OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Lon Alrup 

BxacutIre Searetary-Direator 

State CoamIssIon for the Blind 

Iand orriae B~ildiag 

Austin, Texas 

Dear 91~: 

ded for 8ervIaes 

render a disabled 

erul consideration 

the captioned queepresented this Innot the State Comml8- 

he Otflae or Vocational 

lty Agency that this item 

or, in other words, la 

y be expended Sor the servhe Federal Vocational Ae78th Congress.) 

ding, Walatenance and Mlseellaneous, 

a provided the State Conmlsslon for 

item8 0r approprlatlonr 

expenaec, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,200.00 

“19. Books), stationery and printing . . . 300.00 

‘20. Postage, telephone, telegraph, 

meareager aervlce, treight, express, drayage, lae and oontingent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 

“21. P~nlturs and riXtUl-88 . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 
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Boaorable Lon rlaup, page 2 

l 2la. -8ta ndl ga nlr d p aaana t, h lneand r y 

tool8 ror rehabilitation purposes, $2,~00.00 

922. Xwrgensy fund ior eye nedlaal 

ttutrat ho$plt8lIutlon glaaae8, 

dooto’r #..a, laboratory L.8, 

utitioU1 0 8, X-ray8, ato., to 

Pg@$ bl la& 88 aad ooa8ar~)to 

l .*~.~***~*~~**........*... 2,ooa.Qo’ 

kotloa 10 of thir foe8tloa81 Rahabllltatloa AOt 

or 1943 derimr.voaatlorml nbbllltatlon aad sehabllltatlon 

8ottloor a& abny rorvlorr uoeaau$ to ruler a dlrcrbled Individual rik to oaga~o la 8 remuaeratlve ooou*tion.m 

mi 00 paina out d thie it 8igwi0Oa tbt ft08 2ti IS 

the oaly au of l ppropria&loa. po0via0d by $ho b~alatum 

vhioh i$eoliloally wntloar that it la to br used for rehabllitatioa prpo808. It l oeaa ap 

p” 

eat that by th il s pproprlatlon the Leglslaturo 18 la par glrw the State Comlaalon 

tar the Blind the means ~b vhloh to oar~y forth the povera 

and duties bertoved upon I 0, 80188 or vhIoh as ve hve heretotore rtated, are to pd0rll the rerrloea 0r the ruture set 

forth ln the Voaatlon+l RohabllltatIon Aot. 

To rurther 8ubrtaatIate our .o Inloa tha8 Item 21a 

nj be expeadod ior rohabilitatloa oea as d&irud In the 

?&era1 Aot, vo rriw to vh$oh la otat- 

'*tt 

the muaer la vhieh the vill oxpad 

?e oral fund8 18 wrr 

9 

out thlr program la oooparatIoa 

vith the Mate8 hr set orth vht are 8ome of the relmj?IlItatlon 8enloor roiorred to la thlr prograa l 8: 
Ponorqble Lon Alaup, pnge 3 

“‘(II) riatonmoo a o t l xoerdlng the l a Olmated-OOSt or 8ubalatonoe dalng trainlag, Iaeluding the ooat of aa naoraaar~ books aad other 

tralnliag mtorIaLa (lbphaaia ours) --- 

As 8hovn by tha l bevo quotation, rehablllt~tlon 

8~~1008 h0itttk the ruMirhi 

"f 

Or WOUpatiOMl %0&S, l a Uip - 

men%, ud othu training utu ala, vhIoh oorreapaAa to Xtu 

2la 0r the ourroat l p 

r 

opriatioa In author18 

tm0 0r rMdr r0r l QU piLent, uohiaery and to0 '"f 8'k"X%lit4tiOc -#IS. 

min(: 00~iodrd the ftu 2h -7 b4 l 3tp twd r0r 

serrloer osorrurf to rradu a dlurbled Iadlvldual rit to 

ongage la l remuaeraativo oaoupatlon, $hea the quostloa Is 

as 

r 

l seated I.8 our letter what t 

IM I&O? It uil 1 be notlooA 8hat t 

r 

8 0 rOlWia8iOa la ror 

Oi48ePV1OOSdOeS t&i8 

rtaadard l WQment, maohiaer7, aad tpolr or rrhabllita~ioa 

yrar?es &nd ueedles8 to aa aaa onl ba upended for auoh 

we have sot born abL to ilni tho waaln# of the 

%&meat” and “tools” vhen u8ed la ooamotloa vith “rovorda 

hablllktloa p urpo ses. l Under these oIroumat6aoea V(I very 

aaturall7 tura to the a8riniti0ar r0uod In the dlotIonarle8, 

in detumialng Qw o-al7 aooepted memIng of auoh teru 

l 8 0 k818 r OF l pplh@tiOa in th8 in8tUrt -8.1 ~ObStOP'S 

fntrraatloaal Dlotiomr7 dOriM the verb ‘equip” to uaa “to 

iurniah ior l orvloo, or l galast a seed ob l xlgrao7 

1 

to fit 

outj to 814ql7 vitb vhrtover IS aeoe~rar7 to err10 eat aotlon 

la any va7; aad the aoua ‘oqulpment to mesa vhatever Is used 

In “rqulpplng~ . . . the oolleotlvs dealgrrrtlorr rot the artl0108 oomprlaIag an 0utrit.' A "tool" Ima been defined b7 

as 8ay Iaatrumeat neoeaaaw 80 a perroa 

poaeoutlon of his trade or oallln& 

We thult that the above derlnitlona hdloated that 

,Iter ala rOrOr8 to ox 

to bo used ior mhabl E 

nditure 0r rUd8 ror P torlal objeotr 

tatloa purposea~ B7 thlr Vo RSM, that 

the app@p iatlon auaO be used ior 

used la &I rehabllltat Ioa of disabled 

ShOtid aOt be WId r@P OORpOtISatiOa Or 

dered w inbltIdUal8, oorporatlona, or 

6 2OK:db 

Very truly Tours 

ATTCRRXX -L o? TBxk8