the sme la made b penal offenee,bnd b~peneltylr affIxed theretoby the written law of thin Btata.'" /
IIIthe caee of Ex parta Leelie,87 Tex. Cr. R. 476, 223 S.W. 227, the oourt held that a criminalproreoutlonoould not be maintainedunder a statutewhich made It bn offenseto fail to dip obttle "in ouch manner g directed . . - by the Llve- etockSbnlt.arpCammiealon."In the case of Ex partaHumphrey, y 92 Tex. Cr. R. 501, 244 S.W. 822, the court held that a person could not be prosecutedunder b etetutewhich requiredthat all packegesof foodstuffcontainthe weight of the contents before being 80ld.~"provided,howdver,that reasonable .
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varatlonemay be permittedand toleranceaand exemptlone allowed . . . by the Ccaumle~nere ~Mar~~and Werehoueee." In the case of Dockery v. State, 93 Tex. Cr. R.20, 247 S.W. 508, b crlminalconvlctl~~under the r**&%qulring the erectionof fire era&peew buildingownere wee held invalidon the ground that the statutewae too uncertain ' beoauee of b provisionwhich raid that tie elste fire mar- ' qhall wee "to PrePareand promulgateminimum lwclficatlone -- the oonetructlonand erection-- for of each m of fire le- --- -authorized by th~iot."~4ecision in each of the three foregoing deolslonmwbm based primarilyon the propositionthat the etatutndid not define the act or anlealonfor which the punishmentwae seseeeedwith enough certainty"to meet the requlrementrr of Articlea land 3 of the Penal Code.
Thla opinion ie intendedto deal only with criminalproeecutlonefor violationsof rats orden. We are not paeoing on the queetionof maintainingcivil penaltyeultElfor rate order violatloneor enforcingrbte ordem by Injunction. Our 6newer t0-w question10 that a criminalproseoutloncannotbe maintainedagainstb penon for vlolat,ing b rbtn order paemedby the Railroad Commissionunder Section ke of Articleglib, V.A.C.S.
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By: /e/ Cecil C. Roteoh Aeeletant kCR:fe
APPFIOVEDSEP 2, 1941
/El Grover Seller6 FIRSTASSISTANT ATTORNXGENXRAL
APPROVED OPINIONCCMMIlTEE
BY /e/ CHAIRMAN