OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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fi ‘, $. YHonomble Ci6org6 If. Sheppard 

Cosptrollsr of Fublio Account8 

nu8tln, Tsxee 

Deer Sir: 

whettier or 

88ian in th0 p~oBa8f1 or h 

beon epprorrd by the Sate 

01 was originally &ten tbe 

upplios used by eeob Depcartaent 

or the State Oovermmnt, h~aludhg t&e State 

krlmn System, end eaab l le8mo8ymiry incltitutiol:, ‘Romal eohool, Agrioultuml end geohanioal college, Vniverslty or Twxaa, and each 

end ell other State School8 or Depert5UBfit8 

of the State Oowmmant heretofore or bereettar ometad. Such 8Upp1i%S t0 in0lUde 

furniture and r?xtureo, teohnieel inetrumente and bfmk8, end all other thin@ rOqufrsd by the dliferent depetitrwnta or in8tltutione, sxoept 8tEiotly pcsriahable goOd8." 

3.15 
mnorable George B. shep?ard, ?ego 2 

Subsequent to ouch enaotment the 30th Legislature 

in 1923 enacted 4 Statute whloh ie now jrrtI4le 4042 Of the 

iievleed Civil .itrrtutes. In referring to the Gum, Fi8h end 

Oyster Colmni88iOnOr, Said artiule reRdi%, iI3 prt, a8 rOibW8: 

** * * ad the COSaRIe8iOIier i8,authOrized to purchase boat8 and ird&Qemmte and 

esiploy labor to work wch pub114 oyrter 

reefs and bedo a8 Jm may thtnk OM be lmproPad thereby, thf! 8xjnmes or which shell 

be peld on waftant ls8ued by the Comptroller on the ewom 8tetem8nt e8 to the oorreotnecra 0r such expen8e by the CO27Wd8BiOLWl’.” 

You have supplemented your letter of request with 

the eddltlonal information that the boat Is being pUmha8ed 

ror the uee ncntioned in the above etatute, that is, ror worklag public oyster rear8 end beds in the aoastal ewe. 

The orfi48 0r hae, Bi8h a136 Oyoter commla8ioner we8 

eboliehed by th8 Legisleture Ill krtiole 9781 0r ~8I’IXOil*I Annotated Civil ;itatut.,>s. SeatIOn 1 provlderr 88 rOum8; 

“&4. 1. The offi or Geips, FI8h and 

Oyeter Coulmiasioner 0r the state or Texa8 18 

hereby eboli8hed. There la hereby oreeted 

the Game, Fish oti Og8ter Coumlesion which 

ahell have the authority, ponema, duties and 

run4ti0nt3 herotorore reeted in the Gene, Pioh 

cad Oyster Comlesiofxer, except where In QOIZfllct with this riot.* 

Under the authority or the above quoted article the 

r&me, Fish ad Oyster 001mi8eioa he8 the 8ai4e authority that 

the Gme, zlsh end Oyeter COI?ai?d88iOnor htid t0 pUrOba44 boat8 

under dq-tIOlB 4048, aupre. Your attention ie dtreoted to the 

fact that titlole 4048 not only gave the Comnl88loner the authority to puroham boat8 'but also provided spe4IfIoally the 

aanner l,n whIoh the geymmto for the eme are to be made. 

The Convnloeloner under said M%fole wee to make e sworn stat+ 

watt ae tG the oorrectnefm of the expense and f'uruiah the 8QoIlD 

to the Comptroller, and the Coiaptroller we8 to I88ue *weZr4flt 

in paptent 0r euuh expense. &!lowhere in eald Artiole ie it 

provided that such nocount mart be submItted to the State 

a0m-d or Control or that the Seta Board of Control should 

nake such purchase for the Co~~~Iafbl~n. On the other band , it 
Honorable George 8. &e~pard, Pago S 

Ie apeoifioally provided that thr Conmlerloner ie authorized 

to rake tha yurohass and the paysent 8hould be made by hi8 

8Ubl?littillg n 8wom 8tetuPMt to the Coraptrollar en6 the Oomptroller 8hould draw 4 warrant ior the payment of ruoh expense. 

It Ie our opinion, thererore, that elnoe the Gene, 

Fish adl Oy8ter COiBRXiSSiOn he8 sUbtitt4b to JOU the 8WOTS 

8tatomdlt 88 provldrd io hrtiolr 40018, in oonn44t~on with th8 

boat thet wa8 purchared, you would b4 authoriz46 to appron 

the gaynmnt or said 800oUnt even t&u&b the 8emo he8 not bnn 

approved by the State Boerh of Control. Our oonolu8lon in 

thf8 reepect la in acoordwlththe edniini8tretIve aoo8truotion 

plaoed on the above 418cu88ed Artiolrs by the Genie, Fieh end 

Oyster Corrwiu8ion and the Comptroller of Puhlfo Aooouatm ti 

gaat ysare. 

Your8 very truly 

Bytim+ 

Billy oolbberg 

A88i8tMt 

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