Court Opinion

ID: 4145856
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 04:01:35.645678+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:37:40.213279
License: Public Domain

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
                     AUSTIN

                                    April 10, 1939

                              Qlalon, a8 to uhethbr of
not the 8ta                   ~urnl8han4~ay allmito$
                               bit at the IUewYork

                       IIof this doputornt that the
                        lettarOS Meroh 87th. rlolatrrr

oorporatlon, or from plm&lng the orobitof the State
in bay mannerwhatsoeverfor the paymeatot the li~bil-
itib8 of any inaihwtd, aarooiatlon  of iaaiewtd8, or
eorporatlonr
Ron. Paul L. Wakefield,irprll10, 1939, page Z.

          In view of these Constitutionalprovlslons,
the Legislatureof the State of Texas cannot by Reeo-
lutlon or bill provide for the payment OS salaries
from state funds to state orrlclals or employeeswho
are aaalating In the oonduat of a purely private an-
terprlsa. We appealate the fact that there is a
publla interest involved in the malntalnanaeof this
eshlblt, but publia Intorest is not sufflalentt
standing alone, to areate a puhlla purpose.
                              Tours very truly