OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN 11
GROVER SELLERS
A?-PnmEY GENERM.
Honorrbie IL D. Dod@n, Zxeoutlve Bmretary
oulae, Fish and 0yBter CoQml~81~
Austin, Teaas
Dear sirr OplnlQaa Ro. o-7134
OFk 18 rtqulFed to b6
len@b and of mob vldtb
of @olng Into the oulf
laaqp shrimp boat* en-
vatelw vlthln the $Arls-
dur that the, contomplatedpurobam~ ir, to be
Control ror the Qmae, Fish an8 Oy8t.w Ccmmlaslon,
~eutoi the Plshand O~tmlfund.
Art1010 g*b-1 of the Penel Code au usen+td, p vldw for
the lleeaslng oi"'Won-Resl&nt Col~pswlal flshammn mad v on-Resident
Comw~rat*l t'ishw Ekmts”, provide8 peatltlon fop violations of ita
provlaian8, providas that call umnsys colleoted tmclor its provialons
lionoreble,E. D. Eodmn, pags 2
rhell be dspoposlted to the credit of the Fish end Oyster &and, en8
(in the 6ection refereed to by you) that%
“The Oaae, Fish and 0;ntor Commlorlon of Texas
shall keep end maintain a suitable boat for t$s pur-
pore of snforclngthe provlrlow of this Act.
The current spproprlatlons to the 56&w, Fish and Oyster Cma-
oi6sltm me oontn~ed In Aats oi the 49th Legi6&?iturs, Regular Sea&on,
Chapter 378, which provides ln p6rt as follow%
%eution 1. That the revoral sum of money herein
speolfiod or no much thereof 86 aa6p be nooesmwp, am
hereby appropriated out of ang moneys in the State Tress-
ury not othervise approprletod, or out of special Honda
as mex be l tovn, for the support and malntenence of the
aevonrl doptmtmentu and~&genules Of the Stpto OovOrntfIent
for the ,tvo yi?ar period ?.m&ming September 1, 19% and
enUl.ng Aquat 31, 1947.”
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“50. ~lii&tmt Flolfl--uotar Boab,
Truok6, Ret6 snd twxaes...p,500.00 2,500.oo
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%OA@~ MVSSXo8
(OuCof i%6h end Oyetor Rurd)
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“73. mohenge 6nQ re~laceaent of BoaB...
4*750.00 4,750*00
“t u .,a
%&of fons;oln$ 8peoLflu amounta or &o much thereof
~a?wp~~&wwed, are hemby apgwoprla~oa far tha gwwposee
&b&me enu@epatedand r&h611bo paid out of either th6
S@w+l fNmeiRw3, the Spools1 Pioh Propagatlm,md Pro-
teat&h F&d, tho Ue&ias Irko.Mtl, the ‘Fish ena C&6tor
PuntI, $be Xajte Worth-l&k&e M0unW.n Iako ‘Fun& or the
aand ~t$bqlJmd @ravel Fund,~rad~alZ.marisy to the crodlt
ei tbi@~ a, oia rundo an land la the 8tate’~Treasury a
Segtqb&r Y;, 198 5, together vlth the current revenues
,
to be dorlwd cad plaoed to the credit of theso
rpecl61 fun&r during the next ensu%ng two years
ending August 31, 1947, 8~ hersby approprPste4
and 616~be used for ~the pertorwnceof the dutlo8
and fuDotloa6of the &mm, Fi6h and OysterCom~la-
llon lnpr66olVlfig,prot6ctlngand l~r66aingthO
Aatlole 4030, Venton** Revl~ed Civil Jtatutes of Texar,
pFovfd06 t
*Art. 4030.' Fish and oyster fund
*All fund6 aolleotedby tho &me, Fish aad
Oyste Gwl~aion !'rtmthe aale of oaanmFoia1tlsh-
lloen666,rf6b dealm6 liueasss,tares f3aflab,
otmtuta*
araba, oyatsvt~ anduhrlap, andallother Wmdararlao
llfo, end 811 fluoa md pbnoltleles oolleoted.fommy.
iafraathttOf ary l8VB PObtiag t0 00cMrOhl ttnhor-
mon,~ball~bs plawdti tho 8tat.e Tree~urytothe cmd-
it of a fund to b6 kWBtt a6 'Flabcad OyBtOr. Fund' md,
togetherwith th6 man6y nov to tbo xm+dlt of thl6 Sund,
irr hereby appropriated and dud1 be wed by the okma,
Flab en8 Oyrt,er Cow~a~loner in the enforcement OS the
flrh and oyster lava ot thIo State, aad 'in the dlmmm-
ftmtlonof usofil infollaatian pertab%ng to the eoenamlc
value of fish md oyeter lDarlnollfe; the mskfng OS 4
sclentifloinvoBt tfons and 6utwey8of the prina%p61
608 food fmler 3 narfnelife for purpore of the better
protection 6nd oormemtion ot same, the pro gcrtlon and
diotrlbution of sse' food flshoe oy6torrr, tmr
wrtw life; the purah860 , repBLr 6nd op6rat,~",",r
baata and the essploymont of deputl6s to carry out end
enforce the provlalons of tfrleAot. Acts 1925, 39th
w3.. p. 446, oh. 178, B 2.”
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