Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE AYTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonoreble R. I.. Crorlrr
County Attornoy
Johmon County
Cleburne, Taxa
Your r4pueot for on reoeivod mad oem-
fully oo``ldered by thfa d quote from your re-
Qu48t as tolloM:
non'* Anno-
formula for
r 4omaor-
de or oottain weight
gelnnt *lolater tor
e upon whleh there wtm
Q only one traJlnotlon
one oeae e eertein truck had
x separate 4fi8.8 wore tiled in
ror one 8ingla 0x008* load and
my opinion that oleerly only one
oZfen6s coilld be eansd out of thi# tranemation
notwithstanding that the hrticle reiorred to
provides far rlrrl``~wai&ht upon laah tire.
However, I would appreciate an oytnion irea
your Department in regard to whether the weight
inepeotora are authorized to illr rareral eases
on the aema trenaaotfon. I, thererare + mbxit
the following inwiry:
Bonereble R. L. Croelor, B&e 2
~Where only one tnnuotlon lo In-
tolt4&, tin soto t&an one a6mplnInt bo file4
8geinet II violator, Iavol*lng 8epNte of-
- ~4~40 fer eeoh tire upon rhioh them i8 en
over-might lo*&.**
Saotfon3 or hrtlole 827a, Vernon*8 AnnotateQ 3'0x48
Pemml Coda, mad8 a0 f0llowSl
=Exeopt a0 othOtri8* provide4 bt bW, n0
aoaaeroial aotor r8hIOle, trwk-traotor, trail-
er or seal-trailer, nor aonblWtIon of lmh
rehlolr, 8bll be operatedover, on, or upoa
the pub114 hi@wayO wteiao the linit8 Of IIP
ineorporeted elty or torn, the tot41 6ros8
Wdght Of Wbi& 0X000&? thrt Qit8S by th0 ial-
b3wing rormul6 I
% lqu410 C tIme0 (L plru CO), uhare
T equ810 tote1 peea weI@it, in4lrtdl4j
losa en& v4hIele, in pousdr)
*clQus18900~
'+L 4quale the dirtmoo b4tweon the riret
an& laet 4x148 OS a ~OhIele er 80bI~tloa 0f
v0t14100, In rO0t.
wlJader formula,th4 gr48#
the fore&ofge:
wolght lo aeoertalnedby Ming forty (40) to
tam 4I8tArAa~ In ilao* b6twQen~the iiret ena 1680
lxl40 of e vehIOle or OonbImtI90 or *&I6108
an4 multiplying thle lm by oeven hundnd f9CO).
ProvI&d, however, the gro80 wo lg hlt lmlil nov4r
lxoeed tklrty-eight thourasd (W,OW) p0Md8.
~Prorlded, bcnmver,the groe* weight par-
nfttsd by the fore&~%< tornula ahall b6 lubjoot
to th4 r0imt~ r*etrIotloa8 an& llmItetio08~
.~...2:,
Wo euoh reMdle nor soabinatlonof rebl-
al.8 8hall here a &meter w&&t titan 01x hoa-
drea (600) pound8 psr imh width 0r tire up014
anr wheel oenoentrate4 upon the eurfaoo of the
highway and ueing hi@-~roeeuro tire0 end e
greeter might than 8Ix hWrsQ 8nd fkty (660)
Honorable W. t. CreeIer, Page 5
pounds per inah width of t.ir4 upon any wheel
caaaentr~tcd upon the eutfeae of the highway
i . ad using low-pr4smu-4 tires, and no who01
shall aarry e loa6 in 4r4eee of rlgpt thou-
aend (8,000) pound8 On h&h-prueauro tires
tendnine thousend (6,000) pounds on loa-ane-
sure tires, nor crnysxle a 104a la 4x0000or
slrtesn thousand (16,000) ppunde oa hi&-
preeeur4 ciroo, an6 eigbtun thoueend (18,OCO)
pounlr on low-praeeure tires. AU lile load
eM11 be deflnad as th4 total lo4d on all
whmle whose osntere may be laaluded between
two pan1101 trenareres vertloal plan+* forty
(40) inches apart.”
Seatlen 6 ot Artiole 829a, Vsrnon’e Annotated !C4wre
mnel Code, reeds es r0ii0m;
“Any lla4nee and weight lney4otor of th4
fegartn4nt of Arbllc iiaraty, my hIgh%y
troldunn or any sheriff4r bIe duly author r-eed
deputy huriag reason to b4lIrvs that tha gross
welsht of a la4d4d vahlois is unlawful Is au-
thorized to wsigh... tba aa!m by m4ee of porteble
or stationary loeiee Zurninhed or eskblieh4d
by the Dapartwnt or Elrbllo hr4ty, or bauee
the fm.4 ta be wslghml by any public weigher,
end to rsqulre that euoh vrhl414 bs driven ta
the ncserset avail,Eble eael@a in ths dlreotion
of aeat!nntiaa, for the urposs or walgMng. In
tba evant tha graae usin, E’ t of any euah vrthiale
bs fcxmd to exo4eQ the aulmum groan weight au-
thorizd by lsw, eush liosnsa cob weight in-
spector, highway ptsolmn, ahsrirr, or hi6 duly
euthorlamd deputy shall Qe8and and roWire the
opereteror ownor thcjrsoito unload euah p4rtion
or the load ~6 may be nscseeuhry to deoreae4 the
gro84 weight of euch vohIcl4 an the naxlmum
gross xsls&t autharla44 by 18*. i'rorid5d, how-
ever, that if sucli load o~wsIete of llv4eteok,
perishable morohplnbiae, or mrr4hsntiiao that my
b4 daa%,:4d or daetroyed by t54 wuthar, thOA
such o&aKiiator ehrll b4 pamlttud to prooaod to
the nenreet praatloel uni0aain8
dlrecti~on of Qostlnation bbfors x~%$$&$wi4
8348se cargo. zh4 orrleam oarmad h4relg ar4
the only oHleer euthoriissd ta unPor4e the pm-
vision& of thle k&t.”
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BonorsbleR. L. Crsslsr, ms 4
8oatlon 00 of Artlo m9s, Vorao8's Assstats4
Teotls%sl Csdo, rods ss ts11errr
.. "(s) Anr psrson, oorpordlon, rsoilrsr
or assQol6tlonwho rlolaks any prorlsloa&~
hOtIon 3 Of thf8 Ibt (the Bootion Slxln(lthe
gross wa t of ttmsrslsl rotor rohlolos) s&11,
Y otloa, bo punis&od by a rlns or Pot
upon oosv
1~8 tha wmy-rimmu0~ cam), not wro
tbsnho8ss4~4~lkn ($1001; fors ssosad
ooavlotloawlthln '0110feor thrnaftor swh por-
800 cvrpontlos, roeoitu',O? assoolation
ahail bs psdshab br s flao ot nut loss t&ma
Flft~ IxAl.~rs($80) aor noro tabonho Wndn4
Dollars (#SOO) or laprissssentla the oossty
#ill for not aoro thss llxty i&I) days or by
bet8 Su@B iiBo lud im tbo88ent~ UPOR 8 thiri
or suboaguonbaoatlot!m~wlthla 011smsr a?ts,r
tha oooomi eomlotloa 8uoQ er sabroqu*at 06aI
vlotioa~wlthln0110yosr emu tbo smosd ssa-
vio8lon8uoh~peNon, oorparatlon,rooolvu OF
asouoiatiw shall be ptaa$&rd by 6 tlna of a&
loos than One lhwrnd Doltire ('100) nor mom
than Irlvs&a&rod Doilnn (&CC 3 @r by irprl-
sanmant In the ooantt jail for not mwo tbsn
01x (6) maths, or by both such flso ssd lm-
prlsofmont. It shell bo the duty of tbejob~o
US thr oourt to report Ssrthwith to the Bopsrt-
aant oi Publio Safety 8ay oos~lotiossobtain&
la his oourt usdrr thl8 Sootloriand It rim11
be ttm auty ot tha lhpartaontof PubLIeBafety
to kaop P rmurd thereof.
-(b) It sny ooqumtlon is 008vlo8ad iax
t&e vloletlon of 8rry prorlsisn of this kt 8ad
fail8 to p+y th0 rin0 msossod, the dlstrlot
or oouaty 8ttornoy in t&aematyis whlah suab
oasrlotloswas had 18 hereby lahorlSo& to film
su it :a l court ot ao~ot*nt jsrls~lotlos
agolnet suoh sorpomtioo to oollset suoh ilao.*
sootloa e4e, firWas J.&r,g+&gss6619C, 1C Torrrs
~risprubanoo, mada a0 follsw8~
4 a4E - Prusisu8lo8 for Part of 8i~Wo
421mer +i:,ThO Slate I6OyBUt Split Up OBta8E'iaO
and proawute It la parts,and a p+osOO~tlOn.
for any part of a sin&~ orme bars any fur-
ther prosooutlon tar tha who10 oc a ~rC@i
SWonblo 8. L. Croslu~ Fqo 8
Whom the rot ohergod oona2ltutos
the OrlEO.
but one
orln though It is dlvislblo Loto
** pails or degraos,the stat.0 nay cut
4irtuwnt
or cmvo out or It but ass oftonao, IMU!ham
$XCIOOOUSO~ Md 0OBViOt.d the detrndont of t&i8
0rraae0, mof not pronouto rurth0r,tllotrrms-
aotion out or w&lo& tho orrons*was0av.d. &
lug0 QBorrouo ear be s8rYod out or the traao-
latlon as poeslbls,yet tho steton87 cut only
on.. So ulmro sovaml art10108 of pmport~ are
stolen8t t&o sue tlmo aad plaoo a convlotloa
for sto8llmgprt of tbr will bar 8 subso~uent
WJ;OOU?dOn for Std`` 84 Of th0 0thU 0ei-
This tloutrinoof OarrIng*pplias with
moro*tomo 00 8 rocn0roonrl~tlont&on to an
msoeution for unlawtully801~ llq``r,
eon, ,tromthe tato's aribonao 1% 8pprot.d that tho baton4-
o lr p o a so su 4 l q uut of whlskw s& sold 18 to s etato wlt-
Ei& the 8tUt0, haYin
OUYQd frOE thr(tEfU&~OtiOll t&a Of-
touo of a``&~wful solo, anb havbg saoure& a sonvlotlen thoro-
for, Is pneludoQ from eanl *net&or et roBso rrola t&a some
traasaotlon.a00 whitt0n V. 3 toto, 260 a. w. 16s.
rho oaso 0r aponaoliv. akto, coo 8. 1. 889, hoi88
that a datondont aapulttebof murdrrlnghis wlfm oana@t bo
proseoutod eodor l roparato indlotmentfor the xu=aor of an-
other killd by tho suao sot.
T&o oaso of Coon v. Obrts, Hii 8. I. 914, holdr
thet It dmrgos or atransporktim* o? liquor8sd ``088088ioa
for purp~ee of H&S- WON both bee04 on the sari ocimlnal
oat, a tenu oo~rietlsn or aopqlttul ih a tormcrr prosssu-
tlon woulfl bar s prosoeution for the other ohargoi
Wo oasa of E-grososv. IBt8to,,
LElaS. ,1. (Ml US,
holds that ahen one v&o bad ploakl guilty to a ohugo of
tnns~orting liquorPn 4x7 trrrltory
intoxleatlng ooul4 not
be thoruttu oonrlota6 of pusossfag the San10 liquor in dry
tsrrltorpfor the purpouoof ealo, slaao to do so woul6 bo
gattlng hlm twlae in jeopardy for Ohs ssms otte~so.
It ia our opinion that ~00~have oorrsotl~lnaerO4
the question. OPlNlON
COMMrrrEE