OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

XmoraBla tIeor6s Ii. ZiJmp~ard 

Coa&%rollu d PuBlio ~iooounts t.: ' 

A4l#cin, T8xar 

l8t in their oxpens* 

MieMe&, &a., m&at k 

. This srt1el.e promlpplying ln- 

~rovi~ioa ot thir 

ais0md, lwr shall 

oMan~cra0elI to any parson 

he Xureau of Labor Ztatau or OaplO~~ or rtioh 

ng any ptoririoa of t&Is 

I Be tbed not fo l xoaed five 

hundrod’bolf.rs, or Be l~prfsoned la jail 

no t to l xoaad aimty bays.* 

It is apparent that thl8 atflcle applies oalg te reyortr nlattog to labor gtatiaties and doe6 not extend the Ea.?- 

Sidoatlal nature of reports to 0tImr *otIvit5,as of the BuFaeu 

of Labor Btatistior, suoh as bolbr iarpautlone. 
we bollwr , t huvf ora, that while tkm traveliag 

l p enw l roouta 0r ooplo~wm 0r the Burrru or hb0r statisttOa 8&0aU mt sot a2 the names of puoons interviewed 

nor rerwl lnfomation obtained in ronnection with the perioraanoo of 4utl.a preuoribod by Title l.8 or f-he Taxas ?enal 

Codes but PO to other dutla0 dalagatod to tfrs Bureau of Labor 

btatistloa, sach a8 boiler improtlon, tbo traru:iag ezpwme 

acoogntr OS t& l agloywr of said Bureau rhoold oontala all 

inrorwthn foqairod or 02her state D0purt:mnbo. 

Thr general rider to the Dopartmntal A?propriutioa 

Bill (8. 8. 4H, irots, 44th Ia&) oontainr, aaaag others, rhe 

fOil6Wbg jWoviaioM ro~athg t0 travdiag 8XpMa AOOOIUtS: 

-(t) Tlu ioilorln~ rulu shall ba obrutod by all 8tato l sployou in ronduin6 

their oxpansr aoooants Before eny expenw 

l o a o unt aball Be paid iron appropricitloaa 

h o r a ~ln 4 e for ttm?olh l x p wa uf ; 

4 ulg na Wd po82 6f brty and all other tow58 

visited a&4 tho objort OS l ~oh rlrit and of 

the l p o 01 fl 1x0 p ur su in8ur r .d. 

.( W Tba MM of hotel, restaurant, 

%tt/b..dl& W X?J?&?&& bMA S’k Vk%Q.h. -0vLla 

a nd io d& .Z~l #j r. pr00UYWb Ohall bo ~1VOll in 

*wry oa80 rhmro a~ luoelpt is ropulrsd wider 

thir A&. 

-1 T&m ama of tha tranoportatioa 

agoner i&806 and the OMt of the tfoket pUrohud, 2o6etBu with a 61 aab rmoaipt ror 

tlu aam.” (K?rph&ola our8 7 

By 8*otlon ll of lsrti0l.a 4344, ~i*vlurb Civil 9tatut.8, 

tbr Comptroiler ie r*pulrod to: 

*ru4lt tha olaiaa of all parsone agalnot 

tha 6tat.e la oueea wbrre provialon for 2h8 

pvprnt t&mreoP has boon made Br law, unlsea 

2& ark&it or say 8uoh claim ia othenrlu 

ap00irm i~0rida4 ror.- 
13W 

Boaorablo 000rg0 8. ShopprrQ, PaSo 3 

To au41tw hao bow dorim in the opinion of tho 

Dollas Cow2 o? ClvlA @Halo in IUlllmo v. Towpkfno, 42 

3. 9. (M) LO6 at p. 110 wotlag from city Of 8yhrCUO6 v. 

110s000, 66 UlOO. lirp. ~14, 183 N. Y. 6. 403, 408, a0 roilow81 

“Tho manIn& of tbo ghraoa *to audit,* 

&a apyllod to olalmo agaloot tow, cltiso, 

,or Bountloo, tmaM to bar, to examine an bocount, ati, in Ua broador l emo lnoludos its 

adJmtrPrnt or allwanoo, dloallowmco or redjrotioa aad tho rorb ‘audit,’ as aa usad, 

ma&a s 4 to aOmlaO, to ad oat, and oloar4 4lioo tho l xoroloo of @A 3 olal discretion.” 

Ia or6or pro;)erIy 20 aublt a traveling oxpsnrr socount, 

?ollW Pit be 8iTm ouffloloatly 8p~01r18 1afOrMtlOn 

dotloa perrorad by th o l aployo@ 20 mnblr hlm to dotermlB~ what&r th. purpo8os r0r uhlah the 0xpO00.0 w0re lnoarrl d may properly bo ohargd to .tha particular appro?rlatlon. 

It lr our opinion that tIu Comptroller iaay requas2 eddltloool lnformotlon ao to &a bualxmao transaotod by a 3tate 

eaplom OB l partiolllar trip, when he ha8 reoooa 20 doubt tint 

for a logltlnato State purpooo wltho f the l ~propr la tlout en of nhlch 

P&o Uo not propared 20 say, homover, 

that u a matter or law, *wry trarollng sxptnao aocoun2 must 

nt out in minokot detail ovary aot puPor.wb by the eaploy8o. 

Juot how oorplote mu02 Br the lnforaatlon ~0 to duties perrorxd 

lo no2 a matter about whlob wo arm lay down 8 set of rules which 

wlri govom all otro.0. The problsa la one wtich cnn Be solved 

only By steal oaoperatlon ktwsa rb Co;nptrol:sr and other 

State Dqmrtmonto, whamby P prd0KiOO my bs a~olve& that will 

aaaure th rulfi1lmont or his l tatutory duty of oupervlolon 

over all 8ta tl o xpendlturoo, and at the sha t imo no2 enousbu 

tho ofSrotlton*os of traveling aploysO0 by roqulring the.3 to 

make roporto, dotailod and volurntoou~ to in extent far bsjoti 

aBy uwrul yurpooo . 

IhOtbr tbr four rr~sn00 aowuxtto, whloh you attached 

to 70~ roqteot, are ma&o out ln Ouitlolent detail ta enable 

pu to smka propor audit of tha aooowta le a quoetlon r&ich 

.oannot by amwore& ,*O Q aOtter of law by this dopi?rtmnt, but 

oPBt be dotormined by you in the naeonablc exsroise 3f your 
. 

addnl8tratira dlsoretion along the llnce of the auggeetlona 

herelubovo made. 'iho Cour expsnae accounts are mturmd to 

you harewith. 

Yours very truly