Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

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OFFICE OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF'TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
This Oploion
bxhiif~4s =pinlon
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Dr. C. 3. Fraps
3tete Chmlst
fn the abearms of
turn oath or, f in the opinion:
nsr tirms`` 'or part3~na,
r 8ala any aigrioul-
8 for wo within this
to eeoh prnokaga a
howing the branP or
runglalde; the net
* or the~eoncants ,oi
percentagd guamatoed to bo
=awsnla, and tbe maximum par-
soluble twsealo lf suoh era pres-
BIIand pemmntaa;e tm``unt~sof saoh
8~er’, ln pleae ol the nm6~1 6x18
parosntago amounts cd enoh inert’~ ingredient, the
summa and pex-mntapEa amounts of eeeb and evsrp
ingredient having inaoctiol4al or fungioidal prop-
srtles, und tbe total peroentags ol Fnt-rt Itim:rsb-
lcnte. All brondSng or labalfny must be durable
Dr. a. s. Frepe, gage 2
and leglbfe, end ao pleaed and arranfiwl aa to ba
eeally read.
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nYeo. 6 (a) All flc~a, oor~ratlons, or par-
sane now or hsrcrafter 6ngeg4d in Aetllng agrlcul-
turd in4hotlc5~4 or fuagloldes, b4Pora sslllng
or offering ror 6414 any ogrloultur41 lns44tl-
ai@ or fungiold for u44 aa a0 agricultural Sn-
seotfoi86 or fuqgiai&e wfthln this State;',4~heLl
annually file w5th the CoarPIaaion4r of Lgrioul-
ture en .appllaatloA for ~re&Hmation giyine the
i+formatloA required by 8botioA 5 d thir &.a%;
PrOYidiAg, dLOW6V4r, t&t til fir%iS, fJOrPOMtiOW, ’
or psreons, now, et sib4 elm4 of fhe pssag4 of
this iuat, 8411lng or offo~lne for ~16 any eplaul-
tural fAs44t14144 or raigidd3 ror, use as ``1
agrioultursal Sas4otlai.6e br fuagioldr wl$ttin thle
state, shall heri thlrCJr'(3Q) dape from tha of-
fe~tl.ve~Uata af bhls Aot within whtoh to r1t.e
f~xst applisatfon* tea- Pegilltmrrbtolz &;I r4quired
by this JIOQ.
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"(0) AAy ill-m, corporrtlon, or permoa, who
ha8 re$lo%ar48 e lassotl4?e4s or frtagl-
0144s ,for eele w thin the st-ehe OS Texes* she31
Purniah upon request of $hs Comtalsslonar Of i&g-
ricultun, aitbin rive (5) daya of receipt of euoh
requoat, e statemnt showing the oflfoLe1. ZIWI(Dof
the agrloultural inesoticida or fungiaid@ and~the
ne:ms and addres~ea of e r(lamnlpbl~ number, not
sxoeedlhg ten persons, within Chr state of ‘Paces,
to whom it has beeti sold.
"(Q). Whmever it ahell appear to the Com-
taissloxkr of kgrloillture that my firm, aorporatlon,
or pexaon is mlllng or 0EferinG 'for,eale any mis-
bpmded or cdtiteretsd a&rioulturul insaoti-.
aide or Puntjiolds tor use In this state aa an e&-
rfioulturel lnesotialde or ~ungioide whioh hai been
registered under the provieiors ,of t&Is Aof, it
shall be the duty of the Attorzwy Gkneral., ox any
Dietriot or Coiaatp Attorney of thl8 State, upon
request of the Coumi~e~oner of A@oultare, in ad-
~dlCion to any othsr remedies), $o'lnstltuts a oivll
#tit In the .Dl8trlot Court ot ths~'proper oomty
In ‘Chanew and on b#mli of ti&e Iltato of Texas,
w phintiir, and in tb6 LL``O or th6 fim OOZI
.p0ratlon, or pereon tiiv&em the rsgistmtfon oex-
tifhete we8 issued fm swh ugrfoultnel Inslsbti-
criQu ox lungioids aa defmkdand,‘~l% forfelt and
$?a\aoel,
;,, .uuoh mw&~t$on, .A& .eerViao uhel$ ~ba ~&ad :~
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an in athbr" 61rll osesdr. Any &hd"talx suits brou@lt
by bhe &ate under this seatilatimust be brought in
~revis County, or in the aoanky or the do@iCJle or
reaiden~oe or the sianuf~6ttlrer d the agricultwel
ioreotiofa6 or f:ran(gfeldqt, 6f fn the ootmtiy where
the a&ouLturel inaeotloide ox tangieide was sold
or ofiered for mlu, or in the sountp whdr6 the ag-
Z$otlitt&reltnseoCfoblu OF fun&id6 was to be i
wrQ or is wed aa un egrioult;Ural inseotloids OF
fungicfde.
"xr, upon the tricrl of suoh ease it shell
bs dstercin~d thsitsaid rgrioultural tn.naeotio%da
or fmgle1de'~is tiabrendmd or adulterated within
the ,meoning of thds Aot, than ths ra&stratlon of
8u0h agrioultwal lnse6tloide or run@loidS shell
be fortaitsd and aaneell.ed and the $1~16 of such
m&sbrandsd or adultera~ted agricult~l inseotl-
oldo end iU&oi,de rb91bc onfoined in uooordehoe
with the judmnt of the Court.
Dr. 0. S. i%iwe, P49 4
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"SBO. 10. for the sole purpose of darting
the exponeee connaotnd with the inepeotion Of eg-
riculturel insactloidee or fuqioides sold, or
tapotsedor offered for sale, in title stats, and
with the ra&iu& Of StinatiOW and eRalyS4B
thbrwf, 4.1 firw, oorporrtlons or pbrsons 4n-
@god in the,men$.f~atuu-aor sole of agrleulturtll
ineeGtiaid%e or I'mgioidee shall, in pleee OS a
tgnnqge tax, pay aar,uelly to the Conwrlesl~ner of
Ilgrioulturc.en iuepaatloa tar Of Twenty-five
($Zg.OO) Dollar8 for regiatmtion of the egri-
oulturel inasotioide and funglolde, provided thrt
th4 tbtai 0t tht, rsgmration fe68 r0r any 0tm rirfn
. shell.not exkeed tine Ruqdred ($109.09) Dollam.
But In 0.4444 u&r4 the reglstratlon ieeo have
been paid, either by the menuZ'Weurer or b
jobber, BP required by this seation, thfm &%Rt
evarit nothio&In this sooti~on nhall bs qmatrqsd
as applying ~to rot&l dealers relllsg re;rio&I$``~l
lnseatiaidea md Pun&oldeo. All such rau&irrtra-
tion $046 eo.l&eotqd .ehell be dopeiz$t.qdr@ih .~th~. i
SEateO&~i~uP~‘bnQ ‘kdm3.S”bspi3id intO’ the ‘O&getil
Bwenuo Pwd of the Site ot Tarooi '~
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*8&(3,.15.~ 3eotion6 of' this A6t:ihall.aOt
be oonstrwd aa itpplyiw to retail dealens &ell-
lng agrioulturul' iweotfai4lor or ruagi6~.dos~ who31
the munuraoturerc or jobber or mbah inmutti~hlea
or fungioidra hamio,gistered 8u~h prodwtr as re-
quirecl by thti Aot.
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The ebove uotad provi4iona are p&i=ts 00 AHi
153b-1, V. ii.0. 8. 1aen~te all 5, tit8 &i&b Legislature,,
Hegular SeBaiOn, Chapter 961.
You quartion the o6rrootne6o of the ``lLOw1~
interpretetk bP Seation 10 of the AoOr '.'2:
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Bonorabl$ 0. S. i?rapa, ,wige 5
*La the Oatat of a mbntiuoturer e ragistra-
tiOA Se6 of $25.00 must be paid ior eaoh egrloti-
turd lnmcot.loide or f;mgiolda uenufkctursd it,
Texas. Th6 jotter le llksslca required to pay
SUOh i8I3 fOX baoh suoh ln6fMtitZide Or fW&cidc
whlcrt the jobber sells in Texac.”
In this oonnectlon you may:
*The Law state8 that in otsm~mwhere the reg-
~.stratlon fetrs havs beca palil altfmr by the asnu-
facturer or the Jobber, then in that event, nothlpg-
in this motion shall be construed as applying to
retail dealers, This wording olearly means tbat
either oat may rb&lfAer, but that both em not re-
qma to rt3glater.n
We have qsreful4 resonsldsred these statCn@r in
the opinion,in the light of your orltielsms. It 1s to be.
noted that. the pr0viclJ.o``OS
Ssetions 6 cad 10, quoted above,
apply,.by their plain terw, to “all.* firm, corporations or
pcr8oap engaged in lrellfngrap agmultural ineactloide ox
UBO IA this stata,with the one erocptlon
?r ~,ret+i&:
.?~ awtirs in~+p
fiot by either the IWlAPiWbtUWr
or the jobber. “Ths faat Oh&t,fan sot mnncr one or &ore
exoeptibas diaoloees an intention oa the part of the Laglsla-
tura that there should be M otihrr exoeption and that Che'Aot
should .app4 IA .all.ofme oat exoepted.* 39 Texas Jarisprud-
enae ~192. ledsrsl Crude Oil, Cc,. v. Yount-Lse Oil Co. (Sup. Ct. .,~
Of %AS):$? &I. we (zd) 58.
Ii .Susther pm@f @,f thb lw.mtlon of thr .X.6&&a-
tam in &a psktloular aottrr be needed, it is to be round
in the legielatlv6 hietory of the act. 00 Maroh 4, 1943, the
Eouss of Repr6isedtativoIlaa et%Seaate Bill Ko. 5, subtW-
tuting in llau~o~f the prcvl now oentaine4 in Seotfon 10 the
rolming i``~g0t
*. . ..,abutaay agricultural inrdotiofde or
fungiold~ al?eady ~rsgietemd by the iaaztutsot~er
or Jobber need not bo rsgltitered by any other
oruon aell.ing said agrlcult,urel ~aseotioldca or
ung
%-r cl&e Wring the perlod of such rsgibtratlan.
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lslature, ww 753, 736.
1 Or. 0. S. Frapa, page 6
But tho Saaata rtmtwa to aonoar in .taa Nou64 amendments
(Senate Journal, Yamh 9, 1943), aad‘the bill waS' finally'
passed by both houass In lta p-sent form. Thus the Lagls-
latura rajaotad the proposal that the exception in the pro-
viso be applied to otkar than ratnll dea~lara. ~'~
II. You alsa objeot $%&ha following portion of
the oyinlont
"With rala~enoa to the first pert of your
third quaatlim, it la the oplni-on ot this departtraant
that out-of-rtata maniltraturars are not mquirad :
to btiand thair. aonta+are, under the pravieions~ ~
or tha Taras Aot, whaxi the BdLe la made for ae-
livery into T$ras, rlther through mm11 staram
ok the manufao~tuxer direot. We amum or amram
that the transaation la, ona In Interstate OOQ-
meroe. Tha po+a~ to iegul+te oommrae amon& t&e
84YSxal state48'~in :.~esaxYadaxelwlYely to co,Agrefls.
Conrtlttrtlon Or tae Itnitsd Stabaa, aeatif3n 8,
Clausa 3.* (2lLiisrsnrts,to II* %. aon8tltutiQa, .~
*0tia ~0 aeda-iF;, SW. ‘8, 01. 3-I
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tb&Aik::##~.4t&T$i~A t0 I
ion iali~ ken, ani% ti&lg bupperkt& ~bl
prankaCourt dealsions ,olted by poui This rrtatute a+r not pur-
port to plaoa any reatriati.`` whatever upsn the m+lng 6~
0is4riug ror aals ~r.i~nnaobi``des or run$i~fais.b4yodd~tha
boundaries of !&ma&, arkn r&en &&end&i tol,aqw in:,Te!~rae,UPI%,
ll~lt, d$&, worrld~bb ‘to’tht 6xtiant.a But a8 d law-
millitfi
rul er~roise OZ the' Stati* pallao powax to, pmmnt rraud &ad
lqo6ltion upon ~Teurcl urqhemxa, not almab~ at lnteretate aom-
Ea6rQ4atba rZthoat alayx 1lrorialrutioA agalinst out-OP-state manu-
faotwars and deulers, it plaoea a valid rsstrfctianupon all
suoh aales and &tam crtsrle made wfthin the Stats ol Texas.
regardleas of any lneidUita1 lntsrtaruioe with interstate aom-
MIMO. Patapacb Guano Co, Y. Board OS mloultura of .Eorth
Carolina, 18 8. Ct. 662, 171 0. 8. 3b5, 43 L HIM. 1911.COXA
ProduatB ~of. CO. v. w&y, 39 8. Ct. 325 249 V. B. 427, 63
L. ~&I. 6891 3avage ‘8. Ymmn, 225 Vi 8. 541,~ 56 I.. ?&I..1182,
32 5. ct. 7151 a``iidard stock pa06 CO. ,v.wright 225 tf. 8, 540,
56 I.. kd. ll97, 32 s. Ct. 76%.
Dr. 0. 8. Fraps, pagfe ~7
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m;thiak the .rolloriAg atatofmnte or the nnltrd
States Supred Oourt, found in the opinion in ths limit ~444
cited above, are deeisklvs of thie queetioa:
*&ispeotlon law4 are not in th4maelvaa regu-
latloru cd ~onmm-oa, and whil4 their objeat fre-
quently la to iaprove tti4 quality 0r artlales pro-
du04a by,ths labor or a'oouhtry and rit tham r0r ex-
portation, get they art quite as orten aimed at
fittin& l;hem, or dettrrmininij;
their rltnssta, ior,
domestio&se~, and in ao dolAg protroting the oltl-'
eon rroa ~rraud. &osreapJlg, in the lsttsr aspeot,
mmh 144~ are ajspltoabl4 to wrtiolaa imported into,
a4 yell w to arti prod\ladd within a atate.
ror the tttfite to
the ntq~uires4nt
axit brinS the aat
lnto 001 lelon with tha mauneraral powar vested iA
Con&xsos: j clearly thi4 saanot be EO ati to fOr4igA
atnafneroc,for olause two i3r il 20 or krtlole 1 ex-
praralg $eeognktcirr the validity of' &at% Jaapectlon
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laws, and allows Ght oolleotion of fhe~ amounta
neceasarr rep tin’&? executioli; and we Jhink the
same pxibaipli.e must apply to iAter5tate ~com6roe.
In a$y view, the '.efraat oa that odmeroe La La:
.ik6Ct mid inalderktal~ and 'the Cormtltutlon or the
.Mtbd States does not 61eour4 to ewoae tbe prlvi-
.lege or deh.~tiding the pub1.i.o.‘”
16 ie triersfor war opinion that wild Senate Ml1 20.
5 (im&iole 1;3b-1, V. A. G. E;) ilpplits GO all SW.eS aAd offer4
0r de, mde ins Taxab, oe rgrlaultuml ineeatleidee and Pugi-
cidas, for use in Texas, rrxoept thobe ~peoirhu~ exwptaa
tfmreio, rbgtrlless or wkether tu3y suci? sale or,orfer r0r sale
mey iP3Ol94 a transaotiOa &A interstate comci~roe.
IUT opinion Ko. O-5248 is revised ko the extent in-
.dicatc-3 Larcln.
Yours~ vary truly,
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: Mr. Chas. E. Baughman
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ABWX%D NOV 23, 1943 +f&ib.OpiAiOEI
Grover Sirllerlr coudldered and
Flrat Aasiatant approved in
At torn+ Qeneral : umit65a
aotiterena*
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