**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 n ot t ol **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 penw 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 per

### ioraanoo of 4utl.a preuoribod by Title l.8 or f-he Taxas ?enal **Codes but**  **PO to**  

### other **dutla0** dalagatod to tfrsBureau 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 **ob** rutod by 

### all 8tato 

### l sployou in ronduin6 their oxpansr aoooants Before eny expenw loaount

aball Be 

### paid **iron** 

### appropricitloaa 

### ho raln ~4efor ttm?olh 

### l xpwauf

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4ulgnaWd

**po82 6f**  **brty and**  **all** other 

### tow58 visited a&4 

### tho objort OS l ~oh 

### rlrit and of 

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lxpursu

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bMA S ’ kVk%Q.h. **-0vLla** and iod&.Z~#j

lr. **pr00UYWb** Ohall bo ~1VOll in *wry oa80 **rhmro** a~luoelpt is ropulrsd wider thir **A&.** -1 T&m ama of tha tranoportatioa 

### agoner i&806and the OMt of the tfoket 

### pUrohud, 2o6etBu 

### with a 61 aab rmoaipt ror tlu 

### aam. ” (K?rph&olaour87
By 8*otlon ll of lsrti0l.a 4344, ~i*vlurb Civil 9tatut.8, tbr 

### Comptroilerie 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 

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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 

### “ThomanIn& of tbo ghraoa 

### *to audit,* &a apyllod to olalmo agaloot tow, cltiso, 

### ,orBountloo, tmaM to bar, to examine an bocount, ati, in Ua broador lemo 

### 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 oloar

### 4 4lioo tho l



### xoroloo of @A3

olal discretion.”
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### pro;)erIy



### 20 aublt a traveling oxpsnrr socount, 

### ?ollW Pit **be** 

### 8iTm ouffloloatly **8p~01r18** 

### 1afOrMtlOn dotloa perrorad **by** t ho 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 wlthoft he

l ~proprl a tl en

**out** 

### 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 8t a t o

l 

### xpendlturoo, and at the 

### sha t imo no2 enousbu 

### tho ofSrotlton*os

of traveling aploysO0 by roqulring the.3to 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& ,*OQ 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