OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Xon. D. C. Oreor
State Highway Engineer
Texas Xl&way Dspartasent
Au&in, Texar
Rear YI. Oresrr Opinion No. O-6983
Ret Hay the Governor exrrhange
The f5115Wlng
date4 Xorembex 80, 1’941%:
an4 would like your opinion.*
iurnlabe4 m with a abpy of the field
aught to be oonreyed baok to Mr. Eaf6tham.
Eon. D. C. Gr8ar - Page 2
An aminatlon of these fit3iaaotes reveals that the property
lies along ana aajaoent to Statg H?ghway No. 40 for a aistanoa
Or 85s reCt ana that SUOh prOpeX%Jr 1s 6 part Or the Sight Of
way of State Highway No. 40. The property was acquirea for
the sand, gravel and dirt it oontained.
Section 1 of Chapter 99\ Aots of the and tagis-
latum, 1931, page 170 (same as Seotion 1 of Artlola 6673a,
V.A.C.S.) reads:
Wherever the State Fllghwag Commlssl.on has
aoqulred or shall hereafter aoqtim any l’ana by
purohaee, oonaemation, or otherwise to be .u.sed
as a right of way for snj State highway ana
thereattier the route of auah highway was or aFall
be ohanged or abandoned,'andany such right of
way be no longer needed for auoh highway, or
needa for use of oitlzene as a mad, the State
mghway Conullia8ionmay raooiweard to the ~o+amor
that suoh ima be ecia ana that he areout,a a 4004
conreplng all the State's right, tltla, an4
lnterost in eaoh land 80 aoqulred. Upon the raoom-
rernor aw axaouts ,;~;-~,l,l?~~,
XTlgmlzw lmld‘ -..~
a aama person or
land and advise the Golarnor thereof, 'Provlda4
that where suoh land le given to the State, the
dovernor may return the came by proper dead to the
pereon norpereon~~from whom the #am0 '1sraoelra4.
All monip 4orira4 from the rala of ruoh land ehall
be aeposltaa with the runaiximi whioh it wae prl-
ginally taken. The Attorney Genartilshall approve
all trensrera under this Aat.*
We believe that the underlinedportlon of tpe Tore-
going statute olaarlg authorizestha axphangs or the lanas
in question; and you am thararore aQvi+&d that it is Cha
opinion oi"this departmentthat upon the reoommenilatlonof the
xon. D. C. Oreor - PasQ 3
Taxasw8y caul6elon,theQovarnor auy execute am
exchange deed oaooe~ths luzd*cqufd oaWyl.S,
1937, to Nr. A. L. Baathea ln oonrlderatloaof the ox-
ahangs of enother treat of lantlon State Hi&WY 105.
Youre very truly