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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* 8240

Honorable Stauaell Bm, Pago 2

nattreaa vhlch oonkina aeacnd-hand aaterlal vlthout **atk** h%q to much uttreaa a tag 88 Provldedbr 1o) of 3eotion 2 of **raid** Artlale 476At5. Doer Artialo #76A born Chapter 3A of Title 71 OS he Beviaed Btatutea of the Stat. OS Texas tAota of the 46th **Legialeture,** lgfg, pr 376) mopport aaoapIaint lgiruta person

whoMnuf~0tura8 lalcLenMn

Collar, Texas Sor male, a **rttreaa** vlthcut attaching t&w&o **a** trg rovlded by (a) of rkotlon 2 of maid Artiole **P**476At **”**

**. .**  **. .**  “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. I

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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’. I L

. . . ,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 

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l rounly lovn thereto on all four aider ofthe

k g, attached

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idea **of** the article **of** bedding, l aubatantial vhito 010th tag four (4) by olght (8) 

## inchesin aim, upon vhloh &all bo indollbl~ *tamped **orprlnted** In red ink, in the Bngliah laa- ~~r~~~",~,n~~~~*~o~~~f

l Uebato r~a Intematloaal **definer** the verb %mnu**ircture ”**  **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 lzu reapootfully advised that **%otl.on** 21.) vi11 not support a complaintunder your del orlbed proaraa.

Your l ooond and third queatlona are anavanblo in tb 

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**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 oar l 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, aatatomont 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 ltk ohed

vhen nov rtorlala are used, rlth l pproxlmto porcontagea vhen **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 **por** mlt 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 pur**porno**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 lot**trring** thomon, ooverlng tb l tatomont of fllllng rtorlala, ah411 be in plain typo not leas than on* l lghth (l/8)

inch Inheig ht.

‘(0) Bvery artiolo of **Eeddlng** awwfaotund for reaalo oontalning second-hand matorlal, shallHonorable 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@dor printed l.n red ink, in the Zngllah lazquage, in plain type not loam **tlmn** one-half ( ) Inch la height, atatingj ~r.eoond-haul mbtert 1. t

. . . . . “s.0. 5. Enioraament of **lot:**

**‘ The**  **Stat. IWard**  **of** Health %ahereby 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 muchprovisions.



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. violeX. - .. **. .**  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 **aub** jeot 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),

l upra, 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 muchbedding 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