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OFFICE OF THE ASTORNEY GEIYERAL OF TEXAS
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The: em0 86fl§iOIlof tha EnzOLoglolatuzw 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.

Xoaorable Cake Stevenson, pa&o2 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 EnvyDepartzzentz, 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
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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

.. 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 cmcontribute 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). Th8Resolution, 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 UorkoA@mcy for fun&3to 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- &remof hltloAol q3fense. , Froa your lettap, it eppoora that the State Realth Offi-~ Qer filed m appllmtioa with the Bedoral tlorlroAgency, oalling for_,.* c .~. 026

~Bcnorable Coke Stevenson, pa&3 .~'.

.. ,? , > ..'. . the erect& of **a** bulldi.ng.Po&'sto~lea in hidght, vith ~abaeetc$;;, Et a total Ectinrrted coat of.(430&5?0, not i.uGludlizg the

. ht tho suaaatlon of t.2~ Focleral IJorksAgency, 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 ownedland, 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 +AeOovemor app~ovc ~oflaisnoy vurrante for $40,000 to make,up the balance. .I

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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~gthe credit of the )?tate for any deficlency~’ that my a~ieo under the& nauagerzentOPcontrol, ohelz, at lcaet thirty days before such dcflclenoy shall OCL cur, m&e out a mom estW.~te of the a:fiountheceeaa2y 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 samaand app%=ove or diisa3;prove the aam In whole CPIn pare.. k"?an euch deficioaoy claim, or any gart thereof, hae been so approved by the Governor he shall - _ *. and itom thereof **appvvcd** and the item disapproved, .and fllc awnswith the C=;:rtrollezj and the saw shs2.l be **autiaoriiq fc~r**  **Lb Cmptroller**  to drav his d3ficioncy wmxut for so muchthereof as my b$ apRrovedj but no clcltc, or say part tharaof, shall be alloved or wascruet:! d.ravnthmafor by the Co:npt:;oLler, or paid by the ‘i!reaw~~e~, uzlaes swh estl.m:ntohas been fo qprov8d ai~dfiled. 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 Qdoflciencg trawaat ehal.1 iseuo thcpkfor; and cuch c~dx eha?Llro:?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 axedduea for vhLch the Steto\ ; .’ 

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, maybe l.lable under the general lava. Whenan7 lnjqq or d6xaga chall ocow to any public pFopertp frcm flood, storlrr OL*

any mavoi2cble ceuee!, the oatlrzate nay be flfi2cd at once but mxit bo 

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this iwtiole.’ qproued by the Qovo~nor a8 ._ **!Phie** d&rtment has winfzietcntl~ held' that i&s%? tmnbs 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.?posofor vhFch ths doflcicnsy ollovenccois rcqueetod, awl that ape-,iPio approprit;ticm Is insufficient 

# to aCcoclplirjb that purpose. io att&checL Se0 our GpLnlonO-2118, copy of which

Weh&O Ilk&firm ho16 that the dofhiency contokqlated by the etatutc doss oot ex&st whcro the epeoirio appropriGtlon uponwhich 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 ,ollPopialcn 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 apfiroprioticn 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 OSthe J&&elnture to lti&t the eqmW.turs fop tho “addition to the third story to presnt laboratory building’ to the mimuntozp~easly epprOpFi&tCd for thEit plrr]pCSekg tb? ~3~iEhtUN?. '&3 lICiW~ Of this ep>rccrintion So euch that the lipf%ciQnCyConte~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