OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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non. 000. P. nhoppard - Page a 

' ~Bunor~blO 000. II, lihsp 

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troller,huruledthatthia ourt ior the ourrent ilraal Joar bar aa l p~~bioa of anll 

f 

1000 tor bookme There mem ta n to be eoauaion, and I propow, for your eoadber~tioa, 

th*t thim Court hu the mum of #li200 for tha 

purchors of law boo-. 

"*To say the lout, tho language of Eeot&ion a la very 00ntu~, and by rouan ot the 

fact thatourlib~ la alndjlunMorppd. 

rerlousIy by tha mrll 8 Foprkatioa Jlwed, 

~8mh~~t?.wt,f, e&don rlll ariblaru 

aeotlen a oi Hc B. aw - tha Judloly Appro- 

~18tlon Bill - l8 M folloTmc 

l Allamountr rpproprlatalinthb&tfor 

lar books, or expended therofor an&or uathorltf 

0f th ir & t, shrlr b0 3*14 0te ot th0 e-m 

mnd andtho rpecial raoounto in thhoOener8l 

RsremaeFu&l~rhereinmft.P pwidd. Iam- 
4 1.c 

10-l reoelptu, dad there ir hereby l ppro 

Fi 

8fed 

to each of uid Courta for uuch pulporea or 

OWh Of the fl.081 YWI'O l a & @ lUt 31 1, 9& l, 

u3d August ai iem, the 8u ot ch3~on mdred 

001 out of their 10-l reoeiptu in 

th o o p eo iflomountr o h o r uin l pp~oprleted for llbrwy book@ iOr raid Court8 p’ovidod further, uad io oooordmae with 0 rid In 

that any of mid Oaurto of Oiril Appealr rooeiring E opeoitio appropriation ot 1080 than 

SeremIlutrlredDollaro ($TCO) per fear foC 

library booke shall not of Prom maid Neal 

roooipto more than the aa% x""b l peoifla amount 

herein approprleted.m 

Chapter 104, B. 8. 424, referred to in the above 

~oetion of the Appropriation Bill, prorider~ 

'The Clerks of the Courts of Clril Appeal8 

ahall be and are hereby authorloed to prrohhroe 

additioml 181~ booke for the uso of sllid Courts 

out of the fees collected by eald Courts; suoh 

esl;ondlturoe shall not exoeed ammally the 

opooifio imounts of such foes additionally 

authoriood for such purpose in the Oonerrl lip 

propriotion Acts of the Legirlaturo sad8 blennially for the dupport and maintenance of the 

Judioiary Department of the State OWernment. 

Prwldod, however, that all suah feea oollooted 

by olry clerk or other officer of aq Court of 

Civil Appeala within thlr State ohall be doposited In the lltate Trooeury to the oredlt of 

the court so collecting amI de siting 8~~8, 

and the eqsanditureo out of m ar d fuml for the 

foregoing purpoooo ohall be upon a tarrant 

dram upon the Gtate Treao~ br the State 

Comptroller, a8 

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be provided for In the 

General Appropria on Bill for the JyIioiw 

of thio State.a 

Conetruing, as TO rmrt , the general rtatufe amI 

the abovequoted rider to the Approprlatlcm Bill together, 

it iu our 00nolusion that the bterpratrtlon auggeoted by 
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P - that ior that the ourrent flmael you*8 8p o&s%80 

tion for lor booko to tbo Oourt of Diril Appear 4" or tbo 

a.gbth hqro~a Judicial Diotriotio only m.ooole8rly is the oorreot 006, The grmloo tE the rldor to 

theeffeottbtwQourtoiOidlApeela dmllupenb 

froa its 10081 row.lpto mm0 then t E 0 l peoitio umaat 

gppro@-i&ud by tho Leg%rlaturo to thot wurt ior lu 

books is 00n01usit0 oi the rrttor, maa* the l poolflo 

8ppropi8tionto the Court oi tivllAppo8lo for the 

6lghth District for 18~ books i8 @WO.OO. 

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