**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL** OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**

Hononblr 6oorgr H. 8hoppm-d Comptroller or mbllo Aocounts **Austin,** tuar



### Your lrtterofaawry of this department upon may pay trrre1ing l xpena **tu** bubitorr out of the **r1d.r found**  **an MO**  **6 of**  bill passed w the 

### 86thfr of the 46th Legislature).

tha llmltatlan sot forth la the ingatthe

l 

### lxlof thlsAat, tvo aerltof th* algarutte rtup tu am collootrd, aa provided by i8htUl-0, md all bdUlOO8 OP rrotto 

### tu l

nforcewnt

fund 

### on August 31, 1939, 18 hreby approprlatad to the Comptroller of Slbllc Aacount8 for payment of the items here:nbefore lIsted in the Cigarette Iax Enforcement XvLs:~x~ for each of the ears ending **August** 

### 31, 1941, and kUJU8t 31, I: 19 1.

### Bononblr 0.0~. IL 8h*ppnd, ?ago 2

lhbjeot to the the provt8lon8

. . liritBtiOn8 8et forth in



### a99ear1a at ti Wld Of th18 -- -- _..

Bill AOt, wy fOO8 OOlleOtWI rOP audit8 and OXuriMt:OM S8 9l’OVidOd iOr ill aOU8S Bill 

### 755, SOotIon 

### 8, pa88.d by the 44th tig181atUD8, h&W 80881oP, **md w**  **MCfntit8 theretO,**  **Ukd raiy**  b&m008 

### inthe 0% 

### wotte tu l ud1t tund are horrb7 rppropria !l d to the **comptrolbr** of Pub110 hoOount8 to **be** ured in making audit8 a8 provldod in 

### raid' 

## Act.’ ThegamNl riderappurlag at theendof senate 527 9l!OVi&J8 

### inplkl't a8 fOllOVSl



### “Except aa 

### to **field** 

### travel expense of **the** 

### Highway Department, It 18 provlded~that 

### no expenditure shall be made 

### for travel OX9OII8OS **by UI~**  **drpwtmaat Of**  **this atate** **%I** *X0.88 of tha amount of nomy ltmmlsed hemin iOr said 9ur9080.

. . .” 

### ThO itM Of 

### $36.000.00 $8, Of SOiW80, Ul aWOUnt Of

_. _ -. _ - _ - roney ltODll804 neroin r9r tnvs11ag U9OPI.8. The 

### question to be 

### dotmmine4 18 VhethW 

### or not the 

### l ppropriatlan appeariQJ in the 89OOir1 

### rldor 'to

### be U8ti 

### in nkm **Uldit8** &I provided in **said** hot*, t8 **11bV180** available for tx'BY.1~ OX9OIISO8, ln 80 **far** as ruoh upenrr8 may be incurrod ln making audit8 a8 9888ed by the 

### P**rovided for**  in Xoure 8111 755, hotion 

### 8,

4th~gi8lBtU2'0, 

### Re@lhr &88loa, 

### BUIeny amenwIlts tbrroto.

The language of the spraial 

### riderappropriate8 the fIllId referred to therein "to be Ured inmaking l Udlt8 n8 

### provided in raid Act”, without 

### any lititatlon vhatroever upon their use othervlse. 

### Thepayment or trarellng expenses incurred in meklng 

### audits provided for 

### In 8ald Act is 

### clear-~ ly the use of the fund8 

### appropriated for the exact purpose for vhlch the Legislature ha8 

### aade them available. The special rider 1s just aa muchan “ften” of appropriation as 

### the more spec’_flc provLsion “travel!ng expense
. . . $1~,000.00

”

. The only distlnctlm between the tw-, :s tSet the me is bmader the,? the other. In other Vord8, the funds appropriated by 

### the special rider are available 

### for any and 

### all expenses vhJch maybe 

### lncur?ed ln making audits 

### a8 pro-. I

Honorable Ooorge H, 8heppard, 

### ?age 3

vlded la tEe Act 

### rotorred to, vhorea8, the )36,000.00 18 avrllable anly for travollng expenror. It 18 the opinion Of thi8 **department** tht Odl Of 8Uoh itOM 18 4Ul"MWUllt **of** money ltmlsed hereia" for **traveling expenses.** 

It fo1lov8 from vhat ha8 been said above that the fbld8 approprl8ttd by ths 8peOi&1 rider "to be Used ia making rudltr a8 provided for ia 8aid **Act ”**  m-0 available for payrent of traveling l x9en888 Incurred by your auditor8 la mklng the audit8 rovlded for ln lIou8sBill 755, Section 8, 9a88eQ by the t4th Leglrlature, Regular se88lOII,and in th8Jamen&ment8 thereto.



### ATTORHEY0ENERM.a OFTEXAS



## By R(%~&hild

. .Asststant

A??BovEDl JuluBry 14, 

## 1941 Oerald C. Mmna (8l@ed) **ATTORREY**OERRML **OF** TEXAS