OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Honorable Bert rord Administrator 

Texas Liquor Contl'O i Board 

Auiustln, Texas 

Dear sir: 

Tour request for 0 

oareiully oonsldemd. ?ou 

picture whloh depiot~ the m 

Betcry Roe8. In the left ,h 

the aordr *Betsy Roes, 

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 

ii t takes etfeot am11 f% been printed, pelntei 

0: otherwlae plaied, 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 poeresilon fbr a&e, or 

to give away, or ior UC, for anr purpose, any art1010 
goacrabla Bert yard, psga 12 

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

reoeptacle cf nerchandiee or artlole or th:ng ior 

osrrylng or transporting nerchandles, upon whloh 

efter this Aot takes effeot, shell hl:ve been prlntad, 

painted, ettachsd or otherwlao placed a repreaentatlon of any such flag or fltgs, stander4, color or 

ensign to edvertlse, aall attention to, decorate, 

mark, or dletlnguiah the artlola or subrtsnce on 

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 dollsra or be larrisoned in 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 cir or rapreeented 4n 

any eubatenca, and of any 01~ purportlm? to be. l f+a wr 

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 r tpaa in any number Of alther or by.WUOh On* 

aee&uz the same without 6ellbe~tiOn may bsliefo tha 

am0 Co repreaant the flrg, oolors, standard or l nalgn 

oi the Faited fixtats of +Uwmloa~ Th0 ponreroion by on6 

otber then a public offi,c,er, aa esoh, of any rueh ilag, 

stendsr6, oolor or analga, on walah shall bs anything 

made unlewful at any t&c by thla artlale or of any 

article or,subatanae or thing on whlah ahsll ba anything 

mede unlawful at any time by this artlclo ehall ba proaumptlve evldenae that 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*a Annotetad Texas TWlal Code,. reads 

ae follows: 

"a0 preceding artiCle~8h%ll aOt 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 aonetrued to 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, disconnected fro5 any udrsrti5aJnon~0 

(Undwscortng 0uraJ 
manorable Bert Ford, page S 

hrticle 148, supra, providse among other thing8 that 

'whoever shall in ana menner. for exhlbltlon or dieolar * * * 

ose or cause to bk exposei to publio view any~~&ih-ilag * 

or * * * to which shell be 

annexed * * * an advertiserent o 

T-C * * or bz imprleoned In 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 reoresented on anv aubstanoe, and of any alze purporting to 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, containing the exoeptiona to 

Article 148, aupra, srcepts ornamantal platurea ai600nkk60ted 

iron any advertilrement. 

The ornamental picture appended to your letter advertisee "Pearl Beer." 

You are therefore rsepeotfully advised that It Is the 

opinion o? this department that 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