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### TEEA'ILTORNEYGENERAL

ozpTEXAS i 'Y AUBTXN. TeaEAs~
**FAOAN** DICILBON -dARW August 

### 23,1948

,. . .,,, ‘I ;.
. .., Hon. A. P. ititchell, Chairman Board of Registration for Professional Rngineers Austin, Texas OplnlonNo.~V-666
Re: The'legailty of paying salaries from an appropriation to establish a library 

### forregistered professional engineers.
Dear Sir:
Your request 

### for an opinion contained the following: "The.appropriatlonPbr the State 'Doard. of BeglstratSon for Professiona1,Englneer.s~ for the Biennium 1948-49~included the fol-, : lOWing: '#The State Board<of Registration for, " Professional Engineers, havingelected,~to:~.' . establish a library for registered,profesA '.'. sional engineers of Texas as authofized by Chapter 571"of the' Acts~of~the'47thDegiS~- lature, Regular Session, andhaving alfqcated the $60,000 author$sed by the above,mentioned~Abt of the Legls,laturefor.this pur8ose; and having expended only approximately 35,000 for this purpose during the bieinnium for which the authorieation was made, is 

### hereby authorized to make addltLonal,expenditures, in such amounts as will bring the total of monies so expended during 'thebiennium 1941- 

### 43and during the biennium 1947-49 to ,asum not to exceed $60,000. No part of this fund shallbe expended for buildings;' "This is carried as'Appropriati,on No. Y-157. The Board has elected to carry out then provisions set out in the above quoted paragraph. The purchase of books entails a. c

.

. hon. A. F. Mitchell,page 2 

### (v-666)'

large amount .oSepecialleed~ bookkesplng~and other. alerioal

### work. *Theregular appropriations for \$kthe

~admln%stratSonof the &glneerlng RegistrationAct are not sufficient to provIde'Sor this extrawork. . . vSpeclflcally,we ask for authorl8atlon to~secure additionalassistance ior the nec

### ebaarybookkeeping aad~alerlcal~workand to pay for euah astilstance.rrom appr~priatlonHo. Y-15? for the %glneers' Library.,
'&e Sollowlng provision 1s also~~lncluUed~ln the appropriation for the Board of Registration for ProSeaslon8l Engineers: ..- '1.3. Contingent Expense, SuretyBonds; Hem& ,bershlps,Special or Emerg ncy Assist; -08 % 

### 3,ooo.oo. Sen8te Bill 391, general and Special L8wa of Texas, 50th Legislature,page 901. Vhether‘sny p8rt of the appropriationmsde for the llbr8l'ycsn.be used for the p8yment of expenses for the purpom mentioned Su your request depends upon the .' lntentlon~of the Leglsleture 8s mnlfested-I.8 the sppropriationshe&e for the Board. %sre-OS the opinlon'thst the Leglslatnre did not.Intend that any p8rt of the li-' brarysppropriatlons be-used .for..the payment.of -suche%- phseti and tkat:sualr payments'asnnot be Issde."OuUoonClUBiOn f.8

b8Sed, in p8&, UpOn the S8et that.88 Sppl@Oprlatlon~h8s .been.-m8de expressly 8uthoFielngpsyment for the type-of ssslst8noe mentlaned 'in yoim .zlequest.Item 1-joS.,the

spproprlation for the BOSld ppovldes, among other things, for 'SpeoialAssistance"~ 8nd ve..belleve th8t the moneyapgropM..atedthewti 088 be used~for the. purpose o? paying for 

### extraolerlo81 and bookkeeping asslstanoe Ipade

necessary by the purohsse of' book8 for the 

### englneerstIlbre

P1)r$~iiinent

to the questionbed!& oonqidQed &I Subtiectlon-f of:Seatlon 3.4 of the Oeneral ProvIsIons ;~~;h$t;i~~;~~la~lon Bill 

### for State DepartId subsectionprovides **tlmt.**
"Hone of the Suuds hereinabove a ro-- prlated .Sor 'Contingentexpenses' or Raintensnoe'sndMleoellaneousl shallbe used for the payment of any s818rlesunless spealfl-Hon. A. **F.** Mitchell,page 3 (v-666)

cally authorized to be paid in the~ltemisation **under** the Contingent, &intenance Snd &EWellaneous Items herek-nabove set out and **desl F**  ted therein a8 tsalarle8-', 

### '.'extra help .

or '8e880~1 18bOr'." Senate Bill 391, General and Special Laws of 

### Texas,50th kIgiSlStuZre,

page 

### 938. 'Phe provisions of the above quoted Subsection do not prohibit the 

### U8e of the funds appropriated in item 13 of the appropriation for the Board.for a purpose such a8 the-onehere under consideration. Item 13

1s our opinion, thereforei th8t the Board may m8ke provision for such bookkeeping and oler+zal Bsslstance as 1s neoessary in the pureh8sing of books for the engineers' library and although it cannot pay for s8me out OS the appropriation for the library, It m@ make expenditures 0s the appropriation in Item 13 for any 8mount8 necesb8l'y to p8r for such 88SiSt8nGe.

The Boatidof Begistratlon for ProfesBiO%X%1-&1gineerB may.make provision **for** such bookkeeping Snd oleria81 8sBiBt8We se is-neoessarg ln.the purch8sing of books'sor a&z.ggys) library authorlsedby,the LagTheBoard maynot use sny p8rt 0s the llbr&y~appropriation to pay **for** this extra help but may make expenditures of an item~in the appropriation for the:fjosI?d which f

### rovide8, ~moa@ other things, fog Special 88iSt8Me for 8ny 8mounts necessary to p8g for such sesistanoe.

APPROVED:

CBK:mw Yours 

### very truly,
ATTORNEY %3EfbU OFTEXAS