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' f 

ear8 onding Au@mt al, 

, 

"The Govomor retoeii the $l,SOO.OO item 

and tho $S,OOO.OO item. 
.- 

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

WPlearo l drlee whether or mot the kglelatum or the Governor of the stat. ha8 the authority to dl+-egard tha prorlelone of l a ia 

Houee Bill No. l8, and it l lthor~ the Leglrlaturo 

or the Oovornor has pro~umd to ahange the prorlelone or Hour8 Blll llo. 18, their l ot 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 

.0r th0 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 Agrloultwo 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 l tallione 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 the Fortpthird Legielatruu, 

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.M oarry but roamnablr rules an6 rogud 

latlone with reepeot to the leaning ana dletrlbution, eara, taee en6 malntsnanoe or euoh an&!- 

~18.; Provided rurther that the title or 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- . 

per or Agrioulture 1~ unable te plaoo any or l uoh 
Don.: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 6f Agrloultu’re is hereby 

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 stallion and 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 Commlseloncr of 

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 'raid jacks 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 required 
Eon. 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 th a t l uoh oarctakcr 

shall in good relth, rood, water, oarc ror ana 

properly handle 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 oommiseloncr or Agrloulturc. 

“!fhC CamniBBiOllCr Or &riOUltUm i8 henby 

dlrcoted to oontraotwlth l uoh kccpcrcr e carctakcr~ to tcrmlnatc on Jal~l or l aoh year l uoh 

~oontraote to be terminable bcforc that 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 oontraot h0rcinabcv0~~~via0a $cr 

~8kal.l in addition to the rorieimr Bsnin rot 

forth ln6ludc one Whloh w r 11 pcmrlt the eec of 

suoh jaok or 8talllon br mid ecrctekcr ior the 

purposes bq whloh ho mey bc a88lgncd in 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 l ua or iume heroin provia04 as a ohargc ror breeding roes ehall be 

the only oompcneatlon said keeper or ecrctakcr 

may olalm 0r or rrom the Stat0 or Texas thercrori 

‘SOO. 5. The honey acriv0a fri3m the liaeins of the cnlmale hereinabove aantloncd ahan 

be dopoeltcd by the Commleeloner of Agrioulture 
Hon. 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 

‘by the 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 

‘hercul proviaca. 

*Aftor trcnsicrring rrom raid Speolal Rcolng ruad the raid twenty-riro psr oat (eS$ 

going to the Btetc Avallablo flOh001 Tuna q a 

artcr traneicrr 

“x 

rr0m said Speolel Raoing Fund 

a ll mo neyo n s b a n ana l o o Wng to the spoolal 

Jaok and Stallion Xund, .tho balcnoc then rcmcinLng in aaid Spcolal moing :rund until it bcoomcr 

0xhaw04, shall be it804 ror ,thc payztz4nt or the 

appropriations by the Lcglelatnrc ior the eupport ana malntcnanoe or the state Dcpartmcnt ot 
Hon. J. E. MoDonald, Commieeloncr,,pagc 6 

Agriculture ae 8aia appropriations ror the Doc 

rtmcnt ehall b e rix0a Ma l li0~a by the 

gielaturc dr 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 pproprlatlone made by the Regular sceelon or 

the Forty-filth Lcglelaturc ior the support and 

malntcnanoc of the state Dcparkmcnt or ~grloulturc knd that @c Gcncral-Revenue Fund shall 

not be drawn on until all moneys in the spcolal 

Raoing Fund shall be, oomc l x h a ueana tc cll a , 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&onal Rule 

~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: 

". . . . JACK AND 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 1941 
Hon. 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 

646. Travel Expcneo . . . . #~5,000.00 $ 5,000.00" 

Excrclelng the veto power oonrcrrcd upon him 

by Section 14, Article IV of the Oonetltutlon ,oi the 

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) lnepcoWme and rorl -abtrial ana.ncoceeary 

traveling cxpcnacs while away tram Auetln in the performan00 0r their duties, eta.* ror B8id ,lnepcotore or 8uperrleore. 

It ti3-l be m0a r-0 an cxamlnatlon~ar the Appropriation &ill that the Forty-sixth Lcglclaturc appropriated a salary ror only one eupcrvleor, and the Govcrnor later cllmlnatcd the poe$tlon or bookkeeper and the 

trcvcllng cxpcnec Fund. 

~The fallarc 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 a 
Bon. J. E. ylcmnald, Comml8sloner, page 8 

general appropriation biU.* 

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 a n l pproprlatlon bill 

But while there has been no repeal or H.B. Ilo. 

IZ, $t 18 l vldant fro~8 l .aonalderatlon of the Oenrral Dopartiwnt81 Approprlatlon Bill befOr0 and after the COYl rnor'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 (Travel Ex- 

~p8n8.). 

There 18 no queetion a8 to the powor or th0 

Governor to v8to 8pOOlflO~lt~&8 b the General Departmental Appropriation Bill. 

ARTIOLI! 4, SECTION 16, OF TEE COIWTIYUTXON OF 

THE STATE OF TEXAS 

** *.* Ii any blll presented to the COYl rnor o&&in8 several Item8 or approprlatlen 

he may object to one or mores 0r 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 

~1810~8 and riders 0r.matr Bill No. 427, lnsorar a8 

thep relate to the appropriation for the Jaok-Stallion 

Division or the Departmmt 0r Agriculture ror the blennlum August 91, 1939, to August Sl, 194l. 

In Senate'Rtll No. 427, the appropriation 

Bill under oon81der8tiOn, b addltlon:fb the tour li8trd 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 during 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 years en@ng 

~Aiigust 31, 1940, and.Augwt 31, 1941, all fee8 

and/or unexpended balance8 which have 'been re., 

aolf8d and whiah may be 'rocslved by .rlrtue or 

Chapter 7, Artiole 153, Revleed Civil Statutes, 

18251 Chapter 8 or Title 4, Revised 01~11 statUte8, 1925; Artlole 6764, Re~lsod 01~11 Statutee, 1925; Artlole 5695, Revised Clv$l StaCUtb8, 1925. Chapter 287, Regu&ar %881On, Fortyseoond Legielature; Chepter 304 

elan Forty-rlrst Logielature and ' #r"'"' 0~80 Bill S88- Ioo. 

It 18 p0via0a in the general rider to 8. B. 
Bon. J. 15. MoDonalg, C0mmlrsloner, pago.~,lO 

4i7 that ."a11 8u&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 8p8olal saokStallion lhura 8hall not revert to the Q0neral R9Y8mUe 

Fund at the end or each Tear. 

It 1 s l Yia & th athere t are r ea lltwo y 

proprration8 for the Jaok-Stallion DiYi8iOn or tho 

apDepartment 0r Agrloultura, Firrt-, the itdtea approprlatlon and th8 approprlatlon 0r wall tee8 and/or unexpended b~ilanpe8~. The latter l r8 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 ltama from 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 qu88tlon whloh pre8ent8 lt88x ror 

&on8lQiratlon in trier ol the l*p suk appropriation 0r 

the balanoe or th8 Jaok Stalllbn &ma for 0arrylng out 

the provision8 of the Jaok Stallion Aot, E.B. Ho. 18, 

Forty-rlrth Tkgl@atun, 18 whether or aot th8 l pproyal 

0r the Board Oon8i8tb%g 0r th0 Corernor,'the AthONey 

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 jUriodiOtiOn8 ar8 p0Yia0a 

ror la the rLlmitatio!'Of F?iym8nt?a’61aucle in the genenl 
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 the pzo*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 l O & WOYia 0a . If, h0wmer. th8 amount oi the f888, 

no~lpt8,‘rpeolaI or ether available run68 herein nremd to l r8 eOro than 8uftiolrnt topay 

th8 item8 herein 608igMt86 to be pcia thereiron the d*pnrtnmnt to uhloh th0 .uia roe8, 

l'8OOipt8, 8peOia1 sunda or~othor Wallable 

rUiId8 ax-8 appropriated may, if nooo88ary to 

adeqUably p8e01-111 the tunotion8 0r 8aaa departmMt .I&80 MY pOX%iOn of Uld l mpl118 iW38, Tw 

relpCa, 8p8olal fUBd8. or o thel vmllable r 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 

rurplur r808, 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 l p 

plloatlon 18 approve6 by 8t leart two et the 

three peraonr arorementloned the 88~31~8 fO08, 

reoelptr, rpoclal funds or other available 

iUJid8'rhall net b 0 l xp0na06. Any iteiti 88t out 

in the applloatlon oan be deleted by deblelon 

$ a majrirlty or 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 state Au&t&r ror a prrlod 0r 81x month8 

alter ths l xplratlon er the blennlltm ending 
Eon. J. E. l6oD&ald,.Ccimtalreloner, page 18 

August Sl, 1941 Mb #hall remala op8n to pubii0 in8pOOtiOn &ring 8cid p&06. Ail 8U.r~h8 

ree8, reoelptb, 8peolal fUid8, or other avalll ble.ruUaa 011 huta at thO da 0r l aah year or 

the blemium 8hal.l revert to the Waeral Rerenue Fund or thi8 State UUh8# othorwlre prohlb 

ltrd by law, or rpale88 otherwl8e provldrd hero 

in. Ho ralary paid addltlonal employee8 8hall 

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 que8tlon I8 an8w8rea in 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 rUZId8 68diOatOd Or dototed to a department~8 U8a l nd.b o nbut ~r ltnot , appr07~ 

prlatad to da department l 18OwherO than ln th8 

qAmlt4tlon of Paymntr* 01au80. 

opinion Rd. 0-lSJZ1 dater that In the (kmral D8partmntalApproprlatlon Bill, 1.e. Senate Bill 

Ho. 427 or thc‘rorty-8ixth Leglrlattir 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 thus ootironted 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 departmental approprla- 

,. 

tlon l ppropriatedthO 0. ~plur in the 8pOolal 

rttha't0 the 8380 and bon&t 0r the partloular 

drpartmnt, or, on the ether hand, wor8 the Word8 

*8xt38pt i8 0thOmirO proria06* Intended to l lirlmte 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 i n 8~Oi.d fund8 

ln lnetanoer rhere the hgl8latur8 had b 

to the partioular departmntal l ppropriat 

-68 no l rrort to plaoe auoh 8urplu8r8 at the 

di8pO8al Or 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~nt8î Ola U8l ppliO8 0 t0 thi8 8la88 Or 8oFfiU8 18 

M8WONd in Opinion m. o-imi i8 rOiiOW8: 

"* * * It WOIdd 8USI 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.*peolal rider 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 &wornzmnt, 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 obliged to 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 the money8 fn the 1temiZed lump 8um appropriation, 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 8upplOmentlzg tin3 8pOOiiiO 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 l xpm388 prohibltlon to thl8 l rr0Ot 18~oontalned I.0 thO 

motion ot th8 00neral ILlbr co tha D8partmental Approprlatlon Bill h0aaea "Salary and Other proYi8ioM" 

a8 r0ii088: 

w(b) me l ppc6prlatlon8 herein provided 

UN t0 be OOMtNOd a8 th8 MLirum 8UM t0 be 

appropriated to and ror th8 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 8Uppbgmntea rr0m any other 8ouroe; a nd, l x o epat 8 

OthOti80 prOVid86, a 0 Othel r XpOndit~O8 8hau 

b8 z!adO, nor 8hall any other obligation8 be inO-2-06 by any department or thi8 stat0, pr0viaea 

:horrver that nothing herein 8hall prevent any 

dopartm0at head rr00 paybig 1088 than the PuLLImum amount 8et rorth hOrein ror any ralaried 

QO8itiOIl8 ." 

se004dly, any portion 0r thb 8urphi may not 

be a806 ror wtrareling l xpm8ew. mob l xpeaditure~ i8 

prohlbltrd la tbs &moral Rider under wTraYellng xxpM80", a8 rOiiO88: 

w.(a) It i8 provided that no exp8naitun 

rhall be made ror traveling axpenses by any dapartment 0r thi8 State in l XOO8S 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 Departmental Approprlatlon Bill 18 an absolute 

. 
AOn. Ji i. MoDonald, Commhdoner, page 15 

prohIbition agalnrt the ixprndltur8 of a greater amount 

than that 8p8olfloally alla6 uhloh amount lci thlr In 

8tanOO 18 nil. For rea8min.g whloh nil1 8upport thl8. 

con8truOtlon roe opinlon~goi O-1159 or thl8 depart2nent 

by Hon. Cacll Cammaok, Isrlrtant Attorney General. 

In oonelu8lon in anmr to YOollr 8pOOiriO lnquiz-y it 18 our opinion tbtthe l r r 000t r the Oovemor~r 

veto 18 to l llmiuate the 8p8OifiO item8 64a, (Bookkewer) 

. 

and 64-d (Trrrel l x p en8under e) the rpeolal Jack Stallion 

r frfmthe General Departmental Appropriation Rill, 

. .) Senate RiQ 4z7 0r th8 Forty-8ixth &giclhtUN 

but that the lump 8~m approprlatlon ln ths 8peolal r i au 

0r *any twr and/or balloOe8” 0r the ~Jaok Stallion 

Sp8oLal Fund, which -8 not ret006 br the Oovernor, 80pla 

be available to th8 Jack-Stallion DiYiriOn or the D8- 

_ 

pm-nt or Agrloiltur8 rorth8 auployment or aeor88ary 

p8r8onnel and ths p4yeent or 8uch q8larlrs aa other expa808 a8 are lnourred in the enforoement or the prod- 

#loa of th8 ~Jaok~stalllon AOt, H. 8. Ho. 18 oi the Forty-. 

fifth ~gi8latUn, with the eXpr888 8xOeption Of tNYelp~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 

APPROVED Aug. 51, 19s9 

(sign8a) c0ma 0. y~ann 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

APPROVED 

OPmIoIi COW 

BY B:W. B. 

OHkIRW~