OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AUSTIN
tire gsrlod or &lr& 8zokU.~~ pandoa ram-ants a8 waal. Lt YMI dieoovemd that ahe or than-81x maths, uk4an stop pynemt or&we were ala006 ats itme to her. It Ulcowbe as 4lmovered this sltuatloa, ahe hat ahe desirw to be reirrclk$ed lloatlon heoiag~bseams4e~on the Mth
Upan tha above state of fautn, you request the @pinion ot tbia departmentupon the folloring question: -: 2' *In this depsrtmant au&mrited M approve f&a. Slad,@*aappllaatlon for relnrrtatemntam ef septaabor 89, lQs8, qid give her oredit for Warrant8 lsewd ta her while in California an4 agaiant rhieh atop pIPRant bae been plaosd?m Bon. George R. Sheppard, Fags 2.
The pertinent provi~lons of Article 8220, Revlsed Statutee 1925, governing the detem.ination of this question, are: R ... No pensioner who tiaves thl& State for a period of over six montha shall draw a pension while PO abaent; ...*' It 1s our opinion that it would do violence to the Intent of the Le&islature to hold that a pensioner leaving the State for a period cl over SIX months should forfelt his pension for the entire period of his abnenoe, while one leaving the State for a period of five montha and twenty-nine daye should reoelve a pension during the entire period of his absence. It seem alear that the phrase awhile ISOabsent" refers to *a period of over dr month8~; tbatl8, to that period oftlmebayond alx month& In our opinion,a pernoa leaving the State for a period of over J&X ~ontho.le to be dgmlsd a pennlrlon~ oaly for that por- tion 0f the period axtendlng beyond eix InOntha.
Tou are tberef~n advl8ed that Mrs. Slade should be given . eredlt for the warrants Issued far.the first rlx monthi of her lbaenoe fro&the State,~but not fbr the remalndsz'of thi war- rants iasaeCdurlag har absenoe.~ YOU-till obseg-ve that the.ifatutO d-8 aOt provide.-for the 8trildng .Of"the. aame fromtbependoa~roll8; or for an appllcatl~~f emnt. It oontemplates onl7 'a OMBa- tiea of pajmantrr'"rhilk (the peanloaer 1a)'ao abseat~.* Pop b8. s~as*t~r~tpid.Ilii'~the-'$tbte, ot ~etie,~therefws4, payment8 of the psnaloti ah& be msumd..,
PTORNEY GENERAL OI'TEXAS