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## 0 2 .A OFFICEOFIHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

IlonorablefrankD. Winn. moautlve esoretaq *exam mate Parks board Aamtin, texao

ly be Till* to demat to Imy 6oTern

### e it, 

### we do met tee1 ted 

### to the junk dealers wbs, able to d%qime ef It at a

ke to hate 8 rul.ingtrem you am d be handled and whether Or sot the funds resoited frem the l ale of fhis morrp material embedepOdtsdto OIL*ur 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 surp1u11by the lrtional Rrti

. . SOrriG0 and not GlQiginrllygorehased 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 olotheclwith 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 tbdiiiG8tiGlhOf the Gtsttttoa,atttbcrina 

## theBoard to 

## groataottoeniotm attdto rrrk ~omGege%on contr8Gte in Gormeotloa uith State **park** s&tea, and dealrrast 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 rcrtand 

### depom%tedin 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 aaatborldmgthe Poardtodif~p~se ofnnused **or** mGraprteria1 8twh myem 

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

### eonrIdered**rovoxute,**

### wlth%ntheweaningof 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, 

### ground0sad **property** 

### of theSt&e, midla the GUGtGdiUl Of G11 **pttbli0** ~&8OElGl pCOperty, aad is charged rith the reapondbiliff 

### to properlyoamafor andprotectmuahproperty 

### fromdamage, intrwiGn Or improper tteago.

+ l +.a ~6 are of'the optttionthis 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(lssttOG80-uonnrabla Frank D. QUIIIXI - pagO g

**gmy** to **protoot the**  Bt8t.eor preserve t&s grsperty damage.

It sill be seen the ltatuto does 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 < 

### be, ordinarily, 

### that a 

### mere oastodian 

### orbailee 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 Ohsrgsdtitb no othsr 

### dutybut 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 roottltiagin 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, 

### merelybesauss such property is 

# notpresently 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 des

### tructionpreciselyas 

### perioha8lrfmtlts,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 

### oraattner af 49, but, on the aontrsry, it Is In tirtuo of the oxprose ganersl poser to protoot 

### aga%nstdmmge, 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 

### tohamUe suclt

### property
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Vary truly ysws **A¶TOBIiCX BEIBIUL**  **OF** 

### TPIRST ASSISTANT ATTORKEY GENERAL BT /c
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