Court Opinion

ID: 4142358
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 03:21:03.634715+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:35:30.166149
License: Public Domain

OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
                           AUSTIN

                                           purtmentupon the
                                         er the l4T8 to irrue
                                         JorephNaQlll,Speoial
                                         l a t IllM a o a Texa o ,
 io th 0
       lbreaoe or                         r- the emat       or
 lwh @ a l-.

           St aeen th8t EP. laeill 0lalm.athat under the deoi-
 rion 0r Li tr00t Attorney@orural,v. lure, Ocqmoller, 104
 tar. 447, fro 9. f. 89, it lo the duty or the Qcmptrollerto
 lame to hh a Tumnt on the treasw ror the monthly rabrr
‘,ol&%lbdto be due hl8, eTen thoughno appropriationir presently
ldx8bi0ro               th8pbptmor                    rrreh8btuf.

                 Tha    drolsi~n      rerened               toheld that the oifloeror the
mate whom r8lary wa iixod b                                 tha OonrtltutlaaOF br l8r had

              'Oliloer8ontitledto 84lmleo luy demandmonth-
         1~ papent 0r the 8ue M upon riulrp     uith the
         Gaptroller 0r mbllo looowtr propePv0wher4, the
         eamptrollu shall 188~ hir vurmt upon the 'Bear-
         WOI  r0lr the rplowt 0r raary dw to the 0rri0Or
         applyg thepororj and the Treasureroh811 par ruoh
        ~mrraat out or the fund appropriatedfor the papent
         0r the aam.’
        The  deo k o point8
                      a     out th a tht is
                                          h tlo lolrpieral~be-
qti.8 th8 ~PaphPOllW t0 i8.M hi8 VUyMt    -Ii th. fFOO8UPOF
r0r     the    a0wt      or   w4q           dw        to    the    orrioer!     b prw    thawor,
Md Ob8eVVO8th& U&P th* pOvi8iOW Of 8W l 8tmIt(,it i8 Rot
tho oonoem 0r the Oaptroller   a8 to vhether01 not an lpproprfe-
tionhA8 beMUd.    Out Or VhiOh  8UOhWUtUt   OMbB   w    wthe
Truawer.
          SIBM    the dOOi8iOn   Or ughtrOOt   V. we,   thi8 &tfOle
has bua  aDended*    It  nov  8ppeu8   b  the Revlred Girl1 Statute8
or 1925 88 Artiole 6826, md r eds l8 rOilOW8t
                "&ULwl raluiem provided   r0r in thi8 tale
            shall be paid monthly 011WUPMt8 &em br th8 oo8-
            #roller on the Treuurer.'
                  The   expreoa      dbeatlon to the Oomptrrolle?                       to   l88w    hlr
TUPMt          UptMtth,wO&8iW~                   rO?       the    MOWt      Or8aWfdW           t0   th0
orriwr,         whloh fu uule the role bui8                           0r the d0Oi8lOnin the
Oa8e        Or LigbtrOOt      f.    bane,        DO    iO~@r        qipW8   inlWh hPtiOi&
The deo%alontn the o88e referred                                 to, theretore,lr not author-
ity rm  the frrwnoe 0r the ramant                                  in    thlr   aale.
                 The lthorlt~ o r th eCaptrallu to 18.W th laVur Ult,
thorerare,        depeBd8 upon the prorl8ion80r Chapter 2 0r Tltlo 70
or    the     RevisedOlrll Statutea or Texas.
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lOa nte 8Ub dttedq 4 iwt th 0
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th0     hF8U   p?aOOrib0d     b@w                        that          the      old8             8hO~           the    ~pp~pSiatiOJI
ntmbu’,      SOOOQd     8u8b8? ud                        f’wd          to     be wad.

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Oh8808           Or     OhiB         rOFS8,    the         fi?lt     Of             Vhieh,            t&         gewTiW1        Ohio
to m,lmb no l                         4r th0 ItdUte,
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            “f
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               mental and izutltutlaaal ee?vioer.
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                                         aF8 ralbo1v.d.   it -
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