OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS**
AUSTIN

gonomble D. C. Olrer StateHI&wag Ewine%~ Tuas Iilghw%y

I)ep@rtmQnt AWtin, Tcxa8

If.%%knovledge Pecoipt **or** thir **dopbrtment**a8 r0mmt

quartermste Fort Worth. u. s. Highway X

r **nqueat h8**  **either convey**  I vlthLn that or **enter** Into an agreeauthori2ln.g

them to to all tdri0 during and 

### fora reasonable period 

### on or the oonveyanee or the Federal Oovemment pay a8 ply be neoemary to lmprwe a uud thyDepot for the ure of the rlod oovend by the agmszwmt or 

### or this purpo80 are svallable.

ay hUlBl1~8iOII

**-3.ige8** it8 obligation t0 th% State of Taxa% %nd to the travellagpub110 %nd la view of the faot that th% State h%% a lsrgo inve%tment of publia **money**in the **im~FOWJE~t8**OKI U. 9. BighvsJ x0. 01 wlthin the 1lmits or the Depot it **does**not vlrh to permamhtly ~1080, abonbon, or d5.spose of the read.gsmrable D. 0. Ower. page 2

The algbvay Cwl88i0n h8 ooopmatsd &lly with all **Oowmmental** Agenote engaged ia thev1r errert in the past aad while it i8 not ROV dO8ilWU8 Of t?lOsing a primary highway, 18VlllImg to l soede to the demnd8 0r the amy in thie in8tanoe **If** it can be doam rithin th0 8t%tUtO

% aUthorit;t

of the Ca~irrlon and VithoUt 8ubjeotlng t 8 Dep%rheat 

### or the CmsIrrIon, l ItSer 0rfi0iaii7 OF in their ladl*ldualO%pOitis8 to %ny Uebility 

### ror 8uOh 

### aetlan aml rurther, ii it is a88uwd that theHghvaywIllbe ntumedto thoDepartmant%nd the people or Texas alter the temirutlon 0r the sm* m-Y*
*It ha8 key suggerted to orrkiale 0r thew that vhIle thoHlgvay CamIsrlon 8%y not have leg%1 %u- %horlty 

### to oamvq the Hlghvay 

### by doe4 or 081)ment. 6~ to %gwe to the %losiag of the EIghv%y S8 deslmd by thea, the United States sould raqulrs it by sondsmation. went, Inoorpor%tIag%ll the pawlsisns 8auIdemd **derirrble** 

### to both th4 Fsdsral %m¶ 

### State Oeverfment8,as wsllas thsagreed o%nsIder%tlcm,**eouldbeprepwedurd** eatendbyylreaen t thu8 l lLclnrtIagall sf the leg%1 @IO8tiOR8whi& WI80 ir aI&y0th~ 1~818 Or atU3apiiShiI2g thSead&8ind~ 

### tbAm%W rOiiO?th

'I have gIvsnyou% rath%ro~lstob%okgroqsld%nd dIS6U8Si0XI

Or thr QUO8tI02%

and !touild

Sp~00iSk It if **you rould**  **eoasider the**  b81X’e or the Fedonl **Ooww.ztt to**  sbt%In ths lilghvay vithla the lklts or the **Qumter master**  **Depot and**  %dvIso **ste**vh%t **prooedure the**  **6001ission** m8y leg81ly r0ii0v In plroIng aantml e-for that portIan of the Highmy In theYar -Went. an& at the 8-e tlm Insurno liability, l ithsr by the 

### State or by the ladIvldu%lnsaberr of theHIghV%y 0aP1881OR rOF 8uah aotlon,"

It ~I.11

**be rllgt**  **noted** thrt **tb#** URitOd 8Wte8 

### Amy ha8 requested the State HIghray Carlsalon to l uthsrlso It to ba~leade thatportion or u. 9. Bigh%~ 81 vhtsh 1158 between the Imth aad South 1ImIts of the QpartezmasterDspot.

It Is 80 veil 8ettled that the l stabllskment%nd maIntenanos 0r % 8y8tim 0r hIghvay8 is a govemPtsnt%l Ruratlen,no Cit%tiaa Of %Uthoriti%8 i8 XieOO888~;.ssgwzmbleD. 0. Orser, Pace 3

Ths ~gt8~tUl'O h8 -tdwt4 %Rd~~OURtWSltFOl over the losatiti, **de8lgrdim** m&d l stablls~snt Of **SUO~** highways.
-want t0,lt.r power, the Legi8l8tum omkd the **St8te** Highuay Departmentand vested the s&sinlstratIveoontrol 

### thsnoi in the
state Blghlmy cami88ion. ArtIelo 6663,Verponts Annotated DIvIl gtatUts8,OXWtWJ &Ln WBIZ~J in Vhi@h WB IW8tsd pOWW8 t0 rOntllsto snd sxacut5 plans and polIcIes for the looation, oonstruatlon Md R%intCA4UX?e Of % CfXiI~Wh6llSiV’B 8y8ta Or S+t4 hi&W&y8 Md pub116 roads. the ease of Ilalm~vs. Bea, 48 S.W.

Robbin VI I LbWstan+ ~OU$~~8&~~~;~~r

mls or Texas, In an opinion by Jwtloe 'man, adopted by the ~xwie Couz’t,

hsld that the Act Ve8ted ths oartrol of t& state a&hw;ra in the Stat% Hlgltway SMp%rtment tith 

### regmd to the de8 mtion, loaatlon, reloaation, 1mpmvemexit,eon8truotienra b%iii&Lt 

### ~ant¶&usnoe themar. bwhem 

### do t&sa&bvar l 

### tatutessuthsrthe Stats Xl&way Department 

### todelegsto Its pwers to 

### other ageaaoiecr

.
You ars thereron 

### sdvlsedth%t 

### the State xilghway Oair- &Son does not hsve authority to %uthwLr?e th% V. S, 

### Amy tombsmlo&do the above mentioned porNon ar 0. 8. Hlghwiy 81, 

### nor does it bsvo authority to enter into a oontraat OP agresmtmt to rush orroot.

IA regard towhether or not the St&e XIghsuy Depsrtwat I8 authorlted to oonvcy the right-Of-V%ymd Qsprov~ents in that pe~tfan of the hQ$wsy to the Fedex-1 Go-vemment,yew me sdvlsed thetArticle 66m, Seotlon 1, 

### Vsrnaa ’s Amotsted Civil St8tuts8, pl'OVtba8 %S fOlbVSt



### Vhemver the state Rlghny m?SSd8SfOn hea aequlred or 8h%ll hameSter ssqulse ang 1%x&d by pur

### eha8e,dondemfhtion,

### or othe~lre to bs ossQ as s rI5ht of u%y ror %ny Mate alghvay and thmeafter the route of ru0h Hightray 

### Va8 or shall be ahangsd or **aken doaed,**  md %x&ysuah 

### rightof my bs no lsnger needsd ‘for8uch EIghwsy, or needsd for use 0r 

### oitlrcons 48 s road, the State Highmy Cc4malssl~~ msy remxmwad to the Qovemor that suoh land bs aold and that he execute a deed convoyingall ths State’s right, tltla %ad tntereet Ln euoh land 80 sequimd. Upon the reomendation or the CcssmIssion, the aavornormy emeeute a propor kieedaonvey~ snd/or exohangi.ng 8u0h 

### land r0r dlfrercmt land belrm@w: to tha o&use perran or ersms. It eh%ll ba t&s duty of tha &sssisaion to fir &e 

### ralr and reasonable **value** of all suob land %I& advFse th6:s~mblo D. C. Oreer, Page 4

a oYo rnor thereof l Provtcled tat Yhon rwh lamI 18 given to the state, the QoPomor uy retul% tha Dame by proper deed to the person or 9er8cn8 tm vhan

the wuae is reoetvt46.**All** ncmey derlmd frfs the role of such lend shall be depoaltedwith the **funda** from which It ~'86originally taken. The **AttOmez** Qeneral shall approve all.tramfern under thisAct.

You are, therefore,adrired that If the State Highway caml88lo.nmakes a Pind*~that the portlon or the right a que8tIcn 18 no longerneeded of my
Of Oiti8@A8a8 8 roab it W-Au haFaG r'8U9l=. to be a88Ul'Odthat the roadwill 

### returntc the State upoplthe 

### feminatlon of theprerent var emergenoy Sor tb u8e of thr state utd it8 Citi8eM (L80 highway. Suah bebag the oare,we 

### do not 

### klleve that the State Rightray 

### Departmentvould be ruthmIred to oater an 

### prdermque8ting the Oovemw to oonv~ey the land 

### to the ?edeml Ooverr88(lPt, for, 8UCh 

### M order.vould bu indlraatoo@liot with the limitation empha8iwd 

### abwo.

IA l'iQSFdt0 th0 8U&je8tiOU t&@&tth0 8108&$3 Of the hi@- ll8f k aoaanrplirrhed

bJ OOJWbWl8tfOU,YOU am rdo18#d tbt Satin 

### lyl,Chapter 11, Title 

### 50,u. 8. aode AAnotated, 9FOYide8, IA part, U fOlbV8:
'The searetary ofWar may 6auaeprooeocl~8 to b8Jin8titUted in th0m Of tb &?&ted SktOe, ia
uw Court harlru jurled%otionof **rueh ~eoimdiam**  **fsr** thk

## l oqUirmentm* 

### aox&mmtIon of 

### any- land Wo thereof or other fmtere8t therein, or r

the-to, needed for tile8lte, leiwtlan, aon- ~8tl'UOtiOn,

Or $WO8O@XltiCA%

Of VOX'k8fdr fcYirtifIi@tiOXU, OW8t defW8e8, (aad)BlmtacJtramngaarqs, . l . utd further DrOVIdOd. th8tWhen 8Wh Dl'6DOX'tY f8 Wpulred in tlim of vaP, . . .gpoa the- riibtg-of tlie 

### petitionror tile

ooAaeaAatloAof aAy lurb, tm q u8e thereof, or other intonrt 

### therdn or rlght z*- ining thewto to be 8UQUiPW fO2' alU **Of** tb DUX'DO808 afommiid, ImmediatepO8ie88iOlit&8&f mfLjbe-t&m to the extent of the Intererrt to be arquIred and the land8 

### maybe ooouplsd

### rurd uud formllltary 9ur908e8, 6Ad the prOVi8iOA Of Bect%W 

### 175 6f tbi8 title,providing thatnopublioa6aey rhllba expmcbdupon 8UOh landWit11
. . . tha cOSMe& Of the ti@I8btuM Of the S:ate in tich the land 18 located ha8 been give,EoAomble D. 0. Qreer, page **5**

3ull be,ud the 8ue are hereby, rw9e~deddurl~g fih0 p6ri0d Of the 6Xi8tkPg WJergeAIq. 

### Section257, Cbapter 3, Title 40, u. 5. Cnde Annoteted, provide8in 9Wt a8 fOl.lOV81

'In every aa 

### h whlah the 3ecntaPy Of the Tre68- ury or an? other officer of the govemmsnt he8 been 

### or rhall be authorized to procure real estate 

### for the eno

### tlonof a public building or for other public ~808 he 8bal1 be aUthOri8ed t0 **MQUire** the 8aanefor theUAited State8 by **oondmnation,** wader judicialproae88, **vhenever** fn h%8 09iaiOA it 18 A8MJ8#l$X7OrdVUsAt8geOU8 t0 the **OOVen.tmant**

**o** 

### do **80.** l l l

In the oa8e of @Mappar vs. UAlted Stater, 81 Fed. 76b, the **Ciretit** Cowt of **A995al8** held that the 8tatutes abore quoted am in pax-1

materio.,

It **18** 8gpaMIIltth8t the 88Omtam Of War -8 th, 9OllW t0 **M@m** the **hAd in**  **qW38tiOXl** br cOAde8metioA. got anlJ ~a7 he QAAdOBAthe Zond,bUt.U~abO ooPideamtO8Ay eXkntdOrir.drad the 

### 8atiW IMlr

ti80be **iOr** t~pOZ'8lry U80. vol. 33 (Igo), ~iAiOA8 of the Attorney 0e~eral 

### of the tlnltedState8, page 551. IA the ea80 **8tbSLP,W6~M** Of tb OplniOA tb8t theanit& St&btO8lu~ 008ldUl¶ th. portion 

### of the

### United State8 Highvay Ho. 81 lyfpe betveen the

### Horth a?& South **limit8 tkf**  the **Quartermaster** Depot and my do 80 

### tar tia
uu of 

### tha **land** 

### forghatever period 

### of t%me it derire8. In ooAAootlon the+evithve are of the further oplnlpian that the aaovnt of Mmqpa to the State 

### couldbe agreed upan betveen the Opitetl State8 8Ad the Stste of TeXr8.

**You**

### further **ark vhat**  **proc8dum,** 

### if **any,** 

### oould**th6 State**  **ltighn~Dep6rtm6ntgothroughto** pl8OOa 

### ht&vay vithin thellrtfr of the Querteammter Depot in the oantrol of ths **War Deparhrcmt.**  We doubt that th6 Highway DepartmeAt ha8 the authority to plaeo the hlghvay in th6 aoAtro1 of the War De9WtP+nt, but ve do bellore that Tudor oerteln dmum8tanoe8, the highway de~rtment vould bare a~- thorltyto diecontlnueu8e of thatportion of the hIghway vltho@i lirbllity011the **part** of the rtate or the indivldwl mber8 of the 

### State Highway **Commiseion.** If th@ State IfighwerCCWA28SiWi 8houlb find a8 a orotter

### of fast that beoau8e of the looatlon of the ngpot OA both Bide8of the highway and themoving of the aatarlal8 ~ro88 

### thehigbWLy by theWar **DeparU86At** 6On8titUteda mom t&Ui OrdbUWy dUIger t0 th6 travelingpublio, thnt the State Hlghvsy 0Q%BUIiESiOn 

### vould be 8uthorlzedto clorret&t yortlon of the highvay dur&.g the uirt6nue of
22 ~Tbtl a danger to thu traveling: publlo,we belL6ve that tha IA the eVeAt BiUAStkme tire8tOPed at the **depot md**  **aU6h** Cmir81oA **vould bo**  jU8tifisd **in alO8ing**  **tb** 9WtlOA Of th. b%.ghVaygmreble D. C. Freer, Pago 6

a **que8tiOn t0**  the publla **Vhile** 8UOh danger eXi8t8. Thi8 for the ~mea8OO that tll

th. Oa8e Of Beathur 78. t%iA&tletm. 12 9. u. (26) i$&ttl!SckXW3i881Oa Of hypO818, **speaking** 

### thhugh j’iutlae Shori, '

"TheAct 

# amating the bi the term8 of which that state J5-y Departanant departmentwas fill and edrinistrative aon rol of

--+ ;F;t;fY VO8ted **Vith** the

a roads,whioh right bo a part of the state **B&hvay** Sy8tU, . . . **@nd,** jUri8dictiOlI **Vlth** re8peOt to the de8ignatl COAIltNCtioA,eb& , reloaatlon, lmprovaent, xK8aontlnU8.nae

and OOn- &-& of rush of th8 pub110 P@ail8 a8 VOM 

### thenreas nlzed a8 a part of the State lIl@nm~ SysteA, 

### or ov8r suahof thepub110 1~848 of the state a8 

### thereafter

. . .beaome a 

### part of the stat0 xilghvay sy8teis.'

Tht3 Highway @mBla81On hVbg 

### the8U.thority a8 

### Ht forth in the above clfatlan, it follov8 that it 18 authorlred to dlreot **th.** floV Of **tx'affi0 OV8C** 8Uah -8 end PI 18 

### held in 16 WX. ar. 5621 'If the re@etlons 

### are intended to, and do in trot, **px'Ot.Ot** the live8 and 9lW9ertv Of OitiMA8, theyare aa uemi8e ofpollae paver." It 

### Mtlll’d~ **fOlhV8** that 8U8h Mgu&AtiaA 011 the

### part of the **EighVey** DeOartimeAt would be l



### uthorlsedbmmme **it8 broad**  ponr8 **under** th6 **hot** croatlag rush 

### departmentIAherently **in** 

### eludethe 9olloe **power**of the govOmment **ln8ofar** a8 highway tnffla 18 eomomed 

### av@rhlghvays aoA8tmtOtedby the State Hi$hvsr Depertmt.

Ycu am thereforeadvlred 

### that lf the Stab Bf&nray Cmmlrrlo~ ahonld 

### find that the fact8 above asntloned exirt end that they aonrtltutea AeAAae end dmger to the trevellA&publio, 8Uah fpet8**vould** constitute 8Uah good faith cm thepart of the State Elghny Commlrslonand their aot of di8contlaukg the UM of the **road** during the eXi8teAUe Of the emergemy **would**be juttifled.

Uhetlleror not the Strte of T6Xs8 or kenber8 of ths Hl~hvay C~~misalon indivi.dwally vould 

### ba held liablefor d8aagos lr 8 we8tiW Of fact. You are advlled, however, that If thebarrloading s.nd dlscont¶..maanas of the highwaywould cl08438cm6 pemon~r aacesa to snd PrOmhi8 property, 

### therevould be llablllty on the part of t&a state. By th18 **Ye**do not ~eaA that a pereoA ta8a U. S. Highway 81 vouZd be entitled to damages becswm he Ya8 not peF mitted to travel over the clorred portion thereof,but thathe ear&- not ba deprived of hfs ecaem to a 

### hQhvay. It 

### mattersoat that

### th8tpermn light 

### hte to 

### trrY.14 mera slreultou8 reuto 

### togo, m vi11 say, to **Fort** Worth.

"!mle dango **mlmt**be the **diroet** and **iasdltlt*** Qon8O~lNO Of **the** 8Ot CraguiIiOd Of UAd 

## FOQOte Uld m

## t-t dWBge8 8N not noovanrble. %‘hO PetitiOWp, b8 fFU aeGO t0 8u Of hi8 lot8 w 

### poblioItl'O,~#r' ~ObonZO~Ofhl8 a=pbint18, th8t iXIgOtagt Gee Ofhi hOU8.8 inth0 W 

### diFOUtiOZ¶h@Wybe 0 

### a i-d
to 

### go further**than** 

### he **0tharv3.8.** 

### vould. The inoonvemion00 -8 not nrsh m inJ= 4Wi8 him ia hi8 prOpUty a8 VOUld Or&tit10

him to d6W&O8.' **Rxrthrr,** in **the** au0 Of **Fearfnst** Y8. Enrin, 55 A. **I.** 486, tho court haldl

You are, thoroforo, advlrod that if therear8 a0 porsoau VhOU8. ~p~OO~~fiiord~~?tlaplOt~highrrOE8~~ of lngrosr or egx-0~8, therevoald~be no liability. Tnl8tlagthat the fongalng fullr an8ver8 yourlnqulry,
vo 819


### Iowa very truly

ATTOBBBY@lSRXML**OF TEXAS**