RailroadCoamiarioa~of Tuaa Autin, Tuar
ooatlmlont Opinion lb. o-8449 Ret I&other a r~o5alcommodiQ oar- tier, opuating in aad out of Fort Worth,may transportother rrtiolea btweettthat oityandthene~ bomber p1mJl-t without a aertifioatsor pelmit Prom the RailroadCcmmission.
In your letter of April 24, 1941 you advise that the 0. K. Wmrahoure Campany,Ino., holda a apoial oomwdity oarriar permit l uthoriaing00-a operationrin and out of-theCity of Fort Worth, aarryingoortain oamnoditi- es deaoribedin 8eatioa 6(d) of Article 9113, Veraon' Annotatedcivil Stati utss, and ie renderinguorvioe aooordingly. YOU further adtim that this permitteealaoarriosWI, rith trualrrother than thoae used in the other servioe,a pi&-up and deliveryssrvioafor the raiWd8 operatingin the CitJlof Fort Worth,mentianingthat these last truoks are not subjeot to tha juriwdiotionof the RrilroadCanmMsioa, siaoe they do aot baw the oitp limits. The railroadsare preparingto establi8ha free &ok-up and deli- erg ssrvioabstweentheir terminalsin Fort Worth and the BOIIbomber plant op6r&tedby the Consolidated&rora.B Cc~panymar kke Worth outside the oity limits of the City of Fort Worthy and ths railroadaare requestiag said permitteeto conduot such operation8bpok and forth between the bunb er pland and the railroadtenaiaalsin Fort Worth.
You requsetour opinionas to uhether the 0. & WarehouseCaupany, 1x10.must obtain a oertifioateor petit frau the hilroad Conxuission of Texas in order to performmoh servioebetasen the City of Fort 9brth and the bomber plant. It is our understandingthat the articlestoIn hauled are not any of the special oommoditiesnamed in said SW&ion 6(d) of Aria iole 911b. The aarrierssubjectedto regulationby the Railroad Comis- sion by Article 911b, V.C.S., are defined in Seotioa l(g) thereof as follcWst
nThetslm (motor oonier( means any parson,firm, corporation,company, oo-partnership, associationor joint stock assooiation,a& their lsssees, receiversor trusteesappointedby aqy Court whatsower, owning, oontrol- liag, managing,operating,or causing to be operatedaqy mofor propelled vehiole used ia t~sportiag propertyfor ocmpensationor hire owr q public higknrnyin this State,where in the course of such transportation P highmy betPreen txvoor more inoorporatedoities,tams or villages is traversed;providedthat the term 'motor carrier'8.8used in this A& shall not include,md this Act shall not apply to motor vehiclesoperated RailroadConmissionof Tsxao, Raga 2 (O-2449)
exolusiwly within ths inoorporatadlimits of cities or toun8.s
In our oplnianHo. O-1692 us axprsooodthe view that the-RailroadCcau&ssiop of Ibxas does not havu the authorityto irsus a wrtifioate of publio oonveaisnw md newssiw from an ixaorpolrtedtom to an uaiaoorporated tom where there are ao tonns bstawea the tm, sinw ao porbioaof the transportation or routs is be- tauon or t&an& two ur mars lnoorpvratadoitleo. As we uaderctmd the fasts non invvlvad,ths bombsr plant is looatada fsm miles outsidethe limits of the City of Fort Worth, the plaat itselfnot being looatadrithin the limits of any inoorporat- sd oity smd in going fzvm F&t Worth to tha bcanbez plamt, ona does not go through aw inoorporatedoity or tom. L! opinionO-1592118also held that the Railroad cemmclsoion of Texas has authorityto lssua 8 wrtlfioate of publio ooavanibnw ad neoeoslty wwrlrg routes frctnow imwrpmmted oie posing througha seoond in- oorporated oiw to an uninoorporated term, lrhiohis the terminus of operation, sinoe a portionof the route la batrreen inoorporatsdcities. Ws do not