OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUBnN

&orable John D. Reed, Commlssloner Rureau of Labor Ststlstlos Austin, Texas War 8lrt opLnlonHo. o-4ow Rag Artlole 6379, R. C. S., ir enforceableagainst company operatbg la interstate oomerce. Your request for an oplnlon of thla department reads:
"?&easeadvlre me vhether or not Article 

### 6379,, Revised Civil 0trtutes, is applloable to r'rallroad oompany operating In Interstate oomwroe in order that we JUSTtake proper actloa on ..amatter nov pendlag before thlr De-

_partmnt.” Artlole 

### 6379, Revised Civil 8tatutes:ofTexas, provides1 'The air brhkes and air brake attaohment on rati trcrin

In thls State mirt.bo lnspeoted by e competent luapeotorbeforr sooh train leaves lta dlvlU$n teminal. Thle article shallnot apply to tram roada eng8ged lnhaullng logs to eav aille, nor to rallmads under fortyailes in length.,'.Any oorpomtlon or receFve~vho operates OP causes to be operated an? suoh trainvithout uoh insp otlon shall **fopfelt** & **PbJ** to the tate Of %I ?ems (1,

penalty of not lesr.then flft3 nor more than one hundred dolla&, to be recoveredbr suit. Each ogeratien dP’any such train Without suoh inape@ilon firsthaving been 'so made ahall,be a aepa*ateoffense." The anaver to be given to the question before ue wtll +ependupon whether the Federal Sbfet:y Appliance Act, dealing withEonorsble John D. Reed; Page 2 .

#afew deviues f'or railroed .mlhg rtook in inter8trte comeroe provider for larpeetiona eoveawdbg Artlale 6379, rupr4. If ruah 18 provided in the Feder41 Aat, the

### Texa8 Strtutemu8t fall 

### as havlng been 8upereededw a FederalAaf derllngwith the #am

Southern Rallv6T Co. v. Rrllro4d Comlrnfon of Xndluu, ~8%. 439 35 8. Ct. 304 59 L. Ed 661 The reoond quertfon to be dlrpo8ei of 18 vhether'ornot th;Aot'ln que8tlon 1s 4 burden oa lnter8tate oomeroe.

**We have**  amefull~ examined the **Federal Bafetr**  **Applfanoe** bet, aodifled 48 qltle 45, 73.8. C. A., sad flnd a0 provf8lon for the lnspeation of the brake equipment therelnprovided for. And hence, we do not believe the fewc# 8tstute 0411 irll wlthln the prohibition of the Southern Railvsr Co. v. **Railroad** Coaridrlon of Iadluu.ceae, supra.

It has been held that t&e variourFederal Safe* Appliume Aata embodied In title 45, U. 8. C. A., 

### aree8rgntially pollee regulatbns derfgaed for thepurpose of rrfcigusrdlngemplormr 'ixnd

psr#enge~r from injury 4nd de4th. U. 8. v. Philr- .dele~~~~ 8. RI. Go., 223 Pod. 217; Dodge v. Chlti&o@rest WestR. Co:, ., 146.1.Y. 14; 0. 8. v.* Xntenutioml West lorthem **9** Fed. **(26)** 142.
It 18 our o piafoa that the

l t8tute under oonrfder4tion 28 ole4rl~ within the polio0 power of the **State** 4nd 18 lafc3raesble unlerr it mn be rsid th4t 8Uob Fegulation18 6 burden oa lnter8tate

### oommeree.

It vas held by the Suprem Couct of th# United Btxtei * in the aaae of Texsr,Qo. v. &ova, 258 P. 8. 466, 266 Fed. 577, **thst .the** **State** of Ueorgla asuld requln tirpeation inaludiag teat8 

### a8 to qtmlltr,

### as a #4i"egu4rd with reqmot to lllumlnrting ,011aad g48olfaeuhen found within it8 border*, or uhen movlag in Oomwrue from Bt4te to Motel them being no legirlatfonby Congres8upon the clubjeot.

The rfaht of the State of feu 

### York to fori?ld under penslties the heating of milwry p*rreage~ 04r8 in th4t State br cutover

or iurnsoea kept la8lde the

### uar8or 8urpemied therefromevee though8uOh oara veL?(I operated iti intirstato eomae~e ~48 upheldb7 the 

### Unitedbtatb8 Suprene Court in the 0480 of Hew York, Il.

H. & 8. **8.** Qo, v. People of the &ate of low **York,** 17,s. ct. 418, 165 P. 8. 628.Eonor6ble John D. Reed, P4ge 3

The Arksasbs Leglsl&turehcidthe right to require 4 ,&nlmm of three brakemen for freight trains of more thsn tventyfive oara operated la the State and the sum vas not 4n unoonstltutlonal regulation OS interstate eommeroewhen applied to 4 foreign oomp4n~. Chlaago, R. I. k P. Ry. Co. vs. State of Ark4n848, 31 S. Ct. 275, 219 U. 5. 453..

We do not believe that,the statuteunder oonslderrtlon ~osmtltuter4 burden on lnterrtrte ooneroe. It 1s our opinion that the mm8 18 enforoerble igain8t b oorpor4tlon operrtlng ln laterstate eomeroe. Yours very .trulP