OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
xl-e, eatherlne LyneBarnhlll
County Attamey
Bee ,County
Beevilla, Texas
Dear Mr8r &x2m.llt
*a Annotated
This wlll.aoknowle
l&y .15,-1944,which
on whether
the state, transport,distribute,warehouae, store,
uoliolt orders for, take orders for, or for ths pur-
pse of~sale to bottle, racti~, blend, treat, for-
tify, ~33, or proceea any liquor in any wet area
wlthout first bavlng prooumd a per&it of the alaas
required for suah privilege. Aa amended Acts 1943,
48th Leg,, P- 509, ch. 325, g 2.
Hr8a. 0atheripQ Igme Bamhlll, pap 2 :
'."(a) (1) It sbsll be unlawfu3 for any *rson to
mnsume any alooholla beverage ¶+ any public plaoe,
or for any perann to possess any alaoholla beverage
in any pub110 plaae for the purpose of consumlng the
aaw In snah publia place, at smy time,on Sunday be-
tween the hours of 1815 a.m. and 1.100o'oloak p.m.,
and on all other days at any tima between tha hours
of 12t15 am. end 7tOO o'olock a. m.
‘(2) Any alooMlo boverage possessed In viola-
tion of this Seatlon Is &olar8d tb be an lllla1t~
bbversge and rnery
be selted without warrant to be used
as evldenoe of a violation of law, and any person In.
possesalon thereof or who otherwiseriobtes any pro-
vision of this Seation may be arrestedwithout warrant.
(3) Any person who vlol8tes any provis1an of
~To &rlfy any weming amb%guity, w refer to-Ho&
BlU 8, &&er 221, Aats 48th bgirlaim+, whlah providea. in
pbrt, a8 follftwst
.35ectlon1. Ehat.irtlole1, Chapter 467, Aats
of the Seoond Galled Session of the Forty-fouru1
Legisl.ature,ai amended~byEous@ Bill lo. 8, Ads
of theThlrd.lladSeessienofth@Forty-fourth
~glsletura, By Hciuw Bills x08. 432 and 5, A&s of
the Stegubr &881.on of the Borty-flfthI, i8htUW
by Senate Bill Ho’.20, &It8 of the ~-8t' p58 l3ed~
Semion of the Ferty-f&fthLoglslaW, snd by
HoUS Bill8 Ih8. 8 and 373, AOts 0f ths md4W
&mslon of the Forty-seventhLegisle-, be amended
by the addition of new Seotloqs 4 (0) and 4 (d), to
Fesd as followst
Hrsi OathorlnI@eBarnhl~L page 3
asectlon 4 (c .
"(1) It 8ha1l be Utlbftd for any person
--- to
-
~OMimm any rlaoholic beverage
or ror any person to possess any alaoholio beverage
in alIypublic place i-02'
the plIrpO8eOf CoI,8I.&J&3
the
same in suoh public plaao, at any time on Sunday
betwan the hours of lt15 a.m. and .ltOOo*olook p.m.,
and onall other days ataqgtlae betweenthehoure
of 12t15 a.m. and 7100 o'clock a.m.
'(2) Any alaoholla beverage possea8od in vlola-
flon of this Seation is deolamd to be an llllolt ..
pawrage and tuaybe selsed with&t warrant to be used
a8 evidence of,a violation of law, and any per8on In
possesalon thereof or who otherwise violates any pro-
~lalon of this Seotlon my be arrested without warrant.
'"'93)J&y per&n who VioBtss any provision of
,ihis86ottan 8ha11 be guilty of a ti8dsgeulor,a
~:Wnvictian,~shall be u&shed by a f&x¬ ex-
OWd%U&plity~O&.bZ'S .(&?I&". -83s OUPit.
& is our 6&nlan'&at the Wgialature intended Seetlon
4~ (b) : ) :*up+~ea the penalty Ijr0vl.slon
for 6 violatlol~ofSeo-
tlon k 7ojr supma,and that alone.
Xt follows that wo believe a violation of Article
666-4(a), supa, ia punishable by Article 666-81, VOZTI~JJ~~
Anno-
trtedPtmalW~,whlehprovide~ as follmt
*Any~rs~wfiovlotr~senypFovbionoi thl8 z
Act for +rhleha 8peaiiia penalty l8 not provided shall
be ~deemed guilty of a t8%8demeanorand upon aonvlotion
be puni8hed by fine of not loss than One Bundred ($100.00)
Dollara and not more than One Thouwnd ($l,OOO.OO)Do1br8,.
or by lmprlsonmentln the oounty jalJ..fornet aore than
one year, or by both 8uah iinr,and wrl8onment.
'The ~telra"sDealflanenalt~* as used in this Se&ion
meSnaalIdlWfeXV3-bly to i penaity~whiohmight be imposed
a8 a reftultof ‘a or-1 proseautlon. ALSamended Aeta
1943, 98th Leg., p. 509, ch. 325, 8 8.'
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#pa. CatherineLyne &mhill, page 4
Trusting this 8atirfactmrllyanswer8
I am
Y
Ygurs very truly
ATTORHXY f?HIIBl?AL OF
BY ((I)Fred C. Chandler
Assistant
.
By (a) Elton li.Eydem, Jr :
mtrt
mm f-0
APi’ROV-ED MAY 27, 1944
(s) 000. P. Blaokburn