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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

aROVER SELLERS 

Al-mrHrr GmL”*L 
unita toorte4 ln nearby oltfor and towar? 

'(4) 0011 the faellittrn of Okap i&don 

k otCllua for Tarar Satlonal %rrd oaitr, or 

wTha pl;r ant cost 0t MiatenaQBae of OarPa EQ3.m to 

the @iat* of t ewe 18 rppmdsmtalt +2,000&O par raath. 

To ur Ia lo 0a 4 8h a lb o ve @ 88ti4 in r IM Sti ia 

Mdrt tket SI t 18 Q~!Wal Wy Uetorarinnr the krrlbllitiy 

of fioldiqd oa to #wq~ &den with the riew or aring it 

rer the Tam8 ltrtiomi owdrm 

Ouard Camprlte he8ooktioa to tb Pelrek8 mtioml Oaard Cmp 

rite brmetrtloa IJM 6ebd A Qrt 19 1925 anl rwmled in 

voJ. 4 .p08e 561, or’tr~cag8%w~,‘~0 &I 8h0 ralLorbg 

reai rl +Iloaar 

Vha eoa5idmtioa for this oon78faaer I8 th* de- 

:&* of tlio &nl¶ter$oaath~ o~lMlomsOrr ubobarr 

btrtetere acmtuye4 raU I4214 to t&m 88 trsrtaer for 

the pa 04101 end wee breinaft+? set iertk to en-ge 

and a88 “p rt the 36th Divlrlan %rrr Rational &zard and itWee r atMor a thl eQQ @ ~ Aigoaua d & lta a Of a no a 

l r ee to t it8 .*a 

-4 3 

nt a r a neuavend x,w o ther 

fnstrwt10?8 iti r o t tier if bel.ng anQereto06 

tgeota er laad we to k ur.4 for u.'",,ga8~1 

to thus amtribQaeto the rfrlolra 

don, ‘frxar Natioaal %ml j and for %a gWitW1 

nrfitr Mish vdll intin TV thr eemmity in gmaral. 

and the eftieoae end lnhabitetnts of Fnlso%or and W8tagosh camt7, Texas, by virtue ,of tha oonetrwtrLoa aad 
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Arthur 1, hiokerboawr, hlw b 

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wIt~la *n4rratooa and agrard, _ - _ __ 
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rl$a hmW.aUo~, &IO., of the laadr and prrmlrrr manU6ml hero&a rld &rrorikd in tk do.4 oom, 

propart ?P-@ 

Of bho hl 

to %mrel John A. Hulon, bmaandlag OnOr 

iI'+rtth Division of thr %x4# list&ma1 

Guard, ln trurt ror tb Statr 02 Tatas, for th4 boo 

and brnoflt of the T'rxar Natloaal br4 l n l 

I@ 

XYnanaot 

t 

TAmEp a o n$ , bo -4 th o 

?‘Mto6 Itl hounby al.root, 

b &.rbr l aoop0a .rra& ~$6 

o ox.euII an4 doltvor! dhr 

1 

roprr do04 oonvayln6 6& an4 an& pr~mirrr 6nta $hO 

tat. for tbo parpesO h&~mln sproifird . . . .* 

Xu anauer to your rirtb qwstion, It la thrreforr our 

opinion that the title to the property kuoms 80 &up Iiulen rPsts 

in thr State of Texas. .Rk43 atatoment, in thri~~3trtuagnte of 

oonwa 

it 

noa, in thr predaoeason In title to the State that, 

ba I” ng 6pdarstoed .that sal4 traot of land 18 to br used r0r 

cal4 (~rwrrl purpose or a permanent area for lta l no a mp ina n

: mu erhO2 &tar 

?:.,rlst~oa ir tipon thO i 

inatruat1on alAd iattYltlw3 1s not 

sta atO tltlr, %n ab8rnOO of a iorfrltur, 

far iallnro to 80 us0 the pr0 

P 

rrtp. It siay br a amal. obilgatlon 

to OS* %ha pro 

r 

rtr ar fproif $6 by tti doi~or, but -irr not a legal 

obli@tQm fa O Ooartrord aO a rsstrlctlon 01i Oh4 tltlO. For a 

afmuorien of thlr poknt, Ooo Court of C&t11 Appdalr ~pinlon la 

Watta Y* .$ty of XowtQa, 196 SV (21 553. Tharo was a rwtrlotlea aaatriaod. la tlhm oonToyenoo in the atato'8. pro~eoosror in 

two, pmYhl1 

4 

that rati6 area nuat be a804 ior nilita~ pur 

pow8 rlrd ill’ a unap tl5a clorlng a pd0a of iit6 years rtor8 tbo 

4 a to o f raid Qr r tlth , stats o f hms l houlQ pemanentlf abandon 

tha plaza M anoampment, thm, in that l vedt, the title to said 

ramrty skml.l ravort to the ~tors but thir rwtdetlon Is 

P kltod to thr flro 

or uld &Od to thr 5 

ear parlo& lmdfatrly raooredi~g the &ah 

tak ot Tox811, whlah datr i.+ oatober 30, 

la&cun b the Ooaslies~on of Appralr in thr 0a0O of 

:;%a f" i&h drtitm Ctwroh 273 a W 815 tnrts 808h a 

~eto ti02t i8 l 00tmii0fi p r d0d, iii ih i0h th ma lick 

.60-t until it rho&U k ritalltrd and air&n Ufo by tha 

p8rformanco of this oooditioo pnaodont. The amcroativr aotlon, 

r6qUlMd of the State to brin& the dsed In to being happane 

long ago ma th6 title vested absolute in thr state. 

In anmor to ywr seoond qnsstton, your attrntion ir 

again 0a3.hti. to tha seoond paragraph or quoted matte? undsr senate 

Conaumnt &tolution No. 5, pawed by the 1st Callad SeesIon of 

tha 39th Laglslature, supra whemin the property la aooeptsd by 

tha state for a permtinsnt in 1 litary snocuepmi3nt. 3%~ L3gislatura 

in aooapting the propert 

e 

for the pur~oaas’s~*aiified.in the 

aboy R06olutloh llsit~ he 8110 of th6 propsrty to that mr- 

~086, until ruoh ths (16 the Legislature seea fit bo alter Or 

anlarga the uea thsrsof. Your attention is further Oalled to 
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60~. lrtihor I). &lokarboohr, Pago 

sub$aatlonr (f) and (a) of dsotioa 

~6gOb, nrprotlrrl~, which jawua 

*(g) To oonstruirt buildbgs on any of its real 

property, whather hrld In is4 0l!nplo or othsrwise, and 

to furnish and qui the 6am4 and tc hold, maziasgs and 

malntaln all of aa t. dproperty end to 14aes to the Stat4 

OS Texas, ia the Barn4 mmnsr as heeiineftar poviead with 

respaot to otbm property, the buildings, and the 

rites .thorron may oonstruct at 

Eul4a 

situated, .Whloh it &raps 

and iYol.t4 

La ~ISX~IAMIL aroa tit+0 hf@draU 

“SIO. 3. Aa and when my or the prop&g caned by 

thr Board shall br fully paid ror, fi44 Of all 11~8, 

and all debts and other oblLgat&na inaurrod in oonmotion with the aoquleition or oonstructim of such proparty ham haon fulls paid, th4 Boerd shall Uonet4, tranefor and oomay snah property, by apqroprlete lnatwarents 

or transfer and oonvayanos, to tho 34t4 @f Texas, and 

su0h i.n.0trtm0noif l;ran3rer and oonv4yanoe shall be kspt 

&J m4 ouetoQ -of the Bdjutant C;ensrsl's 24partrxant." 
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Eon. Arthar 8, JCnfokorboalcar, &go 7 

rho title t0 %tp II&iOa 16 tO8tOd in th4 ShtO O? 

Tame and wao 80 mstsd whcrn the .T4xaa'~atlonal hard Armor 

board wea cr4atda. uo ooll8trur that portion Of ao. (g) *I* 

r) betll unam6ona ar lls!#iog CM graonl ruthorlt, ot rria 

Board *to lea&o and aubloaso, ocava~ iti sa.ohaago im uholo 

or b Qi'rt eli of iti propart no* lowted fn adho* OS 

said ca~pips~ U&b?,, %l.an and h. allrqrg) $0 oonoluslrsly prohfbit th4 lewd froa in 6npVl84 lCi&tg, sublcaslng, oonrap 

lag or axehangin~ 5.n whole or in part any of the property, 

ma1 cr j*moncl, Located in aither cf 88id caq.o. n-48 raMindar cf 8aid 8CCtiOi.i ~erxfte tti8 ~l?SLOry hSJ?d t0 OCIUStl’UCt 

build&s m any OY ~11 sites of Sal3 ump. Tcu 0nrlly 

adoieed ud t&t the %a@ ix38 never oonctructed any building 

at CaE!, Eulon. 

6s ham carefuully oonsldsmd not only tha aboro 

Qu0ttta provi8fons of Arti gS9ob but 8 

oreatlng tha Texas Eatlonal Guard iram, B 

1 of raid .%lcla 

001-5, prsecrlb1n.g 

its posers and dutl48, and herd oonoludod that Caoq F!ulen 

oanaot bo tiad ?or any purpoao, &par thaa for tralainp, thr 

National krd, the purpoeo for uhioh it ma8 aa@lred, without lsgltla tit4 aatliorlty. 

.Froia m&at wo bmr just add It nrorsoarily iollowa 

fbtt your thfrd queatlon la anmired h tht na$atfr4, 

‘24 have rxarafned each instrumnt in the link of 

ti t1a bet*sor. the tTusta6s viho orip$nalig obtained this proparty and th@ Wak of ;ks&?il, and the nralutton of. .Ur .Btrtr 

aocapting it. The purpose and~ooasld4ratiQn of the dmora pot 

tlM OGnY4yaaQs iLo l l.n(aa aoqulbftion and atitntonaaoo of a 4n@8$hwlt, 

and other ~Llitiar, it \#Fog umiarstood t&at iaid trmots ot land ?ar 8ald &mom1 

punosoa. a Th St?ta tn aooopting oaid pre rt, in .tbr pnoffibla 

to %ta rasolutlonumd tha tol1aui.w arprass r on, "tha sam to 

be used for the rrtabll8hwnt 6nO aaintrnagea of a p4Hmaornt snoenpmrit fcr the Taxts Xet5,~oml herd, . . .* In tha bod$’ oi 

the raeofution, UCI flr.d bhis rtatomnt, “for the us4 and benaflt 

of the Taxes ktional Guard for a prmanant anccnpqnt, ba and 

the 6OmO i8 hereby 8CCeyted. . ." 

Frown the roadlne, or thssa instrumnts, tBe oorolcsion 

is b.scepabla, t:at it was tie Latentior sf bltk dmcr aizd 

receiver tkst tha property was tc ba uneO ior-ths bezvafit of 
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