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*1 929 OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Honorable 0, a. 8. naungaon
Qelteral wer
Texa8 Prleon 8yItem
matail1e, Texas
reopeot to 6e Vernon' s no- raf%matioa . All l3Pbuaero ahallb@ world titml the 8on~allS aabap on ruam omsd or eaoed by the Bkte# p"i
mll in no erollt Bball the labor of a *2 maorable 01 J. Se Ellingrrorr - Rrga e
paomr be 8Old to q oontraator sr lsrraes to tork on tu’ms, or SlseMmre, nor *all IsQsr be worked on sw
any farm or 0 sxylss, up tr i!tlmrSP, ex- ospt such farabe onm3 or lsased by the Gtats of TstuC a roM tlmf3 anil Is, by wnriatlon the OozWot'5 are no 1 srhisoanbuttheybsloxqforthe eervi4x3s fimo b&.ng to the 8 to as a pmalty for a trsas~eselon 00&a or th43 law. The t&3 and mezvloss of such com%at, thsro- fore,arsaolo the subjsot-anttsr of -7ate aentraet botreen the 00 at aal another, but they 8r0, In such man- ntr ner as a,y be @zsaribad by tho et&tat&s, a pops a%bjsOf- ptter for eontract between ths State rad another. The
stat3 itmlf, howver, aan do aothlng that would prt the eomict, a& In$iMsnWlly 31.28 labor, beyoxl control.
speoifieally, our statutes prmids Ear tbo gsner- al oo?~trol of the Prison Systsm as f'ollowsi
l ThsT- P&onBamd,tog~Umr‘ 85th the nanagsr ha-r provided for, shall be tested with the sxeXns2vs aIxl00lltro1 of the lw.eon Iswbgmmt systsm,mldollpropsrt~bsl~
thereto0 eubjsot only to the lImita= tions Of this Aat, axl shall be rs- iikTzi%?&%S~~~ zxr
the moper aarea trsatamt,teedUgr
QlOthlng and zarulag0Qnt of the prls- onare oonfln&~thoreln.~
&t&o10 eltwj authorhes the Texas Frlson Board to manage nnl oontrol the Prison Syeten through a Eanager selected br it* and erprossly declares athe duty of' suoh Unager shallsxtsmdto the emplOym3nt and thsdlsthaPgSr vith the approval of theBoard, of suob persons as qb3 rrcoessary for the sffl0ien.t oonluot of the Prison Bgstemg
Th8Leglslature inits regularbien&&l appro- priation pro~Ues.for the various employees of the Edison 8yStem, 8hbh OUqtOmr. $8 ~h%SfratOd d3i ths a~O~t~~ for tho ciurmnt bIenIIiUm Uhersin the V~W~OUS O!?fiOs2~ as2 *3 Bonor8810 0. J. 8. Elliryson - Fags 8
s0ploysss nwdsd in th e iap o ratloa of th e l yotem 8x93 naamd, lnslaaia6 m omployeoo as farm mmagsro, iarm mnugers8 dog rsrgwntr, men, amaistunt piaet stsmrds, guards, and the Itie. It TUB the svldsztt intention of fho Legislature ghoao sPpl~yeee that 1s0t0sntrast*,andmt tom to '80 fres QBPI 00 wllvlots. o8vlou8ly, 3Lagi81at~~ OsuldaUth~rlce in tlio psr?ornbanae of those sex-- the use of oomiots riose not lasompattile tit& ths Stats*5 duty of re- etralnt and the oonvlatd duty to serve, but It has not don3 80 In the partiou1sr as to wblsh you imqulrs.
me smploopDllt or ssnv%si& 60 gufwds 38 ths o&bBl%tiOB Of t&S PPiSOB 8yStWU fs 00 ObVbRO~LO~~~Sd to the gtmwal ga-inslplos and the statutory
hsreinabovs mrBtloBQcl and'dlsstum?d aa that
or of the l!anugsr to control the PrMon sJ&mh
lfo therefore answac your inquiry in the nsga- t1t0.
very truly your0