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Honorable James E. Kilday, Page 3
annual or other reports and of such other
data by such motor bus company as the Com-
mission may deem necessary."
Section 4-b of said Article 911-a reads as follows:
"(b) The Commiseion is hereby vested
with authority to supervise, control and
regulate all terminals .f motor bus com-
panies, including the location of facilities
and charges to be made motor bus oompaniec
for the use of such terminal, or termini;
provided, th'-t the Co:;.'is.ion shall have no
authority to interfere in any way with valid
contracts existing between motor bus com-
panies and the owner or owners of motor bus
terminals at the time of the passage of this
Act. (Article 911-a; F. C. art. 1690-a)"
Section 5 of said Article 911-a reads in part as
follows:
"Sec. 5. No motor-bus company shall
hereafter regularly operate for the trans-
portation of persons as passengers for com-
pensation or hire over the public highways
of this State without first having obtained
from the Cbmmision under the proviEions
of this Act (Article 911-a; P. C. art.
1690-a), a certificate or permit declaring
that the public convenienoe and necessity
require such operation; . . ."
There is no need for the purposes of this opinion
to copy further from the above statute. It is evident from
the quotations which iwe have given that the Railroad Commis-
sion Is vested with authority to supervise and regulate the
public service rendered by every motor bus company operating
over the highways in this state, Seotion 1-o of said Article
911-a deftines the term "Lotor Bus Company." Briefly it in-eludes every person or corporation operating any motor pro-
pelled passenger vehicle except railroads and engaged in the
business of transporting perrons for compensation or hire
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-955, text, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth258136/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.