OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

: State Department of Eublia Velrare Austin, 48xus .;:i.:, :'~~ Dear #i&rIkraMeon:



### rouchop q’warrantsdrqukw theState ComptrolWI ihe paper 6csoMts of a mstate DeparG ent'af Fublib;..Oalfare Fund" **for** the purpoee of &muitting the Sfste Comptroiler to properly draw an;Limsuo mmh rawhers or warrants, the State Depadcmit of,pub$io Welfare shall furnish the Co-- trollbr kth wiist of or roll of there entitleid to oeskstanas'fron tine to tine, together with the amount to-which eaoh recipient ie entitled. When such vouohers **or** warrants have been drawn they shall be defirered to the Executire Mreotoc of the State Department of Eublio VoWare, who in turn shall supervise tho delirery of same to the parsom emtitlod theroto.idonorableJ. s. Eurddson - page 2



### 3SEC, 27. (1) For the **p-pose of**  

### anrryingout tho provisions oi'this Act, *&o Old Age Assistance 

### Furd,thbUUti &ssistancoBsILlil, and the C%ildreri Assistance Fund 08 pmvidc& for in IL.B. 2, Acts of the Forty-setenth Leglslatura, Regular Ssssbm, arehereby msde 

### oeparatePooounts of the *StateDe- ~Dartmeutof PubUc YelfareIRmls as oreateaby this hoc. Provided, tbatallwnies inthesaparate aooountr OS the State Depautmsnt 'ofPublic Welfare Fund shall be 

### oxpedal unly for the purposes of carrying out the rorisions oithis Aot,rud **for** the purposes for ah%CE said separate accounts **were created** 
or appropriated.
"'(2) The state Treaswor is heroby design&al as the Gustodian of any **and** all money which may **be t-e**  ceivociby the Ytste of To%.% (which the State **Dcprt** ment of IUbUc IWlfare is authorised to adndnister), from anj appropr%ations kade by the **Congrces Of**  **the** Unitod States, for the purpose of oooperating with the ewersl pr~~Iaions of the Fed- l 200ial Bs~urity Act,* and all noncy roooivod fron any other source; and the State Treasurer is hereby authoriaed to receive such money, pay it into the proper fund or the propsr scccunt of the

### Gonmal e3uv.l of the 

### State Treasury, 

### provide for the proper custodJ thereof, sud to mabe dis

### bursements thorefroazupon the order of the State Departmmt aud upon uarraut of the State Comptroller of Publio Aocouuts.*
sitouse~111 S, Acts of the 

### lofty-swanth Lep;islature,regulsr session, as ammdti, 

### provided in Art. XX, Sectlo% 2, Snbsection 4, the mount of aate fund uhich shall be allocated ai.2tiunsCtm=ed to the old age assistanoe fund. In Senate Dill 425, Acts of the Forty-seventh Legislature, Regular Session, a su~is appropriated out or the old age as&ataxme +,. fmd For the use cf the State tieasurer, aud there is alse a **sum approgriated**  **out** of the old age **asdstance Lund**  **Por** the
use of the 

### Stat0 ConDtroXlor. pges 1130, l222 arxLxX83). (see Scneral aud Speoial Lass,

*The agpro+aticns as Drorided in Seuste Bill 422 ham beeu used by the state Colcptrollcrand tho state Trousurer in payinr;tile OXpCnsds 

### OP !lnntlliIlg thr?old cqe xmistzcc3 cLarAa. ,isu;J-co;iPittee cl the Senate Cipil Jurlqrudc~co COIm&ttce
is stuayinq the Pinanoial yorisions roletinq to the old we assiotanoo ~roqrar~,and this Senate Sub-cormXt.teeilnsinstructcd us to submit for your consideration the eollowiw quostionr’Ronorable J. 8. hnrcbieon - pegs 3

Upon.

### tlrts

statementyoupropoundthe following question(

"1s 

### them Lagislatire 

### authorizationfor appropriating funds Plwm the Old age oeaistanee flux3

### topay espenaos incurred **by** the State 

### Coqtroller or **Stats Treasurer**  in conneoti~ rith thehandling of old age **aesistame** cheoba orrraintainingaooount%ngreoords?~

Prorieion **for** old age assistance is clearly mlth

### in thelegfslatirspmrogatZ*e, aal Is a proper ereroise of the polio6 paer of the State for **the** aeueral Welfare. Such legislat%on neoessarily coutomplates the lnoideuoe of cxpeusee for the administration of such Aat.

**Section** 4s of Artiale III of 

### theConstitution, limiting the power of t&o Le@slature in thematter cf the right to 1~ taxes or wee burdens upon the people, expre~ely except8 from the 

### prohibition or IimItation the 

### rigisaxxl

povor *to raise rcvemue sufficient for tha economla01 

### PdrrSPistration ot the gwemment, in wbioh may be inoluded the folloting purposes; 0 I)l 0 rhn 

### payant of all of-iicers, 

### agentsand mployees of the 

### Stategwernment, and all incidental e.spenseeoonuected therevltb. The authority to taxand collect neceesarily includes the parer to appropriate

-- that iPB 

### t0 apply tie k?UISd twit6 Frop3-r

### ptqoS6.

8. 

### Be423,Acts of the 47th Legislature, 

### lbgulnr Session, as stated by you, appropriated out of the Old Age iiss&tance ihandcertain anuountsfor **the use**  **of** the State Gonptroller and t&o State 2reasursr in connection with the adadnistration of the dot. (See Cenersl and Special Laus, 47th LoSisloture, pp. ilm, EZS2 and lSS3). These ituce 

### worein pawent of ~oSiY.cas, agents und en~loVMe of the State gwernnenP*Sor serv%ces actually **rendered** in the edministration of clae Act, and as such they are constitntional1y vaua.