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OFFICE OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF'TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY GENERAL This Oploion 

bxhiif~4s =pinlon 

Dr. C. 3. Fraps 

,#O-524e 

3tete Chmlst 

fn the abearms of 

turn oath or, f in the opinion: 

nsr tirms~~ 'or part3~na, 

r 8ala any aigrioul8 for wo within this 

to eeoh prnokaga a 

howing the branP or 

runglalde; the net 

* or the~eoncants ,oi 

percentagd guamatoed to bo 

=awsnla, and tbe maximum parsoluble twsealo lf suoh era presBII and pemmntaa;e tm~~unt~s of saoh 

8~ er’, ln pleae ol the nm6~1 6x18 

parosntago amounts cd enoh inert’~ ingredient, the 

summa and pex-mntapEa amounts of eeeb and evsrp 

ingredient having inaoctiol4al or fungioidal propsrtles, und tbe total peroentags ol Fnt-rt Itim:rsblcnte. All brondSng or labalfny must be durable 
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Dr. a. s. Frepe, gage 2 

and leglbfe, end ao pleaed and arranfiwl aa to ba 

eeally read. 

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nYeo. 6 (a) All flc~a, oor~ratlons, or parsane now or hsrcrafter 6ngeg4d in Aetllng agrlculturd in4hotlc5~4 or fuagloldes, b4Pora sslllng 

or offering ror 6414 any ogrloultur41 lns44tlai@ or fungiold for u44 aa a0 agricultural Snseotfoi86 or fuqgiai&e wfthln this State;', 4~heLl 

annually file w5th the CoarPIaaion4r of Lgrioulture en .appllaatloA for ~re&Hmation giyine the 

i+formatloA required by 8botioA 5 d thir &.a%; 

PrOYidiAg, dLOW6V4r, t&t til fir%iS, fJOrPOMtiOW, ’ 

or psreons, now, et sib4 elm4 of fhe pssag4 of 

this iuat, 8411lng or offo~lne for ~16 any eplaultural fAs44t14144 or raigidd3 ror, use as ~~1 

agrioultursal Sas4otlai.6e br fuagioldr wl$ttin thle 

state, shall heri thlrCJr'(3Q) dape from tha offe~tl.ve~Uata af bhls Aot within whtoh to r1t.e 

f~xst applisatfon* tea- Pegilltmrrbtolz &;I r4quired 

by this JIOQ. 

"(0) AAy ill-m, corporrtlon, or permoa, who 

ha8 re$lo%ar48 e lassotl4?e4s or frtagl0144s ,for eele w thin the st-ehe OS Texes* she31 
Purniah upon request of $hs Comtalsslonar Of i&gricultun, aitbin rive (5) daya of receipt of euoh 

requoat, e statemnt showing the oflfoLe1. ZIWI(D of 

the agrloultural inesoticida or fungiaid@ and~the 

ne:ms and addres~ea of e r(lamnlpbl~ number, not 

sxoeedlhg ten persons, within Chr state of ‘Paces, 

to whom it has beeti sold. 

"(Q). Whmever it ahell appear to the Comtaissloxkr of kgrloillture that my firm, aorporatlon, 

or pexaon is mlllng or 0EferinG 'for, eale any misbpmded or cdtiteretsd a&rioulturul insaoti-. 

aide or Puntjiolds tor use In this state aa an e&- 

rfioulturel lnesotialde or ~ungioide whioh hai been 

registered under the provieiors ,of t&Is Aof, it 

shall be the duty of the Attorzwy Gkneral., ox any 

Dietriot or Coiaatp Attorney of thl8 State, upon 

request of the Coumi~e~oner of A@oultare, in ad- 

~dlCion to any othsr remedies), $o'lnstltuts a oivll 

#tit In the .Dl8trlot Court ot ths~'proper oomty 

In ‘Cha new and on b#mli of ti&e Iltato of Texas, 

w phintiir, and in tb6 LL~~O or th6 fim OOZI 

.p0ratlon, or pereon tii v&em the rsgistmtfon oextifhete we8 issued fm swh ugrfoultnel InslsbticriQu ox lungioids aa defmkdand,‘~l% forfelt and 

;,, $?a\aoel, .uuoh mw&~t$on, .A& .eerViao uhel$ ~ba ~&ad :~ : ,_.:,. ~~~~:~.~~~. :..,:.,. ; 

an in athbr" 61rll osesdr. Any &hd"talx suits brou@lt 

by bhe &ate under this seatilati must be brought in 

~revis County, or in the aoanky or the do@iCJle or 

reaiden~oe or the sianuf~6ttlrer d the agricultwel 

ioreotiofa6 or f:ran(gfeldqt, 6f fn the ootmtiy where 

the a&ouLturel inaeotloide ox tangieide was sold 

or ofiered for mlu, or in the sountp whdr6 the agZ$otlitt&rel tnseoCfoblu OF fun&id6 was to be i 

wrQ or is wed aa un egrioult;Ural inseotloids OF 

fungicfde. 

"xr, upon the tricrl of suoh ease 

tn. 

it shell 

bs dstercin~d thsit said rgrioultural naeotio%da 

or fmgle1de'~is tiabrendmd or adulterated within 

the ,meoning of thds Aot, than ths ra&stratlon of 

8u0h agrioultwal lnse6tloide or run@loidS shell 

be fortaitsd and aaneell.ed and the $1~16 of such 

m&sbrandsd or adultera~ted agricult~l inseotloldo end iU&oi,de rb91bc onfoined in uooordehoe 

with the judmnt of the Court. 
Dr. 0. S. i%iwe, P49 4 

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"SBO. 10. for the sole purpose of darting 

the exponeee connaotnd with the inepeotion Of egriculturel insactloidee or fuqioides sold, or 

tapotsed or offered for sale, in title stats, and 

with the ra&iu& Of StinatiOW and eRalyS4B 

thbrwf, 4.1 firw, oorporrtlons or pbrsons 4n- 

@god in the, men$.f~atuu-a or sole of agrleulturtll 

ineeGtiaid%e or I'mgioidee shall, in pleee OS a 

tgnnqge tax, pay aar,uelly to the Conwrlesl~ner of 

Ilgrioulturc.en iuepaatloa tar Of Twenty-five 

($Zg.OO) Dollar8 for regiatmtion of the egrioulturel inasotioide and funglolde, provided thrt 

th4 tbtai 0t tht, rsgmration fe68 r0r any 0tm rirfn 

shell.not exkeed tine Ruqdred ($109.09) Dollam. 

But In 0.4444 u&r4 the reglstratlon ieeo have 

been paid, either by the menuZ'Weurer or b 

jobber, BP required by this seation, thfm &%Rt 

evarit nothio&In this sooti~on nhall bs qmatrqsd 

as applying ~to rot&l dealers relllsg re;rio&I$~~~l 

lnseatiaidea md Pun&oldeo. All such rau&irrtration $046 eo.l&eotqd .ehell be dopeiz$t.qd r@ih .~th~. i 

SEateO&~i~uP~‘bnQ ‘kdm3.S”bs pi3id intO’ the ‘O&getil 

Bwenuo Pwd of the Site ot Tarooi '~ 

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*8&(3,. 15.~ 3eotion6 of' this A6t:ihall.aOt 

be oonstrwd aa itpplyiw to retail dealens &elllng agrioulturul' iweotfai4lor or ruagi6~.dos~ who31 

the munuraoturerc or jobber or mbah inmutti~hlea 

or fungioidra ham io,gistered 8u~h prodwtr as requirecl by thti Aot. 

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The ebove uotad provi4iona are p&i=ts 00 AHi 

153b-1, V. ii. 0. 8. 1 aen~te all 5, tit8 &i&b Legislature,, 

Hegular SeBaiOn, Chapter 961. 

You quartion the o6rrootne6o of the ~~lLOw1~ 

interpretetk bP Seation 10 of the AoOr '. '2: 

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Bonorabl$ 0. S. i?rapa, ,wige 5 

*La the Oatat of a mbntiuoturer e ragistratiOA Se6 of $25.00 must be paid ior eaoh egrlotiturd lnmcot.loide or f;mgiolda uenufkctursd it, 

Texas. Th6 jotter le llksslca required to pay 

SUOh i8I3 fOX baoh suoh ln6fMtitZide Or fW&cidc 

whlcrt the jobber sells in Texac.” 

In this oonnectlon you may: 

*The Law state8 that in otsm~m where the reg- 

~.stratlon fetrs havs beca palil altfmr by the asnufacturer or the Jobber, then in that event, nothlpgin this motion shall be construed as applying to 

retail dealers, This wording olearly means tbat 

either oat may rb&lfAer, but that both em not reqma to rt3glater.n 

We have qsreful4 resonsldsred these statCn@r in the opinion, in the light of your orltielsms. It 1s to be. 

noted that. the pr0viclJ.o~~ OS Ssetions 6 cad 10, quoted above, 

apply,. by their plain terw, to “all.* firm, corporations or 

pcr8oap engaged in lrellfngrap agmultural ineactloide ox 

UBO IA this stata, with the one erocptlon 

.?~ ?r ~,ret+i&: awtirs in~ +p fiot by either the IWlAPiWbtUWr 

or the jobber. “Ths faat Oh&t, fan sot mnncr one or &ore 

exoeptibas diaoloees an intention oa the part of the Laglslatura that there should be M otihrr exoeption and that Che'Aot 

should .app4 IA .all. ofme oat exoepted.* 39 Texas Jarisprudenae ~192. ledsrsl Crude Oil, Cc,. v. Yount-Lse Oil Co. (Sup. Ct. .,~ 

Of %AS):$? &I. we (zd) 58. 

Ii .Susther pm@f @,f thb lw.mtlon of thr .X.6&&atam in &a psktloular aottrr be needed, it is to be round 

in the legielatlv6 hietory of the act. 00 Maroh 4, 1943, the 

Eouss of Repr6isedtativoIl aa 

tuting in llau~o~f the prcvl 

et% Seaate Bill Ko. 5, subtWnow oentaine4 in Seotfon 10 the 

rolming i~~~g0t 

*. . .., abut aay agricultural inrdotiofde or 

fungiold~ al?eady ~rsgietemd by the iaaztutsot~er 

or Jobber need not bo rsgltitered by any other 

%-r 

oruon aell.ing said agrlcult,urel ~aseotioldca or 

ung cl&e Wring the perlod of such rsgibtratlan. 

. . ..- (iJn&srllning ours) ifouse 3ourna1, 46th Leglslature, ww 753, 736. 
1 Or. 0. S. Frapa, page 6 

But tho Saaata rtmtwa to aonoar in .taa Nou64 amendments 

(Senate Journal, Yamh 9, 1943), aad‘the bill waS' finally' 

passed by both houass In lta p-sent form. Thus the Laglslatura rajaotad the proposal that the exception in the proviso be applied to otkar than ratnll dea~lara. ~'~ 

II. You alsa objeot $%&ha following portion of 

the oyinlont 

"With rala~enoa to the first pert of your 

third quaatlim, it la the oplni-on ot this departtraant 

that out-of-rtata maniltraturars are not mquirad : 

to btiand thair. aonta+are, under the pravieions~ ~ 

or tha Taras Aot, whaxi the BdLe la made for aelivery into T$ras, rlther through mm11 staram 

ok the manufao~tuxer direot. We amum or amram 

that the transaation la, ona In Interstate OOQmeroe. Tha po+a~ to iegul+te oommrae amon& t&e 

84YSxal state48'~ in :.~esaxYad axelwlYely to co,Agrefls. 

Conrtlttrtlon Or tae Itnitsd Stabaa, aeatif3n 8, 

Clausa 3.* (2lLiisrsnrts ,to II* %. aon8tltutiQa, .~ 

*0tia ~0 aeda-iF;, SW. ‘8, 01. 3-I 

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,;, :.’ ,I:.~ :+:.,, ..; ~104~~ tb&Aik::##~.4t&T$i~A t0 

ion iali~ ken, ani% ti&lg bupperkt& ~bl 

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pranka Court dealsions ,olted by poui This rrtatute a+r not purport to plaoa any reatriati.~~ whatever upsn the m+lng 6~ 

0is4riug ror aals ~r.i~nnaobi~~des or run$i~fais.b4yodd~tha 

boundaries of !&ma&, arkn r&en &&end&i tol,aqw in:,Te!~rae, UPI%, 

ll~lt, d$&, worrld~bb ‘to’tht 6xtiant.a millitfi But a8 d lawrul er~roise OZ the' Stati* pallao powax to, pmmnt rraud &ad 

lqo6ltion upon ~Teurcl 

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urqhemxa, not almab~ at lnteretate aomEa6rQ4 atba rZthoat alay 1lrorialrutioA agalinst out-OP-state manufaotwars and deulers, it plaoea a valid rsstrfctian upon all 

suoh aales and &tam crt srle made wfthin the Stats ol Texas. 

regardleas of any lneidUita1 lntsrtaruioe with interstate aomMIMO. Patapacb Guano Co, Y. Board OS mloultura of .Eorth 

Carolina, 18 8. Ct. 662, 171 0. 8. 3b5, 43 L HIM. 1911. COXA 

ProduatB ~of. CO. v. w&y, 39 8. Ct. 325 249 V. B. 427, 63 

L. ~&I. 6891 3avage ‘8. Ymmn, 225 Vi 8. 541,~ 56 I.. ?&I.. 1182, 

32 5. ct. 7151 a~~iidard stock pa06 CO. ,v. wright 225 tf. 8, 540, 

56 I.. kd. ll97, 32 s. Ct. 76%. 
Dr. 0. 8. Fraps, pagfe ~7 

;h m;thiak the .rolloriAg atatofmnte or the nnltrd 

States Supred Oourt, found in the opinion in ths limit ~444 

cited above, are deeisklvs of thie queetioa: 

*&ispeotlon law4 are not in th4maelvaa regulatloru cd ~onmm-oa, and whil4 their objeat frequently la to iaprove tti4 quality 0r artlales produ04a by,ths labor or a'oouhtry and rit tham r0r exportation, get they art quite as orten aimed at 

fittin& l;hem, or dettrrmininij; their rltnssta, ior, 

domestio&se~, and in ao dolAg protroting the oltl-' 

eon rroa ~rraud. &osreapJlg, in the lsttsr aspeot, 

mmh 144~ are ajspltoabl4 to wrtiolaa imported into, 

a4 yell w to arti prod\ladd within a atate. 

ror the tttfite to 

the ntq~uires4nt 

axit brinS the aat 

lnto 001 lelon with tha mauneraral powar vested iA 

Con&xsos: j clearly thi4 saanot be EO ati to fOr4igA 

atnafneroc, for olause two i3r il 20 or krtlole 1 expraralg $eeognktcirr the validity of' &at% Jaapectlon 
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laws, and allows Ght oolleotion of fhe~ amounta 

neceasarr rep tin’&? executioli; and we Jhink the 

same pxibaipli.e must apply to iAter5tate ~com6roe. 

In a$y view, the '.efraat oa that odmeroe La La: 

.ik6Ct mid inalderktal~ and 'the Cormtltutlon or the 

.Mtbd States does not 61eour4 to ewoae tbe prlvi- 

.lege or deh.~tiding the pub1.i.o.‘” 

16 ie triersfor war opinion that wild Senate Ml1 20. 

5 (im&iole 1;3b-1, V. A. G. E;) ilpplits GO all SW.eS aAd offer4 

0r de, mde ins Taxab, oe rgrlaultuml ineeatleidee and Pugicidas, for use in Texas, rrxoept thobe ~peoirhu~ exwptaa 

tfmreio, rbgtrlless or wkether tu3y suci? sale or,orfer r0r sale 

mey iP3Ol94 a transaotiOa &A interstate comci~roe. 

IUT opinion Ko. O-5248 is revised ko the extent in- 

.dicatc-3 Larcln. 

Yours~ vary truly, 

ATToataT Olgh'EBdL * %xWAS 

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w.' 8. &116h 

~;s~ts.taAt 

WU:db: Is 

co: 34partment or itgrlaultur0 

$g'a, -%xa&l 

: Mr. Chas. E. Baughman 

ABWX%D NOV 23, 1943 +f&ib. OpiAiOEI 

Grover Sirllerlr coudldered and 

Flrat Aasiatant 

At torn+ Qeneral : 

approved in 

umit65a 

aotiterena* 

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