Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Honorable Jerry Sadler Opinion No. W-1467 Commissioner General Land Office Re: Whether the Commissioner Austin, Texas of the General Land Office should collect certain annual rentals on oil and gas leases as provided in such leases, which provi- sions are in conflict with Dear Mr. Sadler: Article 5344, V.C.S. The 1917 predecessor of Article 5344, Vernon's Civil Statutes, provided for the paymenitof $2.00 per acre annual rental on certain State mineral leases. In 1925, the act was amended so as to provide, as interpreted by the Texas Supreme Court In State v. J. M. Huber Corporation, 145 Tex.…