OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Robert D. Pen? 

County Attorney 

Reeve8 County 

Peoor , Texar 

Dear sat 

OS River and flat0 the vaterr 0r the 

ed under Artlole 

r Control Dlrtrlct 

“Sub-&. 1. The Board of Mreotorr of ruoh 

Dlstriotr rim11 Wve uul 8r8 hereby olothed rith 

the povec a nd l thorltf to aAopt 8nd promulgate 

811 such remomble awl.8 uul regu~tlonr l 8 me 

deemed neaerrary for pnsbrvlng the unitary aondition of all uatem oontrollbd by the Di@trlct, 

to prevent veto or v8tar, or the wmthorired we 
Honorable Robert D. Penn, Page 2 

thereof, t6 regulate rorldence, boating and campIizg and all rroreatlonal and busInes8 prlvilrger 

upon any body of vater, and any bod7 of land ovned 

or controlled by such DIstrIct.s,....etc. 

“Sub-seo. 2. Provides a punishment by a fiae 

not to exceed #lOO.OO or ImprI8onment In th8 oounty 

jail not to exceed 30 da78 or both such fIn8 and 

Imprlsomwnt for the violation of auah rules and 

regulations after due promlgatlon thereof. 

“The District has promulgated osrtain rule8 

and regulations in oomplianae vlth the procrdure 

outlined In Sub-sea. 2 of said Artlole 7652a. 

“Certain flshsrman In trying to circumvent 

these rules and regulations, go into Hev Xexiioo, 

plaoe their boats in the river and float dwn the 

river Into the vaters of the lake, aatah their fish 

and go baok up the river Into Hew NexIoo and dlsembark. At no time do they get off,the vater of 

the lake onto the land adjaaen$ thereto vhieh I8 

wned and controlled by thr Dlstrlot. 

“The question Involved Is: Can th88e fishermen 

be prosecuted~under &tie18 76f$!a, of the Bevlsrd Civil 

Statutea for violating th8 rule8 and regulations a8 

promulgated by the Dlstrlot under these cIraumH.ancea?” 

We interpret your request to bet Ssy the Board of 

Directors of the Dlstrlot promulgate rules aad regulations 

vhIch mrry form the basis for a crImlnal prorecutlon? Therefore, 

In thla opinion ve are not attempt- to pass upon the valIdit 

or the rules and regulations as promulgated by the Dlstrlot, 

but are only passing upon the queatlon of vhether rule8 and regulations promulgated br the Dlstrlet, othervise valid aa7 be 

made the basis of oriminal proseoution under J&la18 ‘&a, 

Vernon’8 Civil Statutes. 

The Constitution o? T8xas, &tIole 16, Stztlon 59 (a) 

and (b), vhlch beoams etfeotlve Oatober 2, 1917, reads as follovst 

‘Sec. 59s. The cons8rvatIon and developmmt 

of all of the natural resouroe8 af thI8 State, lneluding the oontrol, storing, preservation and dlrrtribution OS Its 8torm and flood vatw8, the vater8 

of Its rivers and streams, for Irrlgatlon, pwcr 

and all other useful purpo8e8, the reohnmtlon asd 

irrigation OS Its arid, semi-arid ad other landa 

needing Irrlgatloe, and reOlaI8atIOn and dralmge Of 

Its orerfloved lands, and other landr needing drain- 
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age, th8 oanrervatloa 8ad denlopmat or its 

forests, vater and Wo-eleotrio pwor, the navigatlon of its inland and oo88tal vatera, aad the 

pr88orv8tIon and oOMOm8tlOn of all rwh natural 

POSOUZ'O~S Of th@ stat. U'. eaoh end 811 &rob7 

de&and publlo rights and dutlor: and the Loglrlaiao8hall pus all ruoh lava a8 nuy k appropriate 

‘(i) There MT Ee oruted vU&ia the State of 

Texas, or the State PIJ bo divided Into, rwh number 

0r ooxu4matloa and reolamtloa di8trlot8 80 may be 

determIn8d to b8 l rrmtial to the l ooorpliahm8nt of 

the pU?pOSeS Of this -&ttt t0 th. OOMtitUtiOa, 

vhioh diStPiOt8 S-11 be governmental rgeaolea and 

bodies polltlo and OOrPOr8te vlth SUOh povera of 

governmnt and vlth the authorit? to rrenlre 8uOh 

rights, prIvIlego8 and ?uaotloru coaaerning the Subjeot matter of this ammdt8@nt u ialq be oonfernd br 

l&T.” 

The k@SbttU'O, ?Ozl tit. PPrpOSeS Of ,@ ViXll ffe g o t 

to Artiolo 16, Sootion 59 (a) and (b) o? the Con8tItutlon, rupra, 

rnaoted Chapter 2, Title 128, Vernont8 ClvIl Statutes, and partlaular attention is dinoted to Artloler 7271 and 76528 of 

Title 128. 

Artlole 7471 NdS, la part, a8 ?011ow8, 

"In the oonaervcrtlon aad utlllratloa of vater 

deolared the property of the State, the pub118 velfan requin8 not only the reUOgaltIoa of we8 

beaefioial to the pub110 veil boIag, but requires 

as a oonatrwtlre publlo pollor, b deolantloa of 

priOl$tieS in the allotmoat and l pproprtitloa thorooil and It la h8r8by doolared to be the pub110 polloy 

of th8 State aad l aa8ntI81 to the pub110 vel?ar8 and 

for tb, benefit of the people that in the allotmnt 

and l pproprlatloa of tha waters defined la Artlole 

7467, of the Rovlr8d Civil St&tutor of Texas of 1925, 

pnfenwr and priority be given to the ?ollwlng 

u8ea la the order ammd, to-witt 

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Honorable Robert 0. Penn, ?age 4 

“7. Reonation and ploaruro.' 

Arm10 76528 mad8, ln put, as ?O~tWSt 

’ ub-reo. 1. Th@ Board Of DiPeOtor8 of S&h 

Dlatri iI t8 Sh811 bm. and a?8 hereby olot&d with 

the power and authority to adopt aad promulgate all 

8UOh PUaoMbl@ ti.8 Utd PO~tlOM U UO doemd 

wOtJ888PJ ?OP pPe8OrVbg th0 SUdt~7 OOXtditiOn Of 

all ntora ooatrollad by the Dirtriot, to prwoat 

vanto of vater, or the tmauthorlred tue thoreo?. to 

“Sub-800. 0. ASJ rlolatloa 0s tha proYl8Ion8 

of this Act, or such ruler and regulatlona, Uter 

dw promulgation theroof as herolna?ter provided 

for, Sb11 b e ttitwrti., l d Sh411 be pWi8h.d by a 

ia 0 not to l xaoed thcava 0s o ne ma dnd (#lo o .o o ) 

bolhrr, or ImpHronm8nt la the oount7 ail 0s tha 

county vhere such offense taker plaoe, 4 or8tIm 

not to oxcord thirtJ (#O) days, or by both Such flno 

and Imprl8oamnt . . . 

IIt VX’itiDg th18 OpiXtiWt, Ye UO 888tdDg t&t tb 

Board 0s DInotor8 0s th8 Dlrtrlot duly 8dopt.d 8nd PUbliShOd 

the rules and regulatloru, as required by Article 76528. 

BJ Artlolo 16, goation 59 of the Constltutlon, SUPN, 

the sagirlature Is empwend to authorlse the 0rganIsatloa 0s 

pub110 or qu&l-publio corporationa oharged vlth the dut? of 

SOcurIng to all the poop10 a11 0s th8 ben.?ltS o? ooxmervation, 

protecting rlpulaa PigbtS, if all7 l XiSt, Vhil. SWiIQ the 

Y&trPS ttdt vould OthOXWiSe b lOSt, ud at the SapU tJu 

l eowing to all 0s the poop10 0s the State the rights 0s flirhvhenln rwh dIrtrI& is ioa4ted. Chapter 2, Title 128, ibraon's Civil Ststutea, md mm~lwntr theP8t.o. 

zh8 right 0s propartj, and the u8e th8r8or, is subject to the pollee ponr. of the State. Lombard0 T. CItT of 
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Ronorablo Robert D. Penn, Page 5 

Dallas, 73 SW (2d) 575~ 30 Tex. Jr. 120, Sea. 58. As to the 

povor 0s th8 taglrlature to authorice the DIreotor8 0s the Red 

Blair Water Pwor Control DIrtPlot to adopt and promlgata 

ruaomblr rub8 and PegIalbtiOaa, Cool8y, on Conrtitutional 

LImItatIon8, 8th Rdltloa, Vol. I, page 231, ha8 th& follovlng 

to uyt 

"8osrdS amlcOmml881On8 nwplaymltuportant 

part In the admlniatratlon of ou? law. The great 

SOOiai and IndubtrIal 8volutloa 0s the pa8t century, 

and the many d8mandS mado upon OUT Iuglrlature by 

the increa8Ing cociplexlty 0s humn MtiVitiSS, have 

made essential the creation of these administrative 

bodioa and the delegation to then o? 08Ptaln poverr. 

Though lOgl8latIV8 pwer CwOt be delegated to 

board8 and 00~80ioIu~ the Leqlalature aray delegate 

to them aarainistratlre rittiotio- in carrying out the 

purposes 0s a statute and various gov8rnmental poverr 

for the more efiicient adaIniLtratIoa Of the lav.' 

Undoubtedly the tegiSb&tW 18 VithoUt pOVer to dolegate to a board or to an executive officer the paver to deolare 

vhat shall actually aoastltuto a criainal 0rm80. This has 

been pointed out by numerous 8UthOrItIe8, many Of vhIoh are 

cited In Ruling Case Lsv. Boo 6 R.C.L. 182. Such a delegation or paver IS held to be prohibited because of the dlvlslon 

or poverr provided for ln the conatItutIona of the states and 

the Federal constitution. 

Hwever, a8 i8 tither Stated by this text, it s8 

competsnt for the bgirlatun to authorire a OOEE!dSSiOII to 

pPe8oribe certain dutler on vhlch the l&v may operate In imposlng a penalty and in effeotuatfag the broad general purpose designed In enacting the law. 

by the authorities cited. 

Thlr observation IL vsll-Supported 

In other vords, the lagIrlatur8 amy 

set out the gener81 purpose of the lav and leavelt to Some adeIn&tratlve body to fill In the dstallr by ml08 and rag&b 

. 

An ind.i8pOn8ible requlreinemt IL that the EtatUt itSOl? provide the penalty fOP tho VIOlatIOn Of the rules and regulations prescribed by the adminlatratlve body. There mrut 

in a11 case8 be statutory 6uthorIty for deolarlng that an act 

amounts to a orlmo. 

Thur vhere the statute itSOl? preacribaa the punishmeat for vlolatlon8 of the regulation8 of the admInIatratIve 

body, It oaanot b8 said that It i8 uncoa8tItutIor.ml on the 

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theory that 1bgiS~tiTe pave8 to Croat0 a trims la delegated 

to such 8 body. 

A SpeOifiC illwtratlon 0s the application 0s tbi8 

prlnolple i8 presented In the 0888 of Unlted States v. OrImmt$, 

220 U.S. 506, 31 S. Ct. 480, 55 U.S. (L&d.) 563, who- It i8 

held that legislative paver delegated to the Sooretary of AgrlcultuP8 by th8 Forest Rerorw Act, m8kIng CrIBI~l the vlolatlon 

0s the ruler aad ngulationa covering fOrSEt reasrvstion8 made 

and promulgated by him under authority of ruoh statutes is constItutIoaal. A detallsd diSOu88ion of this ~a88 at this point 

nuypraveblpfbl. 

~hap.'56), 

By the rot of #arch 3, 1891 (26 Stat. at L. 1103, 

U.S. Camp. Stat, 1901, page 1537), the President 

of the United States vaa authorlmd, from tImo to tlae, to 

set apart and rosame, in anj state or territory, public lands, 

vholly or b part oovered vith timber or undergrowth, vhether 

0s commercial value or not, as public forest reserortioru. 

By subsequent leglslatloa the Secretary o? Agrlculture, under the pwor given him by various statutes, vaa 

authorized, to "make provisions fop the prOtectIon agdnat 

destrwtion by fire and depredations upon the publio forests 

and forest reservations....~ and ha may make such rules and 

regulation8 and establish such SePvlce a8 vi11 1nsuzV the objeota 0s such resorvatlonsj namely, to regulate their oooupanoy 

and ULO, and to preserve the foreatn thereon from destruotloa; 

and any violation of the provlafonr of thI8 act or suoh rules 

and regulatlona shall be puniahod,* as presoribed In Revised 

gtatUte8, Sec. 5388, U.S. Coup. Stat. 1901, p. 3649, - vhloh, 

88 amended, provided for a rm 0s not IEore than $500.00 and 

Imprlsonwat for not r&ore than tvelve montha, or both, at the 

discretion o? the oourt. 

Under the author$tr of theme statutes, the Zewetary 

of Agrloulturo promulgated and establIshed certain rules for the 

purpose or regulating the use and oacupenoy of the publo forest 

reservations, and among those so promulgated MI tho SOllovIngt 

"Regulation 45. All pbraonr must sccuro permltr before grulng My StOOk In 8 forest ~eservo 

(with certein exceptions)." 
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Bonorrble Robert D. Penn, P8ge 7 

The defendantr, Orlmaud and Carajow vece charged 

vlth violating thl8 rule, arrd on tri81 contended that the 

Rorert Rererve Aat vu unooA8titutioAal in8ofm 88 lt delegated to the Secretary of Agrloulture the paver to tie ruler 

md regulation8 and make violation thereo? 8 9e~al offense. 

Thlr contention va8 8U8taiilOd by tha trial court and the 

c88e var sp9ealed to the United State8 Suprem Court, vhere 

the trial court va8 z'eVOr8ed. 

In a rather exhawtive opinion by Mr. Juatlae Lemsr, 

the COUH madO 8Om VOrJ ilbX8tAdiAg 8tatW%i+At8 vhloh ve 

quote a8 iOiiOV81 

"That fCongm88 cannot delegate legialatlve 

power is a prlnolple universally racognized as vital 

to the integrity tbnd nniatensnce 0r the system of 

govemntent ordained by the CoA8tltution,t Wmhall 

Field Ir Go. vs. Xurk, 143 U.S. 692, 35 L. ad. 309, 

I2 Sup. Ct. Rap, 495. But the authority to m&e adminlstratlva rule8 18 not a delegation of legi8l8tive pwex-, 

nor are such rule8 raised from an administntlve to a 

legislatlva character because the vlolatloA thereof 18 

punished 88 a public OffeASe. 

*xt 18 true that there la no act OS CoAgresr 

vhloh, in exprees terns, declare8 that It shsll be 

unlawful to grime sheep 0~ 8 forest reserve. But the 

statutes from vhloh ve h8ve quoted declare that the 

privilege of using re8ervi38 for ' all proper and 

lawful purpo8e8* ia subject to the proviro that the 

person 80 u8Ug them 8h811 conply 'vlth the rule snd 

regulations ooverlng stid forest reservation.~ The 

sama act makes it 821 ottewe to violate those regulstloAaj t&t i8, to u8e them othervlre than in ~00ord8Ace 

vlth the rule8 establl8hed by the Secretary. Thus the 

lmplaad llceA8e under vhloh the United State8 had 

suffered Its public domain to be used a8 a pasture 

for sheep and cattle, mentioned in Buf'ord v. Routs, 

133 U.S. 326, 33 L. ed. 620, 10 sup. ct. Rep. 305, 

+a8 curtailed and qualified by Congress, to the extent that ruch privilege should not be exerolsed l.n 

oontravention of the rule8 and regulations. Wllaox 

v. Jack8on, 13 Pet. 513, 10 L. ed. 271, 
Honorable Robert D. Penn, Page 8 

"If, 8ft.W the plL888gO Of the 8Ot &rid the 

promulgation of the rule, the defendant8 drove and 

grued thea 8hWp upon the rer)erve, la vlolrtloa 

of the regulatlo~, the7 were Peking an ualavhl 

we Of the gOVOl'nmlIt'8 DrOQOPty. In do- 80 

they tho?ebP mulo thu8elves liable to the pus1t.P 

iEpO8Od w COII@'@88." 

Ia a 8Ub8ecpiOat case ari8ing in TOXU, our Court of 

OrLm5nalAppealr enu?iolated smoh the 8ame rule la oonaeotloa 

vlth the Tlok Eradloatlon Lav,, xhioh at th8 time l ppoarod in 

Ax-tide 7312 et 8Oq. (II.0.S. x911), but vhloh 18 aov oodlfled 

a8 Artiole 15250 of the Penal Code. Mul.ke~ v. Stat@, 83 Tex. 

Cr. 1, 201 S.W. 991. 

Thi8 l8V areated the EiVO Stook SUtit8rJ Qd88iOn 

and pre8orlbed it8 dUtie8 aad pwerr. Under that lav the COW 

miorion vas "authorized and empwered to ertabll.rh, maintain 

~andenforoe suoh quamatinellnes and sanltaI7awle8 a8 It may deem 

neoesrar~,.... Ql8WAdiM mf dilt?fiOt, COW&y OF &UU’t Of OOuntf, 

within thlr rtato vhen It &all detemalne the faot that oattle 

or other live 8took in ruoh di8triot, oounty or part of oounty, 

am affeotrd.... to dco and promulgate rule8 anb rogulatlona, 

whloh 8hall permit aad govera the inrpeation,.... treatment, 

handling and nmthod and -P of dellverP and ohlpnmat of 

cattle and Other llV0 8tOOk frOm a qUaraI&lN d<FlOt, OOtWP 

OC p8l't Of OOIUltJ intO Other bi8triOt8.... 8ha11 g&V0 nOti 

of such rule8 8~13 ~egta&btloa by proolanst'lon irrued by the 

governor. " Vernon’8 Sayler' Ann. Clv. St. 1914, tit. 731.5. 

OthOP provl810~ la the hr protided that no oattlr 

or other livertook oould b8 moved Tom one quamntlnod dilrtrlet 

to another l xoept In the zmnaer provided by tha oomml88ion. 

Under the authority ot therre statrL8, the Live Steak 

Sanitary Commi88iea promulgatedd, la the mmner pro8orlbed, order 

III, vhloh provided: 

'It 8ha11 be unlrrwul for any cattle to bo ID*- 

ed Into, Vlthln, or fmm 88ld area Until thoP have 

been lnrpeoted and oartii'led to by an inrpeotor o? 

the Live Stook Saulty CoaPi88ion or the Vnlted btate8 

Bureau of Animal lDdu8try, eta.” 
Honorable Robert D. Peaa, Page 9 

D8fadaat Hulkof var charged vlth Ylolatioa of 

order III, and, oa trIa1, vu ooavloted In the lover oourt, 

from vhioh he appealed to the oourt of orlmlnal appealr. 

He contended that the lnformtloa oa vhAoh he va8 oonvioted charged np oifenee beoawe It ohaqed the rlolatlon o? 

aa order premorlbed br the LIwo Stook Seal- C~88lon, 

vhioh we8 AOt aa 8Ot Of th8 bgi8htUl'O, aad th8t the h&8- 

lature oould not delemte the lav-msking paver to raid oommi8810~ In vlolatIon of Seotlon 1, Art. 3 of the Coa8titutioa. 

The Court oi CrImInal Appea& afilra8d the trial 

oourt, oItIng AUl8O~OU8 authorltier su8talnIng it8 holding. 

The oourt 8tateds 

“Under the80 authorltle8 ve thiak the authority giVeA t0 Our liV0 8toOk wtarr Wlm4I88IOn t0 

quarantine live 8twk and to adopt ruler ~4 regU.latlan8 to enforoe the 8ame4, rhen prqperl7 promulgated by thr Oovernor, 18 not the exeroise of Legielative funotlon8 by the 00~m~I88lon, and that ruoh 

rule8 and rogdationr 80 properly promulgated are 

valld, and the violation thereof may bo nrdr an 

offense. Thi8 rerultr In holding that th8 indiotment herein ua8 valid In ohrglng an Offen8e." 

lie do not con8ldm the 0880 of Dockery v. State, 

93 Rex. Cr. R. 220, 247 S.Y. 508, vhich WM oited by you in 

your brlet a8 oontrolllng. Although the Bklke~ cane wall deolded lrsr than flvr year8 beion the Doolcery ca8e by the 

8ame oourt, the 00upf doe8 aOt oonslder or alto the blulkey 

cue as being IA aoafliot. 

In the rtatute oo~ldered la the Doukery aa80, AO 

pr0Vi8iOa va8 made for promulgat%ag t&e rule8 andregulatIoa8 

of the Stat0 Fire Harshal. The ~gi8l&U'O attempted to dolegate to the raar8ha1, the paver and l utharlty to prrroribe rule8 

applicable throughout the Stat., vlthout 8pPUent rea8on ior 

not pre8orlblng 8uah rule8 itreli. Ill th0 NulkrJ Care 8lld 

under the 8tatuter being aamldered in fhi8 OpipLon, deflalte 

method8 of promulgation are provided, and the rril.8 promulgated we to be applloable only to lImIted pOrtIOn8 o? the State. 

The fire marshal In the Dookery situation MI given unlimited 

discretion In formulating rule8 and regulation8 In regard to 

fir8 ewape8, vlthaut any lndlaation of the PurPore to be 
i 1 .” 

Honorable Robert D. PeAA, Page 10 

i 

: 

aooomplirhed by suoh regulation8 and rules. Ye believe that 

If there had been any real nrroe88ltp for giving the fire 

mr8hal 8uah a vlde diroretlon, the rtatute afght have bean 

upheld. 

At any rate, ve 8ee by the Mulkey aa8e, that the 

empwering of a board or corml88loa to prerorlbe oertrln rule8 

and regulatIoA8 aAd maklng the vlolatlon of 8uOh rule8 and 

regulatlonr a peaal offense vlth prerorlbed peMltle8 18 not, 

par 80, uncon8tItutIa~l. 

The ~gi8btU.N it8elf ha8 pa88ed laV8 l%gUkSting 

the right8 of the pub110 to the vater8 of the river ad the 

lake, and bar provided for the proteotlon of these rights by 

authorlrlng the Board of ltlreotora to promulgate rea8onable 

poliae and 8anltary regulations. 

Ped Rl~~~~~~"P~~e",'~~~t~~~~r~~tth~3~~ ~~6~~~ 

~~~IfIoall~ held that the rule8 and reguiations a8 pros&ated by the Board of Mreotors of the DI8trlot vere rearoaable. 

The rulas aad regulationa of the Red Bluff Water Parer Control 

District vem again upheld by the Court of Civil Appeal8 at 

xl Pa80 IA an opinion ded 

v 

dowA in the case 31 Roluld XI 

Roberson, et al v. Red luff Water Pover Control Dirtriot OA 

June 6, 1940, (not Pet beported). 

The facts in the Dlverslon Lake Club V. Beatb tale, 

86 SU (26) 441, cited by you, 18 &early di8tinguisbablO fX'on 

the f8Ot8 1nVOlVed IA the iA8t8llt CMe. IA the biVer8iOn I&k0 

Club case a private corporation, vhIoh ha8 M authorIt? In lay 

to appropiate the vater of a navigable 8trean, va8 lnv$lved. 

In thfs Oase the Club attempted to appropriate the vatere of a 

navigable strem to the excluslo~ of the publio, and for the 

pIAL- of OreatiAg a private hunting and fishing pre8arve. 

In the lnntant. came, the rule8 and regulation8 promulgated by the Red Bluff Water Pover Control Mstrict are 

applicable to all perrow alike. 190 attempt 18 made to exclude 
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Bonorablo Robert D. Pm, ?ago 11 

the publio rron tlrhing, or other*lre l a~oylng the vater8 o f 

the Dlrtrlot. RaorwtIoaal prlvlleger and ?aollltler of the 

Mrtrlot are offered to the g8n8Fal pub110 on term8 that are 

equal to all, aad under rule8 and regulation8 vhioh have been 

jud$olally d8tormlnod to k rea8onablo aad propor. 

&8 t0 JOUl' 8Ug@8tiOa tht 8 OPilSiMl pFO8OOUtiOa 

would not 118 la thir lnrtmo~, booau8e of the hot that the 

penalty provided In ~tlole ‘f652a 18 not oarrled over into 

the Penal &de, your 8tt8nMOn 28 oalled to the feat that 

Artlolo 7698 vu not elvoted until the yw 1935, tea year8 

after the la8t oodifluatloa of the pwial Wd8. 

Th8refor8, In vl8v of tho foregoing authoritie8 you 

are r.a8prot~1y advlwd that it 18 the opiplon o? thI8 department that the Board o? Mreatorr of th8 Red Blu?? Uater Paver 

Oontrol Dl8trlot Iry promulgate reasonable ruh8 and regulatlon8 vhioh may ?orm the ba8ir o? a orlalirul proseoutlan; 

hovever, ve are not undortaklng to pa88 upon the validity of 

any rule or regulation thw promulgated or vh8ther i&&e ha8 

been a vlolatlon o? any rub or regulation under the partloular 

fact8 pFO8OAtOd br YOU. 

Trulting that this 8ati8?aatari~y di8pO808 o? your 

Inquiry, ve remain 

YOU?8 very truly 

D. Burl0 ad88 

h8818t8nt 

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