Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1100 Page: 2 of 4
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Honorable Jerry Sadler, page 2 (WW-1100)
"The Board (Veterans Land Board)
shall meet, when necessary, 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 5277, Vernon's
Civil Statutes that:
". . . The field notes and plats of
public land made by any licensed state
land surveyor affecting the lines,
boundaries, and areas of such land
shall bp forwarded to the General
Land Office . ." iEmphasis added.)
As to whether or not the Constitution and
statutes of this State contemplated the General Land
Office being housed in a building other than the General
Land Office Building, Article XIV, Sec. 1, of the
Texas Constitution, provides in part that:
"There shall be one General Land
Office in the State, which shall be
at the seat of government, . .
Article 5261, Vernon's Civil Statutes, pro-
vides that:
"There shall be one general
land office at Austin, . . . The term
'land office,' as used in this title
shall mean the General Land Office
of this State."
Article XIV, Section 1, of the Texas Con-
stitution, quoted above, provides for the establishment
of a state agency to be designated the General Land
Office, and specifies that such agency shall be located
at the seat of government. Article 5261 likewise
provides for the establishment of a state agency to be
designated the General Land Office, and provides that
such agency shall be located at Austin.
We are of the opinion that the terminology
"General Land Office" as used in Article XIV, Section
i, of the Texas Constitution, and Article 5261, Vernon's
Civil Statutes, refers to the name conferred upon this
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1100, text, July 31, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth267712/m1/2/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.