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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hoaonblo Stanrall Bryan 

Diatriot Attomer 

XoLoaaul maatif 

Waco, Tex88 

the above rhted 

being diatuzbd ln the proamst 

“2. DcO~ Artid 4$76A bdIi$ chaPt.0~ 3A Of 

Title 1 of thm 3evl8ed Statutes of We Bbte of 

Texas 1 Acts of tb 46th Leglmlature, l.sfS, p.376) 

support a oomplaint rplnst a person vho menufactUl"W in I(OhXlMll COlUlt~, bXA#, fO&' Hell* 8 
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Honorable Stauaell Bm, Pago 2 

nattreaa vhlch oonkina aeacnd-hand aaterlal 

vlthout atk h%q to much uttreaa a tag 88 

P 

rovlded br 1 o) of 3eotion 2 of raid Artlale 

476At 

5. Doer Artialo #76A born Chapter 3A 

of Title 71 OS he Beviaed Btatutea of the 

Stat. OS Texas t Aota of the 46th Legialeture, 

lgfg, pr 376) moppora t aoapIaint l g ir ut a 

p er so n wh o M nuf~0tur al8 a lc LenM n Co lla r , 

Texas Sor male, a rttreaa vlthcut attaching t&w&o a trg rovlded by (a) of rkotlon 

2 of maid Artiole P 476At 

” 

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“It vi11 k obaarved that (a) of Beation 

2 of Aptlole U76A vholly fall8 to dofIrm arq 

prrtioubr aot vhloh ahall oonatltute an offens. ad fiila to dealgtnte my partiaular 

parron vhoao aat woultl aonatitute a violation. 

Than la nothhg in thm Aat that mkoa the 

meow8 0~ nie oc p088088ion of UI 8rtiolo of bw¶din$ dovoid of the required tag, 

a vio&tlon under Bootion 9. 

“Uhat ham been a&ted above appl1.a elao 

to (0) or maid Section 2 of Art1010 0476A. 

¶%%a l ubdivialon La l l.ightly aore defialte in 

that the exprea$ion ia uaed ‘Every artiole of 

bedding manufactured for remale’, but there 

la no provlalcn that aonatltutoa the aot of 

aanufaoture or the aot of rearlling, or the 

act or having in ono~a poaaeaalon, an offense. 

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“(b) of Seotioa 9 provider that l aoh day 

OS vlolatlon shell oonatitute a l epalwlto oftenme, mid ft is manLteat at once that there 

la no provision in the statute that vould lndicake ubat la meant br ‘day of violation’. 

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Eononblo 3tanr.11 Bryan, Page 3 

300. 2(o) of Artlolo 4476a, Vemonta Annotated 

Civil Statutes, providema 

%vory article of beddlng rmUaotumd 

for renal, aontainlng second-hand mate&al, 

shall b o a rl rounly , l ovn thereto on all four 

aider o f the k g , a tta c hed to both l idea of 

the article of bedding, l aubatantial vhito 

010th tag four (4) by olght (8) inches in 

aim, upon vhloh &all bo indollbl~ *tamped 

orprlnted In red ink, in the Bngliah laa- 

~~r~~~",~,n~~~~*~o~~~f 

l 

Ueb a to r ~a Intematloaal definer the verb %mnuircture” aa “to make by haad, by uohinmry, or athor ageno~.’ 

In a almllar altuatlon it vea hold In City of 

Louiarllle vs. lvlag Vol-Allmen Dairy Co., 105 3.Y. (2d) 801, 

268 Ky. 652 thatr 

“A corporation oagaged ln paatourialng 

mv milk vu8 not ongaged in %anufaoturlng~ 

. rinoe no nov produat van created and 

iniy*mllk rmf&md aftor the paateurlalng 

proaoaa.” 

In view of the prooeaa doaorlbed In your letter, 

in vhloh the bedding, am l vholo, paaaoa through the process 

vith ~elther the coverigg nor aay part of the structural Mturo ot tha mattmaa being disturbed, and in anavor to your 

first quoatlon am stated above, rou l zu reapootfully advised 

that %otl.on 21.) vi11 not support a complaint under your del orlbed proaraa. 

Yo ur l ooo nd and third queatlona are anavanblo in 

tb 8frirrative. 

Art. 4k76a reads, in pot, am follova: 

'(a) The ton %wlding~ a$ uaod in this 

Aot ah11 moan mattroaa~a, pillova, bolsters, 

feather beds mid other filled boddlng of any 

doaoriptlon.a 
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Honorable Stansell B-an, Page 4 

‘3ea. 2. Wmlllng of Bedding Required: 

‘(a) All bedding shall b o a l r eouroly attached thereto and plainly vlalbl~, a l ubatantlal 

vhlto cloth tag upon vhioh shall bo lndollblr 

stamped or printed vlth bl&ck Ink, in the IPlgliah 

language, a atatomont l hodng vhathor now rtorlala or second hand ntoriala hvo ken used ln 

filling much boddlng, and tm or gnde of cotton 

and a11 other mtorlala uaod In filling rttroaa 

to vhloh l tk o hed vhen nov rtorlala are used, 

r lth l pproxlmto porco nta vhen gea rlxod; vht 

gwmioidal troatnnt, if any, ham born applied 

to tha utoriala or to the beddlngj the date of 

auoh gemloi~l treatment, the number o? the pormlt of the poraoa manufacturing the bedding; and 

tha numbor of tha penalt o? the poraon applying 

much gmmloldal traatment, if any. 

‘(b) Tha tons used on tha tag to deaoribe 

materlala shall k restricted to thorns defined 

in the regulationa of the Departrent, and no 

trade or l ubatltute terms ahall be used. 

"(0) It shall be unl~v?ul to make any 

?a180 or rial~bding statements on the tag nqtired by thla moot&m. It shall ba unlav?ul 

for uq person to move, deface, altar, or 

cauao to be moved, dofaord or altored, any 

tag or l tatoment contained thereon for the purporno of dofoatlng any of the provisions of him 

Act. The plaolng of ngiatmtlon ataapa roquimd In Bootion 7 of this Act over any lotterlng on the tag, shall ba oonatruod to ba defaoemult of the kg. 

‘(d) The also of the tag to be l ??i.xed to 

nev bedding required by this section shall not 

be loam than mix (6) aqume Inches, and the lottrring thomon, ooverlng tb l tatomont of fllllng 

rtorlala, ah411 be in plain typo not leas than 

o n* l lghth ( l/ inch 8) In heig h t. 

‘(0) Bvery artiolo of Eeddlng awwfaotund 

for reaalo oontalning second-hand matorlal, shall 
Honorable Stanroll Bwan, Pago 5 

bear, l oourely awn thereto on all four alder 

of tha tag, attached to both aid~a of the artlclm of beddIn& a l ubrtaatlal vhlts cloth 

tag four (4) by eight (8) lnohea la also, upon 

vhlch shall be lndollblz l tamp@d or printed l.n 

red ink, in the Zngllah lazquage, in plain type 

not loam tlmn one-half ( ) Inch la height, atatingj ~r.eoond-haul mbter t 1. t 

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“s.0. 5. Enioraament of lot: 

‘The Stat. IWard of Health %a hereby charged 

vith the enforcement of this Act, for the protection of health and to provent the spread of 

dlaeaa~. It la further empovand, and its duty 

shall be to make, uond, altar or ropaal gmwal 

ruler and regulations of procedum for carrying 

into offeat all the provlalona of this Act, and 

to prescribe metma, methods, and pmotioea to 

make rffrotlvo much provisions. 

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violeX. 

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9. Puialtlsa: 

hq poraon, who ahall be oonvloted of 

i of’ any of the provisions of this Act, 

or or tno ruloa and regulations eabbllahed thorauadar, shall ba sentenced to pe a flno of not 

leaa than Fifty Dollara ($SO.OOf nor non than 

One Hundnd Dollars ($100.00) for each offrnao. 

“(b) Xaoh dar of violation almll aonatltute 

a repante orfenae. 

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Aa rot should k given l fair, ratlonel, reasonable 

and aonalblo oonatruotlon, considering it.8 language and aubjeot mattar and vith a view to ooaompliahlng the leglalatlvo 

intent and purpose. (Tuma Surla. Vol. 39, p. 172, with authorities olted thonin.) 
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Honorable Stanaall Bryan, Page 6 

Section 2(a), l upra, applier to “all bedding”, 

Certainly a vmnu?aoturer o? bedding would br on notice 

that an-omlaalon of the pnacrlbed tag vould bo In vlolatlon of that r*otion. 

Section 2(a) and the dofinltlon of bedding In 

fhctlon l( a ), lupra, rafor to tha bedding after the manu- 

?8oture or g*zsloldal treatment. Uo oonolud* that upon the 

oomplotlon of manu?aotun or romnufaoturo, 3eotlon 2(a) 

beooma applloable and the prescribed tag la required to 

be p&ad thoreon forthvlth. 

I? tbo kg la omlttod, or not am preaoribad, Seetlon 9, l upra, provider tb penalty for tha “vlolatlon of 

m of the provlalona of this Act. - (Emph8818 ours) 

Sootion 2(a), aupra, prcvldea, ‘Evrry article of 

bedding manufrotumd for resale oontalniag second band 

material shall bear , . .’ It is l ppareat that upon the 

oomplotion of manufaoturo and if t&n la an intent to msell, an orlaalon to plhca the prescribed tag thereon forthwith lr In violation of that section and thereby punishable 

under Bbctlon 9. 

It vlll bo not& that beddlmz vithln Section 2(e) 

la also vlthin Sootlon 2(a) and tkt two dlffomnt tags 

n&red. 

are 

Under Smtion 2(a) and (0) the mrp~albflltp 

A violation la personal by the expnaa twma of. Section 

sup=, and mompI tti person or persona oharged vith the 

of attaching the teg. 

for 

9, 

duty 

lo reforonoe to “day of vlolatlon”, It la our opinion that the &glalature intended an offeaao upon the failure 

to p&co the pnaorlbwl tag upon much bedding am above set 

forth, and th8t each day, or fraatlonal pbrt of a day, auoh 

SalLure continued vould be a sepamto offenro. 3y the vord 

%8y’ la msnt a “oalomdar daf, or from midnight to midnight, 

Truatlng t&t the foregoing ?ullr answers your inquiry, v* remain 

Yours very truly 

Al’l’ORllEY OERERAL OF ‘IWCAS