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OFFICE OF THE ATrORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
**AUSTIN** OSULOc Mallll .no.*n a"-

Honorabls I". Lee O'Daniel Cotornor of Tsxa8 **Au8** tin, Tear Dear Covernor OvDanlel:



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you a8 to xooufr the tioa In boBoforo &a offleer of the Stat. ooa legallt amouts a leaa@ on land ornod br the State, he mu& bs so anthorlzed by hr. Oaplrr Y. Colo,(Su&mau Court Oi Toram 19S7), 102 S. W. (84) 17s, l29 Tax. 8701 rahmrlng dmnhl, 1oi s. w1. (8A) s, 189 Tn. b70.Eonorablo W. Leo O’Danlel, page 2

Aa waa atatatl in tba oaso 0r st. Louia mid t guildlag Aaa’n. v. Puller, et al b5upreamOomtor Usaourl, 1904), bl s. W, 414, 'the tema 'roll and cornets, whex applied to 1~x1 aatato, msan, in the abasnoo of appropriate exprasalona in the lnatrumont ltaolf llaitlng an4 reetrloidn( suoh general aooeptanoa 0r thr maaula(l or auoh tanna , a oonro~noo in See"; xnd orbinarlly, the r er to or11 doer not iaplr a powar to laaao eon Supreme dourt of Err Yarloo, 19W5) Sl P. (ad{ ~~aL ’~.?%L la the au80 or Tort Worth daralrr club, Xaa., v. she pard, Cokaptrallar, (Supreme Court of TURO, 19SS), 88 s. W. (ad7 660, 188 Tu. 369, wherela there was lnrolre6 the 

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### 8tatr for ft# rilltarf roroex, ho muat be so l uthorixod br law.
Art1010 16, SeetlOx 54, Oo~tltUtl0R lf T0xx8 provl4ear Vh~L&xlatun 

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hallpa arlawa~rth~dy Mm 8oruaor to laaaa, lr roll to the borormmnt& *a wnltehatatu,r rrtilalut maltye *o JbubLioa* mnl~ et the Mata BaaUaar barnoh, amenala, aId ml[!atko l mtlomai fortr, Itar s~atiM#, qr a-, and for otkar ti004m milltav purpaae9~ and the l 

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### or the Lo&8lhturo.” l'hla oonetltutlanal nwfaioa la not aolf l xoorting, but, u shown ox it0 fx0e. aE ply 8itthorlsu tka Loglalature 80 omet lawa.

Artlxler 5848 and 5E45, VeXnon’ Rmlsed Qi+il 

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tatlona, mgaxlnea, axd 8rxm 80 1 ruoh land to tka 

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### 8 patentto the United 8tataa ior l uoh laxd lx like nuur ax l + br patents are laauad. Arti 5781, vorxol'a ltwiad OirilIiononblo W. Leo O’Danlel, pxgo S

Statutes, 1986, grants the Governor full control and authority 

### overall znttera touohlng the military for000 of tbla State. By the 

### tenseof this statute, auoh power extends to its organlxatlon, oqulpmant and dlaolpllae. We bare oonalderrd l aoh o? the above atatutre, but are unable to read into their provision8 the pawar of the Covernor t+ lease the land in question, whioh la owned by the state for the use of its mllltaryroroex.

Evldanaln6 the faot that,tho peer to lexao or sell the lxad In quaatlon 

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xerelaed lo Senate Bill 

### No. 504, 45thLeglalature, 19S7; Art1010 53SRa, Vernon’s Rovlaed Olvll Statutoa. Thla 

### Aet oreatoo x board of air (6) meu, 

### oompoaad of the aevornor, Adjutant benera]., and the four senior a&ire 6aneral etiloera o? the 

### Wth D,ivlolon, Teua Ratlonxl daxrd, and authorlxaa l ald Voxrd” to loaso, fer minorxl purposes, the very land we hare in qaetilon.' to this 

### Aot,we do not lntead to infer that tia CM~ H 3 ret erring en Lwao 

### Boardmay loaar thla land 

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### 5wornmant.formllltu~ purpoaeo, but the refere&W la Mde Ohply k l riaenoo 

### theletislatlvo umatruotioa as TVthe aaoaaalt~ fer l 

### pooltirauthority bofor, the land In quoaflon ray be disposed d.

As wo hero been unxblr to 

### find any l@rrhleh oxpraarly or impliodlf aathorlsoa the 5orernor to leaar the l urfaoo of the land in question, in l ooordanoo with the tie announoedbl the 

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### upra lou are MOpeetf~~y advised 

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### to us and lo not to bo umlaotood 

### u holdlw thatthe Ooorernor 

### lo xuthorlxxd to 0ol.I tha land h qwatlon. Yous~wuly‘ AlTORNRT-OFTEXA8

EASIIYI: APPROVSD OOT10, 1940 /a/ @oraM 0. Mann ATTORNRY 5RNXlULOP TXA8