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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 
**GROVER SELLERS**  **ATTORNEY GENERAL**  ibnorablo Ckwrgr H. Sheppard 

### Comptroller of Publfo Aooountr **Auetin,** Terar

Dear 

### Sir:

! gialaturo 

### coverIn item of

We **are** In I date reading aa foil **request oi**  **resent**



### izod**to** 

### issue**war**

doeaarod nlio, or 

### ior the funeral of an employee or an oifielrl or the Legielature

who 18 not an

l leoteb member tharati? l d. **Mesrager** oi oongratulatlonsor oondol

### en008to meabrrr ai the Legislature or to Stat0 offioialr?Honorable George 13,Sheppard, pa@ 8 

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at thr Govenor* 

### roorptlon or at the C40vernor18

### lnaugtwatlont 'f. Ylonr orrorlnga, oo&gratulator~ ma80 

### .8a6e8,

or merra6.8 of oon&oluhor to 

### any personrho 18 not a mxaber of the ktgl8- latura or.who 1s 

### a private lnditldual?W
Swtioa 

### S oi Artfolo b ot *ho **Torar** 

### Conrtitutioa pro3des as roUow8; 

# ;;,,.

:. *Taxer shall bo 

# ,h

lerl **and** oolleoted by general laws 

### and for pub110 purpose8 ~nly.~

**Yeotion 51**  **of atiole**  **3 of**  **the** Texas **Constitution** prorides, **in part,**  as iollow8:

*%%o Legf8laturo shall hare ao powe-r to **mak8** any grant or **authorize** the making of any grant of pub110 **money**

### to MJ individual, assoolatloa o? 

### lndltlduala, munlolpal or other oorporatfoarwhatsoover’, l * *w

seotlon via08 a8 

### r0iim8t **6 of**  **nrtlsle 1.6**  **of** the Texae **Constitution pro** 



### Ilb ippropriatlon for 

## privateor 

### dndlridaal pu~porer #hall k made. A retWar atatewnt, andor oath **and** an aoooant oi the rooolpts **aad** armdlturer oi ail pub110 noney ahall be publl8hed annuall~r, In 8uoh mannora8 8hll be prraaribod bt law.*

8. w. (ra). **laturo La** “It 18 MlLifeSt that Oortain Uponditul'oS

mu6t b. mad. by th0 StatS, in the **Way** Of lS#iSbtiV@ l ponoos, or ths grant 

### 0s logl8letlre power 00ula aeror be 

### l

r re0t~iiy

exorol8o4. **wo 0~8**  **would** quer**tion leg.iSlatirO**  **diSbUrSWWIt.8 fol** **’ oonriortabls**  **am srmt#ly**  **halls** end committoo room, or for clarka, statlonriy, eta. Within tb 84~0 ea%rgory of logitiinate l xpon8es 0s the Legislature or 0s llthor hous oomos roimbursoimnt to members for aotual axpmeer 

### roaumably inoarrod 

### h 0rd.r to 

### ~tfoa’a doti. do

### volvlag

on daly l

athoziro8 ooaaitteea of the La&- laturo, or,& 

### l

lther ~bauu;whon r+eh 

### l oadttn momberm aro oallod to,oth8r points than the oapital, or whra aallod to the 

### oapitalothUwl8o than during th0 SOSSiOM Of th8 hWi8&bIUhw

In Torrell. Cbmatroller. v. Middleton. 187 S. W. 367, 3713,

### (writ 

## or error Qenled) the Court ln ooa8trulag the protlslono or ,,rticle16, **Seotfon 8**  of'the **Conati~ution of**  tho **State Of**  **Texas,** relative to an appropriation for the Govwnor’s Yonslon, la dofin

### lng tho dirroronoo ln appropriating e0noy for pub110 porpoerr and private **~~rp08e8, statmd**  **as** fOiiOW8Z

wCon81doring the oiroua8tmors under which the conrontlon met, tho et118 rou&ht k, bo 

### remedied and tho ends to 

### bo. eocoapll8hod, es roll as tho porcronnol 

### of the **nu(Pbor8,** it 

### oanuot**r.aSOMbly be**  

### hold that 

### It ever 

### ontorod the 

### mind of aey e&ember

### that th& Ooternor, under the gulae of mi.ntainin& the QOternor*s 8finslon, rould 

### be **rotod** grOOOrlo8 to 

### meintein hi8 

### houaohold, would **be** voted food and oero 0s the Covornor~a horeoa, garolin, end ropelrs for his 

### l utombils **would** bo **toted** Ub08o.a car48 Ma JWintSa intitetiOM (0 hi8 SOOid tunoti@no, and +$OfS, @oat, rogotablrs, 

### andfruits for hi8 tabls. *Oloerly tho ltonu for whloh the oomptrollor sought aa a08 red

I to 188~ state unrrents, and rr0r uhlqh 

### l

otloa ho 

### was 

### rOStniMd, wore for rlrato end lndlVld~l QW 

### 1

OSO$, 

### Ma JLOt,

iOr 

### th0pUbi

1 0 good, 

### Uia the epproprlat on mado for thut pw~oro 

### by the Iaglslatw wag dlrootly ln tho taco 0s art1010 16, soatlon **6, of**  

### the **Coastitutiea,** whloh 

### l OmWLdS thet '118 appropriation for 

### privet0 or indltl&ual perp0808 shall be mad..' The artialos 

### named wore 

### oloarly not for thr,’ 

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**Bbnorablo Q8orge**  **ii.** ahOQQUd, QagO 4

QorOInor in hi8 offioial OapaOlty, **but** for hi8 lndlvld-

. . - - - - -0 --- o--o. -0 ual 8atl8faatlon **and** gratification. No governmental
r-------- 0a. No govora.mont~ or OffiClal object would bo obtained by feeding and ildbo obtained br toodinn MA ShOO14J hi8 hOr8.8, **by** XSQaiting **end fWa7hing**  **gemllno** - --- - ------ ,,--.A0 for hi8 automobile, or by fu+~h# grooOrlo8 or other 1kUlArf.S

for him to 00n8um. laht+egrOOOrlO8 or other

In our Oplnlon No. O-714, dated May 1, 19259, you were

**. ‘** **+dvisod**that tho **above** quoted rovlslons of the Conatltutlon Would not peralt the QaaptroUor to P maim l warrant la 

### payaont 0s Wore1 OXQOnSOS 0s l janitorwho we8 on thr ppyroll or the State Sonata at the tlpU Of hi8 

### death.

In aon8ldoratloa of Sal& eeonstitutioaalprovi8ion8 and authorities above 

### referred to, 

### it 18 the opinion Of this dOQmment that you aro aot authmlzod to 188ue warrants **COVOrlng** the Item8 or sxQonse sot out in detail in your request.
**Yours very**  truly A~~!fE?fGEttERd.,OF TFXM