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OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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iiofhor4bl4
Bert 2'ortl,
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and inIt1e1 krr i8brnare araerati A@dWt erob llew
wmb8r. §uwe8+lieg wIlti fmr 8l-e 6et8mlasd by
the ~4144 or drink8 or oi 1Iquor dI4p8484U 4gnInrt
th eintU*ldnal'r looowt dur ing th epnvloor mbnth.’
whelr a n8mber S8 traartrm8a iroD on. Port to an-
otlur, the inltlal bar ie4, lf not abrorbad by
oharger, 14 refpa44d. All proiltr irom the eel8
d drink4 at Offlocwr' Club8 we tiredto uk8 in-
pl"oV8BURt4,pw OV8a48d 8Xp8II#@#,uld iOF th0 W-
tert4inannt of th8 m4mber8 *ml tmtr frls~dr. ft
is plain that Offl44r4' alubr are n@t Inrtrum8n-
;ili;;;8 Ot th8 ~T4¶'4a4At, R8 WCW~b'd It3(?nmg-
- 96 (taqrud (ChapUer 7E%3d S848~oa)
r.6 8. 66871.
.~*It ir to be pruwwd uM,r the oIr41mrt4no44
tbrt ~y..iaquar8 80iat0 orfh30378' oha4 OF w-
qualm byoirio~rd 010b0 am aubJeot ta at&W
tuat1oa UadOF tlaelc+r Motion of.S*otlon i?l,
&t&01* I, T4hur Liquor Central.hot; wb4ruSn a
tar :a impmod upba tbst ml0 nnd riret 8418 18
6mflaed~Wb tnelude #ale, pomemion, dlstrlbutlon;
.; or UUO. ,..
l3u?moet~on t6), S4atlon 13, +A814 I o? the
mi88 .uqu0r 604tr0i Aot p~0~ia88 r0r R 01~08 0f
liquor d~aler~kaovn a8 a wholsralbr, prl*il6@ti to
8011 Uqpor to r8taller4 4nd whol48&4P8 authorit
to roll liquor u&or ,rtattr law. ssprrrrtr'prori-
r~on4 Of law provIA ior t&* typ44 of~R8zsltr r4-
" quand for 4411&l&guquorto 44DIWIT4. 3eotion
17, &tIole X, of th4 Texu Liquor Control Aot, uro-
hlbltr 4 rhole88lmr tram hating AA Interest kn A
rrtall pamit or llO8484 or tLI4?nlBIaeb8tAweof.
,S*otioe21 Arklale I QS th8 Texas Liquor Cwmol
Aat, ooaldnr the pruvIeIonm ot law br whIah a tax
i4 lmpocrrd upon Uquor 4nd the pmirlonr for ex-
4mptIoAr or lmrnl tax ior out or 8tAtO 8hI9mt8,
and rot uru 48srnrarnt or stlaul~trd iror 88 to
1IquorclIntrtimd tar shlpunt without thr State.
a&t tha prorent tiw we'4re aonfiootod with
I problem w&emby out of rtrte~whol88al8r8 htiV8
roll4u4d the praetI44 0r rlzlpptng.lIq4ormto Of-
flwrc) gluba 4t vrrloua pl4048 on ted4rrl.‘nranr
tLoa8, 44d It appur8 the8 ruoh OifIo8r8~~~dlUb8
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Soloaocsblo 9ert Ford, PORE S
arm Umlimd to fetor thI8 typ4~4f tF&M88Ot:Oll
48 ttuy 8tU 4nabl88 thus to ~pUrOh488 1LqUQr at
vhol488b pl’%OOS and 4U0h 8h:pWIItS 60 Mt bar
th@ St&t* tax.
*Praotlail3g ill OifiOePS' 0lub8 4x-eloa4t4d
On federal EFWS 48 t0 W&b& the Stat@ b8 OU%ti
POlIOS JU'%Sd1Ot104 to the sWor41 Qor8ruent.
It ha8 000tWW~ t0 US tht tf W8 h&Y. IlO $IOltO@
J4rf8dIotlon 414r th488 4~4&8 4~wh41888l8 liquoc
6*ti4t’ ilt 98XlIS would be pt’l’i*ilO~ to 8011 a&%
delio4r liquor to the Wfloera Qlubr wlthwt
bO;t@ 8ubJ40$ t0 the N8tl’iOtiOa8 nOrMl1~ in-
pored. .If this Wl?O pOt’mMttIf& the 8tat;s WhOlO-.
8d4rS itOdd pif8.X StetO tu #tRll@# t0 ouoh r1qUOr
~6 W VOUld ilOtb8 fW8d tith tLu Wi3888ltt Oft
tqiIl(f t0~ WllOOt tb@ t&X trOm btfb8l’S ChtbS
when 1ntwBtato akipPdnt(lem s83. to tma. Aa
4 utb4r of r40t, ruoh orflomrr
as hwe oommrnted
OQ the MttW' hUT0 aX33F0868d ti11%4@@48 t0 POy
tba ,StESte taX Ml& to buy liq~UOr8 fm?l W~O148a14
th4y ~'4 lX48lXdrdWbO1ft84%0~'
d44lor4 plWV:84d ,...
pri444., ,,
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~‘fb qUSStl0~ ar:~l~ i8 WtUPdlg 68 t0
wh4th4r 4 4Jm uxl b41lt4r9 by a Wbo14843. d84b
Orto a frdrra area 48 tD whlch'ths fitate ii48
44d4d polio4 Jurirrdlottonwulu b8, In lff40t,
An i~uS~St~u4 kW4WtiOa WI% bs fret% iX%MS,th@
~StriOti.Oiu 'aQQw%w te htr48tatr oomueroe.
kinderthe 0O~:t:O48~8t:~Ul&t4d $OUr ralu44
OpiniW 10 648i1& a8 ktI kh8 fOibW%~g qW4tiOeSt
l(l). WOtid the hOl&SP Of 4 ~Q1~8~4~‘S
PWfAit b8 pdV~18grd t0 Wll 1twi3t’ t0 o?f%OUS’
aUb8, SU0h 8~~88 t0 b8 005WWi8t~ U?OlS de-
li~d48 qAd0 in ttwolal, ancSby ruoh whole-
8~14~‘S Onto federal PrOperby WhOI’ #tStebli8h8d
OR
*(a). ~SdWSl ureus In F8epuot to whlah
goiiO8 jurisdlotion h48 by the State brea arded
t0 the P8dWal ~QVWIlWIit;
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YOW o p iniothen ~I~UOPWJ
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_. k 1aWftiif raid by whole8ol8ra tb Oiilo8ra' Club@. %' ~. '
undrr wItEar or the oonditlonr ltlprilatti,wuld
such uhole8aler8 be rwquired to 94, ln addlt2oa
to the tax 18yi84 rtpoarir@t #ale, 8180 tho peakago
om ~rlnst shI9mntr lxp0rt.d from the 8tata
a8 provided Sor in section 2l, &tiol* I or the
Tans Liquor Control Act?
'Ad to all quOrtlOti8h8rrIa pmaented It 18
to be aroused tEat the Oiritaecr' Cluba are rltudd-~
within woe8 0r tho st8t8 woman tho 88lr 0r up
wr h88 not ken prohibltod by ,lom.logtion 8IootIon.*
atb ,nremn68 to 6uba1~~~8i00(0) 0r your rirat
qur8tioa, Lt-la our ap%nion that t&a holder cl a Whol8ml8r*8
irrmlt 4 laufully 8811 liquor to-Oifloors' Club8 uhr~1~8uuh
8nl.8 are ooneuwntrd within the aonrber or l lai&~ ra88Lc
rrtlon ever whloh exelurive JurIetIIatIonhrr.boea.08do6 to
tho Padoral Goror8wnt br the Mm.e of hxar without b81~
rubj8at to tti regulxtopf gro~taloonsof the Gquor Central Aoli
wtklahwulc¶ otherwIas be applloabls if owh 88188 wro umde
by tha holder or a WboXoriLer*o Pormlt tifthlnth? 9tato or
Tan8 but out8lde~ the limstr 0r luoh Fvderal R~88natloa. It
3wt rppmrlnp tEat the State of 'htak hnn n**ned any right
.to lxoroiam it0 legt8l8tItr~authorlty oyou t&o *arlous 8re88
In thlr Sttat8.,oodsd to the E!od&xl f4oyorummt for tha o8txb-
1lllunnt~sr~dliWry rr8Mationr or othw propor Fodornl ~808,
w thISk th0 .qUO8ttOO 18 rOXWOiO8Od~ bp th8 OpmOO Or th0
su9rmm ccurt or the united st8ter in standam Oil Company 0r
C~llramle v. GaUromia, 291 U. 5. 242, 'PBL. Eil.778, whrnla
.lf use rtntodt
lAppolltat OiUlllOII~O8 the vnlidlty Of th@
tnxIrl&8at a8 eonstrued by t@8 Sumem Court. T&o
argumemt 18 that rlnoe the 3tate suantod to the
tlaIt8dState8 exolu8lw le~lrlrtlvr Juklrdlation
over the PnclIdlo, 8ho ;a uew wltheut poror to
Iapore t8xos in renpeot or 8al.88 and doUver1*8
ml@ thOml& Zhir oliln. ve thlnlc,I8 wall-
~roundod; 8ad the Juagm~nt below must bo rOyWOrd.
l~ln throa. nomtt ~~Oa88c--iWI 06 Rot01 GO.
1. Fan6 278 II.9. 439, 7 3 L.,ld.%
227; dtrd Stntar v. Unrouta, 281 ifT'S?l% "k
L. ml. 761, 50 S.,Ct. a4,. mad Q\Icplu8?rrdI& ti.
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Hoaordh 3ert Ford, ?ngo 5
v. Cook, 281 u. 5. 647, 74 I.. ea. 1091, 50 9. Ct.
486~ Ye h8VS ~olntad Out tbh 80~88qU8l3008Of
CNSSiOn by 8 st&I$St0 tb0 united stat88 Of JWS-
dlotlon 01or 18adS held by the lntt@r.ior mlll-
F&l-ypUrpo8~8. GOn8Ids~Ing thee0 oplnlona, it
SOLOS plrla that by ttm Aat or 1897 CalWomla
SUFI’8#&t%Od OVSW 90881b1@ alaim Or Ui@t t0
OX8~oi8O 1~i818tiTe 0Uth0Fity Within th8 ?XW-
SidiO-- put tnat m-es beyond the rim or opara-
610110r her laws. AaoordIn@y,, hqr L+tI~latun
oould not ly L tax upon trane8otIonr begun ,8nd
oonoludsd thOZ'Si?L
"Arlington Sotrl Co. v. Wit, 378 U. d. 429,
73 L. ad. 447, 49 S. Ut. EE7, donled the Dover
or ~ka808 by Legitlrrtlonto iwary the ihbii-
Ity of Innkeop*rr mIthIn P rerarration oodod by
her to t&M &tit@& %at88.
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*.UnItrdStat08 1. Unzouta, 1281U. S. Met,
74 L ad. 761, SO 8. Ct. 2814, aLiIrm8d the ox-
01USlVS JUrIadiotion Or the hit~d.StrtO# OVOC
1 OriuS oormittad ulthln t&B, TOSOI’Wit~Oil MltAg
Uithil3 ~ObMSka. ~UFiSdiOtiOtl hnd beOn Omiti’
by the btatrr.
'%W91&XS h?a&@ 00. Y. Cook, 881 u. 8. 66’?,
74 L. ld. 1091, IlQ8. ct. 458, rulrd that l&ad
Vitnin h’bll8XS 9Urd.%X886 w the tfnit.d St&OS
ror aIlItary 9Ur90*e* rith tha&tata’a OO~SMlt
~88 UndOr their exolu8Ira Julrdtetloa. Prirate
pononal pmrapertythonln WEB declared not aub-
Jsot ta taxattloaby thm %atS.
“The prinoi918 r9vrowtl In th084 Q8888 8ppli88
here. A stat0 OJkn not 16f4iShktO 8frOOtiVO~ 00th
oarnlag Patters boyend her Jur~sdiotlo~ mad ulthln
tWr;‘ff”y #~bJtl@t only to OOntrOl by tb0 thit8d
.
AithOWh thla OlStt iUV0iVSO th8 8XOrCSi8~ Or th0
tax powra of a stat0 within tno ltaito of a aodod redoral
area, w think It rqually amtrolllnig, in prlnOlpl0, to tho
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~onorabl.0Xtwt Fox-d,?aK* 8
jnstsnt qu88tion, in~olriwz tao exsroire 0r the police or
reguletory powra 0r the 8tatw. me run 8rf00t 0r the
&oldiqg IS tht 4lu StSt* l~~i8lEtiOtI, FO@U’d1088 Of it8
SOUPOO, MtUr@ Or 9W9086, fall8 beroro th8 act Of COS(liOCk,
and has no roroo or erri080y beyoatl thm ort8blmmd limits
of SUOh oodod ~68~~80~.
.’ %U’ OOnOiUSiOD Ii Rot sltsnd by the 9~OVi6iOnS
of “Buck X8rolutIon" @ubl:e-919--"6
the Congnas, Qmpter
?0?, 3rd 608810fl, if. R. 66871, 8fiaOtIV8 hnU8ry 1, 1941,
beOaU80 SUOh 8688UZ’C UrCrly giT68 OOnpSSiOO.61 886Mt t0
-. the OOiiOOtiOn by the V8Z%0US Steel, Or S&O8 Or U6m tUA8
aO0ruirIg Wit&it3 tb WIrinOS Or %%IrEl W888 Over ,whlOh
lxClU6iW JUrI8dIation ha8 bsen coded by SU0kI Stllt~S te
the Federal Qarermmnt~,end vmah en88 had themtorore
bean rum rraa stat0 taxation undrr the eb0ro dOOiSiO&
SUE with thi8 exee#Ion, all JPrledlotiOIiwhich h&6 bUa
8oqUlWd by aW~r08W~0d to the UIlItO4Btetee OIOr rUah J'ed-
era1 w8Oa or xllltary PlOoFJ&~0n8, under the oO88l0o8 or
O10iUSi~0 JU~iSdi0~5.0a by~the tSriOU8 St8808, 18 t&OtIn Uhy
way limited or la982red by tho~*0uok RaEolutIon*, %MJ ?olIo~
or ngthtory pw8r.ol the Ststo, 8Uoh as the requir8m8ntr
or the TSX~S Uquor mm01 m, regulating the erle or ltq-
uor wltbia thr atato, dOa8 nQt aad Oannot, uadrr said oon-
7 ~SS~fm81 UaaWO, n&Oh Wir i#btS #tlOh~UdOd W’WkS, Md
th8 Balder or a vhalO8614Il46 Pere1t le-yet autlzorlmd umior
taa cum 0r trio btatxlu4 oil coopmy 4r ihur02vki8 v. cdiror-
ai&, 8Up& t0 *all iiqUOr t0 Rn ofriGOF8’ clUb Within SUOh
erea, me 0r the r88triotIod8 rarlX%qUb'6Et~tS 0r the hXa8
tiqu&r Coatrol Aat. This 18 wdo 9181Ib w the'l29S’88S WO-
.~ ~i810a or tbr w0k moiUts0n*, in pr0ti0n 4 tbm0r:
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‘m8 9¶kSiO1iS bf tti8 A& Sk1 DO8 for
the 9Ul-9080 Of W Othsr 3F0Vi~iOll .Or l&W b
dmmad to doprlvethu Unite& Stgter of 8xolusWt
Jkwl8dlatIoa lny redem ama Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion