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OFFICE OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF ‘XXAG 

AUSTIN 

title rather 

its 3x8 la proper 

rtian in 1pfl. Your 

oaopt title bg limitaupon ofiar end delirexy 

a., the title 'to this 

hex&to the otatbsent f'mm 

will thank you to advl8e t&lo tl*partmsnt nhather 

t&o Comptrsllex is autharlnnd to lecw warrant la 

paymnt of thle deed ~ewitsb txb the face ot limltatlon title ua desmfbad lo this abatreut.a 
600 

iionorable George 8. shegpaxd, Eage 2 

kt the outset, It 1s not erniea to sttrte that this 

oginlon does not involve the eutkiority of the Highuay Depertmat of Term, by and through its proper Dirlslolu, 

under aontrolling general statutes and the Departmental upproprlatlon 9111, to jmrohaso real property neooeaary to 

highway construction and taalntetmnoe lo Texas. Thin gonwal 

authorltf ot tho Fflghwey Department ia not qucetloneid here. 

Yoreover, thlrr opinion dose not purport to roexe&no and pa88 upon the title to the property in qucatlon, 

beaausr thla WPS dona by our Opinion K-895, reterred to In 

your letter. Title was therein pamed es belng good lialtation t1t1s. The only question hare 11, whethor or not you 

are Dmhlblted from issuIng warrant to omer purobaae money 

on suoh property a8 the Highway Department my, In it6 dlseretion, purohaao Sor highway purposea, despite the taot 

thet title ot such property is admittedly based upon tha Stetutoe of Limltatlon governing real property ln Texa8. 

It 16 our oplalimt~t you herre the authority, uudor 

lau, to lame the desorlbeb wamant in the sum of Three Hundred (#OO.OO) Dollar8, upon t& 8tatament of the Xilghua~ 

Deputaent submltted to you Iu ooxmeotlon with the abort 

dmorlbed tranaaotlon. This flepartment hes heretotore duly 

mamIned end eoon814end tha taoto supporting the ripening of 

llaltatlon title to tkm property beaoribed in the lmtant 

quostlon, end bold that llm WQuld wall amd tuuy voat tit10 

in the ai@way Department, upon the exeoutlon ata4 delivery to 

it of a proper aonvryamo. An eamlnatlonot the stat&or 

gcrernlog the wlminl~tretlcn of the Hlghuag Dspartment in 

the oonstruotlon and malntonaaoe of Sate El&ways, does dot 

unoaar any ntatuttc which, l lthar dIreotly or by latmwnao, 

prohibits tho Jilghway Depertmaut from purohasing reel preporty 

neaaesarlly lnol&ent thereto, even though title to isu8h property I8 baaed upon thr operation of tha Statutea of Limltatloa. 

Abeent euoh statute or a boAare pub110 policy, w thlak euch 

puroherme mey be lawSully amde. 

Burtheae, we rind nothln@ in the statutea $overnla@ 

the SlsoaA atfairs of the State, the administratIon of yooUr 

Dapertment, ~encrell~', In the eu<lng and q rove1 Ot'olelM 

and the Isauanoe of werranta theruon, or In t li e OInsrel Deparmental kp2roprletlon Bill, whioh prohibit8 or tondm to 

prohibit the lsaueuce by you OS the deecrlbsd warmmt. The 

&44tlnd diacrction 0r the n&hwey Iiopiirtmeat harfng boon exa0itt9a 
Honorable George Ii. Sheppard, Page 8 

APPROVED APR 4, 1940 

~RLIlaci Ljgffffv 

in the premlaes. as evidenced by statemat illed with you 

for lsauenoe of the desired *errant, we advlee that you may 

1&wtuA1~ looue 8Bsts. 

Totar ersry truly 

AMlbtMt 

COMMIITEE