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### OFFICE OFTHE **AITORNEY GENERAL**  

### OFT**AUSTIN**

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### &ford D. httlo Stat0Auditor mnd Etiioionoy 

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### October7, 19w. **aakin** the **opinion or**  **thi8 aopartment**  **with** reruenoo 

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### vt~hg the **OOWB~ 0r**  **OUT audit**  **0r** 

### a higher **lnrtltution** 

### of 1ouzil.1~ror the pamt rlnal year, outola uaumal 

### pnotloem have ocmoto ourattomt1on. 

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### your opinion l

### mto diether or not 84 **0r** the three roilorin(l tramaotlonm arm oontrmy to lawi

***au0 NO,**  **t TAO**  **00u0y in**  **question** roorirod l 

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ppropritatlon 

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### nua or the 

### atatr by the 

### 4ithLe&dature. A outaln 

### miount ~08 **0utiri04** 

### a8 due 

### an uployeo, aad 8 Oonex-81 Rovoauo Warrant or 

### theatatem8 lamueU,

### pepble out ;~.t~m~- stltutlon~r

State 

### l pproprlmtlon. tution,dtu 

### reoelpt or the rurutt, r0d 

### thet the l qloyee warn

notduo the warrant

### or my portion

0r 

### it,andpr0oeed.e~ to deposit thewarrantin the loatltutlon*a Looal iwad bulk loaount.Honorable Euford 1).Battle - Page 2

*case No. 2. A General Rerenuo Warant of th8 Btats ~'68iosuad to M employee for her Jsnuuy salary. 

### Althou& the em~lo~a8 left 

### the employof th6 oollo@a on January 

### lfath, t&o 

### warrantoorered 60 antire l:onth'a 8alery. The employ08 dlsoouuted the warmnt and rooeired one-half (l/2) 

### of it AIMI rrturnod the romlndor to the Collmga authorltlra,who depo8lted 

### it in tha lnatltutlon'e loal fund **bank** l **ooount.**


### "OS80**No. 3.**  **A** Oewral **Revenue** Wurant or the State wsa lssuod to cm aa~ploym8 ror her Ootober salary. Although 6ho roalgned on 

### Ootobor15th,the warrantwae written 

### to her for 

### the entlromonth,and shs cIl8oouated it, kOOplnc(

one-half (lh) ror haradr and the other one-halt (l/2) we8 paid br the lnstltution& oashlsr to anothu ~plo~60, who aupyoseUy roplsed the original erplopo.
*should rurthor lnr0rmdon ba u8erti ln an8mrlng them quutiona, plmsa let w ~DOIW.~

An appropriation 18 the 8ettlng spsrt rr0rnthe 

### publlaretenue8 

### or a oertaln8~81

### oi money ror a 8poolrlod purposm, in 8uoh manxmr that the l xeoutlva

orrioora or the governmentare l utharleed to qply that money, and no **more,** to 

### thatpurpose, **and** to no 

### other. Words and Phr88*8, 

### Permanent

mltlon voD4m0 3, Paaao 819 et 800.1 atate t. More, **69 X.**  **W. 3** **’ )3,**  **376, 50**  **Nob. 88.**  **61 hr.**  **Strto Rep.**  $1 YoComba v. Dallu County (Mr. mpp.) **136 8.8.**  **(26)**

**.** Every appropriation ha8 th8 l rreot of oreating
a 8poolJ. illad,mhloh 18 to 

### bo expendedOJIQ ror the purpo80 r0r rdriohth0 

### appropriation wa8 made. To arsw l 

### WUrsnt wtinet th6 

### l pproprl6tion, o8ten8ibly to 8991Y the ruatlsto 

### the purpo80 ror wbioh th8y ere ~ovl&~~, **UIA** then to dapo8lt the non@r 

### to tha or&it of the looal fund Or the oollege, 18 to apply the mfmoy SpprOpriStd to l purpose ror rrhlohit was **not** l uthorlaod **by** the hgielsturr. xt rollor thRt 680h 0r the rirat two r80t 6ltu6tforrr artHonorable Buford D. Battle- Page 3

**Out** in **y0U.r letter**  **praaant lnstanoee**  of unauthorizedana therefore Illegal biTUSiOll8 of the pub110mon.ye lnrolyed.

With reapoat to the thlrd feat tituatlon preSOntedin your letter, you ara aA~laeA that warrant8 against thr eppropriatlonsmade to pay the salaries of **=91OlC~eS** Of the **V8rlOUlI dO9artmalItt3**  an6 lnStltUtiOn8 0r 

### learningor **thla** State are in no lnstanoe to be Armm in faror of the department head or sohool authority;but in eaoh oaaa the warrant ageinst tbe approprlatIoa la to be drawn in **favor** of the peroon rendering **the** SeXTiO8 for which the appropriation Ie prorlded, end Tar no tpeeter smount than le **aotually due**  8UOh person. The appropriationprorlaea authority for the department or aohool head to enter Into oontraotswith referenoe thereto, but the money provldad la not to be drawn frm the Treasury by the Aepartmsntor eohool head and by bin diapersed in oaah to the 

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m9loyeea; the olalm of the employee for peymsnt fra%uthe appropriation is to be pre8eIttOd to the **Camp-**

**.** trollem on the lnstltutlonal ay roll, oertlfled ciaoorroot by the 8ohool head, an6 the warrant Is to be drawn in raror of theaployee himself. See Articles 4344, 4350, 4355, 4356, 4357, 4358 an6 4359. Revised Zirll Statute8, 1925.

It rOiiOW8 that In tha third lnstanoe given in your letter, the warrant should hare bean drawn in faror
or the employee, as payee thereof, only for the amount 

### l otually due her as salary, to wlt, salcry ror one-halr month, and a clelm Should here been prcoented to the Comptroller ror the lssuanoe of a separatewarrant a&alnst the same afipropriation for the WOUnt Of salary **CUS** the employee &IO replaood her. The aotlon of the whoa1 **W** tharitias in oertifyine: the OlSbibr the **1SSUCAllO~ Of**  **8** wurant for an entire -;onth'e. salary to the original em9lw-, when only one-half nonth's salary was due to her, and in Aellverlsp, the warrant to the original employee for the full month's salary, proourlq oa8h frau the orlgIna1 employee, the payee of the warrant, ror the one-half Lionth'8 salary not due her, and paying oYer the oaeh Alreot to theHonorable Buford D. Battle - Pago A,