Hon. Jmnes C. Jones, Bxeoutlve Mwotor Veterans 

### AffairsCoamiasion Auatln, Texas Qplnion Ho. v-687 R8: Whether Article 316s repeals ial'tlcle

3220-1, v. c. s., and a related question.
Dear Col. Jones:

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OplUiOU (LS to11ows: 9400. 1, **APT.** 3280~1, R~v~s+~IvI~ Statutes, provides for the creation.of a SOldlerS' and Sallor~' trolpe, to be Operated in conjunctionwith the Mensfi Confederate Home in the City of' Austin. "Sec. 1 and 2, Art. 3216a, Revlrred Civil Statutes; provide for the adalttanoe of senile 

### personato the Yena* COni8dePate Home.wQu8rtlonn: "1. Inasmuch ao Art. 

### 3216adoes not carrJr a ssvlngs 

### clause,la It in oonfllot with Art. 3220-11 "2. Does Art. 3216a repeal any portion of Art. 3220-11

“3. m Art. 32204 IS wed stfii 1U eifect, doe8 lt,n8CeSCiarily invalidat any part of Art. $!16a? "4. If Question 3 la anfwered In the affirmative,would Itbe porslble ior theHon. Jsmas C. Jones, Page 2 e-687)

State of Texas to enter Into negotiations with the Federal Government for aeslatmce In the support and malntenanoe of the U8nsl ConfederateHOmS for 8oldi8r8 and Sailors?" The statutes to which you have referred are not lncompatlble,and an examination of their provisions and of the legislativehistory of the statutes will serve to reoonclle them and annver your questions.

Authority for the original oreation of the ConfederateHome la found la Artlola III, Section 51, of the Texas Constitution, an&in Acts 1891, page 14, which la codified In~Vernon~sClvll Statute8 a8 Article 3213, et Thereafter, by Acts 1939, 46th Leg :"1:;the Legislature authorlxed the esta&k&% ??he Soldl8rs' and Sailors'HOlDB, whloh, from Its very terms, "shallbe operated in conjunctionwith and as a part of the COtIf8d8rat8

Home at Austin, TexaE.' The Act oFeatIng th8 Soldiers' and Sailors* Home authorized the-admlsalonof veterans of the Spanish Amsrloan War and of World War I to such Borne,It being iocated in and a,part of the ConfederateHone. Thus the eliglblllty for admission to such Home was enlarged by the Act establlxhlng the Soldiers' and Sailors*Home.

The admission of senile patients to the ConfederateHome, which la Inclusive of the Soldiers1 and S$l;,,I Home, wan authorlxed by Aots 1943, 48th Leg., Ari. 6age $1 a. 18,'codlfled InVernon's Civil Statutes as

That Act In no way altered the legislative provlalons for add.SSiOn of VeteFanCi to the time. The hospital facllltles 

### for senile patients w8~lnadeqUate, and authority for the adaaiSSlOn of such patients to th8 ConfederateHome was Indicated for the temporary relief of the situationuntil adequate 

### and appropriate facllltl8s could be furnished 

### for such senile patients. %16a, This 1s born8 out by Seotlon 6 of Art1018 which authorlxed auoh admission of senile patients to the ConfederateHome, as follows:

"Section6. The preoedlng provlslons of this Act are cumulative of existing law governing the Texas ConfederateHome for Men, and it la the legislative Intent that xuoh home revert to the purposes'



### forvhlch It has been heretofore dedicated,when other faollltles for the 

### Dare of:

Hon. J-S c. Jonex, Page 

### 3 (v-687)

th8 senile aged patients, contemplatedby this Aot, '3P8

provldedr" This lx further xubxtantlatedbr the provisions of the 

### emergeno~~latise vhioh readx, In part: "s8ctlon 

### 7. The fact that there are now being nvtlntalned In the State goxpltalx of Texas many senile persona who should be uegregated from,othermentally Ill p8raonx, and the further faot that there are many senile persons In the jallx of Texas awaiting admlaxlon into State Hoxpltalx for mxlntenanae and for whom there lx not now adequate room In SttteHospitals, ore&tea an emergenay. .

. . . Thus, xenile aged patientsbeoamx additional eligibles for xdmixxlon to the Confederate Horn, there being ' no Other facllltiex for their ouxtody and tr8atmnt.

Therefore,Article 

### %16a, V. C. S., which authorlxex the admission of senile aged patient8 to the Confederate **Home** Is, not In oonfllctwith nor doex it re**peal** any portion of Article 

### 3220-1,V. C. S., establlshlng the Soldiers' and Sailors'Horn, as an adjunot of the Confederat8 Horn, **and** the latter statute lx at111 In effeot.

With Pegard to your laxt quextlon referring to the posxlblllt~ of'entering Into negotiationsbetween the State of Texas

l ud the Federal Governnmnt to seoure asslstanoe for th8 support and malntenanoe of th8 Soldl8rr' and Sailors' Ii0m8,

v8 lr8f8ryou t0 the plWVi8iOnx Of Art1018 3220-1,v. c. s., 

### being Section 

### 9 thereof,vhloh 018tWlp l uthorlxex such negotiations, ax follovx:

"SectIon 9. The Board of Control lx hereby authorlxed to enter Into n8gotlatlonx :,.: and make any agtieenrsntx vlth the United Statex Government **for** axxlxtance in the 

### supportand maintenance **of** said 3oldlerx1 and Sallorrr@ Home."

### HOG. JS~~Sc. 501388, Page4 (v-687)



### SUMMARY Articlepl6a, **V.** 

### C. S.,doesnot repeal nor is It In conflictwithArtiole3220-1, v. c. 3. Th8 Board Of COntrOl 

### Isauthorlxedt0 en

### ter Intonegotiation8 with theUnitedStates l3overnment

for asslstame In the supportand maintenanceof theSoldiers1and Sailors'Home. Article3220-1, 

### Seatlon9,v. c. 

### S.

Your0very truly, AT!lQRRRPORRXRALOFTRXAS

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