OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

don. Glbb Gllohrlst, Praeldant 

Agrioultural and Xsahanlcal Collage or Taxas 

COllOge Station, Texar 

Dear 'Sir t 

Fedwal hid-Gr8n t 

Y-l-S 1946 an4 194 

biwaniwn (ChaPter 399, 

&abed to the hltata 

0r the General Rstmuo 

nrt on State or Toue bond8 

and Meohanioal Qolloge 

ua or Ten Thouaanb, Far 

r0r l aoh 0rthO rlr0d 

and August 31, 19b5. * * +I 

2 6r the Aota rdorrod to abow, under the 

oultural and Yeohanloal CoUege oi 

pr~ririon 18 mbe ror thlr lnterertr 

*'tim than 1s 8pproprlatod to the h&rleUltUral and 

Yaohaaloal Oollaga oi Texas, the to tJ. l =Un a Mi ur ent 

or l ooumulsted lntareat recrlted on thr land grant l tiownt rund or aaid Co11 e, aggragatlng TOP Thousand Four Hundred 

and Fltty (410,450 7 Dollars annual4 and any balaaaoa theraoi 

on hand at the md oi any preooding ilaOa1 year, iOr l aob Of 

tbo rlsoal years andlag augurt 31, 1944 and A-t 31, 1945, 
xon. Qibb Ollahdst, page 2 

to b. expand.4 In the Pymsnt of * 

rdriiiittg aq 0r the plup4Jraa prov T deb, by tb* stat0 

a*8 Inoiirrsd ia 

Land Orant Collogo hat and the Foboral Land Qrsat 

Collsgs Aat, snA sny asmdmonts thmto, in the Mnaer 

thrrsln prorlbed.~ 

*TA* Wuaatlanal AppimprlaUon BllI ior t&o ourmat 

blwdcM (Chapter 377, Genurl md ¶ljwolsl Lmw8, 49th 

Lsglslsture - Regular Sosalan) biWr no prorlslon for 

psyingth. iatermt on the bon&a hold br the Texam 

Agrioultunl and k'rohsnlosl College Laad Grant ?u&d, but 

under th. hotding or *Ths Agrloultur.1 cad Ysshsnioal 

ooAleg* 0r Texas* wk.. the rt3110wiail( 

p"" 

tislon 

expwtalttm or this lntsrsst (prm 683 

ror the ,~ 

t 

**Mao, thorn 1s l pproprlatr(l.to the 

and Yeohm 00l.l~ Or Taw8, th 

owront or rroumulstad lntuwt moo 

l n&ounsnt rund or ssid Oolle&r aggn 

TM Thousand Four Rw6rrd aad #Wty 

UknuaAlJMa sn$bslsJler themoioahsdstths &ulof 

for l wh ot tb ilsml yewa 

Yunon~m Annotstul Cl*ll 8tatuto8, and &;s 19A5 34th zaiwaatum, 

R. I gsnstr4Ul X&2?? Ohstier 1% tb A&tltuml &ad 

I4mhikloal College ot Tsxai Lsxtd-Orant in&-no Fund ron8lstr ot 

$209 000.00 derltd from the erlo of kadr rewired b .tho #fate 

or Gxps.mp3er the Watts4 Stat*r lrnd Orurt AotM d2 all at 

whloh is invastrd la art. or T.X.. S$ 00 w3llr or fw, 

dstti liirptrmb*r,l 1915, Oua 89 t&u 1, 955. .T&e fat&iWt~oa 

theoa bOl%&ds +ly&. roml-annua LT 

Y 

to a10 450.&o smluell~; th. rclith 

84ptwabwxaBc~~,~tunta * 

snd oreat or Ch. ItMi or Tusr 

y~~,&r&cdsblr pledged tar the pmapt jwuntal prinrkF,aad 

. 
Bon. Ulbb C?ilo~,~t, .psgo ) ” 

Artlo 8, footioa 6, Qoa8titutioa or Tbr*s, pavldbs 

8. r9110w.t 

: Wo aonoy mhiU be dram iron the Treasury but la 

JNI.T.U.~O. o$ speolflo .p~o~l.tlo.. msde by Ien) aor 

shsll any appropriation of aonsy br nadr for l longor 

trrm thnn too you*. . . .* 

This motion not 0~17 irpulru an appropristlon bbtors 

moast oan be paid out or the Treasury but e&so llafts every 

approprlstion to 8 term or,two years. Pickle Y. Finley, 91 Tex. 

Csb, 44 S. W. 480. 

titlolr 43&b, Vmnoa’s llanotrted Citll Statutes 

pruoribe., smons other dutirs of thr Oosptroll*r of Fublio 

AeOOtUAtS, t&at the Ooq&roller la roqulred to 6rru wwrants 

wm th 'Pn~wr .r0r the p4fmt 0r au m0nrfn ah0tra br 

law to bqp.14 out or tb. Tr.a.ury. 

We Irsy. l xsmin~,osr.fullq the 

br th. 49th'Lyik~sture is9ludiq,.th. 

@mwQtlon Sill, AOts 19k5, 49th l&slnturo, R. @.;'Ohapter 

377, amI hsn.bron unabl. to rind a epmiilo l pproprlstloa aad. 

by thhe Legislstumi tdths .Ooagt,rell~r or Fubllo AmOUnt tar the 

pame& ef Wmlntwest on tho,bordr in 

yur. a&lag A-t 31, 191-6 aad Au&u& 8 

uartlon for $hr ilrral 

1, 1947. 

ooastltutlonal.~pmYfrio~ q&tot& knla routi jmvhlb1t~so.h 8 

pruumptl9n. The fallur. to proti6a fm thr’ payment or lntsrost 

on tkso State boqub rpHers to bo UL ovoni#ht en &he ~put of 

t&o LsglslatJn,whl.h oily n subsequent kglslotur. ay oorroot. 
'Uoa. Olbb,Gllahkbt, m&o b 

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. 

Trudlagthat tim aboto satisfsetorlly ansuors yokw 

lnqalxy, *a are 

Yours vu7 truly, 

ATTORRBT GtT8UiAL OF TtMS