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OFFICE OF Tl-iE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROYER SELLERS AT+ORNEY GENERAL

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Board of Control

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0r JUIY 12, 1940,

Article IV, Seotion 22, Constitution of Texas nmkas it tha official duty of the Attorney Gmeral to *&ve la&. advice to the Ccv.erno,nand othor Qxacutivc oftioorc, whonrequested by thea, and psrforr? such othar dufiea ss my bo raqulrsd by ILIW.~’ Artlola 4399, Rsviaad Civil. Statutes, aekesHonorable Toz~Ds

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it his further duty to ~lvo, upon roquoat, written leg;11 ndvloa u9on any question *‘touching the public lntorsst Or conowning their OfriCiQl duties’~ to the haed of.sny depsrtmnt of ths Ststo Csvornz!ant, the baads snd boards of the penal and eleci;lOnynary lnstltutisns, aad all other .State bosrds, re~ento, truntoes cl” the St&to tduc:stiOaaI inatltutloas, co.mlttaaa of either brenoh of the IQ-+&- ture, 

### ant! county auditors, authorlzc~ by lavs. Sold stat..
‘ute ale0 makes it the uut;lor ~the Attorney 

### Gunerol to advise the county md dintrict attorneya in certain in3taaoss cad to advlne 

### propar lag;sl authorities 111recprd to tho ~SICICB OS all bonds th-t the law requires s&11 be a99roved by hi=. J?OWGVOS~ t!Jcre is no authority roquirin5 the Attorney Germal to 9ublish a oolu~o or ~thz 9~2.. nsries of opinions rcndarod sad distribute the:2y&s of cost to ap9llcents rcquasting tho ss!li0. Cnthe othor hmd, thoro a9pearn in the Senaral ridor to Sens?tai3lII ~27, Acts 46th Legislature, J?eGular :%ssion, the follu.vlnS provisiori:

. Ths currant a9pro9riatlon to the Attorney Genwal’s DaJmtzent carries ltons both for cmtln@nt exgwiae OJXI for 9rintiuS. It is out of one or both 6: t!:am itam of o99ro9rlntlc.x that ths cost 02 this 9uSlicetiorl v:ill be Z‘dfl. In view of tho forc=,o!nc, you are respectfully odvlocd thst tho i,ttornoy Gohoral is authorized to sol.1 to my np9llcsnt a oopy of Volu~;13 I of the An:luaI ~Jp'i~lionJ7o9ort and ddpoait tha 9rooaods oi” the mle to the credit 

### or the funA or fwlde n!lloh bore the oxpo::sc of the pu~llo~tlon.,.-,’

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, There 15 no 

### apeclflo t,ioti.‘to the f!i~hvay Dcpertmnt publlo3tlon) hors-aver, there 15 tinEeat oxpensos. provision in +A6!pproprlarOr the FWChW3 Or 5UQh an approglatlon ror coa

### In ?iords

andt'hrasks

(FirstSari&), Vol.2,p. 1502, 

### t$treappars the rollozlng:

VheadJectlve *coritlngent*, 53.3 &ed lo appropriation bills to qunllfy the 

### vmrd *axIpenoes’, bus a tectilcal amlviell-undarstood

..noacing. 

### It Is usual for cm~reso to emmorate, the,principal. claascs of expezxV.ture whloh I they authorize, such as clerk hlrs, fuel, light, ipostage, tolc~~ms, etc., andthen to :m:‘,Ja ,smll opyroprlntlon for the minor disburse.zenta incldentel 

### tomy groat business, ybloh cannot well b:? foraeean, andwhich lt woulrZbe usolesa to npxily acrs accurately. mr suoh disbursemx tq -, .a round SWIis approprlstod under the head of ‘cmtlfi:(ept expenoas.* I&hwooSyI. vn1tsa stxteo (U.S.) 22 ct. Cl. 269, 260.” ” ’

Themneyn of a ccntir:genC fmd era to be UR&I’ ior yurpoaea 3%~ which the L~ginlstura did mt r0r0800 or c.nt1clpst.e or for which s~clfic lto~?fwd yrovlalon has not othornlse .bcan nnde. sea Opinions 0-9~64, nnd O-129,$,

In view br the ioregol.ng you me XSSpCOtrUiip advi&d that the Ifl,@~?ay Dspnrtzent may ptnchnnn for the usa of the Fl.snnln,~ Survey VolulneI of the ?,hnuol.Opinion POport or the Attornay GeneCal and pay for th;ha naziaOut Of lto contingent expense ap~roprlatlan.

YOU are further advised thnt contlngont funds appropriated to FC?Y other et&e doqartG%t or board my be USC& to purch9se such publication if Thea head of such tteimrtncnt or,bonrd la the cxcraiee of SOLIII~ dlscrotion dotowlncn I I thy-t,lt3 ma wuld el9 the dep~l*tmnt or bosrd la the perr0r33n00 OS kt6 OriiOl3l dytlcs. Aproved P XuI 25, 191.0 s/ Gerald C. t:‘uln Attorney Ganeznl 0r 

### Varytruly yours



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