### OFFICE OFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

Hon. V. a. Earshall, ChaInen State Soil ConservatfOn **Hoard** 

### Profeaslonal

**Building** 

### Temple,

Texas

Dear Sir:

elections.

Your request

toz a&i.&m on the a8 are hereinset out has been,Fqcei ed by this ment. / ,./ ~.\ \ 

## Yourqu8~tloJle 666

### Hon. **V.** 

### C. Marshall, *page 2

notices? "(7) When certainfund6appropriated for oarrying

out the law are exhausted how may the Boardoperateto carry out the law as is providedIn setting **up** 

### 6istriot8 and to aSei&i in the operation of **dlatri&8?** 

### "(8)How may the bcerdassembleInformation thatwill enable judgea at an ele&-, tiOn t0 &eteZ?IihA8

Who if4 qUt%lifie when such Lnfowatlon is made t0 vote, av & able to the juQges

at such elsation?m '
Artiole ,16%a4 Aots of known and citedas the &ate 8011 Ill part 86 ?OllOWt

of refe,frs4 to **veJ% 3.**  **mler8ver wed**  **In this**  **bat, Wleas**  **a Uiiiaront**  **meunzr~&** 

### olearly

appearsfrom the oontextt the 46th tiglelatu-6, Cowenatlon tar mm68



## a....

Lnl a(l8) *Lhn&mmr~ or 'Ownerof Land Lying outside

oi Idaorporatea

Otti and 8' 7 inOlude$

Urg ~pil'00t1

Who hold 18d or equitable

title OP any lands lyingwithin a Soil Conservation Distriot

organtied under 

### the p~~vlslons of th$s Aat and who Is a duly QU9.fifi8d rotorwithin a&h aistriot

. R

...* *(14) %u IYotioe*

means notioepublished at least twiae,

w%th an Interval

of at least 8efen t7)'day8 betweenthe 'trro

[8) pub&3atlom3 datefi, In a newspaef or other publioatlon

of generaloimulat

Eoa within the appropriate

area,or 2X no suchp%xblloation of generalairoulation be available, by postingat a **I?ea8Onabla** 

### numberof @onsplouow

### 668

plmm~ vrlthln

the ap~raprlate

am, mdh poetlw to lnolude,wharc 

### poeslble,~smtin& at rublie 

### p1W8B -hews it **may** 

### t?a**bUS** 

### bewry to **poet** 

### notlaes aonawnl~ oauaty or mmlalpal **affairs,** 

### @merelly. At any haarlng he18 purnumt ta sue& motiak, 

## at the time and 

### ,aaoedesigmted in 6wh notioe, adfbumment !ay **he** ***abe tn#**  **time to**  **tfma** without the neamolty d remwing suoh not&e for auoh adJcubuxl

### &ate&* fkotion5 of the 

### kot relatlvo to the dreation of soil oon.servetloa Ulstriotr

meda in part 186

follower
All ImndWa3ef8

rlthla the boandk%i't'h@ terrltoWae 4Otermlasd by the State Wail.

C=oannetlcn &o&i, ahall '4 eliglblo

to vote in ewh electlone CmXy such 

### landamero ehallbe ell&ble to vote.


### 9. The Euerdnbell**pay** 

### 'all expenses far the lamema Or meh n0tiee11 and the

(

Eleationlaws of thlo P+ate, me t em **hsrs;** 

### in athemlee praoideil, and ezeep e-tEmat the ballotahallnot be nutsbered or sarltsd

l'or identl?icrrtioa

purposee,
"I?. The Besirshall**publish** 

### the result ot ewh l



### leetian

and &e&l thereefter acme%- **der,apU** 

### cetermlne

uhetherthe opemtioa of the diBtrfot

rit ?i x$aft&t;;:Hon. V. C. h'arshall, Page 4

of such district is not administratively practicable

and feasible, it shall record such determination and deny the petition. If the Board shall determinethat the operation of such district is administratively practicableand feasible, it shall record such determination and shall proceed with the organization

of the distrlot in the manner hereinafter provided. In making such determinstion

the Board shall give due regard to and weight to the attitudesor the owners of lanes lying within the defined boundaries,the number of resident landowners eligible to vote In such electionwho shall have voted, the proportion of the votes cast in such election in favor' of the creation of the district to the total number of votes cast, the approximate wealth and inaome~o? the landownersof the proposed dlstriet,the probably expense of carrying on.erosion-control operationswithin such district,and such other economic and social factors as may be relevant to such determinations, having due regard to the legislativedeterminations set forth-in Section i2

of this Act, provided,however, that the hoard shall not have authority to determine thatthe operationof the proposed distriotwithin the defined boundaries is administratively

praotiaableana feaslble.unless at least two-thirdsOS the votes cast in the electionupon the propositionof creating of the district shall have been cast in favor of the creation of such district.* ParagraphH of Section 4 or the Act provides that:
"The State Treasurer shall have the care and custody or all rude and securitiesof the State Board and shall be liable on his ofilalal bond for the lawful care, custody,application and disbursementthereof. Any funds coming into the hands of the Treasurer of this State, as hereinafterprovided, Bhall be by him credited to a special fund to be known as the State Soil

### 670

Bon. V. C. Earshall,Page 5

Conservation

Fund and the moneys hereafter depositedor credl.ted in suah fund are ‘hereby appropriated

to the use and benefit of the State Soil Conservation Board, as may be by said Board used in compliance with this Act. The Board shall provide and furnish a bieMie1 audit byna State Auditor and EffiaienbyExpert and a report to the Governor of the State."
The appropriation

for the use of the State Soil Conservation

Board in the administration of the Texas Soil Conservation

Law IS provided therein. The General Departmental Appropriation Bill of the 46th Legislature;Senate Bill No. 427, does not inolude the State Soil Conservation Board among the state departmentsand a~enaies It covers.

Section 14 of the Texas Soil Conservation Law calls for the appropriation or the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000)Dollars for the purpose of areating and malntaining the State Soil Conservation Boar& until August 31, 1939. The purposes for which this s'um may be expendedare not **itemized.**
Section 14a provides ror the approprfatlonof several sums for the two year period beginning September 1, 1939 and ending August 1, 1941. A speolfio sum is designated In each instancealong with the purpose or purposes for wbiah it may be expended, Under' the heading "Expensesof District Organization, RearinSa,Referenda and Supervision"

the sum or Six Hundred (8600) Dollars for the ear ending August 31, 1940, and the sum of Four Bundrea 1

$400) Dollars for the year ending August 31, 1941 are earmarked for publicationof notices. of Six Hundred ($600) Dollars for the Likewise,a sum 31, 1940 end the sum of Four Hundred ( ear ending August %400) Dollar8 for the year endinSAugust 31, 1941, are earmaFke6 for publication or results. Also, a sum of Twenty-oneHundred ana Sixty 12,160)Dollars for the year ending August 31, 1940 and the sum of FourteenHundred and Forty ($1,440)Dollars for the year endingAugust 31, 1941, ere earmarked ror election of District Supervisors and a sum of Six Hundred (8600) D 11 fm QA‘ d¶q-August 31, 1940, snd FOUr Hund~ede~~40~~Dollarsfor the year ending August 31, 1941 are earmarked tor publicationof results and One Rundred and Twenty ($120) Dollars for the year ending August 31, 1940Ron. V. C. Farshall,Rage d b

and the swu or One Hundred and Eighty ($180) Dollars for the year enafng August 31, 1931 are earmarked for publication of hearing notices.

St is, 0r oourae, elementarylaw that money appropriated

by the legislaturecannot be used ?or any other purpose than that specified in the ~appropriation bill without constituting a mieapRlioetion

0r public funds.

Ts!e quote ?rcm aonferenaeopinion renderedby the Attorney General’sDepartmentAugust 18, 1921, aa follows:

*It is the law ef the state that no part of the money appropriated by the legislature
can **be** used for any purpose other than the specificpurpose named in the appropriation bill. An expenditurefor a purpose other than the one ?or which the money uas appropaiated would be a misapplicstion o? public ?unds. The Comptroller

would not be authorizedto draw its warrants on any runas or rar any purpose exoept the purpose name&-In the Act, and the Treasurer would be without authorityto honor a warrant’ on any **fund** for any purpose except that named in the appropriation blll.R
This principleapplies to all ‘the several slums of u,oney

set forth in Section lk and their respeotive purposes. In other words, money appropriatedfor one purpose cannot be used ?or another purpose even if there happens to be a surplus in the former and a shortage in the letter tuna.

Regarding the method of selection,quallilaatlon end tenure of Soil ConservationDistrict Supervisorsthe Act provides

t
“All landowners

within the dlstrlct shall be eligible to vote in such election. Only suah landownersshall be eligible to vote. The three (3) candidates-who shell receive the largest number, respectively, o? the votes cast in such election shall be the elected Supervisorsfor such &iBtriOt. The Board shall pay all the expenses of such election, shall supervisethe conduot thereof in con?ormity with the General Election laws a? this State, except as hereigts otherwiseprovided,and except that the bellbfs

### Ron.v. 0. Rarshall, P8g% 0

shall not b%nmb8r%d a markedfor idontiti**oaticm purymau;**  **almll** pre8orikx8guhtL0ne 

### ga*ean~t?io oonduetof suoh l le6tlorkur4tbo
dot%mlnatlon 

### oi the **oXi&bll.lty Qf**  **0ot.n** the&k, ad shall pobli8b tko notlrt6 tb%r%oi." 

### R%#~H~thoadoptioa of l.%nWmo roeul%tioa% 

## the 8tatds proddeer

a~oSupervi80r~ lrballmt &no l uther%t~ 

### to annet 8uoh l8n6-uao mjpJatloacr~lnt0

lm untileft%rthoy eb%llh%Y%o%u%%adw not100 t0 b gi~~rr



## 0r tha intmtion to 008doot 

### UL l l%%tio o ,

f r %a t m l8 a Nn

4 6%u8 h

lwl@8t 1 088

t o the lan&mm%r%witbim thobounQsrk8of tbo 4lotrlotfor tboS.rlndloatioxw at* provalor al%approval

of mxth oropowa 

### n@a e m%, **and uutil**  

### aftorths Sup%rvl%or%hav% ooMldom& t he r%%u lt or a ue b l l u tl o n....

Alll u ka wn% r8 rlthln tb dlstrtot #la&l be ol la oaamntdtydththo ~Gu~%rsl of this State,o=T vl&%Q, **ada~optt** 

### 8% h%resmoth%lMu protthe ballet%halln& k numbpd or nmrkod for ldantifioatlon piupo~. ..*.
~ViX’tUO Of tb% fOFU@0~8t&&t, ~OUU'Ol-O8p%etf'UlLy at?r%sed that it 18 the 

### opinionof this dopartr%8tthstyoUrqU%8tioM ShOdd boua%w%r%da8foUast

Wh%a b.

men %ad hi8 wife own 

### a farm 

### r1W.n the bouzUlarS%8%? the 

### torritciry as **d%t%rmin%d** 

### brtbo 8t%k 8011 bM%?t8tiO8 baPd 8nd.r88ido 

### dthln .SltOh 

### t%ZdtofJ, both tho hu%b%nU

and ri?% ohallbo ontltled to rota Irr

the olo%- tloDahe14 tnder 

### the dot **providead** 

### t&y %r% oth%rwS%oquallflsd ttndor

**the Constltutfon**  **tma** 

### lem oi **this** 

### Bteito.
2. **A** 

### larml%wxt%r

living in 

### the Lnoorporated sltiea OT tOWM Who OlVM hndS OUtsid th0 OCU'ptUatO ligit@ Of 8l.d 

### city or tCmnwithin tho barurdrriO8 Of thO4iOX'rltoX'y 

### aa **U%t%ntlneU** 

### by tk St&o OoiZ Conematloa Boati 

### would not be pemittod to rota In the oleotlua# hold under 

### the Aat.
3. ?Fh%n

613 olcratfon

18 **order%& by**  

### the ?kmldln (IEon. v. c. E8rshall, Page a



### propowl dlstrlot

all lnndouno~'E

rithinthe botm4ariw of t-tory aa detenained M the State Soil ComenatIon Board shallbe eligible to rote In sueh oleetlon6 aa4 only awh len4tmaer&!

e&allk l

### llglble

to rote,provide4

they are othorwln quallfled under the Constitution and 

### lm~ of 

### this State, ti.



### 4. Xaoorporated 

### 6ltIesan4 townashould not be inoluded

as 

### a par% ai a dlstrlot.


### 5. The StateBoardwould not be pomltted 

### under the lau to peat notioeeoS an l

### leotlon or pub110huarIoga ratherthen t+ publIshemahnotloes where there 

### ir R nm8- paper or otherpublloatloa of generulolroulatlon dthln tke appropriate

area or territory,

in ~ompllanoe

with 

### Art. me, R c. 6,

6. Whon app holaligeleatlons

are b l

wted the 

### Aot pmtldea no other 3 rlatlonrr

r0r posting

notioee

or

means by *Ioh the E#rd may oontinw holdfng8wh alootalons and poaflq notloe8 and pay ior 

### the sam until there Is an appropriation **by** 

### the legislature

for uuohpmrpasee. 7, The Aot **wntain8** 

### no pre~lsion authorizing the aOa+ in nttlag 

### up dlatriote f&l amsltilng

1.n the operation

or diatribts

why iundei

appropriated

for theae spoltlo purposea

8x0 exhfmstedr
8. Tbe etatuts

pratldgs 

### that the Isou?d shall prvsorlbe

reguletlons

@Yeming the eonduet o? l 

### leotiona an4 the 46tenainatlon of eligibility

of voterstherein. 9'3~ Aat prerarlbes

no manner byrhiab tha Boar4may amemble Inionmtien thatwill enable Judge6at en l 

### leot%on to **d&endw** 

### who 1s +alSfiod to vote. Thle matterIs within the 41soretlon

0r the Fk?e4*,



### v* rcanala

Trusting 

### that w have fully 

### awverrd your inquiry,



### very trulyyour8