OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

See V-206 for c in fact Situstion. 

-0oamlttas to 

has. of the Iranoh 

l b ea n ia r o ta ee t& HA 

noe of the Oon~aarrlonal 

Centennial uill be arallam prtoe OS the Embaoey. 

the Clmiraan of the Appropriation6 

le, haa reqtmmtsd oar cub-oofmitteo 

t w2-n~ eribent30 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 

~00~ en4 ir x remxnber 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 x o epby t 

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 

poaalbla oonvanienca. 

seotlon 6 of House Bill 190. ll, Chaptar 194 OX tba 

kagnlar %aalon of the 44th kgialatura (19SS) pooridaat 

-ill l x p a ndituand r aa OODt~YOtruthorieea E 

by tha Co~asl~n of Control ahall 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 lattlry of 

oontraota by mid Board of Control." 

Tha Comslaaioa ot Control uaa ~JI agaenoy oraated and 

aat up by the Loglaloturo unaer tho proviaioria o? action i5 ci 

Cheptor 194, nota of tka Ragular soaalon of 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@enoy with 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 ELi8tanew 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: 

“Be0. 9 . Tha 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 roaolutlon and any unaxpondad balances ahsll 

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 l g propr iathio to 

ipad for the purpoaa or purohaain6 tbn hOa8h mbaur, oonttitlonod apon tta raleaar by Congxvu for rib pwpoao. 

,“-I four8 T-J tnrll