R-260
P~‘LTsT~~TExAs
April 1, 1947
PRICE DANIEL
ATTORNEYGEWERAL
Brigadier General Arthur B. Kniakerbockor
The Ad utent Cm&%1 of Texas
Cap&t6
.i Station
Austin, Texes
Deer Sir: Opinion No. v-116
Be! Legelfty of ~dispoaltion
of oertaiu National Guard
Tait Property.m
reooaumidebienr‘efthe .33&d ai
~@.$ougk ~bhe. or
OkCti& to, oontelnod on pegee 6 end 7 OS :'
~aboi+~~zle:ferrod
wld Z&port ,@nd apso~iioellylietod em rsoommezdatlons1
~,:.i~
"through 7, jnrrlusivoonly indloete that ft.is plemod te-
rstwqi+lw ‘pztipqty~ 40 the rogfinsntal,dlvisi@n rtttllery,
or r cbwd&‘;‘~ ior distributionto the t@ts Um3.r hia
o&man3 , ,l:e:&ve~~been,,InSormed
by your exesutircleB%z@r,
ColOnoJ%Urtin, ~t&etIt Is the lhtimtloti end fr2enin eaoh
Irirteno~’ igr .t~ho,~roglmmtel,
division artillery or wing
tiommenderto return the property to the unit originally
owning euoh p~oparby, in inatanoeti where euoh curltor unitn
had beoh laoluded in the reorgmized Texas National Guard.
In ,ine~osr *hors us&to here not beon ~lnoludedin the ro-
orgaaiizedTexm Natfonkl hard, the property provioualy be-
longiag to ,eu,oh unite will be dietrlbutsd by the e#pro
ato &maimder on ti equitable baaia to the newly or
unit or unita whloh hevo been dosignetod aS reoonet
or repl.eoingthe old, now non-oxldetent, Texes National
Guerd unite.
The eighth recommendationregarding unit prop-
erty, involves unit property belonging to the 56th Cavalry
Brigade Units, which it is proposed will be turned over to
Brigadier General Arthur B. Kniokerbooker- Page 2
representative8designated by the Adjutant General, for eele
and the iunde therefrom depositedwith the Adjutant General
and held ln trust by him for the oomaandl~ ofiloer of’the
56th Cavalry Group, Meohanlsed,whloh haa not yet been orgee
bad.
Aots of the 48th Leglelature,1943, Oh. 261,
page 388, appropriatedthe #urnof $8,000.00for use by the
Texas National Guard Armory Board to oover expenses of molrlng
the u&t property hero involved to Camp MBbry, Austin, Texas,
for storage. Seotlon 3 of sald Aot authorizedthe Adjutant
General to assist the National Guard Armory Board fn the work
of moving ,theunit propert involved and also provided that
it ehould~bo the respmmlb flltg of the Adjutant Wsral to
atore raid property %t Camp BQabry.
It 1s ala0 lmpcwtant to note that Beotlon 2
0rths ab0vorararrod totit oontuqxlaksthatthe 4ai.6prop-
sFty lnvolvod would be rrturaedto the u&&t8 f (Iha !Pm
Hatlomal Guard'&t'the time naaldImitswuw r&Ii +~d 9zm1 Fad-
eral8o.miol).Wo quote a porbien of lald Eleettim2:
", , . but auoh property 8hU.l be 110
tUrnad Over %n k&e luoand bahof&tei
It is our opimioa.,bherofore,that tha Adjrteat
Oonoralis authoriud to rotrun the cuit propartyhero ir-
owner8 wh*rWar pO88ible, and in ia&
valved to it8 Orlginrrl
&an088 wharo the original unit owner8 are not lnsludmd tr
the roerganlmd Texa8 National Guam& the oe praottiable
w to do ia to di8trfbirtethe Unit property Or 8uah XiOfi-
ai8tWJt Illlit8to the newly fora& units whloh have been dos-
Ignated a8 reoonetltutingor repla6ing the old Ukib8.
Brigadier General Arthur E+ Knlokerbooker- Page 3
With referenoe to reoommsndation number eight,
regarding the 881b 'of 56th Cavalry Brigade property, we
find no authority in the etatutes setting forth&he powers and
duties oi th6 Adjutant General, whloh would author186 the Ad-
jutant Geneml to de&pate a rspresontetive of the 56eh Qav-
airy Brigade for porp686i8 of selling the unit proprrty belong-
ing' to c&d org8nitrtlon. It la our opf-nlon that the Adjutant
General 18 without power mither to sell or authori laysne to
eel1 auoh unit property.
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APPROVEDAPR 1, 1947
Price~Dalllel
ATTORIVEXGENERAL Ct” TEW