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

xionorable Jantee E. lulday; Direator - Motor Treutsportation Division Railroad CoamcLasion of Pezaa **Austin,** Texaa. Daar Sirr

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Sp&lalieed motors aarrler aikifiaate PO. jj533’iauthoritel the iolloulng service by Rederal TranapoFtat2on Company:~

, -torable James IL lQ.lday,

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### “IT IS RsPmxAIJz UEDRRSTOODAED AaiRED TEAT THISCONSIHATIOB QRDBRANDCERTIFICAT~AUTHORIZES TEETRANSPORTATIOH OFTEEFOLLOUIEO COMMODITIES OELY: "FOURTRUCKSAUTEORIZBDTOTRAHSPORT: 8HousxomQoo~, UBRB OFFIcEFuExxT~AriD BQUIP~,~ToQL,~ToCKpEEDs1IoFpS,P~ YdcFIIwRYAXD QRAIE from Boueton to all pointa in Texas and from all potits in Texas tb Eouston. "OIIZIEU EQUIPMEET to and tram all points In Texas.'TXMADDITIOHALTR~CKSAUTEORIZEDTOTRAESPORTt. ~EouSmoLDG0on5,uSl3DOFFIcBFuR~1IlD lWJU%mTrromIiou8tontoallpolnts lniexas and from all points In Wxan to Eonattm.~~ "RESTRICTIOES

iS TO AI& !fFiUCKS: *The tranrportatloio~ HOUSkXD GOOD& USED-' OFFICEFmwITuRxAmlzQuIPlumT,zilmST~~ ~' STUFFS AIfD

FARN IfAGEIB'ERY

ia~prohiblted

f'rom one dealer to another dealer. 'The transportation of OIXZIISID

BQMPMEHT irr restricted to that transportedto or from actual ollflelda,and the carrier 1s problbltedSrom tranaportlngsane from one dealer or refinery to another dealer or rerlnery or from a dealer to a refinery, or fYom a refinery to.a dealer. *ALL EQUIPK6BT to be operated under authority of this aombfnatlonorder and certiilaate ahall not exceed POURTREE TRUCKS.~ 'THIS CERTIFICATE Issued in prlvlty ulth SpeaLa1 Commodity Permit PO. 

### l2775ac arid permit wan ln fores and effect on January 1, 1941, under the : ~Qrandfather~

alawe OS Eowe Bill Ho. 

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., ”Federal Tranaportatlon Companyhaa petitionedthe Rallroad Commissionto divide thie certificateas follova:

.One part authorizingthe transportation of houaehold goods, wed office furnitureand equipmentfrom Houston to all pointa in Texas, and from all points In ~~ Texas to Bowton, to uhlch operationthere ahnll be " alloaatedten trucka. The rentadnbg authorityand rights to be retained in the other part of the dlvlsion of said certificate.* Federal Trawportatlon Compauy alao aeeka +proval by ? the Commlaalonof a sale to the Wald Tranater eud Storage,Company, Iuo., of that part of the certlf'lcate describedaa 'ten additionaltrucka authorize&to tranaportthouseholdgoods, used ofrice f'urnlture

and eqtipment from EWaton to all point8 ,in ~~_ Texua, and from all polnta in Texus to 'Houatoa8 .;

It la lmaedlately~aeen-that 32' the dl&alon'and &&i i of auclipurt18 approved,the orlghtul ovner, and 8eLler;~ar~~uell aa the purahaaer,till poaaeaa the right and authorlty~totranaport householdgoods, oaed offloe fumlture and equipmentf'rom Houaton to all pointa ln Texas andfiom all polnta In Tezm,.to ,:I Houston. The resultvi11 be~that two aurrlera vill **be** Suthor-. Iw lzed to transportthese aonmdltiea by virtue of one aertif%oate ',C orlglnally

granted to oue aarrler. Thla urlaea, of aowae;be- i f cause of the dupllaate~grant Sn the orlglnal certificateappertalnlng to howehold gooda, wed oifloe furnitureand equipment.

Under Eouae Bill 

### 351. Bats of &e Forty-seventhIsgfalature, apeclalized motor carrier certiiloatea may not be lsaued by the Comiaalon except upon a dhowlugby aubatantlalevldenoe that there exlrtiapubllo neaeaaity for such aervloe and th8t the public oonrenlence vlll~ba promoted thereby. The certiilaate laaued authorize8the holder to engage ln the bwlneaa of a llmlted oonunon

ourrler. ~ln1os.x

#IO: O-3700 by thla departnent. SectionSk(a) of House Bill. 

### 351; mzpra, aontalna .Jhe ;T follovlnggrunt of authority to the Commlaalonr '-.

'Any certlfioste,

held, ovned, or obtainedby any motor aarrl4r operatingaa a ~apealallced motor c&rlerl under the provialona of thla act may be sold. aaaigued,leased, transferredor lnheritedl provided, houever, that any proposed sale

. . . ahall be first L HonorableJames E..Xilday,page 3Ronorable

J&es $. aEild8y,

psge 4 c presented in~wrltingto the Coaaaiaslon for Its spproval or dla8pprovel and the Coamlssionmamy~approve or disapprove such proposed sale.

. . . The subject applicationdoes not.propose the sale of 8 certificate

but only a 8818 of 8 part thereof. Ott opinion Eo. 

### O-1096 this dep8rtmentupheld the authorityof the R8Ilro8d Coamlaslon to approve,uudur certain conditlonathe sale of 8 portion of 8 caaaaon carriermotor certiflcate of aonvenlence 8nd nticesslty uuder Section 

### 5, Article glib, Vernon'sAnnotsted Civil Statut.est. The questiondecided in this opinion

v8s Involved In the case of Houston.endHorth Texas Wotor FreightLines, Ina., et 8l vs. Y. A. Jobnsaat, et 81, decided by the GslveatonCourt of Civil Appeals on the 11th dsy of Deaember, 

### 1941. The court upheld the action of the CcmmIssIonin approving the sale of a portion of such certlflcateunder the conditions and facts presented. Three things p8rtIcularly were enrphasized

by the court. First, certlflaatearapresentproperty rights and as such ordlnatiy carrythe right to sell and convey a portion thereof as veILas the vholet second, the fact that for many years the RailroadCoPrmission has approved the sale of portions of aerttilcatesvhere the certiiIc8tes~vere severed 

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horizontally'

8nd not %mgthvise' and such departrnentsl constructionla entitled to greatvelght; and third, the fact that a neu serviceuas not created by the sale of a part.

Upon applying the nasoidpg of the Court to the subject proposalwe an met vith difficulties.

-Under the aertificate held by Federal TransportationCoari'j.

psny, ve vi11 say it h8s a.propertyright In the rigat to transport -"5! householdgoods, wed offlce~furulture 8nd equipment;8s veil as In other comamdIt.Ies

not Involved. True, this property ‘right Is divided .:y, into tvo paragrgphs in the aertIficste'8nd llmlt8tions

plaaed thereupon by restrictions upon the number of truoks that may be used. Federal Transportation Comp8ny does not, hovever,propose to sell its property rlghta in the right to trsnsparthouseholdgoods, used It retains p8rt of such property office fumIture 8nd equipment; rights, Both lt,.8nd the purchaser under the~sale,vi11 h8ve the authority to transportthese commodities.

In the secondplace, the Railrosd Ccmanissfon h8sa never approved sales of portions of specialized motor carrier certificates. Hence the veight of depsrtmentcrl constructionIs absent.HonorableJames E. lKl&ey, p8ge 5

And, finally, it38 apparent that **a** nev servicevi11 be created under the propaaal. Two cart%eraall1 be authorZced to tmmaport householdgooda, used office furnitureand equlpment from **Houston** to ti points ln Teurs **and** from **al1 points**  **in** Texas to Houston. The enterpriseof eaoh vlll seek the bualneaa. The limitationupon the number'of&ruckr doea not vouchsafe the aervlce or destroy the faat that tva carriersvould authorizedto trsnaportthe a8me aoamodltles issued to only one.

Routes traversed8nd the: hlghwaya used are not &de aigulfieant

under.the lau ereatlngapealallced aiator carriers, in contrast to that provldlng for aammon Oarrlera. The comodlties transported8re the essentialooualderatlnna. Conaequently, the apllttlngof a~apeol8llzed motor aarrler Certlflaate upon the baa18 of the ~8me eommo~tlea to be tr8naported, and, a scr2ewhlchYouldretainlqthe aellerand&tthe aametlme transferto the purch8aer the autharlty to trqpoet the same~' commodltiea,

rould m8nlfeat;l+

be opposed to thehnderlying pur**poses** add reanQp(I

motivating the legislatureti its MthOriZ8- tlon or apeclallsed motor carrier iqeratlaua.
It Ia'our opinion, thiweik, th8t eaoh of your que8- tions should be anauered ln the negative. Tours very truly