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### Mr. R. A. MoElmth Auditor 

### CookeCounty 

### Gainesville,

Texas Dear Mr. MoElrath: Oplnlon No. 09. Ra: Beglatmtlon of out ot State Motor Vehlole8 Your letter ot Deoember29, 1938, addressed to the Attorney.Oeneral 

### ot Texasha8been reierred 

### to thewriter 

### torattention. The pertinent portions ot your letter are as tollomr

-1 understand that the Sohlumbergemdwell Survey

### lngCorporation

1s a Texas oorporatlon wlth its prlnolpal ottioe in Houston, Terns, maintaining garages in iarlone pleoes la Tents, and malntalnlng in Texas a total ot titty-tlve truoks 

### bearingTexas lloenses. "This oom?any has one or more truoks permanently looated at Ardmore, Oklahoma, licensed and used in-that stllte. Oooaslonally the truok or truoks 

### In question are used 

### in some other Stata 

### wheresaid coz~pany has no truok avallable at the ~moment, and reoently said OOEIp,anphad oooaslon to so use the Ardmore truok in Cooke County, Texas. I undeistand lt has been used several times in Cooke County, Texas, and on e reoent oooaslon the looal Iii&way Trattlo 

### Oftloerdscucded registmtlon 

### ot the truok In Texm. -Pa&s 116 OSthe 1937 aomplled State HighwayCommlselon of Texas LawsRelating to tfotor Vehloles, HighwayTraffic and Raglstretion, proolaes 

### in effeot that motor vehicles proparly lloonsed In another State and aperated for hire rznybe allowed to We not exoecdin;: two trips during any aalendor month and remain on said trips wlthln the State ot Texas not to exoeed four days,! :

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R. A. 

### Mooglrath,

Jamary 10, 1939,pageE


### 'Itappears t&t Oklehom .hae no law almllarly 6 wantln(r, vehioles registered 

### inToxns the right to maketrips lnto Oklahoma without registering then.

“The namedoorporatlon aoknowledger the law would apply to it **but** for the toot that it 10 a Texas oorporatlon, but ln view thorooi 

### 1s ot 

### the opinion that the law wss not meant 

### to apply to a Texas 

### industry

bavlng a branoh 

### ottloein the Stnte of Oklah- and oooaslo~lly and la nooordanoe wlth the above-aentloned law operating 

### itstruok or truoka ~?ermanentlylooated 

### ln Oklahomawlthln the 

### Stateot TOULO. nUndarthe above toots and oontentlons please advise whether 6r not tho truok ln question should be -registered 

### la Texasii itmakes not to exoeed two trips per month end remains 

### notmore than four days in Texa8. Or should said truok 

### ba exemptunder the provisiona ot the law above-mentioned, or otherwise?* ‘
. The statonent ot taots as stated ln your letter falls to state whethor or not the truoke Of the above 

### namedoompany are 

### being oporated tor 

### oompensetlon

andhire. Artlole **827b.** Section 2, ot the Penal Code provides that motor vehloles registered under the laws ot another state, and being oporated 

### toroompensatlon and hire, ~111 

### be permitted to come into Texas 

### twotrips 

### per month, end not to stay ia exoess of four days on any one trlp, providing truok operator8 from Texas oporatlng for compensation aa3 hire are granted the saze prlrllege under the laws of the other state. The State of Oklahomadoas not grant 

### thisprlvllege to OperatOrs from Texas; therefore, lf the truoks in question are bolng operated tor aompeceatlon and 

### him they would not **be** peztitted to enter Texas without being properly 

### registered under the laws ot the Stute of TBXES,and you are 

### so advise&

It the truoke 

### in question aro not being operated 

### tor oompensetlon and hire, it 1s myoplnlon, and you are 80 advleed, that the operators ot the truoks oould alke oooaslonal 

### tripsinto Texasby tlrtuo or the provl~elona ot Artiola 827b. Seotlone 1 and 

### 5. of thePenal 

### Codeor Texaswithoutregistering in the 

### Stateot

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### l&c R. **A.** 

### MoXlreth, January
I trustthatthle inquiry. . 10, 1939,page 

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### Your0 vary truly A!L'TORHZ~

02NZ3hLOF TEXAS /

APPXWZD