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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

HonorableHal F. Raohal Assistant County Attorney Hueoes Oountg Corpus Chrlsti, Texas Dear 

### Sir:

Receipt ,of' your to.the proper oonstrwtlon pI 372, General and Speoial. la h6reby @oknovledged,

ng a Line from said.polnt on stake or marker on Mustang Island, one mile'north of Gorputi Christi Pass, tn the eveht both of atiiid'boundariaa should not 0olnoideP "2. Does the term Gorpua Chrlsti Pass', as used in SenateBill 317, mean only that portion of the Pawwhioh oonneots the Gulf of Mexicowith Laguna Madre, OF doea it mean the-Ron.Hal. F. Rachel,page 3

"If the stake 

### OPmarker is situated :~..~a& a point one mile as near Borth as possible from the opening of Corpus Christ1 Pass and the Corpus Christi Bay, then such stake 

### OP marker wquid be almost due east of the stake or marker on **Flour** Bluff, but such stake or marker oould not be looateddue north of auoh mouth of the Pass, but on the contrary,would be situated about north northeast of the mouth of such Pass." Section 1 of Senate Bill 317, supra, reads in part: !Be It enaoted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: 

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' Bill 317:vaspassed and seems to be %nLne?feoC.at this Mine. "we.&,ru tunableto find any notatL& to theeffeat that &wh

It mrty'be'consldered ih oonnectionwith' it def*:es:

uGorpua Owqti Pass"

as follows: Az%,ole 941 L-0. reads in part

"C0rpuaChrist1 Pass, leading. from . . i&pus ChrIsti~Bag to the Gul? of .Nekfexico; Braeos Santlage Pass, leadlng 

### from the Lower Laguna #a&e to the Gulf oij$exi.co.

. . .," In dur oplfion these aots ahMId be construed in par1 materla and that 161 follows that "Corpus Christ1 %ass"Hon. Hal. F. Raohal, page 4

mentioned in Senate Bill 317 means the pass conneotlngCorpus Chrliitl:Bay

tith the Gulf of .l&xloo. !Chls inference I? supportedby the fact stated $n your lottor,;.+ha$ a point on Mustang Island approxlmatel &o&h of that pass i-9 almost due east of Flour Bluff, which 5enate Bill 317, supra, fndica.tes to be true.

Armrering'your third qwstion, I+ la our oplnlon that the stake 

### OP marker on Idustang;I:Jsland one mile north of Corpus Christ1 Pass should be plaoed at a point on Mustang Island one mile as near north of said pass as possi61s rather than due north of 'said pass but not on Mustang Island.

### Eon.Hal F. Iiachal, page 6
rectingthe immediate de~truotion

of such skins,strikenet,gill dot, tr*mmelnet, ~rIsbriqp trawlby the Sh@.fS or oonstable of the county where the a&se was 

### tried,and the Sheriff or constable of.theaountyshall lmmedlatelgdestroy such seine, strike net( illpet; 'trammel

net, or 

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trawl.
. .' 7' 

### Bmphaslaours) de we oonetruethe abovequotedlanguage, theLeglalature

eeemfi to providefor destruotion of seines etc. In theaaae of a oonviotion under 'thatpartloular 

### artio le. We are unable to find any provision in Senate 15111 

### 317 or 

### any other statute

### jrrhioh,.in our judgment, oouldrequire 

### or ,permlt a destruotlonof the seineseta. in the ewmt of a conviction lmder Senate 

### Bill 317.