OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Iiooorabl.li&xm Dou&t~
county Attora~ey
Uvalde, Count], _.
1941, you further statot
*Perhe+ 1’ did not ataka 4 question olear
enough. Tztr,mlrport property ia outdda.et the
lirttits of tbo .Ituniol.pal corporfibloa ot Uvalde,
and althln the county of.Uvalde, ona my quastlon
la, ~vhsthor or not sta.te offfoers, suoh 60 the,
aberiIf of ~Uvelde County, have the right ta make
arrsete upon this property fmviolattfon of thr
leaal Code.”
Ronorable Dose Doughty, I’age Z
Artlclo 1,. %OtiOn 8, CliUU~ 17 Or the i.kIited Statoe
COIlStitUtiOA provideat
‘To exorcise exolueive Legislation in all,
Cmer whetaosver, over euoh ~lmtriot (hot ex-
oeedfng MA BLlleo 8quaro) aa may, by Ceselon of
particular States, and the ;rooepttmoe of Congreee,
boooae the Yeat of the Ooturnmentof the United
Statoa, and to axsmise lik6 kuthority over all
P1ac.a purehaeod by the Consent of the L&816-
tars oitha State In whioh tho &mm shall be, for
the &sction or Porta, Ma~atinma, hvmnala, dook-
Tartlu, and other nee5ful Duildings~--md-
Artlclor SP42-sUt3, lnoltaelve, karlas CiTll stat-
utsa, 19z5, dsel with the eaqulsttion of land in Texas by the
Paderel Government for yederal use.
Article 52348, ~upra, povidsr:
*The United Statua Gowmmnnt thmugh ltn
3ropsr egnnt any puxck.srs, eoquire, hole, own,
acoupy end poqi~esa suoh lande within the limits
of thie Stats as it deem expedient and say aask
to oacu~y end ho15 ae sites on rhioh to eroot
and matntaln light houses, fortn, ;7illtary sto-
1~ions, ~op~~zlties, a~rsemls, dock ynrde, oustom
house8 , pmt offiaer and all other needful pub-
lic bulldin@, and for the p~rpooe or sreotihg
end ccnstruotlng looks and dam, for the etraight-
enin@ of atrscme by ranking outoffe, building
levees, or for the ereotlon of any other atruc-
turds or l~provcaments that may become necsssury
in Eeveloping or k~provlng the v+atomay8, river6
and harbors of Taxes and the consent of the Legla-
lclturo is hereby ergreasly divea to any euoh
-purchase or aoq4eitfon made in sooordanee wlth
the 7rorlLsl~1 of this lcw.” ,I
Article 6247, supa, rea5aa
Y4henevcr the United Btstoe shall aaqrtlre
rnp lnuQe under thl.8 title, and shall desire to
sat&tire asnstlCuClcna1 jurisdlatlou over such
lands for any purpoas authorized herein, it shall
be lawful for the Governor, in the ncme and in
tecri3.f of the Mate, to cede to the United States
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3rolusivs Jurladlotion over any lcsde 80 aoqulred,
wbec applloetion map be made to blm for l&t pur-
;0338, wBioh spplloation ahall be in nritlng and
sc00x;paclled with the proper aridonce 0r such ac-
~ulcltlon, duly authontlcated and racorded, boo-
talni.ng or having annexed thereto, an aocorati
~Isscrlptlon by metes and bounds of the lands sought
to be oedrd. No auoh cession shall aver be !uads
exaeyt upon the exprsae oondltioa that thla 9tate
ehnll rstain ooaourrent jurladlotlon with the
Unltsd 3tate8 over eYery portion of the lbnda 80
ceded, so far, that all prooeea, civil or orim-
lzal issuing under the authority or thle State
or any of the court8 or jud~lclal offloers thereor,
i.%y be exeoutod by the proper oriioers of the
State, upon any yerson aarenablr to the name wlth-
ir. the llxlts of the lend 80 ceded, 15 like manner
and like 0rrO0t km ir 50 euoh oa~eion had taken
;ilnoe; and euoh oondltloa shall be inserted in
auoh ifistrument or oession.~~
In the case or Curry V. state, (court 0r Crlnrlnol
&m&la), 12 3. ‘:I. -‘(Ed) 798, the court, in pneelrig upon
‘i:hetr)m a Stats oourt had jurlrjdlotion over an offense cow
mlttcd within the bouodarlorr of a nilikary reservetlon,
a&id;
*. Under the 1anguai;e of the
United Serty tiara jurisdlotlGa har been aeded to the Pedsrti
“S0voriment m&er hs,foL3 tie47, supra.
me aJlaw8r your quastlon 88 followsr
1. The sheriff or other peaoe oilloer my execute
8 larrful rrsrmnt of armat upon a penon in tha grounds uad
granieer of said airport i’Or en ofream aoumltted off of said
primiieny, regardlsm6 or whether or not a proper deed or OOB-
aion of jurladiotion hao been mado to the Federal Government.
2. IS a proper deed of osssion ham been made to
the Federax Clowmmint the aherift or other paaos OffiOeX
zmp not lawfully arrest a person for an offense aoramittad
oa 2hs Erou&#a end medsua ok uaid LtlfDort.
3. If no proper deed of araslon has been made a8
rbom outlined. the shnriff or other peaoa offiosr8 may make
lawrul arrarts-for otfenmr coxmltt~d on the mound8 and
pras?iesr of aaid airport.
3’s. J. F~tnni~g
Assintent