OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bon. A, 8. Hood, 8&lrun, 

‘aam. n8h & O~rtor oonws88lon 

Austin, Texar 

Dear 8lr: 

oplaloa of thl8 drpartmrnt 

a&1939, woo 8rk thr 

iw QUI8tiOIUJt 

a&Vi88 U Whothrr 

8 t0 a&188 U 

'bed.. 

proprlytrd and not rproltloa+ item- 

“4. X would like for roi to idiS& u wiuthu 

Or not WO are OOBtx‘Oll8d b th8 8XprLiditUrr Or thr 

iPnd8 Of the '-8, ]nrh and Or8t8r 0Oti88iOn by 

the thrw riaU8 uhrrr thrr ar8 ln oollfllot with 

tha 45Wl8ra1 prorirlonr at tha mad 02 tbr dot, or 

whothat w8 ar8 bound by thr #onoral pro~irianr,~ 

..~ 
Bog. A. f. WoOfI, Pa&a 2. 

. 

abe i58ner81 r %dU l p p e8r b &th8t 0 @ a Od f 88n8te 

Bill 427, 46th tidl8bitLU8, PlgUl8r &88104 OO+iIl8, 8mOple 

ether~provlrlonr,~ the ?o&lowlngt 

"(8) Thr approprlatlon8 hurln provldrd -ar8 

to b 8 8ondiru.d l 8 the l1lti 8oU to br rpprodated to @Id to? th8 8ovual mrpo808 Mm8d hrrr- 

% , l IkQ th8 Uatmt8 ~(I?. intmdrd to BOVl)t, aad 

8ha11 OOVU th8 Ultlr8 OOlt8 Of the Z88pOOtiV8 

ltu8 en4 thr UIe rhau. 8Ot b8 8Uppi8Whd tror 

w Oth~r~~8OUO8; ..,- 

*LXOept aa OthOnri8a PZ'oVldOd, Wh8X8Wr, 

b~.rlitmi or.the &mOVirioM Of tbl8 Aot, $t8U 

atO t0 b8 &Uld Mlt O? ?a08, ~t8Odpt8 8p8eial' 

-8, ot out or other n&8. ava~ldr .ror X8* 

by i dqiatfrent It'&8 the .iatantioa OS tha 

kglrlntarm to h a lt lxjmnditurr8 out or 8ela 

f888, rooriptr, rproial ftu& or Other arailabll 

ma8 to the ~X’pO8.U and in thq -tit8 ltrrrfwd 

herrin, ana it $8 a0 prqviaod. :. .a~ 

‘%iyclliTl&l 3&Wl8*8. (a) 8X08&% a8 to 

ilrld travrl l i@rtire Of the m&war br*rkQBt, 

it 18 pmtidOd that M l Xp8XdltUX'O 8han b. 

made tor trav8lln& l xp8n8O8 by .any drpmtmnt 

Of th18 Stat8 tll OX0888 O? thr l NNlBt8 O?.WJIUJ 

1~amlr.d hOrOla for 8814 pUTpO8i. Thir prod810~ 8h811 bO '8ppllOObl8 whOthOr thk It- *Or 

tr a v8lbl g Xp8n8M 58 t0 br paid OUt O? thr l pppropria$lOn from-thhr olntir81 lhuld, iraa ?8O8, 

XOOOlpt8 or 8paO181 tUIld8 00iieOt8d by VlrtU8 

O? 08rtata tiW8 Of thir 6tat8, Or ?Tow Oth8r 

ma8 (8XO1U#i?e O? ha8ttXi flUld8) l vaj?ablO ?or 

a+ by a d8partROIat.w ..~ 

In l orordratrr with the prlnolplr, howrvu, th8t 

llh8r8 ths ~OnOral p?OV181OM~O? 8 8tatUta OOJ.lfliOt with 

8p08ial prOV181OM, tha 8p6Old pTOV%81OX8 Wtll 'OOatrOl;~tO 

thr oxteat O? l uoh oon?llOt and wllL b8 rogard~sa i8 aa 

l xerptlon ?ror theipp&iOat&on of the d8nOral zule, l 

l p80181 rldrr, a 

proprietlan,,ooa 

pema to .a'pmtloiilar d8partIR8Xtal.a*-' 

&x8 thO~:OXpOPdlt~O O? thO ioaQ8 O? 

that d8partmint, ~lsmofar a8 luOh 8p8olr1~tlaor 18 ln 0onrllot with tha geaual rlaOr.app8arlnd rt fha 8a or t&o 

Aot an4 i1ppwa0 to all arpartuntr. 
Ron. A. B. Woqd, Paa8 3. 

Baoh 0s tho thror aaparste approprlatlonr for 

thrso dfV181Ol.W Of tho -8, ?irh It Or8tor 0OPm1881Ofl baa 

itppeOd8d to it 8 8proleX rlarr whloh, eftrr appro riatlng 

au 8k0dOy8 8001d1g t0 the 8p8Ol81 ?Uia OUt Of W hp 8h th8 

itdzea sppropriationr for thr' alvlrlon arr m8, 8t8t981 

the 

*. . Any omoant 8p~OlflOol~y 8ppr6prlotod4that 

.ls not u+ia for ouch purpoo 0s that 18 ln. 0x0088 

0s thr 8mopnt roquirod for ,I ho purporr ror'uhloh 

it 1s &oroln 8pproprlatod,'togothor with O-iny lEOM~8 

in 0x0088 or the amount heroin approprlatrd that or0 

plaCOd to the Ohdit Of tho88 X'oOpoOtiVO idi (th8 

rUnd8 out or whloh the opprop*tlon 18.&t&) during 

'thr'blrnnlum rndlng &@U8t )Ji, 1911, may be aood to 

8upplomoat the parfcnmanoa of any purpose ~+ whleh 

aonoy lr~haroln appro rlatrd 

pall88 iJi OOllMOtdOFl I?! 

or other oooo8a~ry oxth the duties and ?onotlonr 

'Of tho tiao, fish 8nd Oy8tor timmiSSiOIl. It i8 provLdod, how8v~1, that no oalarlo8 oroijt l rtra labor 

8he11 .I#8 pala OIC8pt t&O80 hari,ln Opoclrlcallj ituizrd, 

an4 8UCh ltomlzed salearls 8hEI11 Bat bo 8Upplrrantdd 

irow ony 8OUrO8 Whet8Oovor." (pa~anthrtlcal lnoortlon our81 

Thti 8ffCOt Of thO80 8p8OlOiridOr8 18 s0 p8tit thr 

~88 o? monejS'Spproprietod for o purpo80 for whloh thry are not 

noodod, the uS0 0s rnoh monoy8 e8 oro l pproprlatod for. one purpO8e whloh 8r8 in 810088 0r.tho ammnt n00aou for tho porror8aneo 

or t&at purpoao, and ~fho'usa of any ruzpk8 in tho rpoolal 

iona In l *80.~8 o? thr total 8poolfboallyapproprlated iron thr 

rma, roi rugplomontlng any r~~olflo item rOr whloh money 18 

opproprlatod to the diol8loao~~tho departmoat, eroopt ltominod 

ralarlos, .and rar 8uch noo~.OOa*y~ l xponao.or tho drpartiaont for 

rhiah 8pool?lo provlslon her not bran mado,, with tho oxooptlon 

that~ ao#4larlo8, rzoopt extra labor, may bo paid, l xoopt 

.thoao ~prdifloally itamlzod in tho partloular appropriation. 

Wo bog to adVi8cl, however , that WI a0 not ragard thr 

8 

P 

oolal rldora rofsrrad to a8 tdng in aonfllct with t&o pro- 

.t rlon of tbgonoral tldor~rda‘dlng a8 fOiiOW81 

'Iti 18 ?urthor providld thrt, daring any throo 

uumtp. porloa, nci‘departmont csia 8xpOna inore ~than ouofourth (&tir,tjie e 

travolkg l xpon8r8' 

proprlation.moao horoln rort 

#I) @xltlngrdt 

trlophOn0 8nd tolryaph; (d) pO8t8g8, 

8uy enoxpondob balaaooo from prooodlnd quarter8 My 

bo l xponaod 4urlng 8ub8oqRoat ‘quartorr. n 
. . . 

Eon. A. IL Wooa, rage A. 

m 8firOt Of tbi8 rld8r 18 $0 lbit th8 l Xp & ia?0 Of ah0 ?UUd8 8pOCsfi88ii~ 8pprOpZhtia for ttaV8lhtg 

WX~Oll808, OOfltidgO~t l Xp8tl808,, tOlOgto one-fourth or the 8~00 

: 

8nd postage, 

for that pU?908O.$Priag 8ly -08 wnth prrlcfa. ApplTin8 

-tki8 zid8r t0 FOtIr 8itt18t10na it iOllON8 that dllriad any 

thn8 wnth period, foOr ~8XpMdstUZC8 Out Of Ch8 8pOOl?l8 

Itu appro 

ii 

tlfitotl for travqllng l xpm8r8 , odntineont *on808, tOl8p OM l nd t818 mph 8nd OltdgO, My nOt l XO8Od 

one-toorth of meh 8~O,Of?iO itoi, gut th18 oar-fourth, by 

tiTtU8 Of the 8~0~40 bid8r8 --3t&Etp .b( 8UpppiOM’IItOd iroE 

Oh8 other 8011rOO8 l OntiOB8d b i&O-~'i?iOial rid8r @8OOrdiw 

$0 th8 tonu ot rrqh rlarr., . . . 

. -Mothlag * thlr Opinion 18 ts'bo~.aoa8truod,~o8 

'Y 

l 8tlaqr g holalng that $hw(ipoolaL r~aO~8 rororrod to 

~1 ova the departmoat fro8 the tarlour UmStotlona appoar1% %ll th. &8MBIl ?iaOF lipOIl the 080 ‘Of BOhOr8 apprOprht8d 

to the VOribUl# .dop8z’tmiU~te of Bh8 tltsto ~ovo.rlllr8at. ft 

18 to be mphadzod %hat the rpooial rider8 OOat?Ol 68 

•~aln8t4h~.~;~8seilrldor inrotar,~but only la8oiar, 08 

th8 tW0 w. ~~UM8tt828 a8 t0 which thOr0 18 LLO l onrllbt,.t~ giterid riarr wi+Z pn’wll. 

four8 t?ry twlr 

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