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Cotton Researc!i Comaittee 

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this dtgartmenl; reads as P 

r recent camflunica~tion tor 

ts of the Regular 

ive authority to 

c-allocate or 

lc aivi3.ons of its 

Senate Bill No. 403,vrhere 

sfers is made necessary 

till0 sums ~Of qlley ~appropplemcnt to your original request, " 

eta11 the reaoons,therefor, is a later 

you, containing then f6lloxing pert~inent 

of the total ag&oprikion, 53. B. No. 403, 

re, in the amount oP.~$250,000 the Cotton 

Co~M.ttec has,spcnt or cogmittxd $21&;90&.2l+ 

lepoing$5,095.76 to thu State Tretisurer.. 

“2. At this instant vie have @,,597.15 in COmud.tme~nts .agafnst r.~echinery~ purcl~ases to liquidate which _ '1. 

are now more than sixty d.ays past due. 
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."3. Tho r.opresentation, with vrhioh~ the Cotton 

Resesrch CoLzitteo imnninouvly dlsnCJaas, the-t the 

cppropriations made by Zenate Bill 130. 403 are 

spccif‘lo and.lipited in their application in keeping 

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with paragraph three of section Gwo of the Act, opor- 

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atos to onrorcc thi- lapsinf~ of $4,597.15 in ad&l.tlon 

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to tho &5,095.76 already Ispscd. The total of lapsed 

funds frown the $%;lsO,OOO approprletion wuld then 

e~noun(;.to '$9,692.91.. 

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'.T. wl+.. Unckr suoh operation the Cotton Rosearch 

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& : Con&ttee would, in its practical affect, be over- 

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.spending its specific appropriations by $4,597,'5 

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rrhilc.sS.l;lultaneously an&erspcnding its total appro- 

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priation by.$9,692.91. 

i :.: “5. 1% are presently. com&eting ourbudgetreaort for 

. the State Dosrd of Control and ore required to detail 

our outstanding cotitnonts or undelivered orders; .* 

. . “6 * Then oompletion and'.filing or our budget 

report and StatemCntS 1.9 h3poadCJlt UPC+ FOUr @QiGe’s 

in respect to the foregolng'and.the more formal state- 

~ment of. our situation ,BS outlined in our,ori&al 

.' ~co~~~~utiioation of August 15~." . . 

Se,ctj.on 2 of S. 13. 403,, Chop. 474, 47th Legl.ssLa%ure,.L 

reads, in part, as follows: 

“Sec. 2. The sui of ~Two fiUIId?Gd Fifty Thousand '. 

($250,000.00) Dollars is hereby appropriated . . . ., 

.for the periods of time shown below, and for the 

purposes of establishj.ng cotton research facilitiok . 

in. Texas, . . ; . The susx3 oft money apprcipriatca 

herein shall be allocated snd spent under the direction of a Cotton Roseoroh Co~znLttee, . . ; ,, and in 

sp~oPfic,furtharancs of the lDecluration of Policy1 

sot forth in this Act, subjnct only to such llnltatjona 

as JLlGV otherwise ba R 

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Fran the foregoing, the.follo#ing oonclusions ,ere in- 

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. The 47th Legislature appropriated to the Cotton Researoh 

'Co,mmittee for the "Purchase of laboratory equipment, and the housing and maintenono,e of ssm&, for the,yesr ending Auft,uot 31, 1942,' 

'the sum of $lOO,QOO.OO. For the sane purposes,'ssid Logisloture 

oppropristed $50,000.00 ,for the year ondi.ng August 31, J.943. Any 

uaorpend.ed balance of the $100,0X~.OO ite:~ not used during .the 

year ending August 31,194.2, was .&so approyrioted for $-orrespon& 

fnt:-gx (the purchase of J.cboretor:y e0u%unont, and ,the housin? rind 

me;intcnanG?of Zis!llc~tlle,rolloivlng 

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----._ y>Z-(&e ycer -enol.ng~ August 

31, 1943xcjt any-uuoxpendod balance e?:>,sted in said item of 

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cofitemplatcd that the Cotton Research 

Committee shall &n~so-a careful survey to be mode 

of the mOJ>t erfcotivc viny to spend the sums of money i 

approprieted herein, in order that the p%i@oscs OZ 

this act may be fully accomplished. . . Tho appropriations ilerein authorized shall be wcndcd as 

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. . . . .For the Peer Por the I?3ar 

: Ending 

Aug. 31,1942 

Ending 

Purchase of laboratory' 

Aug. 31, 1943 

equipment, and the 

housing and maintenance I 

or SmJlQ . . . 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..~ ~ioo;ooo.oo &50,000.00 

Saiaries, none to exc*d 

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$6,500. per pnnu~, and.": ~-.. ,. '. 

not more than .tr~o to . .. 

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exaeod $5;000. per annum,; 40,OOO.OO .4o,ooo.Od 1 .' 

Misc*llaneo~us Supplies; ' ' z 

Expanses and.Equipment, 

as the Cotton Research 

$JogA;tee may, ‘drlrect..~..i,, lO;OOO.OO~ 

nkny~unexpended balance ~. of the above funds not 

used during the year ending August 31, 1942, k herebE 

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a vro riated fox oorresnonding~use in the, following year." 

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'ilo& John Lcahy, puce 4 

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'~~O,OOO.OO, Illus ony ihoroase theroih, if cay from the 

~lOCJ,COC.GO iifxt of S~,gXopXi~tion..lor tha ~)~x?edJ.ng year, 

Erici nOid btllZnef3 ICSS IlUi i1Sfjd dLSi11,~ thC year CJl~iIl~ i.UgUSt 

Sl, ; 1%.5 3 , se.mo nutomatioelly'lapsud end mverkod to the 

Qencral Fund of ttia Ctsto Treasuryo' 

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' SelA Le&slsturn also a.;qmqrlatcd to said Cotton 

:;3s;arcJz Cow:ittee for eech -.f the y~r.crs ot~dinfi kw;ust 31, 

rzod I'utust 31, lC43, the.uus OF $dO,CcJO.CO for Yki\~tir:na; 

noZ’l.0 orce&l 1-6,SGQ.OG twr f~~nnw~ clZ;d nCt tltO%Q t.h::Jl tV0 t0 

oxcscd ~S;GCO.CO p2r eonti,~ LJ.JcoGi.ecl,, it: n?p-oprl3tod 

$lO,CO@,OO for each of sold psers for ?~lscullenoous Gu~~~pli-~s, 

Zxpmsco aad F:quJ.Jmsnt, asthe Cottan ~~as~:erch.Connitteo 70ay 

direct.n It also a~~:.:rcpriatod anyun3xpeaa k&mxe of said 

fun55 mot uaed during tho yrer cadin Ru~ust. 31, lD42,~lor 

corrasrondin< use iatbu following year. Thus, if any porti~on 

-of oithor ~1 sz items rowined unaxpondcd'and not usod during the firat year 0f.eei.d biennium, satd portion, or 3elanc?o, 

*es added to the respeotlvo a~:xopri~~ticn for corron~.x~nc~ing 

Us6 during the aecocd year tkeroof. AlSO, if 6Kly Gil!JXj>6nC6& 

'i%%nce existed in either of s?id items of aJ?prop;:istion for 

8sJ.d scrcond .yakr,, plus any inCri:ase theroln, if.i\ny, from the 

precedio~ yonr's .appropriation for ccrrusponding use, which . 

ba1anco~v.w not used &ring seid eecond year, such b:l.D~nce 

autoasticuily lapced and raverted to CJie C;?ueral Fund of our " 

St&t6 ~XtXGWy. 

Gnc provioion of Scxtic;n 2 of.’ S. E. 403,: 4~7th Logisloture, reguireo thi; su:~8 of money t;huroin n:,proprIntOd~ to bo 

al?.ocu t4d &z-id undar tno.direction uf tho Cotton Iioeeerch 

Come~tde. Tim wrc'i %lloc::tcP is defined in %ebsterVs ;:ev: 

1nternet:caal Mct~onwy, tiocond kdlticn, es follov:s: "To 

distribute or oseic-n; cllot; o;Jportion;"- olco "To determine 

the 1ocal:ty of." It is riot sp~ncny~ous viith fVtranefor.n Thlu 

lost v+-rb is defined by the same auttlority thusly: "To ccnvey 

~frm one piece, p~raon, or thlnC, to czther,; to LtsneJ~ort,~ 

~ramove, or cnuse~to.~~ae; to another pleco, per-eon, or tiiJ.n~.*~ 

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.,.-to our currant cppropriatlon (csntsinccl in 9. C.. 333, 

Chep. 399j Acts of the &3tb'Is@3lnturw) oxprefd&3 

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AogitQativa~ intent and w.m wdo a ?crt of the appro- 

* T printion Dill to mintain the dlocrixinating author- '. . . 

.' i. ity cf the Coalnitteo (Cot.tcn l?~cis~xrch Cors.nittee) 

whic1 it cnjcyod un:?er Senate BiPl 170. 407~ iti .JWspect to the manmr of ntilizing the a>pro?riatsd 

funds .'( 

Tim rfder raferra&tc 0-M CoatkS.nad tr; the ciirrent 

iapp+o&cikion to tlto ~Cottbd lio~sozrch Cox:ittee~ 6ppcarlnG~~od 

pp.,876-B77,~Acta OS ,thc 48th Lag., re~do co~Eol.l~ws: . : 

..' Tt ie providoh~tbst the Cottnri Rcssarob Com2 alttoe may make liC!CUSZEry tr~.flsEesS alaon~ tho appro- 

: printions for the Co,ton l;eoearcli Cow31tt&o a0 is . . 

acco~sury CO properly cnrry on th.1, reseircti work 

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