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OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
Honorable 0, a. 8. naungaon
Qelteralwer
Texa8 Prleon 8yItem
matail1e, Texas
reopeot to it0
6e Vernon's no-
raf%matioa . All l3Pbuaero ahallb@
world titml the 8on~allS aabap
on ruam omsd or p"ieaoed by the Bkte#
mll in no erolltBball the labor of a
maorable 01 J. Se Ellingrrorr- Rrga e
paomr be 8Old to q oontraator sr
lsrraes to tork on tu’ms, or SlseMmre,
nor *all sw IsQsr be worked on
any farm or 0 tr sxylss, up i!tlmrSP, ex-
ospt such farabe onm3 or lsased by
the Gtats of TstuC
a roM by Is,
wnriatlon the OozWot'5 tlmf3 anil
eervi4x3s are no 1
srhisoanbuttheybsloxqforthe
fimo b&.ng to the 00&a
8 to as a pmalty for a trsas~eselon
or th43 law. The t&3 and mezvloss of such com%at, thsro-
fore,arsaolo the subjsot-anttsr of -7ate aentraet
botreen the 00ntr at aal another, but they 8r0, In such man-
ner as a,y be @zsaribadby tho et&tat&s, a pops a%bjsOf-
ptter for eontractbetween ths State rad another. The
stat3 itmlf, howver, aan do aothlngthat would prt the
eomict, a& In$iMsnWlly 31.28labor, beyoxl it6 control.
speoifieally, our statutes prmids Ear tbo gsner-
al oo?~trol of the Prison Systsm as f'ollowsi
lThsT- P&onBamd,tog~Umr‘
85th the nanagsrha-r provided
for, shall be tested with the sxeXns2vs
Iswbgmmt aIxl00lltro1 of the lw.eon
systsm,mldollpropsrt~bsl~
thereto0 eubjsot only to the lImita=
tions Of this Aat, axl shall be rs-
iikTzi%?&%S~~~ zxr
the moper aarea trsatamt,teedUgr
QlOthlng and zarulag0Qnt of the prls-
onare oonfln&~thoreln.~
&t&o10 eltwj authorhes the Texas Frlson Board
to manage nnl oontrol the Prison Syeten through a Eanager
selected br it* and erprossly declares athe duty of' suoh
Unager shallsxtsmdto the emplOym3nt and thsdlsthaPgSr
vith the approval of theBoard, of suob persons as qb3
rrcoessary for the sffl0ien.t oonluot of the Prison Bgstemg
Th8Leglslature inits regularbien&&l appro-
priation pro~Ues.for the various employees of the Edison
8yStem, 8hbh OUqtOmr.$8 ~h%SfratOd d3i ths a~O~t~~
for tho ciurmntbIenIIiUm Uhersin the V~W~OUS O!?fiOs2~ as2
Bonor8810 0. J. 8. Elliryson - Fags 8
s0p lo y ssn
swdsd in th eia p o r a tlo
o fth
a elyotem 8x93
naamd, lnslaaia6 m omployeoo as farm mmagsro,
amaistunt iarm mnugers8 dog rsrgwntr, piaet men,
stsmrds, guards, and the Itie. It TUB the svldsztt
intention of fho Legislature that ghoao sPpl~yeee
tom to '80 fres QBPI 00 1s0t0sntrast*,andmt
wllvlots. o8vlou8ly, 3Lagi81at~~ OsuldaUth~rlce
the use of oomiots in tlio psr?ornbanae
of those sex--
riose not lasompattile tit& ths Stats*5 duty of re-
etralnt and the oonvlatd duty to serve, but It has
not don3 80 In the partiou1sr as to wblsh you imqulrs.
me smploopDllt or ssnv%si& 60 gufwds 38 ths
o&bBl%tiOB Of t&S PPiSOB 8yStWU fs 00 ObVbRO~LO~~~Sd
to the gtmwal ga-inslplos and the statutory
hsreinabovs mrBtloBQcl and'dlsstum?d aa that
or of the l!anugsr to control the PrMon sJ&mh
lfo therefore answac your inquiry in the nsga-
t1t0.
very truly your0