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OFFICE OF THE ATrORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
OSULO c Mallll .no.*n a"-
Honorabls I". Lee O'Daniel
Cotornor of Tsxa8
Au8 tin, Tear
Dear Covernor OvDanlel:
,1940,auI the rile eanolorod thermvl
1 title to the lad ituatbd In Xetagor- 8 for the UP0 8ml t&earl allard ) and , aoatei~~ a roa pa08 Umt stat. abor o mat ioiwl pro- or en. ( 1.00) Dol-
r your 10 t trr reads you a8 to xooufr the tioa In bo- Boforo &a offleer of the Stat. ooa legallt amouts a leaa@ on land ornod br the State, he mu& bs so anthorlzed by hr. Oaplrr Y. Colo,(Su&mau Court Oi Toram 19S7), 102 S. W. (84) 17s, l29 Tax. 8701 rahmrlng dmnhl, 1oi s. w1. (8A) s, 189 Tn. b70.
Eonorablo W. Leo O’Danlel, page 2
Aa waa atatatl in tba oaso 0r st. Louia mid t guild- lag Aaa’n. v. Puller, et al b5upream Oomtor Usaourl, 1904), bl s. W, 414, 'the tema 'roll and cornets, whex applied to 1~x1 aatato, msan, in the abasnoo of appropriate exprasalona in the lnatrumont ltaolf llaitlng an4 reetrloidn( suoh general aooeptanoa 0r thr maaula(l or auoh tanna , a oonro~noo in See"; xnd orbinarlly, the er to or11 doer iaplr a powar to laaao eon Supreme dourt of Err Yarloo, 19W5) Sl P. (ad{ ~~aL’~.?%L r
la au80 or Tort Worth daralrr club, Xaa., v. she pard, Cokaptrallar, (Supreme Court of TURO, 19SS), 88 s. W. l uthorlQ (ad7 660, 188 Tu. 369, wherela there was lnrolre6 ot oa behalf o? the btate, $0 Adjutant benma to leaae property, 21;:" aa an l -17 for the IIatlonal duxrd, oorut, ix put, The power8 and duti;; ,o&p~bl~;;:ioe~ de&i hd liritad b law. llmltod bp law, we mxn t I; l l ot.f a 3 pu lo offlea -
yau be l xpreaal~ l thorlead b law, l r lmplled l&m- I
. at R. 0. L. p. sss, I 1.4. . . ." Thereform, b&ore tho Dororxor umld bo a~tholl OU to lease the Und in question, whloh 10 omrd br the 8tatr for ft# rilltarf roroex, ho muat be so l uthorixod br law.
Art1010 16, SeetlOx 54, Oo~tltUtl0R f T0xx8 provl4ear l hallpa arlawa~rth~d y Mm Vh~L&xlatun 8oruaor to laaaa, r roll to the borormmnt& *a wnltehatatu,r rrtilalut maltye *o JbubLio a* mnl~ et the Mata BaaUaar [ !a tk o l mtlomai fortr, amenala, aId ml Itar qr a-, and barnoh, s~atiM#, purpaae9~ and the otiomot otkar ti004m milltav the ~olornor thanin ~ahall bo rubjnt to the ja#oval. or the Lo&8lhturo.”
l'hla oonetltutlanal nwfaioa la not aolf xoorting, but, u shown ox it0 fx0e. a E ply 8itthorlsu tka Loglalature 80 omet lawa. 5848 and 5E45, VeXnon’ Rmlsed Qi+il 8ta-
Artlxler that when this State may be tutea, 198s. prorldo, ubatanoe, tho ~rnor or any desired bP tha Unlto4stataa, tar, otbr thlwa, torte milltarT tatlona, mgaxlnea, axd 8rxm 7; 80 1 ruoh land to tka Vnlhd Eltater i f3ovanor map &~I$: in00 t-8 pqmmt a? tkb panhase mneP thereto? L4a4 Oo~aaloaor, xpox tho order ot the 5overao r, l b 3' iOSU0 8 patent to the United 8tataa ior uoh laxd lx like nuur ax + are laauad. Arti 5781, vorxol'a ltwiad Oiril br patents *3 Iiononblo W. Leo O’Danlel, pxgo S
Statutes, 1986, grants Governor full control and authority over all znttera touohlng the military for000 of tbla State. By tense of this statute, auoh power extends to its organlxatlon, oqulpmant and dlaolpllae. We bare oonalderrd aoh o? the above atatutre, but unable to read into their provision8 the pawar of the Covernor t+ lease the land in question, whioh la owned by the state the use of its mllltary roroex.
Evldanaln6 faot that, tho peer to lexao or sell the lxad In quaatlon must be l xpr~aaly oonferred br law before it UJ be xerelaed lo Senate Bill No. 504, 45th Leglalature, 19S7; Thla Aet oreatoo Art1010 53SRa, Vernon’s Rovlaed Olvll Statutoa. (6) meu, oompoaad of the aevornor, Adjutant benera]., x board of air o? the Wth D,ivlolon, and the four senior a&ire 6aneral etiloera Teua Ratlonxl daxrd, and authorlxaa ald Voxrd” to loaso, fer minorxl purposes, the very land we hare in qaetilon.' ret erring to this Aot, we do not lntead Board may loaar to infer tia CM~ H en Lwao that land to thr htloral 5wornmant.for mllltu~ thla purpoaeo, but the refere&W la Mde Ohply k riaenoo letis- fer pooltir authority latlvo umatruotioa as TV the aaoaaalt~ bo- for, the land In quoaflon ray be disposed d. As wo hero been unxblr to find any l@r rhleh oxpraar- ly or impliodlf aathorlsoa 5orernor to leaar urfaoo of the land in question, ooordanoo with the tie announoed bl the supram Oourt In Fort Worth Cavalry Club 1~. , t. Shappxrd, Comp- troller upra lou are MOpeetf~~y advised that you are eu- thorlxd to e&outs ia quoatlon. This opinion pa0000 the 1-e only upon tho powor of tho Wvernor U xooutw the luao rubdttod to us and lo not to bo umlaotood u holdlw that the Ooorernor lo h qwatlon. xuthorlxxd to 0ol.I tha
Yous~wuly‘ AlTORNRT-OFTEXA8 EASIIYI:
APPROVSD OOT 10, 1940
/a/ @oraM 0. Mann
ATTORNRY 5RNXlUL OP TXA8