Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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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:ic:crrab.la 20~s Coughty, Page 3

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 S<te; Cdnstltutlon quoted above chase of lend with the oonetmt of tto Le.7 ‘+F B u- ture will confer the sxoluaive ri,iht to logis- lc.t% by the United Stateu uoverment over lt, w?.ich necesearily aerriaa with it the ?rivile@ and riaht of erclunive jurisdiction of its oourte. 1 J 2 Uni d t 1’ '(D.C.) 12: ;: 3i8F !iuthoiiBtL:s:t&& ~~:"' Leavenworth R. Co. v. Lows, 114 U. 5. SE51 5 2. ct. 996, 2,9L. lfd.264; Ih re Kelly (C.C.) 71 P. 34". 549; United &ate6 1T. Halt (C. C.) 168 F. 1.41, juwent afflmod 218 If.9. 245, 31 2. ct. 2, 34 L. rr’d. 1021, 2.0 AM. C&vi. Il36; 5eo annotstlone to above olause Or United Statee CcnstltutlOn, Vol. 10, U. Se COrnpiledStatutsn 1816, b*glnning at page 13514, *are ruii ool- lation or euthoritiea will be found.

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, authorltlaa ‘All uniformly hold that the United -9tatee government harr sovereign euthor- lfy and 4%4lualve jarledfatfon ovai all hitar acquired anduasd by lt~ roc oaa or the purposes I msntionad In the United Stat.8 Comitftutlon, in all oaeoa where juriaQi0tion has barn axpreo817 / oedad by the atate or where aaao exlat8 br naoaaear~ htplioatioo arising mt+iaon;lent or the at&a to the purcht16o of auoh land., In either or mob oaoea the right to proeroute end I punleh for orimo lxiaaa on17 in the Ualtad , States gwornm4nt. ., . .* ! Qpfnlon NO. Q-3318 or trda department holds that ii a dead or assalon of unllmltad Iurisdlotion over an ha3 aam~ has baon exeouted by the Govexviir ot the of Taxes-to - State t&e United Statee Qorarnmont as provided by Artlolea bZ4E to i347, lnclualve, Revised Civil 8tetutea. lW?b, that the Fed- eral Wverxsmtxt would haWe oozaaplets and 6%olusivs leglalntite control and~Jurlsdlctlon over orronaea oommittad on said railitary yaumts mid that tha eat4 .or ,beer by tha Army oanteoa to aoldlera a&d such prinda wouLd not be amenable:~tp the laws 0r the state or Texas. Thla oplnlon Z!Wiber holds that lr euoh deed or eabalon had not been exeouted In tha manner required by the atatutoa, the aale or bear bn auoh milibsry ground8 would be ‘a riolatlon or the Terns Llqaor Control Act. .:GOeaoloae. herewith a 8opy of said opinion for your inform- t1on* You do not etato ia your letter whethsr or not the Covernor the Stata or Tsxaa has erecut&d a deed or oeaslon or or Juriedlctlon over .mid property to the Fodsral Govarnaent. It eeeza readily apparent irQln ycur latters3, horSeTOC, that : this ha8 not’boen dfme. Ke wieh to call. your pert~louler ~etteati~on to the r0ii0rring portion or Artiale 3847, suwa;.

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within ths limlta of the lend so aeded, in be BEMBr and lik e 0 iea aa 5.r no UUChotm- h aion a aon on 9 69 f5serted in sues instrument of oessirm.*

It ia apparent tram the above quoted motion that shherltt# aad other pesos OfflO6r8 have the right t0 8ervb and exeoute orixilcal ~?roarae , ouch aa warrants of nrrsmt, on Iro>erty 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