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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Dr. George VP. Cox, M. D, 

State Health Orrloer 

Aua tin, Texas 

Dear Sir! Opfnlop3. O-8377 

Ret payment or salaries or looal 

,/ health employee6 out or Feabudget agreed 

MJ be augmented 

in the plan and 

Health orfioer and Federal 

th units lt is neoesln order that quaILtied, 

You rurther state that 

ny personnel oorried in 

tlon bill gassed by the 46th Lagisoonoerna only the personnel paid 

ram Federal sourops. 

Rilhu,&he 

The 01 wing provielona are oontainea in 8enate 

46th Legislature; 

w appropriation herein pravided are to 

be aonrtrued ae the maximum aum6 to be approprlateb 

to and. for the several purposes named herein, an& 

the amounts are intended to oover and shall oover 

the entfre~oost of the rsapeotlre items and the 

same shall not be supplemented from any other aonroe; 
Dr. George Ys. aox, YI. D., Page 8 

==d, exoept as otherwise provided, no other expenditures shall be made, nor shall any other 

obligations be fnourred by any department of 

this State, provided however that nothing hereIn 

shall prevent any department head i,mm paying less 

than the maximum amount set rorth 3 rein ror any 

salaried posItion.” 

.$ 

wLImitatIon 0r Payments. ‘Exoept am othezW$ 

provided, whenever, by VIrtuenOi the prorlrionii $ 

thla Aot, itans ara to be paid out of teen, reaeipt.8, 

speoial tunds or out or other runds available ior 

use by a aapartment, It is the intention or the LegIslature to limit expenditures out or eaia ree8, reoelpte, speolal runde or other available funds co 

the purposes and in the amount8 ftemiaad herein, and 

it is so provided.* 

“Unitad Statea Funds and did. The proper ofrloer or officera or any State Qepartmen%r, burmw 

or iUtIaIone~ of state agenolss are hereby autharia& 

to make applloatlon ror and aooept any gIfta, grants, 

or allotments or funda imm the United State6 Qorernment to be used on Btete coo eratlve and other Fe&ral projeotr and pregrmw in i exas, InoludInng eonatrutb~ 

tion of publio buIlding#, repairs, and improvementr. 

Any or such Federal Fund6 as may be depO$Ited in the 

State Treasury are hereby appropriated to the rpeolflo 

purpose authorized. by the Tedera Government .* 

*St 1s provided that any nurse em loped by the 

Stats Health Department not reoeiving 125.00 per i 

month under this Aot may have her salary 0uppl6!nentetl 

rrom Fedaral funds in tha sum of #lg.50 per llwrnth 

upon approval or the proper Federal authorltlbs.* 

We interpret ths above provlelone a8 Intending to 

authoriae the applloation or Federal tundta to the apeoitio 

purpose authorlaed by the proper Federal authority having 

ti~p~~~f?~iOn Or 0UOh rUUdB, with the limitation that persona 

paid from State iunde may not have their ralariea supplemented 

rrom Fadrral runds, exoapt in the Instanoe of nuraas not reoeiviug $125,00 per month, who may hare their aalarles supplemented rrom Foderal runas in the eium oi $12.50 par month upon 

approval of the proper Federal authorltias. 
Dr. George W. Cox, M. D., Page 3 

If, therefore, you do not propose to augment or 

supplement the salarise ot employees paid fro-m State funde, 

your queetlon is armwered in the atflrmative. 

Yours very truly 

ATTORNEY GEPIERAL OF TE$AS 

Rlohard Pi. Falrohlld 

Amletant 

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