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OFFICE OF THE ATrORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

OSULO c Mallll 

.no.*n a"- 

Honorabls I". Lee O'Daniel 

Cotornor of Tsxa8 

Au8 tin, Tear 

Dear Covernor OvDanlel: 

rile eanolorod thermvl 

,1940,auI the 

1 title to the lad 

ituatbd In Xetagor8 for the UP0 8ml 

t&earl allard ) and 

, aoatei~~ a roa 

pa08 Umt the stat. 

1 

abor o mat ioiwl proor en. ( 1.00) Doll r your 10 t trr reads 

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 b5upream Oomtor 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 l uthorlQ ot 

the Adjutant benma to leaae property, oa behalf o? the btate, 

21;:" aa an l -17 for the IIatlonal duxrd, the oorut, ix put, 

$0 

are de&i hd liritad b 

The power8 and duti;; ,o&p~bl~;;:ioe~ 

law. 

llmltod bp law, we mxn t I; l l ot.f a 3 

yau be l xpreaal~ l thorlead 

pu lo offlea - 

b 

I 

law, l r lmplled l&m- 

. at R. 0. L. p. sss, I 1.4. . . ." 

Thereform, b&ore tho Dororxor umld bo a~tholl OU to 

lease the Und in question, whloh 10 omrd br the 8tatr for ft# 

rilltarf roroex, ho muat be so l uthorixod br law. 

Art1010 16, SeetlOx 54, Oo~tltUtl0R l f T0xx8 provl4ear 

Vh~L&xlatun l h a llp a a r la wa ~r Mthm ~dy 

8oruaor to laaaa, l r roll to the borormmnt& *a 

wnltehatatu,r rrtilalut maltye *o JbubLio a* 

mnl~ et the Mata BaaUaar 

barnoh, amenala, aId ml 

[ !a tko lmtlomai fortr, 

Itar s~atiM#, qr a-, and 

for otkar ti004m milltav purpaae9~ and the l otiomot 

the ~olornor thanin ~ahall bo rubjnt to the l ja#oval. 

or the Lo&8lhturo.” 

l'hla oonetltutlanal nwfaioa la no t aolf l xoorting, but, u 

shown ox it0 fx0e. a E ply 8itthorlsu tka Loglalature 80 omet lawa. 

Artlxler 5848 and 5E45, VeXnon’ Rmlsed Qi+il 8tatutea, 198s. prorldo, in l ubatanoe, that when this State may be 

tho ~rnor or any land desired bP tha Unlto4stataa, tar, 

otbr thlwa, torte 

i 

milltarT l tatlona, mgaxlnea, axd 8rxm 

80 1 ruoh land to tka Vnlhd Eltater 

7; 

the f3ovanor map 

pqmmt a? tkb panhase mneP thereto? in00 the t-8 

&~I$: 

L4a4 Oo~aaloaor, xpox tho order ot the 5o ver a o rl b , 3' iOSU0 

8 patent to the United 8tataa ior l uoh laxd lx like nuur ax l + 

br patents are laauad. Arti 5781, vorxol'a ltwiad Oiril 
Iiononblo W. Leo O’Danlel, pxgo S 

Statutes, 1986, grants the Governor full control and authority 

over all znttera touohlng the military for000 of tbla State. By 

the tense of 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 mllltary roroex. 

Evldanaln6 the faot that, tho peer to lexao or sell 

the lxad In quaatlon must b e l xpr~aaly oonferred br law before it 

UJ be l xerelaed lo Senate Bill No. 504, 45th Leglalature, 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 

Board may loaar thla land to thr htloral 5wornmant.for mllltu~ 

purpoaeo, but the refere&W la Mde Ohply k l riaenoo the letislatlvo umatruotioa as TV the aaoaaalt~ fer l pooltir authority bofor, the land In quoaflon ray be disposed d. 

As wo hero been unxblr to find any l@r rhleh oxpraarly or impliodlf aathorlsoa the 5orernor to leaar the l urfaoo of the 

land in question, in l ooordanoo with the tie announoed bl the 

supram Oourt In Fort Worth Cavalry Club 1~. , t. Shappxrd, Comptroller l upra lou are MOpeetf~~y advised that you are not euthorlxd to e&outs the 1-e ia quoatlon. This opinion pa0000 

only upon tho powor of tho Wvernor U l xooutw the luao rubdttod 

to us and lo not to bo umlaotood u holdlw that the Ooorernor lo 

xuthorlxxd to 0ol.I tha land h qwatlon. 

Yous~wuly‘ 

AlTORNRT-OFTEXA8 

EASIIYI: 

APPROVSD OOT 10, 1940 

/a/ @oraM 0. Mann 

ATTORNRY 5RNXlUL OP TXA8