Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4512 Page: 4 of 6
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Depataant of Agrilturt Pa n 4
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Amouat of fees to be barged for weIghig en~Mi
ties is usoaly fiX d by statutes, or by ordisno enamsta
I maoialitisss acting in the *zAroie or d*st8 d authority.
6 c.. 1ss. he izL(ss o suah teL is oea ly within the
flative. pwesr, and e t oth "- 't Lin 4 amre ot olarly
unreasonable or confiscatry they will be uo14. "hi e or
letter present sc stdMc that the tes providebo.db ths
statute may in ean InstnaOs be indequato we o not think
that we can find as a matter of. law that they are so um asona
able oroontat ory a s to testify a declaration nvlidating
the provi~tan of the statute relating to such tees.
While there i s som eutority to the contrary, it
has been held by the icda iai Q a oart and by the courts
of last. resort s of som at s h late may valyr
eaot statutes prording that y Plo pel ihers shall-e
d4esiate& comandities and rate *peunsaton therefr'
issu certiti ates of weight, this lcisIlatiwn is within the
police pow ov th s State and is not an airesonable or abi
trary oeroise of disoetion and is not in v t2attan of the
dus press ad equal f prote i oases of the bm7iatera Cos.
stitktlo bat stmn h as'the btusins of private wighiag
is a ld tmtse rvootion and tfll within those oQfinary oqu
patrons tdch 9itizen is privileged to foflow1_es a
able t.su ct caly ZTo vami exar e of the poIe rMe
the athi for its prohibiti or abr.idasat ouuth ta
plied, or iZre frot the repea or a stat yt o f5varo per-
lttn it,. bt ast rest in s positive an ~a legal in'
hibitten. tolfein owsthnthat tetbr the right of. a pat
isher is eelasive is to be dftrMnet by the language aS
intent of the tegiftslat1&tre, 48 . J. 259.
In pass inpom ether teats statutes pl ng in duly
quaifet nb ie~ e s the chlave duty a v ril of
wighiag certain cadities the authorittes hMs soentiss
benla I. onftit, on oi at rnh s;tatutls to Article 50b as
to wih o of our courtsI, nlutt the Supreme ar MW
h et law doe not apply to, ay tph person or' persons
than the teoors and comaisaia m aarea wa thereilit. bThat
none of these dcsions bld the law tan'I ant the opinions
are unifara to these oTet that where the le slave L tent
is esarf expressedU it wilt b pheld. o n v. Uartiu,
75 1. 53, 1*8. if9 34; nitnrea . rrefel Qonuaas co.,
as 0. A. ass, 825. W. Mo MsCrawv. $oSwefl, iv. Ate, 8
a. . lI4 ;Martiu v. For, t. App., t34 S, w. 898. T is our
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4512, text, May 27, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth261760/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.