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

Hoaorablr B. Jay Jaokaoa county Attornry sOnmr11 Couaty Glen Roro, Tarar
Dear Sir;

We quote:

the fiprlr, or thq'laet race 00 that r4ainr in the award

"The statrmnt arad4 tmlbr t abovb on the assumption thirt there 18 going to **be aa**  **41&t 606**  **rtakr.** Thb 408 owaer8 eater thalr dog4 **by gayirrg**  thr ontranoa f44 aa stated, and tha doga* **n.311~48** are 

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-- _-........._._._...___ ____..-__.. -- ~. ...~._Xoaorable be Jay J4Ok8Oa, &¶8&4 t

dowa 4nA **ut** Iato a hat 

### -a ar4 th4n Ar8wn **outiapa** 8.

L E8Oh pair th4t 18 8414Ot.d
or 80 dram lr4 ooa8IA8nA matohbd. Yrom thba oa thr rao48 8r4 ourlrd on and it ir a proorrr of 4llm.i.aation - thr dog rinnin& the l84t r4o4 from b4Ing l blr to win to the iiMl8, Oi OOUS88, IS the WilUl4r Oi thb rtak48maA4 **iron** th4 8atrano4fO48 and not paid OD thr 8UOC488IV4r8048 prior to th8 rinal **ra04.** "3. Th4 dog8 are judged 00 polatr oa the dog that ha8 thr moort Qolntr at thr l

d of 84oh raor. MA thr one with th8 lrro8t polato at the 4aA I8 adjudgrd th4 

### riaalrInn4r. “4. It 18 ooatrmplatsd that the **pro** Wt4r8 and Iav48tor8 Into thr rpuipmnt, 8ha11 Oharg8 an 8dmi88iOn f40 t0 844 th8 raorr.”
**Oi** oour8e, 88 you uo l war b,

**bsttlng** on 406 r8088 18 4Xpr4881yprohIbIt4A by Art1010 bCba, Polul cOd8, .lQS!b,

WhlOh r4ad8 iB put 88 **tOiiOW8:**
"Art. 646a. D0(l IyO.8, b4ttin6 On; **krrgillg** plaor r0r bbtlu.n( oa r4088; borporatloarfor pronotion of dog raolq prohIbIt4A WS40tIoa1. **BJrbaft4r** it rh8ll b4 unlawful r,orany person to brt or wagu mowy or thing ot value upon my dog rao4, or upon th8 r48tit O? my r804, 8p44d, 8kil1, or rnduraaoo ooat48t, o?, by or batwesa do&r, rua or **to be**  run or h4ld In thi8 Stat8 or 4184wh4rr.
"seotlont. lniorr4r violat 4ny proV181Oa of thi8 AOt 8h411 Uwll OOaTiOtiOll **br** rImA not 1848 thsr) Two HuaAr4A ()SOO.OOj Dollarr, aor nor4 than Fir4 Buadrrd ((600.00) Dollar8 4nA b4 IaprI8oa4A In jail not 1488 thaa thirty (30) day8, aor mor4 than nAnsty (90) aay8.HoaorabloB. Jay JaOk8Oa. page S

nS40tIoa b. I?l ny Q4r8Oa 8h411 k84p or be la any manner lnt4rertrA la keeping 4ny Qr4ULi848,

buIlaIag, room 

### or plaoe ror th8 &Xlr~84 Of brin(l U84d 88 8 p1804 to bet or wag4r upon 406 raos8 or oontrrrtr or 8~444, skill or 4aAuraao4o?, by or b4twew dOg8, or to k4.p or to srhlblt for the purpo84 O? gaming any ruch pr4mI848, building,room or plaoe whatso4vrr, or a8 a plao8wh8rr peoplr r48Ort to gmblr, brt or wagrr upon any 8uoh 408 rao4 or oont48t, he 8h8ll upon oonvlotioa b4 0tiin44 la thr p4nIteatIaryaot 1488 than two (2)

### nor mor8 than 

### four (4)yearr. Any prrmieer,building,.room or plao8 8hall b8 00a8144r44 a8 U84d for gaming or to ganblr with or for betting or wagrrlng I? any moary or anythingo? ralur 18 **bet** oa euoh dog ra04 or ooatest or I? the 8880 18 r48Ort4d to 

### for th4 purposs o? gaming or b8ttfng upoa any buoh **dog** rao4 or contest. 94otlon 4. l l + “S8otiba 6. It Shall b8 th8 duty Of all pea00 ofiio6rr to 8rmst with or without a w8rr8at **any** 

### aa all persoar tlolatlng any ~lW181OlU of thir Aot, wh4n4V8r ruoh violatloa rhll br within the claw or kn0mag0 of suohpraoe ottioar.
“Slotion 6. * + '" X4 al80 call your att4atloato Seotlon 4 of Art1014 646a, Penal Code, prohibitingth8 08tablI8himat o? oorporatloarfor the operationo? dog rao48:

"SsotlQa 4. No oorporatloa,private or othemi8r, i88 b4 organi844,r0rm44, Ohart4r8d or aut go rierd to 

### a0bu8Inesr 

### In thir Stat8 whloh ha8 ?Or it8 pUrpO88 direotly or rrmotely, the operationor running 

### 0r 406rao48, or oont88t8 ot 8p44d, aklll or badUrtUO4

### or,by or bstw44n dOg8, or th4 m4lntbaano4,furniehiag, leaalng or rentingBonorablrb. Jay Jaokroa, pag4 4



### 0r a traok plaoe, 4aolo8ur0,un4~0108ur4, roba, building or oomblnatlonof either Wh8r8 dog r4048 Or 4ollt4rt8 O? 8p48d, 8kill

or 4aaurrn00 **of,** by or brtwrea dOg8 am, or 58~ b4 

### hold, run, 

### nora or 4xhlbitra. "The ohart4r or psnxlt of 4ay oorporatioli BOW doing bU8ill888 io thi8 Stat4,may b0 ?OriOit8d, UadU tb prOVi8iOa8Of iaW grnrming th8 rortrituro 0s oorporatrohartrrr la thlr Stat., for lay or all 0s thr ground8 h4r4la 8p4Oifi8d and set forth In thi8 84OtiOll." Eowevu, WI do aot brllcrrr that th4 oprratloa 

### or 40% la088 by iaalri4ual8,a parta4rrhIp 

### or other busia488 org4nIzatloa (withth4 rxorptloa 0s a corporation) 18 i8ftiUa

in 84, aOr 18 th4 Op8mtiOa Of 8UOh bU8in488 jmhlbltra by rtatutr. In ~11 Texar RaoiagA8sooIatIoa, rt al, 1. St&to, by Shook, Criminal DirtrIOt Attora8y (CCA, 1955), 88 SW (8d) 151, AffirRNd lee T4Xa8 38b, 91 Sx'(26) 669, rohrulng or8rrulod, 1fB Texa8 384, 100 SW(2-d) 548, the COUl’t Of Civil Appeal8 88idl

18 not 8n ~Offtm80 undrr the law8

8Jlt8&" (Undrr8oorlag ours.) (In 80 fU a8 brttill& 18 001108~~d, thir Oar4 wB8 d4Oid4d 

### in 1935 brforr 

### the pa88agr 

### of Artlola 646a, Penal Codr, 1939.)
Again the oourt sald,

“‘And, 811104rUnni4 406 raO48 8IId p4rpg on thro 18 not unlawful,& D 4 Of Dr45i848 iOr that DWO84 I8 not, for that r4a80ar rub14otto b4 rnjoi.aea

a8 a pub110 nul8ano4." (UaA4r8OOriaS OW8.1

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“Tb4 aalatmaaoe of a dog raoe traok 18 IlOt 8 aUi44llO4 POr 84. Wh4th4r it i a nulsaaoe 44p4ndr upon the faots of 4azhHoaorablrb. Jay JackIon, Pag4 8



### ,BaLO, Khue, a8 hero, thr plaorWa8 ooa

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la aa orduly maaa4r 

### -4 without iaJUZy t0 thr 

### d&t8 Of Othrr it 18 I4Ot.a aul8anoo. (Citing authorlt al.)" (PamaP thrtloal lnrertlon 0~~8.) (UaA4r8oorIng OW8.1Quoting from thr lan ua o adoptedby th4 Suprrxw Court In thr 84m8 0as4 (99 SW 

### 84 f f.669 at pa64 491):
WI fully r4oognIzr thr proporltlon that the Imglrlaturomay or4at.r a oommoa auI8ano4, and provlar for It8 l batom4atby in~unotlon.but. a8 rhovm aborr. Art10148 4644 to 4866 do-not mall8 

### 40srailag on pr8- ml888 ruoh a8 hsrr larolr04a au184n04.w ~aAor4oorlag ourr.) Coa84qu4ntly,you arr r48p8OtfUlly 8dVi84d, and it I8 thr opIa1oa 

### of thfr 

### A4partmMt that thr 

### mu@ operation 

### 0s a 

### 40%iacr traok 18 aot la Iteol?a auieaqor per 84, ~tV&.!i8not bean -40 ualawfulby the penal law8 Of thir

. **&Wnrr,** by thfr **wo** A0 Ihot m8n to plaor th8 8tamp 

### 0s approval on thr 4ntlre 8Ohefim rrt

### forth in your lott4r. On thr 

### oontruy, WI brllrrr that la 80 fu 88 th4 Aog-ownu pUtIOlpant8 

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r o.80a04 rM6,

tholr 8OtlvltiO8 fall rquarrly wlthln the OonAW&MtlOn Of **ArtiOle** Wa, P4~1 Code, 8upra, a8 unlawiulb4ttIag or nagorlng 8oary oa th4 rerulte 0s a 40% race.
**Iu stOWa**  **V8.** Stat., (~0~8 suprrm4 **Court)** 21 T4x. 698, xr. Just100 Robert8 8et forth thr r0il0ting oft qwt4a a4finitiOII8;

"A gam8 18 a trial 0s rklll, or 0s ohaaoo, or 0s 8kill aaa Oh4llO8,betwrra two 

### or 5or8 ooat4nAfngphi48, 

### l ooordlng

to 8OiW rulr by whloh :azh,on4my 8UOO44d or fall In the trial;

.

-* + l "Setting upon a gum 18 the nrutual agr44m4at 4aa.t4aA4r 0s 8 girt 0s 8omL)thing raluablr,whloh I8 to brloag~to th8 on8 or othrr of the ooatsadingparties,aocordlng to th8 r48Ult Of 8UOh trial.Honorableb. Jay Jgokroa, ~60 g

am4 oraiauy ruler or the game wh4ro thrr8 are a0 8Q8Oial rUl.8 8tiQUl8t4d Ooll8titUtO tha t0m 

### or th0 

### 8~m08i8ntt -4 a0rh8 the ooatlag8noyupon whloh 

### one or thr 

### other 18 to reorIr4 the @ft. The rtaklng 0s moary or othu property, 18 an ortearlbleadoption or ranotloa0s 8uoh rgr4mmt 4nd al80 a ooaaiti0d t4nd8r. alma th4 trial 18 aocomQii8h4dthe result tell8 who 18 the WiM4r.” Se0 8180 Long '18. The Stat,, Eg TeX. Crime, 194, 8 8, **W.** S41, 58 Am. Rep. 633.
Ex parto ?ialsh,

89 T8x. CrIm., 489, 189 9, a* 1108. is4 b4liev4 ths oa8e of Leber ~8. Dlbrell **(C.C,A.** 1919) 816 S. K. 477, 18 4Ml8gOU8 t0 th8 8itU8tiOn Qr484Ilt44 In your 18tt4r. In that oasr aa agrrr4msnt wa8 entsred into brtwosnthe Q&i48 to W a hOr88 raO4, th8 OU54r Of the f88te8thorse g4t8 th4 8tak48 ana if olthu rqii4a or r4fUlr.d to raoe 

### the oth8r 00tia got thr raker, -4 the **oout** rtruokAOWn ths a&r48rPmta8 1118@1 betting On 8 hOrae rao8 pmhIblt44 by **Arti** 578, Penal Code, 1911.

The do-t 8aidt *Thr oontentlon that thr l vlaenoo fall44 to 8hoW that thr yoary would bo won by thr fa8trrt horre 18 uttuly without foundation. N4n AO aot usually ut up nOao on the proporltloa t&t the slow go i r84 rhoul take the mon8y, but, if thir w4r8 th8 Oa88 it UoulA not alter thr faot that the moaoy war to oh840 

### hand8 at the 

### -4 0s a 8D4Od 4oato8t. 4na ooasraueat 'that the who14 atfalr ~88 illeiz4l tIa# oa a horro raoo whloh 18 law8 0s mar. OOakaed by the

“It may be, 88 8tated **by** 8pp8llant,that fhoreoreolng 18 thr 8port of kIag8',but it 18 0~4 Of th4 Sport8 Of t&O80 del4Otabh Q4r4OD(Lg48,

wh8a 8OOOgpEIIiOd with gambling,whIoh, lik4 a~any

other8 0s th4Ir doubtful, I? not orimminal,

Qa8tiIiS38,

ha8 been brPndeAby th4 law8 0s oIrIlIzatIonwith disapprovaland ooademaat ion.***HOnOr8bl8** B. Jay irokron, Pago 7

**R4** hair ruled that ln 60 far a8 th4 dog-own4r partlolpantrare 40aO8rn44 thblr l otlvItl48ar4 within thr prohIbItIonof Artlo **64ba** Of the P4aal CoA4. In so far a8 

### the opuatorr Of th4 dog 

### raor traok are ooa08rne4,w4 callyour attention to Srotfoa 8 0s mtlclr b46a, ?4nal Codr, **8UQr8,** whloh bg $tr trriu appliesto the kroplngOf Qr4lEi848 for th4 Qurp08.Of bring US44 48 a plao4 to **bet** or wagrr upon 40% r4048.

Yir al80 Call **your** l

ttaatlon to Art1014 652% 0s the Pemal CoA4, 1925, whloh r44A4 in part a8 fOllOW8:

“Sbotlon1. My perroawho takrr or ao**crptr** or plao48for aaoth4r a brt or wager 0s nonoy **or** anythingOf value oa a hOr84 rao4, dog rac4, autombllo raoo nrotoroyolr rao4 or any other raoo of any kind what804Yer,rootba11 gmr, barrball gam8, 8th.lOtiO oont48tor Sport8rrrnt 0s what804v4r kind or character; or any p4rronwho off4r8 to takr or aoo4pt or plaor for aaoth8r any suoh b4t or wager; or any pel’sonwho 88 an ag4at, 8orvant or 4aploy84 or oth4rwl80,**4148** or rnoouragrrMother to takr or acceptor plaoo any ruoh hot or wager; or 8ny prnoa who **dir8Otly or**  lnAIr4otlyautbrIzo8, aid8 or rnoouragrs any agbnt, **84r** vant or 4mployrror other pusoa to takror aoc4pt or plaor or tr8mmlt aay ruohbrt or wag4r 8ha11bc guilty 0s book making a04 upon oonvIotIonbe QUUi8h8dby oonfInrm8atIn th4 State P4nIt4ntIaryfor any t4ra 0s yoarenot 1488 t&a oa4 (1) nor mix-0th8a rivb (5) or by oon?Inrmontin th4 4ounty jail for aot 1484 than tea (10)day8 nor mm0 than oao (1) y44r and by a rlar or not 1488 than Oar Hwdrrd ( 100.00)Dollar8 aor Em-4 than Oar Thousand ( I1,000.00)DOllar8.

**“ 340.**  4. Any owa4r, ag4at, 1488or or 148440 0s any real or perrronal progmrtywho **8h411** kIiOWin&ly **U84** or kIlOWia& QUBdt ruch propertyto b4 wed In oonn4otIonwith book ~14king,

aa auoh t4x-5

I8 h4reIa abr4~44, **Shall** b4 guiltyof a fsloay anA upon oonvlotloashall bo puni8h46as 84t forth uUd8r S4otIon10s thirAot.

**“ S40.**  **6.** Any rood, plaor, building,ltrueture or prop4rty **or** thr **rurnitur4, fiXXW48**  or paihphernallaof whatsorver kind or oharaotrr **u84d** in oannsotianwith th4 aff4na4 of bankEbaorablo b. JAJ Jaoltloa, Pago 8

**mklng or**  purrulag the buslnorr or book III&- lng, a8 doilard in thlr **Act,** are hrrrby 

### l - olared to bo pub110au18ano.8. Muaotrr thr dlrtriot 

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ttornrf,orlmlnaldlrtrlotattornry oouat~ attoraryor **AttornbJ** Oon8ral b8 r.lf.bl. informationthut 8uoh a aU18&UlOO d8t8 he Shall iii0 a 8Uit ia th0 Mm8 Or the Stat. in the oountywherr thr nulranoe 18 alleged to OXi8t to abatr 8uoh nuiranco. If judgasntbe in ravor ot thr Stato, than judgmerlt

rhall be rendrred

### l batlq raid aulaanoe and 

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njolnln6tha dereadantor dorondants from maintainingthr 8am8 and ordrrlq tb 8aid pre;ni888 t0 be 010806 iOr OLII yOU rrom data 0r said judgment,unl888 thr d8fOndaata in said suit or the own8r, tenant or 18eeeo of 8ald propertq,mak8 bond payable to the State at the county 8eat of the oounty where such nulsanoa 18 allegadto exi8t la the penal sum 0r not 1088 than One ThaaMnd (#l,OOO.OC,)

Dollar8nor morr than Hvr Thou8fULd((S,OOO.OO)Doliars with good and 8Umoient 8Wetie8 to br approved by th8 judS. tryin& the oa8r oondltloaodthat the aot8 prohibited la thlr law rhmll not bo don0 or **~eI ’** **J8itt.d** t0 be dOnO in Or UpoIl 8aid~&WWd868 or thr term8 of the lajuaotloa rlolatod. On the vlolatloa Of anr ooodltionof 8Uoh bond or lnjuaotioathr who10 rum mny be nooorrod a8 a penaltq la tha DUPI aad ror the Statr in the oouatp rhoro 8uoh oondltloarare vlolated all 8uoh 8ultr to be broughtby the dlrtrfot attorney,orlmloal dl8trlot attorney, Oouaty attorney of 8UOh OOuaty, or the Attorney General 0r Texas.* Conrepuently,you are resgectruiiy advised and it 1s the opinion of thlr department that the dog race plan set rorth in your Letter fall8 rquarelywlthln the corner8 0r Art1018 64&a pi the Penal Code, 19eb, and 18iionortiblr B. Jay Jaokaoa, Pago 9

prohlbltrdby that artlolr. 

### Your8 very truly
ATTORNEY “J%?QXAL OF TEUS

BY (8)

Xaltrr R. Pooh 

### A88i8tant

BY (8)

James D. Smllaa

JDS:LW ,i?PROVED:

Nor. e9 1939 Oerald C. Uann 

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