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 The I Texas Prfsea Board i+i?tate agenay @rested I 

and employ& sky me Stat) far She purpoqp of perfoFrin(l the 

duty et, l&s S8880 80 l.nosroerste and os*.$or psrsons oanrieted 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 thoks rhlsh 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 s8s8uta 8he Leeislature 

plseed fulleostr0leoitks Texss Prlsan System ia the hns 

kisan BoaW, b@t l mh ~eont~l* ia Malted t? these pewers 
Major D. W. Stakes, Pam 3 

whleh hew been expnsal~ set forth and defined b 

lslatum, and suoh pswers se must seeessarlly be L 

'%,egfr em the l x p nsso d p ewer a . 

ARP. 1895) 33 8. 1. 585c 

x a ulwa00ullt;lr s r . J& na fn~(, Olt. 

Tlmabew quot+ ststuts dess’ndt,~ot OO~~IIO, oonfer upon tha Texas Prl8on Bssrd 8~ authority to grant thi 

naoss~ry eammant. 

We hare given speolal omsldsrstlon to Artioies -, 

6166-0, 62034, Seotlans 1, 10, and 6203-d. 

Artlole 6166-o suWmrlses the Prison Board so lease 

real estate for a~loultural @Ad graslsg p~pOSe&~ 

th$er &~rtio&e 62034, 8eobion 1, a XOIW~ for Lease 

of Texss Prison lands ls .orested end suthorlty is oonfemd 

on it to lease Texes Prison lands tar oil and gas derelo smt. 

Seation 10 of said Art1018 prsrldes that %4ld Board shs P 1 

authorize the laying si pipe lines, telephone Uses and ths 

eptiw of OU0h WS~&: @Wr tbvr PdSOA bAdB 88 Yy be d@0aed 

neoesmr for snd lrwl(lsnt-to ths parpose of this A&J@ > 

Artiole 620)-a speolflosll~ suthoriaes the Prlron 

20~0 r a nt r ig h t4 fwa y l amments for lrrlgtion ssnslm, 

f sterslm, eta., 

the ~r&stlon busin48r. 

to persona or oompanles enw6ed in 

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A oareful ,sxaabstlon t these 8tstutes wl&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 to l uthcmlce 

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 out r ority to 

mt or oo,nrey the l asaasst right-of-my de8lred br the 

BOUStOA Li&LtilXIJ &lid POrV t%SQmr. . 

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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 sonsent of the Board and the 

-vernal: %‘r.obta%n@; -Thlljska~ute 1s obviously lnapplioable. 
Xsjor D. W. Stakes, Pam k 

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..a1 Further resosAh-has uio 

the Legislstbb ha8 re8tedlVn the 

a4 simlls~ subordlnste State l genoy thf,s\rthority $o.grnt 

M l 8OM At t0 & A 8leOtriO ml' OOrpM 

of plselng Its po 8 884 tnasml8slon 1 L 

'*for th0 PorpOW 

es en Is* 0wned 

SAU uytl by tb 

Thexwio~, it Is the further oplnlo~ ofthl8 de-' 

p&t&t that the oontemplsted l s8emeAt oould onlf be obtilnell br sn sot of the Legfslstuw gsntinl; to the ~oumto~ 

Llghtin~ 8na Power dsapsny the 8-e or InvestWg ln the 

Tsrs8 Ptlson Board 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) Orover sellers 

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Tza@T ASSISTAWT ?r 

pTOR@Y- 

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