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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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GROVER SSLLLRS
AsrO”“rr GLNUAL
ponorabla Bert ?ord Administrator L-,3+& ;: ,
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Tessa Liquor controi Board
Austlu, Toxar
Dear sir: Oplnfon Ho. O-6880
RO: status of portion or
*net mm* annexed to
you hat* request-adan oplnlon 0r th
sent as to the loan1 option rtatus of
In Harris gouiity, Texas). In 1937 the
holder or e Deer liaenar In 8 wet (IT
but not.xlthin the oorporata limits 0
Faradenr. On Jun. 1, 1931,
&ludlng the 08rO
rea8on 0r Its l
Is iuderrto
alno. annex hot the stetlM 0r
the 08r0 ~1
8tltutlon, adopted
ura sbsll ensot a
iea voter* 0r hny oounty,
ated tow or elty, may br
g determine rron time to
tosloating ll:.aoroior.bererage
0 prohibited or 10gail20a wlthla the pre-
and 8uoh law shall oontallr'prorlaiona
e sale or lntoxloatlngll,;uors0r various
a alcohollo oontent."
~urauu.atto this manad0 the Laglslsturr lIlEioted
In greet dots11 the prooedure for oalllng and holding looal
option lleotlone end ror drtermlnstlon by majority rote or
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Xonorable Bert Ford - pagr 2
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the lnbabltanta of eeoh polltloal aubdlrlalon,the ;uestlon
or what sloohollo beroregea, Ii any Should ba aold or pro-
hibited vltb@ that area. L'eeArt. 666 - 32 lt ae:.,~V.A.P.0.
~0 protlalon is mcide In our law r0r 8 ohm@ in the looal
option status or a -wet area a wrely through its annexation
to a *dry area* by ordlnanoe. To peralt It would not 0~1~
pervert the whole sohaze and purpose or our looal option
lax8 but would lu addition rroognlzo a prooeaure whollJ~~
unauthorized by our laws on that aubjeot. m tha 0880 0r
Houohlna vs. ~lalnoa, (sup.) 110 S. x. (zd) 549, our Supcorn
court in holdlug that the *dry* Olty Or Tioustonlielghtadid
not beoome wxot" by reason of Its annexation to the *wt*
aIt7 of Bpuaton where no loos1 option elaotlon had beea
held in xouaton Ealghta on that laaoe, had this to oar:
-In this regard, It la aettl6d as the
law of.thla ltnta that where a power la expreealy
~ivtsnby the Conetltutlon,.snd the means by rhloh,
or tho amner ln vlhlahIt la to be axorofaed, la
presorlbed, such means or manner la exolual+e oi
tillOthers.*
-$e thereforo oonolude that under tbr atstrd faota
the oafe alta or the "wet- territory or Shloh It wea a part,
ala not booome *dry- by rdflsonor ltn annexation by ordlnenoe
to the olty of i-•asdena. fnaofar 00 Oplnlon Ipo.O-lb49 0r
this department, deted ootober 28, 1939, snd addressed to
you, la: la ooufllot horewlth, tha oame is hereby overruled.
very truly yours