OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
mm. Weaver Ii.Baker, page 2
we 8s~ in run 6000rd vith YOW 8xtrfborri0ial
&atePlsnt8OlmImUding the Alwrioan Luglon for It8 vllllng-
LIQOLI
to purahaae a building for rervlae to ex-members of
the armed forceta,and lik8vise ve am in aooord with your
~er8tendlng of the llmitatlon8upon the povera of the
~gislative end Bu8Lness Counoil oreated by H. B. Ho. 301
or thel 49th Legi818tum (1945).
%otion 17, of Bou88 Bill lo. 301, 18 a8 follm18:
'900. 17. The Stat8 Board of Control 18 hereby
authorised to mgotlrte 88 800~ 88 po88ible for the
purahase for the BtaW of Texa8 the Tribun8 Build-
Sng in the City of Watin, Te?a8, and the real e8tate
upon vhloh raid building la located, a8 well a8 all
other land and Lmprove;rrsnt8kpertainlngthereto, or
u8ed In conneotlon therevlth for parking purpo808
or *or aay other parpole, frernthe ovaor thereof,
at a oo8t not to exceed the ertimrte flxed, after
due lpprai8al by the Stat.8Engineera, and only th8n
upon the rpprovil of a majority of the following:
The Speaker of the Howe, a nmber of the House to
be 8eleoted br the Speaker of the Eou8e, the Lieute-
nant Oovernor, a J6emberof the ttenateto be oeleoted
bgt&i~ ztei& %oveykor, th@ Attorney Oenoralwof
, hdman of the I30834of Control.
It is quite olear that the Counoil vaa 8reat8d Sor the
role purpoab of approving or disapprovingthe pumhase by the
State of the Tr.lbum Btildlng in the City of Au8tln. That
buIldIngha beendulygurohaaed and the CoutUllha8 approv8d
the transaction and ha8 therefore tiotloned to the extent of
its authorlmd power8.
Indeed, WI fail to find any authority In the 8tatute8
or the dsolsion8 authorltlng the Board to enter into any aharao-
ter of oonttiaotfor the 88l.eof State cnmed land 8u0h a8 th8
Tribune Building. Suoh a oontraot 88 you propose oannot
poaaibly bind the State In any reapeot vhatever.
BOIL.Weaver Ii.Baker, page 3.
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