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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~~'orpart3~na, r 8ala any aigrioul8 for wo within this to eeoh prnokagaa howing the branP or 

### runglalde; the net * or the~eoncants ,oi

percentagd guamatoed to bo =awsnla, and tbe maximum parsoluble twsealo lf suoh era presBIIand pemmntaa;e tm~~unt~s of saoh 8~ er’, ln pleae ol the nm6~1 6x18 parosntago amounts cd enoh inert’~ ingredient, the summaand pex-mntapEa

### amounts of **eeeb** and evsrp **ingredient** having inaoctiol4al or fungioidal prop**srtles,** und tbe total peroentags ol Fnt-rtItim:rsb**lcnte.** All brondSng or labalfny must be durable**/ /**  **’ Dr.**  a. s. Frepe, 

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and leglbfe, end ao pleaed and arranfiwlaa to 

## ba eeally read.

“

. . . . I. ,... **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 CoarPIaaion4rof 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 

## sib4elm4 of fhe pssag4 of this iuat,

## 8411lngor offo~lne **for** ~16 any eplaul**tural** fAs44t14144 

### or raigidd3 ror,

### use as 

### ~~1 agrioultursal **Sas4otlai.6e** br fuagioldr wl$ttinthle state, shall heri thlrCJr'(3Q)dape from **tha of**  fe~tl.ve~Uataaf 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 ,foreele w thin the st-eheOS Texes* she31Purniah upon request of $hs ComtalsslonarOf i&gricultun, aitbin rive (5) daya of receipt of euoh requoat, e statemnt showing the oflfoLe1.ZIWI(D of the agrloultural inesoticida or fungiaid@ and~the ne:ms and addres~ea of e r(lamnlpbl~number, not sxoeedlhg ten persons, within Chr state of ‘Paces, **to whom**  **it has**  **beeti sold.**  "(Q). Whmever it ahell appear to the Comtaissloxkrof kgrloillture that my firm, aorporatlon, or pexaon is mlllng or 0EferinG 'for, eale any misbpmded or cdtiteretsd a&rioulturul insaoti-. aide or Puntjioldstor use In this state aa an e&- rfioulturellnesotialde or ~ungioide whioh hai been registered under the provieiors ,oft&Is Aof, it shall be the duty of the Attorzwy Gkneral., ox any Dietriot or CoiaatpAttorney of thl8 State, upon request of the Coumi~e~oner of A@oultare, in ad- ~dlCion to any othsr remedies),$o'lnstltuts a oivll #tit In the 

### .Dl8trlot Court ot ths~'proper oomty 

### In ‘Chanew andonb#mli of ti&eIltatoof Texas, w phintiir, and in tb6 LL~~Oor 

### th6 fim OOZI **.p0ratlon,** 

### or pereontii v&em the rsgistmtfon oextifhete 

### we8 issuedfm swh **ugrfoultnel** 

### InslsbticriQuox lungioids aa defmkdand,‘~l% forfelt and ;,, $?a\aoel,

.uuohmw&~t$on, .A& .eerViaouhel$ ~ba ~&ad :~ : ,_.:,. ~~~~:~.~~~. :.. ,:.,. ; an in athbr"61rll osesdr. Any &hd"talxsuits 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 tricrlof suoh easetn.it shell bs dstercin~d thsitsaid 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 $1~16of such m&sbrandsd or adultera~tedagricult~l inseotl**oldo 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 titlestats, 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,uellyto 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 tineRuqdred ($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 evaritnothio&In this sooti~onnhall 

### bs **qmatrqsd** as applying ~torot&l dealers relllsg 

### re;rio&I$~~~l lnseatiaidea md Pun&oldeo. All such rau&irrtration $046 eo.l&eotqd.ehellbe dopeiz$t.qd r@ih .~th~. i SEateO&~i~uP~‘bnQ ‘kdm3.S”bs pi3idintO’the ‘O&getil 

### Bwenuo Pwd of the Site ot Tarooi '~

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### 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 mbahinmutti~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=ts00 AHi 153b-1, V. ii.0. 8. 1 aen~te all 5, tit8 &i&b Legislature,, 

### Hegular SeBaiOn, Chapter **961.**



### You quartion the 

### o6rrootne6oof the ~~lLOw1~ **interpretetk bP**  **Seation** 

### 10 of the AoOr '. '2: ". ,.'Bonorabl$ 0. S. i?rapa,,wige5

*La the Oatatof a mbntiuoturer e ragistratiOA Se6 of $25.00 must 

### be paid ior eaoh egrlotiturd lnmcot.loideor f;mgiolda uenufkctursd it, Texas. Th6 jotter 

### le llksslca required to pay SUOh i8I3fOX baoh suoh ln6fMtitZideOr fW&cidc 

### whlcrt the jobber sells in Texac.”
In this oonnectlon you may: *The Law state8 that 

### in otsm~m where the reg- ~.stratlonfetrshavs beca palilaltfmr 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 re

### qma to rt3glater.n

**We have**  **qsreful4** 

### resonsldsred 

## these**statCn@r in**  

## theopinion,

in the lightof your orltielsms. It 1s to be. 

### noted that. the pr0viclJ.o~~ OS Ssetions 

### 6 cad 10, quoted above, 

### apply,. by theirplain 

## terw, to “all.* firm, corporations or pcr8oap engaged 

### in lrellfngrap agmultural ineactloide ox

UBO

### IA thisstata, 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 shouldbe M otihrrexoeption and that **Che'Aot** should 

### .app4 IA .all. ofme oat 

### exoepted.* **39** 

### Texas Jarisprud

### enae~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



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. ..,abut

### aay agricultural inrdotiofde or fungiold~ al?eady ~rsgietemd 

### by the iaaztutsot~er 

### or Jobber need not bo rsgltiteredby any other
%-r oruon aell.ingsaid agrlcult,urel~aseotioldca 

### or **ung cl&e**  **Wring the**  **perlod of**  such **rsgibtratlan.**

. . ..- (iJn&srllning**ours) ifouse**  3ourna1, 46th Leg**lslature,** ww 753, 736.1 Or. 0. S. Frapa, page 6

But 

### tho Saaata rtmtwa to aonoar in .taaNou64 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-onot this departtraant that out-of-rtata maniltraturarsare not mquirad : to btiandthair.aonta+are, under the pravieions~ ~ or tha Taras **Aot,** whaxithe BdLe la made for ae

### livery 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 :.~esaxYadaxelwlYely 

## to co,Agrefls. 

### Conrtlttrtlon Or tae Itnitsd Stabaa, aeatif3n 8, 

### Clausa 3.* 

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## .~ *0tia **~0 aeda-iF;,**  **SW. ‘** **8,** 01. **3-I**

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tb&Aik::##~.4t&T$i~A t0 ion iali~ken, ani%ti&lg bupperkt& ~bl I 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~~desor run$i~fais.b4yodd~tha 

### boundaries of !&ma&,arkn r&en &&end&itol,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 

### xurqhemxa, not almab~at lnteretate aom

### Ea6rQ4

atba

### rZthoat alay 1lrorialrutioA 

### agalinst out-OP-state 

### manufaotwars and deulers, it plaoea 

### a 

### validrsstrfctianuponall suohaalesand &tam crt srlemadewfthin 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 tti4quality 0r artlales produ04a by,ths labor or a'oouhtry and rit tham r0r ex

### portation, 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\laddwithin a atate.

ror 

### the tttfite to the ntq~uires4nt axit brinS the aat lnto 001 lelon with tha mauneraral powar 

### vested iA

j 

### clearly thi4 saanot be EO atito fOr4igA **Con&xsos:** atnafneroc,

for olause two i3ril20 or 

### krtlole 1 ex

### praralg $eeognktcirr the validity of'&at% Jaapectlon. **..,,. ..,_j** **’ ,^**  **‘**

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laws, and allows Ght oolleotion **of** fhe~**amounta** neceasarr rep tin’&?executioli;and we Jhink the 

### samepxibaipli.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 61eour4to ewoae tbe prlvi- .legeor deh.~tidingthe 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 insTaxab, oe rgrlaultuml ineeatleidee and Pugicidas, for use in Texas, rrxoeptthobe ~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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ABWX%D NOV 23, 

### 1943 +f&ib. OpiAiOEI Grover Sirllerlr coudldered and Flrat Aasiatant Attorn+ Qeneral : approved in umit65a aotiterena*

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