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### OF TEXAS

pibnnc. tinning Oplnlar lo. V-1067. State Bard of Oontrbl Rsr Authority of the Board Austin, Texas of Controlto approve paymentin advancefor aaaualrental on buslDear Sirs lleas machinea. Your requestfor an oplnlon Is aa followsr "This oiflceis in receiptof voucher ntni~ber 26243 from Texas TechnologicalCollege in favor of ths Intsrnatloual Business Maahlaes

Corporation.The total amount of said voucher

belag $6,8g2.80. This amount 1s the total rental for one year from September1, 1949, through August 31, 1950. A question

la raisedas to whetheror not ve are authorized

to pay for the rental of such squf$aeent

prior to actually

havingreceived the seml'aes

." 8) of Rouse Bill 19, Aots filet approprlatlon

for barnlng) pro-
'Rental of llrohlnes

and Bqulpmsnt.

lone 

### or the momejshereinappropriated shallbe used for 

### the rental of office nachlnes

or any equipabnt

of any kind vlthout.flrsthaving presented

a requlsltlon

for the rent81 thareofto the Board of Control and secured Mid Board's

written

approval

thereofj

and the State Comptroller, or any local dlsburszogf;gr, stillnot issuevarnnts or

pa-at of Statzv;+ntal vlthout said Boanl s written a the government

or aay fate employee shall r . A0 agency OS pemt any seller

who has bid on new nchlnes 

### or naw equipment

of any kind to deliver any used 

### or rentedequipment in 

### rulfillpent of such ordec,even though said equipment has. .

eon. R. 0, unniag, page 2 (V-10671
peh.m;daby the agono so drolding to

. oionsr we quote the

Se&fan 6 

### or or Toxasr r0zloring 0onatftutionai proriArtiole

VIII of the Oonatitutlon

"Ro money ehallbe drawn from the Treasury,

but la pursuanoe~of sp~olfio approprlatlon8

mid0 by law; nor shallany appropriation

of romy be made for a lcnger tern than two years exoept
. . .' (Fe oeptlon not applloablej Seotlon4g of ArticleIII 

### or the const1tut1an of Texas: “lfo

debt shallbe oreated by OF on 

### behnlf or the Stee, exoept

. . . ” (lb oeptlon not applloable) 

### 0r ThxasaSection50 of ArtlOl@III of the Constltutlon

'The Legislature

sballhave no power to give or to lend, or to authorice the IVf lag orlonding, of the oreditofthe Sta e in aid of, or to any pmoon, assooiatlon or oorporatlon,

whether

muniolpal

or other,or to pledge the oreditof the State in any aannor whatsoever, for the paymentof the llabllltlea,

presentor prospeotlve, of any iadlvldual, as8oolation of lndlvlduals,8uniolpalor other oorpomtlonwhatsoever.* seotlon51 of Art1010III of the Oolutitutlan or TMasr "The Leglslatao eh8llmonopow~~to m a k e a 8 y g r a 8t orl uthcirlm

them 2 any yant of publlo8onep to any in **vldu** al, aemoolatlon

of ladlvldu818,

-0% other 

### oorporatloqwhat oevori

. . . omptlon not applloablo

f p"

1 ormSinoa 

### payment

of rentalof the equipwrt in qUMtlon is to be paid 00t of ourrent apprOprUtlO!Im,theI

.

Bon. R. C. Ianrug, page 3 W-1067)

payment

### IS not vlolatlvo or Sectian6 of Article VIII or Sootion 49 of Artlole III or the Constitution of Texas. CharlesSorlbxmr*s

Sons v. Harm, 114 TM. 11, 262 S.W. (1924) . 110 m+m In deterWnlng whether an expend%t~ of pubiM, oonstltytma girt or a grant of pub110mmthe primary~uestlon is wbstherthe SundB are used r0r a 'public'

or private'

purpose. The 

### b0dit 0s the State from an expenditure for a 'publlo

ptwpoee'

is in the nature af oonslderatlonandthefunds exDendedaro therefore

**not** a gift l 

### t0d thcerrai. ’ even thoughprivate p&one are bon-

. Jansmn, 16 Ca1.2d 276, 106 P.2d 11, 1

The expenditure

in the instantease is for a publlopurpose

and the State is reoelvlng valuable

oamsidorati0n

for the 0xpsndmdrs 0s its 

### funds, to witt the uee and benefitof the business naohlms for a period or one4 par. Therefore,

it la 

### our opinion

that the payment 

### 0s rental in advanoe does 

### not constitute a "grant

### 0s pub

### 110 mcmey8"

within the meanzngof Se&ion 51 of Artlole III 0s 

### the c0mtmtm 0s ~0x88.

In BannockCountyv. Citizen8 Bank and Trot %l%%'%nt&r-•thm 9rovlslons litiir:~hooi?% 139 22 P 26 m tb S C stltutiap

aoh plovldGd

that no oouaty shall "lemd or plodgo the credit or faith thareofor laur its oradlt to any lndlvidnal,

eta: The Court stated% 

### l In interpret

?I the seotlons

or the Comtltutlou in quo0 am, the languageemployedmustbe talcenand uxlarstood

lnlts natuval,ordknary,genera1,andpopular Selas~.
. . . In thf3

popularnaule, lending or Lw mey 

### or oredItis at on00 understoe to man a tronsaotiarr creating the0~11t~n~ti0n0rb0m~er8ad lender,SD vhloh the mcmoy is borraed for a ria tim, aad the bamow0r praiws t0 repa~thaamouut~crradatastatodt~ in*ba future,

with laterest

at a 

### rmtd And tht is tlm same, then in whluh tb iulguago

rp1oJedinthoso seOCi~muBt be understood,

and so understood no oouaty, 

## r0lrexample,

sbalz lead or pledge its 

### oredit or faith,dlreotly or indlroatly,

or InIiOn. R, 0. Lannlng, page 4 (V&1067)

any manner whlohwould oreete the oustomary relation

of borrower

and lender." It IS Our Oplniou

that the pay+& Of pSntai in aavaaoedoer not in any manor oreate the oustomary rolatl~hlp of boimwer and lender and such payamt la not a lending

of the Utate'8oredit* within the meanlx@ of Seotlon 50 of AvtloleIII of the Oonstltution of Texa8. It was held in Attome Oeneralts 0 inlox go. O-6246; dated October27, 1944,&at the Camp roller was e 8uthorlsed

to pa la l dv a n o e on a % out of oument l pproprlatlons

premlpu lve ysar fire lnsuran~e polloy on bulldlags of The Unlverslty of Texas. In view of the foregoing it 1s our opinionthat paymentla advanoeof rentalou bualuess mohlnes used by the State Institutions of lUgherLearnlug

la not vlolative 

### 0s sections

50 and 51 

### 0s Article III 

### 0s the 

### c0nstitutlon of Texas. You are therefore authorized

to honor the vqnoherunder the facts submitted.

Paymentin advanceof rental on business machines

Wed by the State I~tltutlous of HlghavLearnlag

is authorfeed

provided

payment is mde from ourrent a proprlatlons~suoh aoticah does not violate

Seo ions 49 50, or e 51 of Artiole 111, or Section6 of krtlole

APPROVBDl J. C. Davis,Jr. 

### county Affairs mvfriaor Joe Greenhlll FirstAssistant Touxr very truly, PRICE IMIEL Attorney (teneral

Prloe Daniel Attorney General JRsbh:mw Aaslstant