OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Aon. Btanford **Papw,** Deputy lhawniror Oil an4 tie iiIrL*ion lbilroab Ooma~reion or Trxar hurt1a, Toxao

**dyo Sror**  **th8 date**  **ouch** **ord*r,** **inolurlw*** ~0 ar **Bue43~8 ara**  **bit**

et* 0r the OXBOW,~0 hm at Juaiaid aonotructlon ai

r 9ra0ti00 8~90 pr00edur0, UPOP resultoil in the aourta at t&0 lowiug Uoalobmo ad oonelue%on8. 

### tmugt&m* *irem* E epeoWi*d thy 9r that the day 0s tbo tntrp as the ordew emuld be rxelwlrd, RM! the last dry, Or in the WOBaat @am, the 16tR day vttlah is aerrtlaned in the WUer, sbauld 'be 1aoluUoU 1~ the aomputatlon af tha dq3. Furtbor, thet In oamgutiug the tiar within vhieh aa ad irBon. Lltaarord Poyno, pago 2

requlrod to be porforemd, uhoa said time 18 or euoh a prolong8d ?erZod that weeks are lncludod in the tlms allovod vlthln wnloh an not I0 required to be porforrod, IntenenIng Buadaye or holidays are Incrludod In tlte oompatatlon. Again, wlaoro a etrtuto of tho Stetm raquiroe that an not bo dnno wlthln a oerth doeig**nated** number **of** Bays, **the** faot **that** the **laet day**  **Is a**  **Sundq** or othor holidw, will not l xoludo it fron tho aomputatlon, unleee the stetuto Iteolf lo .provldoe. (Soo **Pattoreon** v. Tarroll, 05 Tex. 509; HazlowOOd V. Roger, 95 Pax. 295; Whhito v. Doyle, 220 5. Y. 161; Minor v. wCDosmld,-104 ZEX. 461~ Hanover Firs lne. 00. v. SoRrader, 89 Tox. 35; Olty OS Da1100 v. Springor, 8 8. W. (2a) 722; Long v. Martin, 112 Tox. 365.

ti foregoing JudI8Ial proaounoombntm, hovovor, whllo prooerlr to bo aoneidered amporeuaslro, are not noooreerlly binding upoa tho Rallr@d GomaIrelon in lnterprstlng it8 ovn ml08 of prooeduro.
The RaIlroad Commieelon of Texae, under Ite logielatlro grant 0r povmr, ir not &inlf ohorboa vlth th0 

### dutyof l 

### nforoiag the sons#Pratlon lava, but Is likmuieo tho rule-uklly: body am to proeoodi~e boforo It. T’nooourte hare hold that when tRo **OorirrIan aotn**  In lte ~l.ogiels.tIrow ea?aoItP, Ite, rul08 &avO the **same for08**  **aad offeot**  amal **trtute.** Furthor, **ttto lhaP.pmO**  hurt of the btate ot Texac Ime he14 that tho Corleelon 

## not only hae the paver to promulgate Ita ruloc, 

## buttbat it har the 0daItIoaal pawor and attthorIty or Intofgretlng #am, tRat euoh offlolal lnterprctatlon of a rule GOmade by tho Oomm%eeionbeOOPOO P qart nr tho rule lteolr, and that the rule 18 rusoaptlblo 0r no other lnterpretatton. TW UoamIreiOn Is the in#trUWntalItV of the 5tat6, oxerolelng delegate0 ~cg~elativo peuare, and it8 ruler are giron the samo foroe amlike enaotmonts Of tR0 k lelatore. BOO8~ll Oil CO. T. .%llntau ~0!#i#iIecIOA, M g. w. (w f 509, at page (IFOr

***In** the **oaae or**  wart **Toxar** Qomprees * Warehowe Co. Y. Panhandle k **8anta Fe**  **Ry.Co.** (Tex. Corn. App.) 16 8. W. (2d) 568, It I# held that **Interpratatione** plaeod **by** tho Railmaa Coemirclan on ader or rule 

## 0rthe ommmIs@Ion bsaome a p%rt of tho rule (zd the rule Ia suoooptible of no otbor IntsrWotetfon. *In the OR80 of Texarkana ckFt. 581th w. **co. v.**  **Houmton Qasi** **8 Fuel**  **Co.,** 121 Tex. 5c4, 51 8. Y. (2d) 2&S, 287, It Ia hrld that, ‘vhoro the oouioelon ham offIoIallf Iatorwetea It8 own ruloe mndrata ortlmra, OUQ~IntorpMtatiOn l hould bo aoneldorod a Dart thoroOf.‘*

### Hon. 6tanfow.l Payne, page S



### It 18the opinion 

### of thlr 

### a~p~*~~nt thatthe 

### RailroadComu4arionot Toxaa,having promulgatedthe order 

### providingforthr filingof a motionforrahl:arlng, and speolfylaga period 

### of timewlthln 

### whlahmme shouldbe filed,I8the 

### rim AUthOrity remted 

### wlth the lnt8rprstatioa 

### or euohrulr,and thston00havingint8rPrete4 the rule, 8emo 28 susa8ptlble of no other Inter- "~' pretation, and thr Interpr828tloa given the IdO 

### by theCoawlr8ionbeoonera partof the rule itSSir, 

### andth82’8aft8l’ ttl8 ~O~iS81Otl, 18 If811 88 all other partle8, 18 bound by 8uoh orrioia lnt8rpretatioa.

Trurtlng that we have 8ati8raetorily anirr8nb your 

### inquiry, weare,
Your8 

### verytruly ATmum OtslLFut

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8, 1941