OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
.I . ..V 
true despite the fact thrt eufiiolent revenue la expected 

to flow Into the M,?eolal Fund before the end of the flsoal 

year to t&e oere of salaries rvr the intervening months 

between the depletion ot the fund end Its augPlentatlon b7 

new revenuocr. 

0x1 the other hand, In the eve&the stota employee 

oontlmes to oaoupy hlr posltlon and dl8oharge tha duties 

thereoi with the approval of his department head, he would 

bs entitled to oozqpensatlon provided under authority or law 

by the legislature when monlns appropriated for euoh purpose 

boosme 8tailable. 

whbn mollh8 ur?iloieat to aeot wm q?prqwlcrtd 

rmlwy have Nowed lnte tha @oolrl~Ybnd, the aonOfcolla 

would bo logally obligated uudoitiha nu%horitJ of ro-axi&- 

la~l.a, i.a.,tho~e~Dspl~~~4~rogri~ ! onBill, 

to &ma a warrant for baok pay of the ,mploym a&a+t thr 

fUd. 

Utho 8peolallhrnd out ofwbloh Wm aa.Wr7ol: a 

stat0 l !a p LOi8 yepay&de o ha8 boon temporuil7 dep&8ed and 

the l xp&ptm 16 able and dxllng to iis.l.tho po8iOl0a w&k 

tlu l 0a0tm 0r hi8 abpaTtasnt h00a onfit 0aioip8t04 m0- 

a nw a m l val.lab& in the fun& ‘I, ffdl ao lo@ pPoUbltlon 

mgaln#% au arraog~nt or apoemont between #~-head of the 

~a0paat aad thm omplm whnbr ~muoher8 ror aul&o~l~~ 

salary 8ad ntthoriwd 'oxge~mo, inoluding wo r trams 

expowom* would be -a0 up md~pnsinkd fo tr 0 oo4gtrollbr 

when therm wo1*, sufrlalent aonlea lm the fun& to Olmb~~ the 

ousptrollor to dmw wawantl on it. 

Wa mimh thla oonolwlon wlth full kaoulallg~.oith~ 

hot that-the amlary fortho aaployoo Mow omo 18 being 

mun#ldorbd wm 8pproprlated on 8n ensW8A baei.8 at 

? 

,800.00 

aM&hatta. 6ea~xal +dar to bdi. Is? oonteliar ah 8 pro*i- 

*All anmel alario shall be pai6 in twelTa'(U) 

tBam.l.L;hly lJutRllaent*, unlera othurwho Prorid- 

." 

Whew the aalar 1s to be pai out Or a E&MOi01 Aupd 

aad that fund la exhauatod for an btrrin at rrevsral ammu 

durfag the flroal gsar, w ommat ooastruo t&o above paw%- 

alon u an absolute bar to the pajaeat of (UI ullloaf rclr 

on a dlfferont baslr, where maier rabwguwN7 bmouam am "Lable. ml. is espsolall7 trua of 8 situa4ioa Uko * 
apartment of Agrioulture, pmge 4 

present where the care end preservation of valuable atateowned Livertook are involved. A dltferent result would 

ripe out the Jack-Stallion Divielon or the Department of 

Agriculture and be tantamount to turning 858 state-owned 

0aimEll.s out to snirt tar ttlemse1rea. 

Consequently, we wish to advise you that in view or 

the present depleted stetulr of the Jaok+telllon Arid the 

Commleaioner of Agriculture has the authority to enter Into 

an agreement with the Jeok-Stallion lnspeator to oarry on 

suoh inapeotion wwk and supervision as ooaprise the duties 

or hi8 position, with the detlalte undaratandlng thet no 

fuxthar obligation in behalf 0r the atate than now *fiata 

Ifi lamsrod, and that the payxtmt or salary uid l ~puuem 

till k subjeot to the availabillt~ of fundq aM thr. e 

miaoloaor having eatarad into au& a ooatmet for th8 h 

l p eo til oorvloe, n will be authOriS8d to zgka 93 u&d prosoat 

to tba Comptroller a vouohu forbaok salary and akpaqao8, 

lnol~ Qraveliag experlsba , and pnront it a0 the ,45amp- 

'tlMlar whm end ix mai. mm WaUabl*:fn tha .s#aa$aJ. 

~aok-t-stelUaa Fund to take oare of a 1-m ~&yu*e of 

boqk nlari.0.. 

uo haYdh0~ t&b& Od iind any rob, .a&hor$8rcr. 

or& tho matter at hand, but h&To beea guided bsf. the ,MtUn 

o f the o mer gesanod ty he pm0tlOal l ~tiitla# ,O~~tbr~dWiati&On f 

~5x1 orrivw at's le& #olution OS tho I)robl;a* 

of the Comptrolletta ~Offloe ha8 bean taltoa ~&SO 

ato a-f.. 

o~~ald~~t.~ 

and m are 1nform.d that pnoodant-in that.dopqtmmt 8u~port~ 

saah ui agreeaont u is ooatmplated qnd that .tbmq am SW 

objaotioaa to Jaauing a warrapt ior, a*- ia a I- 

& .a llegal eo a prohl~ltlon l xlata. 

Xt la to be noted that f.n this OpMOa m We a@ 

~pi37s~ th0 piti Or m&irPg Up 81&d~p~~OOnti~8 %3 -'(I- 

.Brouor post-dated monthly vouohe.ra 00~eda8 t&a DO&d when 

.t&h are LIO monlea ln the Gp~oi&I PUS&. %hir ia not n-08- 

l r y, a 0 the Coqptrollor will lua e a warhat for the total 

baok wlary dae whon the aone~ ia avallabl.6. 

?urthermoro, nothin@ In th%a opia$on ir to be o0nEtlW.d 

aa reoolylitioa of a larger sslary then i& ap zoprir$ed by the 

le~ialatura fee t&o current blonnium, 1.0.. g 1,800+04 per 

ci 

ttr, or am-e aoney ror treveUn8 expenwa than proridod tar 

the Qeneral Depmtmentel Appropriation ,Blll. 

we refer you to previous opinioaa rtm&raQ by thi.8 

de artment on the Jaok-Etallioa Au&, and al.&0 to,Oonfannoo 

OQ % ion No. 3089 of this department by Hon. Biohexd W. MS?= 

ahild, arsiotant attorney general, to Hon. &SW&~ HI EBw?perd, 
COmptrOller of' 2ublio Xaoount6, Latin, T**Xcs, On tho @IIerel subject of *traveiing expnaes." 

Yours very truly 

A‘lTOBNEY (ZENERAL OF 

WO 

TZXAS 

BY 

DSaob 

ATTORPJM GliBUWAL OF !cEx&j