OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
nr. s. ii.Liistea
&air&n, Texas R‘ison Board
Houston, Texas
.Dear Dr. tisterr’
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3, subu&tting
tilt?
above questi areful oonsider-
erised Civil Statutes,
reach in part.a
e wor%ed within
camea or
P no event shall
:be sol&to any con-
In our Opillml Iio.O-4727 to Hr. Riley Wyatt,
a crexberof ~tbeTens Prison Board, urltten July 31,
I~?, we held that the BOard Wi hot have aut3Ority to
permit convict labor to be used In Zlaroestingcrops for
private izxIi~tials.
In our Opinion Xo. O-4322, addreesd to you,
and dated April 16, 1942, we held the 'fe~asPrison Board
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did not h8re authority to permit the ~86 ef trusted ‘1 ‘:
prisoners to State o;tfioirils,
mem?~srsof the Prison
Board, and employees of the bison system.
You,~of Courser hare,oopies of these op%n-
lions.
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Chwottintion h8S been Oslled to Article 834 i/z'. i;e~,,:.
of the Beviseit Civil Statntes~ passed-in 1929, whioh reads? .;.
*The B&3 op Control is hereby author;
iesd to y&e contr8iAs with the State Prison
Board for the pwchase~ of supplles, o e s
other lalaor for use eS tbe State in any of
its departments, coloniLssions,boards, offi-
ces or elesmosynary or~sduc8tionsl institu-
tions Including any and all supplies, equip-
nent,~material or labor puPchased or used by
or for the State under the klroction of the
-,,Board
of Control." .,
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This Article refers only to the Board of Control.
It does not give any other board or agenoy of the State
the pouers thereIn contained.
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Article 2S47, af the Revised Ciril Statutes,zpro-
vides that the State Teaohers Colleges shall be under the
tiantrolof the Board of Regents, aonststlng of nine peFsons.
ScotAon I of s&a Article reads in part as follows3
"(1) The Board of Regents of firsState ":
Teaci~.~~ ~olloges is charged with the respon- ‘5
sibility'of the general oontrol and management :
of all State Teachers Colleges for white per- ,
sons, and may ereat, equLp and repair bulld- ,:z-
ing8.o
Be tall&l with Dr. l&man, the President of the
Sam liouetonstate Teachers College, and we understand from
nhat he said that either he or the Board of Dogents of the
State Teachers College expeot ts mahe the oontraot for the
erection of the proposed buildings, and superintend their
construction. If this is true, then the State Prison Board
is not authorized to mahe a contract with him or said D&d
to furnish prisoners to do any portion of the work, either
for comgcns8tion or without aompensation.
. Dr. S. M. Lista'- page 3 .
Since the State Board of Control is not in-.
valved, we do aOt Fass 011the questton as to its powers
under said Article 634 l/2 to make a contract with the
State Prison Eoard to furnish laborers to vork on State
buildingebeingoanstrnoted~ertPlesupervlsionaod
c0e0l of da wrd.
very truly your6
ATTOlUiIlXGSl?IERbcOP TEXAS
Gee. 3. Barcus
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