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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

tbe rbots mbjeet mtidons ot Iioun Joint 

eb ia berqto rttmbed, 

roted by I major5ty 

. De 1946, 814 l b eart&o are Uedreua to wt8ke 

news I tmat pu wfll answer tbs 

pinian, 8oeaming the Con-stitgt In quemtfon pammes~ till tbb 

gaeut menberm of the Le&Lal~ture be entitYed 

to reoeito thilr per &la lmdar the same, ikop 

utd after Aquat SW A- De 1945, relprdle88 of 

rbothor any rpproprht-loa im umle by #lo present tegialrtrrm or notr 

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Sootion 24, as the 6ame ie~ prapnssd to be amended by 

Howme Joint Reaolutlon Uo. 11, ie as follot~: 
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•Ha~rm af the beghlatam aball reedvo 

. faWIiti4mtetb*par4lrth~member* 

es roll noam #hall k entit1.d te milw#e la 

#pilla to an8 tetnmin ftem the aeat of @w*rnmalt, whiab mllee &I not a0eW Two Dellarm 

am4 8lfty Nuta ( 

f;: 

.a01 tar web tiventi-ii+* 

(66) rilem~ tbe dieknee to be aapltod by the 

seate0t ma-at dlreet s-oat0 or tzwe3 by Ima, 

nprdlomm ?f r&llrajm or water roM.em1 and tha 

0aptrellw~oi th0 Stmte ah813 prom and prewwo 8 table et aistauoaq to each 0eunt~'wat, 

new or ber88ftet to be ea8al4lieh~; and W ruab 

tmblo tba dlwjje or eaob Mber altall be p&Id) 

bit lse medber *all br ontitled $0 mileoga for 

anye%tra~aemalon tbatma~beaallodritWn ene 

dot afkr the adj eumment 

od ‘wralon*’ 

et any regular ot eallWe b86 to 8UViw tbet la oar opialons in the oroat 

ttie Buembeut propoBea b7 aoare soiat lhmlutlw 80. 11 *o 

dull rote& and tbe reaalt thereof regulorlj declared, it 

wtlf tbeteupen hewma bmed~atel~ offeotire an the mpreae 

18~ at the Utate, and tlmt from arid aitor mcb effeaMve 

d8k tbo rerbece ef the LegiuYature Ml3 bcentitled to moelvi ftem t&o ukte Tteamuty a pr dia of 910.00 pet daj 

atutzng their tenute of OfMao, telpM?dt~ew of whether a ny l $I- 

~ro?rSmtion lm lade'by the pteaent Ledalatuto thoretet. 

mlileed,the pree4nt Lo 

power to am&4 au appropriation, r 

slatire probably ha. nt# 

tboa@ tlrrt la 8 qaemtlon 

wo need mot to deelde) beoaun it is iundweutal that ~no 

mm ny be p&l froa the Hate Troauury “to l ar lndlrldualr 

on a 018&m, real or protended, whea the aasm &all not have 

b een p a wide& for b y pte-exlatln~ tar- * l l î - Const. Ueo . 

4 4 . Ala - III. .Amrmfng, tErofote, that the present Le@m18- 

tnte wltt ad jonm ptlor to tha eteotlon to be held tipon the 

propownY anmOnmnt, it wo uld l ppeat that theta oeutd ho no preexlating tr to carppert auoh pteaently-wde appropriation. 

In Pott Votth Caratrf Club 1. Sbeppar& 83 8. V. (3) 

660, the Suptome Coutt amid! 

“It la uettted BU the tar nf thla State 

that under the providonr bt Section 44 of Artl- 
Honorable M. B. Morgan - p8ge 3 

3 

ueoa 

010 t of bar State Qonstitution, the Lsglslature 

ia prehlblted from approptiatl.ng State money to 

any Individual on amy alaim tmloam at tbo very 

the the appropriation ia ma&e theta 10 already 

ln Korea seme pm-Ulmtfng valid law aonmtltutlng.tRo ol*ls tbi qproprlatlen la mdo te pay 

a Ia@ mnd~ralid ebllgatlom l gainet the Stato.' 

8at31 BlaoMt COO '1. State, 185 80 ll~ (2) 

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.11ethllig re~hqe said shall be c+omtvued l a'lndl~tlng 

amb per dfe~ w8Id la q event be l otually paid until tbarg 

bad been be ~approprlatioa by the Loglslatme. Bowover, whet&or 

l I! rppreprirtion bad been made er no~t members would be entitled 

%o tooelre waxy%nts from the %mpttoller ior mob oempemation, 

same to be psld after an 8pproprlatlon tberefor had be& made. 

mea 

Vet7 ttuly ynn-a 

ATTORNRY GlDERAL OF TEXAS