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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

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%onorable L. k. &ods, Page e

**“ It**  **ia hdpin**  **t3pGOifiOa~y prOv%dRd**  **that Od**  **Of** the money appropriatedIn 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 teaohersalary aid; . . . There Is also hereby set aside and allocatedout 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 Departmentor liduoatlon; the EUDG

of Ten 2bouaand ($lO,OOO.OO) DoUms for the CensusDivision ln the Departsrent

of kaucatlonto be expended ror seasonal labor In the chsoklngot the oensus rolls, and the mun of. Six ThowanQ, Six Ziundred (#4,dOO.O0)

Dollars to be wed by the State AudltorrsDepartmnt, ae followar *Accountantin char$e of rural aid applloations,. Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars; ZlghteanHundred (81,800.00) iighteeqHundred (~1,800~0~) *provide6 turther that tbs Stats Superintenbont of Publlo Instruotion sbak appointnot to eroead One (1) Directorot Supsrvleion '0x14 (1) Dlreotorof 3%quallza~lon Cnns(1) Clreotorof Juniori?lgb Sobools **ciXtG (1)**  **~XOOUfiiVfJ ~eOmh?i~**  **Or ~~udliZ8tiiO~**  Twenty-Foiir

(34) Deputy State SUperint8ndentS ~eoretary 3) Stenographera One (1) Librarian One (1) TelephoneCperator Two (3) kaoountbnts l'hfes(3) Bookkeepers One (1) i'orter And extra and ssasozmlhelp, the cost ot which 8W.l iot exoeed $1 800.00 Tbe ,Mmty-four Deputy &ate Superintenaante appointed hereundershall reelds In their reegsotlvesuper~laory oietricts. . ."

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The fpmeral dapartncsntal blezniu;s

was enacted eubeequontto g0amuna4a at3 r0ii0*itb: appropriation bill for the saw aald House Bill No. 963. It "Ssotlon 1, That the swaral sums of monsy hemln epeolrledor so euah thereor as.may be nooessary,are hereby appropriated out or any moneys'111 the state Txwaeurynot otherwiseappropriated,or out or speolal run&s as may **be** shown, for the support and mlntananoe or the severaldepartmentsand agenalos of the State Government iOr the two-yearperiod beglnnlngFeptmber 1, 1939, and ending August 31, 1941." The appropriation

for the State Deparizmt oi Lduoation ls oomplet4lyItemizedIn this goneral a&moprlatlon bill. Xaoh or the positionsof employmant18 derignatedand the eelmy tg **be** paid the person holding suob oeition Is set opposite the MBO, %a oopy a part of the appropratlon P ror the State-Departnmnt of Education as originallysmtto the **Governor** as r0im6:

*SshoolPlant Dirlslon (PQabls :out

of Sohool Equallza$ioi~



## s. DirsatorSohool Plant Division . . . . A88istant Direotor
. . . , . . . . . . Stenographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Salaries *Sob001Bquallzatlon Aid Division (To be paid out of the Speolal appmmlatlon nmdo ror r0hool eaualizatlon Director **0r** Suporvleion . . . . . l Dlriszor 0r Euualiurtion . . . . . Dlraotorof JuniorHifib Schools . . kceoutive seoretary0r 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 lHonor-bJ.e i. A. bnodb, Pae.6

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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

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. . . . ;*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 bl24,270.00l84,2?0.00 “Subjebt to~‘the.lLaaitat~ons oet forth in the provisions appearingat the end of this Act, qll of the ltemir llated under the school Xquelleaticn Aid ~ivlslon ehall be pafd out OS the Punde appropriatedPor @ehool Equalization Aid.”R;.cor:blc L. k. *rooda,

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The gener6.i

approprlat:on

bill oantainethe foIlowIng ganerallyappiicabltprovlolon,to-wit:

“All 6ur:lus Pees, reoelpts,speolal t&ds, or other availebleP’unds Cn hand at th,e

end oi eaoh par OP the blexnlum shell revert to the General Revenuepun& CP this State unless other*Iseprohibited**by law,**  or unless OtherWiSeprovltled horeIn. No sal.sry palb additional employee6shail exceed the amount herein appropriated Por similarpositions. All disbursements shall be made on warrants issued by the Gonptroller on the State ‘&easury, In the eraralse of his veto powerswhen the generai 

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bill was presentedto him, tbe kmrnor draw a llw through poaltlon .‘!o. 2 In the Sohool Plant DIvIsIonand throngh EoeltlcnsNos. 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 ganeralappropriation bill tbereiorodoes xot oontaln the line6 thus deleted Prom the appropriation **bill** which bad beon proposedby tho ~eglslaturefor the State DopartmenQ oP E.auoatlon.

You requestour opfnlon In eubstanaoaa to rhather or rot the aotlon of tho Oovsmor in thus StrIkIngout owtaln positionaoi employmentProm the appropriation to the Stat0 Department of Lduoatlon elieatually eliminatedthose poaltionaor whether such deletionswere lnetieotualIn view of the aioresaldprovIsIons In the hural SchoolAid 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 hermonlxedand oath given srreot unless their provisionsare absolutelyrepugnant,in which event the tine

last enactedwill oontrol. 39 Tex. Jur. p. L&O, 148 & 260; Townsendv. Terrell, 16 2. W. (2d) 1063; Stephensvs. State, lS9 t. y1.

505. Applying these q,eneral ruler to the SItuaQIonat hand we muet read the two statuteawhich are before us a8 if.they were one and Give eii’ect ta both IP the sa6ie can be &cum **by** any XVaSOnabl8COn6trUOtIOn. 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 authorizedby the general departmentalapproprlatlon 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

i124,270.00to tile adelnlstratlon

of the lXquall66tlon Dlvislon. In tts General Appropriatioh aI;1 86 prsseated to the Cavttmi~r

by the Lo~irletursrha 6&m 6~ of $6,750.00w6a approprlated to the :-chool Piant Llvieionand **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 mandatoryupon zhe Statu ~upsrlntondont of Pubiio lnrtructlonto appointper6ons to the positionethereinda6imtrd but ,lt ~1sprovidtiQ

that he shall appoint not to sxoe6d 454 almotor of eupervi8lon,

one director 0: eq;rallzat~cm, one dirsotor of junior high aoboda, one executive6eor&my OS equ6liaatlon, 24 deputy state supclrintcandmts, eta. The laneuegausad in the Clr6t p*ragraph of Seotlon 3.l or the Rural sohoolhid 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 espandlturerrhouid oonforzu’ to such itemizatibn. Suoh expenditums thereuponw6ra itemizedby the Leglslsturein such eensraldap6rtmental a~ XWpriatlonbill, thim raakln~ the 6at aaPap1st.e. *io are bp43.& to,. 40501ud4 that the aotion of the Governorvma sffeotive to rithdr&W the appropriation

for the posltlonsstrkkm 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 LeglslatlveirdvimryOonmlttes.msy tix the oevordl **salary** 6ohedulsewkich the Governor struok out 80 &ng aa the Stata **Buper~** intendent resukine

within the ll&it of @24,720.00 allooatedto the llohool

Epusllxation Aid Division. The isural

SkhoolAid Bill mde the appropriationof #6,828,827.00

por’yaar for 6uCh biannluz to be “expendedby the state ~uperintsnb6nt of pub110 fnstruotlonthrough tha Ursotor of e~uallxatio5in the Stats Dspartmmt of r-duoaticux 4nA un4lor

the aupervlslon

ctnd advice of a epeoieiJoint 4&elative Ad~laorp Committee,ompo6sd of the followingrcmbere: Five mmbsrs of the Ltnata to be appointedby the President of thb ~snete and firs mum**bore** of ths Roues of Ropresentativee to be appointedby 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 D4partmentof Auoatbon and any!

Ponorable L. h. i-owls, Page 7 applicant for ald uAd8r thf! provlslons

and term8 Of this act, and until otherwlas changedor tlreotod,all rulee or ragu~tloaS of the State hoard of'!?duoation shall CoverA the dispoeltlonof a11 appilcatlonetar aid tinder the provlolonecf this aot; and said cotmltteeshall have no auti:orltp to 12mk8

any grant or ala 8XOapt that authorizedby thl8 Xot, (-rootloA 1) . . . It Shall be tho duty of the state 3upmlntehdent of Public Instruction and he IS hereby aUthGri88dto **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&AtlOASOf this Xot Subjoot to the approvalof' the JOiAt r8?$8h?itiV8 Advisor Comralttee oreated in thle not, and for the best intersatof the eohootifor whose benefit the fUAdS.ereappropriated. It She11 be the duty of the state sUporinteAdeAt Oi Public IAStrUOtlOUS to appolnt‘ths number of deputy stats superlntelodente harelMft8r authorlS8ato ziake a thorou&h iAVe8tigBtiOn in person of the grounds, bulldlA&; epulpment,tsaohlng etarf apd rlAaAola1OOIiditiOA8.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 aotuallynctebea. . . The Joint 4glslativf3 **h&YiSOl ’** **y** cOZSdtt88 shall OGOp8MIt.8 88 BfOXWStiid

with the state Suparlntendent

ot Pub110 Instruotlonin 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~gmea, Said oomlttee shall reduce all applloatlons pro rata 80 as to **bring** the aggregateof ali applloatlonsapprove6 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

applyingror salary ala pr0 rata." (~eotion11?) Th8r8 are other prOVl8lOASin the 5azae bill aonoernin@ the duties aAd 

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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 authorityround in either o,C the88 statutes for er~ploying atyone other thsn to fill the de;slgnate positions 18 found in the generalbill, 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 lAt8Atfonof the La~lolatureto Limit expeadltures out of Said raea, reoelptra, special ima6 or other avallebletuna8 to the purpooes ana In the a5im~t8 ifetizeaherain, BAd it. le So provided. Ir,)AOrable L. X. ~icOd13,

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however, the az.ounc of t?:e fern,, rece:pte,apeolel or other availablemaa hsreln rersrredto are rcore than 8UtfiOi8Rt t0 pay t&8 item8hereind8Slgnatedto be paid thereirOn,the de;;artmmtto which the esid rees, reoeipts,apooiel fimae or other availablefunds tire appropriated

my it Aeosesaryto'edequatsly perform the iIiAOtiOA8

Of 5514 departEeAt, u8e aAypOrtiOA Or Said SurpluS f866, reoelpts,special funds or Other available runan; provided,hOwever, that b8fOrOdOiRE 50 the head 0r such departmentahall, 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 questionuuet, thereroro, be answered in the nagatlve. Pours **very** truly