OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
QROVER SELLERS
A,,OIHPI QENm3AL
Wocorable J. d. tioXma13
comai~rloner of kriculturr
*ustin, rerar
her Sir:
is offlaa ia aonriection
nentionrd law for
236
[fonoreblr J. a. srioDunald,~a&. 2
is ultr apprr~nt thst thr Pink Bollworr will dla-
as 9 eta 1tarU ovar tho antin oottoa brlt in the
same #f that chr bollnrVl1 did thlrtptlre yoar8
agO*
'The pcsrtloulrr rurgenar that has ariSen that
has broqht about this oriola Ir thr .moent infmati-
tloa in the Lowar RIO Crsde VrJlry of To%66 wh6r6
the olfa6tlo aoadiliiow l ra mok tRat Oottoa arOw8 t&a
ratirr yriwind ooatlnura * trult ual606 iMa~alra
p~~aaroa SII taron toward dratroyiry thr lt6lk and
plmirrg tha rfrldr In auah 8 m8y aa to k&l% tha oat-
2: 8aaro;hlta, p r o Witl pUrp&Ial ~WalOpIBeitt Of
.
'Xo arm oenliaaed thet.lf ootton ir to br 6llow6d
to br utcrlyr ia this area, the iiolda 1a8$ pa olranrd up
Or'WitCbn ~iblka by SrptdW 15 Of maah ymr if p66t
6pnaQ la to br pzwintrd. W hare triad’ lvrly 6001‘
- ori+ablr plan or having Ohta tirle olraain6 prcgma
w~fakord, end It in wry ovidant Chat aothlrq a'hort
o t N~u lr w l bond @~rnnDaei~ that thw iklds till
br Olatnad of oottoa bl thr data art as 1 ,prrnqui-
alta to thr, irauanos of l poralt to gro+ oottoa la
thir aroe ~$11 do ~6hr fob.
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Honorable J. S. ~fcllor:eld, pe,fa f
The Flak Bol.lwora Law ia rabcdled in Article8 68
to 82, both lnolual~e, V. .b. C. S., and hrtiolo 1034, . enal
Co40 of Tease. Its rnootaont w56 olrarly en exeroioo of
thr ollor powar OS thr Stats. urllllooa v. steto, 176 j.;..
(2) !77. Broadly upraking, auah sotorrlen power of the State
Is 16s law of aalf-drfonao, regardln& both peraone and prop-
‘Te2c.
. Caratona v. D8 Eiollom (sup. Ct. of :iaahhig:on)’ 144
Faso. 931. The logialatlvr history of this iink Dollworm
Low lo set forth in tho Civil .+pprela oaee of Lilpetricti,
ot al, v. Compensation Clalaa W-r4 at ll; 259 S. ‘L. lb&.
Fndat Artjqla~ 71, 7, A. C. E., if tha rqmt of
tba Fink Boltrora Coddesfon Vadlaater that it will be aafa
to grw+ootton under iulrs. WI& ~oguletlona ‘withIn auoh rhino
adjsqrnt to the 1afratatloxI outaldr of Tome, the 8warnbr. -
ohall thoroupon laauo hula proclamation dsolrrlng it u&dul.
nrtlola 74, 'V. LO, 3.,grotldrs ia part as tolloaa~~
*Should thr report OS tho Fink Boll riorm Cou-
~airalon arprooa the aonclualoa that it will not be
daogeroua to tha cotton industry of Tex~~a to parsit
:hd growing ot ootton wlthtn apoh dietriot, (as thora-
inbsrora, 4rtrmlno4 by aaid Cormiaslon) undar auoh ~’
ruloa sad rrgula:iona on it ahall be edoquete to
QIWsnt the #proad of the pinic boll wora, the ~Oov-
oMor rho11 9roololin such errs a8 3oy br set WC
IS the rrport ot thr plnr Boll %ora Coasiaalon.~
rrUcQetr4 zone, in whloh it shall bo unl6WtoS 'So
Plant-, 66~atr and utkat 04ttoA .8xgrgt UiIdSf
luah til~a an4 rqulatdona as aholl br*pro~pUlgata4
tharrfoor by the Coazlo~loner OS A&rioulturr, wkdoh
~rl~:&taaudo th8 plrnuinu of so04 frvoa non-lnf~*tad.
trrr40ory, ginning et a~rignetad gins, till% or
dlalatootine, at oil rood praduota within auoh zone
-rkatin(i, on4 auoh other rules
l* may be . .I).(~?m9ba*i*-*-I
238
Ronorable ;1. 8. McDonald, pegs 4
Tha gmrral rulr la that the rUaoti0ns or lrgislation
may not be delsgatad.by thr 1sglsLatirr to tba oxooutitr drprt-
wit or to any orrloar or orrloars themor. "Rat mhilr the la&Is-
laturr may not drlsgr$e powr to sake law, It asy rest's lbrgr
zasaeura of dlsora6Lonary authority ia ofrloare ohargad nl)h the
adininistsatioa of the 10~s. - - Ssprolall~ my the l&sleturr
authorim the ad~lalstratI+r ofricer sr body to muekeralae and
?r&ulatianr rrlatlng to the adalalatratlon or la r o r Oa .ma
or t
the law." 12 C. f. 844, B&par. 329.
V!hs l@rletur8 cannot d8lrgatr lta pawr to
msk* a law, but it ban mlcr I law to dslrgatr s yoncr
to datarmiae s0.m root or rtatr or thilI&r upoa rhloh
thr law Mke8, or inWIld t0 nmke, it.8 OWa WtiOa dr-
prad . To drar thi8 rauld be to rtop tha rhea18 ot
6ovrrawnt. Tharr are many thlags upon whioh wirr and
oarl'ul leglrlatloa must dapand which mmaot ba kaowa
to tha lsw-mkbg powr,and mudt, th@rrrOre, be a 8UbjeOt
;ft;iuiw ana drteralmtioa outsldr or tha halla or logis-
. tOOk@' Appsal 72 PI., L98, 1.3 Arl., RG~. 716.”
Aay n&e8 and ragubtion8 .-da uadrr 8Uoh drlsgstsd
WWF W8t b. naronabla and within the sOOpe Of the 8UthOriiiag
8t6tnta. U. 8. 1. ~anrylvrala Company,, 235 Pad. 961.
In P-ing t. Coaoordla Pita Iasuranor Co., 1.40 i?ioh. 258,
103 K Y. 616, 6 Ann. Cns. 87, it wss raid:
fua8 the power (to omata or anit a tom 0r tin
lasuranor polfay) wh2ch this 8tatute d#legatsdI;oof~ in-
suraaoa oom=issioa loglalativa In ohsrectm? -
talaly ma8 8 powr whloh tha. Irgl8laturr itdr tight
rightfully cmrc$s., but it doe8 not rOiio* hOS thi8
eirour8tanda that It wa8 8 ~e6lrlatlrr pouw, ror tha
L&rlatun 0r k n lIWOi8s8 power8 or an lxaoutlw or
adalnlstrutive oharae~tar;uhioh lb may drlrgatr . . .
Thr proper 6Iatlnrtioa batwarn 8uah ari~4xatrd -ponr ana
1@~irlatite powor Ir rtstad in LoOka*a &Deal, 72 FM. 498
(13 h. Rep. 716) (I8 rOibWS¶ 'me hgi8latuw 08mot
b a h g a te its P OWOr t0 Ti8k #
l iSW, b Ut it Oa a ma r s 1 ~
to drlagata a power to drtrwlno 8000 mat or rtak or
thlags upon thioh tha lar Blkel, or iatenbr t0 IMka,ltl
o*I). aotlon 60pa:. . .Tl8trd bt thir dLtiaOtiOn, thr
Wthoritf dalegntrd to tbr lamminae ooa.r.io6loa by tha
hgi8lation under oOti8ideratiOa WU8 XWt adsini#trativ@e
but =I. ls&i818tiW. It oaanot ba ?a19 that th* LS$i8-
-~
l-tura oarrly delrgatrd to the ooamlaa108 power ~0 aa-
t*rtinr a feat or state or thing8 apon whloh ths
law alatea), or intends to wk(l, ita OWa aOtiOa drpad;
239
Sonorable J. g, %oDonald, page 5
nor, that it asrrly delageted ti: the Co.z~is8ioa
dlaorrtion as to Its execution to be axrrolssd
under 8nd in purauanor Oi thr lax., On the oon-
trarg, it dslagstad to tha Co5mlsslon authority
to it8Olr aeka the law (which we8 to ba 'arldsncsd
by the form of the lnsuranor Olioy filrd 1~1th
the Comissloaer of Insurance P , and to change this
rhon6vsr they 8hs11 daen it aeoea8arf.”
This Conoordla Pi&?4 In8UranOe Oari 18 oitrd in thr
088a or St. Charles Stata Sank t. wlhgfiald, 36 9. D. 493, 135
R. is, 776, whloh, in tura, is cited in 12 C. J. 846 under tha
rw%3raph *fn8p80tiOae n A180 868 6 R. C. L. pp. 168 to 180,
ld cOOl8Jr'S C0O8tltUtiOMl Li618. Al80, Saloh '1.
67.
In vim or ths rorrgolng authorltiar and rundaaieatal
pr~OfplO8, it ii ObViOUS that the &d.86iOUer Or Agl’iOUltUra
hQ8 no ponr, under &I present 18w, to rrquirr n 8ura,~ooad
l@ @ p r ItiQUi8m0 g r o w OOtto a -%r e g Ul8teda r a a 8.
Vower Is olrarl lsglslatirr in oharaotor, and oan only be'ox-
srolrad br the Eagialaturs lt801i. It i8 not 8 8ubjaOt Of in-
UlV and 6rtsrnlnatlOn out8ldr or the h8ll8 or lrgl8latloa.
9 t 1s l matter 641811~ within ths knowledgr Of tha law-making
mar and 1s subjact to the 1agi81stiVs Will. Until 8tiOh a
~+f+&eq;$vl bI thcl Lsgialatulu la a rpsoLfled aanwr, and
oond tlons am rixed theMby, your rir8t qU86tiOa
mt’b@%ti’&@r@d in the negative. This oonolurioa maks8 &UP
a*@a8iarr s ooasidrratlon or tha second qaeatlon subPitted.
Vary truly JOUS
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