Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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 Jk:4jm