Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVERSELLERS
ATrORNCY
GENm?AL
mlwmble a. 5. b6sm?enball
County AudiOor, Chambem County
Amhuao, Texas
Rer Authorsty or the ~count~arrk to
tura ofor to tha Tow8 Sat0 Hi*-
Your npuost on tha abow 8
8 the CouutT aidf
S0Paios10n.r~ ant
F in8truotlus th6
0t!k l llr
~*oolatlon
would like ro%tleflbl
., (At?tm 184~) ~Z'Orib~sr
.,
ho ha8 oattla, boaa, 6becp or .@etr #hall
roeord bin brand in (18mmg oountir 68 he tIresaneeeamrr.”
A>-tio1eaem, V.A.C.z3.* (Aoto 1BM) pmrlder:
"The olericaof tke oomty o:,uTt8in their res~eOtiQ4B
oou:ltties ~shall.keep 8 well bound boo%, in 0%ah
they aball
reoonl the onrkn am? bmnda of aaeh indlrfd~ualwho way a:,ply
for tbet gurpxm*. noting ln *very Inrteaa6 ,thedete
to the.26
non. c. c. Mandanhall - Page e
on whlob the brand or merk la rrosrdsu.-
provided for 113the foregoing artlele
The moor&e here
bbOoze Void &U?ff
of GOfor06 IAte OmOt by Vim0 Or the pXWi4iOtU
of I<.?.17G, ChsQpter315, hota of the a(3t.h
Le&lslature, R.S., ~8s
471 wtziohis 86 follows:
*An Aot providing for the x8-moordlw of mrka and brands;
amendl+f Chapter 1 of ?ltla 12, Revised Civil 8tatutae or Texee.
1936, addln~ thereto an Artiole numbered 6899; deobrtao the re-
cordi* of 611 mark8 and brands haretorora made null ani told;
pXWld~inR right t0 XWOXd bmDd rOX CbXbiII pOI%Odi pWidiiQ$
for fmfeltur6 or auoh right ff not exsMl8ed within oartaln per-
id; prov$dfrq for aale or t:ranafer of brands by owner; provldl~
for reoordln~ or re-raoordi~ or brand .iar mark lf no other paraon
ban ~aought to record auoh brand or mark rag4rdlam of whether or
not, ;tte person aaaklng to reoord suoh bra& or mark her prarloual~
moordad s~bmxl, sxosptlng oountlaa imu the pmrldonr of the
Rot wtilohahall'hara rs-raoordod brand8 or -:arkai&thin the lea6
five 45) paare; repealing all laws or part4 of law4 in oonfllot;
a.zd daolarlng an ea~i~ganoy.
*Yaotlon 1~. That Chapter 1, Title 121, Revlsod Civil Set-
utea :of Texas, 1923, ba emendbtlby adCinpl after Art1010 8898 an
Artiole numbered 6899 to rbad (18 follower
*'Art1018 6898.
*';,llreoorde of zzarksand brands heretofore made aa pro-
rldeU ln tk.lsChapter, ewospt all oounty brande, akall beooma
vollr and of no foroe ‘cad effeot on the let day of Ootober, 1943,
end avary penon ~20 has oattle, fiog8, sheep, or goata ahull bare
kla mark cmtlbrsnd recordsd or ro-rroorded In eooordanae with
krtlole 6F,PCanC Artlole 68PB.
"*The 1s;;alowner of t brand and/or mark shall have IIpre-
ferentlel rl&t to reoort mob brand end/or mark for I perlod of
two (2) yearab from the 1st day of Ootober, 1943, but if such prt-
ferentiel rlcht 1s not exemlaeU witkln auoh two (8) peara the
same s!mll be forfalted and such brand and/or mark ahsll be aub-
jeet to re$stmtlon by my person, end tks first goraon to
rboord the tatme shall ba Me owner 06 the same.
*'Any brfm! reaorded in aocordame wltO the requlreinentaof
Via Aot shell be oonal4e``d es the property of the person eaw-
1% nuch reoord to be made nnd shall be subjeot to mile, easlgn-
, transfer, devise end deaoent fhe mme as other geraonal
nietlt
.j&n. c. 0. Bisndenhall- Pag 3
rbaord 6uah brand and/or msrk as he may
*‘hng person !:.ay
desire to use provided no other person has suah brand
r eo o r dsd
and/or mark, without regard to whether or not suoh person her
previously reoorded a brand and/or mark.
“*This hot shal,lnot apply to any oountp whlah shall have
rs-reoorded all brand8 and marks within the past five (5) years.9
“3eotion E . All lawa or part6 of lawa in oonfllot herawlth
are hereby repealed.
Yiaotion 3. The ract that 80 many reoorded marka and brands
are out of date and have no ownerrhip,and are an nnneooeaary
enounbemnce on the moordr of the County alerkr or rarlouo ooun-
tlea, oreatea an emergenoyan4 an lmpemtio~ pub110 neooeolty
that the ConatltutlonalRule requiringbllla to be read on three
several days ln eaoh fioueebe aurpedled, and said Rule la hereby
suspended and this AOt ahall take eifefib an4 be in foree irom an4
after Its passage, and it le 80 enaots4.w
It 1s a relonp, under Artlole 1002, V,A.>.C., ior any person,
rlthout authority of law, to destroy any book, paper or reeord required
ox permitted by law to be kept by any orrlcer wlthln thle state.
The brand reoord books provided for In ArtlOle dSW3, supm,
are publla reootia an4 muat ba kept by the County clerk until autborlded
by the Legislature to dertroy them or turn them over to some other per-
son or aasoolatlon. AlthouCihF.B. 170, supra, maker tMad reoords to14
an4 or no roroe and etfaat, it 414 not authorlea deetruotlon or removal
or aaid ~-800~68rrom the county clerk``8 orrioe. In the absence or legls-
latlvs authority it la our opinion that the 014 bran4 noor books oan
net be given to the Texas RlstorloalAsnoolatlon but must be kept by the
County Clerk.
Yours very truly
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