OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNN GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSllN 

Honorabl8 neoman Sfroll& 

Eoaorablo Y. t. Sdlor 

Hoaorablo Marvin Leonard 

state Board ot Publfo wolfare 

Aurtsa, Texas 

@eatlam: 

4um8 it8 aotiar 

4 a l xeo uit r e 

tha D4partmat 

0 W4ltare. 

Sldaratlon to your 

eplaloa o? th8 

l stlo aa whloh wa 

Zt la 4a8w4r to abort qnertion rou 

t it will br mo4844rf Sor the Stats 

to areuae 8Up4ni8iOn attar Au&ust =8t, 

04a the prssaat 8pnaI48 ooatlau* to oporato 

Wring 8uOh p4riod ub4r the pr484at 84tUp (the 

44Q1OT.48 Of th0 T48pOtiT4 4&42LOiO8 nO4iVill6 

tha salarler provided ia .fl ppropriatloa he bill), 

without the eppolatmeat of aa Snoutlro Dlr4otor 

bf tlao Stat. Board?* 
Hon. Beeman Strong, Eon. X. L. Sadler, Hon. Xarrin Le0~~ 

Page eThe State Department of Public Welfare $4 created 

by Senate bill Ho. 36 ot the.Reeular Seruloa of the Fartysloth Leglelature, SootIon 364 of raid Aot whloh mu quoted 

in your letter r44d4 aa r0110w~t 

that 

ëThe l rreotfro hat4 or this Act 8ha11 br 

'Saptember 1 

orrloera d 

J939, Thereafter, the several 

411 , e@moles of the State whose autles 

are transferrob by this &oat to the State Departwat 8h4.11 oontlnue to dlroh4rge the rerpeotite 

4utles whloh they were dlroharglng at the the. 

0r th4 taking dreot 0r thir hot, tdil the 

Stata Board 8hall rertifr ia wrItI8g, to the 

Seoretar~ or State and the kmptroller or Public 

Aaoouatr that the Stats Department or Pallo 

wo;lrere ‘$8 organized, 44 presorlbed in this Act 

8zid Irr prepared to assume the duties l oeI@ed 

to It by the p~~Ti8iOn4 of thin Act.* 

The above-quoted prorlslon apparently ooate&$ea 

tn? State Board of hbllo r;elfaye ayr poa_tp+e the 

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rsauaptlon or Its autles prescribed la Senate Bill No. 56 

untIl.soae time after September 1, 1939, and that the 

T4riOU4 a,genoies oodtted by this &Lot to the mperrl8Ioa 

or the 'new Board rball ooatiaue to fuaotloa uader tha 

dormer 8etup, 1.8.. 

of Qoatrol. 

rudrr tha mperilslon of the Board 

we find, however, upon referr 

3 

to the Departmental 

Ot the 46th 2 

proprlatlon Bill, belag senate 

egislattue, 

ill 80.427, 

that a0 appropriation ha8 born 

aade to the Board ot Control for the biennium beginning 

September 1, lE39, for the operation of several departments traaeferred to the State Department of Pub110 

%'eltare by Senate RI11 lo. S6.. Wo appropriation hab 

been made to the (1) Texas Old Age A8al8tance Oomnleslon 

(8) The Texas Relief Commission or (3) The Child Welfare 

Dep4rtment. we find only an appropriation to the State 

Department of Pub110 Welrere whioh 4 

divided into three dIvis5.on8, being 

proprlatlon 18 eubP 1) the DIvIeion of 

Old Age Asslstanoe (R) the General Relief Dlviaion and (3) 

the Division of Child Welfare. fnthe rider to the appropriation to'-the State Department of Publio Weliar we find 

the following languages 

*Provided further that aone of t&e rIght8, 

poppers and duties harein ereated and delegated 
Honorable B4e&u Strong, lfoa. Y.E. Sadler, Hon. Panin Leo&r& 

.Page S 

ah411 be l xerol8ed by tiny $epartment or boar4 

exoept by the State Deputmeat o? Pub110 Weltar4 and aoae of the 8pproprlatIoaa herein a1l4 

shell be l xpended l xoept by 8416 Depertm4ut and 

the oon8ent 4ad approval of the State Bo4rd of 

Publlo Uelfsre 46 to poll$!y 6hall be aeoaaaarr 

before any l xp8aditurea oaa be rede mder theae 

approprlatl~46~*, 

It la,‘.thereforo, 4p 

tan44 C%4&8aiO~ th4 Texas Be p" 

rent that the old A@ haalaier lX+mula6loa *ad the Departmeat of Chili weir4m sannot oontluue to fuuotloa onbar 

the 8Upetii4fOn 0r the Board or Oontrol artar d-t 51, 

1059; for the reaaon that a0 aoaey 18 prorided for the 

ipperationn of theae three igenoiea except a6 they hare become 4 p4ti oi tha State Departmat of Pub110 WeSfara under 

*he 88perviri-on or the state Do4rd of.Publlo Welrare. 

&zr answer to m flnt question muat therefore 

be that the 8ever41 agencies of the State rho44 duties 41% 

traaaierred to the State Department OS Pub110 Welfare oennot 

oontSnu4 to operate uuder the preaent srtup, Le., uuder the 

Board of control arter August 91 1939, ior the reason that 

'the ~glslature has xide no provision for the paymat of the 

8~enaea 0r 8uoh operation. 

ConaIaerIng now your seoond question 46 to whethir 

the preaeat agenolea ray ooatlnue to operate after huguat Sl, 

1939, under th4 8upervialoa or th4 Stat4 Weltara Board ulthcut the 8ppoiatz6eat ti UI ICxeoutlre .Dlmotor. 

1Fe hereinafter quote 46rtaIn provl8ion6 from Seaate 

Bill Ho. 36 rhloh m bellate aontrol the question: 

%eotIon dia. The Eoard shall aeleot and 

l ppoIut .wlth the adrloe and eonaent of twothird8 [e/s) of the membership or the Senate, 

an Exeoutlve Direotor of tha Department of Pub110 VieSfare, who ahall k the 4xeoutlre and 

4dSliniatr4tiTe orrioer ei the &ate Department 

and 8h411 dIaoharg4 dll 4dmIni8tratlve and executive Innotions of the State Departlasnt.* * +S 

wSeotIoa 3.0. The Board ii8 ageata .repz'484ut4tivea and emplooyrea ah& 4oonatltute'th4 
Hon. Beaman Strom, Boa. Y. 1. S46lu, Xon. M4nin L44mird, 

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State Dapartme& o? Pobllo Welf4ti 84dwdenever, by q 0r the ptoTi8iOa8 or. thf8 Act, u 

of any et&r Aot, 4ay right, peer 4r (hit7 l8 

Impoaed.or oonfemd oa the Shte Departm4at 

of Pub110 weliare, the rl@t, power or autr 80 

Imposed or eontenoa ah431 be poarea~ed and exl r c lmedthe .bLreoutITe y Dlreotor on]. 

auoh rif@t, power or duty 14 spedflo~~~~~legate6 to the 4ulr l ppo lntagent.4 ed or l mplo~oea 

or 8wh bpa*ent, OF cay at tber by th18 AOLat 

4a:;4pproprl4t4 pale, regulation or 4rdar 

State B44rLa 

wSaotIoa 4. %a Xxaoutlre Dlnotor 8h411 

be #4 l feoutlte am! 44mial4tr4tlre ofrloar of 

the Stata Department. The lkmout 1~4 DIreotor, 

with the eoaaeat aad approval o? a majorltl or 

themeaberr of the Board rh4llr 8 4 4 b. Fix 

ob~eotlrr ittiard8 for mll position8 inalu6ea 

tithe o144aItIeatlon8.w 

%80t10a &a. * ? +%a Exeoutl~e Dlnotor 

8h411 hare the pewer~ . . + to Ialeot, 8ppoint, 

and dlaoharge m4h 48618t4nt8, olerk4, 8tenographerr, l ualtor8, booYlteeper8, raa elerlo4l 888f8- 

taat8 44 may be oeoesaery I4 the l QnInl8tratIoa 

or the but148 'Impore UQoa the State DepartrOt 

or Publio welr4r e l * ,.O 

S?b : 

We wirh to 0411 partiouht 8ttentioa to 8eotion 

"All 48614t4n04 knefIta prOTfa46 for ua¶er 

the term OS this Aat 8hall be paid by TOu4h4r4 

or rrarraatr drawn by the State Oosrgtrollu on 

the (State Departwnt oi Publlo Waltan- rundo 

?or the purpose Or permitting the State damptroller to properly draw end iaaue ruoh TOUOhbr8 

or warrant4 the 8tete Departrsnt Ot Pub114 Ielfax-4 8h4ll hrnlah the Qomptrollu with 4 l.iat 

or roll or those entltlea to 46816t4a00 rrca 

time to tire, together with the amount to which 

l aoh reolpleat la l atltled. When 8uOh TOUObsrS 

4r Wafiantl hawk been drawn thaw rh4ll be aeuTOr46 to the ~xe4atlr4 DIreot0r of the State 

Dsppartmant 0r m In turn ah811 
Hon. Baaman 8trongr Eon. Y. f. 84dler, Hoa. Xanla Laoaard, 

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l p a r via e the aollren of 8ame to the mmoam 

eatltl86 thereto.w 

We ti80 drh to Oa tour 4tteatlo4 to Seoilon 3 

or tha Aot, whIoh read8 lu p4rta 

The State Deputmnt 8h4l.l k aharged with 

th4 4dml4l8tr4tloa of fbr w6lfare l otlrltlea of th4 

Stata es &reIaatter prOTid46. The btete Departmnt 8h811: 

eeLI 

%rtabQ8h %rtabQ8h 4nd poTlde 8u4h method or looal 

4bln18tmt144 4drinl8tr4tIon 48 l8 deaed deaed 46r144b14, 46r144b14, 4ad 4ad provlde moh meraonnel meraonnel as say ba found neoeaauy neoeaauy for 

out In aa 44onomloal 44onomloal ray the 4drPiei atraWe.belleTe .tbt the l bova quota& pcOTf8iNA8 tram 

8enate Bill lo., W olearly wldeaoe an Intention on the part 

Of tb +iti4tUl% t4 PI408 ti 4ddUf8tl’4tiTO <fOS FOTided In’thi Aot in the hand8 of the Lreeutlra Dlreotor, 

the Boar& of Pub110 VNfsr4 kihg Suteaded mrely 46 4 8up4rti8O~ bodr. Ia a6 muoh 48 tha Aot clearly plaoea the re8pouaIbIllt~ ?or the 4drinlMiration.or tha multir4rio~ 

duties otthe 8tate Dep8rta8nt of Rlbllo Wolfare In the 

hands of th8 XxeoutIre Dlreotor, it 18 our opinion th4t 

8ela dep4rWent oannot funotion *it&tat the lppolntm~ or 

the Exeoutlre DIreotor. 

Ue thordora n8peot?ully driw @u that ‘k&or 

the Act the first dot7 of the Bo4~ 8poa qmllfylug cad 

after &ot* 4 ohairman 8h411 be to 4eleot ana appoint 

4n ExeoutlTe Direotor 88 proTla*a in saotIoa aa. 

TouraTery tllaly 

A!rwmm~RALtiTrxAs 

&pprwedt Auga Sl, 1939. 

(8&lL& co. XaUU 

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