Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a Justice of Peace, in an administrative hearing pursuant to Article 6687b, Section 22, V. C. S. of Texas, may proceed to hear the merits and enter a valid finding or order in the absence of the licensee's personal appearance or signed post office receipt showing delivery of the notice of hearing upon him, and related question.