%. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

AT~RNII GEWZRAL 

umorible leaver 88ker, Chairman 

State Board of Control 

Austin, Texan 

Dear JuUc;d Baker8 Opinion Ilo. Oref+6S 

Rer Ccmetruction of B. B;'Ho. 3b1, 

49th Legielature w 

to the loortiea of 

purah8ee 4T rhrt ia known a 

at Au&in. Tbe Tribune Bui 

and elnoe its tenktire 

tire sad Bueineerr co 

3OWd Of uontre1, it 

B~ilUi~g~ ruthorldeb 

Bkte Oitiae 

ilt, 81~3 the 

this phree of the situation. 

uildlnmg~ shall be deelgned to aareme Court of Texas and Its Cowa; the Conrf~ of Criminal Appeals 

Commission of Apperle; the Stete’s 

ore the Court of.Crimli~al Appeals; tbe 

Court of Civil Appe81sr Third bicltrict; the Attorney 

ffeneral~ of Texas, and such other offioes es speoe 

therein Will pernit. This building shall be known 

ae the Etate Courta BuildinK-* 

Geotlon 5 deelores: 
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xionorable wearer Baker - page 2 

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‘The other o? arid buildinge shall be designed and oonstruated for ottice spa40 only, exoept 

the ground floor nhloh shall be designed to oare 

for tenrate engaged in 8uoh bueinesses aa will 

best aoeommodate the needs o? State otfiaers and 

employees; eepeoiallT the drug, oate and barber 

businecss. The name of this building shall be the 

'State O?tioe Building.'" 

Seotlon 6 18 l e tOll0Ymr 

"That the Skfe Courta Building mhall be loarted on the lot ot land nor o44upled by the Salton Building. 8mid lot more partioularl~ dew 

orlbed a's tollorsr The '(lest halt ot the Sortd 

one-halt (l/2) of Blook 122, aa shorn on the 

orlg%nal plot of the olty ot 4stin." 

Seotlon 7 lo: 

'That the State Ottloe Building shall be 

plaaed on the lot demoribea as tollorsr North 

one-half (l/2) at Bleak 124, 8e1 ohom by the 

orlglnal lot ot the olty or Aumtln. 8016 oneh8lt (1/2y blook Is bounded on the rest by Colorado Street, on the.north by 11th Street, on the 

east by Congress AYenue.' 

Bout~dJ Bill Ilo. 201 osrrles an appropriation, but it 

is not solely an appropriation bill; It is more -- it la a 

legi~latlve sot proriding for the o4netruotlon of two State 

o??fee buildings. The 8pprouriation III an in4ldent to the 

major purpose of the construation 0t the two build&g:s. The 

Legislature having speciflaally prorided that the State Courts 

Building shall be loaated on the land now oaaupied by the walt0n Building, and having epe4ltioally described the ground upon 

which the came should be loaated, mu&h location becomes an integral part ot the aat, which is binding. It caimot be Ignored 

or Yiolated upon any reaeons of aonrenlenae, economy or otherwise. 

The appropriation providing for the constru4tion of 

much building is, of Oourse, prediaated uponthe law eseential 

to the appropriation, nhioh law, as has been pointed ,Out, re- 
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,,.,+ '. Sena#able Weaver Baker - page 3 

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@rea the bnfldlag to be on the site of the Walton Building 

east of Congress Avenue, and not on the vaoant property of 

the State west of Congrens Arenue~. There 16, therefore, no 

*pre-axieting 18~" for an appropriation for the building mywhere other than on the Walton site. 

ATTO3NST tShB&’ OF TEXAS 

APPROVED @x 17,l945