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under t& provision8 of thlo hot unm18 it 

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8hul.l. bo providing fop the annual support of 

. . Ifs sahoois by vo%ln& leopinG md obilootini: 

. for the ourrunt sahool year a looal mnintonnnoe . 

..’ mhool tcyol not lots8 than Plfty Conte (50$). 

. on the ono hundred dollam of property vhluatlon in the ontiM distriot. The proportf r’ . 

. . valuntiona &all not bo J.ess t!! said prop- - 

srtr la mluod for stata an6 oounty purpooon. 

The lnoomo lawn nuch mlintonance tax ln exam?8 

‘. OS the roquirod Fiftp Centa (508) mnlntennnoe 

. . . . ..tar mot first bo usod to retire lndobtetlncea, ' 

y lf any, in the local and Equilication (Rurul 

Aid) aohool funds. hftor the ~lndobtodneee in 

.~ those fundn,. ii .any, has ‘beon rotircd the iuoom from this malntonanoe tax in oxoea5 of tt10 

: .requlred Fifty Oonto (506) mnintonanoo tWr my , 

:, be used at tho diacrotlon of the locnl aohool 

-:,authorltiae OS the dlntriot for any lauful oc:~ooX . 

. . purpoaoI Any or all xdxatenanoe tax above Fifty’ 

’ Contr’ (5Oj) may not be included in the oaloulAtlon of noed for aid but &all be reported in . 

‘~I tho In&et. If the inoams from the ~malntenanoe 

tax hove Fifty. Cegte (to 

~’ scrlbod horoin,.lt e:mll 

) 1f1 not‘ ~npont 90 prok a inoludod au roooiptr 

- In the budi;at. In ardor to oompl~ with %ho .tOmr 

.’ of this motion, it 8hall be necssmw$ for suoh' i :, 

school dlatriots applying for any t pa bf aid ’ 

~.authorlEod under the torn8 of this A 

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ot, to raport all valuationa rithln such dlotriotr in-‘ ~ .,' 

oludin(: all ooaeolldatod dlrtriota and aumcxad 

_, distrtoto and fillwe to mport all euch vplua- ~‘_ 

: tions ehall prevent euah diatriot from rooolviqj 

.,*ny type of kid authorinsd UpdOr th.ia Aat.’ PI-O- : 

. . vlded that tha tax provialona and other lnhlbltlona provided in ~aalcl Aob shall not apply to 

the aohool whore ,the Alabama Indiana attended 

rohool in Polk oountg, !?O%aQ." 

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Ai we undwkund It, thorQ la l Qohool dirtrlot in P&k 

county, !hxar, the Jnalall viuprae distriot, SW alo Ahbaa 

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Dullan eoi&.aatIoe to attend. Thii dlstriot ,Is supported 

to .a larp oxtent by the Foodoral Owornnmnt. Thor0 is no 

taxable property In thro dintrlotJ aonaequoritly, tAoA*e can 

bo no tnx loviad by the diotrlot. Xt 18, tii%reSor0, 0tvloU 

that the "8ChOCif" refere to the Indian VUlrgo Souool and 

only to said SOhOO1, 

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We undoratand t!ut thozo are around 80 ~~ho~&s~Ios 

in the distrlot. Ita t?lcrefOre, oom8 Within the EO-600 SChOlastlo 1ImItatlon rat out ln Sootlon 1 of hrtiole I. Uo think 

that the word8 "other lnhibltlona" arc diroatly modlf’lsd by 

t.ho aorda which irxmdiately precede the ammj nmoly, “tax 

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In othor words, nother Inhlbltions~ rof~r to 

..o tax reQulrmnt,a and tlub other requirrmnts rslqted thornto: I.e., ropart of. valllelhlln, eto. 

An wbtii~r l&IbItlons” appears in Dootlon 2, it oould 

eofm t&Cre~oro, that any axceptlon provided for t!lorein would 

be &ted to t.%:;dt: motion. In thlo lnatanoe, if uo I;avo *other 

irbititiona* & broader applioatlon than the one -rtatod above. 

tha reeult rould bo 8omo~Mng luddlnlto and va@o and unauscoptlhle. to my olaar Wbanln&. 

Our intorprototion is consistent aIth the gonoral,purpose of the Aot: to aid dlstriots .neodins the same and to 

OQVtii&S tho OdWotiOna~ ikO%litioS. hrt~ClC 6 prOvidC8 tiU&t 

no aid shall be aton unlseo'lt CM bo shown that cuoh old 1s 

~aotually noodcd aa shokn by the approved budset snd aotual 

oxgondlturea and that the fund8 are boIq urod a8 approvod.a 

An lntorprotation of *oth@ Inhlbltlons” other thM 

the one we have annaunaod z&I&t lnvolvo the quostl% at d&sorItslnatIoa if aid not aotunl.4 norded 1~8 grented. 

Your cseoond queution m&da l a ~011088~ 

“(2 Article 8, neation 2 rtrtos in part that 

UOhOO wh o rl p pe llo a tlo nfa or state l ld ur e 

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nonorable L. A? Toodr, paeo #d 

fil6d lPt6r than October L6t of eeoh 

'rrhlah aid 18 acrkod, ohall be I 

ear for 

lnolIn,II, 6 for 

any type of ald.~f QUiXTIONt Dooe thlo state- . 

'.'~mnt nnik6 6uoh InolI&IbIllty definltr l d.posi- . 

tloa beyond any doolrlon or l otlon on the part 

of the Dopu'tment or any oth6r body? 

Seation 0 of Artlole 8 providea In full a. ~ollowm~ .’ 

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“Sadon 8. FIIJX DAl'LS. All applioationi 

for any tppe of aid authorlzad horeIn, exoept 

tuition aid, 6hall be on file aith the Potato 

nopartmont of Eduoatlon in Austin not later than‘ 

Ootobor lot of ooch mholaotio yoaiior which aid 

io aekod.' School6 who60 egplIoatlon6 for etnte * 

aid &XVI 1'1104 later ~ZUUI Ootober 1st of each yonr I 

for whloh aid la aokod, ahtall bo Inoll-lbls for 

any typo of &id.* ma-i8 wG=d-- 

It la a pxid. m&o OS slatutory oonntruotion tilat 

statutory provialonn vhiah ar6 afflmatlvoly worded and mm6ly' 

sot forth the time or atot%0 for ths proper or orderly oonduot 

or busIneee are. not mendoto 

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Dut th6 mm6 is not true *her6 

nuch provision8 ‘are no@Ave y rordod, or are followed by word8 

of IImitation, &owing thati ouoh tLns or mode io 6xolu~L~o. 

In tho loadislE on60 oi City oi Uvalde Y# ~~~rn~y, 145 

8. V. 311, a statute, uhioh provided that the city ommI1 

"uhnll, on or before tho fLr6t day of Jnnuary , . , fix t'3a 

salary and fees of ofrloo of the nnyor . l . 

aidoration. 

", wa4 under conApril. 

The aalraq- of tho 6xayos had noti bmn fixad until ,’ 

The qiostlon va8 whothor the statute va6 mdatorg or 

diroctorp -whothor th6 order in April fixing tlxo mlnry vao 

offootIvo. Th6 oowt hold, in effeot, that Vtiero A etatutory ' 

provision I6 in aEimativa rord6, It do*. not neaaasarlly moan 

t&t the mode or tInu, maCloned in 10 10 exolu;usivd, and that e6 

t&a provlolon under oouoId6ratio&yma in Affinnntlve mrd8, tha 

Ipw) ma mere4 dlreotoryw :, ;.I ( ,; 

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But the oourt made A iurthor hold- whloh we” think 

Ir eapooI~lly applloabld bore. The mm0 otatute pro~ldlng ior 

tho fixing of the nayor 1 o salary &JO provided that ‘tha oompsnsatlon ao ertabllshod &-ml1 not be ohnneod durw the tow 

for nhIoh o&&d offloor shall beTeotod or appolntod.* (lCmph~-~ 

l ;# eugpiied$. Th5, OOw?b held Fegrrrdit16 thi8 j~~i6iOnl 

Vhnt pmooislon la negatively uprerrad, &d 

mua! qeoenrarlly be mawMary.' 

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Bee alno the uatm OS Fez-r18 Prear Brlok Cob Y* ‘RAwkim, 

ll6 8. 1. 60, vheroln A elmilar rulo wan umounord: 

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"The Aot under oonoldemtion doem not prorldo 

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that a failure to oboorve its dirootiono with re* 

@ird to the t&no A etatotlont of faotr eiull ba :” I . 

presented . . . 6h~ll forfeit Any right) nor is il?. 

ltr phraseology suah that the desI&nation of tho .’ 

CImo x1thI.n whIoh. mob prreentatlon shall be mdA 

met be ~corialderod A&I A limitation of the over 

of nuoh 

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udge in approvlnrg A& dIredin& & 0 Eta*- 

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AndrromtheopltlIonor theoourtlnthe5me~orame8 

Yq maon, lQ6 8. W* 660, vo quot. the f0110uIng: 

a 1 “A olausc la dlrootory wtmn the pravleion 

oontalna more mattor of dlrootlon And no moro; 

but not 80 whon follonod by words of posltlvo prohIbItIon.m Bladon Y* PhIladolphlo, GO Paa 4661 

Pear00 v~,'klorrIo, 2 Ad. & El. 064 'Prohibitory 

words oan mrely lf evob be dIrootoryr Thore i@ 

but 6ne way to obey tho oommpnd “thou shAlt not,’ 

whioh Ian to abstgia Altogrtlnm, from doing the 

aat forbIddon.* " _,, 

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Thu8,'t.h.&mnrrZL~oin rrll-e&,abllahodthat l tatu.. 

tory provi8lona afflavativoly uordod~and setting forth tha time 

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in whloh an l ot is to bo dorm am usually dlreotor$j but 

whore the provlalon 16 nogtitlvely worded OF oontains nogativo words restralnlng the doin& OS the aot after such t;l.mo, 

the 

et a! 

rovielon lurumdato , Rob the ceosnt oaae of Wwkowalq 

. to Hewnlan ot el., 7 sup* Qt.), la6 8. v. (2d) 000, asfllwllng thle rulr* 

How, lrt w appl 

018 8 of the rural aid b L 

thora prlnol 10s to LIootlon 2, Art10 , 

1. Beotlon ii does not e&ply read8 

gApplloatlon shall be oa Silo by Ootobet lot.m It g0.a moh 

Surthbr axid 18 ouoh 8trmger, for it reada: 

‘All applloatianrr Sor any type OS aid authorieod herein, exoopt tuition aid, ahall be on fllo 

with the State Dopnrtrnont OS Eduoatlon In Auntln 

.HOT later thnn Ootobor lot OS eaoh ooholaetlo~, 

yaar SOP vhloh rid ia aakod. SohOOla those applloatlons ror rtatr old are filed later than 1' 

Ootobor lat oS s&oh year for rhloh aid 18 aekod, 

mu ~6 1m~10mic for m;f w 0r aan Obfpha618 OurI.) " _/ 

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This provl&n is oloarl in noZatlv0 l-we. Pr& 

vision in mh& that tho applloat 1 om ehall bo filsd not lotor 

than Ootobor late liven 80, the Le&latum ~8~0 not ~lefibd 

with ,this alone, for it added the provlolon bat sohoolo whom 

.~ applloatloxu, am S&led late? than Ootob@r tit #hall ba lneli$lblo for any kind of aid. 

This irovldon la not on1 in noGatlvo worda, but it 

also oontalns a pooltlto prohibit 1 on or limitation. The pro-. 

vision is, therefore, naandntory. You areC therefore, advised 

that aeotion 8 mkoo the inoll~blllty porltlte and definite 

bay0nd any dooirrion 0r notion on the part 0r tbA Departm0nt 0r 

Eduoatloxa or any othbr body. 

Tha trgldaturb haa in thb 

vo’rdo a &rlaltb;dbtermlna tit 

lalnarti and moat porlt%va 

on that Ootober lot le the 

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fioaorrblo L, A. Woo&, ~afr 47 

doadl%ne for the rfSootlvo illin 

cxoopt tuition aid4 Any oonolue P 

Or all applioatlons Sor aid 

on other than the ono whloh 

wo have roaohed would be, in offoot, hOld.liqi that tho ~;is- 

&aturs 1s pouorl~oo to cot a time rlthin whioh appllantlonr 

maat be filed. The abourdlty of nuoh a oonolualon ia api'arent. 

OpMon No. O-l06 dealt with a rlmilar provision ln the 

1937 rural aid bill. OrLth rerpoot to the 1943 Aot, any holding ln that oplnlon vhloh mar be lnoonristont with the view 

at&ted ln thl8 oplnlon la hereby expre8oly ovomuled, aad 8ald 

~Opi.nlon X?o..O-106 is modified l ooor dlng ly r 

Yo ur ~h lquestion r d road8 a8 Sollor8~ 

"(Sj brtlolr 6 provldor for tho dutler of tho + 

State fiuporlntandont, but it al80 indlcateatht x 

the Le~iolablve Aooountant 18 to Pot oonourront-, 

4, Quiis~I9cr Doen thin Lodslatlvo Aocountant 

appointed by the Lo&ilatlvo Co.mlttoo to aot in 

llou of 'acrid Conrjitteo hav8 the oo;lotltutlonal ,~ 

poror OS admlnlntratlon in the dlstrlbutlon of 

the mcmoy,q or does oald Aaoountant have the Suno-, . 

tlon OS l p o et-a uditor only and i8 tu a&it the 

dltrtzlbutlon of tim furldo by the &tat@ cupwintendontt XS.four annwor la ln the aSfln~tlv0, 

what apooirlo rckninlstratlv~ Sunotlonr dooa the '~ 

Conetltutlonpermlb the Zeglslatura to asolgn 

euah enploped Legl8latlve Aooountant named la 

the Aott? '.I~ 

Thl8 qummtlon recpiron eoriow oonrideratlon ln view of 

our Opinion No; O-&XQ, whoreia it wa8,held that tha part or tha 

1041rural aid bilkpurporting to lmpoee on the Joint Logialatlvo 

Advlrrory Uoxmlttoo tht~'authority to admlnlrter tho Zaa wu unoonotltutional beoauae of Motion 1 of b'tlole II, OonrWtutlon 

0r Tbxar, wuoh pryyb8 a8 ~ollow8,8 '. 

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"The powora of. the Govornmcnt of the state : 

OS Texae shall bo dlvldod into tho tllroo.dlr- ~: 

tinot dopartmonto, oaoh of vhlah ohall bc confldod to a ooparato hod of maglotraoy, $0~Rltr 

ttioo vihloh aro logiala 5 .lvo to on01 thooa n:llah 

are oxocutlvo to another, ana th~so w’hlah aro 

judicial to anothor; and no poraon, or oollootloa of porclono, bolng of ona of those dopnrtmant3 ahull exoraiso any powor properly &tnohod 

to olthar 0S~ti-m othoro, oxoopt in the U&anooe 

h3rcln oxpreaslg. pormlttedru 

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It ma’ *tnted~‘& o&loxl Ho+ &4609i 

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nS’t lo the Sunctlkn of the loglaZAt.lve branch 

of tho 6ovornmcnt to II&CO tho law5t it le the 

function .-~f tho oxooutiva branch OS tho covorne 

mant to addxalotor and oxoaute t&w0 lam. In 

the statute under oorroldoratlon, the Loglalnturo 

of the Stat! of. !@xon has- u@ort+on not $ly t;b 

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doolnre that the lnrr ~bnll bo, shlch lo aloarlg 

lta.prorogativo, but has also unQorta!mn to clotho ,.. 

a portion of tho tiomborsktp of the Lct~l5laturira, 

tho Joint Logiclativa Advlnory Conilrlttoo, with the 

authority to osocuto nnd ndmlnlntor tho J.av paaood 

by tho Lo&lelntw?o. Under hrtlolo 28 sootloa 1, 

of tho Conetltution OS tho’ Stat0 of Yoxns, tbo 

Logiolature 1s poaorloon ta olo~th0 ltnolf; or a 

portion of lta momborn, with cxooutlvo authority.” 

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fn tl+o Aot under ooneldoratlon provlaior~ :la mado Sor 

tti appolatment aS M offlcor by tho Joint Lo&latlvo Co;?nltteo. 

Such officer 1s to be knor;n ao Lo~inlatlvo Aoaoudont, and oortaln dutlos are npooiflocl In t.ha Aot for Nn to porfom. t!oet 

of thooa dutlon wore covorod ln tho 1241 Act, but FOIW to bo 

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porformod by the, Cozxnlttoo. Buoh lo not the caao hero, howovorj 

and Lb Ibooms to un that the only conQtltutloMl qua5~t;ioa lnvolvod 
ia the validity of th6 moati of nppointmant of t.l2 La&Gativo 

AcaountMt - whothor ouch appolntmont may bo mnda by a lazieletlvo commlttcq or whothor tho porror of appolntanont 18 fundama&ally excautive and, thoroforo, undor Soction 1 of kctlclo 

II of tho Conatltutl.on oannot be oxerolood by-the Laggiolnture, 

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Soationa 1 ana ‘z of Article 12 of tho rurai aid bill : 

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“Section 1. Thoro irr homby oroated a Joint 

Leiiiolativo comdttoo oomPoaoa of floe (6) mmbore of tho Sonata, appoiittod by the Pr&idont 

of tho sonate, and five (6) mamborn of tho HOUBO 

of Roproaontativos, nppolntod by the Spoakor of 

the Houso of Aoprosontntivoa, a majority of whloB . 

ohnll aonstitute a quorum for tho purp050 Of disobnr~lr& any duty imposed upon eaid con;?littoo. 

Snld oonamlttdo Bhall promptly or&an&o ald coloot ’ 

from Its mombsrohip A d~lrmw, a vloe chairnan ~‘~ 

Md A oocrotnrg, &all ooto as A unit on all prop+!. 

ooitions aoming boforo it for oonoldoration nnd t 

shall koop n pormnnont rooord of its procoodin~o~ 

The members of onid oocnittoo ohall rocoivo no 

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aompsnnation for the~aarv1co.s porfornod under 

tho provleiono of thin Aat, but onoh ahall rei 

ooivo his notual and noooonary exponoo8 *cwk-oa : .‘. 

ln the dlaohago of hls duties aa euah mombor.” ‘~ 

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“Cootion 2. ~s’l&.l.n thirty (30) dagn after the 

~. appointment of thle ~oommittoo; it ~1~111 moot find 

appoint n Lo&latlvo Accountant to pori%XXi?T 

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,. dutioa oat fort%Tnis Aot. Said Lo,;lolntlvo ” 

Aocountant alla11 bo appo%ntod Md hold office for 

A period of two (2) yoara or until hia auccrJr,sor 

... ia. appolntod and qualifloa. The Joint T,o.+lntiva 

~’ Comdttoo, or a majority of tho momborahlp th5roof, “.’ 

oh11 oxoaute a wxltton appointment of tho poroon 

80 appolntod, aa ouoh Let6glalativo Aaoountant and 

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oause the wum 60.~ be fllod + the off500 of iho 

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Lloaratary of Btntob All vacanalca Zn the office 

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.oS the Lo~lalatlvo ACCZOW~M~ shall ba flllod”by 

the oomuittoo or A majority of the mc~boroh~~ 

thoroof.n (znphan10 W.pplIed.) . .* 

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PI0 OFQ OS tho opinion that tho appolntmnt of A Lotin- 

&xtivo AOOOLUltMt by tho Joint Lo&slativo Conmittoe; (18 out- 

:. lInod In Soatlon f2 above& Is oonatItutIo!aal. : 

The .gmer& rule rolativo to tha powor af appolntnont 

is etato6 ln l2 0. Ybr Wi437, as follawzii : 

. . u I) G 0 By tho great malght OS authority hoa- 

. over, tho po~or of uppointmnt IP, hold mt to bo s 

per a0 an exocutivo funotion, and unloan tho appofntmont or partiaular offioora is, by the con- , 

stitution, oxproooXy oonfcrrrad 03 tho oxocutivo. .” ’ -- 

.. dopartnont or forbiddon to tim 1oL;iolaturo the ’ 

3,attor may, by statute, v6at the powor of appoint*:‘. 3 ! 

mnt in ito dioctiotlon. T&J 0rWmry~ conatltotiofi- ” 

al, dlstributivo olauso provldirq for tho coz~plote 

aoparation of ~ovormontaf poTor ho8 &morally 

boon hold 1nmSficiont to voat the appointin& * 

&mm? aololy in the exooutiveen ‘:. ,, ,. 

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Tho Duprmae’ Court. of &u-yland In the case of ‘EIaj-a-or, C1;cr 

of Soltlmoro V* Stat0 ox rol. Board of Po1ks of DaltIn.wo, Lt. 

lEargland, 370, 74 Am, Do01 672, had boSoPo it t!m oonotitutionality of M Act .oS the L@nlatum Wuwoin cortuln costinaiunore 

wore appointed by the Loi;ialnturo. 

the Oplnlon of. the’ court t 

W6 quota tho Sollo~lng from 

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“It ia oontondod that, tho parer of-appolntmont boiw au lntriMi& OxeOUtiVO i’Unat%on, the 

,nnning of the oomdsaloruwn in the law wm in 

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violation OS tha sixth artiolo of the doalmotion ,. 

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of rl@x~, @that *t.ho lo~lalotivo, lo~lalotivo, ox6cutivtj, ox6cutivtj, and 

judtoial pow&a of ovornmont, owht to bo for- !‘; I 

ever aonarato aonarato and d f stinot from onoh other. nnd ‘ 

.no porsin oxoroiolh- the ~funotionn 0S mono OS t&d .’ 

dopartmonta ahallaeouma bti diaolmrgo tho dutiorr 

of say other. 1 

“iTo em not iwopawod to admit that the polyor 

of appolntmont to 0Sfico ie a Sunotion .intrlnoltally o;cnoutlvo, in the Bono0 Ln whioh V?O understand the pooitlon to havo boon t&on; namely, 

that it is inhoront in, and noososarily bolon;a 

to, the cxaout$.vo dopartm~nt~“a 0 Q 81 

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And’tha foilonin 15 quoted from tho 

Bupromo Court of Oregon n O?xh3 v* Coznpeon, 

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opinion of the ~~ 

54 PI 3492 i., : 

: a o 0 e But thin ldontioal quootion has twioo 

boon hold advoraoly to rolatorlo oontontion by . 

Wa court, and can thoroforo no londor be co- ’ 

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carded &a on opon onoI l3Q:;s ve I~c~rldo, 17 Or. I . 

640, 21 Pac. 078; EddO ve Kin&aid, 29 Orr 537, 1:. ): i 

41 Pad. 166, 656. The oSSoct of thone docipiona ..~ 

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in that the Sundanontn2 Zni~ oft the otate, 80 fnr 

aa It rolatoe to the lo~lulature,, id a limitntlon, 

and not 81 grant of powor, and, th;(s bolnf: 00, tho 

~lo~iolativo anoombly wny oxarclna anp of IA0 pcxore i . 

of fovoroi@y not prohlbitod, and that tho appoint+ 4 

mont of persons to o~Tflco ie within .tho dozzAn.of I 

tho 1wiiw.U~ dopartmont (Poop10 ve IfurBut, 24. 

hllch. 44)~ or, as lo onid by ?Srrr ChloS Jilntico . 

&n-ray ln Pooplo Y. Latx~don, 0 Cal, 1; c’l’ho pocor ‘. 

to fill an office io political and this po~or lo ’ ~ 

oxorclaod in coAmmon by tho 10~ I alaturoo, tho covfwnore,. and ot!ior oxoout~v~ 0fSloors of avo otnto 

in the union, unions It han boon oxprouoly w 7 th-. ” 

drawn by tho organlo law of the f8tato.t LtrI Juatioo ~ 

Lord,‘ln Stata v* Goorgo, 22 Or: 143, 20 Pao* 366, 

conmont~ upon tho powore of tho t~ovural dopart-.~ 

menta of 8ttato0 may01 !WhSJe our oonntitutlpn.‘. ‘1 

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aoparatoe the ponora of eovornmont into throo ’ 

dlotlnot dopnrtnonta, and prohlblts any of . I . 

thorn Srom oxorololn;: any pouoro ooilrldod to . 

the othor it dooa not unclortako to doolaro 

what uhali bo oonoldorod lo&latlvo, e~cu- G 

tfvo, or judloial aota.* 

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nJJo<hf&xndlng aomo aontrarloty OS Judl- : .-iv 

clal nttoranco in relation to tho poxor of a 

: le&latlvo body to oppoinb.pcrnona to ofSlco . 

my bo found to oxlot, wo tUnkl under a eon- 

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atltutlon like ourob whloh doos not prohibit 

ouah appointmontn, tho rule announood in Dims .: 

.~ ve MoDrldo, rmpm, 58 founded in roason and unrasalfablo upon prlnolpler* 

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The oimilarlty botwoon tho oonotitutional provloloa’ : ‘.: 

of tho8o atatos to oura la np~artint, and it le our opinion’ 

that tho same rooult aould bo roaohod by our oourtu. Thea !r

conoluolon la largely roached from a study OS our oonstltutlonal provfoiono.-tlaon8olvos~ = I I ’ 

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* 9 c) e ynj no mombor ok olther EOUPO dhall, .~. ;e ! , 

durim tho ton for which ho lo eloctod, bo .‘. 

ollglblo to any off100 or plaoo, tiio agpolnt- ’ ” : 1 

wnt Co which may bo nado, in who10 or in ynrt, 

a by olthor brancja OS the Loalalaturo; nnrl no 

mombor of eithar Iiouao ahall voto So?? any otlatrr ’ 

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momlaor for ang off100 whntovor, which !auy bo 

filled by a vote of the La&Iaturo, exoept in ’ 

ouoh anoo8. ~9 ax-0 in thla Qono$ltutlon, providedrw 

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OS appointment. IS suah powor ~$8 exoroinod *&i Wbolo,* thon 

the o&ion US no ono olao would bo rof&&od. . 

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Cur Conatliution awl statutoa aontnin provlalcno for 

tin0 joint action of tho Covernor sod tho 3onnLo in r,v.Mni; ‘aertaln appolntnonts, Ooe Artialo 4, Saotion 12, Comtitutlon 

of Texan (Vacanolas In otato and dlstriat ofCMooa)j drtlclo ,.‘. ‘~ . 

5737. (Adjutant Gonernl); hdiolo ~2007 (A J: ?.f a:id ZnU’nlvcreltg of ;:.::’ 

Tcxm boerda)j .Artiolo 342 (Zankln~ Conmiaufotwr)~ Artlclo 601 ,:i 

(Board of Control) 8 Art&lo &Xi-6, P.Ce (L,iruo~ Coctrol Bonrd) ; . 

Artiole GlGCb (IMoon l?oard)s hrtlclo 7470 (Doord of ;:ator En- ” 

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inooro)~ Artialo 3207o. (Comukmion for Blind); ArfAlo 6664 

Xighxag Codrrafon); hrtich 4GWa (Doard of ulouranao Corn- d. 

nioeionara) J Artilole 7000 (Liventools ComlasLoo) 5 Artial6 43% 

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Sonqte was part of the appolnizmut; appolnizmut; ‘; 

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Xt Lb ason8 thoroSor0, that the’ La6ielntura io outho+ 

ire% to oxeroise the power of appo5ntment and liaao boon doing 

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In tho ease OS tiillor i.“ M Peso Count 

1027, rovorsod on otboa? grounds, 153 3e We (26 5 

, lo& s.iP, (2d) .’ 

1000, tho aourb 

~oomldorod a atatuto mhioh, 

board of oountg dovolojmlont. 

mong othar thingo, provided Sor a 

‘Xlm hot oonfldcd the ap~ol.ntmnt ~~ 

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of aaM bonrd to the Dirootor’o of the Chmbcr of Coxoroa, and 

it wan oloimod that thou foatura of the Act me in violation of ” 

Sootion 2, Article XX of t.he Constitution. XfJ Quot-ri tile Xo2low- ' a' 

ing from the oplnioa of the court8 , : 

by Cheptcr 37, Flat Called Soeo%on, 43d,Le3~o- . 

laturo, 1033, p. 113, Vornon~~ Ann. Civ. Rtr Art. 

.842b. By the torno t!leroof the oommisaion of &no 

provided tar uoro oalootod nnd to bd ooloated as 
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follorw Chairmdn of tha Induotrlal hooidont 

. 3ornrd, Prooidont of tho Judioinl. Council) thruo 

to, bo appointed by the Lloutonant Governor, throo ’ ’ 1 :. 

by tho.SpeakaP OS tho IIouao of Roprsoontn,tivso, : : 

and one by tho Qovornor. A mombar of t!lat Gorr 

mionlon had boon oppointcd by the Speakor OS LhhB ., 

noueo . A ohort tlmo aftor tho wflolntmont the ‘_ 

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. Spcakor docrood the romOYs1 OS s&l nppointa0 ‘. 

and mndo anothar appotitmont, su.ch acbnaquont ,! 

appolntoo taklw tha oath ond unGo+akln; to - I 

qualify. Quo %urranto proocod&a ~01-0 lnatltutod by the Gtato n;;alnfit th0 lnnt a;polntcab 

The trial court owtainad the quo wwrento pro- 

. . L.~ coodlnga, and, in oSfoct, ordorcd the Sir& aypointao rolnatata& !i%o OMO ronohcd t&o Su~rcmo ’ 

..Court on cortlSiod quootiona. DoronSiold V. S;t;at;o, 

XX3 Tax*’ 667, 73 0. C’* 2d 03. T!IO judgwnt of tlto 

trial oourt nno in offact 4pprovod. It io two, 

tho quostlan of.tho vnlidity OS tho appointmrx& 

of tho prior a?poiAw, lXol.lZdoyl nns not dinouosod-only tho validity of lxlo attomptcd ro- 

,moml tra3 lnvolvcd, !iowvor, it nn3 cloarlg and ; 

unoquivooally otatud timrat Holllday,:by hio ap- 

. . : polntmcnt by the Spa&sr OS the Ilouao, boaaw & 

Stat0 offioore It 13 truo that thb Gpaakor of’ 

the Eouso in nn ofSlc6r of tho stnto; 1x3 roop3ot 

to tho Sunotioniq of tll~~lo~:i~~~tivo branch OS 

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the ~ovornmonC, an oxbcutLt0 offlcar. uocavcr, 

ha is in all roopoots’ an offioer OS tie lo&islatlvo branch of the Covornmont, and h16 povrar 

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,~ and function lo au ouch. In this case, it Is 

true, tho optolntlng powor wa8 0~orairw-l by an0 

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60Xit8tiVOQ. 

9r rather by their rrsprolioVOvCr, ho ‘#aa not olaotod n ith t3 

oontomplation that ho ohald oxoroiao othnz* thnn 

lo~ialotivo Sunolono, ha &X.%tod, the oourt did : 

not 6%ocune, but assumed the losnlity of Hol!Adayts, * 

appointment . Dut the lo&Sty 0S hia appoint;nont 

VOB by the $ud@wnt vindioatod. cio do nob doom . 

Doronfiold V* St&o, ouprc10 as oonolualto,horoO bu$ :- 

,thl& thsrt ib:haa oonoldorablo bowin&. ...~_ , 

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u!i%~edivloion of eovornmntal powera into 

. tlirco dcpartmonta 18 aomon to moot, if not all, 

of tho State Conotltutlo.*. Provloloa againat 

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th& ‘exorcioa by ‘on0 divlalon of potTar mtrustod ’ 

to another la llkowlso ohAraotsrlotlo. : 

%I o&oral cmma in jurindlotions other t!>an 

oura tho lo<g of ttm dolog:ntlon 6f tho poaor 

of noaiMtlon and a9pointmont to.nonofSicial 

bodies hao boen rooo@eod. 40 Corpun Juria, 

pp~ 050, QGlj IloCuxdy ve Josoo~, 120 L!d. 310, 

95 A, 371 In rc Ngor, 4G Cal. GGS; Ovorohlnar ’ 

PI 3tnto, MO Indr lG?,~~.GQ El, Ea 4ck1, tl.L.R+ 

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748, 03 Ama St. Rope 1371 Btate ve So\mardo, 64 

Okl. Cr+ 430, 02 Pr 2d 3241 Bradley v# Eonrd of ” : : 

Zotiw Adjuotmiat, 263 Ka:o~s~ 160, It0 31. E. 692. 

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oonSidi% tho powor of appolntmnt to an ofslao 

othor ~than the ‘oxocutivo dopartmont and oonfldlqg 

it. to,an utaoffio~nl body.” 

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In vlow of the Sorcgolng you ara advloed that It io . l . 

th0 opinion Of thii3 dCplWtr.ollt that th0 hl0dO Of hppOlllttlOllb 

OS tho Lo&olatlve Accountant, as act out in hrtiolo I2 OS the ‘. 

ruml aid bill ltr valid and oonotltutlomli 

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It 18 our furthor opinion that tho Constitutlvnnl obootlono to tho Solnt Lo~lol.ntivo Adviaorg Comittao under tha 

041 Aot and dtacussod 5x1 Oplnlon Zio .O-4633 ora ml; ap~~11cnM.0 

to tho Joint Lo~iolatlvo Comittoo crontod by t:m ;L’345 Aot, Iho 

ctutlcs inpoood on maid comlttoo by the WC3 Aot QLW oat ‘forth 

in Bootloran 2 and G of hrtlolo 12 OS tha ALat. Under l:ootlon 3 . :“ 

Of Artiolo 12 th0 oom.ittOO 9.0 to appoint the Lo&lslativo Ac0ountAnt. seation 6 provldoo as Sollowe: . 

%iotion EL Bm~dlatoly after, the closa of eaoh 

fiscal year it ohnll bo tho duty of tho Lq$olritlvo 

Aooountant tr, m&c a detailed roport of blc work to 
&morable Lt .A@ Woodej‘ pc&3 8x0 :~ 

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the Joint La&olativo Oomaittao. The Joint Loz- ’ 

: .iolativo comittoo ohull oonslbar euch roport and .. 

maka rccommndat$.onc baood Wmroon to the next . 

re,lllar oosalon of tho Lcgielatura tharqaftorr ’ 

-;. Snld OoWz&ttoc la aloo dlrcotod to otudg’ tho .., i 

sohool laws in order that oam aald lavs may ba .” .: 

rdcodificd and mak0 raOommXIdatlOxu3 thcroon to 

tho next Lcjjlslaturc.” . 

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It vau~ hold in OpMon No. 04009 that the pnrt of 

the 1041 Aot crcatiug the C;omittoc “for the purpoao of study- 

’ lng tho oohool laws of WIO Dtato In ardor that onfd lam my 

,bo rccodificd Is oloarly constttutional. Tcrroll v. King, 110 

Fed, 237, 14 3. VI. (28) 7GG.” WC think that tho Act In provld- ; (; 

lq for the risking of rapOrtA to tho oomlttoc by the Loi;lslatlvo Accbuntant so that tho oomitteo J:IR~ mlcoIwconkmidntlvns . 

to tha noxt. ro&ulm oosolon OS the La~lslatwa~~ls llkonloo constltutional, for the Lo~ialatws my sot on the banla of such 

rcoosunondat~ons ‘14 maklng aubeequont rural aid approprlntlons. 

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You aalc &b&t tho admlnlstrat~ve dutics OS the La&vlative hooountaut under the Act*. mc shall rmmarlce the dutloo 

OS the Acoountad a5 set forth ln the variouo provloiona of the ..’ 

Aot. 

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Section 1 of hrtlclc 1 makas oartain dlstrictn ollgible ’ 

Sor aid for only ‘ona tcaohor unlcne (L goo~raphlcal bnrclcr in 

thho dintriot ncccssitatcs tha oporatlon of tr;o schools, nnuch 

Goo~raphiaa~ barrier to bo datormlnad by the Stata Tlopr?rtnont 

of &ducetlon and eubjoot to tho approvnl OS the Qgiolntivo ho-. (, ‘. 

oountant.” (rwhnnis suppllcd.) :. !. 

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.f%)otlon 4 OS Article I mlcoa ccrtain provisions roi;crding tho avcrs~c daily attondanoa raqulrod of oohoolo com.inC nifhin tha term of tha Aot;’ Tinis proviclon z-cads that tho raqulrod 

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arcantago of suoh attondanoo ulm3.l be bawd for tha cntlrc school : . . 

amp or) @ati the elactlon,oS the eohool aud with the npprovnl of * 4 

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:thu I&olatlvo Aocounte@, 

months thereof.w 

fi.ay be baaed upon ihe $Yx& iour 

(m*sle e~ppllod,) 

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8ootlaa I of brtiolo J eeto forth tho tonohor-pupil 

” quota fordng the bnola for the Grant of aalnrg aid. Frovlolon 

is mudo for an acljuntmnt oi’ tho numbor of toaohoro upoq M inaroaee of onrollmont under oortnin oondltiono~ such adjugtmont . 

la to bo mado by tho St&to Suporinton+nt end on tha w?;lrovol, ..* 

of the ~O~iOhlt~QO Acooun”kintr 

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Section 8 of Artiolo.6 providao that no transpsrtatlon 

~aicl shell bo Grsutod, unbar the conditianu tharoti fwolflod, 

unloee tho bua routoo have bcon approved bp t!xo Gtatc Doparttlont ai Eduoation and oonfirmad by tho Lo&lslativo-Accountant; 

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raquaatfn~ trenepartatlon aid on a otudont ‘who Lo nol; nn approvI od echolnotlo. of his home dlstrlob, ohnll lint suoh students 

soparstely on tho~eppllaation~ g%vin;; ouch informtion on nay ba 

‘roquoatad by tho’Dopartmont of Eduoat,ion and tho Loi$slativo ho- 

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“IC. eholl be tha ‘d&y or the stnto 6urxwintandont d,C Fubllo Inotruotian and the LoSicfintZva ho- ,,‘.’ 

countant, to ix&a suoh no t lon and to rso?lro 5~011 

rulon and ra~ulatlone not inoonoistont with tho 

tg3na of thlu Aot aa nny bo nocoooary to awry out 

tho provioionn end intontions of th3e Aot, and for 

fho boat- intoroot of tho echoola ‘for whoeo bono?it 

thho iundo are appr0priatod.s 

‘.’ Artiole 0 doala wLth the dlaburuomont oC’fundo under 

the Aott 8ootloa 1 of Artiolo 0 ran&a a0 followoi 

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wm have alrudy montloned Geotioa 6 of Artlclu l2 

with reopeot to the report of tha La&dat1re Aocoluitant 

to thm omlttu. 

AdOx @ m Or th0 h o Idt 508 th0 l p jWOp r uWXd t%Oa 

a uo utiOS o a the funa . b~t.loa 1 of Artiora Ia states thmt 

the 8ciwy ia au00ated 814 upuxd~d ui3d.r the ~XVV~~~OXU or 

tin Ar t by tha mato DeQal?tB6nt 0r Edua8tlon and wer the 

~WUT~~OXX 0r th0 mgm8tm A04t0tmknt. 

8eetlon 9 of Article W mllood.mm the mmtq ud proc 

vi&m r0r thm 8mxmz-y 0r tao ~glma.atiw Aooountant. St ak 

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r0r tb0 truufer 0i w ~~~waded ban00 in UI 8xoutdan 8t the on& or the rsnro par of ttla bioxml~ l w o*e 

or tlxa state sqwaxltOndontof PubUo Inmeuma0!.lmnd tb mppwml 6s thm Lmglmlmtltm Aco0nntaIlt" to mny mll00Ptlotl OrOrted br tb~ Amt. 

we hate hrtdly revlewd tha vmrloum pratiriona rrlating tm tb~ dutiom Or t.hO fs&l8tiYm Ao~Ountaati 3ia dutiO8 

arm oonoemmd large4 with ohsokiag the work or the State mpartmat or Eduo a tlo n. Xo a t o f l wh w* 1m lnltimtsd br thm 

8kt4 ap8rtmurt 8ad it8 orfldm, md thwt thm acticrr or thr 

.state Departant la mubriaat to OoarirsrtlQtl or rppmtal by the 

Elmlmtln Aam~tmtant. 

or 80urm0, thmrm mrm lnmtmmmm where the two authoritlmm 

l'w inmtimnmo, in Artlals 6 it ir amdo thm 

and wylmtloru. Ir th0 rdgiad8temlamtlon@ rhinh would atOf LD. l ~~llO8tiOo, mftmr thm UI 

Stab Departuat, thob the two authoritie8 ahwld at-t to work out rad ellainats ouy Um&pwwt 

or lnmanmlmtmnmy in p0llq. 

Tblr la about u defhxite aa answer u w oan &we to 

the g r twrQapl a o t quutloa u& a d. Ir 8 l poal.fia qummtlon 

8rlme8 thus ii you will mmk our ODiPiOZl a8 to 8Wh qtumtton, 

m wi.l i be &ad to adtlmm JOU. 
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I “(4) Artlolo 8 otatos in park, cnnd .tbo n&d- ' '. ..' 

I, ,'.. 1. ln& imitrtiotin~ diatrlot nlli boSoli$bla for An 

. . 1 ktuch onlul aid a[f in nocoanary tn ou~g&mmt tha 

$tnto Avnl ALlo And 5x01 ?:~:nton~::~~o ?iEj?z,F ._ : ', . 1 

IhA Ao?ioiAAtidA I'??OS til0 l3CIldiil& d -- I iotriot atton&- .:. .:~.' 

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.~~ '~ tiona~, tho tmnof~r of.tho ontiro ocholustio ar,nollsmnt or a .: 

~oahool district umbloto ??AtntAin a sntisfnotory oohool t;o in .:~:.. 

:'.. aooroditod aohool of hi&or mnls.. kIm*~ Lao trAmSor is mdu ': 

fo n ilchool dletvic$ not a ntato-aid aohool, the followirq pro-,. '; 

Vit¶iOn, QLOtOd from Artto 8, is~ApglioAblol . . 

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n i 5~ o If the roaolvlng school, la not a itnto ',.T '.: 

! !" aid ecbool, the CCh3lAStf.C OOI~DUU rollo both rrh1t.b ,:.:: ., 'i : :..I 

,, and colored shall bl oonbinod, the per capika ap- .~, , 

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portiomucnt,shall bo imid direat to tho rooolv.in;? 

oohool, all looal tnxoo of tho Dondin;: contr*actlw ~.. ‘.’ :. ” 

diotrlot oxoo?t those goi% to the intoroat And -:~ .; '.~ 

~aititin~ fund ohz&. bo croditod to the roooivinl; . 1': :. '. .'-" 

ochool by tho thx eollaotor AQ oolloctod, and the ‘,.‘; 

oondlnj oontraotlng dlafrlot will bo olfgib2.o for ..: :.. ,. 

as nuoh salary aid oo Ia noooooory to aupp;lmont tho ,.~ _ 

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Otata Avnll.ablo fuad Local ?x&xtonapca Sund,n, Len 6 

the eoholnotloe frm the oondln,r, dlntrlot’ aLlaadin(; aaahool. in the rocoivln;; dletriot, to oovnr 

the .n~provod ooot of lnntruotion por ooholaatio . 

in the roooiving ooh901, provided thnt ouch ay- . 

vrovod cost ohnll not oxoood Lovon I!oltim md 

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Contja (t7.GO) por notit for SiwT (5) a.>n!.hz 

So? i& aohool otudonta op Five L)ol~urn ($v..jUJ 

r Slvo (6 nonthn fop eloi~ootory otuil%y7th(2~iizcii 

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‘gh’hirt provision 1s idontloal to the 1041 provlc:lon oxoopt for thu addit9on of the aorde “for flvo (3) ncntho” undia+ 

ooorod above. At Slrab i;lnco it H3ultl appcnr tilat th0 total 

coat of InotruotZvn 10 l.Lz~itod to $37.50 for hlCh oohool otudent8 and $25.00 Sor olomcntmp otudento. i3ut FO nm oonvinood 

t?lat this naa mot tho Lntent OS the Lo~loLaixro. On the other 

hand ~0 thlnlc- that ouch nrmmto o:oro lntondod to bo ltititotiono 

on tho mount OS the ap~~ovod oost toanrd u;hioh aid could bo 

@xntad undor Artlola & OS oouruo aid may ba L’rantad only if 

and to the a+tont that neod lo shown. opinion HO. OG237. 

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The 1041 hot oonta.lnod the 47rEO k7d $3.03 &iiC~tLPilO, 

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but did not oontaln the five ~montho ltiLta\;ion. Tno Si;;croa of 

@7.5C1 So? &L&J achDo1 stuzlontu md $25.00 for olwwntar~ otudonto 

two UIO msxlmum amunta (on a monthly bnoin of <s7,53 nnil $5.00 

:., reopootivoly) toward whloh aid nny bo granted USidor the bl11. 

S70 &avo nrrlvod at this cozoluolon, tlrat, from a oonsldorotlon of the Act itcolf. A sltnilar linitatiod apgoaru in 

tix3 high 8ot~001 tul.tion &;rniah 

Xoraovor n ahort tinb bc 01-o. tl~ ta~lrlaturo j:ascod tho *.’ 

rural aid bill, It paaaod IIo:NI~ D f 11 lie, 257 rhlo~~, cm311;: 0 t;Xar 

thkqga, rnlcod tho &&tit of tho*Stato por capita al;po~tlonaont 

to &?5.00. (CO0 4140 8OUOO Cl11 1:6* c56.) ‘l?lOrOfOiW, lr the * 

approved ooot OS inotruotion Sron all fund0 wmo l~itod to 

$ULGO SW olomontarJ otudonte and .tho mount OS ye onpi ta apportlonmont io $2&&O, t&on no 0’4 oould pocolbly bo gnutod 

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for puoh atudonto; for that' part of hrtiole I) q&mI *b&5 

providoo that.” tlw par capita a#poportlomnt hall be paid 

dlroot to tho roaoivit~ oobool. ' 

The 8rmo M$slaturo annctod both Xokm Gill Iio* 267 

and tho rural da bI11. It knom tho provisions al: mid Youoo 

‘Dill 110.~257 whon the rural aid wao pas~od. It ia 5 ftinda- 

‘. mnl;al opnoci of otatutor$ con5tructlon that tha Lo&lcturo’ 

_: :.i wXLJ, not bo ,pwounod to hnv5 CIono & vain and. foolish tilSn& 

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The omr@moy clnuno of Ibuao Bill Iio. 287 roads in ‘..’ 

part a5~follor7sr “Tllo Saot t?mt tho prooont la17 3Xx00 a m&b :' 

‘mtn for the. par oapitn appohtiomuont uhloh 15 Ln oonfliat Mth 

tho formula proocribdd in snXd lam, and tLo furthor fact that 

the ,publio uchools of tie Stc\to hnvo bocn unable to-retain their .~ 

trninoa tonchore and oporato their school5 for the mInaimm of 

oix (0) xonth5, a8 roqutiod by tha ConstltuLlon of To;coo, aroato 

W OzZX?i~OllOy SI * 0,” Gootlon 2 of Artlclo 3 of the rum1 aid 

- bill provldon in pnrt I *.A11 ncl~ools of the nocrodltod olam 

rooolvlng aid &hall provido a tom of’ approximtoljr nine (9) 

months, and nchools of tlio unacoro%itxM olaae ~1~11 provide a 

. . torn of a$proxlmntely ol.&$hti (0) inontho.” .Tho dlfl!aronoo be:.. 

twcion .tho gurp0505 of ‘tkc,‘two lawa 3.0 thus apparent, 

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In olow of the rorozolng yixi are advised that gour? 

question 15 armored In tha nogativo* 

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Your tlfth pd laot quontlon made a5 follo~b’t , _~~. 

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“(6) You will noto that the Aot malcos provi- “’ i., : 

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aion for tonchoro Sor ro5idont 8ohObItlca '(sa~nry -. 

Aid , ptiovidoo tranoyortatlon for pupila aithor 

1 hair own oohool or to nnothor school (TramT :. 

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portation hid), and makoa p~~vislon for tuition 

to another school Vllon ti~eir @mlo 3.5 not offcrud 

in’ tho horn diotriob (M&I sohool Tuition). QWSTIOHr Do05 the hot pomlt ‘,WQ &rantini: of oltlwr 

of*th55e typoa of (sid to any dlotrlot oxoopt upon 

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the bnals of approved budzotary nood ao provtd&d + . f 

‘-for in the Aot, auoh approved bod&atftry nood to 

bo dotormlnsd by tho autholrirod salary oohodulo 

plus the $liU par tonahor for all other ourront . 

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Ybu have told u8 thnt the question in ahlci you ard 

lntoro~ atad ie uhothar nood muot bo ahown boforo aid la fzront+ 

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cd. C’o think that the ansner to thl.o quO8tlon 18 plainly in -: -1’ 

‘the offirrmtlvo, Soation.1, of Artlole 2 provldoe Ln.pnrtt 

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“The total amount of approvod axpandlturoo : ‘: 

. . labi tha total amount- of roaolpta nil1 bo tha L 

. . ,~ i%i?nt of Salary Aid to tPhioh a sohool, al%k be’ 

oliglblo~ o * *) “.c (Bn~hasie rruppllod) . 

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.‘.. !Pho granting of salary aid la to ba &de&. by ‘hrtiol6 S of ’ 

” the Act with rdapoot to tho toaohor-pupil quota and the oalary ’ 

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aohodulo and lon&h of torm~ 

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‘hticle~ k providoa that oortaln funUa ‘m-o to to wad. 4 ., :~ j 

’ *. .tO pay hlc;h aohooli tuition’ “not to oxaood Sovan Dollam and 

“‘:“.Pifty Contb (97.60) par pupi’l por month, and in no lnntanoo 

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gholl nue6 than flvo (0) months tuition bo paid for any ono 

pupll on the aontius pii Sozy any on0 aohool~yoarr~ * * *"(Emy 

phfyio suppliiod). . 

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Artlolo 6 (Trnnapbrtatlon Ald) -road0 in part aa Sol- . . 

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paid on the ‘baoia bf budgetary mod 00 LnSlcntod . 

by approvod St&to aid applloatlon, out of the 

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iTundo heroin allooatod.for tranaportati6n aid, . . . : ‘~. 

not to .oxcoaU Tao iullnro and Twon+five Ccnta * * .. . 

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(:;U.ZS) par monLh par pupil for thooo atI;endlr~ . i 

tho mont oonvonlont aoorodltod high aohool and 

not mord tlmn One Vollnr nnd Seventy-five Conk-i I 

($1.76) por,month par pupil.fOr !$oao trano;lort- ’ 

;;i;i)olonontary oohoolnl * (p. f, (EmplUinlo aup- 

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Se&ion 1 of Artiole 2 rWld6 in part as ~ollaws: 

'T,'he up&ture dll lwlude mlarler of 

tuaharr (LI ddum5.no dbythesalwystakdheroln,andajaulamofOneIiundrod 

Eighty Dollar8 (8180) wr teacher per year 

in raorodited schools and CQa Rundred Skty 

Dollu-8 ($160) per teedor per mar in mwared.ited sohoola for otfur ourrent expanew; 

**en (wmphaaie~ rupplied) 

Artlola 6 awq other thlqzr provides thatr 

been oompLled wl~axtd that such mount of rLd 

a&aallrnm%edos shomnb tba approvsdbudgOt + * * w (f&t#UUSiS Bupp 3Jbd) 

We tbh& it ebar **aa.thwm pravlaionr that neob 

wt bo #ham before rid may be mnted, and bawd upon mob 

nee4 aid muy bw&rdied only to tha ataount of ~186% &own, but 

in no went in l %o e~r o f ttu3 nvr fhrr a mo unts ea t b y the Ao t.