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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTINXanorable Paul T. Bolt, page 2

the amount of tonnage to be haulad midar euch certfflcata

or par&t in aaount5;1aa5 them otbarwlaapmafttad bl flaw?

‘2. RMWal-8U If tha foregoIngquaation5are

in the arrimaslt~, than In thora altuationa

rhsra feats and oIroamatanoar do not rcquira the RellroedCoaalIaslon to flr the emount or tonne&r to bs hauled .undar 5uah orrtitloata

or pamit ia awmnta 1~18 than otherwisepsmulttsdbr la*, le St tha amadatory duty of the RailroadCaimIaalon to arake

a finding aed Iwluda in the cartlflcataor permit a tarm or eoadltIoastating the amount of tonnage whiti may be haulad
on any motor rahlcla under mob a aortlfloata Or FW5it Or by a g8RaX'81 OZ'hr fix the 8SQRRt ai ten~ga to be haulad on enj aotar rahlole under any aeah oartIiScet8or parmlt 10 that It 5hall not 8Xe68d the apoOat 0th8r~Lre pmclttad by law?

if SO:&OR 13 (a) by lew ettechrea ooni?lll you plcaaa e&VI88 thle ofrlee

dltlon to each aartlfloataand permit iaauad. **by** the liailmaQWaaierioa which aakae it a violationof tha tsnu of 8aiU par&t or eartlfloata

anQ o? the pxoridoor:o? Artlale **911b** for the holder **or** olaar taf euah oarlrltlaata or permit to traaaport prop5rtt in a0855 or the tonaagr allowad br eeceion 5‘ hrtiela 8276 of th5 Pea81 00a8.

aete tran5port.s

property Ln Trarir **Oountf** which can be reasonably blumaatteQIn exaea~ or 7,000 pouadlr in vlolatiaa of mation 5 of Artielo 8278 of tha PSIla1 Cod., nil1 suah tmnarrportatioa oi tox~$a of a greateruaQht theta 0*8ernieapenalttad**by** lew oonetitute euah a oloLH4on of aeld ocrtlricetaor perarit end o,t the prot5.6Ioma of Article 9llb aad or ru;lbs~;tIsIolur fb) end (a) of rrtials 1690b of t&a Pama Cods e*Honorable raul T. Bolt, ;ag 3

to authorlesiza

undar aubdlrtdom (b) of Artlola 169ob of the Fanal Coda to bring
e anlt for Famltiaa and as to suthorlea~.
me undsr sub&lsioa (c) of Artlala l690t of tDc feral Coda to bring suit to anjoln
or raa~mln such aoootor oarrlex under uuah permitut c4trtiri05t5 trcin further transporting,

property for hlrr in violationof Saetloa 5 of Artlola 8279 or tha Penal Coda?*

We call pour'attantlon to Gsotion 13 (a) of Art&lo 9llb, 'V?rnon*a Amotetad Cltll Statutes,nhloh rsaQ5 In psrt ee follow5:

*The Cozal55lcnis rested with poner and ecthorltp,and it la hereby maOa ita Quty to amrova or di5approrsthe naturs and the ohamatrr oftha aqul.ploant to be u580 tmdu any prrmlt or 

### cartltloatr 8tia tha amount awl aharaotar of tonnage whlah aaf b5 hauled thmaundar on any m&or vahlala, trailer ox 88914r85lar, used 013a6r atlcrh permit or certifiaata and In approrlog t&e amant and l M.raataror tcmnaga to be hsuld on my much tahI8laa,trailer6 or 5aml-traIlsra uadu any penolt or 

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orl fxa et bcmu, p~okag~es,

bsrralrr,

or bala5 of any partlcalar cro!naodlty tu be tranxportad oa any auah VIhlclas, trellars OT awl-trallara under aush perhit or cfrtlflaata, and tha aathod of Siding such bozu5, paoka&laa, barrrlr,or bale5 or au& Eacwdlty oa tha laotor tahiclaa, trailsraad maal-trailara to be aaad under euah pemlt or aartIflast8; grovibad,howarar, aald Copualaa~on

ahall sot authoriao thr uma of any squipmnt of gr*atcr dir5saalomthan permittedby law, nor any tbnntrga of greeter weight than otbarwlmeper&ttad by law.

. .- Frap: the above artlola, ~3 oba~ma that lo a propar case tha RailroadCoxalasiohhas the authority to llmlt the aaount of tonnagshauled under.a crubiflcata or a ~-emit. The CoIPaiaaion, 

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auttroriza

the hauling of any tonnsga OS greater uaight than othsmiaa Faraittadby law. Should the Rdlroaa Cmla%loa find that tha pllsximus tonnage to ti%

haulad anbar a p%rtl%ularoartifloataor p-it to be’ I
mass th%n 7,000 pounds, then ft met determinewhat the particular

puximula

weight shall be and antrr an order to that 0rrO0t.

In those altut&iiona rhsra facte **and** cirot&
wmoarr bo not require the RailroadCaar~iaaion to six tha amount ot tonmga **to** ba hauled over a oartiflaata
or Fa.mit, than th% carrierla%? haul the maximum tonM&a, am% being 7,000 pounds, aa pviad r0r by Mtiola 82711,

Section 5, Panel Coda.

We rind nothing la tha Motor CarrierAct rb~loh ioposeea mandaboryduty on the RailrosdCo+ miraion to a%ka a finding aad intludo in the cartlfioata or wrmit a term or conilltion 8tatlngthr ammat of tonnagawhlob ,say ba haulad by nar motor aarrlar under 8uch aar,tlfloata or pamlt. liaithar do. we find anythlng **In** aaid Act vfhloh Imposer a **mandatory duty** 
on tha Railroad Gomiaaion to aakr a ganarel order dcslgn%tingthe amouut of **tOM%ga** to be beulad by **potor** oarriarroprratfngtan@ a U6rtlff%ataor ,pamlt. In %ay avant, the l?ailnMdGomsl8slonhaa never plaoad suoh a oonrtmiattoa upon tha kfotor Carrlar Aot. ior it has mv%r placed mmh ra8triotlon%in tha osrtlrioata anb parmitrr, nor haa it aatarad any general order pertainingto. **Qhs** amount **o? tcninaga** that a mater carriar-‘may

haul: Exsrpt In rare lnatanaa8, the RaUroad Commlaeionher nator attemptedto regulate th% **amount o?**  Qonna~a **tc** be hula6 by a mator aarrler. The only llmlt%tiOnup00 a motor carriereon%erting th weight or his load &a ff3una ln helate &27e, **saotion** 5, aupra, which arts the load llniti at 7,GOO pona4a.

ITa

are of the opinion that Saotlon 13 (a) of Artlala 911b, aq~%, doas not, aa a matter of law, attach a oondltlunto sash oclrtiflnruta and permit bumad,bye

the R%llro%& Gamilssionwhlah caak%a It a viol%tloaof tha tarala of %a14 oartimJata QF parmlt end CJ?theproviuicina of **Artiala** qllb, %upri, ~QT, the heiM(Er

or %?yner

or euoh eartif%oato to tmnagort

Ji roperty fm axcaa8 of t&a tmanagaalltwadby Artdole 27a, Sootion 5, Peas1 OHa.

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BonorablaFeul T. E0l.t. pa&a 5

The provialonfn Section 13 (a), ArtiolS 9llb, aupra, to the affaot that the ReilroadC~mal.eelon ehall **not** author126the haulingof a2y tonnwa 0r.graatar wight then otharrlaa providedby lau close not h2ra the aifaat of lnaorpaautlag

### theLoad Lldt Law, ATtii316 8270, saotiaa 5, eu?ra, Into the Motor CarrierAct, Article 91lb,

. Tharafora a carrierhaullw in amsea of 7,006 poppa la violet& the Load Linrlt Iaw, and not the titer Card ar Aat.

Artlola 16FGb (b) or the Fsoal Coda rkeU6 **as** followa:

**“ (b)**  Svary oiriasr,agent, earmnt or aeqloyaaor any oorgorrtlon an5 every other param rho vlolataaor fall8 to 00raply with

**or** proouraa, aide or abate in the violetion 0% any provisionor this Aot or atk~vlb~a~ta~a
or falls to obay, obaana or ocqly with my taXia order, daoldon, rule **or** ragul.etLoa,~ **airaotloa, demand**  or raqulramaatof the Gomrlaalon ahell In addltloabe aobject to an& shall pay a paadlty oM **uaaadbg** One Bundrad Dollar0 ($100.00).for each and eve 1 d*y of sueh vlolatlon. psttah~pcnalty ehel be rraovara5 in eny Gaurt of oometant juriadfotloain the county in rbioh the riola

tion ai3otw.‘.Suit for auoh paaalty et pan8ltfaashall be inatltota&em5 aonduotad by the Attoraay Genanl of the Stats ot Taxes, 0r **by** the County or DlettriotAttOrnay in the oounty in which tha violetloooo**6~8, ip**  the **zzama of**  the **State of**  Taxae. *****

The above u&ted Artiola authorioaethe Attoraay General or any Diet+ e& or Cmtdy Attormy to b%?lug cult for yrnaltiaa agakat the Wed parsons for any violetion 0f the r(btor

CaSrlarAat a%?

tar violetLouor eliy lawful Order, 4aoluioa~‘rula or rC~letlon, dlractloa,de-send,
or raqairamsatdf the LirdUweb a6sri8a10an. **A** garaonuho ha% rioiatad t&a Load Limit Law ia not subfact to t&S paneltiaeof the above maetion~ Artlole on the theory
that auoh Aot **Iis** a violation **(3t tha**  lbtor **CaPriariAot,** for the maeo2 that the ma Ll.dt hw,. Ast&3la BWa, Seation 5, aupra, la not s per6 ot the *tar CarrSar AoE, bat ie a part of an antirdl y different ati laparetia Aot, arrd'le

of gauazal~applloetlon.HonorablePaul T. Rolt, peg4 6

3?6 quote fropl

Articlrl&Ob, Scation (0). Penal Coda, esar ba%ng the penal ~prorlrlon of Artlala 91lb, sapra, Sactlcn 16, as followsr

"(Cl Upon the vlol4tloaOf 4ny provlslon ol this Act, or upon the violet&on
or any rule, repuletion,or4er or dearer
or the Coaoiaaionpromulgatrd **undqr** tb toraa OS thla Aot, any DistrlstCourt of any County ahera auah viola tloa oocurs' ahall hara ~tha

pmrar to restwin and enjoin the pdreon, m-5 ar corporetion10 ormding frod furtherrialstingthe psovi4iozr ot thb A4t cm from furthsrvlOlatl~ any 4f the rul48. rcgulatlons,**or44r8** and **48oram** or the coaaxla

aion. Soch lnJunctltersll8t oay br granted upan tha appllaatlon or the Commlaelon,the Attcmey Gemral or sny Dlstrlct or Coanty AttorMy.

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You will **obrsno** that th4 above quoted sratlonn or ~~~014 169ob. aupra,'provl&4s **for** the inJanctiv4 rnm4dp t0 apply to rlolstlona ,arilrlag pndrr th4 provlttlona or th4 MotorCamlsr Rot, 64~44 brins Arti 911b. wpra, sad to thr rlolatloa of any rule, rrgalatlon, orttrr or dearer cf t&4 Railroad Oom&l8rlon prmulg4toQ ondor the tame8 ot 8ald **Act.** Sinacl the 7,000 pound 16a4 lbit law, 44~4 belng Art1414 8278, 8ea8ion 5, Petwl Code. 16 not a pert or the ibtor Carrier Aot an4 In tho44 lnetanou whtlv tha RaUroad Ctmslmion'haq not irsra4U any 1~14, regulation,crrd4r or 44cr44 linlting **th6** tanngr to .bi hauled **by,** a **ajotor** oarrl6r **w** are of tha opinion thet Artiola 169Ob, Seotlon ~c).,eupra, do44 not **give** thr **Attorney** Oansrel or enp diatriat or oo.unty abtornay the authorityto brine; imjunotirapr~a444lngs f#@alaot a motor cramler for violating the Lw4 Lkriit Ler.