OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**



## TerseState Board

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fox ProteeeionaliingfntsQkre Austin, Texas Gentlwmn: Attenticni F, 8,

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22 of Ast tatad Statutes, provibest on*a Civil Anno

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08, lnaomptenoy, or profaaaionengl**estonal fxglneer,.** 

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or after the first Cay of Janrmon who oh&l1 practice,or tho profemion of engineering out beitlg re&3tered or exempted 2.n aCmor&anOewith the **pr~~ieione** of thie i&t, or nny **pareon** pxemantlng or att6nhptlnln$ to u5Q as his own the omtiflcata oil regletration

or the sad. of another, **or** any pareon who ahall give any 

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person :uh~shall violate any of thf3 provialonsor thin Aot, be flnod not less th,u One Huncired($100.00) Dollers nor more than Five liundrcd

(500.00)Dollars, or be confined ln jai.1 for a period of not exaeedin~ three (5) amths or both. Each day of such violation shall be a sepmte offense. "The Board 13 oharCedvrith the d;ty of aidlrq in the unforoementsf tlio provisionsof thin Act, and my member of tho Board may present to a proseoutingoffioer oom?laints 22elatA.n~ to **via** lations of any of the provioionsof this kot; and the i3oard

thrvugh **ic3** membars, ofeiaera, **00~~~01** and agzta amy aeoist in the trial of any oases involvia~ulleged violation of soid statutes, subjeot ts thz control of the groseautingoffiaors. "The Attorney General OS his assistanis shall act :AS legal ritiviser

of the Board and shall render suoh legalaa~?ietanoe as may be neoesstiry in entor0i.n~;

and making effective tha provlslcnne of this Aot; provide6 that this shall hot relieve the looal prosecutln&ofticers of any of their duties under the law as suah,n
?!e r,uote from Texas Jurfsprudonoe, Volume II, page 330, 118folloi~~s:

trTho Terns statutes at numerous plaoes reflect the *t;ciee

policy whioh demands that advertisement3 tell the truth and those those guilty of making; f&la%, deceptive an2~mieleading otatementebe regarded as offendersag:iinot the ofimlnal law. Thus false advertisingof merchandise or anything offered for sale ia an offense punishableby fine. (tfltlcle

1554, Penal Code) hdvertbsin5by banks and trot compenies in 5trFngentlyr3#.ated, particularly in zqard to truthfuLnoes. (Article 4%, zevlsod Civil Statuten'Rrtioles 542, 543, Penal Code) 51~ or a&cr&emants whioh were used by a ooqoration now defunotmay not be used under p0nalty of a fine. The advertisingof ecrployment aGent Is regulatedand aertain kinds of 8dvertisinG by them are prohibited,Texas State Board of lieglstration for Professional

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WPermi~s from lawful authority are sometimes naoeseary before n person pursuing a oortain calling or buoinessmay advcrtiee. Thus the Blue.Sky Law panalizas the adv.vcrtising of securities for sale ivithcut

first having obtained the permit rec,;lircd,

And It 1s a penitentiaryoffense to advertiseone*s-selfas a livestockcommission merchant iriLhout

first having given the bond rec;uirr;d by law. (Artlola1500, Penal code) Likcwise advertising

ns s oertified Public Accountant, or ilaine in advsertio&z?nts the initiala 'C, P. A.' without having roaelved the reqtiired oartifioate 15 a oriI!&nal

offense punishableby fine. Falsely advr?rtislng

ono*s-self **a5** n *Registered Cotton Yecd Brsederf or 'CertifiedCotton Seed Grower' is prohibited.

n The use of the flags of the United gtatLs*a&'of the state of Texas for advertising purposes is prohibitedunder penalty, , . . But newspaper advertisementof the business,profeselan an6 plaoe of business of those praotloingthe healing art is expresslypermitted. In many states advertisingby attorneys at law 1s ret&rioted,but there are no suoh provisions in the Texas statutes.* (3% note, 56 A. L. K. 1313) Article 2 of the Penal Code provides thatr
"In order that the system of penal 1!1w in forae in this state may be aompletevrlthinitself, and that no system of forelilfi laws, writtan or unwritten,

may bc appealed to, it is deolared that no person shall be punished for any aat or omission,**unl330** the **nanm** is r;mdc a penal offense, and the penalty is affixad thereto by tha written law of this state." After making a oareful scaroh of the statutes, we find no statute vihtih

prohibitsndvortisiny; bjr rcgistcredprofessional engineers6

You are rcspeotfullyadvised that it is the opinion of this departmentthat it lo not a viol~~~titin of the law for s grndua~e oloctrioaland meohanioal engineer to advertisehFm-

### Texas State 

### Board

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Trusting

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fully amwere

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### Yoltm3 verytruly ATTORNEY

GENh3A.L

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### Ardell

Williams hssiatant



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JAN I.6 1940 (s) Oerald OL Mann ATTOi3NEYGENE;.ULOFTEX.AS

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