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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENEkAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **GROVER**

**SELLERS I**  **; ATTORNEI** 

**GENE ”** *******‘ i.**  **1 1**  

### Hanorablo

T. J. Tuokor CountyAttorno~ liopkfnm Catiiaty 

### SulphurE~ingr, 'hua, OpinionNo. SW56

Dear sir: ~0; **con0tmotion** 

### or 00 011 5, Artiele'WQa-5 Pa

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rum stotuter 

### it is aIrrye **penui8siblo** end raqufnd 

### that the le&irl~tlreintad **bo drterrinad.**  

### Hono*,the aIn and **ob mot**  **of** oon8trurtion **18 to**  l

### soortdn 

### wul mforoo the leglr 3 atit lntont, 

### andnot to doSad,Honorable y. J. Tuoker - :a/:(1 5:
nullify or thwart it. .'9 Tax. Jurlp. 167. The intent should first be :~

cucht from B reading of the whole stetutes, but If the intent remelnc obeoure after reedlng the entire cot, th4 court ~;ayconsl.der other lass and olroumtanoes 1nCloatlnp the lc~lelatlvc Intent, dud zay resort tc Certain eids for construction, suob a?.the history of leglslatlon, and the neceF:lty or ooha:.lon for the eneotment of the statute in question. 39 Tsx. Jurle. pag,es 177-178.
:Ire6dlnp of mtlole e79a-5 does not give my aisistanoe In deterainln~ juet whet type of shotgun 10 forbidden to be us&. The ect wan orl~lnally psss4d by the 45th LegIF:latum, %nd CalLd:;eeslon, on October lF., 1927. That aot hod the Idmtioal provisions, except that ths rord "gun" Is included after the words “magaelna loudlng"

. 'bilethet oniar.1011 NBS evlder.tly

Y clerloal omisdon, It nalt$rr **adds to**  **or takes**  from the aota prohibit&.

It IF. well settled that the emergency clause of an tict

nmy be considered if It sheds light upon ths inquiry rtnC

~~1.1 aid the aourt in ascerthlniog the leprlelative Intent. Inter&et4 Forwarding Co. v. Vineyard, 49

. . (Cd) 403.

In looking to the original act PR paS:sedIn 1937, w4 

### find in the emergency cl4us4 the following lanruaes: "The feot thet :he mourning dove end white-w%nged dove regulatlons ;':>r

the year 1927 8:-eIn confliot pith the Fadsral Bsguletlon4

. . . oroetas en emortpncy
. . .* Prom this Gnguaee It ie clear that the ieglslature lntendod that the aot be In harmony with the Yeder~l ragulatlons thereon.

It IF i,roper

to resch omit

end to follow t!m true Intent of th4 Legielatura, anclto adopt that canes whioh hac:onlr-es

with the content ena :ro3otaci, In the **fullsst**.

! 

### HonorableT. J. Tuokor - I'm. #S

manner, the apparentpolloynnd object 

### of the X.eelslature. 

### Thompsonv. M.&T. Icy. Co., 126 S. ii'.

257.
On July 30, 1937 the Frealdent approved 

### kroolamatlonNo. 

### .?245, found in 2 Pod. Koe. at page lZ.55, whloh proVeda amone other thinga that, >lrrt,al@atory same birds 

### my not be taken 

### with a ahotgua largerthan No. 10 gauge; ma, seoond, thny may 

### not be takenby maana of any 

### autoamtio-loading or hand operatedrepeating?hotgun capableof holdingZIOM than three shellsat ona time in 

### tha ohambar and magazine.

:s'hen nsaeaaary to arrive at 

### the legislativeintent, it is pemlaalbla t3 oonatruethe cmnjunotion*~llld*' aa thoughit ware the dlsjunotlve*OP. Cllmenqa f;eolproualAati*n

v. Coo, $8 9. :'.(24) 1046-1047. It is, therefore, our opinionthat the no* *andw aa use6 

### in Article 879a-8,F.C., lauuedlatily after the worbe "larger tbn tengauge* 

### shouldbe,uaed in it8 dfrjunotlveaeqae.

It is a mahter of ootabon knowled@ 

### that a twelvegauge 

### ehotgimis effialler than a 

### ten-gatige.
You are, thorrfore,advim th::,t a prsooh 

### who huntawith a twelve-gawe shotgun that la not pluggodso that it 

### will hold not exoee4Lngthrea ahells ie violating mtlala R79e-5,P.S. Yours 

### very truly,


## Ey: /a/ Xichald !‘.Cotike



### ksalatant Approved iieb 14, 1946 

### Carlo8 C. Ashley Ffrst A66iBtm 

### t Attorney General 

### Approved:ciplnion Committee