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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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To undorstsnd fraa oorrespon49noe atteohad to your
letterthat the 3‘. C. Crouoh Grain Conperky, in lieu of :ti1in&
the atatutorjr $5,000 bong with the County Olerk of eaoh oounty
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ln whioh it o!aontor 8 pablti
(1 l rarahouaaaa ~esire,r to
lxoooEe one bh%kot $l,OOC,OOObond, and to dir a ouWf'led
oow tJuraol~th oaoh of uld Countr Clorkr.
Artiole .5569, V8rma~r Revised Givll Ztatso8,
pOYiQO8S
-ma aaer, proprsotar, lrn80. or Rmammr
of my ptrbllorarehomr,whothsran Indlrldeal,
firm or oorporatioa, befar. trenmotlng any bud-
AMY in suoh pubUo warehouao shall gmmwa iram
tha oaauty ale oftha oount~iawhiahthe ware-
hou8e or warehoue~8 lTO r itua ta d,
l 08rtlfl8rtr
~. t&t ha io traamotluu budnear aa l publio ware-
houmman andor tha law8 or theSt8to of TOEM,
whiah otw~lfimk ahall b8 is8ued by 8alC 01-k
upoa B nrlttea applhtlon, 8ettfng forth ths
looatlonand naam of awhuamhaumo orwarohoama,
end the name of oaob por8oA, individual a 8 mm-
be? ot thw firm, intonat?d a8 mar? or prinoipak
In the meaagonent of t&a iamo, aa-, ii the were-
hoi&&oio owned or naoa&ed by a oorporation, tho
Aam of the grosideat rootetary and tr8aruror or
ouoh earporatioa 8hali be rtetul, rhiab qqlioa-
tloa 8lmll bo roooitod 8.4 filed by wtoh olerk
and pm8onsd in hi8 off'lo(r, Ai-- tho aa;d omtiil-
oat, 5Eall et-10 authority to 06rry on anb ooPduot
MO bush888 of a publla wartthou8a and ohall be
rowoablo only by the dlotrlot aaurt oi tbo oountg
ln whlah the warehorloa ox mrshouaoa am situated,
person r9osivl3g 8 oortffiaats, as hwoin provldell
for, rhnll ii10 vlth tho Oounty olork granting
mm., e band wable to the St&e of Toma, wltb
good and ouMioimt wroty, to be egprcnsd br aaib
alork, In the pIoaf 8aa of ii+0 thoumInd dollar8,
8endlC&med r0r the faithrul porfommnao of hla
doty aa a publio ramhoaswyn, rhtoh baud shall be
fil.d and ~earnod In ths offioo of @uohoounty
olwk. Aots 1901, p. 251, Aots 1st C.3. X913*
Pa 93."
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Efomrabls J. 2. XoOon&d, -60 3
&tiOlO 5661 mtidO8:
*A~~oMo~) firm, oorporation, partnership,
or OSWO tion a ~rSfaDM, &mybooodie (1 pUhliS
waMh0uMa!ul unllec the ~0Yi01fuls of wlio 0hAptm.
by l'il~ with the oountf Olrrk of the oouatf in
whiah h IO looatod and pro acts to Co buainesa,
a gpod aAd tukriioi~nt bQAdiii the Bum of fiY0
thoumalld &lls4xooandltIone4 that hewU1omduot
hi8 business in SOOOrdlUlM With th0 ~OV181Oll#l Of
oh18 ohapter. 3.m tha fll.Lxkj
and spproval of
mob borrd with CJw ooun%yoloa¶s, it abisll be the
dubr c#f t&e ootmty ol& ta trmnsdiate& oerldip
moh fe46 lo 8ho COmiUI8riOn8rOf taarlr8f 8 and Ware-
bU8OSr AW 000 bnj~2%d by i&O Vi&sia Or t&ho
tern8 of tb* band, 5nd the proviaiona ot this ahop
Los my ~ooYer dasu4$08 to’ tho 8xtent of oaia bcnil.
ShouIdsaidbond bsaono&airedbyrmmxy,or
ot!mrrrise, said Comiesioaer zsp roTJlro auoh pub-
liti nrehouam to fllo aa a@dltIonal bond, but
In no ctont shall mob additional bond be for 8
greater eu?mult thRn rite ths*Uamc doll3ra. The
bond nqulred hereunder r&all be good ror the term
0f 080 year mm th0 adif3 OS iii* arJd the r4ght
to oontiuum as a publlo warehouaewn s&l1 bu t&a-
dltiwmd upou the runitwnl of aeid bond iron yw3.r
to year, Uooordfng to tha tams ot thi.8 ohaptw,
Ilie form or tU bad m uirod hereunder shall bo
prosorlbed by said CoiJs~Io*r, and the bond ssy
ba mnde by any Burety corqpacg rut&o,clecd Co do
bualwsa undar tho law ti this State; OS by two
mlmmt surotios to be approved bf the oounty olerk
of t&o oouaty In w&lob swh pub110 warehouserPan
my doeiro to do btmin881). Ids BBO. 56.”
II&aeiining A bozd, the Suprwio CouPt or Torae ha8
aaid:
“‘A bond t8 what binda. TherOfO~ asp In-
strwseat In witing leeally bln48 a ;wrtr
that
to do a oortala thing nay be aaIled a bond.'
Courand Y. Yollmer, 31 TOG 397, Wl.*
fa it3 in this 5811~0 Ye t&ink, t&Et tht3 @$8k3tUm
UaO4 tho word “bond* ti the ektutm above quoted.
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a0110rab10J. B. XoDoaald, Fw3 4
St nil1 be noted that the statutes require that the
bad itself be tiled in the offioe OS the County Olerk not a
oopy thereof. And a oertlfled oopr, uhllo it boar8 ot 1dono.
of Ita aothentioity, Is yet nothing paora than 6 oopy. %o quote
rr0m the derInItIon or the nrd *oopy* fouad in word0 and
?bt308, VOL. 9, p. 636, the r0ii0agt
I. .. . Mirering rroa a
eoopy*, a 'dupll-
oati* inatruaent In writing
i8 the *not ]n tl-
tion thoroof , sod aooordlng to $~dIoIti la xr oog-
mphorr ham all the TalIdity of an orlgiml~
*A duplloatr writing har but on0 OrrOot. sob
duplIOat0 la oompletr rrldenoe ot bha Iateaflcn
or the partlsr. @ Bout, Law Mot. ‘A doaount
the mm In all reapeots arr acme other doouwat,
from wh.Ioh It Is lndiatl uIehab1. In It8 eaaanoe
and operation.’ Aaderroa9 8 Lew DIot. *Aa oflg-
Iaal la&muaeat repeeted$ a doownt rhloh Is the
aaam a.8 another In all oaeentlel pertloulars, and
dliisring rrom e mere oopy In having all ths valld-
lty or a0 Inal.' Burr Law Mot. Oable Co. vi
Rathgeber, IV.W. 88, 90, 2l 8, D. &ha
It dll thus M rmoa that a osrtiiled oopp, biine
nerely evIdenae or the sristenoe oi the bond Itself, will not
serve the 0rri00 0r the bond required by them atatoteh
xt I8 0~ opinion that tho riling 0r 0srtIrIod oopler
or euoh blanket bond would not meet the requiremats of the law.
xe are returning herowith tha lettera mbmltted with
your r*twasC.
rourm very truly
ATN)~~TB~
Omm?ALOY TggllS
3. B. Alloa
Aarlatant
XtAtBlp
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