535 

OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
536 

%onorable L. k. &ods, Page e 

“It ia hdpin t3pGOifiOa~y prOv%dRd that Od Of 

the money appropriated In tectlon 1 of this Aot, the 

6um of Three k~llllon, tieven Eundred Thirty-Five Thoumn4, 

Three nundred Flrty-bevei~ ($3,733,337.00) Dollare Is 

hereby set aside ror teaoher salary aid; . . . There Is 

also hereby set aside and allocated out or the approprlatlow nads In hotion 1 hereof for eaoh year of the 

biennium tba foll.owlng: the sure or cm Elundrod TwentyFour Thousand, Two fiuadcrrd Seventy ($l&4,370.00) Dollars 

for the admlnlstr&tlon ot the Squallzatlon Division .o? the 

Departmnt 0r liducatlon 

Ehndretl and Flrtp ($6,7 d 

the sum or &six Thousand, Sevefl 

0.00) Dollar6 ior the Eobocl Plant 

Division In the Department or liduoatlon; the EUDG of Ten 

2bouaand ($lO,OOO.OO) DoUms for the Census Division ln 

the Departsrent of kaucatlon to be expended ror seasonal 

labor In the chsoklng ot the oensus rolls, and the mun of. 

Six ThowanQ, Six Ziundred (#4,dOO.O0) Dollars to be wed 

by the State Audltorrs Departmnt, ae followar 

*Accountant in char$e of rural aid applloations,. 

Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars; 

Zlghtean Hundred (81,800.00) 

iighteeq Hundred (~1,800~0~) 

*provide6 turther that tbs Stats Superintenbont of 

Publlo Instruotion sbak appoint not to eroead 

One (1) Director ot Supsrvleion 

'0x14 (1) Dlreotor of 3%quallza~lon 

Cnns (1) Clreotor of Junior i?lgb Sobools 

ciXtG (1) ~XOOUfiiVfJ ~eOmh?i~ Or ~~udliZ8tiiO~ 

Twenty-Foiir (34) Deputy State SUperint8ndentS 

~eoretary 

3) Stenographera 

One (1) Librarian 

One (1) Telephone Cperator 

Two (3) kaoountbnts 

l'hfes (3) Bookkeepers 

One (1) i'orter 

And extra and ssasozml help, the cost ot which 8W.l 

iot exoeed $1 800.00 

Tbe ,Mmty-four Deputy &ate Superintenaante appointed 

hereunder shall reelds In their reegsotlve super~laory 

oietricts. . ." 

. 
tionorsbla 2. 4 Viooas, 3ag4 3 

The fpmeral dapartncsntal 

blezniu;s was enacted eubeequont to 

g0amuna4a at3 r0ii0*itb: 

appropriation bill for the saw 

aald House Bill No. 963. It 

"Ssotlon 1, That the swaral sums of monsy hemln 

epeolrled or so euah thereor as.may be nooessary, are 

hereby appropriated out or any moneys'111 the state 

Txwaeury not otherwise appropriated, or out or speolal 

run&s as may be shown, for the support and mlntananoe 

or the several departments and agenalos of the State 

Government iOr the two-year period beglnnlng Feptmber 1, 

1939, and ending August 31, 1941." 

The appropriation for the State Deparizmt oi Lduoation 

ls oomplet4ly Itemized In this goneral a&moprlatlon bill. Xaoh 

or the positions of employmant 18 derignated and the eelmy tg be 

paid the person holding suob oeition Is set opposite the MBO, 

%a oopy a part of the appropr P atlon ror the State -Departnmnt of 

Education as originally smtto the Governor as r0im6: 

*Sshool Plant Dirlslon 

(PQabls :out of Sohool Equallza$ioi~ 

s. 

Dirsator Sohool Plant Division . . . . 

A88istant Direotor . . . , . . . . . . 

Stenographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Total Salaries 

*Sob001 Bquallzatlon Aid Division 

(To be paid out of the Speolal appmmlatlon nmdo ror r0hool eaualizatlon 

Director 0r Suporvleion . . . . . l 

Dlriszor 0r Euualiurtion . . . . . 

Dlraotor of Junior Hifib Schools . . 

kceoutive seoretary 0r equali6atlon 

Deputy State Sup4rintandent . . . . 

Deputy State Superi$ttandent . . . . 

Deputy State superlntsndent . . . . 

Daputy State ~uperlntsndent . . . . 

Deputy Stat4 !5upmlntendent . . . . 

Deputy Stat4 Superintendent . . . . 

Deputy State SUpOrlntend4nt . . . . 

Deputy &ate ?!upsrintendant . . , . 

Deputy State Superlntendsnt , . . . 

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s,ooo.oo 

3,ooo.oo 

g$g*~; 

s!:600:00 

~,000,00 

e,600.00 ~,600.# 

2,600.00 

~,600.00 

e,600,00 

ii %Ez t l 
Honor-bJ.e i. A. bnodb, Pae.6 4 

i: 

3. 

4. 

UepUtj? c tattl 

Di:puty ;tete 

Deputy St&t8 

ijeputy Ltate 

Deputy aate 

Deputy State 

Deputy state 

Deputy State 

Deputy state 

i'eputy sate 

Deputy Ltate 

Deptity state 

Deputy St&e 

Deputy state 

Deputy Stats 

Superbt endast 

L-uperintendent 

Superlntenderit 

Luperinten%ent 

8uperlntenQent 

Cuperintendent 

Luperintendeat 

Luperintendent 

Su.perintendent 

SuperintetxIent 

Superintendent 

Cuperintendent 

Superintendent 

Superintendent 

Superintendent 

bcretar;F . , . . . . . . . 

Stenographer . . . . . . . 

Stenogr6phar . . . . . . . 

Stenographer . . . . . . . 

librarlaa . . . . . . . . . 

~elephom operdtor . . . . . 

hccountMt , . . . . . . . 

Accountant . . . . . . . . 

Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . 

Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . 

Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . 

Porter . . . , l l . . . l 

Lk%xt Eelp, oea6Onal . . . 

Total Salarfea 

. . . . “; 4g.g 

..*. 0, 

. . . ., 2,0co:oo 

. . . . -2,600.OO 

. . . . 2,600.00 

. . . . 2,600.00 

. . . l 2,600.00 

. . . . 2,600.OO 

. . . .\ 

. . . . 

y&y~ 

. . . . 2:boo:oo 

. . . . 2 ,aoo.oo 

. . . . e,600.00 

. . . . ~,600.00 

. . . . 2,600.OO 

. . . . 1‘500.00 

. . . . 1,330.oo 

. . , . 1,33?.00 

. . . . 1,330.00 

. . . . 1,300.00 

. . . . 1,360.00 

, . . . 2,100.00 

, . . . 1,800.00 

. . . . 1,800.00 

. . . . 

. . . . 

;*ftg*g 

. . . . ‘72O:OO 

. . . . 1.200.00 

5! %=o*~ 

“Malntenanoe and ~l6oellaneoue: 

Poetage and wire ooJ6mrliOatiOn6 . . 2,800.00 

lkavei Lxpenaee . .~. + . . . . . . 23,OOO.OO 

k.tatlonery , printin2, supplies 

and contlnngant , . . . . . . . . . 

IIquipment and nieohine6 . . . . . . 

3,250.oo 

400.00 

L&al talntemnoe and b.leosll.aneou0 . . . , . . . . . . . . .. .+Sl,lSO.OO 

2E,600.00 

~,800.00 

2.600.00 

~~~~*~ 

2:600:00 

2,600.OO 

2,600.M) 

2,600.00 

2,600.oo 

2,aoo.oo 

;$g*g 

2:boo:oo 

2,bOQrOO 

~%z%i 

1:sao:oo 

‘l,;g*g 

l:SbO:QO 

1,200.00 

-,=o.QzT 

2,600.00 

25,oOO.oo 

3,250.OO 

400.09 

31,lfi0.00 

TotBl, Lqualizatlon ~ivfsfon bl24,270.00 l84,2?0.00 

“Subjebt to~‘the.lLaaitat~ons oet forth in the provisions 

appearing at the end of this Act, qll of the ltemir llated 

under the school Xquelleaticn Aid ~ivlslon ehall be pafd 

out OS the Punde appropriated Por @ehool Equalization Aid.” 
R;.cor:blc L. k. *rooda, Fag8 5 

The gener6.i approprlat:on bill oantaine the foIlowIng 

ganerally appiicablt provlolon, to-wit: 

“All 6ur:lus Pees, reoelpts, speolal t&ds, or 

other availeble P’unds Cn hand at th,e end oi eaoh par 

OP the blexnlum shell revert to the General Revenue pun& 

CP this State unless other*Ise prohibited by law, or 

unless OtherWiSe provltled horeIn. No sal.sry palb additional employee6 shail exceed the amount herein appropriated 

Por similar positions. All disbursements shall be made on 

warrants issued by the Gonptroller on the State ‘&easury, 

In the eraralse of his veto powers when the generai 

l pproprlatlon bill was presented to him, tbe kmrnor draw a llw 

through poaltlon .‘!o. 2 In the Sohool Plant DIvIsIon and throngh 

E 

oeltlcns Nos. 1, 3, 29, 32, 53, 36, 98 and 39 at the Mhool 

QualIzatIon Aid Division In the appropriation to the State Depart- 

‘imnt or Xucation. 

The approved ganeral appropriation bill tbereioro does 

xot oontaln the line6 thus deleted Prom the appropriation bill 

which bad beon proposed by tho ~eglslature for the State DopartmenQ 

oP E.auoatlon. You request our opfnlon In eubstanao aa to rhather 

or rot the aotlon of tho Oovsmor in thus StrIkIng out owtaln 

positiona oi employment Prom the appropriation to the Stat0 Department of Lduoatlon elieatually eliminated those poaltiona or whether 

such deletions were lnetieotual In view of the aioresald provIsIons 

In the hural School Aid Bill. 

irots passed at the same !iwslon OS the Leglrlature must 

be read tCg8ther, each in the light of the other, as though they 

uere embreoed In one act pr were supplementary to each other, Bmlth 

VS. ‘leX&S C0mp.R 

E’ 59 &a 

. lea) 774; 3%8Ote va. Hudspeth County, 2s 

5. k. (26) 626,; oard OP Trustees ~6. Bullock Common School Dist. 

Do. 12, 56 b, u. (26) 538; 39 Tar. Jur. 258 to &So. gevaral Act6 

passed at the same Leglalaturs will be hermonlxed and oath given 

srreot unless their provisions are absolutely repugnant, in which 

event the tine last enacted will oontrol. 39 Tex. Jur. p. L&O, 148 

& 260; Townsend v. Terrell, 16 2. W. (2d) 1063; Stephens vs. State, 

lS9 t. y1. 505. Applying these q,eneral ruler to the SItuaQIon at 

hand we muet read the two statutea which are before us a8 if.they 

were one and Give eii’ect ta both IP the sa6ie can be &cum by any 

XVaSOnabl8 COn6trUOtIOn. This Is made doubly neoedaary IO 016-u OS 

the provision in Gectlon 11 of tbe Rural Sohool hItI Bill that the 

expenbltures for the costs oP odmInIeterIng the various Pundo name& 

in that act shall be the amount6 and as authorized by the general 

departmental approprlatlon bill. 
St lu not4 t!mt in the bill fi.rEt enacted the 6~ <rf 

~6,760.00 io allacated to t-a :-4hool ?laut Eivislorr. The bill, also 

allocsltss i124,270.00 to tile adelnlstratlon of the lXquall66tlon 

Dlvislon. In tts General Appropriatioh aI;1 86 prsseated to the 

Cavttmi~r by the Lo~irleturs rha 6&m 6~ of $6,750.00 w6a approprlated to the :-chool Piant Llvieion and Lht! same 6~ of &124,370.00 

h6s appropriated to the &hool iicuallzatlon kid Slvlrion. Thor6 065 

be nc doubt that in the lart enaotec3 bill the tegl8l.aturs was dealing with the 8fme 6~~6 a6 had been approprieted in the first en66tted’ 

bill. It will be rioted thet 15 &oticn 12 of rhe Rural 8ohoolAld 

61l.l it ie not made mandatory upon zhe Statu ~upsrlntondont of Pubiio 

lnrtructlon to appoint per6ons to the positione therein da6imtrd 

but ,lt ~1s providtiQ that he shall appoint not to sxoe6d 454 almotor 

of eupervi8lon, one director 0: eq;rallzat~cm, one dirsotor of junior 

high aoboda, one executive 6eor&my OS equ6liaatlon, 24 deputy 

state supclrintcandmts, eta. The laneuega usad in the Clr6t p*ragraph of Seotlon 3.l or the Rural sohool hid Bill shows that it ~88 

then oorrtetip;latod that ths expondltures of ud&inlsterJsg .the rclrlow 

fu536 named in that aot would bo latsr itemized in the &enonl 

dopemtmntal approprialsion bill end that such espandlturer rhouid 

oonforzu’ to such itemizatibn. Suoh expenditums thereupon w6ra 

itemized by the Leglslsture in such eensral dap6rtmental a~ XWpriatlon bill, thim raakln~ the 6at aaPap1st.e. *io are bp43.& to,. 

40501ud4 that the aotion of the Governor vma sffeotive to rithdr&W 

the appropriation for the posltlons strkkm out by h&n ln, thr 

general bopartmentcil appropriation bill. 

You further requsst GUT opinion ~6 to whether or not the 

M#ato superintendent of Pub110 Inbtructlon~ with the appronl of the 

Joint Leglslatlve irdvimry Oonmlttes.msy tix the oevordl salary 

6ohedulse wkich the Governor struok out 80 &ng aa the Stata Buper~ 

intendent resukine within the ll&it of @24,720.00 allooated to the 

llohool Epusllxation Aid Division. 

The isural Skhool Aid Bill mde the appropriation of 

#6,828,827.00 por’yaar for 6uCh biannluz to be “expended by the 

state ~uperintsnb6nt of pub110 fnstruotlon through tha Ursotor 

of e~uallxatio5 in the Stats Dspartmmt of r-duoaticux 4nA un4lor the 

aupervlslon ctnd advice of a epeoiei Joint 4&elative Ad~laorp 

Committee, ompo6sd of the following rcmbere: Five mmbsrs of the 

Ltnata to be appointed by the President of thb ~snete and firs mumbore of ths Roues of Ropresentativee to be appointed by ths Sps6ker 

or the tiouss of ~Repre66ntativea. . . In addition to ather powsr6 

md dutlar they ahali have appolbts aud final $Urlsdi8tiors on all 

rdters of diaputs between aald D4partment of Auoatbon and any 
! 

Ponorable L. h. i-owls, Page 7 

applicant for ald uAd8r thf! provlslons and term8 Of this act, and 

until otherwlas changed or tlreotod, all rulee or ragu~tloaS of 

the State hoard of' !?duoation shall CoverA the dispoeltlon of a11 

appilcatlone tar aid tinder the provlolone cf this aot; and said 

cotmlttee shall have no auti:orltp to 12mk8 any grant or ala 8XOapt 

that authorized by thl8 Xot, (-rootloA 1) . . . It Shall be tho duty 

of the state 3upmlntehdent of Public Instruction and he IS hereby 

aUthGri88d to take such aoticn aAd to niake euch rule8 aAd regulatlcne not IAOOAS~E~~~A~ with the term of this kot as may be ALBOeesary to Oarry Out the proVi81OA8 aAd lAt&AtlOAS Of this Xot 

Subjoot to the approval of' the JOiAt r8?$8h?itiV8 Advisor Comralttee 

oreated in thle not, and for the best intersat of the eohooti for 

whose benefit the fUAdS.ere appropriated. It She11 be the duty of 

the state sUporinteAdeAt Oi Public IAStrUOtlOUS to appolnt‘ths 

number of deputy stats superlntelodente harelMft8r authorlS8a to 

ziake a thorou&h iAVe8tigBtiOn in person of the grounds, bulldlA&; 

epulpment, tsaohlng etarf apd rlAaAola1 OOIiditiOA8.tOf euoh eohool. 

applying for ala; Snd A0 aid shall be &iVOn unless it 0W.a be ShOwA 

that all 3rovlnlono. of this aot have been aoniplled with and that 

such tuwunt or ala is aotually nctebea. . . The Joint 4glslativf3 

h&YiSOl’y cOZSdtt88 shall OGOp8MIt.8 88 BfOXWStiid with the state 

Suparlntendent ot Pub110 Instruotlon in oarrylAg out the provIsIons 

of this aot, aAd in the event the approprlatlone BAd allocations 

mle herein are lAauSfloleAt to pay the tot01 0r,ell applloatlonr 

showl~g mea, Said oomlttee shall reduce all applloatlons pro 

rata 80 as to bring the aggregate of ali applloatlons approve6 

wlthia the a proprlatlon5 QAd allooetloAa hereln tide an6. IA order 

to aooozpll SE this Sald.ooINSlttee shall IWdUOa the authoriaed 

erpendlturee or all ,schoole applying ror salary ala pr0 rata." 

(~eotion 11?) Th8r8 are other prOVl8lOAS in the 5azae bill aonoernin@ the duties aAd gaGwere Of the <Joint b&$S1etlY8 @YlsOry &IStittee but they are Oi.,the aan8 nature a8 those set forth above and 

AOU(l Or them OoAtaRQ~t8 the eXdmiS4 Of such a pOWar a8 that S=AtiOA8d iA YOUI QU88tiOA. The o~1y authority round in either o,C 

the88 statutes for er~ploying atyone other thsn to fill the de;slgnate 

positions 18 found in the general bill, as fOlhW8: 

"LlnIltation of F~aylcente. >:XC8pt BS otherwiSe. QrOvldsd, wheA8Vor, by virtue of the provlalom oi this 

hot, Item3 ar8 to be pala out Ot fees, reo8lQta,~sp8olal 

runtis or out of tither fUAd8 available for use by a 

depertoent, it 18 the lAt8Atfon of the La~lolature to 

Limit expeadltures out of Said raea, reoelptra, special 

ima6 or other avalleble tuna8 to the purpooes ana In 

the a5im~t8 ifetizea herain, BAd it. le So provided. Ir, 
)AOrable L. X. ~icOd13, Page 8 

however, the az.ounc of t?:e fern,, rece:pte, apeolel or 

other available maa hsreln rersrred to are rcore than 

8UtfiOi8Rt t0 pay t&8 item8 herein d8Slgnated to be 

paid thereirOn, the de;;artmmt to which the esid rees, 

reoeipts, apooiel fimae or other available funds tire 

appropriated my it Aeosesary to'edequatsly perform the 

iIiAOtiOA8 Of 5514 departEeAt, u8e aAypOrtiOA Or Said 

SurpluS f866, reoelpts, special funds or Other available 

runan; provided, hOwever, that b8fOrO dOiRE 50 the head 

0r such department ahall, under oath, meke application, 

joint&to the Governor, the Attorney %A~D?I~ and the 

State Treasurer setting forth IA detail the Aeoassity ior 

uaine; Such surplus i8es, reoelpts, speolal fu~de or 

other avaflable funds and itemking the purpose6 for. 

whloh the S-8 are to be usad. . ." 

This question uuet, thereroro, be answered in the nagatlve. 

Pours very truly