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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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u&e to hat. a ruliag 

owing whetho .or not auoh 

0 a hmliaed oa thefr 

ag Sn the busiaeae of haoling 

pomt, to markmt.* 

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On&&l 10 1941 Seaat. Bill Ioo. 43 of tha 47th 

kgislatore booane a Lw of’tbla date. 

i.Qlll protide* a8 r0n0wtbt 

s4ation 4 or asiu 

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~~a. OOLO II. .~.WOUSOQ, Jr., Fat? 2 

Sso tio n 1 , so a s te h u sa ftu red l w fo liews: 

~'9sotlon ea. mlen a OcEmerei~l w'%r tt 

hiale sought to k rogistsr86 and ~rsd b the 

omrr thereof only in th0 tmnapOrkti0n d m 

own poultry, daltJ, llTsstoar, Urestoak products, 

timber I@ its Bstural stats, uro. ram ?rcdsetr to 

-et, op ts other pints for asla 01 proasreiag, 

or the tlrensportatlon by tha omiar tarsaf Ji 

leborus ‘Srom thdr plnoe ar ~SCI~SFIW, USI mtsclsls, tools; squlpasnt end sapplim, rltdat char68, 

mm the plao* of pur0hw or starage, to LIB OIL 

rum or ranoh, exolusivsl~ ror !ds OWI ims, ot II.SO 

oa suoh Saw or ranoh, the rsglstntlon llcen~~e 

fe*, for tho weight 01688irlcsri3a8 2srsia ssa- 

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this AOty provided ~Surthor, t&t It’sball ba the 

da*y or tbs Blghway OcuoPirdoa to pzarido Uaenss 

p%ates dlstinguishable'tnnlio~~ yhtss ussd tot 

other oommralal motor rshlolo8 e t!m k3grnmp; 

provided further, lS ths own01 CS rsy aaasralsl 

motor vehlals, oodag within the petlsloas 31 this 

hot, shs&l u10 or pernit to bs ussd ss~ nohrsMole for any Other purpass taathos+ pzoribd fW 

ia this Aot, hs shsll be guilty si s lisdsmsaar, 

and upon oonriotion, slullbs fW inrs,yssmaot 

1088 thsn Twenty-tire ($25.00) Ecllars n3r soon 

thaa Two Bundrrd (g?iOO~.OO) Dollars, mU ual IUS 

of suah rsbiola aad raoh~psrslrdsn rar sash us8 

of sush tohlals sbsll ooaatltut8 wpsrsta aflmrst 

provided, howstu, that all ooauelsl aotor rshlolea, truok tractors, road treotors, trsllsrs ssd 

'ssml-trallsrs as dsflned in Caction 1 af !%ptsr 

23 of the General Lsws of the Pltth Csllsd 508)11cm 

of the 4lst Leglslaturs, not oamlsg dt!~Ln the 

~?~Visions of this dot shall be raw to py l ll 

reglirtratlon snd liasnss tsos pr-aseribed by tb 

other prollslons OS Chapter 88, Cumml xms ot the 

4lst LsgisLsturs, Second Called ferrlca as sssadsd 

by this Atit.‘” 

In the above snaotment the leglrlsta~ ineluded, 

for ths rim time, the olssslflo*tlon af -tiabm lil its 

natural tat&s". Utlquestienably cedar pnts wouu eoao rItN* 
Hon. Coke 8. 8tevmson, Jr., ?ags 3 

this lsglslatlvs ola8alfloatlon. Thersrora an Individual 

'may In our opinion, operate a vehiole with a farm llosnss 

thsrson as provided In 3aatlon 3a, supra, and haul cedar 

posts out err 0r land that said Individual owns; 

Your attsutloa, Jmwever, 18 called to Opinion 

No. O-3aOl of this departmeat. In thst o lnlon us were 

ooaosxnsd with a teat situation where an 4 ndlrldual used 

a truok not only to haul hls own aattle froa hle 05x1 ranoh 

but also to haul aattlo whloh he purabesed troi% others to 

ma*st. In amwar to the qusatlon of whsther or not Artial8 e675a-oa authorlzrd auoh lndlvldual to so oparats with 

odly a tam lloanas cn.hls motor vshlols this dapartmsnt 

ruled as follower 

WA both of the oeaaa 

IIf 

ou submit in your 

flrst'two uestlons the In rldual is not using 

a ‘aonmero P al motor vshlala* (aa def'lnsd by the 

Leglslhturs) ohly In the transportation cf his 

own poultry, dairy liyestook and farm produx 

tomarks t . ii8 IS using aaia~ for the transportation of produots that ha purchases iron others 

also. It Is apparsnt that ths Individual in 

eithsr aaao you outline should not be entitled 

to the reduoed lloan5s roe as prescribed in th5 

above quoted Artiols. 

"In line with the above reasoning this department ruled In Opinion h'o. O-587 aa followa: 

w~~ze are of the oplnlon, therefore, that 

ths benefit5 of the Artiale eoorus only to a 

paraon who tramports hle oxn products to market 

or other points for'salb or prooessl&, and 1s 

not ror the bensrlt or a person, as lndlcatsd In 

your Inquiry that would be tralps~oftln3 producta 

purchaasd from another farmer .' 

*It Is the opinion of~thls dspartmmt, thererore, that the lndivlduals nentlonsd In your questions one and two would not be entitled to the SO$ 

reduction on iarm tNCk llosnmee aa defined In 

krtlole 66754434, 5upra." 

we belleve that the lndlvldual who leases a ranoh 

for the purpose of outt1n.g the tfrnber tharetrom or one who 
Hon. Coke 8. Stevelllon, Jr., Pam 4 

purchaser the tlnrlaer under a rtraieht contraat of aala without leeming the land would be in the nnmm poritlon aa the 

octtle treder who puroheee~ aattle from othsrr and hauls mm 

tb merket. Its is the opinion of this department therefore 

that the Individual who purshames timber from others or rho 

leeares land for thr sola purpose of remcvlng timber therefram would not be entitled tc the *faflD lioenee" provfdod 

for fn Artiole 8678a-da, eupm. i0e are additionally influeneed to euoh oonolnoion by the fact tbat our Cpinlon 

Ho. O-%301, atupra, wee urftben prior to the snactmont of 

raid Senate Bill ,W. 4Send the legi8lature readopted tha 

phraeeologj l hla,:bwm poultry, et%" that appeared in the 

AOt prior t0 x iii&btBnt. 

Xe truab that the foregoing fully enewera ycur 

inquiry. 

Your0 rery truly 

APPROVEDAPR 30, 1941 

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'+ctlwb ATTORJSEX GEaTERAL OF TMas