OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Pailroad CormPir8ion 0r T8xa8 

Au8tin, I'-8 

@ontl*aeil: 

801 P0w8r 0r 

pewar of th8 F84ml Cktrraeat 

to th8 polio8 powor of th* Btat8. 

9. That thl8 aoatraat 18 within the war pow8r or tha 

AMY* 
Railroad Coml88las Baa8 1. 

a Uph@idb~~ th0 right Or like ait8d stat88 t0 

take over us4 00atrol the rallroml8 in tis, or war to thr 

l xalu8len or roe right8 0r tlu 8kt88 timrein, yr. chbf 

Ju8tia8 khit8 in Port&l% P8Otii8 Railroad kmaaf v8 

Worth Daltota, MO b. 8. 1.50, ~14: 

"The oompl8te an6 ua~Irld86 rhraoter oftb 

WU &MWU Of th. unit& 8$at88 18 Mt di8pclhbk8. . . . 

vb 8lWRtUy priaeipA8 that, u&or th8 

Oonatltation, the l uthorI8y oi tha 6ovoremnt Of 

the utit8d stat.8 18 p-at Wb8a l Utd a8 80 

rrrbJ8at8 aanaUniag which it ha8 tbr powu to 

oontrel, ir indi8gutabh. T&i* boi.4 t-8, tt 

r88ult8 W* elthoug au%horitr to raw&to rlthln 

l &V8B 8&hOFO Ul OX%8t %a both th. UBIkd f%at88 

Ma &B th. 8Wt.8, whur Ch8 tomr a&,18 into 

play ooartItutloml anfhuitt uithia mob &Oll8l’d 

8phEO tb me88~9 8ifO8b Of 6Ow 80 18, th& 

t0 th. ortOn Oht My 0Onili.t UiH8 fh8 Iate 

WWU 18 mtd, 81llO8 in Oa8. O? OOntliOt ti.ld 

which i8 pUMOUtlf XMfO8r8adu -l%tZO18 that whloh 

18 8PbOrbincrtO.* 

The juwu8 of rm4re88 otor iatrartat8 a8nu80 

ua p lumr ~ r h a l todora ta8kaa8atalltf or ~tlorml 

&M&Z-80 i8 illTOlV.6. 

III ~88in@ Upon th8 8- QUO88iOS the W@W Tork 

cOUt% Or Agp8d; &i%bliO @U~i88 C8d88iOX f8 I~w %9rk 

cant?8l RMAro . . a&* 8aIal 

‘TBi8 Mti@II (iBtM8taS8 t8t8 iiS- by l 

iohral agenor) wa8 not &i8tlrir6 by anl or.tlm ordlnarl 

M3.88 Of i8W. 18 MI2 b0 8U88afnd Mb&J e8 th8 

l XUOl88 Cpr th@ WU p@WU8 0f 8h8 &it& 8tata8. A& 

th888 Q8WU8 aF8 nOLOt lIdtO& by th8. Or8IMry rtie8. 

They l t~ not bound04 by 

?a 

rp8olXIa grut or authority. 

The 

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are not anlike what, %ha &tar, w or11 the 

pal oe power, bat th. polio@ &ioWr Pai8.d to th8 Bi#hl 8t bOge8. Thor are 8uah pwerr U a?9 l 88eatbtiti to 

pr089rV8 th Wry 1if8 Oi fh8 MtiOS it8df. *ha8 

r8QUi8it8 t0 thi8 end tha libarty Ot th8 OItI88a, th, 

pretutioa or pritat8 propuby, tha po80*-tlr ri6ht8 

Or tb* 8btO8, BMt 811 yiO16 to XIUO88ity." 

The rI&F of *ha fo48ral gor**urnt to taraM the 

p~aoe-tbaa polioo pow&8 Of tb 8U6* %8 8h8W %8 oh*88 8a888 

~ph01QIngl it8 l Whority to pseTOat 8al8 Of intoXiOaatS8 11qUOr8 

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i) w8L1 397, 20 UL 8. tt. #&.) 

gw, a. e8lDa 
"saatloa l861. 

i!iiWhW*% &oretwy 02 War, to take ge8888- 
Otll' Ulimr t0 YOUr rfZ8t qUO8tiOU 18 ttut the 

Xailroad CO~ai88iOn doss not hme jurlm6lotlon Qver thI8 

mart 0r traa8portat10nn. 

ho to your aroonb que8tion ~8 to wbther or Pot the 

Ar8y mny engap e oomoa curler to oprrato t:i88@ tlUOk8, w8 

toe1 t&at hation 13bi5, Title 10 U. A. C. A., in providing 

th8t *tlH traaqmrtrtlon of troop, 8unition8 05 wu, ogulpmaat, NUtuy proparty, and atorao thmoughout the Un1t.d 

Stat.8 8hdl be M68r the lmdI&to l ontra~ ad 8UporVi8iOn 

of the Soor8tuy or liar, and ruoh auat8 8s he rr appoint* 

8ufflolontly authorlrea thr Vmr 5epartaant to appoint w 

agut it d@riO W&U t& hot8 8tlbdttd h JOUr 1att.r. 

A’ll’OiW&T O;W&RALO~~TI;US 

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