R-662



## Au&ast

159 1947

Eon. 3, B. Bcage~n, Executfvo Seorrtarg Cam., rish and Oyster Commission Austin, Texas

. ~pfnionNO. v-346 Be: Authority 

## Or aeme

$ ffah and Oyster Comfs~ioa.~

to pay for layiy ,a.-se~req~ line 

## rrem t,he

‘:r narine ‘. Leboratoryto.

,~gsqnnrotfon with the,

riftHilly sewerage lfae or thr @itg 

## or Rockport,Texas) an4 a related questfono
Dsar Sir;
thrriror,This 

## OpfIiiOll fS fIl lWSPOlL9e

to .YoUr dated nay lb., 1947o dfoh reads es

with “This departmentis now proceeding the constructionof a marine laboratory at Bockport,Texas9 the building bsizlg erected on property owned by the NavigationDistrictat Rockport under permanenteasementgranted by said dfstrio% about two gears ago,

line ;&‘&&al hundred reet from .,tha

The present cftgDs sewerage location,where

our laboratorybuilding. is bring ~arsdmL It fs fnformslPgmpgtsd to ma,

thst the City of B0ckpor.t 

## ~CJ& not have surrfcfent idi3 to bum a sewerage lfnr rrom the present lfns~ to meet our property,ana ,%nthis event we will be without sewerage @onneot%onUIIle.ss the line is Paid a% then exflnse Of. this department.
“1. Can the Game, Fish and Oyster ~Commissfon

legally bear the cost of leyfng esfd sewerage &fna from the labor*- tory, looatfon ~conne,atfng with the afty reqlrret



## romm:2, V-3&,6,

sast3ment

tights umrvenwg property? Qn tkkr

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## fr the mI?Iawer to the ffrst qugs- ‘tSon is in the @.ir$xmative, may the Gscsj ?i,sh anel Bpatsr Comiss9on lagally turn ov,er to the City 81 Rookport said seweraga li,ne to be maintainedand spar~ratad by allwing the ,CIJ.t,y

or Raakport to apply thrir regular sclwe,rags

oonneotionoharge against the cost this department will bear of laying the line untrl such time as the cost ef this e,srmnectfon has bean amartfzed?*
Article &330, V, C. S., reads %a fellows:

u%ieO to carry WC and anlorae the 

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proTisiens

“The 

## roregoing 8pdrf0 IIaorlmt8, h a. muck thereofas uy be used, are hirrby aei

. prepriatrdfor tke purpoaea a b o ve lumer e ld and shall be peid sut of’ either the Special @err an4 ?&a& %td a~: t&g PPsd&aa

Lake Fund9Hen, Hq P, Ddgen, Page 3, V-346.

and all money to the oredit of these spsoial funda on haad in the State Treasury on Septamher 1, 1947, togetherwith the ourrent revenues to be derived and pleoad to the credit of these special funds during the next ensaing two years endingAugust 31, 1949$ %re hereby appfogriatedfor the purpose of protecting,purchasing, propagating,trapping, distributing

and improving the wild life I%- sources of this State; for the rreation,leasing, purchase and maintenanaeof game sanctuarias,publio huntinggrounds and public fishing grounds; for the dissemination of informationpertainingto the conservation,propagation,distribution and economicvalue of the wild life resouroesof this State; for the purpose of purchasing land; for the oonstruction,

maintenanceand operationof fresh water fish hatcheriesand reari- ponds; for the purpose of pboviding liring quartersand maintenanoeof same for fish brtchery'supsrintendents,

assistant fish hatchery auperintendent8;for the making of soientific-investigations

and aumrys of marlW m;. e 6w ?Zmphssis supplied). OpinionNo, 0-6935, of this department, which was addressed to you, construeda rider on the .approprfstion bill for the biennium ending August 3l., 1947, ta the effect that the Oame, Fish and Oyster Ccmmissi0n may alpend moneys to construota building to house a Marine Laboratory.

. , Inaamu& as your propos8d construation anil maintonarceof "srvsralhundred fret* of sewerage line to oaiaectwith the sewerage system ol Btoakpsrt, Texas, is nearasaryand essentialto the proper functfbning0f a Marine Laboratory,its construati0n is authorizedby virtue of the same authorityby which y0u a00urrd thr 

### l rpatmal easements to the land upon which the Marilr Ea boretory is ffituatod, and also by virtue of thr authority by whioh the Ma@ine Laboratory itsalf Bs baipa oonstruoted. This authoritywas discussed in opinion O-69354 Artiolo 4030, V. C, S., authorizesthe .O0mmission to use funds fcr "the making of sa?.ent$fiofnvestigations

and surveys of the principal 80s food f&hesand #&Brine

Jifr fo,r

nurnose of the better pMtsotio%Ha. H. D, Doagen, Page 4, V-346O

tien or same." This statute has been prerptated

## 'b thhfs

departmentin Qpi&on O-7262 Irg the oo!ktruction

by the Co~rmiseion

or a Madne frsbaratrory

building,and the purahaao of land on whloh to are t such building. In that opinion the daoision af the 8a .r?atoma1

#x xaa Suprema Court, in Herring va. floust*n &B~+IZO Bank, 269 8. w. 1031, was r&owed, wb in th# C rt held that the prison eommiasion,hayin$ut50rity"tuo purohase a mill plant had InQJlirdauthorlty tb pur@haso the land upon whfci the mfll was laoat&
Your first question fa thereforeanswer@ fn the affirmative.

As to quest&en 2, Artiolr 666a-1,proriding for sale ef property required by the Game, Fish aad'oyster Commissi*n,

reads 8s folPaws:
"&co 1. AU property belonging to the Stats urchased from funds appropriated to the kt

ate @ama, Fish and Bgster UommisefNkap

Ion it shall brcaao unf’llt fer use or shtl no longer nes4ePg sbtill br sold by tho ts Shard 

## of Central at public auction, after advrrtisingit for not lass than fifteen (&5] days prier to, date of any sale, in two newspaperspublished in the county wherr sale of suoh property fs 

## aada,

in the Stata Trsasury'to the credit of the fund out of 

## whiobthe purchasemoney 

## for the 1. roprrtg BoXdO was paid. A6ts l.935, 

## l&h go9 po 661, ch. 276." 100 autho*ityprovidingany other prooedurr for the sale of property aoqufrrd by the &mmission oan be found9 and no provision is indicatedin Article 6&a-1 authorizingt&r disposalyou proposeswhioh would prroludo its use.,

IYour seoonil

qurstion is thoreferranswered in the negativs.&ja. H. D. DcdgOn, Pege 5, v-346*

The Game, Fish snd Oyster Conunission is authorized tc pay for laying a sewerage line from its Merine Uboratory adjacent to Rockport,Texas, connootingwith the city line, after gaining easementrights iron the intervsning property. Article 4030, Vomon's Civil Statutes;Acts 50th Leg., 1947, 5. x8. 391, page 842; Attorney General's opinion o-6935.
The Game, Fish and Oyster Commission has no authority to apply the seweraga connectioncharge of the City of Reakport against the cost of laying the sewer by the Commissionin order ultimately to turn tha sawer over to the oity

. Yours very truly

ATTORNEYGENERAL OFTEXAS

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