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The: em0 86fl§iOIl of tha EnzO Loglolatuzw pacaod the fOlloving Concurrent Reeolution 8 

%mm CORC~~E~~ RESOUITIOX I?& 82 

‘V6E2A3 The State ti&tnmt of Eoalth hto bscn 

cellcd~Gi% e;rme apecl.cena from sdl3ct~3c+u, ox62Ul3 
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Xoaorable Cake Stevenson, pa&o 2 

vator and Revage taxiplot for Fedora1 RetGrVatiCnt,’ 

provide OrthotoUdiue writer teeth& eeta, eugplg teat- 

- 1x1~ matoriale to local laboratories cooperating with 

Draft Boards; and 

“UHRRF’, The’ State Departneht of I3oalthfat boon 

requefz~c&~p Surgeons, Foot Quarternsstert, Draft 

Boarde, 1ndustr:el plant zaana&~~ante, Eefense CormaLaelan, tinr end Envy Departzzentz, to supply moordo, 

etatietics, opiniona, data, eurvey reporta and COD- -. .~ 

munioable dleeoee mpofts; and 

-%EG!W,S, Additional laboratory and office t~RC6 

is ~acoeaery to efficdently moot all of them defenee’- 

demmCo; and 

“;:mBAS, X10ute Resolution 110. 4545 of the Rat10M3. cCOngi?OES, luKwLl ot tk% ‘Wtilitl.03 Bill' mires ml 

agqqzintiion for various health and eanitarg mode 

tuch a8 hospitals, hearth cU.iiloe, vnter, trcwaee, echo01 

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and hlgbvay impPOV6mOnttj nov, thercfore,,be it 

‘RESOLVED, By the Senata and the House of Rep~etentative8 comurrln~ that tho State Health Officer 

be directed to tie application to the Federal Wcrke 

Agcnoy for funds with which to pro~icb a Wilding in 

order that the laboratory, clinical and health dofens: 

needs my bo 6ffiCientJ.y test. 

It is to be ootod that the Resolution mdke~ no approprlation to erect cm contribute tot’ard the erection of the building 

mcntloncd thorolnt in fnot, such Resolution could not, conetitutionally, opp~op~late fmds from the Troa~i~y for such pu’pone, for 

appropriationn can only be nado by law (Constitutloa, hrtlcle ‘III, 

Section 6) and no lav can be paaued ezccpt by 131l.l (Constltutloa, 

Arti010 1x1, Section 30). Th8 Resolution, hovevep, does not purport to op?poprlate or authorize an eqxmditure of funds fra the 

Traacurg; it oxprcaely dQ?octe the State i:eaLth Officer to m&e 

appllcotiou to the Fedora1 Uorko A@mcy for fun&3 to provlds tho 

bullding dexrlbed, nado nocosL-ary by iocreatod dommde upon the 

St&to fkalth l?qartmnt by Federal Qenaiea, a4 a result of ,a pro- 

&rem of hltloAol q3fense. 

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Froa your lettap, it eppoora that the State Realth Offi-~ 

Qer filed m appllmtioa with the Bedoral tlorlro Agency, oalling for 
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the erect& of a bulldi.ng.Po&'sto~lea in hidght, vith ~a baeetc$;;, Et a total Ectinrrted coat of.(430&5?0, not i.uGludlizg the 

. ht tho suaaatlon of t.2~ Focleral IJorks Agency, the plans 

wre revj.aed, oltilnatlr~ the fowth floor, and tho oetlmted 

eont 10 nov i;272,Go5, vhich inaludea tha Iand valued at $60,000 

'to bo Pvxn~ehed by the State of Zexse.' The State is oallod upon 

to fur&ah $137,5CO; the r'oderal grant 1s to be $235,105. St la 

roposod that the State owned land, valued at $60,000 and the 

B 37,502 appvopriation above aet out, bo ogpfled toward the .(337,- 

500 to bo fwtished by tho State, and thst +Ae Oovemor app~ovc 

~oflaisnoy vurrante for $40,000 to make, up the balance. 

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-&tlclo.&351, Revised~ Ststutss, PovLdear 

:“hll hoade of depfxrt?mIta, mmmagere of State inatitutions or Other parsona zrm?usted'wlth the power 

cr duty of oontraatlrL< ITO> su@tes, or in my nannor pJ.edgIr~g the credit of the )?tate for any deficlency~’ 

that my a~ieo under the& nauagerzent OP control, ohelz, 

at lcaet thirty days before such dcflclenoy shall OCL 

cur, m&e out a mom estW.~te of the a:fiount heceeaa2y 

to cover such deficicucy until the Pieetlng of the next 

Lcgielaturci .Suoh estti&te ehel2 bo imiiediately filed 

with the Governor, vho shall thereupon carefully exasine 

the sama and app%=ove or diisa3;prove the aam In whole 

CP In pare.. k"?an euch deficioaoy claim, or any gart 

thereof, hae been so approved by the Governor he shall 

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*. and itom thereof appvvcd and the item disapproved, 

.and fllc awns with the C=;:rtrollezj and the saw shs2.l 

be autiaoriiq fc~r Lb Cmptroller to drav his d3ficioncy 

wmxut for so much thereof as my b$ apRrovedj but 

no clcltc, or say part tharaof, shall be alloved or wascruet:! d.ravn thmafor by the Co:npt:;oLler, or paid by 

the ‘i!reaw~~e~, uzlaes swh estl.m:nto has been fo qprov8d ai~d filed. If there is a def'icioficy npproprinfro;l 

~~oufficlect to mat such alains, then a i!.%?zant~ ehall 

be dram therefor and the E~XQ shell be I;aldt but, If 

~thore is no suohappmprIat5or~, or if such approtPllatlcn be so eAmst3d that it is act sufflcicA to png 

. such deficiency clalq then Q doflciencg trawaat ehal.1 

iseuo thcpkfor; and cuch c~dx eha?Ll ro:?z%ain uI?pald VZItll provision bo mde thersfor at eme swal@n of the 

~glslctwo thuranfter. Tto pl?O\*iDiCIlS of thie til'tlch3 

shall not apply to fees axed duea for vhLch the Steto 
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may be l.lable under the general lava. When an7 lnjqq 

or d6xaga chall ocow to any public pFopertp frcm flood, 

storlrr OL* any mavoi2cble ceuee!, the oatlrzate nay be p~ovicio

flfi2cd at once in but mxit bo 

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qproued by the Qovo~nor a8 

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!Phie d&rtment has winfzietcntl~ held' that i&s%? tmn bs 

no-@af~cl~noy allovmao w&w Artlale 4351, Revised Civil Stat- 

.utes, unlors thare hes been provldsb by the Legleleture a epecllla appraprlation fox+ the p’u.?poso for vhFch ths doflcicnsy ollovencco to is rcqueetod, awl that ape-,iPio approprit;ticm Is insufficient 

aCcoclplirjb that purpose. 

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Se0 our GpLnlon O-2118, copy of which 

We h&O Ilk&firm ho16 that the dofhiency contokqlated 

by the etatutc doss oot ex&st whcro the epeoirio appropriGtlon 

upon which it is eought to be founded is expreaaly doaigncd to 

Z5d.t the expenditure for the pur~oao to the mount cxproaely appro,wlated thorefor by the UlgioLnture, ae in the cam of an opproprletlon to erect a btilMl.ng, which ia constmm$ aa, authorlz&g 

the erection of 0 btilding et e cozt not Tao exceed th:, ewi expresoly proviilcd therefor by tke le&l.rlnti~o appropriation. See 

,ollP opialcn o-211&3. ~, 

.‘. ‘. Both of them rule% pyealude the leeuonod .of def;talmcy 

wrrante In the ln.stant ccsc. Biret, tho dofiolencry warrmte are 

@ought fop the erectiw ol a cor~lote thee rto~y btilGtig;- the 

up~opHatio~~ provided by cha Lc;,f,islcturo la Pm ‘m kltitioz to 

the thSrd atory to pp,i’sent lebor&tory bu5.1dlng.Y Them la no apfi 

roprioticn mde by tha Lcgielet.we for the oroetlon of a complete 

ullding, or to be apylled toxaH. tho erection of 8 aozplete buildm. Second, the chorector of the approprietlon nnde by the Legielcture in this czwe ie ouch es to rofleot the intent OS the J&&elnture to lti&t the eqmW.turs fop tho “addition to the third 

story to presnt laboratory building’ to the mimunt ozp~easly epprOpFi&tCd for thEit plrr]pCSe kg tb? ~3~iEhtUN?. '&3 lICiW~ Of 

this ep>rccrintion So euch that the lipf%ciQnCy Conte~Pletea by 

AI?tl.c19 23Q rrlnuot oxinf, for th3 S%to E’m~d of Emlth la not 

“i.ztrwted vith tne povar or duty of oo~trectln~’ for an expmdlture p-enter thm t&9 mnou.cC cxpxz3L y,cpproy;rioted by the Logle- 

~OCLWO for the purpore of erecting the “odclltion to the tNrd etoz$’ 

of the pwsent buildixq. 

Youra very truly