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OFFICE O+‘iWE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
;‘.a nnisanob d~66 not aeo5marily as* tan the uIsh10e tir
&ha pmviition 3.0~
the .Pmaf, Wtr, bogInI4 .tpIs aot~‘hwgJ4t.to
k lJolne4 a# aqoiienaeand pmtaaribIa@ hprlson-
ir%aa.or
sent a0 pwi5hwnb ror ..h%u rio16tSonr There. &ma exib) jm
~pplloabla.atatuto,to witi,
&t%sla 4664,panal~3.ita netum,
and pneoribiag atu+snmntaa the racy..
In ekwotioa nlth'tb queat4on w&r oonaldoratloa
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.,.the ,&as molng and batting 000~~1~4 war, nst a+ ttaO ohuaotu.
Where the Uqtaor Control Aot alqwese2yor by,naew-
rawy lapllaetion euthorieba the sale or lIQwr, beu em¶rlnm,
ana PTOSO be5 the olrom8tanoes unbar whioh:it ma ba sold
AHl.1. la 4 Is not elailebla, on tha graundthet &6trMei ~:‘~
18 latiidoeunpt.baa ntiaanoa.Thus,sin00tho Uqwr Gang
tralhut euthorI;ie8
petits r0r paokaga atoms to ssu lIqob*t
and mdhorlws. pomits ror thb sala or beer r0r oonswptilon~
on ~JAO p&mIaw a paokagestar.wItha patitoeanatbo on-
.jqiaod for sdng,lIquor, nor oould the rot&U., baarper&
haldsrbo annJo$nadram nrainteinl~ a-plaoawharspersona.r+
sort ror dAnkIng befar, an lntoxioetiag Uquor.
In Me Parkeroaae, swre, the ella#ssb nulaanaasxisb-
'06be a&y* area,Itlatoba notadthsttha suItre.nat t0
~)a#5 the laai~tOIIMO6 Or pT6dSSO Whercl &Em Ol?gift5 Of fn-
torieating liquors WON mada; but premisoa, (a denea hall) to
rhiohthe publI4resorted to drink Intoxicreting liquor. Tba
Liqwr $mcrOl dot da.8not dsflnea. an oifanabthe wintsnWO0
Of &WI&~WJto tiah the mbllo resort CO drinkint-Ia.tI.6
lIqu&a,al&her in a dry araaor a wet as.&. Tha 0fSsu.ada-
nowoad by the Ast I8 tha unlawful salesaa thatit is a@erSnt,
W&U the perkarciacia. thatW. rrruetlook to Artlola 46640lonO
for t&r’offwas :and :pi3fmltyT
Bsnowble &me ~Doughty, &., ,P&e 5
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Uuder t&mi0ofO stated in your letber it la apparent
.$hat the ‘proprfeg&;.of the danoe hall does not have any permit
rir lloanae authorl~~d by.the Liquor aontrol Aot and that the
plaoe ti. qusst$,on~~jthe~ danoe hall) la a plaoe where persons
resort in ~hmyalging of two or .bmre persons to the room for
the purpo& o~&Wklng .fntolioating 1lqUOT.
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Too ‘are: tiiierefore advised that under AxMole 4664
,.a danoe h,all lx;uet territory maintained aa. a plaoe to whloh
.,mmbers or the pub110 oommnly resort in mmb,er& of two or
moma to’ the mom -for the purpose oi’ drinking lutoxloatlng ll-
quors’ may be enjoined ae a oomon nulsanos ii- t~he proprietor
does not hold La,,per&t’ authorizing him to sell the .lkquors eon- I’.
rrrrpei\for oonsumption on the premisea, oi ii t&3 liquors oon-
sumad thereon ar6 not suoh as are authorized to tie sold for
oonmmption on the- premisea, . ,.:,~
kustiiig that the foregoing fully answers your ‘ln-
quby, we are’
Yours very trUly
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion