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### tha**Texas** Old dga A64i#t6llO4 hrnd.’ Tha dapartmantal appropriation bill paarad by the 4gth tiglclatura, E.. B. 4gT, **rt** p. 87 of the ~+meta Journal, 

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a8 follow8 b br ltoriution, 60~ II 

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### rider,altar appropriating, 732 690.00 per fiaoal uumm to the Taxaa Liquor Control Boarir

VubJaot to tha llaltaticma set forth in the 

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### and oi this **Aot** all appro rlationa .har8lA

### made Sor the Texae Liquor Canto**P** Board shall ba paid out of proceeda **da** 

### rlvad ?rom tha 61314of aloohollo bavaraga stampa 

### beron mob prooaada are allocated to reapaotlva Fonda mqzlrad **bl** law, and said mount 

### is heraby appropriated th;rraWxa for aaoh of tha fiscal years ending fn **Aomut** 31, 194C and kug~st 31, 1941.- The Jurlrdlotlon Of tba LImitStIm of Payment6 Board; set up in the dapertmental approprlatlon bill 

### pans-. **ad** bJ tha 46th Legislature, is llalted to the altuatlon where the amamt of tha tees, raoaiptr, apeoiel 

### or other funcs 6veilablo Sor usa **by** 6 department, are more then sufrlolent to pay tha itama daalgniatedin the dapartAenta1 appropriation bill to be peld therrf'rcln, in whloh avant the dapartment to whloh tha faoa, reoalpts, 6peolal or other s~rlleble SUAVE ara 6pproprletadm6~, "It neoa866ry to edaqu8telp partoni the funotloA4 of **seid** dapart~ant, uea any portion of said 

### starplus faea, raoaipta, cpaolal **fundB,** or other cveilablo 

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### l 6urplu6* in tha apeoial fUAd, eubject to the JurI8cilatlon of the Lialtatlon ot Yaymant6 

### Board, **only** fn the **rituation** where the s~olel fund is dadloatad to tha UPS and **beAdit** Of th6 TSXa8 Liquor COAtrOl Board for the 

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dalnlatratloA of the 

### affairs ot that dapartmant, and whera the LaglaletUre hpproprlated only 6 **portion** of **said fund**  

### l xpnaal~ **br** vlrtua or tha p~'o~itiona of tha dep6rbnSntal appropriation bill, leaving the rurplus in tha apeoisl fund, over end 

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bova the amamt of the Items 

### l paolfloell~ approprla**tad** br the Leglalatura 

### tharafrom,to be dl6trlbutad by tha LLnit8tloA of PaJmanta Board under the authority theraia oon-Texas Liquor Control Board, P6go S

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### the hua Thara la no dadloatlon oi the liquor trr **fund** to

Liquor 

### Control Bo6rd 

### ios the lrpnsea 

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### l dminlstarl~ the lff8lra of tb& **body.** On the ooatrarr, 

### the only amounts out of seld Fund 8vallabla to that Board IA any **want** for 

### l rpeAditura in OparetUg the dapertmant em those 

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xpraaal ln tha **departmenta**

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to it bf the Uglrletura rpprOprlrtlon bill. The bal6noa ot the fund la dadloetad **end** alloO6tad to the Avell4bla School Fund and the Texas **Old Ago** A6ai8tsnoa **Fund, by**  

### virtue **oi** tha law which oraetaa the fund. The bel6Aoa or '8uTplU6" in auoh fund is not '6V6116blS" ior the **u6a** of the Texas Liquor Control 

### Board, 6nd IA 6uOh 6 litu6tloA then OAII l xi6t no *8urploaw in thrt fund 6ubJSOt to the Jurlsdlotlon Of the Llmlt&ion of Paymante Bosrd.

The 6pplloatlon preeantad **by** you I8 defactlva in 64VOml **par tiOUhr6,**  end for such 108LOA 16 AOt suffloient in 

### any event to invoke the

### jurisdiction of the Limitstion Of FameAt Eo6rd. However, 6iACO me have determined that the Eoerd would not have Jurlsdlctloa 

### to grbnt 

### your requeet ii your UppliCtitiOA mm-e 

### properly pnperad, we rSfr6iA frm pointing out to you at thi8 time the particul~ra **in** xhloh the opplloetlon IE defective. Very truly yours ATTORNXY CX,Xi%Ri.L OF TiXhS


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