896 

OFFICE OFTHE AlTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Bert ?ord, Adainibtntor 

Ton8 Liquor Ooatrol Board 

Auatla, Teaa8 

Dear sirt 

ated ordinance 

OrrOot t0 be 

ion or thle drp 

fo11owllr 

quostlng the oplnqueattoa reads a6 

aoa, Judge or BOtor 

that aa opinion be 

e Comla*lonerE' 

egal power to eetablish 

of beer la hanaoay with 

ti.ag the 8~ Orr00t t0 

aOupall.or th8 city 0r Oderaa, 

Oouaty. 

ds, it is the deelre 0r tba corn--3 

t to O#babl~~ 'O~~@VI how8 rOT 

la area8 or the oounty sftuatod 

ootsldo of lneorponted alty llalts, in the event 

tha oity or Qdessa by ordinaneo establl8her oloslug hours within the 9ity,* 

ApUole 667-10, Vsraoa'a Annotated Pea Oodo protlds#; 

*(a) It 8hall br aalawful ror anl person ta 

sell beer 0, orrer mm9 for sale between the houn 
897 

Honorable Bert Ford, Poe0 2 

of 12:OO e*olook mldnl&hB and 7100 a. a of any 

day or front and after 12100 o'olook d6nlght Saturday until 7:oO a. me Uoadey 0r th8 follalng 

week provided, however, that any holdrr of a 

Rot ai 1 Dealer's Liomoo or a %%ao and 3eer Flotallo+~o Permit oholl, upon ahowi* to th8 8ati8- 

feation of tho Qounty Judge that ha lo o-aged 

also lu the sale of fwd and sthu oammdltloo 

ior httman oonorrmptloa, and that the sale ot bsr- 

&r 

00 Sor uhloh a lloenoe lo roqairod does not 

% ouoh prohlbltod hottro noraolly ln the 

oouroo of any 080 waok*o t& omoakat~ l.u dollars 

sad oulato 4a mm0 ~%hoo Us oal6. vuue of sood 

and othor oomaodltloo'for humon oonoumptlon sold 

by oaoh lleonsee during auoh houro bo entitled 

without being roqoirod to pay en7 #ee theroror, 

to a oupplemmdary lloono* outherlalng hlia to 

oU1 ouah bereraageo during anr hour or anf'day. 

Sa%d l opplomentary liaenoe shall bo on a rom 

furofehed by the Board or Administrator and upan 

being loouod shall bo attaohod to and beoom a 

part of b,aolo lloonoo of the holder, and oaoh 

oupploaoiitary lloonoo shall l xplro with tho.liUMOO d whloh It lo a part/ provided fu~theo, 

that tho Board or Its reprwea8a8lve6~moy at say 

tioto nke inquiry into the buoi6886 of rnloh lW1d.r; 

a nd uo looo It o a nbl e hmmbytho'lieenos+thAt 

hi8 88lo0 ot aloohelio bevorageo ore not ~06~IIog 

la mlue tho 8aI.r off ioq4 and othor oonunodf0ior 

for huaan oonou&Wn durin( ths hours. rotorrod 

to in this psorioioa, the.Boord or Adnialotnter 

io l athorlsed after aotloo and hearlag Ce i8+@ 

an ordor revoking oaoh l opplmoatary 110~80, aad 

the helber or a llooaos oo reveked oha?.l not be’ 

eatit te l onpple~~e~ta~ lk+onu tot six (6) 

0wh0 th0narter. 

‘It, lo provided that during the porlad oi 

thirty (301 days titer the otreatlte date of this 

Aoa as 60 oil par&as aothorloed to l U1 beor at 

lntall OK& durlI&i aporlod of thirty (30) bays 

orkr hia. loouaaae thorosr’~a0 00 say aew lieaaeo 

or peni autltorlrlag r00h ralo (but not as to 

any renomel) it ehgl be preoumed that tho pfaoipal &uolnoao ot tho llooasso or pemlttee lo 

not tho ~a$?, or aloohollo bsvorogeo; end duri;mC: 
. 

Iiaaorob& 3ort Ford, Pago S 

l uoh porlcd of tim 00 aplnot OnJ prtioulor li000000 or pmittO0 th0 r00triotionr 0r this hotioa and Seotian 2 o? thfo Art1010 &all not apply. 

'(b) ft shall b ualawful for any 

mok0 ~0al0 0rb0.r onyvhoro in this r 

rooa to 

8 ate on 

the aor of.‘- ~ne~O1 

olootloa hold in this S r at. botueea tho hours of 

la orr l leotion 0 goaarol 

7100 a. me sad 8r00 

P 

. P. of the day; provided, 

horover, that the ho Qr of a Nonufooturerr’o I&- 

oonoo or 8 Dlotrlbutor’o Lloonoe ry ask. dellverloo at rholomlo during ouch hours to tho bono 

rid0 hold8z8 or lden8eo Or p o x witts o l e~.2 hoer, 

but oh811 not moko any l 8loo or doliveries to any 

other porooa.” 

Artlolo 667~lo&, Vernoa’o Aanototod Puul Code, 

C~Pdo la part 00 follovor 

. 

. . . . 

'All inoorporaf86 oitloo and towno are horoby 

oothorl#od to regulhe the sale of boar uithin the 

aorpor0te limits oi au* oltleo and t0im0 b;r ohaster 

awndmont or ordlaanoa ori4 EST thereby preoorlbo 

the opening oad olooing hours for l u8h oalooj ouah 

oitioo and tom0 ouy olos doolgnrte oertaln soneo 

ia the rooidontial seation or ?oatlon.o of sold 

oitleo and tovao v&r0 rush re&ations r0.r openlag-d olooinghouro for the oale o f beer l h4ll 

be oboorted or vhero ouah uloo my be prohibited.” 

It lo toll ootobliohod in this Wats that the OOEIml**lonor*' oowt hove only erroh @over and authority as lo 

expressly ooaforrod br the O@aNtitutlos and tha lam of thlo 

go: bz, the pover’and outho8lty ~~oeooarlly implied there- 

. 

The Leglolature or Gonotltutloa &a not o&erred 

upon the ocmloolormro~ owto any povos to fir the opening 

and olooing 

r 

rimlo rar the orlo of boor. Theroiore, tie 

avower the a eve stated quootloor in tho aeg6tlre. 

Vary truly yoouro