**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

honorable George 8. Shrpperd comptrollrr oi Publla **Aooount8 Auatln,**  Tao8 **Dear Sir:**  oplnlon Ho. O-7313

of rroent date ren t& above 8tsted

l Regular Sesdon ng appropriation roramentr of the tr of Texem there

**For** the Yeara Ending

laundry and housing ior aelf and 

### family**---------- $1,200,00**  **#l,200.00**
**2.** Two yardmen at $75 per month-------- Total Salaries---Honorable Ooorgr H. Sheppard - Pagr 2

Impro~annta, R*palra and Building8 I. Ooaanl npalra and improramaata ------------(l5,oOo.OO #15,000.00 Total lmprorrmrnta, rapalra and buildln(a --------------#15,060.00 )15,000.00 GrandTetal, balroatoa SUt8 Payohopathlo Hoapltal-------#lg,OOO.OO #18,000.00 “The aamo Leglalaturr **by** Hour. Bill No. 

### 740**tranaforrod** thr aontrol or tba Ualtoaton State Payohopathla Hoapltal **from** thr State Roard o? Control to #a Board o? Ragratao? the 

### Unitoralty

ofToxmr *The quratloa haa now ariaon aa to whather the aherr **mantlonad** approprlatlon tollcwathe traaater o? thr oontrol o? the Oalrraton Papohopathlr Hoapltal to the Board o? Rogonta o? the ia t.ho abort uaa o? the Board o? Regonta o? thr Oalraaton Stat* Papohopathlo HOW. RI11 No. 

### 740, Aots of the 49th Lagialeturo, 1945, prorldev:

“Ba it enaoted by tha Iaglalatura o? the Stata o? Tsraa:

. RSaatloa1. That Srom and after the riirotlre **deta** of this Aot, the oontrol and nana prlrilsgrr, power8 end dutira lnoP

## ameat o?, and all ri P dent thereto, tha Oa -ta, reaton State Payohopathlo Hoepltal looatad at Oaltaaton, Taxaa, whioh wera formerly toatod hi and rxerolaod bf tha State Board o? Control, ah811 br tranai~rrd to reatad In, and rxeroiaad by the Board ot Rogenta o? ?JMWaitersit, o? Texas, and herratter, the rtoroaald Hoapltal &tall no lo or k a part of the l laamoaynar~ eervlor o? thr Stat0 o?%xea.

“960. 2. Thr Galrrston State Payohopatbio’ Hospital ahall oontlnua to be **used** 31)a Hospital tar tha treatmat or narvou~ and mntal dlaaaaaa,both lo tha Hoapital and E- e**atirnt** ollnlo and ahall bo arallablo aa a l aohhg ?aollitlaa in manta1 madloiaa for tiit’ZoEo1 or YIadlolna o? The VnitaraltJ o? Toxaa, looatad at Oaltraton, Taxaa.

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*Boo. 3. All lara and part8of lrra lag oon?liOt horarith areharabr ropralad to thr rxtrnt or thr oon?liot onlr. Woo, l+. Thr footthat than la aowl ltuatod **at** Oalraaton, Tena, the Galoaaton State Payoho. pathio Hoapltal,oonalating of a oaehundred (100) bad manta1 hoapltal of l ubatantlal brlok oonatruotioa, rrroted at grrat l pnaa to the Stat0 ot Texaa, rhloh la not now

# being operated by the. Board of Control **for** thr **benrfit o?**  **the paoplr**  **o?** Toxaa, and the iaot that the o aratlon of @aid Hoapltal would alao bo of groat !I enrfitto thr l **tudenta o?**  the Sohool of Medioina of The Unlraraityof Taxer aa it woe prior to tha tlmo it wee ahut down br

# tie Board of Control **and** the toot that the Hoapltal l hould ba oontroiled and **mana** 4l **d** by the Board o? Ragante of The University of axa8 in oonnootion with thr Sohool of Madloina of The Unireralt~ of Toxaa, oraatr an rmarganoy and an lmperatirr pub110 naoasalt~ that tha Conatltutlonal Rulr **requiring** billa to br roadon thrar aavaral daIa In oaoh Houaa be suapandad, and this **Aot** aha 1 take l ffeot and ba in foroa from end after its peaaga, and It la lo mo oted.

NED! ya Nag8

Tvidenoed A8 lndloatad in the amorganoy olauar of He B. 740 and

by the approprl+lon **ltoma** oontained In H. B. 206

**. .**  **. .**  **. .** **.** (quotrd in your lottarl, It la apparent tnat tna approprlat~ona eat forth in H. B. 206for thr Oalraaton State Psyohopathlo Hospital oontemplatad the support **and** malntrnanor of said lnatltution on a Roara-takarR baa18 rather than on a beala of aotlra oparatlon aa a papohopathio hoapltal. Wrnote further that on tha data v&an the Leglalatura paesad H. B. 206,May 21, 1945, tha

**Tossed** by the HOUS, April 19 1945: Yeaa ll9 0; pasesd by the Sonata, May l&, 1945: Yeas 28, 0. *Approved May 24, 1945. nE??aotlra May 24, 1945.”

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Honorable Oaorga H. Sheppard - Pag8 4

the Owrraor had not approved H. B. 740and that H. B. 740 weenot l

ftaotltauntil May 24, 19U. Purthormorr, tha prorla1on.a o? 8. B. 206 wara not o l ratlta until thr baglosing of the new Moanlum, 8rptrmkr ls P945.

Wadorthe prorialona of H. B. 740, on May 24, 1965, “the ooatrol and managrmaat o?, and all rfghta, pr~rllogaa, power@, and dutlra lnoldant thrroto,the Oaltratoa &at8 f8yOhopbthlO Boapital, ----~&lobwere formerlyrratrd in andrxarolaod by tha State Board of Ooatrol*, wara wtraaa?arrad to, reatrd la, and rxaralaod by t&a Board of Regent8 of the Val~rral ty of Texas ,”and aaldhospital no longer retained ita &atua aa a State ElOamOBJmarY hatltution. Onthe bee18 of t&o above prori~lon~, thla department hald in Opinion No. O-7209 that tha Oalvestoo Stat. Payohopathio Eoapital (after May 24, 1945) waa aubjaot to lawa regulating thr UnIraralty of %x:88. Tha opinion furthar polnted out that lo view of the prorlsioaa o? 8. B. 173; whioh named the Payohopathlo Hospital a8 a part of the University of Taxer, and whloh ra-appropriated oartala balaaoar on hand in oartain lnstitutioaal fund@,a balaaoa in thr looal fund of the Galveston State Psgohopathlo Hospital ahould be tranrfarrad to the University of Taxaa Wonota, however, that In tha in&ant situation, the appropriation listed in H. B. 206 for thr Qelvaaton Payohopathlo Hoepltal for th8 biennium, Septambar 1, 1945, to August 31, 1947, could not hsoa been arallabla for any purpose prior to Saptambar 1, 1945, and, aa of May 24, 1945, suoh a propriatloa was not avallabla to or under tha omtrol of the Board of E

oatrol. It is therefore cur oplnlon that auoh amount eat forth in raid appropriation ?or a future biennium oould not ba regardad .ePa balaaoa or iuad of thr Clalraeton State Payohopathio Hoapita1 which~would be aubjeot to +aae?er whan tha Galreaton Steto Payohopathio Hoepital waa transferred to tha Unioaraity of Texan on Mar 24, 1945. Wapoint out further that on May 26, 1945, eubaaquaat totha parse a o? H. B. 206, aa wall aa aubaaquaat to tha l ffaotlvo data of H. 8. 740; the Laglulaturo parsed H. B. 173 whlah relater to ap ropriatioda for Steto Eduoational laatltutiona muI laoludaa tb, ?o lowlngr P *The University of Texas Madlosl Banoh

“Pa yohopathlo Xospl to1 V3alarloa *202. Payohiatriat and/or Phyaloiana.

. . . . . . . . . P,800.00 "203. BQOkkebQbr.
. . . . . . . . . 2,100.00 "204. Puroharing Clerk.
. . . . . . l.gOO.00

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Hon.Goorgo II. Sheppard, page 5

Nurar Chief

..........I,.,.. .*.., 

### %: Orad& Nuraoa(Poyohlatrio)...l~gf%~~ l~‘$~~‘~ Graduate 

### Nuraoa(Gonorel but,). 9:OOO:OO Oooupatlonal and Rooroational 9:oGO:GO 211. 212. 213. 214. 215. :g
. Su~artiaor................... 2,100.00 Soolal Sorvloe Worker.......... 2,400.00 2,100.00 Tolophono 

### Opiratora(3)........ 3,240.00 2,400.OO W..tohssn
........: ......... ..... lJ20.00 3,240.OO Asaistaata and Taohnioianr..... 5,000.OO l,jZO.OO General Hoapltal~Poroonnol,..,. 8,800.00 5,ooo.oo 8,800.00 Total Salariaa ,.........,..... Malataaanoo and ~lsoollanooua 218. 219. 220. Support and Malntaneaoo...... $75,000.00 $75,OOO.W Tual, water, light, power, heat and ooctlngonolos....,., lO,O;~.~~ lO,OOO.OO Traveling expanse8 of Staff,. 5

. 500.00 Total Xointeneace and Miscellaneous

............. $85,500.00 $85,500.00 Improvemoats, Repairs, and Building3 221. 222. 

### Genepe~rmprovomonta and

,,...,...,......... $ 5,ooo.oo d 5,ooo.oo Roooaditlonlng and repair ofl term damago, @to......, 10,000.000 Total improvementa, repairs, and btiildinga.............. #15,000.00 $ 5,OOLOO
223. Ro-equipping Hoapital Equipment enl Replaoomont (during biennium)......... $i+0.000.00 205. 206. Dantlat (part-time) 207. 208.

Total Payohopathio Hoepital $200,460.00 $150,460.00n

Tram en l

xemlaatloa d the foregoing ltome it ia apparent that aaid appropriation fully lo1o raall of &o ooatomplated 

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xpandlturaa with ro?oroaooto the oporetioa of theHonorable Goo. 8. Sheppard, Pago 6

Payohopathlo Hoapltal aa a p8r.t of the Unlror’alty of Taxer for the 1945-47 bionnlum. In view of ’thia trot it ia manlfaat that the Loglalatura did not oontampla~o the ox- % lndltura

of both l

pP roprletiona with ra?aranoo to the ayohopathlo Hoapita ;.that la, one appropriation (H.B. 206) for l

ald lnatltutlon on a oar@-taker beala, and not in iotira o oration (aa IadIoatad ln the olauro ,o? B. B. 74B amargoao

and appropriation ltoma In II. B. 206f and atiZ1 another approprlatloa (H.B. 173 to OH.’ B. 206 and pursuant to H. B. m r rood aubsaquant oovorlng the aotiva opiratioa of maid hoapltal aa e pert of the Unlraraitp of Taxaa, all within the same biennium.

It haa beon hold that whore two aota paaaod at the 8amo aoaaion of the Logialaturo oannot be raooaollad by any known rule of oonatruotloa, the latter of the two eota will operate to repeal the formr. (Sea: Sutherland, Statutory Coaetruotloa 3rd Ed., Horak Vol. 1, Soo. 2020, p. 485; 39 Tex. Jur., &atuto~w, 980. $8, 9,.147.) In view of the above end foregoing, it la our opinion that the only otfootivo appropriation for the aupport and melnteaanoa of the above montionod Payohopathio Hospital for the biennium, Soptombor 1, 1945 to Auguet 31, 1947, la that @et forth above la H. B. 173, and that the appropriation for the Galvortoa State Payohopathio Hospital sot forth la H. B. 206 1~not evellablo for expenditure by the Board of Rogoato of the Uaivoralty of Texaa. Youra very truly ATTORNEYGENERAL

OFTEXAS

JAErrt Approved: August 9, 1946 /a/ Carloa 0. Aahlor Firat Aaalataat Attorney General Approved8 ? lnioa ~ommlttaa

a/ BWB,Chairmen