OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAg 

AUSTIN 

BmoMaJ ca8pbell f. Ford 

couuty Attorney 

San saba collnty 

San ssba, Poxar 

Dear SW* w.nlon lo. o-3888 

Ilel x0 it3Avtu1touae 

rolllea or net8 vltb 

mesba of not less than 

on6 lncb aqualv in taking 

or catchln$ mloker8, buffalo, oocp, sbad, or pr 

iatbflW8hWt8XWOf 

all 8aba county, Fexar? 

“ma qwrtlool ha aFi8.a tn fhis wulkty u 

to vhetber cr aaot It 10 laWul to ume l einea w 

net8 oith w&m of not lesm fhan one Fpeh mqaare 

in taking or catehlng fmeer8, baufalo, Ml-p, &ad 

or gar ia the ireeli water8 OS &n baba County, 

t6XW. 

%ndw Art. %8?L-1, sea. 1, 1. c., it im a 

vlolatian to fish for, tab, or attempting to 

oatch 

4 

fiah ia any 0r tha publio wattmu Or 

trlbutar 08 of aucb vatem ln varh6 ootmtlem, 

l.ml~, San8abaOoaty byuayarthodoW 

thmbyord~pole uu2ilne, ret line or threw 

llns equipped with mm t&an tvo booka, exoept ia 

the col8rado RLvsr; and exestptirrg artili8~u~s. 

This artidLe does not coMain a PepRl~ 

y&lsby ~dedd.%ynd by Aat* 1933, 9 4 rd -8. 

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423 

c 

i ‘6 jworable Campbell I. Pold, Page P 

n2iowev~r under ar%iole 95~7, mea. 1, say 

and all parson8 shall be petittad to take or 

catch auokere, buffalo, aarp 

the ~antha of July, August, 

ahad or gar during 

baptambar and Ootobelr 

in any of the fresh vatara of’ Boaqua, eta., lbeludw San Saba Comty, vith a seine or net, 

tha meshea of vhioh ahall be not laaa than one 

imoh aquara. Thla article doer not contain a 

repaalfafj olause, and vaa amanded 80 a8 to leave 

out Comanche County by 'the laat laglalature. 

"wio Article 978 L, sea. 3, it is udlaw- 

!'ul to' take iron tha trash vatarr of Ban Saba 

County any baas, crappie;parah, catfish, or 

any other fish teken mm tha frash vatera in 

&.ck' I( e 

various oountieu including S& 8aba County, other 

than by orddinesg pole and ll.w~or throv line c- 

+G G lr 

eqrrippad with not more than tuo hooks, exempting 

artifldal lure. Thla article does oo~taln a 

rtQd.ing Chl88, 4Id Yam &Warned w Act8 1933, 

43raLegt,, spec. L., p- 'ii', ch. 61. 

%he seoond question in oonncction with the 

game lava la vhether or not It la lavful to sell, 

offer to sell, have for male, or catch for sale 

any baaa, orappie, peroh, .oatflsh in tha County 

OS sea Baby 

., 

"Artlale 952%-$, ~80. 2, rwA8 as follovar 

"It shall be unlaxpul in the Counties of 

San sda, *to., to sell, ofrer for male, or &we 

in poaaession for tha purpose of sale arrg tick 

beam, crappie, oatfiah, or aun fish, oom~only 

called perch. 

“Vnder Artiola 978 L, 3ec. 1, vhioh reads am 

flollovs~ 

"It shell be unlavf'ul for any parson, tim, 

or cowpox&ion or their agent, to barter or sell 

or offer for barter or sale, or to buy anY baea, 

crappie, perch, catfish, or any other fish takan 

pm the fresh vatera in the bounties of an saw, 
Bonorable Ceu@ellK.Pord,Ppse 3 

Oilleapi* Kerr, (lcaml, W, Xmom, -le. 

Bdvaptla, At&tom and Bwl. 

%I8 &tter utielo eoateiar l repeal* 

&awe. Quwticm ia vh6thw or not out of atate 

flab or fl& 6aught in water8 0th~ than in the 

Oouutler above enumerated eaa be Irvfull~ mold 

in 8aB 8aba county.” 

(Sam rrfiele referred to in the third pwagrnph of 

your letter i8 Arttole 95%7, InstoM of Article 972L-7, uui 

we hava taken Uberty of eometm tb a typagm@abal l inn?.) 

Ue 6awot agree v&th your lntwpratation of the waning o f Ar tla l6 f?ë& ketlcm , 0. She SIr a t two l eotlona af thta 

artiole am am follower 

*se@. 1. It ehall be sxalavm ior alq 

peraw, firm, av eorpwa~ or th6l.r agwt, 

to b a r te6r l rll 0vofrer f0~ bww~ 01 Use, 

er to buy amy hue, wapp&o, per&b, eatrhh, 

os?anyotb6rflahtak6Brrawaermehvatera 

lm thm &untie8 of 8u 8aba, @llluple, K6rr, 

zlti+16ne, 3k8021, Klmble, Ldwubr, Butted 

. 

l b6vo naw4 ecniM%ea aw ol tb8 flab above 

en\#?at64 by any moaw 6F 46vlw ether than 

~o~~@le~ltaeortkmwZI.aoalu4pd 

WithB6trotrmthWtV6hWk8,pOVi4.4*hW6VU 

that it aball be lalfrua to rbh vith a dwe&ao: 

cr 0th ~ l r tliio labl a it 6q uQq md r ith m6r e them 

tv0 h ook e, ,u;pro r d *M 64 fur thetr h a t a p er mo m 

twntJ*O) feat %n limgth for the 

8atf3hhgminnovar6rWt, loperaonahlluae 

the mfnnov melhe hexwlxuelarCtt6d for the smrpo6eof takbgamyfi8hothertihmrdnnon~for 

bait.* 
Ilslslewer w theprobU~efaanmtruing &tic& 

952L7, 8eatlon 1 in aoxmatlan with Artiole $WilL-1, 8aetloa 

1, anil ala0 Artiole 955, Puml Oo&, l923, uht4h prcvidoa h 

pavt as rollovsi 

Ilaial bdt, uul no person dull plaoe la 

t&a fvesh vater Fl?4rI, llreek8, laker, bayous, 

pools a legoQn8 of the eouat3a8 rbove a8ntiarAe& aay 8e3.w, net or other brvlee, cr taap 

for taklllg or wtak( iishj providml, houevu, 

t.batper8onaatayua4amtatuwoe~tihiobiaaot 

more than tventy Swt in lam&h ior the parpoae 

OS mxJh%ng Biltwws for baltj or a net, the 

weher of mhlah we net, lemr ubn three baha8 

f;,“~ms g~~$$yaqm d *ha 

Tb above quote4 Qr ~loy$s‘~ ln 

,= 

th8orrpti~0r this a88t nurrA*tg2rp ;ratt0'hdufbt~ a4errrah 

aa aales;lon vaa lntende4 by the Ilgirlatura. In fWt , the awn& 

sent ol! 1933, 80 vrltten, 4eer not mske liens0 am a ooaauvatlon 

In, au4 8emmmtlon ir the ovirlant sole purpaae 0s it. In ruoti 

a a sa t, a m Qla ittvee4 r4 %a î a h o ultl k sup p lud, to g iva l rreot 

to the la&~intentof tlm&&hldure. 39Texaa JwUpwden6e 

330; 3 9.L.R. 404, ncy; Quatavel v. State, 153 Iha. 6U, fi4 I.H. 

” 

, vas fi.rat enaatwi ia 1931. 

treg. Sam:, p. 294, ah. 90). 
Ronomble Cuqpbell K. Ford, Page 5 

&mc* it will be seen that it 18 a later expreaaloa of tin 

legislative vilZ than althaw Article m2L-1, Motion 1, er 

Artlole 955. Am auoh, it would ba oaatrollfmg in the rttera 

to vhbh it xdataa, even if it had no sqmalin(l alrxue (vhieh 

it ham). 39 Tuaa Jurlaprudenae 253-2 71 Blahep 11. Rouatw 

Independent Bhool afat., 29 9. V. (2d T 31?, 35 S. W. (Qd) 565s 

&&f;%.nsvajsC%t~ or Vaxahaahfe, ~6 8. W. 2018 Fsoat vu. Venie, 

It should be noted, houever, that thla artlelo 

appll~a &ly*duriag the montha of July, Augurt, Baptmsber and 

Ootobnr, and only to auoke~,~burral0, oarp, ahad and gar. 

We aee no oonflict batwen Artlala (3f$?L-1, Seetloa 

2, and Artiule 978L, Sekatlon 1. 

0rrtm.tg r0r male, eta., 

The fix-at pcohibita tim math, 

in &s w8 c0wr, of the ri8h rurwd 

no matter vhera aaught. .Tha l eewd prehIbIta the barter, aals, 

eto. , in San Saba or am other amtzr, 

the rm8h 0s w fi&tz E w&em in any or the named aountier. 

violation of the firat la $lO.OO to $50.001 for vfolatian of 

the second, 45.00 to $100.00. 

It 18 our opfnloa that the uae 0s l elnes oc rwtr with 

wahen 0s mot less than om Inoh aquare ia taksng :~su~~IB. bufWe are further of 

bare, mappie, catflah or 

San Saba County ia unlavfd, 

have been oaud& .