Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

tIxmrable !I!.
D. SmaLng
Count3 Attorwy
&maPord County
+Mmnan, %x88

s3ar sir:

it is wver proper
thaA OAO bI%Ad

brand of reaordr

recor&~Jn thb County i?hme they ara to kept, so he
desiras \t.hs
Clerk t3 r653M thlo brand LXIhla 38%~
also. k.J'
Y. . 4 .4

krticls 6iS90,W&~od Civtt 3tatutas, proviCes as
~ollowus
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"Zvery person who Sss cattle, hog*, sheep or
Goats 3nnl.l have an ear aark and brand c.LiM’ariq
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iionorable 2. 0, Ssnslag, pa&e 2

Pran t& aa~ lpark aad broad of hi8 neighbors, Uhlah
eer m.vk and brend shall be reoorded by the ooun-
tg clerk of the aounty where rush anla~ls 8hell be.
Xc parson 8hall u8e more then one bmnd, but ney
raoorc? hfa brand in as many aountles OS b desnu
naaerrary.”
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Artlola 1484, Penal Code, provfdust

‘Uhoe~ec In cniginallybranding or mar-
cattle uses mra t&m oaa mark or brand 8hall be
ff.aad AOt b88 th8~ tVluaty-iiT AOF IPDCW thin op4
l”luadrsddollars Par each aDIme SO braided or mark-
ed.”

These statutes contemplate, end here boon so con-
atrued by our ooucts, that a pareon YJ ~88 or record for u8e
only ona brand. Tumor Y. stew 39 Cr. 8. 322, 45 9. If.10201
.* irnsal~. state, 39 Cr. R. 330, 4s 3. Y. 1022. The Texas
xeo ho~u~ts have held, hovevar, that there statut.8 Vera not &-
“P9’L tended to pm3vaat an ovaac 0S llvsstoak Sor good aau8e from
dimlgag his brand. pbclura v. Sheak’r Dalrs, t% Tax. 426, 4
9. Y. 5521 Dugat v.'Wlth, 67 Cr. Ii446, 148 3. Ii.769.
?ha parsoa, aoc4ordlngto your lattor.Pra3vbioll vv
: .;:;:, Leta heretoPore quoted, .daafre8 to u8a UAQ to rceoo~d for u8a
.A..~ &ore thsa aae brand.

Ye, thervrore, anaver your query In the negativv.
Since you rsquast OUTanaver to your related qwstio;l
;.. onl3 If vu reached a conalusioa dlffarant to that as VW have
above axpmsseA, it thus become8 unnecessary to render an Op&n-
ion thereon.

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