OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

7, lOS9 
Honorable Vi. A. Little, April 7, 1939, Eage 2 

head on ibugust 31, 1937, Is hereby reappropriated r0r the purpose0 0r thio hat fOr th4 rima81 year ending August 31, 1938, to asGum the 

payment of any warrants lasuod under thu proviaions 0r this Aot.' 

~bsequuent lnarease in the n&er of qualified reaiploat8 

for Old &s'keeistanae, together with railare of the t8xes ooatalaed in Bouse Bill no. 0 to bring in the total revenue l xpeated, mde 

it iatpasslble to continue aurrent benefit payments and ta retire the 

wrraat8 as anticipated. Thla raat, hovmer, did not atraot tba wudit~0rth0 0utadi~-t8. ml8 4ep8rtmmnt, ln 8a abla 

oplnlen wrlttoa by Z’roa 0. Yunu, tr, , Aeeletwt -At- aeaza, 

u64re8* fo *o&l SnQor aate ef iwq v lmv,. -a fbr wty 

er tha -te la*r#d uwht &uoo WG uo. ST, elm*“a 131, 

wera set p8ld befera Auguots1, lose. w. quota. frea taie o~plnlea,- 
685 

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Honorable F.:. A. Little, April 7, 1939, fade 3 

prlatlon ror 8C3hSie8 and -$3eWe8 0r the Old 

&e A88i8tLMOO CoQ8Ui88lon 'during the biennium 

ending August Sl, 1959. This rider, a8 referrod to and sot out In your letter, provides for 

the appropriation of all lnaomo to the T8xae old 

hge h86i8tEMe Fund, together with 8n;l bU~ce8 

on hand at the end of a prior ri8Cu gear, ior 

08Oh Of the ii8Oal year8 ending Au&ust 31, 1930, 

#Uia bl@8t 31, 1939, to tile %3X88 Old Age AS8lCb 

tame Commission ror, among other things, th8 

*pat of ifltnX'88t boarinq WlTMt8, togetlwr 

d#latoro8tthoraoa,ou68tMdlng onAugu#ts1, 

lWSV, 6h8t *rre.ianud 8&wt t&a To+ Old &a 

A88l8taaoomlldrudotth8p?#l8lon8o~Eoy8e 

Bll18VT,Aot8 ortbkfortp*mi&Ilo&8x8~, 

Thir d a a llo d 88ulo n~ .~* l? 

0r th a arrant8., 

EWEO Bill 179.oxprosd.y eppmprldto8 "out of fun& allooat@ la promnt and/or future law8 to the 016 ,&so Amlmtuor Yuad 

8 mm nritiolont to pay aaM obl%@8tiOI? ud the lateroat thamos"- 

We oall partloular attention to him ~rcrof that fhla protld~ Of 

BOWa Bill 179 OX&UWJ81f a~lWpX'ht~O~~a6~ OUt Of th8 old &8 &8- 
Eonorablo 'i;. A. Little, April 7, 1939, Page 4 

818tanae Fund r0r the pnyment 0r the prinaipal and interest or the 

Otlt8tandiag walTant+ and the new issue of ~$t~,OOO.OO aufhorlzed 

by tha Aet; whereas, under Eouso Bill S7 only the 8UUexpada haMOW, wet8 dlreoted to be used in the payment of the warrants. This 

pX%WislOn or uOU8e bill 179 ha8 the ImOQt, We belielre, that, the80 

WUXWt8 (Or tha r9finding ObllgatiOn8 for which they may be OXoh-d) mature into pre8ently enroxwlble C1811M aain8t the Old 

&e A88lrtanoo Fund in aooord8uoe with tha 8OhedUla eet out in tbs 

Aat. B'llklaeon vs. Franklin County (Tourkana Court oi Glvll Appsalm, 1936), 94 3.~. (2d) 1190; Unduwood Vs. Howard (Amrlllo 

Court of Civil Appeals, 1927) 1 S.F. (26) 730 (writ dismim8od), 

at8 V8. CilWky, 282 58. 662 (nit rOfW&). 
Honorable U. A. Little, April 7, 1939, Page 5 

9 (b) thereof, a8 do48 thn amsnding aot, being Iiouse Bill No. 8, 

Aote 1936, Third C4114d Scaeion, Forty-fourth Legislature ln Artiole II, Section 11 (b) thereof, 48 iollowe: 

Vrovlded that it the runa 18 inrruiricient to pay all grants in full, the 88m4 

8ball be paid promta based ou th4 8munt 

granted to 4aoh.r4oipiO8t.* . 

This authority to raw4 current banefft paymanta to an 

amount wlthla th4 arailabl4 rum oon8tauea ta oonjuuotlcn dtP 

tE4 4xpr488 amJotloain~sfm8o~l99 ta py outaandiagrrr- 

& a d* us to 8bo ,duX0 Ewe aiBau88od our 4oaotrwtion ar tE@ woaa %uaoutreble* as u8+d in th%a Aot la our opinion Ho. oI8l&~Il;kl S&blluIf 14, 1.989, adaros8od to tE4 88norow w: L44 o*woi* to v+lob 

we rpru roe. 

Th4 P-u, “ud the fu3.l f&QB and sre< of the Stat. 

to thdr 9aymnt*, o8unet we bOllr*o, )Uto th4 

WUZ'MtS 6-0X43& obii&Et$OM at tho 8tEti Of 

TOW. How. Bill 199 l xpx'488ly provWo8.thM thoee w4rr4at8rh8ll 

bo paa out of a 8poaial irurd, Lo., th4 oia lie8 ~8i8tiafb00 2w. 

end a raprlato8 monle8 out Or 8ald 8paaiel fuad for tk4.r Bt. 

TEl.8 +.o say, howover:, bo intorprotetl a8 an axpn88ion by thm 

mgl8 ture that it recognl848 the S-W*8 obligation PO paWMe ior 

t& pEym#tt or th4.4 wErrsat8. It ir in 4ffoot M oxpro r448 - 

tiOlr bJ th0 mJiOtitW3 Of th0 iEpliO6 Obiig4tiOn Or the &4tO 

8uoh l ituatlon8 a8 #tat06 by t-h8 augrah8 Wart of T-8, Wm 

tluou@l Or4ormod, f., in City 0r Ammoas pass t. lceiling, I.!49 8. 

w. 828, et page 881: 
Honorable W. A. Little, April 7, 1939, Page 6 

WI. 818. at page 821: 

"State and federal authorities are wir0r8i 

that, when an aot 0r a *fate loglslature, authorizing a bon6 issue, oreatas, or authorizes the 

oreatlon of, a oertaln rund rot th0 bonbs’ payment, euoh provlslon oi tba aot l Utel.8 into the 

oontraot between the bobtor and the holder8 of 

the bonds, lie that it oannot be repealed by SubSaCJUent iegi#iatiOR Without the 8UbStitUtiOU Of 

88U4thit& Of OWue;L Oftim. m SUbSOqU4nt 146- 

18-t%= U 

-t* -A, 

,lqmlr teen obl$gatian OS tho eonorabro,oemwuooaatitutlolal 

00idoBant1on.-