OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS

**AUSTIN**



### ITOR. c. 2. ~Iiiykendall,

Clmirrnan Earl-d of Examiner8 Stbte ??epartzellt

of Sducation Austin, ?exaE

"(1) Is it not in order for the Camptroller*8~artment to ooatfnue to iame dafiaiency

warrants in meeting the oblige-~ t&ma or the Soard of Wmu.inemQfm- salarywarrants to be issued for servlces rendered sever&lmonths prior to the date of the v:arsanta?w


### lirticle

2J.377, I&vised Civril

Statutes,reads
an. follows:

Vhe State Superintendent 

### shallbe authorizedto appoint a State Board ot Tmuuiners,consiotlngof not lese than t.hrea ccmpatentteaahera, living in the State,.toserve during 

### his pleasure and he may Inomse or deorease the II -b M varybag oonditioas may bake nea4ssary.m



### ArtlalsZf370,

Rstfsed

CIvfl Statutes,

pr#- rides 

### In part a8 follcma



### .. ..*s oountysuperIntondizlt #Ihall
dent, ell paparaof qapliaanta applying for State oer8iSlsate8, them to be 6ub 

### mitted' 80 the 

### State Boerd of Rsamlner8, 

### togetimy

with the report8

0r 

### the county boerd of exemlnere, on a pmsor$bed form 'fumlshed by the State Dqmrtment of IMamatfoa,wlthafee ottwodollara fromthe ioapaldto hlmby wahofth&applIaanta applyI rot Stats 04wtIfiaates.a

BenateBIllI?oq158, bdng ChapterSO4, -naral and GpeoIalLawa oi Twaa, RegularSeaaIon, 45th bgI@lafura, Is the general appropriation

Ml1 for the support and malntenantw

of the exeoutlvs

and a4minIa8mtivs

d* pertmenta

and agmmlss of the statsgovernam& iOr the two year 

### periodbeginning SopWmber 1, 19S7. At 141swe fIn&the tollowing pr6vIeIon

arkingl

PPx op Y xLle for~the r3ttlntenrume 

### of tmS.4

Boardof EupnIn*irrr

t0r Uid bienniuma

"Boardof lwminere Mrlef0n

"It la hereby provided that amount0 for the salaries ai all pereons engaged In the ezlamimtionand aert~iioat~on o?a;:pliccrnts fr;r teachers

’ certfflostes and for ctLer oxpxwws inaidont thereto shall
never exceed the amounts 0r the pior y0ar.a balenccs of fees aollected Iron applicants for certlfloates

plus currant fens collected, and thtit

not exaeedingthe following mounts per year tor salaries shall be paid to the followingmembers azd er~loyoesof ouid Rortrd: ~,7,0Ci0.00 to the Chaiman-knber; $2,750.00 to the College Examiner~embar; $laoo.oo to the se0mtary4?emlber: #lmo.Oo to the CertIfIoata Clerk: and 

### all other halp at the rate not sxaaading 5ll&60 germomth; also $S,OOO.OO each year 

### ror maIntananob, equtpmOnt,travel and oongent expenses;and 

### Said balan~efi and fees are herebyappropdatedfortha purposes &paying said salartes and expenaea for each of the two ilsoal jreara

ending suguet Sl, 193f3, and August 91, 19a9."



### X8 uI,ll

be notti that neither Art10108897 nor my other ststuw rixesths @ary or the stateBoard of Sxemtim nor dobe any generalstatutefix the sislary of 

### auy wploycy3

of the board. All of suoh aalarI*e 8md all expen8se oi the bawd are left to be prwlded lor S&a 

### eaoh‘ gapproprlatlon

billsas ara exmotod for the 

### pnrposa oi &nab1 agthsboardto f'unotlo& The o*appFoprZation mada 

### fi @r the ourrant biennium has been 

### quoted abore. A&$&A&8, 

### Section6 of th? stateGanstitution m&s as

wRouwaep shallbe&awnfmmthe Wsaaury but In pursuanoo of 8 eol~lo approprIatIonsmade by law; nor 

### P sha 1 any 

### appropriatlon

of money be made 

### for a longertern than two yeare, exaept by the first Le@slature to assemble under this ConstItutIOn,.:, whioh my tie the necessary approprIatIona to carry an the

xf overnaentuntil the asdambl&P of the sI eenth Le&slaturerW

rr the above aonstl*utlonal provIsionnesds any

### lio,l. c. :.. j!uykendall, Way 26, 1939, ?:epe 4

foriiticutianit I.? provided in **tkz:r?** raze of :ickle **vs.** Finley, **44** f;jl **4E0,** by the Suj~reze Court, w!lerein

it 18 held Cat a warrant cannot irsue fcr a salary prwlded by statute unless there has bre:: e:t t:-:;-rqriation

thereior. %e a~praprlationfor the .%ard of l~xtucfnsrs for tf:e cm-runt fiscal year is of whatever SW! that was on hand cn ::epte.zber 1, 1938, plus fees collecteEdurInE

ttiio fiscal year. :?o other mm 10 aprroprfatadror suc?i pur::ose

**find** no **anoun** t in excess therect can bo paid fror;

the atate treasury. If the Comptrollershould 

### Iosuewerrentta

for pmsont eelarlss and expensea

and It should develop that 

### the fees rtlioh are oolleoted

far this auuouxt betwean nQw nnd septmber 

### 1, 1959, should not be euftlulent to pay smh outstendIngwar

### rents, then It would followthat such unpaid wermnts had been issued

withoutauthorftl of 3.6~ and in aontru

### wntlon of the above eonstltutlanal pmrlslon. Therefore, the Co@zouer Oea i58uS 

### swh peril oi that 

### dwelopqrsnt. werrents qly upon



### we do n&i beliffethat ua oen take judlOIt&l Knowles ~fwhatwer the gemsralpraotioe -be in **oonneatlon** 

### with the **matter** 

### lnqulred**about in**  **your waml**  question. Fkwwer, If -ta aw not 

### Issued at thla 

### timre, ea the eenloes era performad~there would be LU) legal Inhlbftlon

againstthe mabsmqtnmt Ismmnoo of swh
warxanw lnthemountofthesrarronheudfromt%.meto t%me drtrjlng'tho

b&ma? of the fluaal year, forth8 pap meat of muh 8drvluea.

Yours very truly