OFFICE OFTHEAmORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Eon. Box% Pord, AdminirrtraEor, Page 5
Act), reads, in pcrtr
*It shall be wzlawful for any stamfmt-
urar or distributor diraotly a.r indlreotly
or thrlro;l@a eubrrldiary or affiliata,aay
ag%nt or any employee, or by any oiiioer,
director or f ira member: + * l to f’uralah,
give or land any mo5oy or other thing of
value, oxco& algns, Or to 6xtsnd unusual
credit tems, to any petrson %ngc&ed in call-
fng brewary produots for aonswaption on or
off the prepisas ahers eold + l * *
WU note from the copy Of your adrdnlstraEl9r
of various proriafonr at the Taxes
intarpratc~ticxama
Liquor Control Aat, that you hare haldr
*The followiag item ham mse atll%t,ar-
Iti V~UO, but whw b~ariag pr&%Alf dim-
played, the adrartlsossnt of the buainase
or brand nese or any sanufaotaare~ w dlatri-
butor or bear, are aon8ldared by the Been3
a6 advartimiug noraltioe and not aa aq~ip-
&wit g viz: Beer drinking: glasses, tabla baer
Eats, asp reaovar~, amm oard8, paper napklnn,
aah tray8, marrice traya. The roli0ain~
items when bmrlng~prominentl~ diaplapd
the advertisement .of the bnd.naer or brand
mum or ariyxmaufachrer dr d~atrlbutox of
boar, and when of a value not arorodlng (16.
eaah, are oorraidered by the Board to be
aignrr parzaiatribleund%r t&o law, t1~1 Thor-
momtars, bnrometera, oalmdar8, alooks,
lrasnuor ltctnso fmmr, mirror6 harlng 8
suriace not exceeding 300 8pusrs inches,
outside boneha(l.a
Clearly, t&e darha under oansfderation La
not a piece 0r squuijmmntnaeaesary in tba operatiion
of a retail boar buuiaeen,~ ox soothing ordlmrily
used in auoh buainasa. ,Itr outstanding wrgosa ia
to advertise, and to suggefsta aertain type 0r bear
Hon. Bert Ford, A&iiniatr‘ator, Pago S
8810, the derloe ltoelf bainS ln no mumnor esaen-
tie1 to the faeilltation of such sale. It a2pticl
to be maraly another method oonasived by the BIMU-
lecturer to advertise his produot and enoourage the
sale tharaof. It is our opinion thet the bevia% may
be proparly classittd as an adwwtlslng sign and
its usa fa not prohibited by the Tam18 Liquor Con-
trol Aot.
Accordingly, you are advlwd that it ts Oh%
opielon of this department, under thr faots as stated
above, that the display bear sign under considara-
tion may la@tllp ba uaad in the mannerdescribed.
Yours vary truly
ATTORNEY GXaNERAL OF T=S