653 .:, 

OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL 

AUSTIN 

OF TEXAS 

Austin, Ter45 

Dear Sfra 

d8partwnE thd 

Y0ur subfdt?e\td thf,s 

8eGtl.ons e and 
lk

654 

Boaosrble Earry Xnox, Pa(qe & 

oonvanience to the Greatest number of inhabitants, the supply of water, building 

mterial, fuel, fertility of aoll, and 

haalthfirlnasm, and the same shaI.1 contain 

aot leas than three hundred (SljO) 40116 

of laud aa above aeeorlbed. siaid Board 

ahall take tit14 to the milt 80 44lect4d 

by them in the name of ths State of rclxar 

ror the us4 and ,beneZft of 6ald hoepltal; 

provided, however, thnt th4 Attorney Oen41~311~ mprt~4nt .~bau rir4t 4ppmt4 

the title to the aaid land‘s0 s4leat4d 

by the 44id Board. 

-At the oo:zpletion of thr buildlngr, 

uad when the 84ia hospital ia ready to 

open,th4 Boa ird of 00nt201 shall4ppoint 

4-8ujm4nt5nUent and othur 4mploye4s to 

ouporlnt4rb3 and awl-y on the work or suoh 

hoi@*%1 ao is now provided byth4 04a4r4l 

laws of the mate of Tons gev4ralng auoh 

lMtltutionr. 

*me sup;rort and gou4raL lYrlnt4nsm4 

cif aaid hospital ahall be the same 5x8 ev4ry 

rarpxat ata Is provided ror bune herrpita 

44 now provided by law. 

"There ahall bo eonrtrwtti upon raid 

growla so re14ctea p4man4nt suitable, - " 

subetantlal, and fireproaf b&dings eufirmm to 4040ifb0a4t4 a i4t46t rir4 hunllred 

and forty [340) inzmtee; raid bulldings to 

be provldad with wdem l~proverii4d~ for 

rurni.rhing water, heat, ventilation end 

uweraLp;4 ;and th4 BwArd or Cantrcl iml4- 

aiatfdly arter thfa Aot gfms iat0 erieot 41~3 

after the s.~A4etfon of th4 site ror mid 

hospital, and after the title of~eaid land 

~bll he.ve been approvad by the AttaVa4y 

cemml, ahall aav4rtis4 for glans and 

s~olPlcatlona for amid buildings and eontkaot for me ereotton or the ~am4; and 

shsll base the 3owsr and 4uthorfty to do and 

:, 

, 
lfcnorable Harry -ox, Page S 

parform all thing ososenery ror oarrylng 

out the puxposs of this Aot. Provided that 

all buildizL:s outhmlze4 by~tNe Act and for 

which an aFgrcprla~tlon is horeby r;ade, shall 

ba of fireproof conatrxtion, nng thst the 

pprt 0r all plsn~ ana opealflcatlon8 for 

the emotion of said bullLdin~8 relating to 

fin protmM.on @hall. bs subject to the 

approval of the State Fire Insuranoe CmdS810n. 

"mdr a. That there shall be clml them 

IJI hereby appropriated out of the General 

I(svmwee of thlrr State not otherwlrr appxopxiated the tma of sight IIundrstl and 6eventeen ptlou~nd Dollars (#?17,OCO) for the 

bulldlnge and inprovemanttt end the uxpenaw 

inaurmtl In mourlng the lands ror the aLto, 

providing that .w honey heroin appropriated 

&all bo erpmdsd for the payment of the 

lamb S6lemot4& ror trm 51te* 

"The total &ipproprlatlon aa ht?r?Jtofore 

'xtaat 1 U&cd Buil&ing and equlpmsnt 

Item 2 Ward buil.din: n&0 squipmnt 

Ituus ~~lh&~Ehio bulldiws and 

xtatn 4 l&mere1 ho6pltal-olinia 

bufldint: and equ+mnt 

xtslrl 5 Admini#&'ation builditq ard~ 

equlpm~nt 

Item 6 mnployntls' qumts~r and 

sqclpwnt 

xt4m 7 8torerookwmarehhr:uee an6 

equipmnt 

mm 8 Utility ana otbnr buildiwg8, 

utility and other equipment, 

rosaa, sidtmmlko, furniture, 

liveetook, fnr+w%wits, and 

aont~ng8pnaie8 

set out shall be sb0cthte e.s foll.ouur 

wand total, proposed nelv horpital 

4 g.fg*g 

t ’ 

1w,000.00 

7b,000.00 

100,006.00 

60,000.00 

4Q,000.00 

185,Q00,00 

8 817,000*00 
6S6 

"In the expondlture of the above Itemized 

(upouuts, tha Boer6 of Control shall hove the 

authority to i?itake proper aajust.stsnte in the 

above sat forth it~ms.~ 

The QovttrnortB veto meesege mad a8 Sollo#lst 

"1 have approved, slgnsd and riled Bouas 

Bill 397, dhloh tonslats of two sorer&l itan 

OS appropriation Sor the satablishmnt or 

hospitala Sorthr aam of the insarm, in so 

far as Ssotlon 1 of iwiLd bill a:)prolri.steB 

$817,000.00 and authorizes the bu:ldings, 

faprwemnts and axpenser inswrod ia 8eoufin5 the lfmd ror tbo 65.te of a houppital to 

bs located west of the lath merLdlian) md 

I hmv6 dlsappmed and retie4 that portion 

eS amid bikl contained in Seetions e an4 ~3 

earryiag an appropriation and aut4ailby for 

the bulldingo and lqmmsantir an% mpassa 

la e*uin Yrl 6elod ur inthe g lena for th a site 

of a horrpltal to b6 looate6 flast or the 96th 

meridian, the raaond a?proprlatlon it& in 

-lb bill, 

+Tn filing this bill with the Swmtary 

of St&e, goraunnt to thr Ooaetltutian, I 

apprmlbd to sum4 at the tlm of flllng it a 

stmttaent QS ths ftema to rib&h I objeatt 

again, purmsnt ta the &metftution, I am 

hsrewlth transtittinl; to the Xoune of Mproawtativos, in nbioh the bill orlglmtrd a 

oopy of ma0t rtateuent anb the ltesm I o& 

jetted to. Tha atrlteaent snd ltwss obdtoted 

to s011twBr 

“‘XY rwm6 for dlaapprooing and vstolng 

thla 1taa of $617 oOO.QQ marrylrig with it the 

4uthorlty 

the riusa& 

to build an4 estnblish a heapSt@l Sor 

tc be locate4 east &the P8th 

msridiar?, the mecon& mppropriatlon in mi4 

bill, are as fcrllwe~ 

**In ay meesm~e to tka Lsefslatur* dated 

Janmry 25, 1937, I >olnted out that the Paerd 
lOrabl8 Harry Knox, Page 8 

Or OOntrOi had ~OOrppaS~ded ths WBtfAbli&UiW 

Or 0 MW hO5pitd fOl the iIUU@ fn mP,& %fMi 

to 005t apgrorfaataly ~7,OOO.OO. I adopted 

this reo*o&tlon 0r the Boarb, and ittptdr 

~OOIUIDSnd~d th+J MtIBbliOhsSAt Of this hOEpiteal. up t0 that tbU# A0 mpreO~At0tiYS Or 

either wimt or eaot Texas had aonhumab with 

me about it. I timply aotrd upon the rwoumandatlon 0r the B0txrd or control an4 their 

rinug thtit this hospital *a8 neooraary 

and deairablr. 

wWo roa.niber ofthe Ls~s:.ature, or roe 

gri3srr;ntatire M Bliat hre8 QiwDlaa.6 any 

proposed hospital in ea8t 4*x88 until after 

an amend-rent to thi8 errete had beoA adopt04 

in the i&et* Senate. #men thslaatter vent 

%AtO frea OOniOre~O0 a Ataber or the in&bOm 

of the LogUlature dib di5ouor it with ma. 

I wao advised that tbe Legislature use us+ 

willing to appropriate ZSXWI~ #or two howltab at this fieo in view of ths dspleted 

UiditiOZ Or thb trs#iSury &Ad tiis faOt A0 

tax revenu58 2hub bss~ misad. ~53 oVwwldti~- 

ine r&aJorlty felt WJ did ~804 ens Loepital 

and tkt this should bs established to oorvo 

a vast area ia rest Trrxa8 not ‘being ssrvad 

at the >l%S0At t&o and "UQ rrllrrs Oo~Wtlnns in o2mr ias~ii;utfons. 

"'I aXa, FIyQnlf' Of the QpiA-iGA that SW 

WlAAOt e.fiOrd t0 t,Uhd tWn hOlQitGb3 0t tilt.8 

tz.mJ. I thl.& ono hoe~ital, with the aW.- 

tians rhioh ixivs been authorized at sristing 

l‘rIatitiltiGns, e.ra tmrric:tBnt tic nk3st our 

?rasont &xii: early ruturs noeda. Eany mmbera 

0r -at2 togh3latur8 rLit63a for the puasck3 or 

this bill bee&use it *as ownmonlp understood 

that I woula not a:qmove the buildir& or two 

hos~Lta3.s at this time.' 

nor the rooaons stat& I have apprcnod 

the bill as to an approprfatlon aarrplng au- 
thority for 43 hospital mat 0r the 1OOth 

meridian, and disapproved and vetoed the itcm 

&Ad approyiation or $817, r~O0.00 aarrylrg 

with it the authority for t&e e&sbllohmcnt 

or 6~ hospital ea8t of the 96tS ne~?idian.” 

&tiOlO 4, SOOtiOn 14, Or the ~OAStftUtiOA Or the 

awe or Tcxam, provides in part co roI.Io~: 

0 . . . If 'any bill prCS6At.d to thC Qotcrnor 6ontalna smrcrcl lt.im6 of appropriation 

he say objcot to 0114 Or more Or cuoh iteS8, 

and approrc the other portion of tha bill. . . .* 

f I CAd 

WC think it ap~l+CAt rrOEh 8A CMd~tiOA Of 8COtfOAO 

S or the bill that the Le~lclaturc fntoadcd to gant 

d CUthWitjr t0 COMtrUCt the h6#Pitil 02&y in QoAjUll8tiOA 

,th the appropriation thcrcia made to defray tho Bortr 

i4k-40r; that it -0 AOt iIlt6Athd tc great a &CACrCrl antI oontincu authority 5.n&cpcadcnt or the cpptopriation of soncy. 8uob 

18 the oonctruotlon plaecd upon Ipcotion8 t end b or ,thc bill 

1 ~vcrnor Allred. It follcwr that the authoeity to emtab- 

,mh the hospital mu but a fart of the item of l ppropr ic tien, 

ad the COv1)rnot*8 ?cto wao erfcetirc. to nullify both the 

/authority co(L the approprictioa, 

Your0 very truly. 

APPROVEDJAN 30, 1941 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS