OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

### AUSTIN

Eon. J. X. moxbnalb, Commlr~lenor 

### D13~emen~nf Agrioulattua

, Dear sir:



### er of August 8, 0 the 

### r0ii0dig l apeot thereto:

ature in the Departmentset up and .1tomlzell the

Travel .xpenSo

. . , . . . . S,OOO.CC

ror eaoh of 

### the fisoal 1944 and Augnat 91, 1.94' fear8 onding Au@mt al,

, "The Govomor retoeiithe $l,SOO.OO item and tho $S,OOO.OO 

### item..-



### Hon. J. E. YoDonald,&mmleslo~r, page E

WPlearo l



### drleewhether or mot the kglelatum or the Governor of the stat. ha8 the authority to dl+-egard tha prorlelone of l aia Houee Bill No. l8, and it llthor~ the Leglrlaturo or the Oovornor has pro~umd to ahange the prorlelone or Hour8 

### Blllllo. 18,theirlot will 

### SE" in ~~poeltlon to thepovielone 

### or uld

. ?To ba m?rr 

### dlroot,elnao the kglelatare set, up these itame b aeoordanbo dth the terme or the law would We 

### Department 8tIll have the authority to tie&the reee for the purpoeee provI&od ior.ln the Approprlatian Bill in 8pIt.e 

### .0rth0 o0~0mcif*r

nt0 thn0w
Hone Bill Ed. U!, oh. SS, 

### p. 1994, Oeneral k speolal Lawa, tortprirth Legielature, F'iret and 

### iwo0nb called a88iw, wb7,~ 

### 18 **qu0td in**  rtu a8 r0u03f88

~s.0. 1. nom and titer the bate oi septamber **1, 1937,**  **t&o** Comleelo~r 

### or **Agrloul** 

### two 0r the 8t8t0 or 98~~8 18 h~8by direotod and l othorlnb to dletrlbute throughout the stata or Taae, on a lease baele a!, hrroipaitar provlhl, the jaoke and ltallione purohaeed **br** 

### the state or T0xae andor tha tome and provi8lOnB 0r Aote 

### 0r the Regular saP8IOll,?OrtPthfrd ~glelatare, ohapter 168 Page 463, a8 

### ~aendod **bT** AOt8 

### Of theFortpthirdLegielatruu, Flret Called Seeeion, Chapter 10; Page SE, And eala %ommlsaloner or Agrlorilturs 18 rurther birootoa **ma** aathoriud to name come uuithblo pereon, experlenosd in 

### tb handlbg or jaoke and etallione, 

### as oaretaker or l uoh jaok or #F. The &EUI&#B~OII Or AgFlOdltWO 8U a 0pt”~u.Moarry but roamnablr rules an6 rogud latlone 

### withreepeot to the leaning ana dletrlbution, eara, taeeen6 malntsnanoe or euoh an&!- 

### ~18.; Providedrurtherthat the titleor au l uoh jacke ana #iall.Ione 

### h0rdnberor0 montlolud l hall **be an&**  rePlain **In** the State of Toxae. Prorldod tither that ia the -want the ConunIeslon-

. peror Agrioulture 1~ unable te plaoo any or l uohDon.:J. III. XoDonald, Commleelonor,page S

enl.mele

as herein provided duo in any manner. to ddPecte or unrltnoee ror .brcoding punposes, then the Commlceloner 

### 6fAgrloultu’re ishereby authorized and directed to turn euoh animals over to thcState Board 0r Control, who shall dispose of same to the beet intercBt of the State. *Before any 0r tnc Jacks ur~stalllone arc leased t3ua

dletributoa as heroin provided, the C~lssloner 

### 0r Agrioultum ehall allooats and tender to the.Tcxas Prison Syetcm two jaoke and 

### one stallionand artor raid jacks and stallion have been acocptcd **by** the Tcxae Prison Board, .tho ComPieBloner or Agrloulturc ehall~thcnaftcr l xcrolso no control or management over euoh anlMElB. such animale'shall thereafter rcmaln and bc the property or the Tcxae'Prieon Syetcm for it8 rat pna purpoecf3, 

### a24a Bald jacks and stab lion arc to 

### be eclcotod by the Commlseloncrof Agrloulttire

andOcncralICanageror thoTcxa8 Prleon bpetom rrom those jaoke -a etalllone 

### now owned by thc.Statc of Texas under the prorl- #Lone Or Chapter 10, Aote .ti the 

### FirBt Called 

### seeelon,Forty-thira Logielaturc. 

### ha all oxpcneee incurred by the Cone.leeloncr of agrlou$- turo in dcllvcrlng 'raidjacks an6 stallion to #ho Tcxae Prison System shell be borne br raid eyetcm. *sec. 2. From and after the orf00tiv0 date or this Act the Commlseloncr of Agrlaultum shall distribute the jaoks 

### ana stalllone aroresala throughout the state of Tcxae where there ie mbet

. need shown to oompotcnt and oapablo oaretakcrr who shall agree and pay tothc state of Tcxae the sum or Thirty Dollars ($SO) in advanoc a6 an annual rental ror the ueo of euah jack or etalllm, as the oaec may 

### be, and who Shell fiZWt enter into a tiMton oontraot with the Commleelonor or Agriculture all euoh oonditiona 

### and terms as may be aotcrmlnoa by the Oomelasloncr. III aabltlon thereto oaoh kcdpcr shall be requiredEon. J. B. MaoDonald, Commleeloncr, -0 4

to enter into 

### a _-. **bona** dth two or l0r0 m0a ana ~eu.frl0lcnt



### l urctlce, payable to the state or Tcxae, upon the approval of the Oonmleeloncr or Agrioulture, oonaltloncd that l uoh oarctakcr shall in good relth, rood, water, oarc ror ana properlyhandle euoh calmcle. Buch bond to )e in the sum or not lose then the merket value or Bald anlmcl or anlmale as dctcrrpinca **br** the **oom** miseloncr or Agrloulturc.

**“ !fhC**  CamniBBiOllCr **Or &riOUltUm**  **i8** 

### henby dlrcoted to oontraotwlth l uoh kccpcre

cr carc

### takcr~to tcrmlnatc on 

### Jal~l or l aoh year l

uoh ~oontraote

### to be 

### terminable bcforcthat time

### uhcn in the opinion 

### or.

the Ommleeloner 

### or Agrloultulr, or his ycnte, 

### suoh anlaal~ are not bolng properly cparca

ror as **provia** in the terns **0r** 

### euoh- .oontraote

and no lease shall oxtcnd for c pcrlod to **0x0004 on0**  year. cTh0 oontraoth0rcinabcv0~~~via0a $cr ~8kal.l in **addition** to the rorieimr Bsnin rot forth ln6ludc one Whloh w 11 r pcmrlt the eec of suoh jaok or 8talllon 

### br mid ecrctekcr ior the purposesbq whloh ho mey bc 

### a88lgncdin tid eontraot ana la no 

### wont ehcll the keeper or aarctakcr mekc a ecnloc OhargO ot mrc than. Ten Dollars (#lo)ror caoh roai -4 euoh oarctabr or keeper shall personally bc llab~~~ for **.urCrMaB** in gWMt@Cing a rOBd Ma in 90 ~crcnt ehalL the State of Texas be llablo dlrcotly or 

### indin0tip thcrcror. ha 

### it le expecsely pro+l&ea thet the Thirty Dollars (#30) paid 08' heroin provided ehcll be all the demand or olaim that the State or Texas e,haU,have a&net euoh kccpcr or oarctakcr for rendering the l cnloce heroin provlaca.and the lua or iume heroin pro**via04** as a ohargc ror breeding roes ehall be the only oompcneatlon 

### said keeper or ecrctakcr may 

### olalm0r or 

## rromthe Stat0 or Texas therc**rori** 

### ‘SOO.5. Thehoneyacriv0a fri3m the liaeins of the cnlmale hereinabove aantloncd ahan be dopoeltcd by the Commleeloner of AgrioultureHon. J. ld. MoDoncld, Gommiaelo~~, pcgc 5

in the State Trcceury wharc it shall be act up as a fispcolal

iraox ana Stallfon suna’ to cc **plod** ‘bythe oommiea~oncr to pay the 8alarice or two @1 oompctcnt 8~ rvxeore et not so cxocca nghtccn lWnarcapiouare m per year ccoh Tar ea~ar~c8 ana uno mall rcoci~c tnc aotual ana ncoc8sary travcUztg cxpcnece wnllc away ?rom Auetin ze the pcrronucnoc or tnclr au<lcs, wnloh cxpcnecs enau not cxoeca cmounte allownually rrom tne ~caec or hlrc or anmtuc as ‘herculproviaca.

*Aftor trcnsicrringrrom **raid** Speolal Rcolng ruad the 

### raidtwenty-riro psr oat (eS$ going to the Btetc Avallablo 

### flOh001 Tuna q a artcr traneicrr“x rr0m said Speolel Raoing Fund 

### all moneys on ban ana 

### l o oWng to the spoolal Jaok and Stallion Xund, .thobalcnoc then rcmcinLng in aaid Spcolal moing :runduntil it bcoomcr **0xhaw04,** shall be **it804** ror ,thcpayztz4nt **or** the appropriations by the Lcglelatnrc ior the eupport ana malntcnanoe or the state Dcpartmcnt otHon. J. E. MoDonald, Commieeloncr,,pagc 6

Agriculture ae 8aia appropriations

### ror the Doc rtmcnt ehall be



### rix0aMa l

li0~a by the gielaturcdr the state 0r h 8 tram 

### time to time. It is the intent or the %A gleletu.rc hereby that thcaboro distribution shall lmmcdlately bc Ma0 aa the money 80 tranercrrcd shall be ohmc l

rallablc now ma ror any and 

### all 

### l pproprlatlonemade by the Regular sceelon or the Forty-filthLcglelaturc ior the support and malntcnanoc of the state Dcparkmcnt or ~grloulturc knd that @c Gcncral-RevenueFund shall not be drawn on until all moneys in the spcolal Raoing Fund shall be, oomc 

### l x hauetca,

ana cll un0xp~a0a balanoce remaining on hand, at the ma 

### 0r the ourrcnt biennium ending AwuBt 31, 1937, ehall bc oarrlea over ln the euooccdlng biennium to the WC -6 kwrit 0r the raid

-sco. 5. Th0 hot that a Spcolal Seeelon or the Forty-flrth Lcglelatbro is now In eceelan to coneldcr the provlelone art iorth'hcrcinabove Orcated an cmcrgcnoy and an imperative public ncoceelty that the Oonetlt&t&onalRule ~rovldlng a bill to 

### be road on three several days in caoh 

### HOIBQ be BUepCJndOd,

ma said Rule is hereby piepcndca and that this Act shall. ha+0 l 

### rr00t -6 be in roroc rm0 and artcr its paeeagc, ,+a it 18 80 cnaotea.*
scnatc Bill io. 427, Forty-eixth tigiclaturc, the ~ncrcl.Dcpartmcntel Appropriation Bill, under 

### A&- culture Department; provides, in part:

".
. .. JACKAND STALLION DIVISIOR~.

. . 64. salaries an& cxpcnece in the Spcolal Jaok-Stallion Fund, B.Bi No. 12, First Called sowion, Forty-

. rirth **~gid.atu0.**
For the years ending e . . .Auguet Sl, Augwt Sl, 1940 1941Hon. J. 3. IboDonald, Oommleeioncr,page I

(continued)- Auaust $1. Auuuet 31.

64a. 64b.
64C. 

### lS49 - 1-9 4 1

. Bookkeeper

.......i 4 1,500.00 (;' 1,600.00 Inepector

........ (I 1.800.00 #'1,800.00 Rent, heat, light, poostage,

prlntlng, tclcphonc, 

### l

uppllce aa oontln~cnt,cto. # 1,950.00 4 1,950.oo Travel Expcneo
.... #~5,000.00 $ 5,000.00" 646.


### Excrclelngtheveto power oonrcrrcduponhim by Section 

### 14, ArticleIV of the Oonetltutlon ,oithe 8tcte of Texas, the Oovcrnor ObjcOtcd to and l truok out' 

### ~ltche 64a (Bookkeeper)ana 64a (Travel Expnsc). scotion 3 of H.B. rw. 12 0r the Forty-rirth Lcglelaturc oa 

### ror two t First Callcd 2ceelon, 

### above quoted, provld2) 

### lnepcoWmeand rorl-abtrial ana.ncoceeary 

### traveling

cxpcnacs while away tram Auetln in the performan00 

## 0r their duties, eta.* ror B8id ,lnepcotore or 8uperrleore.
It ti3-lbe **m0a** r-0 an cxamlnatlon~ar 

### theAppropriation &ill that the 

### Forty-sixth Lcglclaturcappropriated a salary ror only one eupcrvleor, and the Govcrnor later cllmlnatcd the poe$tlon or bookkeeper and the 

### trcvcllngcxpcnecFund.

~Thefallarc or the Forty-sixth Lagiclaturc to make 

### an ftcmlecd appropriation for a salary 

### for the othor Inepcotor and the veto of the Governor or the cxpcnec item and the item of a bookkeeper do not 

### repeal the terme and provleione or R..B. No: 12, sapra. 39 TEX. JUR. 130 aOcncrally epeaking the Legislature may repeal any **8tCt.UtC Ct**  **will. &It**  **it ha8**  bean **O&** 

### BCIVCb

that the Conetltution does not authorlee the repeal **0r** a statute through the **00am 0r**  aBon. J. E. ylcmnald, Comml8sloner,page 8

general appropriationbiU.*
COI'IIZY ~8. DAUOEl'ERS



### OF THE REPUBLIC, lb1 S.W. 877, rever8ed on other p0lnt8 166 S.W. 197, Mhearing overruled 157 S.W. 937 WIti w88 never'uontemplated that an Aot be ~e$e:tsd 

### by an Item in 

### an l pproprlatlon bill

But while there has **been no**  **repeal** or H.B. Ilo. IZ, $t 18 l

vldant fro~8

l.aonalderatlonof the Oenrral Dopartiwnt81 Approprlatlon Bill befOr0 and after the COYlrnor'8 yeto of oertaln Item8 therein; that there 488 been no ltm8lted appropriation or money ior the 8alary or a rroo8d lnrpwtor.

&I l rreat 

## 0r the 

## railun or the appropriation t8 that H. B. 18 authorlrer the Ooim8leeloner to appoint .two (8) l.~pooton, but there 18 

### l .rpsolflo

### l pproprlatlon for thhr

ralarf or only 0~ or th8m. Moreover, the Ocwernor, throagh the 8xercI88 0r hi8 veto power, ha8 rtrlcken out or the appropriation ior the Jack 

### and stallion Divirrion or the Department or Agrloulture itom Ma (Bookkeeper)

### and 64d (TravelEx- ~p8n8.).
There 18 no queetion 

### a8 to the powor or th0 Governor to v8to 8pOOlflO~lt~&8b the General Departmental Appropriation Bill.
ARTIOLI!

4, SECTION 16, OF TEE COIWTIYUTXON OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
** *.* Ii any blll presented to the COYlrnor o&&in8 several Item8 

## or approprlatlen he may object to one or mores0r 8uch ltem8, and 8ppr0ve the ether portion or the bill, at the tlm or 8l@ng lt, l .8tatement

### or the Item8 to rhloh he objaOt8, and no itO6 80 objedtrb to rhall t&8 8freCt. * * ,*" Full 

### l rroctt, 

### however,

aPat be siren to the pro-Hon. J. E. YoDondld, 

### Comml8sfoner, page 0



### ~1810~8and riders 0r.matr Bill No. 427, lnsorar a8 thep relate to the appropriation for the Jaok-Stallion 

### Divisionor the Departmmt 0r Agriculture 

### ror the blennlum August 91, 1939, to August Sl, 194l.

In Senate'RtllNo. 427, the appropriation Bill 

### underoon81der8tiOn,b addltlon:fb the 

### tourli8trd items under the heading, Smalal Jaok-Stallion

### Fund, itwO or which were rtruok Out 

### by the Covernor), there aretwo other pertinent +rovieione relating to 8. B. No. 12, Firet Cal1.d SeMiOIl, Forty-fifth Legilrlature:

*In view oi'the trot that fees collected

:.

. under 

### 8. 8. 12, Aota or the First Called ,5868iOll

of the Forty-tltth Legielature 8re reoelved dur

### ing the month8 

### or July and Awurt, all balance8 

### eon hand 

### in this fund It the end of the ilrcal yeara, Auguet Sl, 1939 and Augullt 51, 1940, are h8&bE;oeepproprlated ror the l nforoement 

### or *

. Vor l aoh or the 

### fl8oal

### yearsen@ng ~Aiigust

31, 1940, and.Augwt 31, 1941, all fee8 and/or unexpended balance8which have 'beenre., aolf8d and whiah may be 'rocslved 

### by .rlrtueor 

### Chapter7, Artiole 

### 153, Revleed Civil Statutes, 18251 Chapter 8 or Title 4, Revised 01~11 statUte8, 1925; Artlole 6764, 

### Re~lsod01~11 Statutee, 1925; Artlole 5695, Revised Clv$l StaCUtb8, 1925. Chapter 287, Regu&ar %881On, 

### Fortyseoond Legielature; Chepter 304 elan Forty-rlrst Logielature and 0~80 Bill Ioo. ' #r"'"' S88-

It 18 p0via0a 

### in the general rider to 8. B.Bon. J. 15. MoDonalg, C0mmlrsloner,pago.~,lO



### 4i7 that ."a118u&8 foea, reariptr, 8pAlal **rw8,** or b$her l

mllabl0 fund8 on **hand at**  the md **Ot** uoh year of th8 blonnlum 8hall recut to th8 O8noral Revenue ma or the &ate unl.88 oth8rwlrr prohibited by law or otherwise prOride herein." The 

### above quoted 8p8olal rider8 inaloatr that th8 C0neral D6partrsnkl Appropriation Bill 8pOOiri88 that the 

### 8p8olalsaokStallion lhura8hall not revert to the Q0neral **R9Y8mUe** Fund at the end or each Tear.

It 

### 1s l Yia& that there 

### are

### really

two proprration8 for 

### theJaok-Stallion DiYi8iOn or thoapDepartment 0r Agrloultura, **Firrt-, the**  **itdtea** approprlatlon and th8 approprlatlon 0r wall tee8 and/or unexpended **b~ilanpe8~.** The latter lr8 appropriated =ror the l Dior0un8nta 

### or H. B. le -6 vor th0 op0ntion Ma m8intmanO8 or 8ald l Ctlyltle8 a8 herelnaboye,,~p8oltl0allJ **itd~ea** 4na **in** no ~erent**rd11 any**  **0r** the80 **ieF8 be**  **tued OthOIId88** **”**

**.**



### The Governor 

### la vetoing 

### two ltamafrom the ape0lrl0 

### l pproprlatlon 

## aid not in axi7 way dl8turb the l

pproprl4tloii

0r*dli foei and/or **utt0xp0na06** **b+noer*.** It war 

### l

rlaently the Intention of the %glmlatura and the 

### Qovernor

that the balanoe Ofthe monepln the Bpoolal Jaok-Stallion 

### Fu@ be **u80a** ror purpore8

### n*ouirary to the l nforoement or the Act, a8 well a8 "t?S th8 operation and malntenanoe 0r~8ala aotlrltlerm a8 are %polfioally ltealzedR in the approprlatlon ror the Jaok StalliOD~D~~fsiOll.

The next qu88tlonwhloh pre8ent8 lt88x ror &on8lQiratlon in trierol the l*p suk appropriation **0r** the balanoe or th8 Jaok Stalllbn &ma for 0arrylng out the provision8 

### of the 

### Jaok StallionAot, E.B. Ho. 18, Forty-rlrth Tkgl@atun, **18** whether or aot th8 

### l pproyal 0r the Board Oon8i8tb%g 0r th0 Corernor,'theAthONey Oeneral ana~th8 State Tr8a8urer mist be obtained b8rore the Jaok Stallion Diylrl~n mf expand w Of the appro-. priated balanoe In 8816 **rlrna** for the purporer e888ntlal **t0 th8**  **CarZ-ying OUt**  **Or i&8**  **fUBOtiOB8 Or**  **th8 bl818iOb** 

Thi8 mara ana it4 jUriodiOtiOn8ar8 **p0Yia0a** ror la the rLlmitatio!'Of F?iym8nt?a’61aucle in 

### thegenenl

### Hon. J.'E. ioDonal6. Oomml88lone~,page 11

rider (&otlon 2) to th8 00nrnl Departnmtal 

### Approprlatlon Bill, Senate Bill Ho. 427 of 

### the Forty-8irt& Legislature. It rud8 a8 fOlb~#t,



### WLlmltatton

0r mymntr, borpt 

### a8 Obherrim pmvia06, whwever, by rim18 **or** 

### thepzo*Lrion8 Or thi8 Aot, it8m8 are to be,paid out of rU8, NOeipt8, 8QOOidl rundb Or 0th Or Other fU868 available 

### ror u8e **by** a departmnt it 

### 18 th8 intention or 

### the Leglirl+turo to ldt ox-aitUN8 Out Of 

### Uid iO88, NOeip$8, 8p8Oiai iUd8 or 

### other available rd8 to the pUX78e8 ma in th0 a&OMtEJ ttdS86 hUei.& 

### and it 18 lO &WOYia0a.

If, h0wmer. th8 amount oi the f888, 

### no~lpt8,‘rpeolaI or ether availablerun68 

### herein nremd to lr8 eOro than 8uftiolrnt topay 

### th8 item8 

### herein 608igMt86 

### to be pcia thereiron the d*pnrtnmnt to uhloh th0 .uia 

### roe8, l'8OOipt8, 8peOia1sunda or~othor Wallable 

### rUiId8 ax-8 appropriated

### may, if nooo88ary to adeqUably p8e01-111the tunotion8 0r 8aaa depart

### mMt .I&80

MY pOX%iOnof Uld 

### l mpl118iW38,Tw **relpCa,** 8p8olal fUBd8. or 

### other

l vmllable 

### rPnd8; **provia86,** howvu, that krorr doing 80 th8 head 0r 8uah,dqwtnmnt ahall, under oath, uaka 

### l pplloatlon, jointly to the Oovernor, th8 Attornoy 

### General -6 

### tA8t8te Tna8nrer.wftlng forth in &&ail the MO888it 

### rurplurr808, reoelpt8, L for U&l& 8UOh ape0 1 rUnd8 

### or other 4Yafiable iUIId8

Md 

### itedZ the PUrpo808 for whloh the 8UPI) al’8 t0 

### be (LIIe

. Uti.88 the lp plloatlon 18 approve6 **by** 8t leart **two** et the three 

### peraonrarorementloned the 88~31~8 fO08, reoelptr, rpoclal funds or other available iUJid8'rhall

net 

### b0 l xp0na06. Any iteiti 88t out in the applloatlon oan **be** deleted **by** deblelon $ 

### a majrirltyor th8 thrse p8r8onr aforementloaAll 

### l pplloationr whloh are 

### approved or. a&a m.tst**b4** Bigned **by** th080 tot343 torpsrovo or dew .aaw. said applloatlan8, arter apprw-. al or rejeatloa rhul b rlU4awlth -6 retained 

### by the 

### stateAu&t&r ror a prrlod **0r** 

### 81xmonth8 alter ths 

### l

xplratloner the blennlltm endingEon. J. E. l6oD&ald,.Ccimtalreloner, page 18

August 

### Sl, 1941 Mb #hall 

### remalaop8n 

### to pubii0 in8pOOtiOn &ring 

### 8cid p&06. Ail 8U.r~h8 

### ree8,reoelptb, 

### 8peolalfUid8,or other 

### avalll ble.ruUaa 011

huta at thO da 0r l 

### aah year 

### or the blemium 8hal.l **revert** to 

### the Waeral **Rere** nue Fund or thi8 State UUh8# 

### othorwlreprohlb ltrdby law, or rpale88 otherwl8eprovldrdhero in. Ho ralary paid addltlonal 

### employee88hall l xooed the am0unt henla approprlatod ror 8imlhi po8ftiOU8. All dl8bursOmOnte #hall be ma8 on warrank:irsUOd **by** the Comptroll0r on thO state Troa8uq.a 

### Th8 above 

### que8tlonI8 an8w8reain the negitive on the authority of eooniermoe opinion Ho. O-lsgl 

### or thi8 dO&WtmULt **by** Hon. 

### RiOhUd **W.** FairOhild, A88i8tMt Attorney Uenoral.. In thl8 o#nlon the aL'Limitatlon or 

### Paymntr* Claune 

### 18 

### l xhau8tlvrl.y

aay2,06, it8 oolutltutloaality uphOld, -6 the Board.8 authority a8rin06 *8 NlathIg Ody t0 8&~3i&?!e8 &I rUZId868diOatOd Or dototed **to** a department~8 U8a 

### l nd.b on~rlt,

but not appr07~ prlatad to da department l18OwherO than ln th8 

### qAmlt4tlon of Paymntr* 01au80.

opinion Rd. 0-lSJZ1 dater 

### thatIn the (kmral D8partmntalApproprlatlon Bill, 1.e. Senate Bill Ho. 427 or thc‘rorty-8ixthLeglrlattir 4her0 are tu0 8epmi.8 >Md di8tin8t Ola8808 Or apprOpri4tiOM Iwda rrom+hwg. 

### reooipt8,and apeelal iirnd8”.

Therr'two 88-b aEd di8tinOt 8la88@8 l r. 

### d8- 8OribOd ln language upon whloh we cannot lmprovr ln the ro.$lcnriag

paragraph of the opinion:
We are 

### thusootironted rlth.tho problem of whOthor 

### the Leglalature intended 

### thr."ll&tatlon 0r Paynb3ntrm Olaurre

to apply only to tho8e fn8tMOO8 where It ha8 **by** the OpOolal rider 

### appen686 to the pnrtloular departmentalapproprla- ,. tlon 

### l ppropriatedthO 0.~plur in 

### the 8pOolal rttha't0

the 8380

and bon&t **0r** the partloular 

### drpartmnt, or, 

### on the 

### etherhand, 

### wor8 the Word8 *8xt38pt

i8 0thOmirO proria06* Intended to llirlmte 

### th8ae 8pOOiriO appropriation8 or th8 r~rplu8 from thy ap$lloatlon or the *Limitation oi

.

### Hon. J. E. HOWMId, OOmmi88iOMr, page 1s

Payments" olawe, and wa8 the olau8e, thereron, intonaea a8 e oonditional l p roprlatlon or tho8r 8UrQilU~S uhioh might 8Xi8t in 8~Oi.d fund8 ln lnetanoer rhere the hgl8latur8 had 

### b to the **partioular** departmntal 

# l **ppropriat** -68 no l

rrort 

### to plaoe auoh 

### 8urplu8r8at the di8pO8alOr th0 partiOdar dep%rtLaMt?”
It- b8 Ob88rYOdthat th8 8tIrpitU3 intAO Jaok-Stallion

### Fund orrakd nnaer Eou80 Bill 1po.12 or the Forty-ilfth kglrlature ran8 with* the 

## rint ola*slrloation 8lnoe it 18 

### appropriated to the de **aa** benerlt 0r the Jaok St8lllon Dlrlrlon by th8 8p8alal 

### r'.der ap- . p8nded to th8 D8partmnt or Agr1oultu.m 

### l pproprlatlon. Th8 qu88tlon a8 to whrther the "Llmltatlon ot 

### m~nt8îOlaU80

l ppliO8 t0 thi8 8la88 Or 8oFfiU8 18 **M8WONd** in Opinion m. o-imi i8 rOiiOW8:

"* * * It 

### WOIdd8USI t0 b0 BIMirO8t that the 4gi8iatur0 aid not m-6 that the U8&tatlon 0r Paym8nttr' 

### olawe 8h0ala apply to ruoh 8 **%:by** the% plu8ee a8 mn d0rmt8ly appropriated

gl8lature 

### to the we of a partloular departm8nt 

### by.*peolalrider to th8 departmental 

### l **pproprlatlon.** To **hoid** otherwlti, 80tila b8 t0

_ 8ay that the bgl8latur8 intOn to oreatr an 4b8IXd Urd Bd8OhiOYOU8 8itUatiOn OalOUhtiY8 tO lmpalr materially the runotlons of 

### 8tate &worn**zmnt,** aad to re8ult lu gr8at lnooaY0nlenor in It8 l dmlni8tr8tlon.w
Jt 

### 18, therefore, our opinion that the balanod **0r** 

### the4 Jao'k-stallion

F~a.approprlated in 

### a lump 8um to the bonrtlt and u8e 0r th8 Deparlmnt 0r Agriculture 18 not rubjeot to the *Llmltatlon 0r Paymnts* olau8e -6 the Jaok Stallion Division 18 not 

### obligedto **obtain** th8 **approval** or the Slmltatlon or wym8ntrw Board to 

### legltimate expenditures 

### 0r money8 ln 8ald 8urplu8e8.

TAO r1na.l

queetion to **be** 8II8WNd 183 

### ror what porgoeee are 

### themoney8 fn the 

### 1temiZedlump 8um **appro** priation, oon8lrtlng or 

### a rurplur ln the Jaok Stallion 

### Fund,uuavallable?Eon. J. f. HoDonald,~Commi8,8loner, page 14

ni the rh8t plaoe, the balanoo or tb road Oannot 

### be U8Od r0r 8upplOmentlzgtin38pOOiiiO itmu ror whloh a 

## aerinite 8~ ha8 bO*n appropriated, 1. l., item 64-b **(an** 

### in8peotor at l**8twt86 8alax-y**  or 

### $1800) and 

### 64-o (rwt, heat, light, postage, t8lephone, prlntlng 8upplles -6 Oontlngent **$lO5O.~annually).** An lxpm388 prohibltlon to thl8 l rr0Ot 18~oontalned I.0 thO motion ot th8 00neralILlbr co tha D8partmental**Ap** proprlatlon Bill h0aaea "Salary **and** Other proYi8ioM" a8 r0ii088:

w(b) 

### me l



### ppc6prlatlon8

**herein** 

### provided UN t0 be 

### OOMtNOda8 th8 MLirum 8UM t0 be appropriated to and 

### rorth8 oereral purposer named hOnla, -6 th8 

### amount8 are intoadO to oover and ahall oover the l ntlrO oorrt

or the 

### re8pOOtiYO itOlll8 8d th0 8u <il 

### BOt be 8Uppb

### gmntea rr0m 

### anyother8ouroe; and, l xoept a8 OthOti80

prOVid86, a0

Other l **XpOndit~O8** 8hau b8 z!adO,

nor 8hall any other obligation8 **be in**  **O-2-06** by **any** department or thi8 stat0, pr0viaea :horrver that nothing herein 8hall prevent any dopartm0at

## headrr00 paybig1088 than 

## the PuLLImum amount 8et rorth hOrein ror any 

### ralaried QO8itiOIl8

." se004dly, any portion **0r** thb 

### 8urphi may not be 

### a806ror wtrareling l xpm8ew. mob l

xpeaditure~ i8 prohlbltrd la tbs &moral 

### Riderunder wTraYellng xxpM80", a8 rOiiO88:

w.(a) It i8 **provided that**  no exp8naitun rhall be made 

### ror traveling axpensesby any dapartment 0r thi8 State in lXOO8S or the amouat or money itemlud horein ror 8aid purpose.* * *= Itbm6C6 - wTravellng Expen8e" - under th8 Jaok Stallion ltemlzsd appropriation In the Gmeral DOpartmentdl

### Appropriation %ll ha8 

### beeh.retoed by thi Governor. oiYing l rr8Ot t0 thi8 W&O, 88 haY0 the 8EW situation a8 if the Leg181ature had amde no approprlatlon ror traveling expenre8 

### ror th8 

### J&Ok Stallion Dlri8lon. ThO l

b0ve quoted prOYlsl6a Of the Genetie 

### Rider to the DepartmentalApproprlatlon Bill 18 an absolute

.AOn. Ji i. 

### MoDonald, Commhdoner, 

### page15

prohIbitionagalnrtthe ixprndltur8of a greater 

### amount than that 

### 8p8olfloally **alla6** 

### uhloh amountlci thlr In **8tanOO**

### 18 nil. For rea8min.g whlohnil1 8upportthl8. con8truOtlon

roe opinlon~goi O-1159 or thl8 depart2nent 

### by Hon. 

### CacllCammaok, 

### IsrlrtantAttorneyGeneral.

In oonelu8lonin anmr to YOollr 8pOOiriOlnquiz-yit **18** 

### our 

### opinion tbtthe l

r r00t 0r 

### the Oovemor~r **veto 18**  

### to l



### llmiuate

### the 8p8OifiOitem8 64a, (Bookkewer) . and 64-d 

### (Trrrel

### l

xpen8e)

under the rpeolalJack Stallion 

### r frfmthe GeneralDepartmental AppropriationRill,

. .) SenateRiQ 4z7 0r 

### th8 Forty-8ixth &giclhtUN but that the 

### lump **8~m**approprlatlon 

### ln ths 8peolal i **r** au 0r *any **twr and/or**  **balloOe8 ”**  0r 

### the~Jaok

### Stallion Sp8oLalFund,which **-8 not**  ret006 **br** the Oovernor, 80pla 

### be available

to th8 Jack-Stallion DiYiriOnor 

### the D8- **_** 

### pm-nt or 

### Agrloiltur8 rorth8 auploymentor 

### aeor88ary p8r8onneland ths p4yeent or 8uch 

### q8larlrsaa 

### otherexpa808 a8 are 

### lnourred in the enforoement 

### or the prod- 

### #loaof th8~Jaok~stalllon AOt,H. 8. Ho. 18 oi the Forty-. fifth **~gi8latUn,** 

### with the eXpr8888xOeptionOf tNYel

### p~Q011888 Mb 

### t& l **Uppi81~d.T.& tff**  rIUidS **iOr 8p3Ou10** 

**.** 

### Tru8tlagthatthe above 

### fullyan8wer8 th8 

### inquiry in your letter, we are Youre’ very truly 

### A’f’NhEYQEHERALOFTEXAS

DSrOB aJr(Simed)Dlok Stout Dick Stout A88i8tant

APPROVEDAug. 51, 19s9 (sign8a) c0ma 

### 0. y~ann ATTORNEY GENERAL 

### OF TEXAS
APPROVED OPmIoIi COW BY B:W. B. OHkIRW~