OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
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GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTlN
Eonorablo S, T . Orehan
County Attorney
Camsron Count
Brownrrillr, 4 *xa8
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whioh is quoted bmlowr
sldaats of tkis
lottar, 1
ho County
r0r rs&atra-
he brand was
on the loft side,
tb the brculd, der-
that DO 8poiri0 portion
gnat.4 upon w&ioh to plaor
than Qha lert aid**, thr County
A* end adrisod hilpthat he ehould
~polfir portlon of tbr animl upon
mark or brand should bs plaoed.
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Two day8 latbr, ‘B’ filch an a~pllontlon with
the County Clerk tar rmgbtration or a brand and
oarmark8, the brand bein an ‘0’ to be plaoed on
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Honorable F, T. Graham t Pu
'the left hip bone',
"The iolloviing day th, county Clsrk reoalrsd,,,’
a reply ima hi8 letter to .*A#, in whioh rrply,:’
‘A’ d8rigaatod ‘th8 lert hip' of the animal a8
the partion OS the laipralupon whioh to plago
the brand.
‘*Elm UOUnty Clark reoordad tb brrad bt ‘A’,
snd has so far withheld irsr rr&tratloa ths
lpplioation of tBc for registrationor hir brand,
and he haa raicrred t&s nmttmr to PO for adtioo
as to whether Q? not ha rhould rroord 'B*8' brand.
"I hare beiorr D, Opinion No, O-1114 written
by the Oifioo or the Attorn8y Oonoral and qi-
prorod under data ot No~smbsr tit, 1939, during
th0 takiura 0f orrio 0r Oenld 0. ykon.
*I bar8 read the various ltatutes relative to
rrglstratfon of brands on livs8toak, and while
It is alear iron thr 8tatuts8 and thr dsai8lonr
oonstruing the otatuts8 that the County Clark
rhall not rroord and register two identiaal brands,
and while it is al8o olear that the 8am8 markings
or oharaotora oonetituting brands, my b8 aotually
separate brands whsn or if located on difr8r8nt
parts 0r 8n anipral,I hav8 not boon able to rind
a deotslon whioh definitely would srttlo the ques-
tion prosentsd to the County Olark,. I am 0r the
opinion that en ‘0’ to bo ~18088 upon 'the left
hip' ot the animal i8 the rams brand a8 8n '0'
to bs plaerd on 'the loft hip bon.‘; la othsr
word8, It appears to mm that the left hip and the
left hip bcme, ior branding purposes, should and
probably would k by the Court8 oonatrued to be
th0 8a~e papt 0r M 8atd. *B*, huwerqr, in-
siet8 that among oattlr brooders and rai88rs
that ror branding purposes, the left hip bone i8
aa sntirely reparata and di#tinot portion of the
~imdl mmthe i8rt hip.
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Honorable y. T, Graham - Page 3
“Both 'A* and *B* appear to have been using '
the brands that tlmy We now 888ki~ to rog#ter
ror a number 0r years, and riaoe *B* is 803a-
rletsnt that the left hip bone Is l sep a r a k e
and
diotinot portioa oi the animal for branding pi%'-
pO808 iromtho 18rt hip, aad rinoe I hsvi Rot k8n
able to looate my deoi8ionr or OJh&3~8 rr0a your
dspartmnt that 688m to l#wer thir queatlon, 1
wo uld
lppmoiate yooUradrios in the auttor.*
The pertinent and oontmlliag MrtB' or the oiril
8tatUtBB relative t0 yOUZ inqUi?y Rr* 8.t OUt bOlOW1
*Arti la90. Wary person who has rattle,
.. . . Shall hav8 an ear mark and a bran& differ-
ing ‘rrom the oar aark u&d brand oi hi8 nei~bors,
whlah oar mark and brand shall b8 rsoordod by the
ocunty olark Of t& OoUnty wha8 8UOh UltlPa18
BhflL~b8~r." (AOtB 18h& p.:l66)
*Arti 6899 . . . . , Any person may rroord
Such brand aad ot nmrk 48 kM rPa;r dosin tQ WO
provided no oti! Q parson has rsoord8d swh brand
and/or mark , .. .* (AOtB 1943, 4th Lag., p. 471,
Ch.~ 315)
fn addition to above, Artidle
the 14d3b or the Penal
Code 0r Toxar plaoos a rho upon 8 County Olrrk who reaords
a brand when the person having same rooordod iail# to de-
signate the part of tJD animal upon whioh the 8ame is to
bs plaood.
The fOrmU Opinion Uf thi8 Wpartmat NO. O-1114,
tiJahlo& you rarer, holds that it ir pMSibl8 ror two
~8~8OIl8to hats the S~JW ii&We 88 l brand, but only if
th8y plae8 the brand at a di#tinOtly dirrerent pl4oe on
the anlmal*s body.
.84 ue uot oonoune6 h&e wlth the p4iiB~.iB&O8iy
0r l 00~.but rathu with e bw do~ignob to provide l prao-
rioaL and ordsrlf wan8 0r ldeatiriaation Of #tOOk r0r
oattleaes. It is our bellaf that tb County Clerk to 18&d-
ly juatlfledin wLthho1Uag rma r*str8tCics aad r4ruhg
to m&later a bran6 rhioh, mdor the oim&si8tarro~r rtotrd,
i8 ?Bf&UO~t+d t0 b i&O*& iS l UfIh proltiortty to thr poBiti2Xl
of anothu lden0ioa P r#~i#t8~8d brew3 that it h OuniWin&
and d$ilmts Wm very ~uiyos4 of Lb law. Siam tha aueWr
Or p0OsibiO OO~iMtijnB 6t 87d018, 18ttB~B and f-ZOO
rhiooh may b4 adopt& u l Wn4ad uy virtutily farxhutibl*,
It wsuld a9 u that IW &rO*i9 will b4 worked b# t&a
C1Uri'B aot
A8bualag tknt tlm Qlak has 1egalLr rp:eroo 8 ..
~?F;~WWL~;~;O;-%&E p44d On 'the 18rt hip*,
jUStiriS 18 miMiit t@ rO$iBtBr
that idontioal Orad tar "thr l8rt hi9 bma.‘.