OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG 

AUSTIN 

QL- 0. MA”ll 

A-*~ OutDIAL 

Nonarable w..s#& O'mIi.el 

do~mar of fb Stata of Texarr 

Austin, T~rar 

Dsar Oarernorr 

Ia ,ocmo*~iaar 

this De-~, ar 

lmaoived eighb aspar 

P Live B&ack Santt yeax lrttor. 

am rrsmt;*l ,y ,$hR ’ 

el8bn‘~ ..swlaP fan fmQ 

k ~rabieation rerk thr 

&mmlpd in,ia&h ~a& &arexlu8 tthon9.n am c(pazoa, jaaks aa jenndbm with&t . 

that thiby ahau. be aw86 into, 

y a8 pmmarlbod by law, an4 

i~StoekBaaitary(!omaisalm 

are briefly designated as follows: 

- Certain described partioru 

Port B6ntl tJountiss, 

100 - Certain aeeoribsd potilo~ 

- Certain deaoribe0 portlcm~ 

0r willaay munty. 

proalamat;iea No. 106 - Certain desarlbed area CU 

Brasoria County. 

proalamatlon No. 104 - Omtain dsaaribed portioaP 

of Brazoria and Bert Bend Oenmti6e, ditfennt ?rem 

that dumaribed in moolamatlon No. 99. 

Proalamation No. 108 - Certain desoribed portions 

of Harrle hunty. 

Proolamatbon No. 106 - Certain desoribed part.8 of 

rort Bald county. 

, 
Honorable W. I&e b*&&el., page 2 

The oaptlon oaptlon o? I$ouss Bill 77, Chapter Chapter 35, Aots 1929, 

First Celled Session 4&8t Le 

In Vernon*8 Vernon*8 Fwnal Cob aa .Art f 

islature;whioh is inoorporatsd 

ale 358X50, 358X50, Seations Seations 1 - 37, aontalus in part the iollowlhg iollowlhg lauguager lauguager 

*An aat to provide for tM eradlaatlon lh the Stats 

0r Te~es of the .fwer 0arrWiug tick, hlargaropue Auuuletue . . . ana authortilug the Oovarnor to isme Proolamations designatbng oouutier and parts of acunties 

tar tlok eradiaation purposes and quarantining oountles ~_ 

and parts of sour&tee because OS tlak infestation; . . . w 

Por purposes of applying this law to portionne of ths f3tate 

or county to be .afiaated, it ap ears that two primary and di.stlnot subdeota sre deal$ with t it! oughout its provisions, namely, 

wtiok eradioation* and wquar9ntine.w Brief exosrpte fromths 

law are hereinafter set forth wherein proalematfons to bs iseusd by the Oovornor are rsfarxed to. With refersnee to authorization of *tick sradioation,w,in territory wherein suah 

work is to be Rroseaut&,;we partioularly notlae oeveral~provision8 of the lawt 

"&eO. 3. .*. , *It is hmob~y-~@pea!illy pravidad 

that the Live Btook Badta5y4drsi~ ahall do- 

.swte., for tlak~:maUsut@nj ,~~o:be.,prcr~~~~~by : ~, 

the Dovernor imne(Lia$oly npon tho'+tr 

of this Aot, that part oi Live CIhkyDadut -3 y whlah 

'was heretotore designated for tiok.~eradioatlon'by 

proohttation~or the Governor under Chapter 122, 

Aote of tln~Reg+u Ses~lon oi the Thirty-Ninth 

Legislature, . . . . . . 

Whermrer the Livs Stock Sauitary Commission designates any of'the aforesaid oouutiea or parts oi' 

counties for tiak sradiaatlon the mum shall be proolaimed by the Governor of the Stats Sol Texas, . ..w 

%eO. 4. Whenever any oouuty, part 0i Couuty, district or territory Is designated for 'tick eradiaatlon 

by the &ire Stock Sanitary Cowmf.esion,and proeZaims& 

by the Governor, as herein provided said proolamati0n 

shall oontain a~prcwiaion quaranti$ng, said oouhty, 

part or aountg distriot or territory, ~snd the effect 

of suoh quarau&e shall be to quarantine said ocunty, 

part 0r county; distrlot or territory and all lands, 

pastures, pens, lots, premi8ea, . ...* 

. 
.-, Honorable, W. L%e O*Daniel, pa@ 3 

Other pruvisians relating to Wquarantinew and the Iasuanae of a proolamstlon by the (covernor ars hereinafter notioed 8 

=seo. 5. . . ..The Live Stook Sanitsry CommIaslon 

Is hereby authorins& to transfer, by proclamation 

of the Oorsrnor oountlee and parts o? Gouuties ?rom 

any area to ano& area whsnevtjr the same is dssusd 

advisable or msessary and to establish (ad) neoeslrary 

quarantines on lands, premises and live stock. . . ..n 

%sG. 4. Whsnster any GGunty, part of oounty dietriot or tsrrltory Is dsslgnatsd for tick eradiGatlon 

by the Live EtoGk sanitary CommIesion and proolaimed 

byths Wornor, as herein provided said proolamatiGnJ 

8hall oontain a provision quarantinfng said. Gounty, 

part o? county distriat or territory, and ths effect. 

of Buoh quaran& shall be to quarantine said oounty, 

part o? aountyr diatriot or,terrItory and all lands, 

pa8ture8, pene;lot6, premises, . . ...* 

*Sea. 35. ..r..Tha quarantining of allthG6e oountheta and parts ,G? oounties whioh are dssfgnatad In 

Ssotlon 3 of this Aat a8 being in ths Inaotire Quarr 

~..antlne&,~.drea .~tahaU.~~&3qm. ,sffeot;tve upols,. the., takb443 

e??eGt o? this Ast yMJwut ths Iseuanoe of any proGlmatian. ..-.* 

The aat ?urthsr provides In Bjotion~33, as to formr 

proohmatione and area8 affeoted thereby, as tallows: 

* . . . ..All'proalamations heretofore Issued by ths 

Governor under protisions o? any fowsr law designating-oountfes and parte ot oounttes Xor tiok sradioation, and also suGh proolamatIGne qUara&hbg Gotmties an& parts of oounties beoause o? tick +?eetation, 

whioh are still in'e??eGt at the tims of the taking 

e??GGt~~f this AGt, shall GGutInue In full ?OrGe and 

siteat, unless otherwise provided in this Act subject 

to the provisions and penalties of this Act wIthGut 

the Is~uanoe of proolamstions aftkr the passa$s of 

this Aot. . ..." 

Section 1 of the Act, pertaining to t&3 duties of the. 

Live Stook Sanitary JXuuuIsSion aB.provided In Artiole 7009, 

Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, In part, proVIds8i 

" . . ..SaId Camrmission shall adopt nsoasssry rules 

and regulations, to bs proclaimed by the Governor 

of the Stats of T*I~B, for carry- out the proviSiam3 Of this AGt. ...)( 

. 
Honorable W. Lee O*Daniel, page 4 

As will be seen from the above quote4 provieions, our 

present tiok eradloation law expressly providea that all rulee 

an4 regulations adopted by the Lfve Stook Sanitary Oommiseion 

are to be 

for proola %ein 

romulgate4 by the Qovernor, with specific provisions, 

g oertaln territory a8 4eeignate4 by the Live Stook 

Sanitary Commission open for wtibk eradication” an4 to be “quarantine4,” au4 in thia mapeot, it ia similar and follows closely 

the provisions of former laws upon the subject. This being 80, 

it 8eema that your question aa applied to the proposed proolaau+ 

tiane submitted is annered by Juetice Prendergast, erpeakiug for 

the Court of Cr&ainal Appeals ia Mulkey va. State, 201 S. Vi. ,991, 

from whioh we quote: 

“It ha6 been correotly he14 under eai4 Tiok Eradication an4 Quarantine law that the court an4 jury ha4 

to take ju4loial‘~owle4ge of the QOvernor’a proolamation proolalming muoh quarantine an4 the rule8 an4 regulations adopted by eal4 oomieaion, an4 that it was 

not neoeesary to prow them. MoloOee Y. State, 194 8. 

8. 953. Eovmver, neither this court nor any other 

court ie bound to take judioial notice of any rulea 

and regulations adopted by the 3af4~oommisaion whioh 

have net been proalaimed by the Governor. In fact 

suoh rules.anQ regulatione, even though adopted by the 

‘.. ocnrmissfon,are~rf~t~:Saroo~an4~effeot~~ear ahdun- ... 

til the Governor preelaim them by his proo1amation.e 

It ie evident by the provbeione of Article 152S0, Veruon*a 

Penal Code, an4 partioularly Seation 4 thereof under which the propoeed proolamations appear to have been drawn, that the Legislature 

intended that before any designated *Free Area’” with its lines Befine4 oould beoome effeatire for purposes of wfiok eradication” 

and mquarantine,W such territory 80 designated is to be proolaimed 

by the Governor. 

Only in one instanoe does the law appear to render suoh 

proclamation uuueoeseary, an4 that appears in the last sentence 

of Section 3 of the law, whioh reade: 

“The reestablishment of quarantine on any portion 

of a county in the Free Area need not be proolaime4 by 

the Governor.” 

It will be noted that the above section does not provide 

for reestablishment on any tiortion of a oounty in the -Free Area” 
Honorable 1. Lee O~Daniel, page 5 

of'*tiok eradioatlon* but only the reestablishment of *quarcantine" 

need not be proolaimed by the Covernor. Aa the proposed proolemations em premm tively drawn to meet tha,requirmmnta of Seofion 

4 o$ thei law, th s 8 aeotionwould hare no applioetioa. The fadf 

t&at all of tti p~opoae4 proolamat$onri, with the exosption of two, 

being numbore 1CO and 101 are inBide the.*Ineotlve Qmrantined 

AmaW a6 rrpeoified by $&on B of'ths law, would not axaept.thQm 

from the requirement that they be prooleimad by the Oovernor, e8 

their status as firea by Btatute is that of being *puarantineds 

only. 

In view of the foregoing, you are rcapeotfully advieed 

that in the, opinion of t&l6 DnperBnrnt the propose4 proclamation6 

imued by the'Live Stook Sanitary Com&sion under tb8 pmrisioaS 

of Article lb%Qo, Vernon*s Annotated Punal Code, an4 whioh we are 

returning herewith, mnnot beouam effeotive without the aignatur@ 

of tha f30vernorr 

Yours vary truly 

ATTORIOCY - OB TWXAS 

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WJRKZM 

AnROvEBAl?G 28,194o 

/a/ Grover Sellers 

FIRST ASSlI3TAWT 

ATI'ORNEY GENEBAt 

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