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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  

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Ilozwrrble D. c. Qrear Sat-4 Hl@way Bngtnaer *u8tln, Texar

**Dear** Sir1

**tlonr** contained in r8tlng the opinion

Comi88kui of e 66-m-w of f TUU8, or any fae exempt lloenre Sfmah and raploye4a of the **of** the Intrrarrtlonal Boun4azy

abunae of 8myrtatut8 a88UUiOO **Of** 8UOh pht48, do.8 the Contention **8-d** 

## at **UUfOO City,**  **kl@l8t** 12, 1942, 

## bet-en the tbit4d **8t4t@8** Of America

andMulaol

thorire andrewtlra the IiQhvay Department of 'bra8 to i88ua 8uah 1iWZl88 phtb8t
Attaohed to rour letter ir a lettar frea L. II. tiVI)OP, &4mIi88iOner, u. 3. im3tiOn Of the biteX7iatiOXUl

## 666

Honorable D. C. 

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B~~my8Co18810n, aacompenled br e 118t of Wexlaan

OffiObl8 **and** employee8 of the Hexiamb Section. The Cottd8iOn.r 8trtO8 in hi8 letter that eaoh Of th8 **named**OffiOi~l8 **h48** been duly appointed by the Mexloan Government to 

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xeral8e offlclel i\oatlon8 in the terrltorr of the United gtate8, eeoh bea 8 n8tIOnal of Hexloo, 8.nd not engage4 la any prlvete oooupetlon for geln vlthln 

## ttu United stat.8 and t&t pem1881On for themto **eXWd8*** rush offlalel funotlonr her been duly granted by the Oovernmont of the United Stete8.



### !thehrivention referred to va8 ratified in a proala&%tfOn br the -ridat **of** the 

### tlhitrd **State8,** 

### offeotlve JulP 1, 1943, wherein the Artloler of the Convention, fourteen ln nuuber vrn 8.t forth. It 18 OXpHS8- 1~ derlgnated a **aoruulur** Oonventlon, **the** purporor of which vere to dofiae the dutler, rlghtr, privllege8, exemptlonr and lmmuaftle8 of aon8uXer offloer8 of eroh aountry. An examination of the provirionr 

### under the Article8 of thI8 Conventlon fbllr to di801088 any mentioning or referenao to th8 Intematlonal Bounder Coaalrelon.

Artlale 667%-%8, **vwnont8** Annotated Civil Stetuter, in pert provIdo8r

. aaid 

### bpbrtwnt ear provide for the Irruenc~ ~f’8pealallP d88IgMted plate8 to there uempt br 

### law, **and mar** provide ZW1e8mdnregulatIoZi8 for tha 188u8nOOthereof,

. . . . Th8 Coav8ntIon herein referred to ha8 the 

### foraeand effeot of 8 treety betveen the tvo aountrIe8, vhloh by the provlrlonr of Article I, Seation 10 of the Conrtitution of the United State8, all treatIe8 medounder the authority of the 

### UnIted States hall be the Supreme kv of the 

### Land. It appear8 **therefore** th8t if the national8 in quertion moue 

### vlthln the **pPOVi8iOll8 Of**  **8bLd COnVMLtiOn,**  there 18 **8t~tUtO~** 8uthorltr vlthin the **above** quoted provlrlon of Artiale **6675a-** >a **for** ruoh fee ue8pt lIoen8e pletO8 to be Ilrued.

Artlole III, peragreph 1 of 

### the Convontlon, provides; 

### 'Conruhr offioor8 and **emp1oyess in**  **a oon**  8tiet,e, MtIOlMl8 Of the State bJ whloh the) CLI’e..



## 667

Honorable 0. C. 

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appointed, and not engaged In my private ooauprtlon **for** @a v1thi.n the torrltory of 

### the skte in vhloh they uemlse their irmotiOIh8, 8hll ti OXmPt frOU 811 tW.98, lbtiOIlal, **State,** ?rovlnoIal and Jtunlalpal, 

### lnoludlag tax.8 on f-8, vapor **or** ulmler noelred 8peaIfla811~ Lo oompon8atlcin

### for 

### eoxuulbr rervloer, bad the7 **8hll** 

### k uompt fromall klad8 of **ohmqpr** 

### Inaldent to the llaen8lag, POgi8t~~tiOll,UBe OF OiPUUbtiar, Of vOhiOl.8.

. . . . 

### 8eatlon 2 **of** the above Artlole of raid Convention prOVid.8 8

## ëThe

l xaptlona **provided ia**  **pangraph** 

### 1 of thi8 Art1010 8ha11

## l pp1~ quallf **to** other offlotilr **who**rn dUly 

## l 9poInted 

### by one of the High

Coatmating



### hrtler tol

xorol8e offIol.al iuaatIon8 In tha torrltory of **the** other High ContnotinS **lkrty,** provided **tht** ruoh of

### fiOb18 8h811 b8 MtiOMl8 Of th. State b9- 

### pointing thm and rbll not be 

### engaged in any 

### private ooau9mtloa **for** gain vlthln th8 terrltory of the State in vhlah they exerciro 

### their hrnOtiOn8j Uld provldod furth#r 

### that 9em18- 8lon 

### for tm tol xeral8e rush official funatloar ha8 been duly granted by the Oovernmeat 

### of the receiving 

### State. The Oovwnment of 

## the %btO 

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p@Ztting 8Uoh OffiOibl8 8hB11QOUmunlaate to the 

### Oovormmnt of thmroarlvlng Stat0 uti8faotoPy l videnoo of the appoint**ment** bnd rhll Indlaate the 

### ohanoter of the 8onioe8 vhioh vi11 be **perfomed** by the offIoIal8 

### to vha the 

## l xuptionr 

### mw intended to apply." 

### It **18** 

### further provided in pIngnph 3, Artlole I that **tha** OavernMnt 

### of uoh **High Contnoting**  **Party rhall**  furnirh frW Of Oharm the lkeGe88N7 l Xeq!mtUr Of **8UOh con**  rular offIoer8 of the other High Contnatlng Pbrty a8 pre8ant l **M@ar** OUlUi88iOn 

### signed **by tha**  **chief h.outiVe**  **of**‘: 

## 668

Honorable D. 0. Onor, hg8 4

th8 appointing Stat0 and 

### undrrit8 great 8881. LlkevI88 8Uch eX8qu8tUr 8b811 be fUmirh8d t0 8 8UbOrdlU8t8 or 8UbrtitUt.8 OOll8ti8r **OffiCOl'.**

Ansverlng **your** nqu88t, 

### It I8 the opinion 

### of thlr department **thet** in view of **the** fozwgolng authorities, rush MtiOXl418 Of th. United lkxiO8n State8 refemd to in your lottsr, offlalalr 8nd 8aploy888 of the Int8matIanal Boundary colanI88f~~&,

### u be 188U8d8peOidly f80 OXOIIIpt liCOn8e 918tO8 

### uadar Artlole 6675&3M, V8Zllo&l'8Aunotat8d civil StotUt88, provided 

### oaoh h88 

### bUn i88UOd 

### the l xo quatur

w thi8 **‘ &Wlla**  Mnt under the prcvirionr of the Convention b8tv8en th8 United State8 of 

### Ameriaa and Wexloo, rigned Augurt 12, 1942, and bffeotlve 

### Julr 1, 1943.

Your8 very truly

WJRlCrff