and ehall pay a penaltynot exceedingOne Hundred Dollars ($lOC.OO), for each and every day of such violation. Such penaltyshall be recoveredin any Court of caepetent ' jurlsdlotionin the county in which the violation occum . Suit for such penaltyor penaltiesahall be instltuedand conductedby the AttorneyGeneral of the State of Texas, or by the County or District Attorney in the county in which the violationoccura, L in the neme of the State of Tesae. I
"(0) .Upon the violationof any provisionof this Act, or upon the violationof any rule, regulation, order or decree of the Commiaaionpromulgatedunder the terms of thi, Act, buy DistrictCourt of any county where such violationoccur8 ahall have the power $o reetralnand enjoin the person,firm or corporbtion 80 offendingfrom further violationthe provisions of this Act or frcuefurtherviolatingbuy of the rulea, regulations,ordem and decreesof the Comxais- Bion. Such injunctlvsreliefmay be grantedupon I the applicationof the Commission,the AttorneyGeneral or any Dletrlctor CountyAttorney. No bond shall be requiredwhen such injunctiverelief is Bought upon the applicationof the Commission,AttorneyGeneral or any Districtor County Attorney. Such reliefmay be granted in suits for penaltiesas providedin subdivision(b) of this Section,but a suit for penaltyshall not be a conditionprecedentto the injunctiverelief provided by this subdivision." Hon. Jerry Sadler,C~ls8loner Hon. Olin Culberrron, Cmlreioner, Page 4
That part of raid Article l@Ob, quotedabove which uee&' the term "thle Act"ih,is.reference to Section4(a) o flald Article glib, quotedabove, beoaueeraid *bore quotedpart of Article glib and raid *bore quotedpart of Article l@Ob are parta of tha mame act of the Leglrlatura,to-wit,Houee Bill 335, Forty-second Legislature, RegularSeerlon,1931.
The problemwe are confrontedwith in answering your quertionia whether or not a criminalprosecutioncan be maintainedunder the terms of said above quotedpart of Artic&e l@Ob, V.A.P.C.,for the violationof a Railroad Ccuamiemlonrate order passed under the authorityand terma of said above quotedpart of Article glib, V.A.C.S.
Ye are faced with the fact that insofara.8rate violation8u-e concernedsaid Article glib, V.A.C.S.,doe8 not define the offenseor hot prohibitedor the act required tc be done, thbt Is, it is not definedby the etatuta'sown worde, but we mumt look to what the RailroadCaumlemionhae done with referenceto order8 on rates. We will not go into the questionof whether or not this is an unlawful delegationof leglelativepower ta the RailroadCommleslon, becausewe believeour questionIS cont#Ud by Articles 1 and 3 of the Penal Code of Texas. Article 1, P. C., reads b.Bfollowa:
"The deeignof enactingthie Code is to define in plain langubgeevery offensesgainrrt the lawa of this State, and affix to each offense Its proper punishment."
Article 3, P.C., read8 aa follows:
"In order that,the ayatem of penal law in force in this State may be completewithin iteelf,and that no systemof foreign laws,written or unwritten,may be appealedto, it Is declaredthat no person&all be punishedfor any act or amiaslon,unties the same Is made a penaloffenae, and a penalty is affixed theretoby the written law of this State."
The etntuteein question,to-wit,Articleglib, V.A.C.S.,and Article l@Ob, V.A.P.C.,were paesedrfter the passage of said Articles 1 and 3, P. C.; but, In view of previousdecisionsof the Court of CriminalAppealsof Texas, Hon. Jerry