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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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s.ont
cmlren or
or T~)x~s,rho
xaa, are r*-
SLOW 0r th0
qwatlon will be
-stmtion 6. (e). Eo psraon shall wqgage in the
buslnrsr, or manufaaturlrg, Yapairing or nnavrting anr
beMing unlce8 he ahall h&*:6 obtained a pemif irm the
Cepartmnt .
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nBa4dl.ngundoubtedly la dilated to the publio
health and oomfort, and my reaeonabls regulation o?
the manufaature, renovating anclaelllng of bedding
for sanitary purpoaaa would be a mane having 8 sub-
atantfal relation to the rnd eought to be aoeomplfahe4,
namely, tha proteotion of the pub110 health.
*The nquixement or a penkIt or lloabaa t engage
Sn a baalnoaa or oooupatlon La ctneof the old4 t &nd
mo6t univeaallp noegnired rotam or valid pollee regu-
lation.
w* * *
*sla ilnd that Artlolo 4476e Ia a regulatory enaat-
mant within the aonat~tutlonal limlkU%na of tha atatmVa
polio@ p%wor, derrignnsd to pxomote the health, eon&fort,
and welfare Of the publi0. The pzPvlelona of tha Aa t lra
not unreaaonablo, axbifraxy, or ea ti%ioual but hare a
aubatantial ralatlon to tha objeatfve of aa?eguardln# the
ptlblia health. on the other h&Ad.,the r*atrlationa and
regulation8 0r the A%t axawlthh proper limita and in M
nay impair any rundamental right8 of ovary peraon to ,pur-
sue a Lawful bualnaes or oaoupation and to we nn4 anjoy
him pxlvate pxoarty by any naaonable anb~prropesmethod.
The boddlng buaPAwe la rubjeot to rogulatlonunbr thm
p%l;%s poww, and thb Texas Bedding Law deem not mount W
an axeralae or the polloe power inao6manauPate with the
duty and obligation of the Legialatore to pF%viae ?%r tb
poop10 la thair health, Barsty, aomfort, or la not looon-
aiat%nt with private property tighta.*
Ws are unable to rind any pxtmiaion in Art1010 4476 exempt-
iqg ioreigA nmnufemturen rx0m the OQWa%$oA 0r thlr A%t. OA the
eontrary, the Legialatura ham lhoun a aontnry intent by erpxeualy
ltatlng that no poreon (a8 dOffAed by Sootion 1 (0)) ahall be en-
gaged in the 6iiafneaa of nmnuraoturiag, repairing or renovating any
bedding unleae he ahall have obtained a pelmit.
Therarorcr,it 10 the opinion of this dapartmont that ror-
@if&nmanufaotursm who intend to sell beddfng in this Stat0 muat
oomply with the permit provialona of Artialr am well a8 donwtio
aanuraoturers. To held otherwise nm.Ld to a degree, bta der*atfAg
the very pwposa or its enaetmsnt, to wit, regulating the maAt&aa-
ture and gale or bedding to the objbet 09 earaguardlng th% health