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OFFICE OF THE llTTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonarable Tom C. idrig
Stat, auditor
Austin, Texar
opinfoa no. 011640
ra ywr letter
for the oozwidormtlon of
irota :
lleges, oa septe3P
lwby it lewba l
ration a pri-
anda 4 arental
oollege the
a stipulated prioe
al8 paid under the
purchase prloe,
iaioa in reg4rd te the follow-
3oard of Regsnt8 unpowered
loam m&riot Sor a longer
t tar which the approprdatioa,
p$n” payaunt* are to be
~‘3. PIb w ao t
uld b ethb lfreat o fa fa il-
ure onthe part oi the cellqe to make any of
tha paytuentr, rpeeified in the leaseW
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T’hs asaw ala8 of law whioh were deolared a pll-
oaU,lr in this depeparbmnt*s Opinioa Ro. O-1629 and rel e er-
ated in Oplnlan No. O-1060, are equally ap Usable fo the
faots abore ruBaittQdr Both OS these opin PON weare ad-
dresmd to y0u.
You are a&n raqn3otfUlp referred to thm easea
of Charlea saribner’8 Soas Y. fzarre, ll4 wex. ll 28b189. pT.
723 (1924) and Ft. Zkmth Cavalry Club Y. She&d, -1e8 Tez.
S39, t3S s. w. (Zd) 660 (1X36), both of rrhlahrere disauf~md
In the opinion absre tlrrt olted.
In the Ft. Worth Cavalry Club oam, tsupra,it uas
spoifically held that the Adjutant Germs1 bnd no authority
to bind the state on a rim-year leaning M)ntfaat, the oourt
giving as onu of ita rewom the iaet that no approprlatiopt
minted beyond a period of tao ywrs, and that any obllga-
tlon payable after the expiration at that period oonatitutsd
a debt agalost the Stat*. Such a oontraet violated both Sea.
40 of ?.rtlale IXI, and Seotlon 8 of utlole VIII of the
State Conlrtitution, the court stated.
In the light ol the holdlag ia that ease ad the
declarations of the court’ In the Charles scrlbtler’o Sorm
aa58, supra. it is t&3 OpiniOA Of this departam& tkat the
2mid or-b&d3 ia not e-red to entar into a leas8 ooa-
traat for a longer period than that fcxr rhieh the appro rla-
tion, out of whioh the rmkl paynmnts are to be .mde, %
erreotlre, and you are 80 advised. This an8vws your first
question.
Tha Ft. -8orth Cavalry Club aam, llktiss, rupplies
the answer to youp seoond qwstion. Xt ma there held that
'wtu.t though the lesseras fez ii- year@, the atate agmoy
becaiaea z&iretsmnt &will. It la the o infoa of this de-
partment the% thla is t&e status M the oo E 6ge a8 of august
31, 1939, is the inrtaat aam, and you me no advieed.
AS a awn tenant at rrill the ooll~~ould be
obligated to pap rental@ oa Sor &he riod cb tinm it
shod@ to aoeupy the pr8zaim8. See 3l lr t. mmter, (Cirdpp.)
lb7 s. v, 847, Krit 0r errcr refused. This 5nuldp16so
your
third question.
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30 are attaohbt3 a. copy of 0~ opini023 m.caa~
ior your eollYenlen8..
rdrrrr rery truly
Robe’% q/K&k.
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