OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

February 24, 1939 

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Judlclary $%xvlitts~ 

1939, la WhlCh you r 

rhlch you ark relet.1 

CWittbC hbUdZC8lt 

two uwnd;taattr are 

ttar of ireb. 14, 

ent Ho. 1 036 

. 00&~6 ot, said 

Unt would oot dimbarge the llabillty ot the pIso lint 

to lta creditor, 

oaasany 

hrthormorr, Lnanuch as the mentiept8 ub 

b our oplnlon uiwonctltrrflonU, a pa03bnt ITad* ln coapllance 

*Ith thb btatutb WOUld DOt l XCU80 the c”ipC fhl. WPUlkr frCiZ 

Uabllltt. Lutrr T. thnter, 30 Tex. 606 Lwlcon t* Xoxrlr, 

.80 Tu. 712~ Lmison vb Kronc, 30 Tax. 7 i 4. 
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Eon. ?r. 0. Reed, Peiruary 24, 1939, r‘at:e 2

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Yo ur l bcond queotlon lo l o tollaro: 

*It the plea la abatcent w0uld not be eoo6 Undbr 

qu8otlon one, rrould It ,bb fp0d ii the 8Ult were 

brought qplnot the Sat8 TrbaaworT* 

15 tiower to your l boond qobntion, our oplnloa lo 

theta a plea in ‘abetem&, V suit wore brought adalnrt the, 

Stats Treasurer, rould not Do aood bccauor the blll as w~~~¶ed 

rould oat bi oocotltutlonol, and l cult aealcot l Stat0 orfloor 

toi property w~oe~ully taken under an uneonstltutlmal statute 

is not considered a rult qaln8t the State. Folndbrter r. 

Oreenhow, 114 U. 3. 270, 5 3~. Ct. 903, 29 1. Ed.105. 

Tour third qaootion io a8 follab~ 

Qidor this bill, what aro the rlghto of alnolo, 

married wonon, holrr, l:.oane pereoL\o, eta?” 

In bnswer to your thlrl queetlon, our opinion is 

that the rights of &lnor5, ,yarrled wmn, heirs, lzloone persons, 

ate., would not bb 8fSected bl tha bill as ocmdod bbcauob thb 

bill In our opinion ir umonatltutiocal foi ?,h reasons heralnaftor rtatbd. 

Tour rourth question is as rolloue: 

%3at lo paair oplnloa a8 .to the corotltutlonalltf 

of the bill, lnsotar as lt affects the coGtract clau50?~ 

In an8wbr to your fourth qubotlon, our opinion 10 that 

thb bill 00 uabndbd i8 unc0nstltutl0nal ln 00 rsr aa lt am0t0 

thi aontract olausb of the Zodoral COort~tut~on. The b$ll U 

OIW&~& 10 i.QdOiiIdtb tith ?OiOrbtkCe to thb tk30 tiOA rUndO ohall 

bb ooao~dbrod to be otfohnated to, the Otatq, x61 pror~slon is nado 

tar notirying thb owners at the tramfor of thb fund0 to the 

8tate tr’aasury or or the intention ot the Stats to l eohbat tho 

The bill doss not grant 8 oauob of l otlon adalnot the 

22; in rubotltutloa ror the canoe or action 8calnat tho plpo 

llno conyany* Par the roabonl Stated, wo bell&b that tho bill 

u Mbadbd lo unconotltutlonal as belw la 00movbnti05*0r tho 

60 preoeor and oontroot olau8oo ot the Fedsral CoLut1tution~ 

hto t. 

&o N. 

Cook, 41 Oh. App. 149, 100 N. E. 554; 125 Oh. St. 206, 

2. 896. 
G. 0. Roe&, FebrcP.rl 24, 1959, xe 3 

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Your fifth quentlon 10 as r0lh0: 

TJndrr the bill, would those subJo& to lto prorloiona 

bo llable ts a clelnant wbero they (coapanlso) hre 

turned the nmoy Into the Sate Treaaurflm 

In ansvbr to four ilfth question, our opinion lo that 

under the’ blll a8 wbrded the pigo liar c 

to the ownbr for any monbr aloh thr plpa “s 1ne ooz~enlco 

aal80 would bb liablb 

al6 

to the Statr Treaautor. As l tstbt ln our reply to your r 1 rat 

question, a p8rzect .aado In oompliancs with an uncor!stltutional 

rtetute would not bo a ralld dbfenso to a 8tit by the crcdltor 

agalmt the pipe line oos*ny* 

Your olxth queetlon lo aa followsa 

90 7@1 know mhcther or not olz!iller bllln hero boon 

~aOOb& by other atetco, and ii 8o, ham they boon 

held oo~:otltatlonal undbr the reo=cctlrb atete*a 

oonstltutlon?w 

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20 hato round that l to tuteprovlClnfr o tar the escheet 

01 w.%k dopo~lto, db>ooitb titt oubllo utilitibe &t-id Other 

car oratlona, rr.6 rkAlar l totutos,kaare been ?aosed by a large 

am to r or l tatos, and whorr the etatuteo were rcaso:.sble and 

prorldod ror projar seena of natifylng owcbro and >oeslble 

Olsl.zente to dopoolto or funds, ouch atetuteo Fore boon held 

to bo conatltutlmel. Cases holClt& such ststutes to be 

Oonstltutlon&l are as folloWa: 

L’asseohueetts, Attorney Gmoral 1. Prorlduit Inatltutl00 Sor s;avlngo, 201Pao0. 23, 86 lr.. 2. elei dri~bd In Prorlbbnt &IOt;tUtiOA rOZ Eding8 ?e Yalono, 221 u. 3. 660, 31 SUp.Ct. 

661, 55 L. 3; 099. 

Cellfornle, semrlty 3avlneo Dank v. state or Callrorth, 263 U . S. 

A’rLIR. 391. 

@2, 44 Sup. Ct. 108, 6S L. Ld. 501, 31 

.aIn 7lXISt udhItI1 8ank Or San JO00 ve St8tb Of CaufOrnh, 

‘1. s. 366, 43 &ID. Ct. 602, 61 L. EA. l@Jo, it war hold that 

:alliornla etatuto could not relldly apply to Fetloml bfmklng 

Ltlutlonr. 

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state v. First .Cathaal lhnk, 61 Ore. 551, 

123 P . 712- . . 

‘Xou York', Brooklyn Etorou& 1218 Cowa ta Bwmott, 

277 n. Y. zii$gaB, 154 U8C. 106. 

In addition to the:.lau8 involved ln tlx :orefoine 

caae8, the followI&; ststutee relate to the bme rubjeot utter: 

Revtsed Code OS Arltona (Struckmyer, 1928) Section8 

2S3-266. 

Revfeed L%ws of llawfiii (19X), .tcatione 4236-4237. 

&vie 0r t>e Territory Of i?aaall, i,e;:ular 338slon,1937, 

Act X0. 74, p. 151, APAl 26, 1937. 

hw8 0r tke Terrltorr 0r Cattail, !:sqlar 3eselor1, 1935, 

Act Jo. 192, 0, 156. 

Cam~lled Lam of L'lchl~sn (19291, Artlcle8 1346O-lZ477. 

420. 

hw8.Of 7enn8ylrania, 1929, %ctions 1%131314, 3?.407- 

Law8 ot Fennsplven1a, 1935, 30. 07; pp.1901195, 

ti7 16, 1925. 

-8 Of l&6, tf0. D>e 195-200, 

g87 16, 1935. 

P8IlSl871Vad&, 38, 

bMl8 of Pannrylvanh, 1937, NO. Mu)3, pp. 206s2072, 

Jane 25, 1937. 

Orqgoa Code Annotated (1930) Sectlon8 11-1212 ,to 11-1217. 

1937. 

bW8 Of Or8gOn, 1937, Ohaptor 26, ~3. es-%, rob, 13, 

lawa of Oregon, 1937, chepter 217, p* ZOuob, Uaroh 6,19S?. 
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&i800~810 6tatUte8 (193737). ZeOtlOn &!2&23. 

New 2haoddr~ Pub110 Actm (19261, ohe9t8r 260, 3otion 23. 

S!ianwota Statute8 (1930 Supp.) ceotlona 70-21 to 

76S847 (riot of April 2, 1937, ohapter 338. ) 

to have, n&t rudertaken to aaka l oon?lrtO 118t o? all 

8tatUtei >rOvidir,e for 08Ohaat8 Of abandOned bank dOPWltt8 Or 

8tatUt88 OiXtaidXl:: SiSltar pTOv181Or.8, but we bel%eve that the 

ioroeolag llrt Contain8 the aore tqtortant statute8 wased rltliln 

raoent y@Mr,e. 

Tow8 very truly 

mr.s!EY m?ijt:L OT mxh3 

Jazes P. Hart 

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