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' OFFICEOFIHEA'LTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

G-G.- 

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Boao.?a~lo Char. Ml. ,Cartner, Chlrf 

xlaeaaoyaary Dl*islon stat0 Board or a0w-01 

Arufia, axar, 

Dbu sir;. 

Or pow letter of 

3eptamb.r 18, 1 that i&r F. L. 

r the Wlahlta Pa118 

Farm and Dairy ihp@ra8lre to rake a 

a purporr of qolbathg 

Uiahita Palla~Gtat* iforpltal, 

artmeat upon tbs r0110wlag 

10 rush ~ropowd trip 

I&. A. T. Brattoa oao 

8tltatloa7 

73) Kr. A. T. arattoa la not an oilploy** 

or the 'irlahlta Falla Stat.0 Hospltel but la the 

Parr and Dairy ~tlpe~lwr for the St&b dorrrd 

or Control and tha 'slohlta ?alls stota iiobpltal 

la aa loetltution andrr tha ~urisdlation 0r 

trlr drpartfmat or the Board 0r Control and 88 

ouoh the &lry lnduotry of the oald %lohita 
&XL. Char. Vi. Castnar, Page E 

Pall8 State !iospital la under the aatlvr supervldon of Gr. Brattoa, will the r.lohlta Ball8 

Stat. Iiospltal bo psmnitted to pay Xr. i3rattoa’r 

out-of-State travrling erpeares in the aattsr 

referred to in attached letter,w 

In reply to your first queirtlon, you are advlsed 

thut the purpose or the proposed trip, to-wit, the purchase 

ol dairy cattle for the :;lohIta Balls Stat. Hoepltal, a 

Stat8 elremosyaary Institution, la clearly the aacoiapllshmat of Stat@ buslnetm. 

In aaawor to your smond question, we dlroat your 

attMtiOa t0 the fOmWink3 prOViSiOn Or the glB!Wrti rider 

appended to Ekwm Bill Ho. 256 , Dot8 or the 46th Legislature, 

in whIoh act them appears the appropriation mado for the 

Wlehlta Pall6 State Eoiorrpltalr 

“%xaept as herein otherwlsr provided, no 

money ehall be expended for travel ezpenser 

except that speaIrIoallg appropriated for said 

purpose; provided this limitation ahall not 

apply to travel and transportatloa expenses or 

patients, lmatee and Alabam-Courhattl Indiana, 

of Indian Rerervatloa and lnetltutlonal employeer’ travel In conmotion with patientr, 

inmates, pupils and Alabeur-Couahattl Indians, 

inaludlng returning esaapaa, transrrrr, paroles, 

and plaocameata of lnaatee and patient8 and 

traneportatlon and travel expentm of aonvaylng 

Indians to and rroa Unit&d Btates Indian hosr 

pit&a In OklahoiPa and other hoapltals or 

ollalas in Texas, oi Board of Codtrol enployesr, 

whose salaries are paid fronr lnatItutlonal 

funds, and of institutional euprrlntennbeatr 

and the Indian agrnt,, whrrrln speaiiio amounts 

are omittrd troa the itemized approprlatlonri 

and ruoh tram1 and tran8portatlon expenree 

may be paid fros support and zmiatsnanoe appropriations and/or local instltutlonal funda.” 

This portion ot the msnrral rider, just quoted, 

clearly prohIbIt8 the paymnt of ths travsllng l xpenree incurred ,by !&. Towaaend in oonmotloa with the propored trip 

out of support and zmlntsaanoo or local funds oi the Inatitution, unless it aan be said that the payant or mch travelIni+ ~xp~~norr is authorized In the proviso. 
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Hon. Chae. if. Caetner, Page 3 

The proviso in OrrOot otlpulatee that where specirfa 

amunto are omitted iroa the Itesized appropriations, for 

traveling expen8et3, travel and tranrportatloa expense8 my 

be paid frown support and mlntenanoe appropriation end/or 

looal lnstltutlonal fund8 in the following instanceat 

Imater, andl*Alabam-Coushattl Indiana. 

Travel and transportation expen8e8 of patienta, 

t. Travel and transportation expenree of Indian 

Rerenatloa and In8tItutlonal employerr travel in conneotion with patients, lmbate8, pupils and Alabajla-Coushattl 

Indians, including returning escapee, traa8ier8, parolee, 

and plaorment8 of Imte8 and patlentr and transportation 

and travel expense ot conveying Indian8 to and fmm the 

United State6 Indlan,hospItale in Oklahoma end other hospltale or ollnI0e In Texas. 

Travel aad tranrportatloa expenses of Board 

of Contro13&nployees who86 ealariea tire paid from instltutional r ifada. 

4. Travel and transportation expenre8 of iastltutlonal superintendent8 and the Indian agent. 

It is apparent that the traveling expense8 to be 

incurred In connection with the proposed trip do not fall, 

so rar a8 Xr. Townsend la concerned, wlthln any of the oategorles znentloned la the porlso. It follow8 that such traveling expeness incurred by Ur. Townsend cannot be paid from 

the support and salntsnance or rrom the local funds of the 

Wichita Falls State iioepital. 

In reply to your third quertlon, you are advleed 

that the traveling expenaee incurred in connection with the 

proposed trip by your .2&r. Bratton could not be paid iron the 

support and ~lntenancr appropriation or rropo3L the local 

Institutional fundo oi the #icblta Falle State Hospital, unleaa they roll within the category mmtioned in the provlro 

Off 

v~ravel l xpen8e8 or Board 0r Contml erqployees 

whose ealarles are paid from Inatltutloaal ruad8, 

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The aharaoter of employee referred to la thin portion of the provlre quite evidently hae reference to tho8e 

esployeas or the State Board or Control ror which prOVIsiOn 

Is 8ade by way or appropriation in that pm&Ion of the 
. 

Hon. Cham. W. Castner, Pago 4 

paragraph sntitled (b) under “revolving fund and institutional 

remelpts~, In the general rider appended to the aot above 

referred to, whloh reads as f ollowr : 

‘There Is also appropriated to the State 

Board or Control out or any inatitutlonal 

receipts or funds suoh amurlta as my be neooaeary for traveling rrpsnsea and ror ealariee 

or a 0hibirr 0r the Dlvleion or ileemosynary 

Inrtitutfonr provided ror in mtiole 690 0r 

the Revlaed Civil Ytatutrr of 1925, and other 

nsoresary help; * * ** 

It mm98 that Ur. Bratton Ie not amployrd by the 

stats Board of Control under thi8 provision, but that hi8 

position ir oarrled in the approprlatlon mdo to the Stat. 

Board oi Control, by the d@partaental appropriation bill 

passed by the 46th h@StatUre, Out ot the genrral fund 

0r the otats. Since the trarelinng rrpeneee of’ i&r. Bratton 

for the purpose recited in your letter do not fall nithln 

the proviso above quoted, It iollowe,tbat the nlchita Ballrr 

State Hospital oannot pay Xr. Bratton out of state travmlIng expenses In the matter rsterred to out of support and 

and .naIntsnanoe aparopriatlon or looal tunda of the Institution. Slnoe th6rr is no other appropriation avallablr 

to the VilchIta Fall8 State Borpital out ot which Mr. Bratton’s 

trafellng expeaaea could conoelvably be gaid we need not 

dlsoum the querrtlon whether, ii xr. Bratton Is not one or 

the cmployeea 0r the Board or Control paid n-00 InatitutIoaal 

fund8 of the partloular elsemoeynary Instltutlon, his travelLog axpensss oould be paid In any rvont by the Wiohita Balls 

State iiospital out of aay appropriation available to It. 

Yours rsry truly 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Richard W. Fairchild 

Aaristnnt