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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ou, ?lmh L Oy8t.r Cadr8loa 

Austin, Toxar 

Oentlonalt Attaatloat Mr. R. 0. Do6gen 

Bxecutlv* s8cntary 

s been receiv& 

r Comml8rlon 

r gus managemeat practices 

f such contract be%- to 

1~ ovaed wee vith game 

wour opl.alm oa the followLag querti?s 

in ee ctfully requertea: 

'1. Stay the Oue, Plrh eatl Oyster 

Comlrelen leg8lly eater late contract For the exalwlve ooatrol of ell hunting prlvlleger oa a bob7 

o f l ncloae& lxad cad prohibit hunting, killiag or 

taking aaygame blrdr or mlnlr from ealdlend? 
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--May the oam, Flab 

- . aad Orater 

cop8m~en legally l atev mco a coatnct a8 above 

dercrlbod ud permit llmlted huntlag upon rueh 

lead la l otordaaco vlth the Coml~slop~~~ Juigmsat 

a8 to hw llp~ huntom may be l llovti to part:- 

alDate uxl the mount rob klad of gan b&la or 

minlr to be taken? 

'3. CM the Our, Fish and Ovafor Carisrlan legally u6e male8 l vollable from the 

Bpeoiol Ou ?und for peymeat to tl!u lewMvne~8 for 

privilege8 of l xerclrlas l xalurive control of 

hum&lag prlvlleger on Nr property?’ 

You have glvea u8 the furthar la~or8atlon that 

the coatemplnted lea88 18 not euI doer aot purport to be l ‘cooperative rllbllfe-re8tOratlm project' to be entered into vlth 

the Foderal Oovernuent uader Artfole r)Owb, Vemon’r kurotated 

Texar Civil St&uter. 

You hove al80 given u8'tbe lnformatlon that 

the contemplated leare d0e8 not purport to establlrh my 

statutory game prererve or pre8erva8. A reading of Article 

917 of our Tear Penal Cotle vi11 al80 cleerly deraortrete that 

no l tetutow g8w pm8erve8 vi11 be l ttb b ll8hby w.l tha proposed leaae8. saia Article 917 read8 a8 follwrr 

'Any poraoa, fin or corpontl0n 

walag rad in po88errlon of land8 la tha hate of 

Texas, may tranufer by UI lamrtrunnt la writing, 

duly rakmvledged before an offlcer, l ut&rlsed 

uader the 1~8 ot thlr Stete to take l ckaovledgmata, ta the State of Teur the right to pre8erve, 

proteot cad introduce r0r promgatten purpoae8 

any of the gam blFd8 or gw enhal untloned 

f.atNr ahpter on the lead8 meatlarea therela, 

for l period of not lerr tlma tea yur8. Suoh 

la8trunat of vrlting 8hall be filed la ths office 

of t& Oaae, Iri8h end Oyrtor Cad88loner. vhareuwa t& Oeae, Flrh aad Oyster Cmmirrloaer may 

at Nr Olsaretloa declare tb lurdr dercrlbed in 

raid la8truacnt a State Oar Pre8*rve, urd themafter for the period aamed thmela rhall ior all 

the purpose8 relatiag to thr preaenmtlon, pro-- _ 

tectlon u16 praprgrtlen of Ilam8 bird8 eruI &a~8 

mi8alr be under the 00ntr0lofthe Game, FI8huad 

Oy8ter Ceul88loner. The aggregate acreage Of all 
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DFOU?VeE Vhi8b -7 k dOE%QMtd is M7 W 

COUntJ 8~1n8VO?~XO@Od kn pr 008tOf th 

tOtC1 l OFeC#O Of 8UOh OOUfhtJ. 8UCb ~Eer*eE 

shallbe a\nknd lath8 order of tb8 flllag 

Of tbr in#tFUDent tbr@fOr. The Ou; Fish 

ur4 Oyakr Cemi88loa4e~ shell aauae aotieor to 

b. DmDMUd 

)19*erv.~, 

OOllt~i~ Lb vO?dE ‘fit&O OW 

%eapa8rlng ?roNbltod”, and aauae 

Such aotlcer to be DOEted at woh #ate or Edtrace thereto. All State gem8 preserves emtablla&d Under tb ~rOViDi~# Of tN8 CbDter 

sInA for all pmpo*e* of preremCt;ah, protection aad propagation of ga80 birds and aam8 

l niulr therooak under the ooatrolti memeat 0r the 0~8, Flab and Oyster Coml88108er, 

end In urd NE deputies may at all t-8 eater 

in Md Um EUoh ~lTeEeFVC# in thC p8PfOFMlw2e 

of their duties. 

“It rbll be unlavi\rl for uay 

person to hunt, purew, ahOot at, kill, take, 

destroy, or la any nnaer molest uy of the gem 

birds or 6W m-8 vltNa the exterior boundaries of us7 gw pnrerve, and may person vho 

E&11 *iObtO Uhy DZ’OVi8iOIi Of this ChpteF 

shall be dee8ed guilty or a drdwmor aad upOn 

WlWiCti~ #bill b fined not le88 thCD fifty 

t 

Wio.00) dollar8 aor more than tvo lnmAred 

$200.00) dollars. 

hrtlole 4018, Vernon’s &mot&d Texu Civil 

8tatUte8, ti OUtliLliZ@ tb dUt~e8 a!@ DOVerB Of tb C~EEiODer 

(aav Cemi88lm) gives to the Caad88loaor "auperlnteadeace and 

Cmtrol of tha propyatlon aad dirtrlbutlm of blrddr ua gu 

la the State naanatloq ovar vNch he uy have cOmtrO1, or vhlch 

uy be establisha ior roob propagatlaLa It 18 our opl.aloa th8t 

the above quoted provl8lo8 of Artlale 4018 clearly reterr to 

bkte reaerv~tlonr or gu pre#erve# l #t8bli#kd in the statutory 

Warier md vould aot l utherlae the leeme ia que*tl~. ft vi11 

8180 be borne in dad that Artlole 917, ?enal Cule, aupra, pro- 
au. Fleh & Oyster Cd8eloP - Faga 4 

We hWa ken umblo to tImI eny rt~tutory 

ruthorlty iOr tb pPOpWe8 10a808. It ID thanfon our 

Ophbt tht aOh Of m qWt:W &Oti&d k NtEVOtWd iIt tbr 

pleg8tiVe. ud tbJ WW SO WEVt)?eb 

Very truly youra 

ATToRu%Y 08lomAL OF TEXAS