- \. ( OFFICE OF THE ,AnORNEY GENERAL OF -fEXAS **; i**  **:.** AUSTIN ;. - < $~ q’ **GROVERSELLERS :.**  **;, .~**  **ClfKmNEY GENBRAL**  * . ., .;. Y 1 .’ .,

'Hon.John Lcohy, Director Cotton Researc!i

Comaittee g _I. i. College .S’tation, Texas . I ibar Sir: i. 2 t’ * . 1 : - ‘. :y ., ; *_.- f i.. ..~ i this dtgartmenl; reads as P r recent camflunica~tion to r ts of the Regular ive authority to c-allocateor 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.ttechas,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 liquidatewhich _ '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.lipitedin their applicationin keeping 725



### .;. with paragraph three of section Gwo of the Act, opor- 

### $ . atos to onrorcc thi- lapsinf~

of $4,597.15 in ad&l.tlon 

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### of lapsed funds frown

the $%;lsO,OOO

approprletion

wuld then e~noun(;.to

'$9,692.91.. 

### 5 ‘.. '.T. wl+.. Unckr suoh operation the Cotton Rosearch > . -,_ & : Con&ttee would, in its practical affect, be over- * . .spendingits specific appropriations by $4,597,'5 * rrhilc.sS.l;lultaneously an&erspcndingits total appro- ., 1 .I.-- 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 outstandingcotitnonts or undeliveredorders; .*

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oompletionand'.filing or our budget 

### report and StatemCntS 1.9h3poadCJlt

UPC+ FOUr@QiGe’s in respect to the foregolng'and.the more formal state- ~mentof.

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 . . . ., .forthe 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 

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Fran the foregoing, the.follo#ingoonclusions,erein-

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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,'ssidLogisloture oppropristed$50,000.00,forthe year ondi.ng August 31, J.943. Any uaorpend.ed

balance of the $100,0X~.OOite:~ not used during .the year ending August 31,194.2, was .&so approyriotedfor $-orrespon& fnt:-gx (the purchase of J.cboretor:y e0u%unont, and ,the housin? rind me;intcnanG?ofZis!llc~tlle,rolloivlng -- ---i-T--+. ---- ----._ y>Z-(&e ycer-enol.ng~ August 31, 1943xcjt any-uuoxpendodbalance e?:>,sted in said item of ,

. cofitemplatcd

that the Cotton Research Committee shall &n~so-a careful survey to be mode of the mOJ>t

erfcotivcvinyto 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 r011.0rr3-: --. I 4 .
.. . . .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 ._ ,' -. $6,500.per pnnu~, and.": ~-.. ,. '. not more than .tr~o to . .. ' ~. 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;teemay,

‘drlrect..~..i,, lO;OOO.OO~ nkny~unexpended

balance of the above funds not ~. used during the year ending August 31, 1942, k herebE 7.iEjdi~Sl a vro riated fox oorresnonding~use in the, followingyear." -

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Illus ony ihoroase theroih, if cay from the ~lOCJ,COC.GO

iifxt of S~,gXopXi~tion..lor tha ~)~x?edJ.ng

year, EricinOid 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' x: ' SelA Le&slsturn also a.;qmqrlatcdto 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;dnCt tltO%Q t.h::Jl tV0 t0 oxcscd ~S;GCO.COp2r eonti,~ LJ.JcoGi.ecl,, it: n?p-oprl3tod $lO,CO@,OOfor each of sold psers for ?~lscullenoous Gu~~~pli-~s, Zxpmsco aad F:quJ.Jmsnt, as the Cottan ~~as~:erch.Connitteo 70ay direct.n It also a~~:.:rcpriatod any un3xpeaa k&mxe of said fun55 mot uaed during tho yrer cadin Ru~ust. 31, lD42,~lor corrasrondin<

use iatbu followingyear. 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 respeotlvoa~: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,:

4~7thLogisloture, 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::tcPis defined in %ebsterVs ;:ev: 1nternet:caal

Mct~onwy, tiocond kdlticn,es follov:s: "To distributeor oseic-n; cllot; o;Jportion;"- olco "To determine the 1ocal:ty of." It is riot sp~ncny~ous

viith fVtranefor.nThlu 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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~. , .."I% is maintain& thclt tho pacsaf,o of the ri&or. .,.-to our currant cppropriatlon (csntsinccl in 9. C.. 333, Chep. 399j Acts of the &3tb'Is@3lnturw) oxprefd&3 ., ,

. 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.tcnl?~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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