**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  GENERAL **OF TEXAS**  **AUSTIN**



### our**opinion In**  **g&h.**

**-.**rttar, lor_whlohpleare 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 here**bl 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**  mal **qufpmmt, timber**  **utw in**  It8 natural

**tate, rvnr**  maohlnery, find grain 8 ala1 **peryaltr** upon **su0h** kms, oondlt ons, and rertrlotIon8a6 the Railroad r CommIesIoanay aem proper, end to make ruler ma rogulatIon0governing 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 unooa8tItutIontianb fmdia br roamonor 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 thereofwithout thI8 **Sub800tloar*** W8 unaoataaa 

### rN8 you **that** the speol8lmaodity **porritr** la quO8tIon, **a8** orlgInally 5ssuod, only authorize the truuportatlon Of *oil field •qUIp~nt,n but that l**ub** 8equont 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 artIole8uhloh ark 

### notpmullar to.011 rida8, but uhloh ria~ b8 -06 la ail fma8, own poorIo8, lumbar ana the llko.

kuthoritfoaunot be obtaImb for the **tran8porta tloa**  oi **umwdltior** other th8a **t&or@** naimd In 8aI6 Seotloa 8 (d), rithout appliodlon tutahuring, *ioh uo urd0ntuia has not boOa had a0 to the oarrIM In **quaatIon:** and one mu8t make applioatlonb&or0 reoelrlng authorityto 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 

### fi rld l 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 are OS l ssiatr oeo

lc 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.,

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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,'und6rfemblD'8An8. 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, :lImitlngand n.tr10t1ng trarMgortat10nor 'Oil Pi814 rqulpmmt* uadu Sp6016l Ckmmodlty Puma*; rpd 

### for moiua~ ahi.

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. *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. 

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qrn hatm m8aa the oono1u6lon that 

### notlomor houin( ware not **r88eatiaI** to the validity of the or&r la qumctloa.

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### no **nlmtioa** 

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genmral **ordmn of**  

### thm CoopmiS.iOlI,

sffeoting alike 8&l 06rrf.r.or all'oarrierr0s a olasa. *It deal6 3peolfloallyend .~~lu.It.- 1~ with Inrraotlo~aor th. lar or Cov6aIsslon **rulme and**  non-utimr by lndlrldusl**omr** tlfioatm or germlt holdmrr. 

### The dlmtlrrotlon bmfnmmu ordarm of this oheraotermnd general ordora la 

### fundmnmntal.Thm fOWU dr80t 

### oaly th. individual osrrlor m0ma, 

### mnd turn

### prmdloatmd

upon mommd.r.llotlon upon hi. part. Thm lattor affmot al.1 motor **oarrlmrs** 

### or thomm of a olasram 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 mompolllngInherent reatin *hy notloe and hmaring Should b. requlrodas prmrmquI6itmto th. vtiiasttg of -neti- ~108 6nd rmgulstlorrr 0s 

### adminirtratlre **bo.rd.. ”**  Am already Iadloatmd,nm do not bmllmrm that the **SpmOiti** 

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ommodlty

oarrlmrs, sUthQrItOd by their omrtiflsate8 ,to trmaaport 

### only 0Il ri8ia 

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havm l

**utbarl** tr to oan'y mnfihing .x..~t auoh tOO18, apparatus ad ma

### ohbimryU **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,** .oanmo restriot 8uoli oarrlmrs. Your rlrrt qonrtlon, **'ihmrmform,** 

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**answmr~**

fOUr6 VOW tNly
APPROVEGAUG 10, 1939

ATTORNEYGENE+L OF m$ ORL:po AmFlREY oi?lmfAL OF TKxhtl

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