OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENiRAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

IIonorable,Oeo. W. COX 

stafo Iiaalth.orrfcmr 

AlwAp,: Taxar : 

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Doer sir:.. 
Honorable iieo. ii. COX, pirge i; 

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~8 to the rirst oondition, we 58~0 rrearohed the Federal 

Code mad heme found 110 national 106i8btiOn rOg+zdi4 8anfttWy 

oondttionr on interstate dining oars. Her hare we. Also~rtreA 

that Song~ees has oonfuted autkorit7 utpon a braaoh or the 

emoutlw arm or the Qbvsrmnt to make rwgulation8 ragmllng 

tlw mtter. 

80 ru ma the amon eomdltion ts,o0noaxned, tr bellma 

rush ~m8e8 a8 166 u. 5. eee, 

sob BY* 00. 

I5 the Il. I. oak L rtat8 *tat&o ragdating the heating 

or pa8smnger.ou8 while .lxl .Ser York gtat8.W 8maSUoally applyins to lnt~rotatr oars, wa8 upbl&Xn the w oaae, tb 8tatr 

mtatute rdatiag tb the rpood blW *8~ rppUed to am faterntato 

tnin ~ud'io'tho Arknaiar oan, SWW "tull 'orew lawI* were appAirA to latustato triin8. Xono~.sr tkt8~~~~~.r&(tul~tloar were 

kdd to burden lnter8tPtr oorppaerh. Indead, b the F&y York oaaa, 

we rind tke Jfaltti4 Stat+ fkpred adurt .iafia(Z! 

** * * TM l tatutm: in queotlon ha(for ftr. 

objeot to protiot all p&son8 trav*U$rig ip. ho 

Stmti oilen York ~5 msegu omfr ao+sh 'bytb 

agena7]oi r to m8 a g a b nt 

putidb5hwrodr 0r beat 

te pa&k l tti*w.a 

be “maIon TV doijbt tn8 8t '"4! 

aWh oar&. Thqp ma7 

or tad irtd. 

&or07 of aw@aatloarr .’ 

Bat t&at was ‘m mattir for th8 State 

t6 ~determine. WI kmw rro8 ,the raoi~.gf ths etatut. 

tkat it has a na~l,L8tlb8taatial relatLq8 to an obJOot a8,to ~*lnh the State IS Impotent to U&llmtr, ~17, the pusbaal-nourftqor tho8q uk@ 

U8 ~88M@t# On OUS luri(l +&thin It8 l&&t'. wh7 

may net regalatlona to tha’,aud b+mado appliesbles 

rktkia a Stat.6 to thr-a&Pi aP ttillmmd oompaalas 

engaged In iiWr8tato eoonnetbe a8 well a8 to oar8 

used whol4 with&R 8u8k Stat*? PW86S8 tXeVeklir@ 

on lsterrta:tr ,t*t%w rrcl a8 aup entitled, wM1e 

tit&bin a Stat8, to tha~pr@tbOtiOn 0r that Btata, 

a8~ tkO8. rho tratel 00 6OamStiO tralo8. !iqm 

8tatUt8 in QU88tiOa %B .BQt QiX+Qt@ .&iia8t.ioteTatfbto .00maeroa. ~QT %S it witkgn the ma%pang~Or 

the Ooertituttoa a regulation or o~mmm~',~although It oontrctls, in 8QpU d8Bfee, the oonduot 

or those aagaged.ia awk ooauubroe. k?kV rW.448 it 

mar efreot lntemtat8 oomae~oe, ;it i.8 to w Feg@zAed ., " ~. 

a8 leglalatioa tltX *iA 0r.~ooaabraa ~~4 enaa;*~A under 

the porex reraalni,ng wkth the mate to rcylrrlate the 

relattve right8 'ant$ Buti88 0r a11'prrroa8~mixd oorporatlona rithln ita limit8. %@&I!. liigLao8d~bf 
suok national logi8latioa as Congress caT rightrully 88tabli8h under %t8 WWJr t0 ZWLtiata ?oamerae with rordgn nation8 aa amonis the rrerrml 

e&.afe8, the raliditr 0r the ~statute, SO rar a0 th. 

003MIrOO olaU80 0r the co~stltutloa 0r tke United 

States ir oonoarned, cannot b8 qUe8tiOn8d. 

wC~~8a1 ror the railroad 8ugsts8tr that a ooarliot imtre8n State rogulatlon8 III r88p8ot or thr 

bating or paurager ous us04 In lntorrteta oom8uao ualQ Uko 88f8 and raptd.tra58portatloa~lmgo88iblOl that t0 Stop U OXPM.8 tMh OQ it8 trip 

Sroa Ior York t0 B08tO5 at th0 -0Oti8Ut -8 h 

or&u tkat paUORgU8 ma7 108V8. the oars &ate6 a8 

n~uind b7 hW et iHO’ OthU WI b8t.6 

in l biirU& md0 

Camwotiout, and than 

rriOrrif7 With the hU8 Or 

.tb m88&8hUOtt8 11Q8 t0 

got lato 'wars heated bj rtfii l aathersaado a8 %?a- 

@red b tme hW8 0r t&q. Ckmwawoalth, w0oltla bo 

a kardr JJ p on travel Watt aoold not bm an@& 

4&88 #088iblO &BOOn*rDhlO88 ,OUUiOt WfOOt a 

gU88tiarr Or p0w.r in uoh 6tat. to rke BuOh ~a#Oliable. ro6ahtloa*- rot the uiot7 ot parnag8rr on 

Iat0r8tato trains a8 in it8 judlpwat, all thinga 

00n8ihr0d, 18 rpproprbiw8nb 0rr00tit0. ~IWW 

V8d8&WeS Or thlr Ohal'8Ot.r 08MOt br 8WiidOb 10 

low a8 8roh staw ha8 pbnar7 8tlttvarst7 mft~hi5 its 

~tWritOElal Uritri to prOrid for tbe.8MOt7 0f tha 

&VAbuO, ‘@a 

publie goI 1 

Otii5& t0 it8 OU8 Vi088 Of BWl8@8$t7 md 

87’ .a& aa loag 80 Qangrear dnr It rtn 

aot to .otabdfrh ngulatioacl en tha mbjiot :tht would 

dirplctoo way laoooillrtaat ro$lpom:of the Statea 

OOV8ra the &me ground. * 

IO themfor adri8o 700~ that, i5,our opinion, T0xar Pure 

Pood and lhu Law8 will apply 40 intqr8,tato dining bars while 

tJmy r&l5 ,in tblr State. 

Vu7 truly 7ours 

ATTORWEY CWhlAL OF TEXAB 

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