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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATrORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  TEXAS

C. R. NOXm~O Itat8Dlrirlon Railroad Oomal88lon of Tax.ar Aurtln, Texas 

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on inquiry rrom

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tir* to 

### tIl* trntioa tha

thr abarr l rtlslor



### *Ia$nnkr to qrtrrtior~ 

### No. 1 you 8re 

### addrod that AriiOiO 4005 prohibit8 th8 :arri8ge Ot prOp

### rrty fre.a 

## or obarda by #tram orl lootrio railw 

### eompanlar , or other tranaportatlon OOnpanirr, intrS%.?b8nlWilW8f OoCIlpaBiO~, SlWpti( 08C ClOdjJUiU, tel8graph oompanl88, telophcao 

### oolapanior, or pu80118 Opel-ding th8 8aa@. Artlola @06 prOd4ol oartain oxo8ptioru to lirti8ti 4005, **bml rrr)**  **40** not tin& anything th8r8in uhioh powit thr traarpork-

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Ronorablr C. R. NoXame, page 2

tion **of prop8rty**  by %I080 ooaP8al8o fr88 **or** ohargr rot ihwiteblo in8tltutlonr. Il. am, thrmrOr8. Or th8 oOlnlon that nalthar nilroad 003pinlrr nor iotor oarrl8rr arm p8rmltt8& to oarry prop8rty frar ot ohargo for ohsrlte blo innrtitatlon8. TOUP quO8tiOll R0. l 18, thrroron, 8MWOt8d in tb Il8&8tiV@.

Arti 4005, RevllrrdCivil **8tdlt8B,** Tit18 66, **mad8 a8**  **rOliOW8l**

“Art. 4005. FRXg PASSES P~iiIBITiSD. - No steam Or 8108triO Z'8ih8~ OO;aJ)aly, 8tr88t t8illt8r OOoL&iallJ, Interurban r8llnay ooappany or other ohartrnd **trans** 9OrtrltiOn0039~~ 8Xpr888 OO'%pIIr, #hOping **Oar 003-**  panl, 

### trlrgraph oonpany, t8lrphonr oompan~ or **prrroa Or**  888OOiStiOIl **Or 98r8OM**  Cp8rBtilig **th8 8a90,**  **nOC** 

### ens reoslrer or 188888 

### thsreor, nor 

### any orrioar, agent or anploy or **rrorlver** of any 0uoh oospany in thi8 Stat8 shall knowingly haul or carry **any** proprrty frer 0r ohsrgr or gin ot **grant** to any 96rIQ1, rirp or as800latlon ot psrsoua a fro0 pa88, frank, prlv**ilag Or**  **8UbltttUtO tar**  **$aJ Or**  **a** rubartugr NIoh i8 U8Od Or *hiOh 18 giV8n t0 **b0 U88&**  ln8t88d Of th8 regular tar8 or mtr oi tranrportation or 8ay mathor

### 1ty or penlllt

Whet808+8r 

## to twrr1 or to 9888 ot ooatry or transport any psrson or pzoprrty frro, nor 8.11 8Bl tr8U89Ort8tiOU fW mythlog 

### l XOOpt aOrWr, Or r otl ar gr8atrr or 1088 r8t8 

### than 18 ah8rgrd 811 98t

### aone unbar 

### the rrno 

### oondltlona, ov8t 

### any railway or trenrportation ~l~n~8~or~per~~~~~r-llno ~l=th18~St8t8Jm~-~ ot rim11 knoviingly prrdt anl **parson** to trananlt anr m88rgo r-8 in thlr Statr; ot 8ha11 sir8 8ny **trank** or right or priMleg to tra:akit any asssegs ire8 in thir stst8 or proparty rrrr or chnrgr or for gr8ator or 1888 famor **rats** than 18 chargrd othsr 98rsOus in thir Stat8 ?Or rinI1ar 8ervIO0, 8xc89t 88 hereinart8r pro:ldsb la thin titlr.'
Cmr att8ntion ha8 rsorntly b88n cdllrd to Artiolo 4009, Rs+i88d **ail11 stdUt88,**  Titlo 66, rhloh Ma48 a8 rOiiOW8:

-Art. 4009. FR?z TR:::SFORT.~TXON.- Nothla in th:8 tit18 8h8l.1

br OOu8tNId t0 prohibit 8nr 8Xpr888Honor8blo C.R. YO??OosllOO, pa68 3


### ooapaay from hulln( or oarrylng fro0 ot ohmgo any paokbgo or froputy of 

### it8 rotualboar 

### ildo orri

### ous, l ttornsya,yentr 8nd ra910~808till0 la the



### ir8@-Of-ohargo

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### tkrlrhallI.8 

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### otual raploywlt **0r** mob 

### OQLi8nr or 188 roO8lt8r 

### 00 larrrry provided 

### tho aOkra OM iid0 OfflO8MI l nd 

### M3&0)808 UpOIl 81lllUa1 881. ad88 

## or rrilny tale9hwo oqmnior rBd 

### tolograph oom9f1nl88

ara hmrob;l punfttd to uOheng# frank 

### 9rlrlllgr8and fir* trlr,8portatlon ov8r thrlr to8peotlro llnor 0r 

### r8lluayand trlq&raphor tru

### phonr.. (Undor#ootlo# ours)


### Xt lr not 

### lntlrolyslrar from r88dlq Utiolo 4009, 8upr6, whothor only 8Xprr88 003~8AiOS 

### QUA tXW8port +%rtiO1eO fir8 of OhUg8 t0 oharitablr 

### in8titutiOnS Or Utrthr tho8. 

### attlolormay 

### bo trsnrportod 

### frrr of ohsrgr to ahsritablaInrtltution8by 811 of tho tr*n89ortation ocacanirra8 ommeatrd 

### la Arti 4005, rupra.



### fn this eonmetlon wo quota from B.2. Ho. 196, Aots 37th Lag., RO(rii8r sa88iOXLa

ch. 99, 00 191 l

### 8 iOiifJW1 "800. 2. That thr prorirton,of Srotloa1 or tN8 Aot (Art. 

### 1532), shall not bo hold to prohibit rlnf

### rtoaia or 

### OloOtrlOlnt~~b@n rallUav,t818pqh oo~+ay, or 0hertrtad tm3nsport5tlon owpan~, or 

### olrapl~ 08r 

### ooaFa), or th8 r8oeITrrrOY 1r88.U thrrrof, 01: 

### p8r8OAS oprratlng the maa, or **th8** ofSiOOrs, 8gIAt8 or OriplOyaO8 thonot, ftom grantIn& fro0 ot rxohanglAg frrr perol, l l l i

l 

### 8 c 8, aor rhrll ~ythln# ln thir Act prrtrnt 

### aal ruoh ooa~mirr, thoir raorlru8 

### ot loarr8r**rr0r** 

### trmwportlry frao oi ahergr*al artioloking **88nt** 

### to snf or#an haso Or Other ohrrltsblokr8titUtiOBi l + 0 .a. ,

Eonorsblo C,R. YoUmaoo, pago & 

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Soaalon, Oh. 42, p. 9) 

### as amandod bf LB. No. 168, f2n6 Lw. # 

### Regular 8asalon, 

### Ch. U), 9. 151 as latar aoandrd bl 

### H.B. 198, l



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## quotd **hot8** 

### IS **to** 

### allow all tranaportatlon



### oo.z~mlaa

*a l numerata6



### tharaln to trrnaport artloloa tr88 

### or ohargato oharitablrlnatltotIona. It l 

### 9981r8 

## rr0m **mi0i8 5009,**  **SUPS, that**  **th0 i604~uOg8**  **OOD** 

### talnad in R.R. Ro. 

### 196, rbova quoted, 

### was allShtlyohs-ad aad rr-array84 

### Whan tha Civil Statutaaware 

### ravla8~ In 1925. It aa8ma 

### to 

### us thatArt1018 

### 4009, l 

### upn, la rlaarl~ l



### uaoa9- tlbla Oi pOmittb6 

### any trWI890?%3t10~8OlU~4, 8s SIIWSr(Lt8d 

### In Tit18 

### 66, 

## to oarry 

### 6OOdarY88 Or Obr@O 

### 80 I oharlkbla institution. Thla clrpartmnt has hrld that motor 

### buaa8a and **motor OSZTi8lS**  ar8 lubjaot to the 

### 9rO~iaiOZ1a Or 

### 'Pi818

66 oi th8 RavIaad 01~11 Statutrr,ama baitqJ Arti 

### 4005 to 

### 4015 **iIlO1ClsiV8.** 

### O9lnlonaNo. 

### O-445and O-2983.

SfnC8 th8 18giSlStiV8 history 0180ru ShOWS th8t th8 L8gialetun 

### has always l

### llored transportationOo51p4nIaa to oarry 

### goods to oharltablainatltutlona **rT88 0r**  **ohargr** and since A,tlola 4009, aupra, 

### la olrsrlySuSO8ptfbla

### to l uah oonstruotlon, w8 

### oonoludathat all tranaportat1on rolqpanlaa aa anPla8ratIJd

in Tltla 

### 66 or th8 R~vlard Statutes,as 

### wall as 

### motor oSrrl8r8,arr transportgoods fr88 

## or oharga 

### to any orphan hona 

### or other oharltablaInstitution.

o+lon 

### No. O-2983la ovarrulad only 

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### thisopluloa. 

### Yoursvorf 

### trot ATTORNRY 

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