Case Information

*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Xon. D. C. Oreor

State Highway Engineer

Texas Xl&way Dspartasent

Au&in, Texar Opinion No. O-6983

Rear YI. Oresrr

Ret Hay the Governor exrrhange The f5115Wlng

date4 Xorembex 80, 1’941%:

an4 would like your opinion.* iurnlabe4 m with a abpy of the field aught to be oonreyed baok to Mr. Eaf6tham.

Eon. D. C. Gr8ar - Page 2

An aminatlon of these fit3ia aotes reveals that the property

lies along ana aajaoent to Statg H?ghway No. 40 for a aistanoa

Or 85s reCt ana that SUOh prOpeX%Jr 1s 6 part Or the Sight Of

way of State Highway No. 40. The property was acquirea for the sand, gravel and dirt it oontained.

Section 1 of Chapter 99\ Aots of the and tagis- latum, 1931, page 170 (same as Seotion 1 of Artlola 6673a,

V.A.C.S.) reads:

Wherever the State Fllghwag Commlssl.on has aoqulred or shall hereafter aoqtim any l’ana by to be .u.sed

purohaee, oonaemation, or otherwise

as a right of way for snj State highway ana

thereattier the route of auah highway was or aFall

be ohanged or abandoned, 'and any such right of

way be no longer needed for auoh highway, or

needa for use of oitlzene as a mad, the State

mghway Conullia8ion may raooiweard to the ~o+amor

that suoh ima be ecia ana that he areout,a a 4004

conreplng all the State's right, tltla, an4 lnterost in eaoh land 80 aoqulred. Upon the raoom-

rernor aw axaouts , ; ~;-~,l,l?~~,~~~~~~~.~~~~~;~.-~~i:~~ XTlg mlzw lmld‘ -..~ a aama person or land and advise the Golarnor thereof, 'Provlda4

that where suoh land le given to the State, the

dovernor may return the came by proper dead to the

pereon nor pereon~~ from whom the #am0 '1s raoelra4.

All monip 4orira4 from the rala of ruoh land ehall

be aeposltaa with the runaiximi whioh it wae prl-

ginally taken. The Attorney Genartil shall approve

all trensrera under this Aat.*

We believe that the underlined portlon of tpe Tore- going statute olaarlg authorizes tha axphangs or the lanas

in question; and you am thararore aQvi+&d that it is Cha

opinion oi" this department that upon the reoommenilatlon of the

xon. D. C. Oreor - PasQ 3

Taxas w8y caul6elon, the Qovarnor auy execute am

exchange deed oaooe~ths luzd*cqufd oaWyl.S,

1937, to Nr. A. L. Baathea ln oonrlderatloa of the ox-

ahangs of enother treat of lantl on State Hi&WY 105.

Youre very truly