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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable C. H. Cavnsar 

Eitatc Auditor 

Aumtln, !l!eur 

Dsrr Sir1 op~lnlon Ro. oRea Im tit10 

u grve La8 oertain secta, 

r the bookc or auml'm l-wpatiment. 

Q&g documultmr 
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mn. C. H. Cavaeem - Page 2 

2. Yarrmnty Deed, dated May 15, 1935, exeuuted 

by Hark L. W&lnton and wife, Oorham Wlginton, 

conveyfng to the State Staff Corps and Detachment Club a 1.35 acre tract situated in Travis 

County, Texm', and described by mete8 and 

bound8 therein, for a reaited comiidemtion of 

$1,000.00. The aoknovledgrarmts on this 6e.d 

were dated tkptember 9, 1935, and it VQB filed 

for record in the cfflce of the County Clerk 

of Prsvlr County, Texan, oa September 10, 1935. 

3. Photoeteitio oopy 0r the oharter of the state 

Staff Corps mad Detaahment Club, vhich was 

approved September 9, 1935, by the Seoretary 

of State, and vhlch show Lieutenant Oolonel 

Bonae H. Carmloha& Major Q. C. Taylor and 

capfiala Rklph A. ~ewio a. tba oorporrtic6l'r 

direstorm. 

4. Illnut Of a erll%d IceWtlng Of th SW0 

Staff Corpr 8ad Detaobmnt Club number8 

(earboa oopy), dated l&y 26, 1941. lluah RIP 

uter rwlte, uwag other thing*, that Colonel 

Carmiohaeldfed September Z4,1938;thatthe 

- oaly other two mmbere, namely, JfaJor Fwlor 

and Gepkla Lwi~, vew prerent at the meting, and thrt the fol%W.llQ rWo]LUtlon W88 

duly doptedr 

"URRRRAS, 011 Augumt 27, 1935, Ii. H. Camlchaed and Q. 6. Taylor end Ralph B. kW18 did, on 

or shout August 27, 1935, deternine to o~anlse 

thOiU8~1V.8 into a Club, and to that aard they did, 

oa September 9, 1935, file with the Secretary of 

State of Tuta8 8ikapPlf'.UttOn for a ohsrter Of 8Ueh 

Club to be known a8 J3tate 8ta.W Corpr 6nd IkItrehment Club, whloh application was appreved W the 

Secretary of State ot Textbe on the date upon which 

it W88 fib& 6lld 

"WsiEm, the thme individuals above 

mmedwere andare the on%y per8ons whohave ever 

been member8 al said Club and Golan01 B. B. Oarmichael, one or l &ld 5OBbdF8, died in the gear 

1938, and the other two above named are now all 
ROD. 0. N. CaVDe88 - Page 3 

ol the and the only membera of t&la Club: and 

"UHRREAS, by an lnetrwmnt dated &Say 16, 

1935 but shoving on its face that It v&a not 

executed until September 9, 193S, Mark L. 

Wiglnton and his wife conveyed to srld r.%ub 

a traot of' land belng 1.35 acre8 out of th8 

Qeorge W. Spears League, Travis County, mm% 

particularly deeorlbed in raid dead; md 

%iBiRMS, said deed wao not delivered untll SepteabsP 10, 1936, On vhich date it V88 

plaaed of reaord vlth the Couaty Clark of 

Travis couuty, Texa8, and is to be r0uad Of 

reoord oa pmgos 36l-362 of Vol. 526 af the 

Deed Reoord8 of 8tid County; and 

%UBUSA8, t&o mnaldenation of $lfiOO.OO 

realted la said deed va8 sctuelly paid by the 

Adjutaut @enemil' Deportment of Taxa by 

warrant8 drawn agaiootthe funds in the State 

Treamary appropriated for the pro~wwtmat of 

amaries SOP the tilltary forces of Tex8a and 

neither this Club nor ang meaber thereof paid 

C4tly part Of 8U& oon8ldsr~tlonl an8 

%isimw3, at tin t,lme or the r0rrPatim 

or this Club aad of e8id aonveyanae and raid 

pagnrsnt tha Adjutant Oeneral'r Department intanded to, by tho u8e of fund8 so approprlatod, 

aopuirs said laud and, thereafter, oonstruet 

thereon a bail&g oc building8 for the u80 of 

au& military force8 and, in order.thnt a legal 

entity take title to osld property, thin club 

vae orgaaiaedand chartered; and 

"WiRftEA8, shortly after the aaquisltlon 

of said property, the proourement of ruch 

amorles me, by Statute, t6ke.n fPom 8UGh Adjutant General'8 Departsmnt and plaaed in the 

Texse Rational QYard ti.raery Baard, v&we 8unh 

procurement authority nw rep~esi and 

?BWBA5, tt has thereby beaoPie impo88i.- 

ble to oam?y out, ln the mm3.ueP and fom8 

intended, the origiPal. purpo86 for rbiah thl8 

Club Y&8 ol?ganired and said PWoha8e aUd8, but 
4S2 

plan. C. 8. Cavaesr - Page 4 

it is possible to aooompllsh praetioally 

the 8ame purpo86 fn the lImxumr provided in 

thlll reDolut:onl 

“Therefore, be it and it 18 hereby resolved by the Stat8 8ta.H Corp8 and DetaohI8eSIt Club and by all the mmberr Oi 88ld 

Club, a8 fOlloW8t 

"1. That the Preuident of' tU8 Club be 

aad he 18 hereby authorlmd and directed to 

oxmute and proper1 

la behalf Of chi8 f 

aaknovledge edeed, 

C ub, aud ito ontire IYIPbermhlp ooILV%y%a& for@nNinrl. WHi8ldW+ 

tioa, t& e l a ld tnot or land to the lox88 

Ilatlonal Ward Arwwy Board, a body pollti 

aad oorpanste under the dktuter of~x88, on 

the to11owLng aondltion8, tolritc 

the 8UdBoard 8hellnoton orbeforethe expiration of the ten you period lmediately 

iOlloVS.ng the l xecutlou OS 8uah deCrd begin or 

~prooure to be begun on raid laud the constlslctlaa of a buZld+ OF bu%ldLngs lxatanded 

to be leased by 8alb Board to tha State of 

Texas 8s conteml8ted ia th0 Statutes govemUg 

8afd Board end law8 umnd8toPy tihereol and, 

thereaf’ter ooa@eto suoh ooxmtrwation with 

reasonable dirpatoh, the title 80 oonveyed vill 

revert to the State of Texas for the use and 

benefit of the Adjutant Qen6ra.l of ths said 

st4te, @Ad hi8 8UOoO88Ol’8 in OffiaO, OtbDnri80 

to beaome absolute in 8aid Board. 

"2. That the tmmetary OS thits Club be 

end he 18 hereby authorired sad diroated to 

aSfix ths seal of thlr Club to raid deed 8nd 

atted the #@~a utd properly urknowledgs aald 

deed. 

"3. That eaah of the two prorent membera 

of thin club join in raid deed ia their indlvldual capacltie8 snb in their Oa&WWitiO8 a8 1Dwhers md DlreUtors of this Club. 

'4. That after the exeoutlon of such 

deed as aforesaId, the 8e8e be dellverod to the 

~hyO'OX181 (8UW-d &8IW$' BOM'd thl'OU@ it8 

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c. H. Cam488 - Page 5 

"5. That Mrr. Edna Pa Camlchaei 

be pnd 6he I8 hereby r a q ueI l r d and authcwiaed to execute .sn appropriate La8tmment in 

her lndlvldual capaalty and a8 Indepuxlent 

Exeoutrix of th4 Eatate OS Ii. If. CarmUhael, 

deooea646, tranBfarrin$ and wnveylq to uid 

Amtory Roard, under the 84164 conditions a8 above 

Bet out, all of her right title and lntrrest 

and ail of the right, tltie and intme8t hsld 

and poBree84d br il. H. Camlohel at the tlm 

of hlr death In and to said iand, and that 

the seamtary of thl8 club tranmU.t to her a 

copy ot tbi8 lW6Ohti’Xl vlth th4 r4qu48t that 

rho execute 4u0h 8n irutruwnt. 

“6. That 04rtlSied ooplsa of the lflnut48 

of this me4tfAq and 0f tsll8 ReBolutian b4 dellvsmd to raid Ammm Board at th, tlma raid 

deed LB deliv4md." 

5. Warranty deed, dated H6y 26, 1941, wouted 

by StrEe Staff Oorp8 an& Deta&umnt Club, 

eonveyiaq to the Texas Ratichnai Ward 

Armory Baud th4 1.35 (LOW dercrlbad in 

tbs deed referred to In paragraph (2) above, 

upon th4 ioilovlng oanditlon, hov4v4rt 

'lithe ra.ldArmorJBaard, Ita 

6uase88or8 or aa8Qn8, 6hai.L ior 

any r4a8on. fall or refuBe, 0II or 

b&or4 tbm rxpintion af the R4rled 

or t4n ydarr iam4diat4ly follov4j 

the date of thir in8tmmant, to 

aotwllg begin to ocmrtruat on mid 

land, and thereafhr pro8,souts the 8ame 

to completion vith msaroaable dilig4nce, 

a busldtag or bu.Llding8~lntendad ior 14aah 

to tha Stat4 Oi l%sa~ under the lav8 mu 

pr4valliing, Orany 86m&64ntrth4r4of, 

the title hsrrby oonveyed st.mll pa66 

frost e&id Hoard unto th4 Stat4 of T4%a6 

for the 1184 and bsnsflt of the Adjutant 

Qeum%i’8 D4partBmkt Of Bald St8t4 Of 

Texaof but if such oOn6truatlon be 40 

be@m and proB4out4d ta aom&?letian, thl8 

d4ed to Bald ROard BhaLl be00164 l b6olute.* 

6. Qultolaiea d44d, dated Ihy 26, 1941 executed 

by Edna Pay Camhhael, lndlviduaiiy and as 

Bdep4nd4nt Exe0UttrS.x of th4 PBtate Of 

H. H. Carmlcbael, deeemed, 44nv4yln43 to Texas 
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Hon. C, H. Cavnear - Page 6 

484 

National Guard ARttory Board all of 

the right, title and intereat of grantor 

In eltber capaolty in aud to the 1.35 

6Cl'48 above described. 

7. Lint of varraUt8, 4ggregating $2,000.00, 

paid out of funds of th4 Adjutmt O4114ral*a 

Department a8 rentals, tovit; 

Warrant Ho. Amount m To whor IBBU4d 

:p 68 ;; 

4;g.g hy, 1935 Clyde H4i14y, TrUsti 

June, 1935 Clyde Hailey, Zmrtee 

:: 3g 

July, 1935 Ralph A. Levia, Trustee 

i .m6 

60&h& 

., 1935 Ralph A. L4wl.4, Trustee 

8. l6i644~BZk4OUB correrpondenoe. 

-9. working Sketch of Camp ykbry. 

You request our opinion upon the tolloving 

"1. if66 th.iB tr6nrrotion properly 

handled aa to the m6mer in vhioh this property va8 acquired, tht ia by &%ymtmt of 

State fuuds oharged on the book6 as rental 

vhioh vaa actually pay 

'"& 

Tor 1.35 a4r48 of 

1-d vhexw the title r46 4d vlth three lndlvldual6, on4 of vhom ve kuov vaa a Stat4 

employee, orgmlsed as chs State Staff Gorpr 

8nd Oetaah6mt Club, 46p4oially In v%bv of 

the fact that the propsrty vaa acquir4d by the 

club in 1935 and ~66 conveyed to a State 

Agg;; +a 141 after a lapse of some six 

“2. Is DOourA4ntliumber 5 ablnd%ng 

document in V16V Of th4 fact th6t the Stat4 

Staff Corps and Detaoimsnt Club la ~%oxvJ&.~~ 

the 1.35 aOl’46 t0 the T4xa8 ~atiOlld &UW’d 

mory Board for a COnBidQNItiOn of ‘#lO.OOt 

whereas th4 Club did not pay for this plWQ4rty 

Fn the beginning as it va6 p4ld for by disburaeM4ntB fW?m the fund8 Of th4 AddjUt6.Ut 
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Hon. c. Ii. Cavneaa - P4ge 7 

04uer6116 D4partment, and furth4r r4rtrictlv4 

clauses condition the dsed? 

“3. Whet Statb &ency dO4B hold title 

to this property under the 4xl6ting documnt? 

If 4Ay fatlit b4 found iU th484 inBtNWNlt8, 

vhat should be don4 to oorreot SW? We feel 

there 8hod.d be a clear tit14 to th4 3tate of 

T4XaB. * 

The, Stat4 Of T4XaB bsB the SW right-8 and POVerB 

in r46peCt Of property aa an individual. It 166y 84qUir4 mail or 

person61 property by conwyBno4, vi11 or othervise, aud hold or 

t::r;t~f the property or apply it to 4ny purpose a6 the Stat4 

. Povbr in re6pect of State property rights Is vested 

in the LeglrlatUre, and the ~&$BidlI’b tionb may e%bl'ol8e th4 

power neaersary to the enjoyment and prot4atiou of those rights 

by th4 snaotment of statutes for that purpo84. 38 Tex. Juv. 836. 

8. B. lo. 526, AotB of th4 Regular 8488ion of the 

44th Legislature, 1935, trMBf4ITed eatrtaia property ovned by the 

State of T4a~tB aud theretofore anqulzwd for th4 u6e of the Adjutant Oeniwal's D4partm4nt to the State Hlghvay Ikpartiwnt, 

aud authorlaed th4 Stat4 Hlghvay Department to p8y over to the 

AdjuttMt Qeneral'a Departmnt ths au61 of $3,200.00, vhi4h lull VBB 

plaaed in a apscl4l fuud ln ths Stat4 Treasury to the or4dlt of 

th4 Adjutant General's Mpartrmnt. 8uoh Act authorlred the Adjutant Oenerni~s IMpartlaento purchase pnd acqtiz-4 suitable 

right Of vay and 4UtMnO6 t0 CaIiIp l&bTg, 88 iU it8 jUd@4nt may 

b6 deemed neaberary and propw', such prOp4rty t0 be paid for Out 

oi the speulal fund thereby created. Suoh Aot further provid4d 

th6t 6hould the $3,200.00 6petial fund not be 6ufflaiunt, an 

amount sufficient, not to exceed )3,200.00, va6 appropriated to 

the Adjutant &meral'a Departmint to pay the differenae betvesn 

the Sp4Cial fund and th6 pWWh684 prLo9 paid for 6Uah rlght'of 

way. 

Purawmt to euch Aat, the Adjutant &rneral's 

Department acqulr4d tLtl4 to a .55 acre tract from Frenk Roll 

and vif4 for $1,345.00; a .6669 a&e tract from be. Alice Alken 

for $1,800.00; and a 3.2 acre tract from n. L. Ulglntoa and 

vif4 for $3,200.00. Such prop4X%y is nov used 66 M eI%trmC4 

to CampR6bry. The 1.35 aore tract pUWh864d by the State Staff 

Corps and Dsta&twsnt Club, simultaneou6ly with the abovs purohases by the Adjutant Oeneralt6 Department, is located juet 

east of thie entrance. 

I Ihwing the months of May, Jun4, July and AuguBt, 
486 

EUZi. 0. fI. ~Vll488 - Pf&4 8 

1335, th4 VarrarltB dararlbed Iu Ml?eph 7 l b o Ve Ver4 iSSUed 

upOn VOUI3h4l’B signed b cOiOIl4i k'Bli&84l, 88 ABBiBtUlt Adjutant wneral. Suoh vowhers stated that th4 8um8 ver4 

for *arBiOrJT rBnld.6” for Stat4 staff cOrp6 and BakChBIMt 

madqu8rt4rr 36th Di~l810n Trains; Co6unuy D, 141th Infautry. 

we have be4n unable to locate any vrlttau rentai egreoment 

betveen ttU Adjutant 04nezel'a D6pmt6mnt and Colonel Caraieh641, I(rjor Taylor 4nd CapkIn L4vi6, Truatooa for the 

btate Stxff Corps and Detaokm@nt Club. T& oovporatlon, State 

utaff Corps and DBtaaba4nt Club, did not oom Into legal exIat4nae untL1 8ept4mber 9, 1935. On au4h data, Mark L. VIgIuton md vife conveyed to such oorporatfon the above desorlbed 

1.35 aar4 traot of land. We am at a 108~ to underrrtapd the mason for the "amwry rental" vouoh4r8, axxaept the &at-t In 

th4 R4Bolutlon, on p6ge 3 hereof, to the offeot th4 oaurId4ratlon of #1,800.00 xwolted In the doed from N8rk L. Wiglnton 

urdVifef0 th4 State Staff GOrOB audDBt@&~64& Clubpu 

l o tua p~y a id by thA4 d& ta &nerai18 d Ik p a r ta neneither d nt, 

luob Qlub nor any ma&or thereof paid 4ny part of l uuh Cropridl ntloa. 

SSaoe Colonel CarmMbul va4 A8riBtMt Adjutant 

Generai and Trustee for th4 Mate Staff Oorpr and Wtauimmnt 

Olub, Any awit& qrea~mn t ha might attai8pt to make betvoen 

the State of Texas and 6ueh Club vould be void aad salnst 

public pl3lIlQ. I3 Am. Jur. PP. l05, 107% myerr 

8. w. 305; CI$ of EdInburg v* HiiIB, 59 s. u. &r%z6 

"armoryrantai agmeaantva8voId,mdbtrte fuad#vereuueed 

to pay th4 oonaIdrratIon for the &ed to th4 club, v4 am of 

th4 opinion that W Sate of Taxas, at Its eleatlan, vi11 

have a c0natructlv4 trust upon 6UUh property, Vith the Mm0 

right8 to follov its funds into l tmh property 88 4n Zndlvldual 

vould have under th4 6am4 oIruum6tanoes. 

zn viev ofth4 fast that the Texm Aatiowbl 

Guard Arpiory Board paid no value to the State Staff Corps and 

Dataobnumt Club for the d44d to it, 8aad 16 a State Agemy 

vlth notloe of the ofiloiil porttion of Cob3ne~ C6rmIchae1, ve 

belI6v6 Wbst 8u& Boa+& holds this proparty upon a aonstructlve 

trust for the Stat6 of ‘PeJU%B. 

He anav4r your questIan* a8 fo1loval 

Firat qU4BtioPI This tran6aCtiOn -8 IlOt Property 

handl6d sine6 bate fund6 vdm u6ed uudsr th6 gUiB4 Of *aFPloW 

rsntals to pay the purchase price for proparty vhere the title 
487 

xon. 0. B. Cfbm488 - rage 9 

t 

th4r4to w48 t8k4n In th4 mm8 of another. Iiov4ver, it 

Bhould be noted th8t thr Adjutmt Wnerrl'a Departunt h8d 

no OXpl.468 hgiBhtiV4 ruthorlty to PUWJhaBe thi4 pl’O~~‘ty, 

8nd could not have pUrCh8ed 88m for ths Stat4 of TWB 

vlthout BU4h legislative wthorlty. 

S4aoud uu4rtIo~~~t~el14v4 th8t domamnt 

Bo. 5, abOV4, iB a “binding d , but thnt the TWB 

I4tIonBlOu4rdAmwyBo4rddld8thiB property Upon8 

eon8tru~tIve trust for th4 Ot&te or TWB, b4aau44 (1 

l 

NC& 

Board paid no value for this property, aud (2) 18 a 8 ate 

pgysti aotlo* bf th4 offIoI4l porltion of Colonel 

. 

Tuaa National @uard 

AmoryBoarQ rty, Nbfeot to and 

upoaaaonrt of Texas, at the 

l leatlon of th4 Legl8i4tura. If tb k#tituX'4 4iMtB t0 

l nfo r a e a oanrtruotlvo trust up00 this propwt~, a ooavoyanae to th4 State or mlt by th4 Attornq @4aW8l to 4ntOrOe 8U4h tl%Bt xiu. be llO~.BB~ t0 V@Bt title in th4 

mat.. Th4 r4m4dy of 4aforal.ng ao4n8truatIve tmmt upon ml.6 property iB not 4xaluBIv4, but it apperra to ua mre 

tUnibl4. 

YOU’S very truly