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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.~Et 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 SCrlRzt0Uill 2RR CGVered the period CP tin33in cqntrcveriq --.a0 applied to tfiieoas0 the xkonth or"Sej%x&Cr, 1943. That r&&t, or oqlrse., would 

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me oocupsncy of tde spccc bg.the.Sepmtwmt wss a holding over attcr the tcmzination nf th0 lcasi3 under \Fuch it 

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. In Opkon No. O-&27, addressed 'to'li&&bla ueo. 11.Sheppard, Coqxtrol~er 0P ZubgLc'bcCou&s, we advisedr- ._ _ #Any ncu leas0 ur rental contract ew t@lW&iSlto;8ftXJr pP6Sage .ofSqZlRte &ill SO .I', 206 oust be e3zccuted in~"tl?oornlier.pre- '., l:..: ., 

### stzibwl:'bySoct&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. ‘. 

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: ._, Your Uywttient net bein: nuthor3,zed to r.%C;ca .

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under so~feprO-errLsti,ng iaw. (See Port Worth CayaIry c;luh~'_o..ticmard, 126 Tex. 333, en Se X. (21 m33). 

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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+da 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. .. ,.. bcr jo, 1043.. .~ . 1843, the Dcpartn&t r& on ticjdiccher,z2, qiested the Gourd 0P Control' to sscurs space acoord- ; :' '~ 2% to t&o provivlsiimsof.Senato Sill 2BR, ~cFbfob:tb'e .'.' '~," -board Qid,' (the same q.iaoe) but tplcbid and coW,raot. theFe+t:did nut inoludo,tbe mmth of SeptWber, du+ ing srflichthe departmental divisfon continuqi¶ to ocotipythe Quarters. ife~adxLsed .the~Col;~ssioner that. no bill for rental Per Se;rteniber, I&3, shoul&b&ap-, .' : 

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.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.0bc udc before tbo Sarthco~inp. 

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