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OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOF TEXAS AUSTIN ~CLMNW ~Trc.e”nr 0~“rnN.

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 maximumaum6to be approprlateb to and.for the several purposes namedherein, an& the amounts are intended to oover and shall oover the entfre~oost of the rsapeotlre items andthe sameshall 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,mmpaying less than the maximumamountset rorth 3 rein ror any salaried posItion.” .$ wLImitatIon 0r Payments. ‘Exoept amothezW$ 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 amount8ftemiaad herein, and it is so provided.*

“Unitad Statea Funds and did. Theproper ofrloer or officera or any State Qepartmen%r, **burmw** or iUtIaIone~ of state agenolss are hereby autharia& to makeapplloatlon 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 iexas, InoludInng eonatrutb~ tion of publio buIlding#, repairs, and improvementr. Anyor such Federal Fund6as maybe depO$Ited in the State Treasury are hereby appropriated to the rpeolflo purpose authorized. by the Tedera Government.* *St 1s provided that any nurse emloped by the Stats Health Department not reoeiving 125.00 per i month under this Aot mayhave her salary 0uppl6!nentetl rrom Fedaral funds in tha sumof #lg.50 per llwrnth upon approval or the proper Federal authorltlbs.* Weinterpret 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?~iOnOr 0UOh rUUdB, with the limitation that persona paid from State iunde maynot have their ralariea supplemented rrom Fadrral runds, exoapt in the Instanoe of nuraas not reoeiviug $125,00 per month, whomayhare their aalarles supplemented 

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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 augmentor supplement the salarise ot employees paid fro-mState funde, your queetlon is armweredin the atflrmative. Yours very truly ATTORNEY

GEPIERAL

OFTE$AS

Rlohard Pi. Falrohlld

Amletant



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