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 

Grand Tetal, 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? Ragrata o? 

the Unitoralty of Toxmr 

*The quratloa haa now ariaon aa to whather the aherr 

mantlonad approprlatlon tollcwa the 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: 

. 

RSaatloa 1. That Srom and after the riirotlre deta 

of this Aot, the oontrol and nana 

prlrilsgrr, power8 end dutira lno P 

ameat o?, and all ri 

dent thereto, tha Oa P - 

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? ?JM Waitersit, 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 a o hhg ?aollitlaa in manta1 madloiaa for t ii t’ZoEo1 

or YIadlolna o? The VnitaraltJ o? Toxaa, looatad at 

Oaltraton, Taxaa. . 
Honorable Oaorge 8. Sheppard - Page 3 44s 

*Boo. 3. All lara and part8 of lrra lag 

oon?liOt horarith are harabr ropralad to thr 

rxtrnt or thr oon?liot onlr. 

Woo, l+. Thr foot that than la a o w l ltuatod 

at Oalraaton, Tena, the Galoaaton State Payohopathio Hoapltal, oonalating of a oae hundred (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 enrfit to thr l tudenta o? 

the Sohool of Medioina of The Unlraraity of 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 

4 

l 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 road on thrar aavaral da 

I 

a 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 l o mo o ted. 

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. 206 for 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. Wr note 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.” 
446 

Honorable Oaorga H. Sheppard - Pag8 4 

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

wee not l ftaotlta until 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 P 945. 

Wador the 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, 

----~&lob were formerly rratrd in and rxarolaod 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 aald hospital no longer 

retained ita &atua aa a State ElOamOBJmarY hatltution. On the 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 

Wo nota, 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 .eP a 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. Wa point 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 P lowlngr 

*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 
447 

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 

211. 9:oGO:GO 

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 

o f l 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 l o 1 o r a all of &o ooatomplated l xpandlturaa with ro?oroaoo to the oporetioa of the 
Honorable 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- 

% 

l ndltur a of both l p 

P 

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. 74 B 

amargoao 

and appropriation ltoma In II. B. 206 f 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 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

JAErrt 

Approved: August 9, 1946 

/a/ Carloa 0. Aahlor 

Firat Aaalataat Attorney General 

Approved8 

? 

lnioa ~ommlttaa 

a/ BWB, Chairmen