OFFICEOFTHEA~ORNEY GENERALOFTEXAB 

### AUSTIN

,

Honorable E. 0. Sisoke, Diraotar TetxasForeat Ser~lor hgirloultural& Naohanloal College of Torae 

# a0ueg0 Station, Texas 

# DearSir; Oplnloa No. O-6012 Rer Under House EIll 543, nhat
: pwors a6 pesos offleer will the deslgBlt*d em loyaer 

# 0r '~ the 

### Texas Porast Bimioe hen when appoint+ anyrwh? ëIbis iatolbtiasthat we hami

**given** oamiol00~ sicldrationto your.request'fotiour opl+on upon the **queatlon** 

### a# stated above: J ,'



### l'%e.psrtin& part of the aat of the U@rl.ature known as Homae ~I,llNo, 643 

### or tha Forty-smu~t& Csgl@lature ia oontisine4

In Seation 1 therroi, readingaa ~ollcumr kbtiol& That Art%Ol@ fw313, %visea. clv$l Ratuter of !&BIB, lPeB,~beamendejl by adding the follaning perugraph to be know& a8 seotion we1
Ihe 

### %ate lore&a! may when the 

# emCorIG&%

or the provlslona ot.t& 

## Aot reqtire~, -8 th0 

# i01idng 0r hi5 

# ~gi0~~58 Rro Dietriot ~~orestsrs. four Division Patrolmsn, and four Patrolmi, as maoe 

# ofriofmi, whom duUea and wwera ahal. not sxoeed the hutlee of the state Forester a&iset out in &l0t10n 10 hereol. The neossaity or BUOh 

### a- be eertlried to and approved by the,board of direatorf+.*" (Wareooglng Our6) Section 10, Article E813, 

# RevisedCivil StatutuL of Texas, 192:, relates to tha appointment, quallfioati~nai '.

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### aompansatlon a& dutle8 of the &ate ForeBter,an4 in partloular oonteln8 tQlr 1anguagJ.1

". . . He shall take 8uoh aotlon a8 may be deemed naaessaryby **said** board to prevent and extlngulsh fore8t-ilre8,shall entorue all lam pertalniogto the proteotlon of 

### forest am aooalands. ana mo8~out8 **ror** any Yto3,ation of suoh law8; . . .w (Undorsooring 

### our81 Thepsnal provialona0r our statutasrelating to the protsotlon of Yom8t and woodlands* 

### am oontalned In Ohapter lWo of Title I.7 of the @vl8rd CrImInal Statutar or Texas, 1925. **Penal**

### Cob*.) (aea

### Artlola 1517 to 1530, Varon*a Annotated

The **8peoiilo** 

### lZja0 and 1scIO. atilolesdeamad ap lloableam ls21

Artiale ls21 relate8 to llSl?ulor ne#igenC tgrntngwoodland 

### or prairleg, tS29 18 denoted ttnard the pravantlon of 08oapIngrpark8 irom.looaPaotlve8, snglnar a& IpoUera; girlng the State ?ora8tsror hi8 aide8 InsfrMtIob pevi18,3W ti'a4ditiM to pPOridiag ~UBiShMBt 

### iO? viOlath8; ~0 a-a010 ass0 prohibit8rid.43or r0n8t8 02. o@-owr lanaa. In aah lartanoo,the pmaltie8 

### provtdrd . mrk auah a8 to oonatituto thb oifolue, ii and nhan oonaltted to be a mirdmsaaor a8 di8tlngul8heafrom a r010q.

Xn oar opinionl&i,O-1454 a a& ofwhlohls anolwcrd 

## Soryour infonmtian, 

### therm 18 a **di8ou58ion of**  **the pwor.**  

### andduty***of a+ory**  **pewe O?fiOer**  

### to **enforoe all**  **the** 

### law generally,alf&ugh it8 8pedfia applioation lu to the loadlimltandhighmylaw~

lature harr

In that o&Ion It 18 oorraotly saidthat the leg18t seen fit to enaot 

### nwy differant pena.law6 **u&or**

. 

### the otate police 

### power;that in ineta the 

### laumekar8bar0 reodgnlzed that there are oartainohoees of otflo8r8 

### pzvparly tralqed and 

### equipped to do the preliminarywork in~makln&

### a ease and that theee in8taneo8,in efieot,act 88 limitation8 upon tha power'ofwiny QMOIJ offlaon.

It la evident to ua that itma8 not the intention of the LagSslature ln anaotingEou8e Bill No. 543 to bestow upon the State **Foreater** 

### or the Vi8trlot Foreater8, **Divieion** Patrolman 

### and Patrolmenuto be **named** by 

### the stats Forester under provisions of the bill, genaral power8 a8 "peaoe offi

# I‘

.

### Honorable E. O:%isoke, Direotor, Pam 3

01~8~ to enroroe tall0s our orlmlnal 

### lava gonqally. The ~u~dersooredportion of the **aOt, SUpZlS,**  

### make. it olear that thepower and.&&ies of suoh appointeea @hall not exoeed the duties of tho state Forester, 1.0.. *to 

### enforce all 

### laws pertaining to tho,prot&tlon of imeet and woodlandaW.

The rleht;.

# 0s suoh 0rri00r8 **to make**  **armsts in**  their 

### orriola~ oapaolty le thereforelimited to violations Of law8 afrboting the proteotlon of fOrSSt8 

### and u0odlan48. The 

## riht to arrest 

### with a warrantwimld bo 

### reatrloted to euoh v OlatIoM;

**f** the 

### right to **arre8t without**  **warrant, sines**  

# %LW8 i8 **110 SpsCif~O**  **Sb3tUtOq A~O~SiOU**  OthOnrise wotid 

### be limited to SuOh vlolatlOn8 

### OcOUWlng **Within** their pre

# 5encoand view, and.even then, suoh arreet wlthout warrant rauld 

### be further 

### llmlted to **?OiO~OS** 

### andmledemeanore oonatltutingan norrenesagainst the publlo~peaaaW.

In the oasa of Ebb V. 8tate, 131 Tar. Cr. b.96, 96 8. W. (2d) 

### 981 the court of Crlmlnal Appeals reversed the oaee 

### beoauss it appeared 6ppOllant 

### refused the **rsqueet** 

### or a oonstable to mlgh hismotok truok, it appaarlng that authorityto walgh suoh trucb.,lmd 

### bean oonferrad upon 

### liwnse andwalght lnepeotors of the 

### %ate Highway Department anly, The OOTAZ%

said the

# OCiSCi

did not COW 

### wlthtn the gs~~~x'al 

# prOV~8iOM

Orth0 Cod8 Of C&I&M]. mOOf#duFfI, &%ielOll 312 

### and S!i,vesting .peaoeoffloerewith the right to arrest wlthootwarrent 

### if an oiisnso-. 8u8h 68 to OOlI8titUte a *maoh 0s 

### the pa0e” 

### in the OffiO~r'Sprssenoe~ that the violation ln the aa8e did not OoxMitUta~8UOh a 

### btiaaah.

Xlth rerorenoe to.the term *broaoh of.

### the psaoa*, we quote the 

# r0iidOg languaso by Judge E~wkina in the motlor;for rohsaring in the Head oaaei

We quote 

### fxom Corgu8 Surfs,vol. 9, ppr 386 

### to 308, the definition of a breaoh of the peaool
ncThe term *b?saeh ot the peaoom 18 gonurd~,:~and 1nO1UdeS all 

### VfO~tiOll8 Of the public peace or order, or deoorum; in other words, it algnlffee the offense of dieturbin& the glblic peace or tranqtiPity enjoyed by the citizena of a oommunity; a di8turbanO.e or the public tranqulllity by any aQt or cmduot inciting to violenoe or tonding to provoge or excite others to~break the peace; a dlsturbanoe of publio order by an a@t of

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v101ence; or by any aat likely to produoe violenwi, or which, by causlne consternation and alarm Uloturbs the paaoe and quiet o of the commur~ty. By *peaott",as we& In this COM4OtiOll, 18 meant the tranquilllty enjoyed by the oltlzene of a mnloipallty or a oolsaunltywhere good order reigns among its membern. **&eaoli OS**  the peaus 18 a OODman-law osfenl3e. It has been said that it le not a speolSlo of'fenfde, yet it nmy bra,end at tlma Is, rs44gnlzetl aiaeuoh by statute or **otherwicre; and**  only when eo mgarded will it be oonsldered In thi? srtiols.
W-The otfenee may ooneirt of sots of publio turbulenoe or inbeeommiln violation oi the cmmon peeoe and quiet, OS en lnva-. elon of the security and proteatlon whioh the laws aSSord to every altleen, or OS aote such ae tend to emfte violent rraentment or to provoke or exalt8 othere to break the peao,6i.Aatuel.or?&reatmod tlolenae le an eseentlal element of a breaah of the peaoe. Either one is sufSialent to constitute the offem4 . **Acaortllngly,** 

### where meana whloh oauee disquiet and dlaorder, and uhloh threaten 

### danger end dieaster to the uommunlty, are wed, It amounte to a breeoh oS,ths pea&s, although no.aetu&l percronalvlolenas Is employed. where the inoitsnent OS terror or fear of peraonel riolenoe Is a neoeesarg element, the conduct or language of the wrongdoer muet be of a chanoter to Induos dch a 0onUltlon 

### In a person of ordinary firmness.'

***Our am-statutes**  and the OQB~FJdecided t!A;areunber

sustain the Idea that to be a ,d' breaoh of the peaae the act complained of r,wt be ace wiilchdisturbs or 

### threatens to disturb the tranqillllty enjoyed by the olti- :eni3. See article8 473 to 482, Penal Code (es amended (Vernon's AM. PI C. arts. 47?)- 462) ); Lee V. Stare, 45 Tex. cr. R. 04, 74 s. Pi.2x3. . . ." For.other oases upon the subjeot of "breaoh OS the peaoe" or "offense against ;tubllcpeaoa* 8401 Waltrlp v. .-

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lfonorableE. 0. Sleeke,'Dlreotor, Paage5

State, 134 Tex. Cr. Re.202; 114 S. 1. 555; Weska V. State, 1.32Tex. Cr. R, 524, 106 S. 1. 275; King Y. State, 132 Tex. Cr. R. 200,‘LO3 9. PI. (2d) 754.

It la evident to ue from what has been said by our courts thet the question ot.whether the otfensea of Whloh your Foreat Ofrlcere should take cognlzanoe would oonstltute uof?enees against the publio peaas" 

### would be a faotual queetlon depending upon the partioulare in,oeoh.epeolflo violetion.. Ii

### meesursd by the prlnolplee enunolated in the Head 

### oaae, qq,there may be wmy lnstancee where a Violation of the . artloles of tho Peoal Code, olted 

### earlier In this opinion, ~uld come within the meaning or the pbrass; others may not. We knoarof no means to apply a hard, fast unvarying rule uoon the violations referred to, espeoia& slnoe a lengthy searoh has availed no 

### pmoedsnts for our guldanco.

TruetAng the above will prove of some benefit to you, we are
Yours rsry truly