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<p>OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 
AUSTIN </p>
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<div class="ocr">Honorable Ton GO, King, Page 2

length of term and euoh other information as
may be required, and the State Superintendent
under the aireetion of the Joint Legislative
Advisory Comittee may, subject to the provi-
sions of this Act, grant to the school such an
amount of this fund as will, with the State and
County available funds, together vith the local

itng he salary

dopted by State Board of “ducation
school year 1938-1939 or with its loval mainten-
ance tax, to maintain the desired length of tern,
net to sxeced nine (9) months» as provided in

Sestion &, it shall not be eligible to reseive
aids oe 0"

. Ordinarily, a proviso is linited to the clause
which next precedes he nd to which it is attached. 39 T. J.
193. A statutory front will be construed in sueh a manner
as to effectumke the legislative intent and to render the
grant operative. As a rule, a grant that is made for public
seeantages or purposes will be construed liberally. 39 72

The sonstruction we place on the proviso "provided
that if the school has sufficient State and County available
funds to maintain these schools for an eight (8) zonths
term," is that thie proviso refers to wunaceredited or um-
affiliated high schools, To take the position that the pro-
viso refers to affiliated high schools would render meaning-
less the words "maintain the school for a term not to ex-
ceed nine (9) months for classified or affiliated high schools."
This latter yiew would araate a conflict in the Artiele, and
elearly was not the intent of the Lagislature; therefore, your
question is an#wered in the negative,

| Trusting that this will anewer your inquiry satis-
factorily, we are

Yours very tral
APYROVED: DEC, L§, 1939

(as) Gerald 6, Mann ATTORNEY GUYERAL OF TMKAS
ATTORNEY GENIAL OF TRIAS

By (Signed) Firechie Johnson
APPROVED: OCFINION CoMMITTre Fi ghechio Johnson

By B. FW. By , Chairomn Assistant
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