OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS**

HonorableBert rord Administrator

**Texas Liquor**  Contl'O **i Board**  Auiustln,

Texas

**Dear sir:** 

**Tour** request for 0 oareiullyoonsldemd. ?ou picturewhloh depiot~ the m Betcry Roe8. In the left ,h the 

### aordr *BetsyRoes, 14th. 1977,' and ln th lng wordr: "BotBlo o? MaoblatiOn -- E6 promInen8ly

diapl ceent whether ,or lng purporea wo of the Stata Q? liot with tha lawi

otsted Taxa* Poual Oode,

r nature upoi any flag, Irtandard, f the Vnltad States of Areerloa. or is Sttlte,

or ( m616n. 

### or ahall 0: xposed to publio flh any etandarb.

$6lOr, or ens1 upon whloh, after thl iit takes etfeot am11 f% been printed,pelntei 0: otherwlaeplaied, or to which rhall be attaoha ~pendml, affixed or annexed any word, ilgure, ma ~1oture,dealgn or drawing, or any advertisemen of

saie give-away,or h&T* In poeresilonfbr a&e, or to give away, or ior UC, for anr purpose, any art1010goacrablaBert yard, psga 12

or substance

being an artlalu cf r-:ercb.:andlee, 

### or reoeptaclecf nerchandieeor artlole or th:ng 

### ior osrrylngor transporting nerchandles,upon whloh efter this Aot takes effeot, shell hl:ve been prlntad, painted, ettachsdor otherwlaoplaced a repreaentatlon of any such flag or fltgs, stander4, color 

### or ensign to edvertlse,aall attention to, decorate, mark, or dletlnguiahthe artlola or subrtsnceon w?:lch so pieced, or who ahall publloly mutllata dotaas, defy, 

### or derile, trample upon or east 000. empt & either by 

### wordo or act, upon any Tern8 flag, standard, color or **ensIgn,** ohs11 be finad not exoeodlng one hundred dollsraor be larrisonedin jail for not more than thirty day8, or both. The r&da flag. istandard, color or enolgn an urrsd la this article aha lnOluQ* any flag, atand&rd,

### 00103,Onalgn 

### or any 

### Plotum Or repreasntotloa

oz either, made ciror rapreeented4n any eubatenca,

and of any 01~ purportlm? to be. 

### l f+ awr of, said flag. standard,OOlOr or anai(tn of tha WJlted l%teil of msmloa, or a pioture or r6im=eaentatioaI 

### or either upon whloh shall br ahom the 001028, tha Star8 and t ,he

II rtpaa in any number Of alther or by.WUOh On* aee&uz the same without 6ellbe~tiOn may bsliefo tha am0 Co repreaantthe flrg, oolors, standard

### or l nalgn oi the Faited fixtats of +Uwmloa~ Th0 ponreroionby on6 otber then a public offi,c,er, aa esoh, of any rueh ilag, stendsr6, oolor or analga, on walah shall bs anything made unlewfulat any t&c by thla artlale or of any article or,subatanae or thing on whlah ahsll ba anything mede unlawfulat any time by this artlclo ehall ba proaumptlveevldenaethat the same la In vioiatlon of this article,and was nade, done 

### or ore&ted after this Aot takes errsot, ma that suoh did not exlat when thl8 law took effeot.w (Vndersoorlng ours)

nrtlole 149, Vsrnon*aAnnotetad Texas TWlal Code,. reads
ae follows:

"a0 precedingartiCle~8h%llaOt apply t0 %ny aOt pemlttsd by the Exrrtutes or the IInited

gtntsa 

### 0r Auarioa,
or by t&a Unl.ted

Btatea Army and Ravy reguletlone, nor shall It br aonetruedto ayyly to a aewapapar,pariodi061, book, pamphlet,olreulcr, cartlfioete,diploma,warrent or ao53mlrsaion OS appointment to offlo*, ornoaental pfoture, article of jawalry or stationery for UIIO in oorreapon%enoe

on 6ny of which shall be printed, or placed said flag, disconnectedfro5 any udrsrti5aJnon~0 (Undwscortng 0uraJmanorable Bert Ford, page S

hrticle 148, supra,providse among other thing8 that 'whoevershall in ana menner. for exhlbltlonor dieolar * * * ose or cause to bk exposeito publio view any~~&ih-ilag*
or * * * to which shell be annexed * * * an advertiserent o T-C * * or bz imprleonedIn jf;%l T * L *
Article 148, supra, further stutee that *the 

### word6 rlag, etanderd,oolor or ensign 88 used In thls tirtlcle ehall inalude any tlbg, atanderc 5, oi5lor. ensign or any pioture or representation 0r either, made of or reoresentedon anv aubstanoe,and of any alze purportingto be, either of, *aid flag, standard.

### color or ensign of the United States ot herloa. 

### or of either upon whioh @hall be ahstriperr

in any number of elthar,

Article 149, supra, containingthe exoeptionato Article 148, aupra, srcepts ornamantalplaturea ai600nkk60ted iron any advertilrement.

The ornamental

picture appended to your letter advertisee "Pearl Beer."

You are thereforersepeotfully advised that It Is the opinion o? this departmentthat the proposed advertisement la prohibited

by Article 148 of the Penal Code or thle State.

Yours very truly
ATT@R?TEY

QXWXAL OF TEXAB

BY Wm. 3. Fanning

Asreistant

**OOWMIlTEC**