OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

our opinion In 

g&h. 

-. 
rttar, lor_whloh pleare aompt our thazlb. We believe - . . . _ 

v hare asde the oor?oOt UIUrU8 Or WI. Mttor. 

Sootloa 6 (a) of &tIolo Bllb, Rorired Civil 

8tatuto8, am amna0a tn 196T, road8 a8 r0ii~: 

--2%~ Railroad Co~~I8rIon Is herebl giran authority to 188~ upon applioatlon to those pt4rson8 who dorlrm tg 

angaga in the bUalZi@88 of transportlag 

for hlro over the hI&tway8 of this State, 

llramtook, cohalr, *ool, milk, llts8took 

r80a8tufr8, h0~80h0lb moda, 011 ridd 

l qulpmnt , and used offi l’urnltur8 

ma l qufpmmt, timber utw in It8 natur a l tate, rvnr maohlnery, find grain 

8 ala1 peryaltr upon su0h kms, oondlt r ons, and rertrlotIon8 a6 the Railroad 

CommIesIoa nay aem proper, end to make 

ruler ma rogulatIon0 governing 8u0h oporation8 kerplng lnmilnd the proteotIon 

or the hig‘hwey8 and th4 oarotT of thetrwellng ~publlo; proridbd, thnt If thlr 

hot or ray rsotion, ,OubM)otIOn, sont+oe, 

olau80, or phraro thomd, I8 held unooa8tItutIonti anb fmdia br roamon or th0 

illOlUOiOl& Or thi8 Sub8eotIon tb L&Slaturo heroby doolupr that It rould 

haw paawd this Ant-aaU may suoh bootion, Subseotlon, mentense, olau88, or 

phra80 thereof without thI8 Sub800tloar* 

W8 unaoataaa rN8 you that the speol8l maodity 

porritr la quO8tIon, a8 orlgInally 5ssuod, only authorize 

the truuportatlon Of *oil field •qUIp~nt,n but th a t l ub8equont to the Irsueno~ of suoh pomiIt8, probably ttmu@ 

inadtwteaoo, the Ia8atlrloation platoa Irru8d thereunbr 

do8orIbr thr authority OS the tN&r a8 bolng for the 

tran8portatlon of *oil rida equipment 

80ti of ruoh oarrietr am OontendIag tha 

9spgp&&Aod. 

rI&ht now to 0~x7 artIole8 uhloh ark not pmullar to.011 

rida8, but uhloh ria~ b8 -06 la ail fma8, own poorIo8, 

lumbar ana the llko. 

kuthoritf oaunot be obtaImb for the tran8portatloa oi umwdltior other th8a t&or@ naimd In 8aI6 Seotloa 

8 (d), rithout appliodlon tuta huring, *ioh uo urd0ntuia 

has not boOa had a0 to the oarrIM In quaatIon: and one 

mu8t make applioatlon b&or0 reoelrlng authority to tram- 
Sborrblo Jrwsb KilAq, PamS 

port tam Sp6OId 8O=OditiOS aud la tootloa 8 (4). IIoaeo, 

w Ue Of tha OpbiOn th8t t&O80 SUdU8 hU0 SSqUiMa 80 

SdditiO&l~ right. br the iMUti= Of the *ordS ‘Utd Sue 

p1hS’ $a -0 IaMtifiOatiOa plateSa 

To 4~. the tmm”oIl flold l qulpmnt” the broad 

aunlag ‘oontendod r0r br 80% 0s tJLo.8 OUriOM wu;La b. to 

ONat OMD3n OarriUS WithOUt OOIQiiUIOS Oa the put Of 

th0 pomlttoe8 rith thr aur;l roqulrm8ntr ad8 0s that typa 

0s SUrhri "Oil fir ll d quimt’ M8U8 Otiy ruoh tOOl8, 

apparattis find maobinary a8 I8 needed Inthe drilling ana 

operation 0s oil and g66 8ellr. Sooh equipsat au82 bo peOtiiU to Oil fiO)dS sod their O&'UatiOth urhi10 mt in 

point, the fOllowIn& 0~8~8 a r e OS l ssia tr o elc o thi6 eonMStiOn; 

U.S. Ebl+r Co. vs. Ua6hIa@oa Si& 

., 149 Pao. 706, L.R.A. 

131s-?, p. 951 

%llkVS. 0.c. t 8.2. w. CO., 68 S.X. ec# 

Inin VS. tit0 ~iMCO0 CO., 40 S.W. - 

(8U) 671 

ulqlyps;h.(L.tG. Coatral Trust Co., 

. 

rma the opinion 0s chid nutlo* xeciendon in 

Qnor vs. Railroaa CommI88l0n. 117 S.1. (ta) 148: 

UiSSSd, W qUOt8 (LB fbllOW81 - 

qn*r baldor 0s l 'SDOOfti 008- 

moaltf ourlor pumit, 1 i88u0a I'ebnsary 16, 1933,'und6r femblD'8 An8. Clr. 

St. art. Ollb, Sootion 6 (a), rued tb 

Bailmad Coa&a8ioo and Its membon 

(rorurd to as dd8ndaCtS) to rot 

aala@ a goneral ordor of the Com8I8sIoa 

pa8884 Bowmbsr RR, 19333, :lImitlng and 

n.tr10t1ng trarMgortat10n or 'Oil 

Pi814 rqulpmmt* uadu Sp6016l Ckmmodlty Puma*; rpd for moiua~ ahi. . 

l ror a la - 

. 

*Th* ardor ra?- +taokad on two 

grotmdsr beoeuse, (11 it xa6 pa8SOd without not.100 or heuIng, dsloh mot la8 

oonosama~ and (8) it was unjust, unroasonable, end dIsorI.mInatory as to 0rwr. 

. . . 
Bowrablo Jumr Il. ltllday, Pago 4 

qrn hatm m8aa the oono1u6lon that 

notlom or houin( ware not r88eatiaI to 

the validity of the or&r la qumctloa. . . 

?bi8 SOOti (u (b) ) 8SUirOSuY h8 

no nlmtioa trJ genmral ordmn of thm CoopmiS.iOlI, sffeoting alike 8&l 06rrf.r. or 

all'oarrierr 0s a olasa. 

*It deal6 3peolfloally end .~~lu.It.- 

1~ with Inrraotlo~a or th. lar or Cov6aIsslon rulme and non-utimr by lndlrldusl omrtlfioatm or germlt holdmrr. The dlmtlrrotlon bmfnmmu ordarm of this oheraoter mnd 

general ordora la fundmnmntal. Thm fOWU 

dr80t oaly th. individual osrrlor m0ma, 

mnd turn prmdloatmd upon momm d.r.llotlon 

upon hi. part. Thm lattor affmot al.1 motor 

oarrlmrs or thomm of a olasr am r.lL a8 dl 

oompd.ng oarrhra of ovary dmaorlptlon.. 

Thm rmoord shows th6t t&r3 war3 ot3r i?iCO 

6pmOiti wxsnodlty oarrlmrr operating unndmr 

pormlts granted prior to No~omnbmr 88; 19SZ. 

Therm la no mompolllng Inherent reatin *hy 

notloe and hmaring Should b. requlrod as 

prmrmquI6itm to th. vtiiasttg of -neti- 

~108 6nd rmgulstlorrr 0s adminirtratlre 

bo.rd..” 

Am already Iadloatmd, nm do not bmllmrm that the 

SpmOiti l o mmo dltoarrlmrs, y sUthQrItOd by their omrtiflsate8 ,to trmaaport only 0Il ri8ia l qulpasat, havm l utbarltr to oan'y mnfihing .x..~t auoh tOO18, apparatus ad maohbimry U 16 nm.4.4 in the drilling ULd OJmNtiOIh Of Oil 

Ma g68 WuS. Cmrtaialy, under the oourt*a holdlag in 

the Ormmr oaam, oupra, t&m Raiboad ‘~00ai86~0n oi %x86, 

by gmmral or&or, .oan mo restriot 8uoli oarrlmrs. Your 

rlrrt qonrtlon, 'ihmrmform, rsomltman affinmatlvm answmr~ 

fOUr6 VOW tNly 

APPROVEGAUG 10, 1939 

ATTORNEY GENE+L OF m$ 

ORL:po 

AmFlREY oi?lmfAL OF TKxhtl 

COMMIITEE