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**OFFICE OF**  **THE AT~dR~iiliY**  **~GENERAL OF.**  **TEXAS AUSTlN** 

**GROVER SELLERS**  **ATTORNEY GLNLRAL**  **5**



### Honorable perry L. fonee county Attornry

~. .warie county Austin, TeXtW Dear



## centdata requea tiolia, rhioh PR) y0Ur

## -letter or r8- 

## tosavaral 

### quesptlona ~4~ptivi&38, olr ‘483 shall not oonstable, or SQPS61 a OOlapMsdtiOA Or r 

### month ror hia aenloes f# appOfAtOd in OOAfOrm

### tutee au#iho+ing woh appoint- *spsalal COAstable* or r4eQutJ is pafd jiC.00

### per. Aght 

### by tm keepfag order in h night olut, nothing by the ootmty, ba legally SAtitkid to oarry a'pistol, a8 one oomiD8 within the quoted eXc9ptioA?
2. Eay suoh *special constable-, or *deputy constable* be lawfully paid by a 

### private ‘individual,’or must he receive his oom?ensation as such oifioer from the oouizty or tbrougfi

fees of orfice?.

‘

. Honorable Parry L. 

### JOANN,Paw. 8

5. II it legal for a de oept money for keeping order futy oonetablr to aoA a night olubdthCgt tUrA.bg saidmoney into the GouXty Treasury, 

### even though he giver the raid night olubmore of blr tlms and attention than is required in 

### the 00UrBa Of hlg dutier a6 deputy constable,ard although he ia paid nothf~g by the oouaty?
4. aountp 14

### Otiyona dapputy oonstable in Trarir 

### reoelring a salary from 

### the oounty ror hlr remloe8 aa suohofrloer. xmerer four ?r eoial deputy ooAstablesahave been appointedaf+ wove& .bythe 

### Oomniadonerr* court, in’aooordam* with.

Artiole 6879a,

### T@rnont8 Annotatd Uiril Statutea, said deputy ooonatablae 

### reoefring no salary, although theydo reoeits 

### atore than forty dollars per month from private iAdirldual.8 to keep order in night olubs. Are these *6Jeolal deputr oonstablesn legallypermitted to oarry Plato 8, under Article 484, supra?

5. Assting that operators of a drug StOra, groowy store or other burrfaeoemusttake large suas of aoney to the bank, and a6 a praotioalmatter the 

### sheritr~r department nor thepolioe drpaz&eAt OaAAot 

### rovids aA armed eaoort,MY tuoh 

### oparatorr or the!r eaployeeeslegally am themsolteewith 

### pietola for the purpose ofprqteotiw themoney while it is so oonveyed to the bank?
6. Article 48s of ,thePeaal Code OOAdetDnS th6 aarryiing0r arms in oertaln aeserablise.I8 a'aight olub where,people assemble todrink beer, aAd 8onti3tlmes

daAoe, suoh a plaoe ot assembly or amusement as 'tooome Wer the provisions of suoh AlMole?
7. KOUld the type oi offioer referred to iA queatlon 1, above,ooffie within the provisionsOf Artiole 485 ii he carried a pistol in a llrght olub suah as is desoribed IA questiOA 61
8. Could even the Owner OS suoh.tightolub, a8 desoribed in question 6 ,legallyarm himself or an agent to keep order iA suoh 'epassembly? ..~ ]Honorable Parry L. Jonea, Page 3

- 9. 18 a hotel lobby a plaoa of assembly aa oontamplated by Art1010 485, Penal coda?
10. It the 

### aAnwar to question 9 ia in the aiflrrnatlra,oould the hot.1 management legal1 

### an a hotel 

### deteotim to 

### keep order In ruoh lo by? i; 

### Your iiret 

### quertloa lnrolve8 s8varal.oonaIdarations. In the **flrat** plaoe you IWfOr to a rspeolal OOArtablow. What 18 a 

### l rpeoial oonrtablam? *a statute raiarra to (Art. 484, Penal Bode) 8~aoIiIrr a *aDeolal polloeaan~~bu "daputr OOA- V~ti?) e #tablo*.
Mext, 10 note tb language of the Artlolr under ooAsid8rat~oA. Aa OOdiiha **and** AOw EitOAdiAg UpOA Our Statute books as Article rL84, Penal Coda, the partinant provialons read a8 r0110w8:

npho preceding artiole shall not a ply to



### . . . any OS No Off olal duty, nor to the oarrying Of **arms**

feaoe 

### ofrloar IA the aotual $Psoharge
On one'9 own pramI or plaoa of 

### bualmas. nor npho preceding artiole shall not a ply

. . .any eaoe ofrloer IA the aotual $P to soharge OS No off olal duty, nor to the oarrying or **arms**

f On one'9 own pramI or plaoa of 

### bualmss, nor to pa~;i;tf 0 peT;~'I~f or ag tri:;;;z,

"?;;a;~, AOr to any deputy oonatable,

nor-to ooiMable, PO who reoeitae a oompansatlon

reoelvae of forty aollara or more par month Sor hi8 88x-v-

aollara 'ioesat3euoh ofrloer, aAd who Is appointaa.in oon-

ofrloer, appointaa.in 'Iormlty 

### statute8 authorlzlng Buoh appolnx- 'Iormltywith the 

### statute8 authorlzlng appolnxmant; p O )

l . .î (El!l na alcl ur8. Prior to the oodlrioatlon of 1935, the above artl018 war known aaArtiole 476 or the Penal Codr of 1911; It was amended by the Fourth Called Sessi~n‘Of the Thirty-fifth Leglalaturb (Acts 1918, Fourth Called Sass. C. 91, 31; 19 0. L. 1941, and a8 thanraanaotad read a8 iollowe: 

# I.:,:

*The preoadlng artiola shall AOt apply to &*hia any paaoe ofrloar In the actual discharge

orflolal duty, nor to tha aarrying of anus OA OA8'8 Own pr8miS9s Or place Of bUsIAaS8, nor to persona travalllngprovided. this arcaptlon ahall not apply to any deputy constable, or epeolal policeman who does not racalva a OOmpansa- %lon of forty dollars or more per month i'orhis earvloas aa ouch officer, and who la not appocnted ‘inOOArOrmity wlth tha statutes of this Stat8 authorlzlng suchappolntmaat;

. . .v (Emphasis ours.)Honorable Perry L, Jones, Page 4

As reoodlfled in 19e5, and an it stand6 today, does the statute require **& deputy**  aonsteble, in order to oome wlthin the exoeption, t0 *reoelve a oompsnsatlon of forty dollars or more per aonth for hi8 servl~ea?~

Another lnoldental quretlon oonoerns the authority ofaprivate oitizen to e&ploy

either

alapeoial* or a *deputy ooastablea to keep order la a nlght olub, and to pay the ma of $4.00 per night (orany sum) ror suoh re~loee.

The only referrnoes we find in the statute8 to as eoial oonstablerw, ae suoh, are round inArtloles 108 and I&- 1 -e Oode of Criminal Prooedure. They may be appointed by any magistrate, only 

### to *suppress

### rlotr, unlawful aesemblier and other disturbances at eleotions*; when duly appointed in aooordance with th4 provlslona of the olted artlolesof the Code, they ham all the power6 Of peaoe Oifioeksgenerally, for the limited purpose tor whloh they are appointed. Conzales v. state, 55 **Tex.** Cr. R. 430, 110 S. 8’.740.

I We find no allusion in the Codes to the term *e

olal deputp oonstable. The Leglelature has attempted to thorize *apeoial-deguty aherlrrsr In qertaln counties (Art. iii121-3,12 ‘Vernon@eAnnotated cfvll Statutea)t but we

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no leglelative eftort to orsate or authorize suoh apeoial otrloers to servewith or under oonstables,

We do know thatthere is provlslon ror the deslgnation or persons other than regular oitloere to serveprooess and warrants or arrest in certain oases of emergenoy (Arts. 231, 888, c. c...;p..); and on at leaat one oooaslon the person 60 named was denominated a *deputy oonstablen (Stephenson V. State, 93 Tex.’Cr. R. 578, 249 9, W, 492). The cited case holds that gftlzen$IappOint8a under these statutes oan lawfully oarry a pistol while 80 engaged. Bowever, we do not thlnk these statutesare pertinent to yourproblem.

ArtiOh 484, supra, speoiflea tba exenptlon **rrom** prosecution ior unlawfullyboarlng arms, lnsotaras the otricer here alluded to 1s oonoerned, to a *deputy oanatable”. Irrespective oi the applicability of the clause, *who ie appointed in conformitywith the statutes authorizing suoh appointment*, as contained in such statute,we think suchwould have been contemplated. Xn other words, where theartlole uses the tern *deputy constablee, one who h.as been duly and legally appolnted, qualified and is aotlng as suoh, is oontesplated, and is intended to have the benefit **of** the law.

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# ,a” , 1 Honorable Ferry Lo Joneg, Page,S’ ..,A _.:

ALthough Article 484 Penal code, 1925, supra, rrtanaing

alone, may be rusoeptfble ot construotlonas to whether-the undereoored portion with referenoe to reoei~ing compensation ol forty dollars or more.per month ir applloable to a deputy oonstable,we think the 1eg;islatlve history of the act olearly indloater that it 1s. Notesthe undersoared portloa or the amendment 0r 1918, suqra. See Stephensonvr State, 93 Tex. Or; R. 570 249 5. WI 492, a~pra, wherein it is ‘pointedout that the evident purpoee oi the amendment was to dlsoourage a5l **prevent** the useless add proalrououa oarrylng of aims under the guleo of speoolal deputies. **Also,** ;;in~~~O-b372, Attorney deneral of TexaC, approved~January 1 l j, ë... ì: we hereby~‘reiterateth’elanguage of our raid Oplnion O-6372:

*The provisions contained in Arti 484, Vernon’s Annotated Penal C~ode,regarding compenaatlon or )40.00, or more, per month, is applloable to deputy oonetablea and speolalpo$ioemen,

. . .*

In our Opinion No. O-773, towhich you referred in your letter submlttlng the above questione, It Is stated1

“.
. . it la the opinion ot this department that a dep’utysherlit who preserves thepeaoe at a publio oelebratlon and danoe would be .aoting within the scope of hle ottioial duties and would not be entitled to receive extra aompeneation from the oounty or iron thtra pereona, a different, or a greater or less oompensa>lon ror his ofrloial servloes than that whloh has been presorlbed by law.*
In the ease of the question as submitted by YOU, we express 

### our opinion that either a *apeolal* or ndeputyW constable, oonoedlng his appointment to be legal, would be charged with the oi’flclalduty to preserve tine peace, ii Freseot 11:

a night club, and as such officer,he uould not be authorized to receive .,;4.00 a riight,nor any otbr sum as compensation from an individual **“ for**  keeping order in a Light club”. 34 Tex. Jur. 534, 1117, and casea olted. The compensationof public officers must be fixed by the Leglsizture or by some governi% body exptesely authorized so to First Saptist Church v. City of acrtS’orth,(Tex.Come. $) 26 2, :;,(2d) 196, afflroing judgment (Tex. Clr. App.) 3. -2,(26) 130. I

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Honorable perry L. hones, 

### page 6

In view of our erpreseioru above, wfilsh we bellerr are amply supportedby the authorities, 1: ou are

## aahba that it 18-ouropinion that a nepeoial oonsta lea or 

### l aeputy

eoA- stable* keeping order in a night olub urder the oiroumstanoes recited ia your firat uestion, a8 a mtter or law, would not oome within the q&ept Pon8 and exemptions preearibed by Artiale 484, Eenal Q&W Bupra, ‘shouldhe be prodeeded against for unlawfully’

o$Zrppingthe aI& prohfbltod byArtlolr 483, Penal Code; ‘.

Y0Ur seOOndqUS8tiOA has been partially’OOhelaerea above, For ofrioial duties,ruoh oMioer would not. be OP. titled to receive aAy comQonsatfoA other than that, whleh has beeA protiaea by law. 84 Ter. Jurr 534, mpra. pr any other duties,AOt ooming rithtn the soope of a p-04 ofiieer, oi oourse, thp oorapensation would be a matter 0r privatr OOAtraot. Butrhen a disturbanoe of the peaoe beoame imminent or aotual, if’

.anortioer, one **la** oharged immediatelywith a apeoifio duty to preserve the peaoq. SeeArtlo 37, Code of Criminal Frooedure, 1925. Xhile it is tiue thatArtiOle 38, c. c. P., in derlnlng peso8 oiri0ers statsa that a OOA- .atableis suoh and’omits any referenoe to a deput eonatable, in ‘#&laonV. State, 117 Tex, Or. H. 63, 38 9. B. 26) 733, T it 1s pointed out that @iale 36 waa enaoted lor\g prior to tha time thatprovlelonwas made tor the appolptmant of a0- puty oonstabler, and the ease oontalne this st,atetintl

1.

. . We think it was the intention or the Legislature iA providing for the appoidtment of deputy oonstables to impose upon suoh Ofricer ths duties required or peace officers. ft each were not the oaae, the oitil statutes to tiloh referenoehas been made are without eifioaor. .* (ReterrlAgto the statutes providing ior &uty oonstabler.)
Your third questlon le also partially covered by the dlecusdon above.

However, merely because one 1s a deputy constable, he would not be re-,llired to give all of his tine to the duties or the ofrice which he holds. In our Rplnlon No. O-5091 it was held that a oofietiblaon a salary basis could draw his Salaryas constable,; although he was also employed by a Railroad as a trainman. ‘It is well **known** thatmany peace offioers, eepaolallyprecinct ofricere, must eutiplemant their offlola].honorable p*rrp 1. 

### Tonea, Pa&‘9

lAoome8 with earnLAg 

### derlrea from non-governaaeatal aotlvl-’ tieo, 411680 10% a8 the hold themselvesavailable at all 

### tlmeer for whatever otiioI al dutisr thatmi ht.oome 8ee DO legal obstaoler to prevent their a0& 

### up, r8 ~g 60, pr0eaea suoh employMAt does Aot antail aotlvitier inooasistent with theit offioial dutl68. xA OSOO Oi AeeleOt Of OffiOiai duty, the law provides a remedy. se Title 100, Revlsod 01~11 statute8 ~r’iwas, 192s; 

### l 0ffidert--~eAovalor*, 8.Aaeaseoiallyhrtiole8 S970; b9-73,et 8~3~



### AS Jour question 

### is stated,v~ 

### do not believe the deputy ooA0table 00ua legallybe 

### paid by private 

### inairiaualr

order iti~ralght olubv. xi. a8 already 8tated 

## eputy ~eonstablrma8 **pmseat** 111 **a** atLightolub where a dli&rbanoe aotually OOb~tieil or w&8 i~$If@fag he~~d~l4 have dAjOiJ@a on him byelaw a.*fear and ilirtilwt iutf t8 sot in hi8 Official Oairacity ‘t0preserve the peaOOr If the OOULLty of hia appolntmeat,-andwherein the night olub lo rltuated, payr it8 preotnot of’rioerson a salarybasis, suoh beputy rould be bound, IA event 0s arreat aa eoAvlotioA 0s any offender, to collect the rtatutory fees for hir aervioe8, from the defeodaat, and through his prinoipal, t& constable, to remit said ieet#to the Ofricerr~ Salaryyund of the 

### oouaty. If the oounty hapkened to be paying itspreoinot orrioera ,on A tee basis, the prinoipal, Constable,would be sntltle4 to the fee8, subjeot

### to aodounting at the 8na or the 

### year. In * Aeither event would the operator at the Aight 01~8 be liable for tb8 

### fee (unlem he happened tobe 

### the ooavioteb aerenaant), nor ooula the orrioera, or the ooucty,prooeed against him to oolleot it.

1f the OOUAty 

### pays it8preolnot orrtaers OA r 8alary basis and the oommisaiollbro * courtauthorizer the appointment and aooepta the servioeu of a deputy oonstabla, and flxe8 no salary ror auoh 

### otrloer, he ie not legally entitled to look to private souroes for oompensatiodfor periorming his otriolal duties. The zuthod of a polntmenteml 

### the ooapensation, 

## if any, to be pala auoh off oera la fixed in .Wtioles E 3902 and BBWa, Varl;on*s ?¬ated Civil Statutes of Texas. ‘ Xith reference to such aalarles, it la noted that the law ~ovides a mximm or *oeilingn bayor&d +.vhfoh a oollabgor preoinot ofricer may net ~50, but d&s not presorlbe a rninlm~~~ or ~rloorv.

It, for performing ah offioial **duty,** the deputy constable does oolleiot compensation rros, a private source,Ronorablr Perry L. Joma, Page 8

ruch aa a night olub operator, he Is doing that whloh Is um authorlze?land Illegal, but whatever may be the outoome of 

### any proceedings brought against him for suah aonduot, the oounty cannot oollsot themoney and therefore the 

### offioer oonoerned aould noC be oompelled to “turn said mouey into the Oounty Treasu+.

YIth refersnoe te your fourth questloo,we again note the expression or term aa eoial de uty oonatablea~. see ow diaouesion herelnabov 8-T thL al
A@ the question is stated,we express the oplnlon that the pUQO4ted OfiiOtW0 in qUfJ8tiOfI a0 ~0% OOIbIO

Within the forty dollar (#40.00)ooupenaation exemption, Thir for the reason* also dlaouased above, with rererenoe to prlv6te employnent 40 perform offioial duty.

It will not be Ino&bent on, you, as oouaty attorney, to negative or otherwise antlolpate defenses, but we feel it 

### proper in thle oonheotion to rerer you to the line of case.8 be.aringon the defense that the aoouaed believed or had reason to believe that he was an oftiaer and had the rfght to carry 

### a pistol. gee ior example, the Oases of Lyle T* State, 21 Tex. cr. R. 153, 17 3. iV.4251 Cferoll VI Sate, Terr Cr. App., 57 3. V. 94; Blair v. State, 26 Tex. Or. x* 387, 9 3. w, 890 and Barnett v. State, 89 Texr Cr. RI 48 229 2.We619. However, a mistake of law Is no defe1188, ad in-oases whiah we feel more almllar to the one0 of whloh you Inquire, applloatlon ot the aorreot prlnolple will be found in fohnson vb Sate, 73 Tex. Cr. W. 133, 164 3. V. 833, Patton v. 3tate, 61 ~61s.cr. R. 352, 135 9. #,-556; Ransom 'I.State, 73 Tax. Cr. R. 442, I.653. s, 932 and Gandara V. state, 94 Tex, Cr. R. 535, 252 3. 6. 160.

In view of the last olted caae~, we are lnallhed ta the view that in a case suoh as you mention, say such defense, if interposed, would be held inagplioable and inadzlssible a8 a Viatake of lnww.

you fifth question is answered in the ne,<atlve. Nothing in the srceytioaa statute (-Art. 4E4, =. C., supra,) makes suoh a state of facts a defense.

to have Aa to your sixth question, the oourta do not seem

sassed directly upon the question of Ahether 9 n&ht

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olub’, ar ruah~ 0-1 **within** the statute, 485, Penal code, we quote Artio1e

,-xi any 

### pereon ahall g0 Into any Ohuroh or any religious assembly, any sahoolroom, ballroom, OS other plaoe where **persons** are assembled for amueefient

### or for educatlonel or aolentlflo pur- ~0868, or into **any** oiroua, ehou **or** pub110 

### lxhibition of any klnU, or social gathering, or to any eleotlon oa the day or **‘ days**  **ot any**  **eleotion** where any portion of thd poop10 of thle state are aolleoted to fote’ab an elsotlon, 

### or to any other plaoe*wh6

fe r ople nay be aosenbled to nustor or perform any theepublfo 

### dutleti, and ahalA Bare or oarry about hia person any **R**I.stolor other firearm, dirk, **da** zear, braaq knuo% er, slung s ot, **aword cane,**  e, bowio knife , of any other nG of a knife made and manuiaoture# fotithe purpose 0r orrenee end aerense, he shelf. be flned not lessphan onehundred nor more than rive hundred dollare or be oonilned In jail not lese ‘Taft;’ thirty bays nor more than twelve months, or

. Aota 1871, p. 25; Acts 1915, p. @L”
It ~111 be noted that the penalty la In suhstantially the came language and ia the esme a@ that provided in the **general statute**  against oarrying prohibited arzae,Arti010 483, gene1 Code, supra.

The gist of the orrem oorered in Artiole 4.85, 

### l upm; is the carry& of a prohibited reapon into an %asembly ‘mentionedin the statute 8Dd there must be an aotual assembly of poogle at the time the weapon 1s 80 carried, Cassels v, State, 108 Tex. Cr. R. 477, 1 3. %. I2d) 644; Ralney v. State, 8 ?ex. Ur. X. 62, 34 Ann. Rep. 736; Owens 7. State, 3 Tex. Cr. ‘i. 404.
It would seen olear that an assembly au04 aa you centionwould COW rlthln

## ttnt ?art ot ths statute detlnlng the assemblies covered as a “place aSere persona are assembled for aausezent”, or tbst cost certainly such an aasenblage :wouldbe a “socialgatherfng”. If the weapon be oarrled into the e.ssezblya-P.ilo L,anolng

was going 511,

we think olearly the statutory word WballroonP ;vouldbe applicable.

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Honorable kerry L. Jonee,Page &O

In Owens v. State, slpra,an lndiotment oharefng the offense to have been committed in a **ballroom till**  **be** understood tomean a place where a aOOfa1 gathering oomposed ofmen and women were engaged in danoing and it is not even neoeearary

to allege thatdanolngwas going on, this being a m.adr or poor. The courtrurther etated that th@ indlotment was good in the oharge either that the offensewas eommitted in a wballroom"or at "a eooial gathering*. ~6 af

### flw that suoha plaos as you doeoribe in yooursixth quo&Ion would **come**within eitherArtiolb 40S or 40s a# a plaoewhere the unlawful oarrylng ofweapons ilr

### prohibita&

Considerationor your seventh quertlon imp&~ notloe oftthe languageor Artiole 486, zenal Godo:

@Thepreoedi& artiole (Art.4t#,'&~naLaodi) shallnot apply to peace 

### orfloere or 

### otherprama authorfeed or permittedby law to oarry.rnarat the plaoelrtherein designated.*
It will be noted that ths exqaiitione Ben enumqfated are not ae 

### numerousa8 thorementio&ed io. Artfole 464, nupra, 15 regard to'the orlmci of wilawrtnliy carl?ying arm generally (Art.US, atp*a). However, the‘limltat$ondoea not deem to be so striotlyapplied to pea00 ortiseas. .WherwasArtiole 4B4 

### prwides proteQtion to thmpeaoe off&oe.ra %A t,heaotualdieoharge or oifloial dutiss* utQ~~dorr.eot. within thi 

### .roeBtLon, include'deputy8cnetkiblei or r~.ofai pollo~~n~,,~o~reo~ivelees~thn rorty dollar8pur moobh eqrpenaatlon, it ha@ b6en held under Artd~ola 406 th&t,it wfL not incumbent UpOA a'apeoialpolloeman to chow that he wall then and thare in tb6disoharge of his &tie8 me #uoh. Wll

### liaius v. State,+I3

Tex.466.
'Webellare, however, that Artiole 480 would have to be read in the light ofArtlolae 4815atid484, and that the Willlame easewould require reoonsbderation, ein~e the amendment to the law in 1916 inoorporated intowhat is now AFtiale $84 the requirement that a peaoe officer suet be ***in** ths

. actual dlsoharge or his orflbial dutr at ~thstime or oarrylng the weapon.. fn otherworde;we think the

### words *authorized or perdtted by law to oarry arme at the places therein designated"would be oonlrtrued to rerer bask to thq g6noral exemption statute,Artiole 484, aa the +law* referred to **in** saidArticle 486.

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Btonorable

perry L. ~05~6,Page 11

Therefore,you are advised that it is our opinion that *apeala oonstabl6s*or "deputy oonstablee6rererr6d.to in your firet questionwould not oome within the exoeptlona toArticle 4235

ae speoiried'inArtiOle 486, for the 6am6 reaeona oonsidered in our answer to your first question.

Your eighth quuestion Is answ6red in the negative by virtue oi theexpression8 of the C,ourtof CriminalAppeals found inAlexanderv. State, 27 Tsx. Cr. R. 533, 11 S. W. 6RS; Owens v. State, 3 'Per. Cr. R. 4C4; Brook6 v. State, 15 'per.' Cr. B. 88; ~05605 t. State, 48 TBI. cr. B. 484, 74 8. w. 570; MioholsV. State, 43 .S. **W.** 404; Gibbs v. State, 70T6x. Cr. R. 878, 156 S. W. 687; Oasssis V. State, 108 'Tex.Or. R+ 477, 1 S. Pi.(2d) 644. IA the last oas6 cited, Judge Eawklna of the present oourt said;

~6Theowneror orroupant or a hou86 whore p60- pie are asse,mbled In a social gatherIn&may bo guilty or there oar@.5g a pistol odler theprovl,6io56ofArt1616 485, 2. 0.; h65ee uader the fact6 proven th6~

oougt lant.8 epeotaloherg refuaad appaldlreoted~saaoqtittal if he was ln his own horn6 at th6tim6 h6oarried th6 pistol.. ~(alting ~easss.) With r6f6r6506'toyour ninth question,w6 have oarefully ooneidske$ th6 propodfion of whether a hotel lobby oomeawithin the typ6 oi assemblage oovsred by th6 &tatute. we have ooiaeto the oo5olualo5 that itmuld not I #II taoto i; ;rb a plaoe; but natufally oonditione could ar 56. -!hmizki) Certainly a hote,llobby ie not a ohuroh, abhoolroom, ball&om, 

### or olrow, show, 

### orpubli~oexhibitionar meant In the article. X6 do know thatpersons couldvery w611 a#- eemble there for r6ligiou6, eduoationalor soientirlopurposee. Inaeed eooial gatherings ar6 fntquantlyheld in hotel lobbies, and it require6 50 vivid Imagination tovieuallze people assembling ther6 to perform public duties. Suoh mat-
. ters would be susoeptibleto proor; if the Stat6 shouldprove 6uiflol6ntfaote, a hotel lobby would oome ?&thin the law. Reoause of thepossiblllties,we do not attempt to oat6gorioally answer your ninth qusstion.

I Your tenth and rinal questionis aa to the right of

a hotel deteotive to bear the prohibited armewhile 05 duty. As stated, if within the hot61 lobby there was a pub1i.c%6- semblageunder the olroumatancas dieousaed in the preoeding paragraph making saidplace one withI Article 485, the hot61

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,k Honorable kerrj L. 50566, kage 12

deteotivewould cited in answer 00m6 within the rules laid down by the oa666

to your ei hth question,and h6 would be -enable to proseoution. ff the, hotel lobby did not, in faot, come within euoh definltio5, under the authorityand limitationsa6 announced in Robisonv. State, 103Tex. Cr. R. 141, 280 S.w. 776,we are Of the opinion that thedeteotive oould bear arm. With reierenoe tO a night watohmailfor an oil company, the court said: Apppellant

wa6 emppleyed

by the Big L6ke &'&mpc%ny a6 a nlgh$ watohman. We h6V6 no doubt of his right to oarry a pistol aurlng the hours and at the plaos 

### or hi8 SaLd employment.

. . . Appellant teetlfl6d that'ltwas hi8 busilre*~s't~

watoh the 6omp6ny*sproperty at night.
V6 are.oi oplni05,thatapp6llant*e right to oarry th6 pistol only .Iay~wit~lnthb **boandrs of**  hle eraployrPsnt.and

during the hour8 thaths wae 05 duty. Lxlrlng'.euoh houro'nr,

thiak he wae exempt under thclaw, but that ne-had no right tQ 

### orafm ld tion whsn 86okl 

### ardundthe town and oilImage

~?!~!~xoA in the daytim6. He doss AOt a~hdm thathe had any su$Ndu$i66 witliln hla elqploym65t, or that h6 ~6 engag6dz~~.n any~Offlo~ialduty at:@m tima .heowesaeeA oarrying tlm pletbl.~ (~pbasis ours.)

We trust th6.t

the abOv6 ~4txpo6lt~o5 oi thb ]ar ap pl&oable'toprohfblt6d‘w6apon6dll prwe 30 Abeof benefit to you, aM the@ it aaequately~656lrars all or your questions.