Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Pailroad CormPir8ion 0r T8xa8 Au8tin, I'-8 @ontl*aeil: 801 P0w8r 0r pewar of th8 F84ml Cktrraeat to th8 polio8 powor of th* Btat8. 9. That thl8 aoatraat 18 within the war pow8r or tha AMY* Railroad Coml88las Baa8 1. a Uph@idb`` th0 right Or like ait8d stat88 t0 take over us4 00atrol the rallroml8 in tis, or war to thr lxalu8len or roe right8 0r tlu 8kt88 timrein, yr. chbf Ju8tia8 khit8 in Port&l% P8Otii8 Railroad kmaaf v8 Worth Daltota,MO b. 8. 1.50,~14: "The oompl8te an6 ua~Irld86 rhraoter oftb WU &MWU Of th. unit& 8$at88 18 Mt di8pclhbk8. .. . vb 8lWRtUy priaeipA8 that, u&or th8 Oonatltation,the luthorI8y oi tha 6ovoremnt Of the utit8d stat.8 18 p-at Wb8a lUtd a8 80 rrrbJ8at8aanaUniag which it ha8 tbr powu to oontrel, ir indi8gutabh. T&i* boi.4 t-8, tt r88ult8 W* elthoug au%horitr to raw&to rlthln l &V8B 8&hOFO Ul OX%8t %a both th. UBIkd f%at88 Ma &B th. 8Wt.8, whur Ch8 tomr a&,18 into play ooartItutlomlanfhuitt uithiamob &Oll8l’d 8phEO tb me88~9 8ifO8b Of 6Ow 80 18, th& t0 th. ortOn Oht My 0Onili.t UiH8 fh8 Iate WWU 18 mtd, 81llO8 in Oa8. O? OOntliOt ti.ld which i8 pUMOUtlf XMfO8r8adu -l%tZO18 that whloh 18 8PbOrbincrtO.* The juwu8 of rm4re88 otor iatrartat8 a8nu80 ua p lumr ~ r h a l todora ta8kaa8atalltf or ~tlorml &M&Z-80 i8 illTOlV.6. III ~88in@ Upon th8 8- QUO88iOS the W@W Tork cOUt% Or Agp8d; &i%bliO @U~i88 C8d88iOX f8 I~w %9rk cant?8l RMAro . . a&* 8aIal ‘TBi8 Mti@II (iBtM8taS8 t8t8 iiS- by l iohral agenor) wa8 not &i8tlrir6 by anl or.tlm ordlnarl M3.88 Of i8W. 18 MI2 b0 8U88afnd Mb&J e8 th8 lXUOl88 Cprth@ WU p@WU8 0f 8h8 &it& 8tata8. A& th888 Q8WU8 lIdtO& by th8. aF8 nOLOt Or8IMry rtie8. T h e ylt~ not bound04 by rp8olXIa grut or authority. The are not anlike what, ?a %ha &tar, w or11 the pal i oe power, bat th. polio@ &ioWr Pai8.d to th8 Bi#h- l8t bOge8. Thor are 8uah pwerr U a?9 l88eatbtiti to pr089rV8 th Wry 1if8 Oi fh8 MtiOS it8df. *ha8 r8QUi8it8 t0 thi8 end tha libarty Ot th8 OItI88a, th, pretutioa or pritat8 propuby, tha po80*-tlr ri6ht8 Or tb* 8btO8, BMt 811 yiO16 to XIUO88ity." The rI&F of *ha fo48ral gor**urnt to taraM the p~aoe-tbaa polioo pow&8 Of tb 8U6* %8 8h8W %8 oh*88 8a888 ~ph01QInglit8 lWhority to pseTOat 8al8 Of intoXiOaatS8 11qUOr8 I i) w8L1 397, 20 UL 8. tt. #&.) gw, a. e8lDa "saatloa l861. i!iiWhW*% &oretwy 02 War, to take ge8888- Otll' Ulimr t0 YOUr rfZ8t qUO8tiOU 18 ttut the Xailroad CO~ai88iOn doss not hme jurlm6lotlon Qver thI8 mart 0r traa8portat10nn. ho to your aroonb que8tion ~8 to wbther or Pot the Ar8y mny engap e oomoa curler to oprrato t:i88@tlUOk8, w8 toe1 t&at hation 13bi5,Title 10 U. A. C. A., in providing th8t *tlH traaqmrtrtlon of troop, 8unition8 05 wu, ogulp- maat, NUtuy proparty, and atorao thmoughout the Un1t.d Stat.8 8hdl be M68r the lmdI&to lontra~ ad 8UporVi8iOn of the Soor8tuy or liar, and ruoh auat8 8s he rr appoint* 8ufflolontly authorlrea thr Vmr 5epartaant to appoint w agut it d@riO W&U t& hot8 8tlbdttd h JOUr 1att.r. A’ll’OiW&T O;W&RALO``TI;US - - ./ / DtlVfdy. &8bh ' A8,8;8tUt