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of your inquiry asking 

above capttone,d queal ì ,, 

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d direct3ng the Atnvsotif~~tioI4 fad to l.rlP0C8’&&3S or auita or take 

8’~ to protect the lntemst 

0 vaters of the P%COO River, 

-NeXiCO to cOrnply iilth the terms 

eam.lt tshemln set oLTt. 

f the act makes an appropriation in the 

a hem&y applpoprtitsd. aut of ang ~fwxds 

Tma5urg not 0tbcm:ne nPFro~rlut& 

the bum of Thirty Thow.3ltri Ziollara ($~O,OCO), tar 

the purpose of carryl.q ou$ the provisions of this 

act, Said nonep shall be pati out on worn ocoo\mts 

spprcwoU by the Attorney (ie~~rd and shall be. pR?-d 

o?it or t&3 State Trerrsuq~ on v3;11-ants or tire coiaptroilor as uridw Ck~neral Gxa." 
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.!&a Aat p&seed the House Map 26, 1943 -- yeas 93, 

i- and passtid the ‘xnate, June 18, X941 -- yqas 21, 

: T&t Aot dontaInod the usual emergemoy clause but 

as shorn by the above voto Lt lacked the necessary two-this& 

mjority in the Bouae anu ther6fore did not bsoom immdlately 0ffeOtlve by mason of the emtiry;ency clause,.FOIL at all, 

unless Pm .Act is a &emral approprlatlon bLl1 within the. 

manly@ of the Constftution. (Seatim 39, Article ZII) 

Iit an opblicm by this deparbsmt, written by the 

late Chief ~Jufitlce C. M. Cur&ox& while he wa(r First Raolstant 

Attorney General it w’aa. aside. - . . . 

aWe vf.ll first determine, the ~meanlng of the 

$m=e, ‘4.3 g,cnaral appropriation act. t &I appropriation of tho State funds is a settlnZ; apart 

.,f%m the pub110 revenue of. a tortsin RUX of money 

Sor a speoirleU objsot in auoh a menner~ that the 

ersoutlve officers are authorired.to use that *on- 

: ey; and no mom, for that qxxifio objeot. . 

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. ‘: %he Aption of this Act, ~Ls veil as ihe firat 

paragraph of the first section, expressly declares 

-:that or.@ of ita j3lX~OSC!a is to approprlste funda 

‘. for UIQ psymsnt of daflialencler’ which hab been Se 

.,ga~a~~adyinietedng the affairs of the State 

“I hnot;htm doalared pwpo5e is to provhle 

funds for metin& amorgenaiea during the fiscal 

y6ar end- Atsgakat -31, l915.6 Frcac this wo nuat aasusae that on6 of the evila to be romedlod Q.the 

otetute uaa a llqtaidatlon of debts cmatod under 

the law by IWSOII of the. f’allum of the last preced%nS npproprQtlon bill to carry such funda for 

admlnleterinC; the affairs of the Government I Another evil to bo renodiad was to avoid cssatiqq 

further deflcisncies in o&or that the Sta,te night 

operate upon a cssh~basiui When the various ltcms 

of ths bi21. ace exm~l.~.cd It will bs found that they 

corroopnd with thne doclumd purpose of l&a imamre, 

aa contained i.n the onption and ln the f%rst seo- tir?n ?I 

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@mor&le.A; li. Dunlap, Coimissiqner,,Pago 3 - 

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I& vi11 tln;s ba .eeen follbwl.ng the reasona by 

~'&3$ ttiritton tIm.t~tho'presont bill is nbt a .$:eneral,approprlatlon act but on t;lo contrary i s ono authorir@; certain 

fnvestlptions, suits or proccedtig%, touchir~ a deSlnlto 

subject mttor pnb wG~ln!q an approprfoticm for th8 a-#oiSLo 

POrpO&W of carrJi.@ Gllt the provisl,ono of the act ---aa incident merely to the act. 

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:. &la being trui the bet did n& go Into effect uxw 

til niaety dajrs &f&or the adjoument OS the U@sZatar0.- 

d.noty days sfttir the adjou&ant menns nino%y fit11 

dam -intsrvenY.&g botvek the day of adjounaent and the effoativo day vhlch vould be in thfg Instance act&bar 1, 1343, 

ir$Lch day begins, of aourtie, mid-night October L$ axi the appropplatlon vi33 lapse tvo rears from that date. 

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