OFFkEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ArrORNEY GENER*L 

Hodorabla John H. winter8 

Xaautire Direotor 

State Department oi Puqio’: welfare 

Austin 3,. Texas 

Dear Sirr 

Tour letter to 

Saotiona 7 and 39 of 

partment*r q&ion 

47th Loghlaietlone for 

cation* as a 

apartment of, 

84, Aota of the 4Sth 

i spaalffoallp reI5111 423, hats tG 

ar Seasiod, proylding 

he * Xntaks and Cartifirdd 

Ation 

by the,‘Depar$ment 

no8 .-de .of, repealion 7 or Seotion 39 of House Bill 

8 47th I.ep,lalature, aa~amndded, 

e Pub110 ?elfare Aat of 1941. 

*Did Senate Bill Si, in offeat. ale0 repeal 

Seotion8 7 and 39 oi the Publlo Xeliare Aat of 

19419 

*Xi them two seotlonr of the Publia Welfare 

Aat did not beaoma inoparatlte, we would like to 

i 

ii 
601 ' 

Wonorable John fi. ivinters, Fag@ k! 

8ubmIt for your osnsidoratlon the following addltioAA1 quertionar 

"(1) Can the Departmcrnt of gublia ,+olfare 

adminlrter or suprrviss, through It8 aounty or 

lOOal WOd6I8, OOUAty fUnfS A~~ZO~rhtsd to? Wfslfare pUrpO&JW# within the OOUAty? 

"(2) can the Departmonb of tubLIo Relran 

pay the Mlariar of tb looal worker8 orrgaged 

padi tina iQ adollAi&WiAe, old A@$ A8Ot8taAQ0, 

aid to the BseaQy Blind, ati Aid to Dependent 

Children, a&l prrt bi,mcIa a4minI8tarIn.g general 

fi8#i8tAAOr, &WovI~ed that the iUAd8 for B;eiaral 

y~as;a~Oe a xl 0 R p r Op r if& r otOOOm d UntOy x b CN4 l 

"(3) -A tbo DspaXtmtaAt Of Fubllo W8lfare 

pay a put or the ralaris8 Of the lOOa worker5, 

the rsmninder belog paid out of mumtg funds, Ii 

the worhr la engaged In admiaistering gemral 

aeoistanor provided Irom local fun883 

*Ii theirs two reotiona or the law wore not 

rendered inoperative by Senate Bill 84 of the 

48th Le&JlatUr~, and if the I)ttpal%Z6At $8 AOt 

able to adiolnirter ijomral publlo amiistarme IA 

lCOSr1 OOUAtifb8 It8 Oeb Out in the fore&A& qW.38. 

tions,,whRt La your IAterpretatIoA or the two 

S8OtiOAS; aAd what ie t&t responsibility Of the 

Departmat of publio welfare in rospmot to admixlatzwtion rud suptrvieIon of general a88lotfinoe?* 

cJeOtiOA 7 Of ArtIOl@ b93U IS as follO~8: 

*960t 7, The Sat6 Departrae& I8 hereby 

debslgnated aa thrr gtete agency to oooperate with 

the Fedora1 Uoliemurwt Ln the proper administration and di8trlbutioA of FsdwAl rurplur oomwditic8 aad 8~ 

and arsilab I 

other i!'ederal resour468 now on hand 

s, or that may be pmrided In the 

future. The atate Departmnt is hereby dsrigaatod 

a8 the StFit5 tLgeA0 t0 8bini8ttW OP SlI~M’VtWt r6’8- 

ferxals and oertif f oationa to the %orks Projeot 

r&ainl8trstlon, the National Youth x&iIiAl8tlWtlOA 
I 

602 

Eonorabla John d, %lnters, Baga 3 

u!d the Civilian ~onaervation Carp& The Stat8 

Departnsnt my oooperate with any cltp or oounty 

in any mimer deesed nsoeeaary for the proper 

operation 0r tb8s programs.~ 

SttOtiOA 39 Of dirti 6930 18 as fOihW8t 

“s%O. 39. PO prorirlon or thin Aat i8 Int*ntlsd to rOl8AaO tha OOUJltiO8 and mUAiOipa~itiO8 iA 

this 3tate from the 8peO1flO lWJpOA#ibility whloh 

is OuPr~Atl~ bOrA8 by Ohoss OOUAti98 AAd mUAlOIpalitier IA. support or pub110 wouare, ohI1d welfare, and raliar sanlae8. such fUAd8 whloh may 

hereafter be appropriated by the oountler aAd 

muAIoipulltle8 for thoea, senlaee may be admlnistered through the county or district OfflOb or 

the qtate mpartment and If 50 admlnlstend, 

ahali be devoted dXOiUSiV913’ to the arrViOO8 iA 

tha ObUAty or laudO@Llity i?ddAg EWCh I3~~I'O~ria~ 

tiOA.* 

SOAate Bill 84, 

Legislature, 1943, aaonda 

ElOAt, 

being Chapter 37, AOts of the 46th 

the appropr1atIons to your departgropr;;tioh 

by rep~all~ eaoh, every acd all apood 811 langus@ and words ooatained 

iA that 80OtiOA Of euah biL1. d%siljAated 'tiVlt4OA 

of Ant&k@ and COrtlfiOatioA' which ie WAtaIAed 

iA that dlV18IOA Of the bill dealing rlth the 

Sate 

I? 

partnmat of Pub110 Voltare. ]Bo further 

titrpead tUX'Q8 8hQ11 be made by rirtue Of suoh aQpropriatloa, @in& nolther the r;oaptrollor nor the 

Treasurer &all elgn or insue aqp warrant8 payable 

agaiAet euah appropriation sxoept for labor or 

servloerr already perf’or?d or iAdebtedAe88 alr8adJ 

Inourre4. 

“. . . . 

“. . . The intent of tbls balli8 to reduoe 

the total a~proprlatlon to the +ate Departmsnt Of 

Kubllo Keltare by the amunt retiiniw, unexpended 

IA the apgroprlation for the DlYlSiOA of Intake and 

certlf laatlon. 

*. . . . 
Bonorable John H. Wlntsrr, ~660 4 

“The fast that there ia now no nweraity for 

the sppropri:tim, and that eaonyy #Gould bm p-otioad, . . . 

vo eawm your fixat qwatfon in the 8ffirnatlvo. 

The Depwtment ef Ptilio Walfak, riah the oounty)8 oomeat, 

wh adadnlatex ox t-We, through it8 oouatp 01! loo81 

vorkara, county fund8 appr tietad for valfara 

in the oounty, 8wherpl n3 

aiding 8nd ooopexatfng vith 

F eder Oa evemm l a ent ng a ged In the l dminl8twflo n f 8ld: to 

the needy people af the State of !fexes. 

fn oux ooweraation vlth you v* gather that ~0uF 

beoond and third queatioua are paimril 0om3em.d vith the 

nt of ~alaxler by the oounty i o your loaalv~ka~. 

aa vo have pointed Out 8bove, youlb departsent 18 

by statute to de81 vith laorlvolf8re pooblenu, 

ve do not find my spaifio State 8ppropl8tion fms vhloh 
Honorable John H. ‘Hinters, Qage 5 

rot the aompeasetion of all offioers, aervanta, agents and 

publio oontraotoro, not provided for in this Oonatitution.*P 

;7e ere mare oft the taat that 0311 do recalvr oertaia Iredbral 

rdaiaiatrativs tundr but aince fheir wo would be l%raitrd to 

the tsrxa of the ledor& grant, TN do not undertake to para 

upon your authority to use Federal fundo for those purp0808~ 

MO bellaw that our m$iwer8 to your in3tiry above 

l ntumntr4 msh ~bumo*saary for ua to anmmr the gusstionr 

popounded in the ooncluding pa+egro,7h of your letter, The 

proriaion8 of Seotion 39 do not 'release the oountieu and 

mtlnioip~~itiea in this State fram the r,p6oifio Peagona~bilit$-.: 

whioh i8 ourrently borne by those counties and muniaipnlities 

in 8UppOrh Or pUbi% Wl)ifam, Ohild %eif~O, and r4liOr ler- 

?'5098." The fund6 whioh .aa]r be egpropriated by the oomties 

end munfoipelitiss for these 8m~iorss my be ednlnistared, 38 

abore atated, b:: the Depert.uent of FLubrio Felftare through Its 

oounfy end looai workers, althia the oounty rbsre thee4 rnadr 

hsro been opproprIatedr 

Yatm rn,ry truly 

David :‘;untah 

Matatanb