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.A OFFICEOFIHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

IlonorablefrankD. Winn. 

moautlve esoretaq 

*exam mate Parks board 

Aamtin, texao 

ly be Till* to demat to Imy 6oTerne it, we do met tee1 

ted to the junk dealers wbs, 

able to d%qime ef It at a 

ke to hate 8 rul.ing trem you am 

d be handled and whether Or sot 

the funds resoited frem the l ale of fhis morrp 

material embedepOdtsdto OIL* u 

r 

Oiti Lbador 

neat It be deposited to the Bertera l?umd, We, 

of ooume, uonld like very lipleb to be able te UM 

this money in the Bpeoial WI-k S%m¶ - aa it wuld 

only ooapensate uu tor the expanfm and trOUble of 

gatherimg it up. 
sonorablo WBnL D. @inn - pqge ;2 

'MOst Of the MtOrial ~Mah we hwe vu 

left ritb uo OS surp1u11 by the lrtional Rrti 

. . SOrriG0 and not GlQiginrlly gorehased dth 

State E+uzui~.~ 

ThG junk~laterialmmtl~n~dby yonfe p&l&o prom 

belonging to the State, and roar Board, therefore, bw no authority todonatethe eamto juukdealers or to any other permen. 

#he Board is not olothecl with any mmb power. 6mrr~bntml 

%ettGiOs hare only thorn pouera that am aonierred ap~m fba 

by the lam oreating them. 

&tiGb 60708, Of ~Oi-ElOn'8 tbdiiiG8tiGlh Of the Gtsttttoa, atttbcrina the Board to groat aottoeniotm attd to rrrk 

~omGege%on contr8Gte in Gormeotloa uith State park s&tea, and 

dealrras t 

m3he rowatte6 thue earned by the St&e 

Parkm Board dall when Gollaoted be plmad 

in the State treasury.. 

It further provides that V'ttaa~ and revmtte doriwtd 

Her the proridom of' the rcrt and depom%ted in the State 

treaoury shall be daperdted fn a 8peo&al fund to be known am 

the ‘State Parks Rttd." 

lttere appears to be no prml~ion aaatborldmg the 

Poardtodif~p~se ofnnused or mGraprteria1 8twh myem 

me&ion, ao that the prooeeda thu’oot oauld in 8ay evenC bo 

eonrIdered rovoxute, wlth%n the weaning of the l pe~%al ipnd 

thus prtmldeai for. 

&tic10 668 O? the IlerfMd t%atUtOs deoluemt 

Vhe State Board of Oontrol shall have 

charge and Gontrol of all pabllo buildinga, 

ground0 sad property of the St&e, mid la 

the GUGtGdiUl Of G11 pttbli0 ~&8OElGl pCOperty, aad is charged rith the reapondbiliff 

to properly oama for and protect muah property from damage, intrwiGn Or improper 

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~6 are of' the optttion this statute, in thG absence 

oi a pore 8pcaifio prorl8ion, is suffiaieat to autherire thG 

Board OS Control to make sale of property, mGh as you demtribe, if In the tte~~M jud@mNit Of the Board it aB(lss ttOG80- 
uonnrabla Frank D. QUIIIXI - pagO g 

gmy to protoot the Bt8t.e or preserve t&s grsperty damage. 

It sill be seen the l ta tutdoes o not stop rith 

& the Board of Control the 0tuWnlian of all pUbli0, 

~sotml property, but it goes further aad afflmativO1~ 

iyposes upon the Doard the responsi2Slity to properly 

ouw for amI proteat wbh property frm damage. It my 

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be, ordinarily, that a mere oastodian or bailee with re- 

_.. . spOot t0 ptqerty rarLd not hare sawh poser as se hws 

.'I' &et lndioated, for he seuld bs clothed rifh no other 

!!: msr, asd Ohsrgsd titb no othsr duty but to safely ksep 

sfad radellter the wry property intrustsd to his oUst0dy. 

gut not so here, shore the property Is of swh satwe 

that it dsterlorates -- suitOre damage -- neoessuily roottltiag in 1088 to the State, andthswdlymaylnshi0h 

ewh damage w be avoided, er et least a most reasonable 

uay, would be to sell the property shsrs Lt has a mrksf. 

Te do not 16as to cay the Board has the brosd 

poser of discretion to sell personal property bsloa&ag 

ts ths State is the custody of the Board, merely besauss 

such property is not presently nOed&, but sO 100911 to say 

t&at such paver of sale should be exercised only shers 

th0 PIWtiGUlSP G%R’GUS&S3lGSS sUrro9ndi~ thS MttW 

wmld shostotheBoard,in the szsrel~s oi a mmnd 

bUdn088 and OfflGiti disoretiott, that sUch prooedU~s 

sas neoessary to prevent damage 0r fasts in respsot to 

the pcope*~. Ve knew thOt jpnp; mterlal erpe00d to 

the elements is In pr000ss of mete ud ultimate destruction precisely as perioha8lr fmtlts, reget~les, 

and the like, sre perishable, as of aaurse. 

There this power oi sale Is exemitted by the 

Board of Control it is not in tirtae 0* any spO03.fla 

l ta$ute, pescrrlblna, the mathod or aattner af 49, but, 

on the aontrsry, it Is In tirtuo of the oxprose ganersl 

poser to protoot aga%nst dmmge, md therefore the sale 

shen neoemtary my be made by the Beard in sU0h staaner, 

at such time and st SUG~ plaw or plaoes, and upon 6&U0h 

pcice as to the Board may eoea just and reasoaa8le. 

Thie is inCidenta to the m&n psssr oonfarrad. 
IOU sre therefore s&vised that th%s is the 

,poper ray to hamUe suclt property . 

Vary truly ysws 

A¶TOBIiCX BEIBIUL OF TPIRST ASSISTANT 

ATTORKEY GENERAL BT /c 

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