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OFFICE OF THE Al-I-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
lion.?. L..Himon, Jr.
county Auditor
?‘Olkcounty
Livingston, Texee
lly oonslderrd you? re-
tier,said r8quort bein&
on the iO11OWil.4
ret3mm owlrd or’
nd oparatsa a 1942 Chevrolet
or the Texas Bat0 Ouerd of
the
66750-j of Vernonls Annotated 61111 fltatutes,
Ownera of motar vehiolea, trailor and
whiab are the property of, and ueed
sxolusirely in the ~ervios of the United ctatos Oar-
ernmant the %sta of Texas, or eny County, Uity or
Ycthool&strict thereof, ehrL.1mpplp ammally to
register all suah vehicles, but Shall not be required
to pey the rsgistretioo fess herein prescribed, prop
vidsd thst aftidavit 18 made et the tine of ryistra-
tlon by a person who has the’prop&r authority that
suoh vehfoles art the property or and uabd erolusiv~y
in the servioe of the United 2tstes Oovernment , the
7tete of Texas, or Cou,nty or City or f!ohoolMotrlat
tbtreor, as the oaaa msj be . . . .*
F;on. : . i,
. Iiirlwn, J’r., page 2
864
Artiole 667fie-gee of said f?tatutas, is, in part,
as r0li0urs:
V&tore the llellvsrgof liaense plater,to
anyone engegd axclus~valy in the service of and
operating vehloles whioh e~rethe property of the
United States Oovarnment, or the %ata ot Texas,
ox any countlea, or oitiea thereof, auoh applioa-
tion shall have the approval ot the Sate Highway
?capsrtmantbefore aeM plates are iasuad to any
auoh applioant, and if it appears that aeid'vehi-
01s was tranaterred to eny auoh agenay for the
cola purpose of eveding the payment of reglatra-
tion ieao, or thet tha aama we8 notrda in good
raith, such plates ahall not be issued. Ii, arter
the leeuanoa of auoh, mid vehiolea aae~eeto be,
or em found to not be the property of aueh agaa-
oiea, then auoh lioanae far reoolpt may be revoked,
said platea may ba zeoalled, and taken into po8aeaalon
by the State El&way Department. . . .*
Ar$~&Jf91*, ceotlon 1 (a) or aaid Satuta, la,
in part * as
%;henevsr any part or the 13ationalguard of
thin State la in lotive ?adarel aervioe, the Governa
is heraby authorized to organize and maintain within
this Steta during auah period, under auah regulationa
as the Ssoretery of VJar of the United Ytstes may pre-
s&m be for their orgenl%ntlon, standards of txsining,
id rucrtionand dlsoipllna, auah military roroes aa
the Covernormay deem naoeaaary to &fend this Bate.
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Article 5891a. 900. l(a), la, in part, a6 follows:
-Cuoh rorosa shall be a part or the eotive
Prilitia and e component of the Yllitary Iroroasof
Taxes and shall be additional to rnd dietinot
from the lsletlonalGuard and shall be known as the
Taxes State Ousrd. . . .”
865
Hon. E. 1:.Rimon, Jr. , page 3
Article 5765 of eaid “tatutes, reads, in part,
es follows :
*Th a militia or this %te shall be divided
into two (2) olaasas, tb a lotlva end reserve
nlliti&l. Tht aativa milltin shall oonsiat of
organized snd unltormed military foroas of thia
%eta v&ioh sh&il be known ea the Texas National
Guard or tha Texas OctetsGuard aa the aeha nay
be; . . . .*
Artiole 5784 ot ssld Statutes, reeds se follows:
Whenever any troop, bettary, oompany, eigml
oorpa or band is mustered into the sctlva rcllltie
or thia ntata bg the authority or the Gwernor,
suoh troop, battery, oompany, signa oorps or band
shall, tram the date of suah mater in, ba daamad
and be held in law a body oorporate snd politio,
with ;>owcriunderits corporate name to take, pur-
ohesa, cwn I4 f.atii siqlc. hold, trclnSrar, moriigmga,
pledge and oonvey reel or paroonal proparty to an
amount in velua, et the time 0r its eoquisition, of
two hundred thouaend dollers (provided thet the
natural anhanaamant in value or eny property propar-
ly aoqulmd~ by any auah aoml)anyshell not erfect the
right of such c.oapsnyto hold or otherwise hsnd.la
such property), and with like power under its oor-
porate name to uue and be sued, plead and be lmpleeda6,
and to prosecute end defend in the oourts of this
?tate or eloewSare; to have end use a oommon seal of
aooh devloe 8s it znay Nopt; to ordein, astnblish,
alter or amend by-laws for the governnmt and regule-
tion O? V.c comphny s!:ieirenot lnoonsiatent with the
Constitution end lews ot this State end of ihe United
~tntes, and th.e ordara end ragulstions of the Owarnor;
end ganarally to do and psrrorm any end nil things
neoassary and proper to be done in oerr:.-lng out an&
parreoting the purpose or its organization, of wbioh
the orricers, and in aase of a bend, the non-oommiasionad
offiaers, shell be direot,ors,the senior the prasidant.w
Eon. E. i. Hinoon, Jr., $86~ b
It ia uaumn knowledge that the lbtionel 5uard
of this Stats is in aoti+a ~a da r a ll erviaa; tharafon,
the Ootargor fa luthorlcad undar the above quoted rtatutaa,
to or(rclaiia and uialntain wl8hl.n hhia Stats the Taua Stat0
auara dutlng tho pariod tar Hational Cbuwd ia so an&gad.
Aooordlngly, und~ar the taotr Stat86 br pu ana as author-
lad ,bp the 8tatutaa haialnabova sot out, your quratloa
is anawrrad in the afilrmatlva, and pu are adtlaad that
the rahiola referred to $8 entitled to be ra6iatarad with-
out thS r8gi8trSth rSo8 tm8Sn king 98i4 ~90n 0aplr~ii~S08
with tho pxwialona or Artioloa 667%-3 and 667Sa-3s~.
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Tr u a tinfjt-h o t
th i8 aat~afaotorll~ laawars y o ur
taqulry , we r o nsin
Vat-r truly pure,
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