**OFFICE OF**  **THE A**  **’ ITORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**

**AUSTIN**



# BQnoruhle GOO. Ii.sh%p?ard CozptrolltTr

af' PublicAocomts Almtln, Texas0 The Legislaturemay grant ald

to l.ni&&i &ibisabledConfed%rata soldiars and eallorsunder euch regulationeand lititatione as r;lay

be ae%md by the Legislatureas expt-dient, nnri to their *-idow in indigoat oirc~taPoeo lml%r suoh regulationaarKI l@dt8- tions as my be deerued by the Legislatureas BIpedientg to indigent OR3 dlsablail soMieso who,
unaer 

### special laws OS the 

### state of T-s, 

### aumg the War botveen the Statea, served in orgerdrationa Sor the protectionof the frontieragainet Intuan

### r&a8 or biadckuaurBua%rs* andto idigent and tieabled soldiora of the millLti0 uho
wure in act&y% sewioo during the War between the %ates, Cuvzto the ridorra of such soldiera rrboyein~gentc~~tar~eee,a~vho~e
or my be eugihic to rmeive 

### aid unaaf6ucrh regnlacionsand lImitationaas may be dewed aJ the LegialatoFeas m-eat; a **S ‘** **lBO f&l%&**  for the estahlfehrttautand~ntemame of the horn for aaid ooldie~eand aaklors,their sires andridous andrwaenrho a&.&din theConfsbemioy, under such regulstionsand lia?itatlone aa may **bo** 

### prtiati for 

### by htv~pmiatu tie Legielature may providefor husband and rife to rfzaxaintogether in the home. There is hereby leviedaddition ta all other taxes berrotofore permitted by the Conetirutlonof Texas, a state ad wklorem tax on pfopartgof mvtm (Q.07) cants on the 0110 hundmd ($190

&O) **dOllPrB la~USt%On**  **fO& t&O**  **pI1F** pose OS or0ati~ a speaial fund for the pnyxmnt -of ,7t3n~ions

for raorvicoe

in the Conf%derate m and Wavy, frontier organizations and the.milit3a OS tb% State of TeSCas, aud for the WidOWa Of Crumb ecildiors

serving in said am&es, mtiw, orG&zations or tilitiqj proo2hd that the Legislatur% skiby rti%co tbt3

tax rata horekn levied.

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The tax wthoriacd by this S%otl.on of the Conetitutiun is specificallp for t.b%

purpose *of oreatinr: a speotal fund for the3

paymnt US pWonare A pensionis a pe~H.Mc 

### allos;mcc of money grant%& by a govwm?ent for s%rvle~orow dcr&, in particular

### to a soldier or sailor in **conntmtion** 

### with**war or**  

### rd'itary opQrations. **mrse** 0. lPoberteon, 9 Raw. lu5, 169; Stat% ex ral Raridep VI Kiamel, 288 IliO. 611, 168 8. w. NT& Y%clf0ra V* WhifO, l@$ Color 43s, lo6 mu. United State8T Iiall tMl U 5 343 * 480, 474;

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. , t .HonoraUle 0~0. ii.ti%ppa&siZ - page 3

Ed. lsoj Webeterc6Rear Int%mational Dictionary,2a edition.

Tbe language of the Oonstitution is presumetl

to have been chosenwith nmre care than that of any other legis~atlon. Alenrander Y. s. isi'. 644; cox Y. State,84 Grim. Rep. 75, 204

Robinson, 105 **TQ.** 420, 150 8. w. 1149. Plain ;lhi

definite \oOrds

of tbe Constitution, therefore,
are to be taken in their ordinary meaning. Keller f. State, 87 So t. 669, 1.~. R. A. (liS)489. Tbe languageselected by the framers of the Constitution,~wben its meaning is clear, controls tbe court in interpreting it. Ex parte hi%yer,84Crita.

Rep. 288, 2~7 S. P. l00. phere rot-as used in a constitution

are plain and unambiguous,there is no occasion for construction.

rho ConfederatePensionFund authorizedto be areatedby Article 3, Section 61, of the Constitution, is a oonstitutlonal specialfund which may be applied only to the purposesfor which, udi%r the constitutionsl provisiun, the fund is oreat&, to-sit; sTbo payment of peMions.* Tbe appliaati,on ti suah fund to any othe& purpose than that authorizedhy the constitutional prwision is enpressly~probihited hy Article 8, Section 7, of our Constitution,

whiti prwidoat

*The Legislatureshall not have power to borrow, or in any mum?& dive&t frem its purpose, any special fund that nay, or ought to, come into the treasury;

. . . .. Of this section of the Constitution,the late cm-of Justice Cureton t4aiat

*The&e arc various special funds namti ia the ~onstitutlon,such as the SchoolFund, et cetera,and the purpose of Ss%fion 7, Article 8, WOB to prevent their diversion. These special funds, of course, can not be tivertad,

* Draeott

River ~cnsertation 6 Recl;rernh.&'Di.(strict

P. EoCr;m **(Tax.)** $1 8. W. (2) **660.** See, also, Carroll f. Oillirrnx, 109 Tex. 156, 202 6. W. 504~ Lsmon v. tioker(Civ.Apps.) 220 s. w= 260. Expcnrlftures cf the Btate imolvet? in establishing 3rd n~int..ainS~:

the ConfederateBoz~es do not constitute*the payment of p%nsions.* Since expendlturw Prom the Uenneral wuttd for these purposeswere not Blade for tbe purpose for Which tho ConfederatePensionFund was createdand suthortstnlto be @xpendeii by the Cmntltution, reimbursam~t oE the tieneral

FumI Worn tha Confederrrte lens&onFuna for SU& expesxUturesis probibito&by BFt.icl~ 8, section 7, ai- l&c hlstltution.

*erg truly yaure