OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
11
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
~piirtaentof
:iuatln,Texas
Dear Sir: cpi 0 Jo. o-3552.
R . 3oe tlT;e
tarn "Ku3
Ah u&h,*
a us in section P, xr-
ti 8 037, V.P.C., mean
n cl6 weight?*
0 0
tiala 1937, the per-
basis ot we
r any pelvon to psok
or other oonmoditlesin
ior to aala, and label sama by
t i6gtii r0r any partif3~ to 0rf6r,,
erti.sefor aale this, ar other
y 'grosswelgllt 'P
“(3) 1s it l@Sal for any person to sell
sanitary wiping rags, or other oommodities,by
vgro88wefght' to 8 parson ror (q) reselc to
ooneunas; (b) for his own personel uee?"
Ws need do no more than answer your questlane
Mth'tRe plain 1anCuagc of the same ArtIolc. Scotlon c
(1) provldas:
*It shall bc unlawful to keep for the
purposb or sale, 0rt43ror expose for ,aalc,
or sell, any oommodlty in paokage forsi.un-
left8 (ai the nbt QiUintitYOr OOIitCnt& in
term ot weight . . . shall ba plainly . . .
marked on tha outside of thcpackagc . . ."
md aubbiviaionC (3) dctiaca "yackagc rOriiF to inOlU&C any:
'C oornno~ityin paokage, dart-on, ease
: oah, bo;,'b&$,barrel, bottle, phi&, or on a
spool or ~1mLlar holder, or in a container or
ban4, or.ln a roll, ball, 0011. &coin, or other
.~.” rsoeptaole,or in aovsrings or nrspplne61 0r any
kind. . '. . The worda . . . ahall be oonatrued
to lnoJAle both the tvholaaaleen4 retail paokage
. . ."~
f
Theac arc ordinary nor&, racily underatoo4,an4 ,,~,~_
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)b&..26 clolu$mc*$oni
o ,~i .::ep&*y
~~aa..~*gaF~,i.~
ia.,*mp fo‘~
~p&y,.s~.:._.:i
qusatfoas rcapc&itcly, (1) tbat it lo not udlarrttito
paok ~coroMditics in paokagea rin4label thca by Qroas weightA
unlcafithey are lntena~cd for aalc which is a qurstion or facts
in cacb'oasetar you to detsralnej (2) that, aa the atatutr
aakaa olear, It is illegal to lab.1 tharpby *gZWaa reight" ii
they ati advcrtl6edfor aalc; an4 (3) that, again in the
worda or thb statute, it is illegal to acil by ~gross weight”
such &M&krgcrd goods to othcra for (a) resale and (b) to other8
ror thclr own use; whiob would bo,'aa the statute-prohibita,
wholesale and retail aalea rcbpcot~rcly.
~a4 rlnally, if you still entertain any doubt about
what the Lcglaleturcha4 in nlnd, uc oall your attcntlon to the
r0il0wln5~0rdi21ngIII s00ti0n c (1):
0 that rcasonablca-riles and mgU-
latfons'f&'thc dri0i0nt 8nror88twdi0r this
not . . . ahall be nade by the Conn~.t8aioncr*
‘5
.,, or
Won. w‘.9. Duseey, pager3
This &wcmiaion makes it poeielblsror the COwaislloner,
Wittin the ihit rid by the law, to apply the act in
~a pmcrtLceble anti qommn-renre 5anner.
mu request e ran or oo~plaint ior saotioa F
of Axtiole 1037. In Yi~W or the nulaamu8 lxQ~ptiwae 00x%-
tained in the statutr and the varying fact aituatlon0t&t
arc bound to eriac we cannot prepam a gen*Fal torrpthat
wfll facetall ooatingrnoies. ivssu@rtst yau advise USof
;ekrtiou2ar rm aituetioa upcm whlah you dote4 to pro-
. X4 #ball be &a9 to Zen4 our arreiatancd in pro~~aring’
ewh a rora,
BY (e)
EmTO/JOP