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of lt8xao.iokeroby euthorin& 8o,.mterfnto oon-
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ant;8 tar tho oonatruotloaor mdk 4ormitorioo~
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679 providost
"!!'he'BQard Or cOntar shall pl-ap%X'e @iXl8
8nb e:pb~ifiU8tiOWJ ror improvem8nt and r8p%lr%
to pub110 tiulldlngsor property or the State, end
ehall superintendthrough it8 division of publio
. _ building8 and ground8, the eonetruotlonor said
work .wh8n8uOh tiparri8iOn.i~not oth8Iwi88BB-
peeoiallypr+dsd for by lay.*
Artiole 671 of the R8vi88d Statutes provldeer
The Board of Control shall fnspeot all pl%ns
and spooitioationetot the yublio buildingsend
the.%dditionsthereto.to be eonotruotgd.forthe L
i&ate before suoh pl%ns end speoifioatlons%re
adopted. The Board m%y,rejcot.anyand .a11zuoh
plans:and apeoifioation~~~and it shall have full
and final.euperlnte~eno~~~over %ll buildiiigs,
atruoturesor sdilitions thexeto that may be ocm-
etl?l&ed for the State.*' ,:1'
Ar?Aolss 672~and 673 prqvide for theninqeotloir
and ex%mln%tibnand upkeep or all state building6by the
. Board of Control.
Artiolo 68i of the Revised Statutes provide81
Vho Board-orControl, through the ohieror
auoh diYi8IOn, &%ll deei@ 8l.lpublio~bulldings
e~r8otedat the expense or.the state wh8re~.designF.
Ing is not.otherwiseprovided for by law or by
the trapropriationbIll,.but in no inetanoe shall
plan% Or dO8l@l8 be edopted by the heed of any
d8pertm8nt,board, institution,sohool or prison
eystcsmofthe state unless auoh designend plans
~hevebeen approved by the Board.'
Upon % oasusl reading or the above etatutesrela-
tive to the various sohoole of Tex%e.and the power of the
boards of tri~&eee of eeid institution8to let the OC&r8Ot8
ior end supervise the oonstructionof'building8and perm%nent
Improveme:ntsand the %rtiol+3 giving the Board of Control
eupervisfonand oontrol or the oonetruotionor publio build-
ings there arppearato be acme oonfliote.
Honorable Harry Knox, Page 6
The not 0r the LegislatureIn 1919 oreatingaa
Board of Conlirolapparentlyhad.as its objeotivethe pl,a+-
ing under one board the powerand the authorityto pureha.@
eupplles ro-rfillstate lnetltutions when same are to bm *id
for out.of the'ganaralraveme& In dealingwith publIe
buildingsft was evidentlythe purpose or the Lagislatlm
to plaoe under the oonbrel and @are of the Board of Goad
the building6'for.all pub110 iuatitutions,whioh iastltm-
tlons ware in turn to-ba oontrOlled by said board, such as
the asylums and Institutesfor the blind.
Shoe the aot ot 1919 wa6 passed creatingtha
Board of Control moat of the abova statutesgiving the
power and aanti
Board or Direotors or the various e.ohoola
or the'erckdtlonofpe~anent buildingsaadthi, purohau od
land and &ring said instltutlons~theright of aminentle
main have 'beanpassed.
We acreInformad that It-haa uev6r been the easta
or the Board or Control to prepare plans and designs or ta
in any way oouttiolthe~.kfsdor oharaoterof pemauent Wd-
inga emoted by any of the Stats aohoole,this having beu
lert entiraly,tothe Board of Dlreotore or eaoh or mid saWaL*
and oollegss: The Legislaturehas oontinuedto Hake apw
.prlationaror permanent buiXdlngaat the various collegeaud
aohools presumablytith the kuowledge or the faot that tba
Direotora of the sohools have been expendingthe money iada-
.pendant of the Board of Control. #Ihile.thls oonstruotlan 1s
not oontrolllng,it is highly persuasive.
If the Board oi Txustess d the State'shigba
educationalinstitution8cannot let a oontraotfor the ame?
tion of a building for u%ioh an appropriationhas been xade
by the Legislatureuntil and unleee the plans and deniy
therefor have been approved and adopted by the Board of
Control there is no way for said buildingsto be ocmstruatad
If aald Boards oannot agree upon the plan8 and dealgn.
The raot that the Leginlaturehas for the paat 10
years made appropriation8r0r the.sreotionand omstroetioa
of buildinga at these various,uuiverslties and collegesXaH-
ing that same would be expended and the buildingsareated
upon plans and deaigua and speoliioatlonsdrawn and pre&
by the respeotiva Boards of Truetees of the particularlx-
stitutionror whioh the appropriationwas made; and the far8
. _
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Henorsb~ctEa~zr Knot, Page 7
that the Board of Oontxol aa'well aa the Board or Trusteea
of thene vrrlous institutlem hate 80 oonstrued eala etatute
and appropriation bill during all of theee yeara are aa we
have ~abwe atated,Mghly pelrsqulve althoui#iit Is not abso-
lutely eontrolling.
It lr or oourse the zple that oourts~wlll ia ocm-
strutng.8tattzSenprodrve all Etatutea, ae paseed by the LegI@-
lature rathem tbx~bertroy ftaw and will when paeslble reoon-
olle apparen~ly,oon?liotlng statute8 60 that both or all or
mme niaybe preserved.
It ie ilieretore o&r op%nlon that the Stati Board or
Control 18 not nqulred torpprwe the plans and deelgns aad
let oontraota-~foxtheoonrtruotlon of the buildingsor other
m&r ~iapmvemnts at'thsStabe'b higher eduoatlonalinetltu-
tfonr .s ~iAreqon&~~Uty reSb tiponthe rsepso~tlveBoards
ot rb&mtc~or maid lnstlt~tions.
Yours very truly