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. . of your inquiry asking above capttone,d quealì ,, r Ssselon of the 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 cOrnplyiilth 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 bumof Thirty Thow.3ltriZiollara ($~O,OCO), tar the purpose of carryl.q ou$ 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&3State Trerrsuq~ on v3;11-antsor tire coiaptroilor as uridw Ck~neralGxa.". .’ .

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### 1943-- yeas 93, i- and passtid the ‘xnate, June 

### 18,X941-- yqas 21,
: T&tAot dontaInod the usual emergemoyclause 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;encyclause,.FOIL at all, unless Pm .Act is a &emral approprlatlon bLl1 within the. manly@ of the Constftution. (Seatim 

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Iit an opblicm by this deparbsmt, written by the late Chief ~Jufitlce C. M. Cur&ox& while he wa(rFirst Raolstant Attorney General it w’aa. aside. - ..

. aWe vf.ll first determine, the ~meanlngof the $m=e, ‘4.3

g,cnaral appropriation act. t &I appropriation of tho State funds is a 

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### thepub110 revenue of. a tortsin RUX of money Sor a speoirleU objsot in 

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### 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** UIQpsymsnt of daflialencler’ which hab been Se .,ga~a~~adyinietedng the affairs of the State

“I hnot;htmdoalared pwpo5e is to provhle funds for metin& amorgenaiea during the fiscal y6ar end- Atsgakat -31, l915.6 Frcac this wonuat aasusaethat on6 of the evila to be romedlod Q.the otetute uaa a llqtaidatlon of debts cmatod under 

### the lawby IWSOIIof the. f ’allum of the last preced%nSnpproprQtlon 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 Whenthe 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

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

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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 is 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 

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&f&or the adjoument OS the U@sZatar0.- d.noty days sfttir the adjou&ant menns nino%y fit11 dam -intsrvenY.&gbotvek the day of adjounaent and the ef

### foativo day vhlch vould be in thfg Instance act&bar 1, 

### 1343, ir$Lchday begins, of aourtie, mid-night October L$ axi the appropplatlon vi33 lapse tvo rears from that date.

., YOtlrs veiy 'truly~

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