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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 wardoeaarod nlio, or ior the funeral of 

an employee or an oifielrl or the 

Legiela twuhro e 1 8 not a n l leoteb 

member tharati? 

l d. Mesrager oi oongratulatlons or oondolen008 to 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 

person rho 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 lerl ,h 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 oorporatfoar whatsoover’, 

l * *w 

seotlon 

via08 a8 r0iim8t 

6 of nrtlsle 1.6 of the Texae Constitution proIlb ippropriatlon for private or 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 mannor a8 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 r e0t~iiexorol8o4. y wo 0~8 would quertion leg.iSlatirO diSbUrSWWIt.8 fol’ oonriortabls amsrmt#ly halls end committoo room, or for clarka, 

statlonriy, eta. Within tb 84~0 ea%rgory of logitiinate l xpon8es 0s the Legisla tuor r e 0s l lthor hous 

oomos roimbursoimnt to members for aotual axpmeer 

roaumably inoarrod h 0rd.r to ~tfoa’a doti. dovo lvlaon g 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 oapital othUwl8o 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 ,,rticle 16, Seotfon 8 of'the Conati~ution of tho State Of Texas, 

relative to an appropriation for the Govwnor’s Yonslon, la dofinlng 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, and fruits 

for hi8 tabls. 

*Oloerly tho ltonu for whloh the oomptrollor 

sought aa a08 I red to 188~ state unrrents, and rr0r 

uhlqh l otloa ho was rOStniMd, wore for rlrato end 

lndlVld~l QW 

1 

OSO$, Ma JLOt, iOr th0 pUbi 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 - -0 hi8 --- lndlvld- o--o. -0 

ual 8atl8faatlon and gratification. r-------- 0a. No No governmental govora.mont~ 

or OffiClal object would ild bo bo obtained obtained by br feeding toodinn and MA 

ShOO14J hi8 hOr8.8, by XSQaiting - end --- - fWa7hing ------ ,,--.A0 gemllno 

for hi8 automobile, or by fu+~h# grooOrlo8 or other 

1kUlArf.S for him to 00n8um. 

laht+e grOOOrlO8 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 janitor who we8 on thr ppyroll or the State Sonata 

at the tlpU Of hi8 death. 

In aon8ldoratloa of Sal& eeonstitutioaal provi8ion8 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