

### with the intereatm of theestate and of **the** ward.’ (AOtr 1876, PO i8zs 0. L. vol. 8, p. 1018.)

**‘ The**  **first paramaph**  ot Seotlcn 11, Page 9, of theprinted Aof reads as **follo~m:**

"'TheBawd nr Admlnlrtrator shallrcfume to issuea poralt to any appllo8nt either rlth or without n hearing if it barn reasonable grounds tohellere an4 

### tlndsany of the Pollowinp;tobe true:’
'SeatInn 11(n), beulnnln@

### at the **bottom oi**  **Page** 9, of the prlntedLiquor Control Boar4 Aotr reads as tollowar
“‘That the apnlloant irr not of go04

### moral oharaotsr, that **him** reputation for being a **peaoeahle,** law-abiding oltlren In the eommunlty **where** he remidea 1s bad, or that he ia under twenty-one (21) yearm of age.’
*Your valued opinion la requeated aa to rhetber **or** not Yr. Kaufman's two minor ohl14renrwith Ur* Kaufman for thel guardian, would be prohlbitedr under the last quoted seatlon of the**Aot,** because of their mlnorltf from having a Package Store Pemaitr provided tbatMr. Kauihrn In otberrlee lndirldua’ll~ qualified.*

It 1s the onfnlclnot this department that Seotlon ll(fi!ot the Llqunr ControlBoard Aat, as quoted by you, preolud~s tho iwuancc of a permit, such as you mqntlon. Mr. Kaufwan In seekIn*

### a permit,as tyard~lap of the ertnte of hla minor children, would be **mtlnrr** inhis tlduci*rT capacity and not for himself jnMrldually. Itwould In essence he the grantlna of a uermlt to theminors, therefore, In the name of their martilan. She statute speoitloal?~ tc;%lds the 

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of a permit to one under trentFone veal'sof ace dlrect-**Uonorablo** Bert 

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**17. un&**  **oertainly** lt 

### doee **not OontempUta**  

### tbols~~saoeOf suob**permit** 

### to l 

### minor iBdireOtly. neoellB8ry

hplio~tion. It 

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