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# I **,OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTOkNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **PROVER**

SELLERS **,nowrr** **CLNER*L** **:**

.; :. 1 .. Roaorable Syrian E. Haibut county Attorney LubbockCounty, .: Lubbock, Texao

. Deaf S1r.i **opinion 110.**  o-7242 Re: Exemption of c

tif+w$, Tple ii1 R. C S., enbraces Articles

**A.** lc s 693 and &@I read respectively as follorrs: pPy69a3.

‘%ach person whoshall buy or drlk any animal or ankals for sale or ahl~cnt out of any county, or uho shall bug or drlvo the sam for slnuddcr, shall at the time of purchasiw and boforo driving the same, procure a wrltto,n bill of sale ?VXI tho awaer or owners therefrom, or from his OTtheLr. .


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legally authorized agent
.’ 3aid bill QSsale shall be properly signed and acknowledged. Such bill of sale shall distinctly oncmo?ato the number, kind aud-‘gge of aniuals 3316, together with all rzarks and bra~nde dlscer&M.e thereon; and said animls before 1eavinR the county In which they hnvo boea gathered shall bo .: inspsoted by the luspctor of such county or hla doputy. n Art. 6934.

I %%e purcbassr of any hides bf cattle at the

time of purchasing sameshall obtain fro;;r the ovmr there- - of, or from his legally author&ad agent, a written bill

a .of. saZe duly ~okoouled~ed, i?hich shall recite in full

the narks and brands of each hide, the wclght thereof, and uhethor the aam is dry or green.”

. Artiale 

### 6563roqu&os the purchaser of- any on&al to . ’ 

### .s, obtain Sron .the owner thereof, or his :a@nt; a vritton 

### billOS. ~~ snlo in the nannor and.f&n therein preocMbed. &ticLo 

### 6984 i t roqulres the purchaser of my hides OScattle at the ttia of ,,, purchase to obtain from the omsr thereof, or his agent, a .~‘.: wlttea bill. of aale la the nanner and form th$reIn prescrIbad..

It’ is agp?ronf that Article 1452, P.‘C., is eho oounierpart of Articles Yd3and 

### 69% and rakes it an offense for the purchassr bf any anl.ml or hides OScattle to so purchase without obtaining fron the owuw thoreof orehis agent a bill of ~rrlothereto. Article 

### 7005,R C. S., +ftel’ tWl%uga 1OQG J;ifJt Of COUQtlos, concludes by speciflsally exempting the c?o~nntiQs uazed “from the provisions OSthin chapter, ,and from all laus regulatL.ng ths lQSl%fion’ OSh%dos and an1ual.s.’ 1 Article 

### lh32,P. C., 1s found in chapter 13, TLtle J.7; OSthe Penal Code, which chapter ir~cludos Artl,clos 1471-11188. The la& nentiozisd artiale lo as follows;. --*.

“The counties exenptcd from the lawn rcgilatlog the insyzction of hides and anlmls are thosu as are or miy be cxenptod by statute.” i

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¶%eonly Article that spkf&lly ameo eortain coun- ‘ties oni3kxezpts them “SFOZI all lavs re@.ati~ the’iospect~oa 

### ofhlcles

oncl 002112a1s”

1sArCme 7005. Wenzw therefore forced to the iae’vltable concluoion 

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those cocntI.os amed in Artkle 7005 are also exmpted fcon all the **&dfCles** folmd 1~ Chsptcr 13, **Titlc.17, of**  **the Penal**  **CO&,** which iacludes Article 1482.

The corrcctaass.of the a&e conclusloa ia. indubttably sustained by the le@slatLve hlsto?y’of the original Act of t&o

.. LsgLslature Erm which CMpter 7, Pitlo 121, FL 0. 9., 1925, and Chapter X3, Title 17, of the Penal Code, were .derivod. f z 1u.1376, the Pifteeath LeteglnlaSw3 pasaod~an Act (Ch. fr 165, **p.** 235) oatztled “AnAC&to eacouragc stock-ralslng aad for the Wotoctltoa of ‘stock-rz%looro.’ Fhin ~53 ths first cession of the In~lnl5tum **after** the odoptlon o$ the ConntLtutfon of 1876 B aud~the~bovo hsat:omd Act was an euabling Act to put lute olfect ths provioions of Section 23, &tr XVI, OSths aev Constitution. It cmated the office of~I!gn~to~ of Xides and Animals la each or-&aalsedcounty of .the Statet prescrI.bed his pouers ant).dutleq Sti.@dhis compensation; lnposed duties upon stocl: relsers; the OQllcrs mcl buyers of aaLmls aad hi’deol dcfincd nmerous offenses and prescrlbod pe~aUA.os for the violation thercob. It WQs a co~p~cl~noivo Act dosl,naed to cover the purposes stated 19 lto title, quoted above.
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**Sectionii** 12, 12 and 33 of siftj pat read respectively’ as follovsr :.:

. SeottoQ llr

Avery popoon 

### who shall buy or Orive any aainal **or ClQhXtlg**  **for** salo or sh:prr+nt, **out Of**  **any COUilty**  **ia** 

### thlto State,. or Vho &cl1 buy 02 drive any anl!ml or atimls for slc.u@H..or, shall at. tho t3m OSpurchasing aad beforo d~tving the se?.ze , procure a bfll of colt from tho OUQW

or ownera thereor, or Szon his or their le$ally outhorlzod agant, which bill of sale shall be in I?Plt.- ie, propcrlg sienod nud ccknouulodpd beSore nom officer aathoplzed to authenticate Inotr~zente for record In thl.s State. **Such** bill of calo shall dlctlnctly cuo~oratc tha nmber kind and qe of an~mls cold, together with all tho n3rk3 end bra&o clc~occirnlbla on said auricles sn:d tw~facllochrll., bSaro 3.enving the o~:nty 1~ ~hl.cir thy have beon [;i?%h~~~il b6 inS!>oCt6d by tha ItX3;ECtJOr Of such county or 1113docputy.” ..: j fChapter 13 !stle 17, po$al cH.k?l325, Wh%Ch coilta$us. :>Art. 1232 8X7 d88. Chapter 5, Title 33, of tho Eoolsed .Civil statutea of 1879 is rmi l.ticludeU la Obapter 7, Title 123.of the P,oviznd 

### Civilstatut,f+ 1325, vbfch coutalao $eticAsu 1383 &$I and 7005. :

Since s?z?ct~oil4s or ths ori@& Act OS 1376 exsl~tod all. couaties thcrola rKtrmd“Szos the opemtioa bS the hct”, Lt cx%xptsd thm SPOZI the crimi~?l ~~~oolkions aa will as tjhe oivll provto~ons tiiereoS. alaefore, tb coelflors of ths $ta.tut(33 OS Is?] m&z it prSectX3 clear thut the‘cbmtiss oxcqzkud Srkn ths provlalons OS‘tie cntiro Act WO~Q those sxsupttrd by Art&la 653 of the Civ.vtlStatutes or AxMclo 735 qf the Wnal God%

As hsrotofozxe stated, you arc odvimd tbat those couu-1:’ ties ux*!3ptcuby Art&a3 7005, as awrtded la m5, Ewe sxeaptcd

. 1 urrtxa all l.nwbre@&ing the isnpctlon of hLd.dcs &adac:w118

”, Includilq- Chapter 13, Title 17, Penal Codo, vhich io~lu&?s ia- :: ticle L&42. .

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### h&vi dixkctsd o&. attention to A&lo lhti5, ~P.C.; reud+q 03 

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%poi the trial of zmy pe~&b chargd with ihs th6st OSany Cil~l OStIl0 horsr?, c3s or cattle 2p3ClOS, ths ‘pmsogaicln of such etot-on on3.ml .br tb~ accuaod, without a wrlttsn transfor OFbill of sale coatalnirqg 8 n~olfic Uooacrlption of owh anln81, s.?.?ll bo wrr2ran f&2%0 ~Vib3tkC-o Q&lSt trx, 8CCtL55d t&it 5UCh pOSU3S31Oll was illegal. n .. Thu abovo Article was kmctsd in ,I866 and Is foe& in Chnpteril, Tfitz?.o17, of the nmal ccJc?a, and has DOhsar~v %&ever won the question hsro oonz~lilcrsd. %a13 Artlclo Boas no~..~orot&n ~NXost an 0SSor~ bx the Lq#olatura to eXerc:ss~.thS 1o~itlEiate **ruacti9n OS**  **Exlgiq a**  **chan~c3** In the rulf33 ~ovorning #e burdsn of prOOf.~ F&KS

v. stats, 22 s. IL (26) 684.

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