**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

See V-206 for c in fact Situstion.



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### has. of the Iranoh l bean iar otaeet&HA noe of the Oon~aarrlonal Centennial uill be arallam prtoe OS the Embaoey. 

### the Clmiraanof the Appropriation6 le, haa reqtmmtsd **oar cub-oofmitteo**  t w2-n~

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taut this mney 00ula **08 ~011**  **be what**  **proosdvre** my for the relmm of the sonej to ttn Daughtore of the IiepuBlla.
"Two yanro ago l**oao agency**  

### tried **to aec-we**  thl8 

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### oorrrctly**90 war0**  

### iaforated **at** 

### thrrt ti;jo **tnnt** while thir mney ue~ aUooate,b to the 

### btsrte of Texas 

### it 00uM sot be rrlea~d l xoept by Congreaofonal ectfotz.

### 537

**-1 know**  **your office**  **Ia buey**  **and I**  **hota to**  htiva to roquoot thla i&v&r, however, wa heva to report **brick** to 

### the oomittea 88 loon 08 poasibla. I will apprlrelata this )nfoS::tlon at the earllest 

### poaalblaoonvanienca.

seotlon 6 of House Bill 190. ll, Chaptar 

### 194 OX tba kagnlar%aalon of the 44th kgialatura 

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-ill l xpandituraa

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ruthorieea by tha 

### Co~asl~n of Controlahall ba 

### aada, let, l 

### upaniacrd

### and expandad by the **Boar4** or 

### Control, **aooording** to 

### all loge1 roqulrarsota now prorldad 

### JB to the arpenditura 

### of **fun48** 

### and **tho** 

### lattlryof oontraotaby mid Board of Control."

Tha 

### Comslaaioa

ot Control uaa ~JI agaenoyoraated and aat up by the Loglaloturo 

### unaer tho proviaioria 

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## action i5ci Cheptor 194, nota 

### of tka Ragular 

### soaalonof tha 44th 

### L*~ialature; it.8 ptmpoaa having 

### bean ra.fiu0a 

### it haa p08aul out or 

### exiatanob, PaQ t&ma 

### la etthi8 time no a@enoywith authority**to** authorlza axpaaditurea 

### and **oontreota** @alnat th* **Cantonnial** **ion&*.**

Th4 @4,000 mentionad in **your** latter 

### la part et a Federal Appropriation **and** oould hare baon oaed for tha purohaa **OS** t& **Ronoh** Baboaay **it** it had bean 80 **alloortad br**  

### the CULtannial t2Gsnri881On or by tha hMi8816~ Of **Control durlw**  **the** ELi8t**anew** of tJ&aaa bodiaa, but not havl~~ baon 

### 80 elloo8ted, lt la our opinion 

### that aana OaMOt ba 

### a0 arpendad at thi8 tim until rOlaaaed br Con~eaa.



### aaotlon 9 of Menata 

### Joint iiaaolution 131 raeda, in part, 88 follora:



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### aus OS ~s,OOO.OOO ia hereby 

### authorloo **to be**  **rpproprlotrd. out**  **oi aa$**  **money in**  tho **Treasury** not otMrrri80 epproprlaWd, end ahalA rarkain

available iof tha 

### purpoaoa of thla 

### joirrt roaolutlonand 

### any **unaxpondad** 

### balancesahsll **ba** aovered **baok** into t&a ~raaaury of the finltad dtrto8. * * **538

Tha money could aot b8 ra~eaaed 

### to the Daqhtara of tho Rapubllo. **All** bet **Of th#**  **Lai$.ilhItW att@mfiiWJ**  **t0 80**  that would be In riolrrtioa OS atlala 3, Aotion 81 oi the fjonstltution

which provider that Vh8 4Sialpttura ohm11 &to @ power to **anke** any grant or authoriaa the *king of any grant of publie money to any indfvldual, a8aoo1et1on ot 

### indlridaair, ~iofpal or other oorporatlon8 What8oaT8r * * *.* If Cangreaa should nleo88 the money tor 

### the pnrpoao ot purohaain8 the Trenoh *nbra8~ the tit& wool6 hure to **ba** t&ran in **th8 ma**  **of the**  Btato 

### olc Toxaa, **but** 

### the aupervIalon **mad** 

### oontrol o? the Xnbaaa~ ~pU~ielo@ted by the La6lalatm to **tba** Daa#Sara oi the

. Bowaver:, th LWiElatUW may aov lgpropriato thio ipad for the purpoaa or purohaain6 

### tbn hOa8h mbaur, 

### oonttitlonod apon tta raleaar by Congxvu for rib pwpoao. ,“-I **four8 T-J**  **tnrll**