OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF

### TEXAS AUSTIN

,~ 8onor8ble Gee. 2, Gheppaml cempfrono Austsn. tezw DoarI;r.IbeppaHf

ing April 14, 1946. The-lea8e **contrrot** call8 for f1~ mmonth rental and ia prryable out of the ‘atbooR Fun&. *You will notioo that this lo-&d contract YSS5sde prior to the enactmmt of the epprupriatioa bill for the ensuing bisnnim.

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tionorable 000. 2. Sheppard - page 2

‘II &all thank 700 to 

### advise this depart**aamt** rhethc this **18 4**  t8lid **aontract md**  whotber it 

### ia aubjoot **to** tbo prwislona of **Senate** Bill 260. In this oonneotion I call your attention co Artiola a869 and Article 2667 IrC*rn., le8e.8 .

**Irtioiea 2663,**  **2666 and**  **2666 oi**  **the Raiaad**  **civil watut4a**  **bre aa**  follwa~

.Art. 2867. **fn orda**  **to ou-ry**  out 

### the ;irwiaion8 **of thta**  **Aot the**  **state boarb**  **of Education**  eholl ammall;l **at** a **meeting**dealg**nated** by **thorn eaCil**  **yew,** #et **apart** out **OS** the ctrilable **ire4** cchool fund of the state an awiount **stafflatent** to purchase marldFatribute the **necetmary** school booka for the uae or the pupils ot thia State for the soholoatlo year enauiq.
ma-t. 2666, The **State** textbook fund of tUa **State** shall **oonalat** of tbo tund **cot** amide **by** the State Board of Edusrtlon from tbe available achool fund amla provided for **in this**  Aot, **together mitb**  **811 funds**  **aacru** ins; from tbe #al4 of dimmed book8 and all moae78 **dorited from**  **the** puWta8e **of books**  ?rom boards of aohool trusteea **b7** 

### private ind&ridurla, by sobools, or Prom any other l our oe .
*A. 2869. The State Doard ofEduoa- **tion** shall 

### require iros the State 6uperlatend4nt on Jul7 **iirat** of 44oh **year** a report am to the funds neo44s4ry **for the**  purohaae and distributiun of other n44444ary erpensea of soboot, boo&o for tbo 

### regular sahool 448410n of tbe folloting **your,** and aaid board of Rlu**oation** shmU lmvo the **polrer to**  **64t** apart fxwm the available school fund ftle astimrtsd amount with 26 par oont 4ddition81, thi4 nbdlti4n41 tin85to be ustxi **to ni44t**  **eaerr;oncies or**  **aeeeasi** ties oauscd b7 unucua~ **inoreose** in l oholectio ottendanoe or b7 uauourL and unior4se- ox-

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honorable Gee. 0. Sheppard - p8ge 

### 3

penaea

nndl oho ol o onditioua.

Tundr

tranafavrod la the tart book IWad mhall rrrPin peraanaatl~ in this fuawl until expended, and ahall not 

### lapmo **to tEe**  **fat4 at.tbe**  

### eloae of the Timal Tear. **3he st8ta**  **suprintrrrbent** of Publlo Lnotruotio8 ahrll be roqnirod **te** inolude la tbe 

### aforamtioaed report to the **L)tatO** Wnrd **of** 18duontion **a** l **trtoment** am **to the**  **aaoumC of**  **this fund**  rhieh 

### is **unapaaded,** ad rnld amount @ball be ooaa&0erod W 

### the board in **deters&lag** the neoaaaw erpsadi**twos f**  **DT tslrtb44kS**  **for tha**  iolloriay 

### Jonr.*

In the gureral **Appropriation** Bill ot the 4lth Legisl8ture there mu 

### opproprinted 

## tot **tbo** Textbook Dttiaioa ot the Daprctmemt of I!Auo&tion, urder the head of 

## Niialntsfutmoand Ylsosllan40urm, 

### Xtaa 100, as follower

l Wfioe sad d4po8ltory 8uppliea. **0xpr488,** drayage, printing, stationery, **rent,** 

### oontiagear expanse, **freight On**  used **boolrr, postage**  and her rant, t414phona, telegraph, tssasng4r mrvioe, lntersst and trarsl **4xp4aae,$19,000.004 for**  the **reapeotlre** fiaoal 74ara of the biannlua~ Correapoldlngl7, th4 bianmirl 

### appropriation or tha 4nth Legislature 

### for **the** 

### Textbook Dlriaion, Itoa 

### 87, **dar 4k~ntemm44**  **and i.ireeli4naous~**  **ie 4s**  foll48r:



### kioe and **depository** 

### auppliea, postage, 

### aproas, ilrryage, **telephone,** t414grrph, pclating, atotionsry, rant, **ooatingsnt** expanse, **in** oluiling ir'bight 01)used textbooks,..~~,ooo.~o= 

### for the re*psotLve fir041 yenra.
lo take it to **be** that **tbs** rentUs inquirui about coo4 

### wIthin the above itome 

### aa .rent..

In Opinion NO, O-3427 this deptwtmcnt advised fou, **lltb** resp4at Co 

### the comtruotloa **and** opplia8tion of Smnte ii111 NO, 266, **48**tb Leqfslature , Ilogular Gesslon, in the couru4 of which opinion ~4 atid:UoDorablo 600. 11. smppatd - pa&8 4



### l As aatidtopain adndnlmtc~ 0laim umlm thie leglolation, we 

### ti@it add rurthw that a11 

### ront*1 agrmD*ats 

### ud leame*, whiob bat* not mxpirad proVimlSl;J, Will uatoMtiodl~ tamilute on klmmt a& lDI3, **the** 

### last dy of cho ourreDt bi@lxdam* 

### mm8uprs* 

### a-0 **hu** rulal that @ho

### Dtate oumet bo booan up011 a learn* oontraot that ortads bwoad the tw*par period OOWred by 

### theappropriat&CD WdW WhtO& t6atuS thWWtiW U’O

Port worth Crvalw Clob t. ;xy:a tea. $30, 83 8. u. (8) 800. 8bep Ttw#refore, ul **ot8te** depart8mntm rtfmmtod **by this,**  lcl&i~l~tioa **must**

## wtw late nw lea*. 

## agtewsatmto trlre alfeat OD septwbw 1s 1943,* ainre you have this opinion, obtlousl~ you 

### bars **preoeated** the **dire&** question her. us%.?’ 

### oonmidermtion beoauae of doubt 

### amto whether it oaverm 

### the prement 

### mituation, or possibly you reek a rooonsideratioa of the matter if it im thet 

### broad. The mttet IS of ioportams, md In rler of'the taot that 

### tho above-quoted lmgnage Smm our former opition was voluntarll~ ueal, and 

### not in rwponse to a dire& quwtion, md in ordfw 

### to rwwe all dubiety wrl8tww, we hare @TSD the **matter** a **EW** ard lndeperslsnt oontxitlration~

**8mtion** 7, Artio1s VIU, of the Constitution de8lorwr allo **money** da811 **b,e**drfmn 

### from t&w 

### trwl8~ b pt

inputmml~e

of 8peoiflo 

### l

p propri8tiom a ad8 by law; 

### nor shall

q appropriation 

### of

money bo 

### ndefor 

### along- * or tera than tvo pears. l 0 

### l

.. PUm two-year perlad begins at the tlno these appropriations **become** aratlcrble, 

### rather than 

### from the date OIIrhioh the Act beeome8 legally ef?eotire. A general appropriation act bocones BfiectiVe - that iu, existing law -- upon tho day the oame im apptwed by the Goternot, (360. 30, Art. III, Coast.) but such ccnernl appropriations usually PM mailable for the biennium, beda

### nlnf: SoptatDet 1 thereafter, 

### and eJrtend ror the petitted two years. They ate thus valid md ePteot.ioe Isr from the

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Y.0. 8. SbSppW'd - Pe&O6

he0 or thair pcccego and 

### l pprotel, **aoootdiaZ; to**  the&r terse, but the 

### tams thcccolC

### l

pccliiocll~ fiz the 

## twoyea period 

### for cxpenditnro,co **above** l tated. **Fort** forth Cbrrlw Club 7. Sheppard, 83 8. I. (2) 600, w OUT&lptOEO CWt , OitOd in WI' OflDiOD itOr 0-8427, **held** that a rectal lccco bct8ccc the Club cxl tho Adjuwt Yenera iO? armly parpemea, 

### tar a term ot fir0 you%, wac TO&des ac.ln~ iD 00ntraTeDticn of the acn- ~tltuLLoar **The five-year**  **tern, under**  **the oontr800,**  **began** septwlMr 1, l@slr 

### The lemmeo wtwd into poroecclon of th0 **jWtW&OOO** 011tbt dote, Wd ttl0Frsrtt.t OOOUpiOd **the** same **for the**  easnlng mlr **~onthc** - that ic, up 

### toYaroh 1, 1938. The Btete paid the 

### ctfgulatcd monthly rental8 ror the months Of scptatilJet, Ootobet, RorQnber end neeemher, 1831, and J*rmaq end Pclwaary, 1932. lhO80 pe~cnta mere made b7 arrrranta drama by tbc Comptroller against the appropriation wdc by the 4i!dLcgielcture 

### tor the **Adjutant** f.icneral,o JJep8rtment, ~hioh approprl8tloa **begee, o?**  **Course,** September I, 1931, 

### and ended At@uct 31, 1933. At tbe time **the** oontraet eat msde tbae wa8 arellable utir the approprlrtlon, money 

### citirtcient **to** pey. the rentals thereunder for the teo peata ooveted by much approprlatioar Afts tbc appropriation fot th0 year eadi~g Aught 31, 1931, ma8 OXhaUOted, the Qo1~- nor apprwcd **octtaia dcfioicneiec**  for the AdLdjutant Oeneral~8 DepWtWDt,
**Mr. Juctioe**  **Crlta, in**  **vriting** the opinion for the sup r50

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8Tl10Attorney **Ceaeral** contend8 that tbe Adjutaat Uenerel 808 witheut **power**to **aiake**a lea80 contraot Tot a **period** of rite Y--D ati, bhatefore, the **contract** ma, and is, illegal. In thio conneotlon, the Attorney ocnerill contends that there *me no lw, etprosg or implied, in for09 at t&b the thta contract ~08 entered Into to authorlao lta ttakAagr V0 ate tompolled co sustain t%s contention. a l l, .ln tho case **a?.** bar **the Adjutant**  **Lienor** al *aa limited in his right to contraat to ths amount of his qqz@oprlation bill. **Ue** *am also licited by the tern oP such sppro-

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### priu#ioa. **Uhen Ire**  **attePptckl** to **go beyond**  the powor. eonferrdb upon him br LOT, ha 

## actel without **mthorlty of**  **low, und**  **au&** 

## sot maa and is told and doom 

## not bind the state, l l l. .1t 18 wffioiont



### to ray

ua at the Bat maa

### not authorirul ia the **beginning, md**  the only sot of rrtifioatioa on the **part of**  the mgiolaturo ia the 

## l ppropriatioa bore undc aoasidar~tloDr TheLqislwuro bad no power

### to rake suoh oppropriatio8 ualoar 

### at the very tine it 1as amdothere existed aoao ‘pr*oxirtiag laT* authoririnq the same. Itim o bvlou~ Chat nol

ueh Lor then exi6tsd.~

**no present**  situation lo controlled by tho Uoeision in that casOe ki4WOat tho tiM the k&l'tiX-#OOdSlObOO ~a0 cxwutcil there **ram**a.aoxioting appropriation l’rolp rhiah the rcntals oould **be** -0, mhiuh, howover, will expire Anmat sl, lQ43. The 

### oontraot , themfore, ostondo beyond the atollablo appropriatioa, and 198 thereforo raid, unleo8 eomo valid proexi8ting 

### law authoritod it. Yo quoted in tho boglming OP this opinioa those artioler OPthe statutes which 

### wore thought to liavo axq poseiblo boating upon tho 

### subjwt, and in our opin**icn they**  **do** not **ounctitute pra-erimtiog**  14~ neoasm6x-y to t&o oreatiunoi a 1irb;Llity ag+alnat tbo Btato.

**You ~0**  theretore **respeothrll~ wlvleed**  **that** it ir 

### the oplaion oP tUs department **the** leeso **contraot under**  **con** aldorotian ‘la void. War we hare said doos not **sffwt** tho right and **rlutr** rO8peOting **poyrpoat** Por the period of time prior **to September**  **I,** 1943.
Very truly yours