THE.AITORNEYGENERAL
OF TEXAS
AUSTIN 11, ‘,?E-
WI& WILSON
QvroRNEY GENERAL
July 3, 1957
p/I- 04
Honorable Howard D. Dodgen
Executive Seoretary
Oame and Fish C0mmiool0n
Auotin, Texan
Opinion no. ww-150
Re: Whether or not the Oame
and Fish Commlsslon hao
authority to issue permits
for o0mmeroial &hell dm?d-
‘gimg purpoeeo 011property
which hao been.‘patested ta
the Huooes County Naviga-
tiom Diutriot aad whether
br not ehell may be re-
moved from maid Prwerty
under and by virtue of
said .permltr. And related
Dew Mr. Do&eat querrtioas.
In. a zeoeat request for an oplalrn of thir office you
state 98 felleya
_ “Under ACtlcle 8225,Vernea’a~ Texas Statutes,
lgJB,.the ComPlclsaloner of the GenePal Land Office
ln.n~;hcted tn issue patents to navigation dist-
.
*Artiole ~4051,.Vernea10 Texto’Statutes, 1948,
plaob all the maad., shell and gravel In the pub-
lia water0 of thin state uader the management aad
ooatrol of the Texas Qame and Fish Commioslor.
“ArU.ole 4026,‘Vernbnfa Texas Statutes, 1948,
provideo that all aquatlo life contained in the
fresh water streams of the state i& the propirty
lf the pe6ple of the.Stat& of Texas itad all the
publia rivero,‘bayouo, lagoons- oreeko, lakes, bays
and inlets In this State alhd ail.that part of the
Gulf of ldexlao within the jurl~dlotlon rf~ thla
Hate, together with their beds and bottom amd
all the products thereof ohall cohtinue and remain
the preperty of the Sate ef Texas exoept in 00
Hon. Howard D. Dodgen, page 2 (WW-150)
far as the State shall permit the use of said
waters and bottom@ or permit the taking of the
produots of such waters and bottoma’and in so
far as this use shall relate to or affect the
taking of x x x x sand, gravel, marl, or mud-
shell and all other kinds of shell, the Game
aad Fish CommIssioh shall have jurlsdlctloa
over and control of In acaordanoe with and by
the atithority vested In it by the laws.of this.
State.
“08 October 22, 1947,’ July 31, 1951, aad
Jaeuary 9, 1956, the Commlssloner of the General
Issued patents to the