tiFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

### Jfqer D. w. s8sk.8, Pap P

stltutss

sa intorest

ln 18~1 

### fa8erpoxesl %a+ aeturb, amYe L TheI

Texas Prfsea Board i+i?tate agenay@restedI and employ& sky me Stat) far She purpoqp of perfoFrin(l the duty et,

l&s S8880 80 l.nosroerste and os*.$or psrsonsoanrieted of~,mrim in thf8 State. IO Perives 811 of Ite ponr sad suthorltr

by delegrr#oa,from

t&te Stats; snd lt,hss

no ponr. or dutie&exoept thoksrhlsh are olearlf set forth snd defined br the I3omatl;Lti8loa 8nd st8tut88 o? Texas. 631 ll **Tbx.** Dar;; **p.** 563. ‘*,: 37 TeZ.. Jur. p.

a~$~, br 8he prise~ors

penfl.no~

'thenin.w Undsr 8hs above qwkd s8s8uta8he Leeislature plseed fulleostr0leoitks TexssPrlsan System ia the hns kisan BoaW, b@t l mh ~eont~l* ia Malted t? these pewersMajorD. W. Stakes, Pam 3

whleh hew been expnsal~ set forth and defined b lslatum, and suohpswers se must seeessarlly be L '%,egf r em t he l x p n ss o d

p e w e r a . ARP. 1895) 33 8. 1. 585c x a u lw a s 00ullt;lr r . J & n a f n~,

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Tlmabew quot+ ststuts dess’ ndt,~ot OO~~IIO, oonfer upon tha Texas Prl8onBssrd 8~ authority to grant thi naoss~ry eammant.

We hare given speolal omsldsrstlon to Artioies -, 6166-0,

62034, Seotlans 1, 10, and 6203-d. Artlole6166-osuWmrlses the Prison Board so lease real estatefor a~loultural @Ad graslsg p~pOSe&~ th$er &~rtio&e

62034, 8eobion1, a XOIW~ for Lease of TexssPrison lands ls .orested end suthorlty is oonfemd on it to leaseTexes Prison lands tar oil and gas derelosmt. Seation10 of saidArt1018prsrldes that **%4ld** Board shs P1 authorize the layingsi pipe lines,telephone Uses and ths eptiw of OU0hWS~&: @Wr tbvr

PdSOA bAdB 88 Yy be d@0aed neoesmr for snd lrwl(lsnt-to ths parposeof this A&J@ > Artiole620)-a speolflosll~ suthoriaes

the Prlron 20~0 r a nt r i g h t 4 f w a ylamments for lrrlgtion ssnslm, f sterslm,

eta., the ~r&stlon busin48r. to personaor oompanles enw6ed in .:;
A oareful ,sxaabstlon t these 8tstuteswl&l die0108e tha absonoe

of 8paif&0 8 in the~Tehms;Prlson Xoud to grant the ~aseaut* eont0m&O.8ted

aAQ in our opinion nsne ot the'rtatutes ry be ,60 eonstrud a s t o luthcmlce the Xea r d

to l zereise sash a pmfsrb * Woreion, it '18

bh, oplnlan OS thl8 de &me&t the% bhe Texas Prlson~Bosrd does AOt hew the r

out ority to mt or oo,nrey

the lasaasst

**right-of-my** de8lred br the BOUStOA Li&LtilXIJ **&lid POrV**  **t%SQmr.**

**. -.**  we hare g&Ten eosslbsratios al.ro to, ktlole 6715,' VemiOa*s Annotated Civil 8tstutss,~~uhereln authority

hss k&n given to .the

Texsr~Prls~ Board to graat sn erafmen% **sorome** Tex$s Prisen fgpLls@ **to** the Texas %fghnr Depsrtasn0~~or-hlghws~

pgrpeses~~*~ze

sonsentof the Board and the **-vernal: %**  **‘ r.obta%n@;**  -Thlljska~ute 1s obviously

lnapplioable.Xsjor D. W. Stakes, Pam k
'r ..a1 Further

resosAh-has uio the Legislstbb ha8 re8tedlVn the a4 simlls~subordlnste State l genoy thf,s\rthority $o.grnt M l 8O M At t0

& A 8leOtriO ml' OOrpM of plselngIts po 8 

### 884 tnasml8slon 1L'*for th0 PorpOW es en Is* 0wned SAU uytl **by** tb

Thexwio~, **it** Is the further oplnlo~ ofthl8de-' p&t&t that the oontemplsted l s8emeAt

oould onlf be obtilnell

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### sot of the Legfslstuw gsntinl; to the ~oumto~ Llghtin~

8na Power dsapsnythe 8-e or InvestWg ln the Tsrs8PtlsonBoard or other 8lallsr State spnof the speoitlo autf@mlty

to fgmnt the sa8ent aemirsd. Tours w,ry truly APP?~VXD OCT 16, 194X A’ ITOBIOROXXXRAL OT TXAS (si~ea) Oroversellers '.~ Tza@T ASSISTAWT ?r pTOR@Y- " 4;

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