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

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Eonorrblo Bamom Oil.8 Comclrsioner, Geaeral Land Ofiiao 

### Awtln, Tmxar

**Dear Mr.**  **aUes1**

**pinion upon**  **the sire**  **to we**  **In** opolal fund aooru**Ootad in**  

### 1931 

### orremSOT ed 

### alongthehth bee.ee 

### eastaide of 

### tb Paahandlo the 

### rest 8ldOortlmsttste
were adjudged 

### to b looated 

### finaldecree of 

### the Supreme SOStntcr eatered Marah lT, 1930, In tat0 of oklahom8 1. The stateof

The 

### Aot sete Sorth ooaditionr and reTletions whioh rhall govern the #ale of suoh land, and n Seotlon 

### 2provides es 

### r0il0mt

-The Coxmni,rs:oner of 

### the dsaeral Land **Offloo,** t& **Attornr7** Ceaeral, and the uovsrnor are herrby designated and ooastituted a Spcola i **Lax16 Board**  **to aaoorhin**  the pemOn# l ltitled to pumAare said la&Ire Said Board 18 htrebauthorized 

### toemploy a6 many a8 three Qerron8,Hon. Besoom Oiler - Pa&r 2

iideemed

neoereery

tol 88lst in**asoertaln** fag the boas iid8 oialmntr of 8aId land8 a8 8hown by the pub110 reoordr **aad** under the 1~8
or **the** State 

### or Oklahom, 

### andto **make**

### ruoh 8urve78 and l.ave8tlgatIon8 88 m87 b8 n80088ar7 to earn out theprovl8Ions of thlr **Aot,** and laidBoard 18herebyl uthorlsed to adopt l uoh rulon erped ent.’ I re,platlonraad form8 a8 itmay deem

Seotlon 5, in part, provide8 a *Any olaImaat to any portion of raid land8 whowould havo hadtitle to 8~ had It been looated la Oklahoma, may **make** applioatloa to the ConmLsIoner of the Oeaeral Land 

### Offloe to purohase the land claimed. Suoh applloatlon 8ball * be aooom?enIed by field note8 of 

### the treat claimed, together with a fIli* fee of One ( 6a examlar3tlon fee 

### of Fifteen (.15$ 31.00) Dollar, Cent8 per aore, and with suoh other Iafonmtloa a8 the Land Board may require to be given, Inoludlag oer-tlfled ooplea of all munlmeat8 of title under the laws of Oklahoma.w
Seotloa 6provides,

‘The exmiaatIoa fees provided for Ia SeotIon 3 of thlr Aot shall be deposited 

### Ina apeolel fund to the oredIt.of the Land Board oreeted in Saotlon 2of thlr Aot, and 8eIa 

### ftmd~shall be wed to **derrajr** the expense8 lnoident to the enforcement of thlr **Aot.** ThIr had rhall bedlrbursed by the Board with vouohera drawn on th8 State Treasurer aad rlgaed by the Oovernor and oouaterslgaed by the Land Commll~loa8r. Aay 81~8remaining la auoh fund after all l xpea8es shave been pald rhall **be tramferred**  **to the**  **Pmmanent Sohool**  Fuad. The amount of mon8y aoorulng to the State of Texas for the rale of the land a8 provided for In Seotlon 3 hereof ehall be plaoed to the credit of the Pemanent Sohool Fund.”
The method you desire ‘to apply in the hendlIag of the exminatloa fez8 provided for Ia Seotlon 3 18 8tated in your letter a8 follows:

“

. . .lt Is our desire to plaoe oaoh..“&a.“PO”“rntiLLem- r3pe 3

spplIoaat~8remlttanoe of exsmlnatlon recs to this OfriO to the oredlt Of th8 8ttOr7ie ati 

### appolnt~d**b7 tha**  Spealal LamaBoard,wrth tha StataTreasurer, laa 8u#pm#@ l #OOPnt knownas a ~SpeolalIand Board8USpen8O Aocouat*. Tbn upon I flat31doterminatIoaor the

### amount duo l aohattorney for th0 8erVloe8 

### p%rfOrnml
wewould dlrrot tho State Treasurer, by a rouohor duly #I&aedby the **Gatornor end**  oounterSig~iObb7 the Land COI&S~~OYBT, topay ther%- apeotlvr sunw 

### dueoaoh attomoy, 

### 0ttd lllmvrlse 4ny othor 8ooottnt8 dw agalmt Said 

### ruad.**”**

Tha I.e kialatureha8 not, within thelast two pears, 8peol?loa ly approprlatsd the epeolal fund or%at%d by suOh erambatlon 

### feesto the purpo8es 

### for wh1Oh they
em authoxlzed to b%used by iWSol% S330a.

TIKIquestion presented 18 wh%th%r or not th% imthod proposed for &:sbur#In~ the fund In questlcm IS in vlolatlon orArtlole 8, Sootion 6 of th8 

### TexeaConStitUtiOa, whloh provide8 thatt

"No money shall be drmn from the Treasury but la pursuanoe of spaoifio approprIntlons made by law! nor shell any appropriation of to:e;f bs made for s loqq- term than tm years, "

The QIWiOUS opIaIoas of thIk~~d%partment ar% umnlmous In holding that speoial funds, 8ubstantially Slmiler in nature to the fund provided for by Artial% 8330a, are rubjeot to the rOViSiOa8 OfArtiola 8, Seotloa 6 of the s Comatltut on, for the reason that SUOh fnw.lsooxmtltut% Wmey drawn from the Treasury* within the msning of the oon8tItutIonel provlsIoa, and that suah fund8 oau only be disbursed byspeoifio appropriation sffeotlve for a tern no lone.or than tvm yeara.

In Opinion No. o-700 of thI8 department, addressed to Bonorsblr 2. H. Thornton, Jr., Chair-; Canmittes on Appropriations, House of ~epresentatlves, dated May 5, 1939, this ruestlon was exhsustlvely rOVI%'2:edwith respeot to a greet nwnbe.- of spuoial funds ox-sated b t&e b&iSl.3tUT%, zany Of whioh 

### SwdS am substantial 7 1 rlnilar to the Bxemlaetloa **Fee Fuad**  S330a. It was there held that B #pee ii0 srovlded la Artlal% appropriation
was neoO8sar I for suoh Sp%OIal fWd8 before they 00ula lo&ally b%d %bWS%d.. 

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Hon. Besoom Ollea - Page 4

In OpI.aIon

No, O-320 **0s** thisdepartment, dated May 4, 1939, addrrssed to Honorable Jo% KunsohIk, oommI8sIon%r of Labor, It wa8 deoldod that a epeolal fund d%8i~aat%d by theLegislature as the State BoIl%r Insp%otIon yuzkd oould not be disbursed without a 

### speolf lo appropriation and that ruoh appropriation oould not be l ffeotlve for mare than two years ln the future.

The 8-e holding was mad% in Opinion ~0.0-1176, apprOV%d Auguet 23, 1939, addressed to Honorable Walter C. Woodwsrd, Chelrman, Board of Insuraaoe Comm.l88Ioaer%, with reepeot to %xemlnetIon tses ooorulng fran Insuranae oompanles whloh had been examined by the Board of tisuraaoe ConunIsoIonera.

Aoopy **0s** Oplnloa NO. O-320 referred to above 18herewith enoloaed. Copies of tha other opinions referred to will be mede avalleble to you, should you dealrs them. Arepetition of the argument and oltatlon of authorities Inoludsd In those oplnlons will not be made here. fn vlew of those opinions, whloh m believe to be oorroot, wemuat advlse you that the examlnstlon fee fund in question is State m:ney wlthln the meaning of Article 8, Section 6 of the Constitution, end es there has been no apeolflo apgropriatlon of suoh fund within the last two years, Its dlsburaezent In the manner you outline would be Illegal.

In Conferenos Opinion No. 3048, eddre.saed to Honorable TomC. King, State Auditor, It was, in etfeot, held that Artlolo 43e8, as amended by Chapter 242 of the Aots of the 4206 Legislature, does not euthorlze the pleolug In e suspense fund ln t&e State Treasury fees suoh a8 the eramlnstlon fees In question, the 8tatus Of suoh fees not being undetermined, and no dispute or protest having been made by the pertles whopaid suoh fees. A oopy of Opinion No, 3048 Is elao enclosed herewith.

For the reasons stated, you are advised thst the method proposed In your letter for the handling **Of**Hon. Bacoom Oiler - **Peee** 5

the feea in qucrtlon doe8 not oora~ly with the law.

Your8 very truly
ATTORNEY

WIXRAL OFTEXAS

Robert E