Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

TRIEAT~ORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN~I.TEXAE Ronor8bloDave Ho&ill, Jr. Cmaty Attorney Shelby County Csrfer,Taxa8 D6ar Sir: Opi~ioaNo. O-6213 Re: Sale of beer to prisomra of war i8 a dzy area, l%d related queation8. Your mqusst for am opinionreads a8 Pollorr: "ShelbyCounty is a 'dry oounty'bavin~gvoted dry rnder the local optioi law of 1906. Durirgthe earlierprt of tbir year, the U. S. Govenmnt, looatada prisonerof war camp within the coruty. Reomtly, there has booa muoh displtoin the coumtyas to whether or mot bear oould legallybe broughtirto this oamp md there oonmmed by the soldier8of the U. 8. Andy ud the prisomro of kr. Baoauseof this diapnteb&woe8 the U. 6. offf~ersamd the offiaialeof ths mu&y, I hereby oertifythe following question of law to your offimr 9. Is it lawfulfor hoer to be broughtixbo a prisonerof war oamp, auoh amp beiag looatedin a dry ooulty,ad tbero oo~smwd w ooldiersand prisonen of war? “2. IB the emmt you answer queaticm080 'yqr*,thr in it lawfulfor suoh beer to be *ought into tbia oamp b,ooxmuonearrisr? 9. IS it lawfulfor liquor,aa dofinedin 'ourper1 coda, Art. 66642, $0 be broughtimto suoh prisonerof rr oamp either B their own vehiolesor by man08 oarrisr*? “4.’ Rhat effect,if any, will the faot that such beor is 3.2 boor barn up011questiomr1 ud 21" The Vaitod Stat.8havirg lo@rod laad i8 Shelly Countyfor the US6 bf the gemoml govemt a8 a osnp for houalmg,bari% for and yard- lag prlsaera of u‘haa the uaquastiomd power to makb auoh uma oftho proper$?a8 may be authoriswdby tie Aot8 of Co~grom or by offioersoftln govexaumt acting in purruaaoeof suoh Aots. If itk datennimdbypropor offloorsthat the cale of beer iu a ~~oessaryor doeirablomaeuro for the otmfort,norentio8 or morals of mob prlsoaek8ati the penopel thoreon, the Stats is withoutporer to iaferf'orswith iC, ffea Wwugb looatedti a dry area. We e~oloreour opinionNo. O-4458 wbioh dirourso8the authoriti- m amd reachesthe same oaclusiox ia am ualagoun situation. JoimsoaV. Yellow Cab TrantitCO., 88 k~w Ed. 663. Hon. Dave Molkill,Jr., page 2 (O-6213) Followingthe reasoaiagof our forum opihor sad that of tha 6up~1110c0UX-k Of the WtOd 8tate8,WO Nib, (1) that boor my lawfully b broughtixtothe campy (2)+hat sinooitis lawful,a oonnuon arribr may tramporb suah boor to distinatior;(3) Chpb vehiolesof the govern- mat my traatport mob beers md (4) the fact that it is 3.2 beor makes no differonoe. Umlass prohibitedBy Aot of Comgress,tha Nle would bs applioableto all liquors,regardlessofalooholiooontsnt. Very t Nly yours ATTORBBYGENERALOFTEXA6 By /a/ Xlbert Hooper Ellmrt Rooper EHcdbregr &mistsnt AF'PRCVEDOCT 6, 1944 /6/ CarlOPAshley APPROVND FIBST LSSISTAW OpiaiorCcmdttso ATTORNEY GEBEBAL By B.U.2. Chairmu