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-i. YOU CS3.W that the l;CiJRS’f~~r?trS rents1 Cont&&t Par tha sqa~c uocupie~ ln the %rucgg&afP build- 

~il?G uns sor the i'isca1 year, i;~l.cli ended A~u.~E t 33 , 

1$-%3, so that no guastim %s prcscnted cs to the ri@i: 

of piymnt to the wiw, u~ore t3e iontrmt entered 

fnt0 bOfOL% tic effcctivc catc .cf SCrlRzt0 Uill 2RR CGVered the period CP tin33 in cqntrcveriq --. a0 applied 

to tfiie oas0 the xkonth or" Sej%x&Cr, 1943. That r&&t, 

or oqlrse., would c?xS%t. * 

me oocupsncy of tde spccc bg. the. Sepmtwmt wss a holding over attcr the tcmzination nf th0 

lcasi3 under \Fuch it originally entered into passeor;- 

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In Opkon No. O-&27, addressed 'to 'li&&bla 

ueo. 11. Sheppard, Coqxtrol~er 0P ZubgLc'bcCou&s, we 

advisedr- 

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#Any ncu leas0 ur rental contract ew 

t@lW&iSlto;8ftXJr pP6Sage .of SqZlRte &ill SO .I ', 

206 oust be e3zccuted in~"tl?o ornlier.pre- '., l:..: ., 

stzibwl: 'by Soct&On& 1 ati 2 Gf the Act. : 

The L~is~atWl’a,,kzvhg gwvl&ii a.mch3 fir 

tly scmring uf rental,spiLco, the agencies' 

and .dep%rtxients affectsa, are rsstriotca .to. . . 

th& node md rust owPoFw. tu, these ro&rem?ntfsi .Peiyg.won v. li3lsel1, 4V Tex. 423. 

-Ti$5 bei% the c~l~.nfAhod uhcr&q Sfx2.o 

depsrtmcnts .tid ngenoios my secure rental. 

spwe, the State twuld not be bmmd by my " 

contract not ecteroa into. in strict ocnforur: 

an00 with the provisiens. 0P Sections 1 nnlt 

2 OS the Act. State v .~.Ferlst,eio (Civ . hpp. ‘. 

Austin, leas) T9 8; 3’. (CL?) 143, +rrcr dial 

ndss0d; Sic??0la $. State, 11 Civ! bpp. nzr; 

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Your Uywttient net bein: nuthor3,zed to r.%C;c a . 

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under so~fe prO-errLsti,ng iaw. (See Port Worth CayaIry 

c;luh~'_o..ticmard, 126 Tex. 333, en Se X. (21 m33). 

U~Vn~~~~~tC?l:.3r 1,12.j3, thsre t:aS 110 prc-erigtinb 

1x8, other thsn Se~ate~LtilL Go. 2fw, by ahtcb auoh 

liability for rer?tal'spcce for St&c a~c?,?oio~ ar.3. dopartmnts could be incurred. 

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In Oplu.lon 240. Q-!jQfifj, ~addrcssmd:' tc th&rable John D. Reed; C:oz&3aion*, Luceau cf Lebor %a- ., 

tistics, 'Ihe decided @cr grccise qoention presented by 

you. That t;e,nartmnt hz+d a contract on a r~ontbly 

.l+d.s~at a rat0 nf 3$l%.GO per .annth, shicb arrsng& ., 

.kent ~3s by holding poasessicn coutimed u&iiL Septum- ~8. . . 

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bcr jo, 1043.. .~ . 

on ticjdiccher ,z2, 1843, the Dcpartn&t r& 

qiested the Gourd 0P Control' to sscurs space acoord- ; :' '~ 

2% to t&o provivlsiims of.Senato Sill 2BR, ~cFbfob:tb'e .'.' '~," 

-board Qid,' (the same q.iaoe) but tplc bid and coW,raot. 

theFe+t:did nut inoludo,tbe mmth of SeptWber, du+ 

ing srflich the departmental divisfon continuqi¶ to ocotipy the Quarters. ife~adxLsed .the~Col;~ssioner that. 

no bill for rental Per Se;rteniber, I&3, shoul&b&ap-, .' : 

prayed 0P ,2aid. ,. 

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._ Uo:beli&ve that our-o~ini.ons'rofcrmd to me " 

correct; -bei&; baaed Ui>On e~u~d~princi~les of Ia%, and. 

a6 adbore to tht.35. 

.The stntutopy period -- May '7, ta,Ee$t&r.be& "'-'.~ 

3 -- was Wple in the opinZou,Of the i&i.slature, nnd 

09 have nu po;rer to rev393 its dotisi'on. TO do so 

U0Uld be to lcgislatc'-- not inte.rpret or ccn*txxo. 

The bill gassod sPth an emr~;c~cy cL~uso,.obviously 

.to give~time for sucli~contracts-.I.0 bc udc before tbo 

Sarthco~inp. bi.emiuu . 

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