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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
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WILL WILSON
A'rORNEY GENERAL
July 31, 1961
Honorable Jerry Sadler Opinion No. WW-1100
Commissioner
General Land Office Re: Whether it is necessary
Austin, Texas for the Legislature to
pass an Act legally
designating a portion of
the State Archives and
Library Building as
Dear Mr. Sadler: the General Land Office.
You have requested an opinion concerning the
question of:
" . . whether it would be necessary
for the Legislature to pass an Act
during the Special Session legally
designating a portion of the above
referred to building as the General
Land Office of the State of Texas,
or could the Board of Control by
declaration declare a portion of the
building to be officially the General
Land Office?"
Your letter mentions that certain statutes
of this State specifically require certain meetings
to be held in the General Land Office as well as
requiring the filing of certain instruments, documents
and the like with the General Land Office. For
examples you quoted from the following statutes.
The requirement in Article 5421c-3, paragraph
5. Vernon's Civil Statutes that:
"The School Land Board shall
meet, on the first and third Tuesdays
of each month in the General Land
Office, where its sessions shall be
held . ." (Emphasis added.)
The requirement in Article 5421, Sec. 25,
Vernon's Civil Statutes that:
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