OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

ITOR. c. 2. ~Iiiykendall, Clmirrnan 

Earl-d of Examiner8 

Stbte ??epartzellt ofSducation 

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.inemQ 
fm- salary warrants to be issued for servlces rendered sever&l months prior to the 

date of the v:arsanta?w 

lirticle 2J.377, I&vised Civril Statutes, reads 

an. follows: 

Vhe State Superintendent shall be 

authorized to appoint a State Board ot 

Tmuuiners, consiotlng of not lese than 

t.hrea ccmpatent teaahera, living in the 

State,.to serve during his pleasure and 

he may Inomse or deorease the II -b 

M varybag oonditioas may bake nea4ssary.m 

Artlals Zf370, Rstfsed CIvfl Statutes, pr#- 

rides In part a8 follcma 

. . ..*s oounty superIntondizlt #Ihall 

dent, ell papara of 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 

Benate BIllI?oq 158, bdng Chapter SO4, -naral 

and GpeoIal Lawa oi Twaa, Regular SeaaIon, 45th bgI@lafura, Is the general appropriation Ml1 for the support 

and malntenantw of the exeoutlvs and a4minIa8mtivs d* 

pertmenta and agmmlss of the stats governam& iOr the 

two year period beginning SopWmber 1, 19S7. At 

141s we fIn&the tollowing pr6vIeIon arking l PPxYxop Lle 

for~the r3ttlntenrume of tmS.4 Boardof EupnIn*irrr t0r Uid 

bienniuma 

"Board of lwminere Mrlef0n 

"It la hereby provided that amount0 

for the salaries ai all pereons engaged 

In the ezlamimtion and 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 exaeeding the following 

mounts per year tor salaries shall be paid 

to the following members azd er~loyoes of 

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 hereby appropdatedfortha 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 Art1010 8897 nor 

my other ststuw rixes ths @ary or the state Board of 

Sxemtim nor dobe any general statute fix 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, Section 6 of th? state Ganstitution m&s as 

wRouwaep shallbe&awnfmmthe 

Wsaaury but In pursuanoo of 8 eol~lo approprIatIons made by law; nor sha P 1 any appropriatlon of money be made for a longer tern 

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 

overnaent until the asdambl&P of the sI eenth Le&slaturerW 

rr the above aonstl*utlonal provIsion nesds any 
lio,l. c. :.. j!uykendall, Way 26, 1939, ?:epe 4 

foriiticutian it 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~praprlation for 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 collecteE durInE 

ttiio fiscal year. :?o other mm 10 aprroprfatad ror 

suc?i pur::ose find no anoun t in excess therect can bo 

paid fror; the atate treasury. If the Comptroller should 

Iosue werrentta 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 outstendIng warrents, then It would follow that such unpaid wermnts 

had been issued without authorftl of 3.6~ and in aontruwntlon of the above eonstltutlanal pmrlslon. Therefore, the Co@zouer Oea i58uS swh 

peril oi that dwelopqrsnt. 

werrents qly upon 

we do n&i beliffe that ua oen take judlOIt&l 

Knowles ~fwhatwer the gemsral praotioe -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 against the 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