OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Bon. Bert PO&., Administrator Texas Llpuor Control Board Auatl n, Texas

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Iion. Bert Ford, Administrator,Page 2

a past of hie expenses for room and wale. h?r.Pope is not submittingany expense aooount fok hle bill at the hoepital other than above mentloned. In the event you **find** this mrmnt 18 due, oould It be paid out of our ourrent appropriatlonel~ The payment of %raoellng expense* am allow06 to the rarloue orfioere, aeeietante,deputies, olerke and other employeee in the vartoue departmentsof the &ate government, out or any runde approprSatedby the Leglelature, ie governed **by** the language of the general statute reIating thereto.

Astlole 6823, R. C. S. oi 1925, as amended,being the atatutee rererred to reads at3follower

.- *The trarellng and other neasesaryex- .pensae lnaurred by the various offlaere, assistants, deputies, olarke and other employees in the various depafirasnte,instifutione, boards, oommlselone or other eubdlvleions or the State Oovernmnt, in the aative dleaharge or their duties ahall be tyah as are epealfioall~ **fired and**  appropriatedby the Legislature in the general appropriation bills providing ror the exp~et38 0r 'theStat.0 coverwent 

### rrom year to yefar..... It will be nated that the above statute does snt unqualliledly authorize 

### or allow trwellng expenea but oontaine words of llmitatlon,~whlah in effeat, states *traveling and other neoeesary expeneee 

### inaqred br the ra3?loa8 ofriaers..

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in the aatlte disahar e oftheir dutie eball be euah as aGe=ly + -d xe anhapprop a 8 ..d.* We find the follow%ng languageuood by the 44th Legfelature in the general appropriationbill applloable, Seation 2 thereof, the, pmvlaione or rhlah are to be oonstruedwith the above statute:

w....(e) Ai1 em~loyese traveling 

### at the expense or the state, are hereby limited toEon. Bert Ford, .kdmlnlstratar, Pago 2

the r0u0ring amounts 

### rormale and lodglng~ for male not exaeedl lodging not exaeedlng7 (1.20 

### per day, for 2.00 per night, for mosey aatmlly SxpendSd only;.... “(f) The followingrule shsll be obsenml by.all State smploySSe 

### In rendering their oxpence aaaounts before any l xpenee shall be pal4 **from** appropriatlon hsreln ma&S Sor *traveling expenses*:

“41.) There must **be** a **oonoiee etato**  mnt of the duties parioraed.... S(2) The a~- or hot81, rSetaurant, boarding or roawlng houeo inwhlah meals **end** lodging are 

### proourede&l1 ba givenIn everyaaso where 

### a reeelpt 18 rSquIre4 undSrthe aat....” In aanrmatlonwith your roqwit, our l ttSStlon 

### hasbeandlreotedto a rormr opinion rendSn4 **by Bon.**  

### LeonXoeee,Assistant Attorney 

### Oensral,dlreatedto you under date of September 1, 1937, a 

### aopyof WhlOh you no doubt bmo in your riles. Xt 

### 18 apparentfrom the**opinion** of Mr. Moses, hating the partloular e.xpenm aoaount 

### eubwitted and before him at the tlmS, that his aonaluelonwSS reaahSd as a raeult of eSl.4 expmm aoaount falling ta dlealoee ary duties **wrtorm4** or that durl&g thS perla4 of aonflnewnt to the hoepltol Mr. **Pope**was not ShgSgS4 in the aatual dleahsrge ot NE 4utlsS. wo are foraS to aeume that tbS aoaountrae aarreatly eubSitts& 

### as you do not aontend any error 

### in SSWS in your letter nor are sny iaot8 aontaln& 

### thereindleoloelng any duties bslng p~rtOrme4 

### by Er. Pope while 

### beingaonflnedto the hospital.

It is therefore, 

### theopinion 

### of' this 4SputmSnt that 

### Er. Pope 

### 1snotentitledto draw his #S.20 QSr 4~y**Hon.** Bert 

### Ford,Administrator, Page 4

inkrmd **15** 1931 for expenses ror rooms an4 meals during tha period at oonfinement in a hoepltal,not being en**gaged**at the time in thS aatlre aleaharge of Ne duties. Yours very truly

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