OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 11 

GROVER SELLERS 

A?-PnmEY GENERM. 

Honorrbie IL D. Dod@n, Zxeoutlve Bmretary 

oulae, Fish and 0yBter CoQml~81~ 

Austin, Teaas 

Dear sirr OplnlQaa Ro. o-7134 

OFk 18 rtqulFed to b6 

len@b and of mob vldtb 

of @olng Into the oulf 

laaqp shrimp boat* envatelw vlthln the $Arlsdur that the, contomplatedpurobam~ ir, to be 

Control ror the Qmae, Fish an8 Oy8t.w Ccmmlaslon, 

~eutoi the Plshand O~tmlfund. 

the lleeaslng oi"'Won-Resl&nt Col~pswlal flshammn mad 

Art1010 g*b-1 of the Penel Code au usen+td, p vldw for 

v on-Resident 

Comw~rat*l t'ishw Ekmts”, provide8 peatltlon fop violations of ita 

provlaian8, providas that call umnsys colleoted tmclor its provialons 
lionoreble,E. D. Eodmn, pags 2 

rhell be dspoposlted to the credit of the Fish end Oyster &and, en8 

(in the 6ection refereed to by you) that% 

“The Oaae, Fish and 0;ntor Commlorlon of Texas 

shall keep end maintain a suitable boat for t$s purpore of snforclng the provlrlow of this Act. 

The current spproprlatlons to the 56&w, Fish and Oyster Cmaoi6sltm me oontn~ed In Aats oi the 49th Legi6&?iturs, Regular Sea&on, 

Chapter 378, which provides ln p6rt as follow% 

%eution 1. That the revoral sum of money herein 

speolfiod or no much thereof 86 aa6p be nooesmwp, am 

hereby appropriated out of ang moneys in the State Tressury not othervise approprletod, or out of special Honda 

as mex be l tovn, for the support and malntenence of the 

aevonrl doptmtmentu and~&genules Of the Stpto OovOrntfIent 

for the ,tvo yi?ar period 

enUl.ng Aquat 31, 1947.” 

?.m&ming September 1, 19% and 

-9 l l 

“50. ~lii&tmt Flolfl--uotar Boab, 

Truok6, Ret6 snd twxaes...p,500.00 2,500.oo 

ì* l l 

%OA@~ MVSSXo8 

(OuCof i%6h end Oyetor Rurd) 

“u * 0 

“73. mohenge 6nQ re~laceaent of BoaB... 

4*750.00 4,750*00 

“t u .,a 

%&of fons;oln$ 8peoLflu amounta or &o much thereof 

~a?wp~~&wwed, are hemby apgwoprla~oa far tha gwwposee 

&b&me enu@epated and r&h611 bo paid out of either th6 

S@w+l fNmeiRw3, the Spools1 Pioh Propagatlm,md Proteat&h F&d, tho Ue&ias Irko.Mtl, the ‘Fish ena C&6tor 

PuntI, $be Xajte Worth-l&k&e M0unW.n Iako ‘Fun& or the 

aand ~t$bqlJmd @ravel Fund,~rad~alZ.marisy to the crodlt 

ei tbi@~ a, 

Y 8 

oia rundo an land la the 8tate’~Treasury a 

Segtqb&r ;, 19 5, together vlth the current revenues 
, 

to be dorlwd cad plaoed to the credit of theso 

rpecl61 fun&r during the next ensu%ng two years 

ending August 31, 1947, 8~ hersby approprPste4 

and 616~ be used for ~the pertorwnce of the dutlo8 

and fuDotloa6 of the &mm, Fi6h and Oyster Com~lal lon lnpr66olVlfig,prot6ctlngand l~r66aingthO 

pFovfd06 t 

Aatlole 4030, Venton** Revl~ed Civil Jtatutes of Texar, 

*Art. 4030.' Fish and oyster fund 

*All fund6 aolleoted by tho &me, Fish aad 

Oyste Gwl~aion !'rtm the aale of oaanmFoia1 tlshotmtuta* lloen666, rf6b dealm6 liueasss, tares f3a flab, 

araba, oyatsvt~ anduhrlap, andallother Wmdararlao 

llfo, end 811 fluoa md pbnoltleles oolleoted.fommy. 

iafraathtt Of ary l8VB PObtiag t0 00cMrOhl ttnhormon,~ball~bs plawdti tho 8tat.e Tree~urytothe cmdit of a fund to b6 kWBtt a6 'Flab cad OyBtOr. Fund' md, 

together with th6 man6y nov to tbo xm+dlt of thl6 Sund, 

irr hereby appropriated and dud1 be wed by the okma, 

Flab en8 Oyrt,er Cow~a~loner in the enforcement OS the 

flrh and oyster lava ot thIo State, aad 'in the dlmmmftmtlon of usofil infollaatian pertab%ng to the eoenamlc 

value of fish md oyeter lDarlno llfe; the mskfng OS 4 

sclentiflo invoBt tfons and 6utwey8 of the prina%p61 

608 food fmler 3 narfne life for purpore of the better 

protection 6nd oormemtion ot same, the pro 

diotrlbution of sse' food flshoe oy6torrr, tmr 

gcrtlon and 

wrtw life; the purah860 , repBLr 6nd op6rat,~",",r 

baata and the essploymont of deputl6s to carry out end 

enforce the provlalons of tfrle Aot. Acts 1925, 39th 

w3.. p. 446, oh. 178, B 2.” 
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