OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG
AUFTIN
Honazabls Sam% E. Kilday, ~irmtor
Uotor TraneportstlonDivision
Railnxid Commiseion of Texas
Austin, Texae
Ee rsoslved you
which is self-explaxWxwy
granted laterat
12148 to Grri
t i~owauthbriaer
,etioa%mqu this Opwator,
Porn&t tw dixldob end that
tfnet pralta be iesued In
or the transportationof
only, using three trueti, the
anspertetionof Farm &t%ohinstry
ip50nt, ~0upiag
rim3ti2tittkh
Wonorable Jam3 3. ltllday,Yn@ 2
&tlcle 811b, -Section6 (d) Of Veruon's ¬ated
sIvI.1xatutss, reads, in part, as f0110w3:
9%3 %jilrOab CoxdssIOn IS beerehp given
euL!orIty to iosue upon applicatlOnto thoae
persoas whcs ~ieslre to en,~agca In tho bushx3s cf
transportlugfor hire eve: the h1gLwwayaof this
Ztate, llverrtoak, nohair, wool, milk, livestoak
fee&stuffs,household:sooda, oil fIel% equip-,
sent, an& used oftiae rumiture and el,ulpSent,
timber when in It3 natural atate, fern m&in*
erjjand grain s2eaIal peruits upon mah, term3,
oon&ItIonsan& restrIctslouaa the Railroad
Conmis3Ion nag doew proper, an& to mrtkerule3
and re&atioaa gove:'nIn3euah o>eratIoha
keepIn,gIn mind the protection of tho hIt@xweys
and the safety of thetravelingpublla; . . .*
The above artIale gIVC6 th6 TieIlroadCOw~li.5Sfon t&a
authorityto Iseue the slaICperatits*upon enah tearma,aondi-
'tions,and m~trfations e3 the Railroad Cozvnlsslou my deen
pro&ur, . . .- %e are oi the opinion that the XaIlr"oa&
CCEX&SS~OZIhe3 the authorItg uu@.erthe above article to
divide~suahpn interstateapaaial oommodity pennit. It nay
well be that the &IlmmS fiuommlseiou nay find it neoeosary,
in order to mora efieetlvelyrag&ate iuteratatespeaiaf.
c&o&Itg notor carriera, to lesue separate pedtis to an
ay;plIaaht,whodet3Imm to .hauldifferent &mmoCU.tIesrather
than oa9bInIug th3 authority to haul several oom!xodItIoe in
the "9 permit.
NothIng In thle oplnlon shall be construe& BP hold-
in2 that any pev:tau,rim or ao~oration oan hold eevaral
permits without eoqlyiq with the prorfeions of the beotor
u"srrIerdat with respsat to the peyment of the neaeesary feea,
ate., whiah are prarequisitato the abtaiS5~ of eaallperait.
Yours very truly
APPROVEDMAR21, 1940
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