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**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS T-**  **AUSTIN**

**a- c.** **nAm ~aolau** 

Honorable Ton

### Saay oouaty Attormf pottrr county Amrlllo, Terar
Dear Sir:

Wahart oara 1940,In whioh you qurationr propound your lrttar or April25, oi thir drpartmnt on aI **r0iiowrt**

with thankr your rblr di#oursion of on of authorftirr set forth in your 283, Penal Coda, Vernon’s Annotatrd Statutes, 01 to work on Sunday, rrrdr: *iny prreon who shall lhbar, or ooapel, tome, or oblige his aplOyes, IIC)T~IMII, or apprsntiorr fa labor on Sunday, or any prrron who shall hunt gamr of 

### any kind whatsoever on 

### Sunday within one-half ail. of any church, school hous*,

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- Honoreblo TomSeey, Fags 2

or private rseidenoo, rhall be fined not lose than tan nor nora than rtrty dollars. Act Dec. 16, 1863, Aot Deo. 2, 1887. Aote 1887, p. 108.~ Art1010 284, excepting osrtain types and kindo or work, rredr I

“The prrosding artlola ehall not apply to houerhold dutlar, works of neoeealty or oharlty; nor to neoeaeery work on ferme or plentatIone In order to provent thr 1060 of sny orop; nor to th8 runnlq of etesmboate end othrr wstrr orafte, rail oar8, wagon traina, oo.mmonoarrlars, nor to thr drlivery of goods by thornor thr rrooltlng or rtorlng of raid goods by the partlse or thsIr agents to whom eeld goods are drllverrd; nor to stagse oarrylng the Unltrd States mall or pasaengars; nor to foundries, sugarmIlla, or hardrr; whohave a hard of stook actually gathered end utier hard; nor to prreone traveling; nor to ferrymen or kaepara of toll bridgea, keepers oi hotels, boarding houses end reataarente and thrlr servants; nor to keepers of llrrry stables end thalr esrrants; nor to any person V&LO ooneolentlouely bellrvee that the aavanth or any other day or the wark ought to be obsarvrd 88 thr Sabbath, andwhoactually rafrelnr f’xm bualnrse and labor on that day ior rellgl~ua reaeone. Aot Deo. 2, 1871,‘Aotr 1871, p. 62. Aarndad In rulelag 1879.” Artlola 286, prohlbltlng thr salr oi goode on Sunday, made:wAnymarchant, erocar, or daaler Inwerae or merohandisa, or trader In any b.ueInser whateoayar, or the proprlrtor of any plaoe of pub110 amusemant, or thr a&ant or enploya of any euah parson, who shall sell, barter, or permit hle placr of buslnaas or place or public amusement to ba opan for the purposa or traffic or publio amusement on .%ndey, shall be CIned not laar then twenty nor more than fifty dollars. Tha tarra placr of pub110 amuaa>snt, shall ba oonetruad to mean olrcuaae, theaters, varlrty theaters and auoh other amuaaaents as ara axhlbltad and for whloh an ad.nlsslon far la ohargad; and shall also include danora at disorderly housrs, **low** divas endplaces or like oharaoter, with or without free

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tinorrblr %a Srry, Pa60

### )
i&r 

### rtiaalon. AOtI)rO. 2, 1671,Aotr 1883.D. 66, .Aots UN?, p. 1OP.”

rente,, llrrry qtab\ra, bath houara, or ior doelera, no* tor$ole6re$h o?‘trlrphonr ~OfrioeL, nor to +@S.'Ol 6erOfiM, 0, Othir SOtOrf'1Irlj~~O~30-~

. tehlolo lubrIceata, fior to aotlon piotore: l h6ra - 0~ 

### theetrra oprzatrdindnrinoorporetra rlty ortow, thrtrp one 0~01ook P.lib

. . *Sao. 2. Tha ComIr~Ionr~e ir City Counoll 91 ti' 80-6 OP iitka ia which adid siOti6n

‘Qlotarr 

### alloiva or:theatPaa are looetrd‘ahmU ha*6 - the :right ,an&~~tiF b$propor ordlnenor to prohibit or regulate the kerplng open 

### or ehowlng of auoh motion B

### Irturr ehoh :‘br‘.hhertrLr 611.hndny. Aota 19ns,3th.L66., p; 347..oh. 139, 1.11 Aofe 1931, 42n6 L-r&; Qe195,4n. 110 .- The ebovr quotwl ertloles he+@eppeerad in prrrloua ~~tloeti~nr :oi .thr Taxar Itatutes rnder the-~artielo numbrra ‘a Iedio+ea by tM -r0n0wiag teblrr

Thagsnsrel validity ot th; Sunday leas and the 8xztion of Orrtaln oooapatlone end l rtlolaa of nerohandiar ‘* brrn rroognlred end uphrld by thr ooarta. 139TOI:.fur.Ilonorablr Toa Sray, Page A



### $58, 0%@OQ.)

Art1010284, l

a9ra, rrpr~eely rxorpte 

### ima the progpon egelnet lebor on Sunday, wworke

### of nrooeelty or ohar-

. It le to be noted, horsrrr, thet tharr le no euoh axraption oa l



### ooount or 

### neosrelty from the prohibition against ealrr ot good8 oa Sundeyr.

The raot thetArtlelr 267 roadsmrrely. to 

### l xoept 

### l koe91re of drug 

### l

toree, hotele, boarding houere, roeteuraate,
,...’ GO., wlthout rxorptlnge9oolflo ltrae handladand rold bymob flrae, night, oa the fear of it, be oonetrued a8 a rnsrel 

### l

xoeption. L But lhletorloal eurvay mekae l uoh e holdiapoeelblr . The Act of 1871 (Ooasral Idwe, Sroond Soeelon, 12th Lag., 9. 62) ( entitled, -AnAot co Pualeh Cartaln Offansae Committad onSun4ay,W In Seotloan 4, makae It unlewful to oprrata abualaree 

### onSunday, within thr olty limite, between 9.00 A.M. *Ia 4.00 P.M., “provided, that aothlq in this eot ehall be sonstrurd to prohibit ths sale oi drug8 and msdlolnee oa Sunday.*

The

### Aot oi 1883 (Csnrral Lawe, 18th Lsg., 9, 66), sntitled, *ABAot to~msnd Artlolr 

### 186 (oodlflcatlon of 1879) of thr Pm81 Code,* sootlon lr

“Be it 

### l

naoted by the Legislature of the Statr of Texae: 

### That Art. 186 or thr Pmal Code be amendad 80 es herrsitar to read a8 followe, to-WItt *Art. 186. Any mrrohant **,** grooar, **or** doalar in wares or morchandlsa, or trader in any lawful bueiaaee whatsoavsr, ....whoshall sell or bartar on Sunday, shall br finrd.. ,., provided thle Artiolr rho11 not apply to narkrte or dealsre In pro-
~i~lone le to tha ssla o? 9rorlel~ne bide by them “efon9.00 o’clook A.!d., nor the eals oi burial or shrouding matarial; provided, the Sal0 of naweice and milk at any hour dn thr day shall ~:“;::~leeibl.. ...” end al80 exempt8 the sanding or raaalvlng or t&graph nreaagss. ztitlrd, ThaAot of 1687 (Gsnrral Lawe, 20thLeg., 9+ 1081,

“Amandlng the Sunday Law- Additional ExaWtione 9 ” ArtiOlr 1868 (oodirloatlon of 1679) says:-_ 

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Eonorabl8 Toa 6say, Pa68 5

“Thaproordlag artlolr (166) shall not apply to markets or dralare in provielons 

### as to ealae. ... brfora 9.00 ogolook A.M., nor to ths @ala of burial or ehroudln,f 

### meterlel, newepepore,

### 108, lob #ream, ailk, aor to thr bonding of tslrgraph or t

### l lsphono mreeagee et eny hour of tha day, nor to kaapere of dru6 stores, hotale, boarding houses, raetaurante, llrrry 

### l

tebli~; barbor shops, bath houses, or loe deelere, nor to telegraph or trlephoae offloee.a The Aot of 1691 (General Laws, 22nd Leg., p. 173), roads the sane as above, 

### l xoept

that barbs? ehope arr omitted as bein 

### l

xasptad. The Act 

### of 1925 (39thLeg. pa 347, oh. 139, 1l), adds to the oxosptrd artlolee wgaeol~ar or other motor fuel’ and *‘tshlole lubrloaate. *

TheAot o? 1931, amending Art1018 267 (42nd Lag., 9. 195, oh. 116). adds 

### %aotlon ploturr shows or theatrae oparatod la an7 lnoorporatod city ortom artrr 1.00 ololook P.l4.*

Thus whlla tha Act of 1871 epeclfloally rxrmpte *drugs andmedlelnae,* end the Aot of 1667 simply exorpte “k80porSw Of drug etorse, hotels, 

### end restaurants, yetin 

### srarof vs. Stat., (1869), lairs, tha court lntrrpnted thm axorptlone es llmltrd to drugs andmealo’lnse~ e& ln Se&h vs. Stat0 (1922)) lnfra, tha court again 

### axproeeod ltealr 

### vary olaerly as ooneidrrln& that drug l

torae ara llmlted to the eels of drugs end mediolnre, arrlraetaurants aAd hotels to thr ealr of foods, although in 1916 

### (Orlmre tn. State, infir), 

### tho oourt had hald that “la 

### 00netruillg thr etetutory *xorptlone, thr ordinary elgnifloatlon of thr mrde usrd oontrole.a

~1 canoe oltsd horeln port-date the Act of 1867. With regard to tbr first part ot your pUa@tiOn, hsring to do with drug stores, hotrle, raetaurante, l to.r In Saaroy TS. Stata, 51 S. a. 1119 (Ct. Cr. App. of Taxae, JUM I, 16991, the arrandaat had born oonvlotsd of eslltne liquor on sunany, nnd appsalrd on thr grounds that the Sun- *ay law 

### 18 ~dlaee 10g181at10n.” Ths oourt ruled thst tale 18 cot so, and held thst thr Legislature has thr rltzht to rxsmpt Oartelu articles, an4 said ln part:

“mugs andmsdlolnre war0vary properly placaa

### Honorable ToaSeey, Pago 6



### in thle oategory, aad tha **krapor** 

### of a drug l 

### tora Is 

### authorized to erll dm68 and 

### modloinae, but not ether good8 

### that do not 

### boloeg in this 01888.~ In theone@of Selrh vs. Steta, 91 Tax. Cr. Rap. 316, 

### (Ct. Cr. Ap9. 

### of Taxae, Ldaroh22, 19221, tha oourt held that Salah, the proprietor of a oold drink stand, did not rlolata the Sunday law In

### celling his ouetoaer 8nllk ohooolato, whloh the ouetoner teetlfied hobowht in llau of braakfaet es a froquont praotioo, boceuee, the oourt bald, milk 

### was rxempt 

### b7 tha sot, 

### andohoooleta war hrld 

### to be a food. 

### :a rondoring the aooleloa, tho oourt 

### sold la pert8

“The artlolee in qaeetlon 

### (Art10188 302, 303, Pan01 **coda,** 

### codirioation or1911) es oonetruod bytho oourt in searoy vs. State, 40 Tex. Cr. 

### Rap. 460, 51 s. W. 1119, are 

### not latonded to Exempt 

### rretaurant keepers’, hotel keaprre and keepers of drug etoree in the transaction of all buelneee whloh alght be ongaged la by them in 

### oonnootlon with 

### thrlr general 

### occupation; but 

### is lntendod to exempt hotel kropere and raetaurant krapere 

### in tha sale of fOoda to the publlo, and druggists in the eele of Oruge and nedlolnre. lelature It 

### 1s apparent that the

### pumoeo otwas to 

### rxeapt the l 

### rtiolre sold end not he seller by reesoa of the oharaotrr of business 

### ho might be l

ngagaa 

### in.* Umpheeie ours.) In Orlaos vs. Stata, .200 8. U. 376 (Jan. 16, 1918)) thr Texas Court or Crlmlnal Appoale quoted from 

### 37 Cyo. 546, 68rolloweaBare the statute oontalne A0l 

### xOeptione, tha naturo or tho bueineee or aeranaant 18 lmuiatarlal, and tho raot that 

### it is 8work of nooeeelty, or oharlty, or 

### that it 

### is not unlawful in lteelr, oonetltutee no aarenea. In oonetruing the statutory exoaptlone, tho ordinary eignification or the words urea controle.W Tha fact that tha Leglelatura in on4adlng fromtima to timr th0 Aat or 1671, prorenting thr sale or80048, to exl mPtoerteln ertialae, has in eaoh 0168 eddrd exproes rxoeptione, trnds to bear out the oontmtlon that the sale of aDy artme not 8X00pted 18 0 tlolatlon 0r thr law. Yhlle the Phraseology was somawhat altered in 1867, the wording of thr

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Rcnorablo TomSony, Page 7

l ot has not boon ohenged l lnce then, l



### xoopt to

### add l



### peolrlo exeeptloae 

### as to l rtloloe (6aeolln8, 011 andrahlolo lubrloonte, in 1925) and one buelnaee (notion ploturoe, 

### 1931).

Forfurther referenoee, sea 39Tex. Jur. 656, at seq., 60 

### c. J. 1042, at 

### @a~., 59 A. L. R. 

### 1547, et req.



### IAregard to the queetloa 

### whether garegee 

### and tilling etetlone 

### ma7ball automobile parts andl oooeeo rleer Ia Orimee vs. State, eupre, thr oourt 

### upheld 8 ooarlotlon oathe grounds 

### that “a ealr of 

### enulna 011 br 

### a dealer la automobllo 

### l

upplloe was not **rxO8ptea** 

### as a work 

### of neoseelt7, wherethere was nothing to prevent the 

### l oquleltloa of the 011 

### flea e prbtlslon dealer or drug l 

### tore....W In Johnson vs. Btata, 216 S. W.

### 1033 (Ct. Cr. 

### A9p. of ?erae, 192)), the oourt uphold 

### the oonrlotlon of Johneon, even though ho tostlrlod that ho had been told by8 proseouting offioer that the selling of gasoline on Sunday on17 to aare oompolled to hate gasoline to reaoh their deetlnetlon would not 

### llolato tho 

### law. The court 

### raid in part:

aArtlole 303 (codifloation or 

### 1911) oxsmpte from

### the prorlelon persons 

### l rigagod

in oertaln 

### olaeeoe of business, but the uomptloa door aOt inolude the keeper of a geregexior name gasolina 

### 08anarticle whloh maybe eold.W In 

### the amendedArtiole (267, Panal 

### Coda, peered b7 the 39th Logioloture, 1925), gaeolina and 

### "other motor fuel* *nd“Tehlolo lubrloants* 

### are l xprosaly exoepted. If the Log- 

### ~lature had meant to 

### l xoeptparts 

### andeooossorlee, it would acubtloee have so stated.

This lnterprotatlon of the

### ~etotutoe as appllad to ~*raI3er and rllllng stations 

### la further substantiated bythe ‘*ee ot Doniolo gt. al. vs. Southern Surety CO., 40 S. W. (26) 209. In this oaoe the widow of Daniela woe ruin6 the Southern t$*tY Companyfor compeneatlon benrflts, rhloh the UompanY refuaod to pay Onthe ground that the deoeasrd wao emplOyOd ‘y the 

### rliiiW station on Sunday, and 

### wa.nengaged la ohanglng ’ tira when injured.

The court, while holdliog thot whether **thlb** constituted 4o*asarp labor was **a** JUY~ added that, quoetion Orfact to be aotemnlnod by the



### “It 1s aleo true that it (the eerrioe station)^. 

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.



### Hononble TomSony, Pago 6
hod

### for sale automobllo tires, taboe, and aooreeorlor, but thera is 

### no lntlmotloa that anyone oonnooted with the bue

### bee, either as owner or oaployeo, sold or 

### ooatrnpleted -king eoloe ot outomobllo tires, 

### tubas, or any other antoxoblla eoooeeory oa Sunday.. .~.*

Clearly the 

### oourt 1R)uldhold the sale of euoh artloloe onSunday to be lllegel.

The forogolng authorltloe lndloate, thorafore, (1) that drug 

### storer are prltllegrd 

### to sell only drugs end nedlolnoe, foods, end 

### newepapore oa Sundays, and thethotels 

### end reeteurente era prltlleged to sell only foods; (2) that 

### 6uegoe andtilling etatlone era pormltted 

### to sell gaeollnr, 011 

### en6 lubrloante on Sundays, but not 

### ~ooeeeorloe or pert@. Vary truly yours 

### ATlW’ilGY

OWERALOFTEXAS

Woe **COMMITTEE**



### APPFKWETMAY

16, 1940