Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eon. J. X. moxbnalb, Commlr~lenor
D13~emen~nf Agrioulattua
,
Dear sir:
er of August 8,
0 the r0ii0dig
lapeot thereto:
ature in the Department-
set up and .1tomlzell
the
Travel .xpenSo . . , . . . . S,OOO.CC
ror eaoh of the fisoal ear8 onding Au@mt al,
1944 and Augnat 91, 1.94'
f,
"The Govomor retoeiithe $l,SOO.OO item
and tho $S,OOO.OO item.
.-
Hon. J. E. YoDonald, &mmleslo~r, page E
WPlearo ldrlee whether or mot the kgle-
latum or the Governor of the stat. ha8 the au-
thority to dl+-egard tha prorlelone of la ia
Houee Bill No. l8, and it llthor~the Leglrlaturo
or the Oovornor has pro~umd to ahange the pro-
rlelone or Hour8 Blll llo.18, their lot will
SE" in ``poeltlonto thepovielone or uld
.
?To ba m?rr dlroot,elnao the kglelatare
set,up these itame b aeoordanbo dth the terme
or the law would We Department8tIll have
the authority to tie&the reee for the purpoeee
provI&od ior.ln the Approprlatian Bill in 8pIt.e
.0rth0 o0~0mcif*rnt0 thn0w
Hone Bill Ed. U!, oh. SS, p. 1994, Oeneral k
speolal Lawa, tortprirth Legielature, F'iretand iwo0nb
called a88iw, wb7,~ 18 qu0td in rtu a8 r0u03f88
~s.0. 1. nom and titer the bate oi
septamber 1, 1937, t&o Comleelo~r or Agrloul-
two 0r the 8t8t0 or 98``8 18 h~8by direotod
and lothorlnb to dletrlbute throughout the
stata or Taae, on a lease baele a!, hrroipaitar
provlhl, the jaoke and ltallione purohaeed br
the state or T0xae andor tha tome and provi-
8lOnB 0r Aote 0r the Regular saP8IOll,?OrtP-
thfrd ~glelatare, ohapter 168 Page 463, a8
~aendod bT AOt8 Of the Fortpthird Legielatruu,
Flret Called Seeeion, Chapter 10; Page SE, And
eala %ommlsaloner or Agrlorilturs18 rurther
birootoa ma aathoriud to name come uuithblo
pereon, experlenosd in tb handlbg or jaoke
and etallione, as oaretaker or luoh jaok or
#F. The &EUI&#B~OIIOr AgFlOdltWO 8U
a 0pt”~u.M oarry but roamnablr rules an6 rogud
latlone with reepeot to the leaning ana dletrl-
bution, eara, taeeen6 malntsnanoe or euoh an&!-
~18.; Provided rurther that the title or au
luoh jacke ana #iall.Ioneh0rdnberor0 montlolud
lhall be an& rePlainIn the State of Toxae. Pro-
rldod tither that ia the -want the ConunIeslon-.
per or Agrioulture 1~ unable te plaoo any or luoh
Don.:J. III.
XoDonald, Commleelonor, page S
enl.meleas herein provided duo in any manner.
to ddPecte or unrltnoee ror .brcoding punposes,
then the Commlceloner 6f Agrloultu’re is hereby
authorized and directed to turn euoh animals
over to thcState Board 0r Control, who shall
dispose of same to the beet intercBt of the
State.
*Before any 0r tnc Jacks ur~stalllone arc
leased t3uadletributoa as heroin provided, the
C~lssloner 0r Agrioultum ehall allooats and
tender to the.Tcxas Prison Syetcm two jaoke and
one stallionand artor raid jacks and stallion
have been acocptcd by the Tcxae Prison Board,
.tho ComPieBloner or Agrloulturc ehall~thcnaftcr
lxcrolso no control or management over euoh anl-
MElB. such animale'shall thereafter rcmaln and
bc the property or the Tcxae'Prieon Syetcm for
it8 rat pna purpoecf3,a24aBald jacks and stab
lion arc to be eclcotod by the Commlseloncr of
AgrloulttireandOcncralICanageror thoTcxa8
Prleon bpetom rrom those jaoke -a etalllone
now owned by thc.Statc of Texas under the prorl-
#Lone Or Chapter 10, Aote .ti the FirBt Called
seeelon, Forty-thira Logielaturc. ha all ox-
pcneee incurred by the Cone.leeloncrof agrlou$-
turo in dcllvcrlng 'raid jacks an6 stallion to
#ho Tcxae Prison System shell be borne br raid
eyetcm.
*sec. 2. From and after the orf00tiv0 date
or this Act the Commlseloncr of Agrlaultum shall
distribute the jaoks ana stalllone aroresala
throughout the state of Tcxae where there ie mbet .
need shown to oompotcnt and oapablo oaretakcrr
who shall agree and pay tothc state of Tcxae
the sum or Thirty Dollars ($SO) in advanoc a6 an
annual rental ror the ueo of euah jack or etal-
llm, as the oaec may be, and who Shell fiZWt
enter into a tiMton oontraot with the Commle-
elonor or Agriculture all euoh oonditiona and
terms as may be aotcrmlnoa by the Oomelasloncr.
IIIaabltlon thereto oaoh kcdpcr shall be required
Eon. J. B. MaoDonald,Commleeloncr, -0 4
to _-.
enter into a bona dth two or l0r0 m0a ana
~eu.frl0lcntlurctlce, payable to the state or
Tcxae, upon the approval of the Oonmleeloncr or
Agrioulture, oonaltloncd th a t luoh oarctakcr
shall in good relth, rood, water, oarc ror ana
properly handle euoh calmcle. Buch bond to )e
in the sum or not lose then the merket value or
Bald anlmcl or anlmale as dctcrrpincabr the oom-
miseloncr or Agrloulturc.
“!fhC CamniBBiOllCr Or &riOUltUm i8 henby
dlrcoted to oontraotwlth luoh k c c p c rcre carc-
takcr~to tcrmlnatc on Jal~l or laoh year luoh
~oontraoteto be terminablebcforcthat time uhcn
in the opinion or.the Ommleeloner or Agrloultulr,
or his ycnte, suoh anlaal~ are not bolng prop-
erly cparcaror as provia in the terns 0r euoh-
.oontraoteand no lease shall oxtcnd for c pcrlod
to 0x0004 on0 year.
cTh0 oontraot h0rcinabcv0``~via0a $cr
~8kal.lin addition to the rorieimr Bsnin rot
forth ln6ludc one Whloh w r11 pcmrlt the eec of
suoh jaok or 8talllon br mid ecrctekcr ior the
purposes bq whloh ho mey bc a88lgncd in tid
eontraot ana la no wont ehcll the keeper or
aarctakcr mekc a ecnloc OhargO ot mrc than.
Ten Dollars (#lo) ror caoh roai -4 euoh oarc-
tabr or keeper shall personally bc llab``~ for
.urCrMaB in gWMt@Cing a rOBd Ma in 90
~crcnt ehalL the State of Texas be llablo dlrcot-
ly or indin0tip thcrcror. ha it le expecsely
pro+l&ea thet the Thirty Dollars (#30) paid 08'
heroin provided ehcll be all the demand or olaim
that the State or Texas e,haU, have a&net euoh
kccpcr or oarctakcr for rendering the lcnloce
heroin provlaca.and the lua or iume heroin pro-
via04 as a ohargc ror breeding roes ehall be
the only oompcneatlon said keeper or ecrctakcr
may olalm 0r or rromthe Stat0 or Texas therc-
rori
‘SOO. 5. The honey acriv0a fri3mthe liae-
ins of the cnlmale hereinabove aantloncd ahan
be dopoeltcd by the Commleeloner of Agrioulture
Hon. J. ld.MoDoncld, Gommiaelo``, pcgc 5
in the State Trcceury wharc it shall be act up
as a fispcolaliraox ana Stallfon suna’ to cc plod
‘by the oommiea~oncr to pay the 8alarice or two
@1 oompctcnt 8~ rvxeore et not so cxocca
nghtccn lWnarcapiouare m per year ccoh
Tar ea~ar~c8 ana uno mall rcoci~c tnc aotual
ana ncoc8sary travcUztg cxpcnece wnllc away
?rom Auetin ze the pcrronucnoc or tnclr au166 S.W. 197, M-
hearing overruled 157 S.W. 937
WItiw88 never'uontemplated that an Aot be
~e$e:tsd by an Item in a nlpproprlatlon bill
But while there has been no repeal or H.B. Ilo.
IZ, $t 18 lvldant fro~8l.aonalderatlon of the Oenrral Do-
partiwnt81 Approprlatlon Bill befOr0 and after the COY-
lrnor'8 yeto of oertaln Item8 therein; that there 488
been no ltm8lted appropriation or money ior the 8alary
or a rroo8d lnrpwtor.
&I lrreat 0r the railun or the appropriation
t8 that H. B. 18 authorlrer the Ooim8leelonerto appoint
.two (8) l.~pooton, but there 18 l.rpsolflolpproprlatlon
for thhrralarf or only 0~ or th8m.
Moreover, the Ocwernor, throagh the 8xercI88
0r hi8 veto power, ha8 rtrlcken out or the appropriation
ior the Jack and stallion Divirrionor the Department or
Agrloulture itom Ma (Bookkeeper) and 64d (Travel Ex-
~p8n8.).
There 18 no queetion a8 to the powor or th0
Governor to v8to 8pOOlflO~lt~&8 b the General Depart-
mental Appropriation Bill.
ARTIOLI!4, SECTION 16, OF TEE COIWTIYUTXON OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS
** *.* Ii any blll presented to the COY-
lrnor o&&in8 several Item8 or approprlatlen
he may object to one or mores0r 8uch ltem8,
and 8ppr0ve the ether portion or the bill, at
the tlm or 8l@ng lt, l.8tatement or the
Item8 to rhloh he objaOt8, and no itO6 80 ob-
jedtrb to rhall t&8 8freCt. * * ,*"
Full lrroctt,however,aPat be siren to the pro-
Hon. J. E. YoDondld, Comml8sfoner,page 0
~1810~8 and riders 0r.matr Bill No. 427, lnsorar a8
thep relate to the appropriation for the Jaok-Stallion
Division or the Departmmt 0r Agriculture ror the blen-
nlum August 91, 1939, to August Sl, 194l.
In Senate'Rtll No. 427, the appropriation
Bill under oon81der8tiOn, b addltlon:fb the tour li8t-
rd items under the heading, Smalal Jaok-Stallion Fund,
itwO or which were rtruok Out by the Covernor), there
aretwo other pertinent +rovieione relating to 8. B. No.
12, Firet Cal1.d SeMiOIl, Forty-fifth Legilrlature:
*In view oi'the trot that fees collected
under 8. 8. 12, Aota or the First Called ,5868iOll
:. of the Forty-tltth Legielature 8re reoelved dur-
ing the month8 or July and Awurt, all balance8
eonhand in this fund It the end of the ilrcal
yeara, Auguet Sl, 1939 and Augullt51, 1940, are
. h8&bE;oeepproprlated ror the lnforoement or
.*
Vor laoh or the fl8oal years en@ng
~Aiigust31, 1940, and.Augwt 31, 1941, all fee8
and/or unexpended balance8 which have 'beenre.,
aolf8d and whiah may be 'rocslvedby .rlrtue or
Chapter 7, Artiole 153, Revleed Civil Statutes,
18251 Chapter 8 or Title 4, Revised 01~11 stat-
Ute8, 1925; Artlole 6764, Re~lsod 01~11 Stat-
utee, 1925; Artlole 5695, Revised Clv$l StaC-
Utb8, 1925. Chapter 287, Regu&ar %881On, Forty-
seoond Legielature; Chepter 304
elan Forty-rlrst Logielature and' #r"'"'
0~80 Bill
S88-
Ioo.
It 18 p0via0a in the general rider to 8. B.
Bon. J. 15.MoDonalg, C0mmlrsloner, pago.~,lO
4i7 that ."a11 8u&8 foea, reariptr, 8pAlal rw8,
or b$her lmllabl0 fund8 on hand at the md Ot uoh
year of th8 blonnlum 8hall recut to th8 O8noral Rev-
enue ma or the &ate unl.88 oth8rwlrr prohibited by
law or otherwise prOride herein." The above quoted
8p8olal rider8 inaloatr that th8 C0neral D6partrsnkl
Appropriation Bill 8pOOiri88 that the 8p8olal saok-
Stallion lhura8hall not revert to the Q0neral R9Y8mUe
Fund at the end or each Tear.
It 1 s lYia & th a there
t are r ea lly two ap-
proprration8 for the Jaok-Stallion DiYi8iOn or tho
Department 0r Agrloultura, Firrt-, the itdtea appro-
prlatlon and th8 approprlatlon 0r wall tee8 and/or un-
expended b~ilanpe8~. The latter lr8 appropriated =ror
the lDior0un8nta or H. B. le -6 vor th0 op0ntion Ma
m8intmanO8 or 8ald lCtlyltle8 a8 herelnaboye,,~p8oltl-
0allJ itd~ea 4na in no ~erent rd11 any 0r the80 ieF8
be tued OthOIId88”.
The Governor la vetoing two ltama from the ape-
0lrl0 lpproprlatlon aid not in axi7way dl8turb the lp-
proprl4tloii0r*dli foei and/or utt0xp0na06 b+noer*.
It war lrlaently the Intention of the %glmlatura and
the Qovernorthat the balanoe Ofthe monepln the Bpo-
olal Jaok-Stallion Fu@ be u80a ror purpore8 n*ouirary
to th elnforoement or the Act, a8 well a8 "t?S th8 oper-
ation and malntenanoe 0r~8ala aotlrltlerm a8 are %p-
olfioally ltealzedR in the approprlatlon ror the Jaok
StalliOD ~D``fsiOll.
The next qu88tlon whloh pre8ent8 lt88x ror
&on8lQiratlon in trier ol the l*p suk appropriation 0r
the balanoe or th8 Jaok Stalllbn &ma for 0arrylng out
the provision8 of the Jaok Stallion Aot, E.B. Ho. 18,
Forty-rlrth Tkgl@atun, 18 whether or aot th8 l pproyal
0r the Board Oon8i8tb%g 0r th0 Corernor,'the AthONey
Oeneral ana~th8 State Tr8a8urer mist be obtained b8rore
the Jaok Stallion Diylrl~n mf expand w Of the appro-.
priated balanoe In 8816 rlrna for the purporer e888ntlal
t0 th8 CarZ-ying OUt Or i&8 fUBOtiOB8 Or th8 bl818iOb
Thi8 mara ana it4 jUriodiOtiOn8 ar8 p0Yia0a
in the genenl
ror la the rLlmitatio!'Of F?iym8nt?a’61aucle
Hon. J.'E. ioDonal6. Oomml88lone~, page 11
rider (&otlon 2) to th8 00nrnl Departnmtal Appro-
prlatlon Bill, Senate Bill Ho. 427 of the Forty-8irt&
Legislature. It rud8 a8 fOlb~#t,
WLlmltatton0r mymntr, borpt a8 Obher-
rim pmvia06, whwever, by rim18 or the pzo*L-
rion8 Or thi8 Aot, it8m8 are to be,paid out of
rU8, NOeipt8, 8QOOidl rundb Or 0th Or Other
fU868 available ror u8e by a departmnt it 18
th8 intention or the Leglirl+turoto ldt ox-a-
itUN8 Out Of Uid iO88, NOeip$8, 8p8Oiai iUd8
or other available rd8 to the pUX78e8 ma in
th0 a&OMtEJ ttdS86 hUei.& and it 18 lO & WO-
Yia 0a . If, h0wmer. th8 amount oi the f888,
no~lpt8,‘rpeolaI or ether availablerun68 here-
in nremd to lr8 eOro than 8uftiolrnt topay
th8 item8 herein 608igMt86 to be pcia there-
iron the d*pnrtnmnt to uhloh th0 .uia roe8,
l'8OOipt8, 8peOia1 sunda or~othor Wallable
rUiId8ax-8appropriated may, if nooo88ary to
adeqUably p8e01-111the tunotion8 0r 8aaa depart-
mMt .I&80MY pOX%iOn of Uld lmpl118 iW38, Tw
relpCa, 8p8olal fUBd8.or o th e lvmllable
r rPnd8;
provia86, howvu, that krorr doing 80 th8
head 0r 8uah,dqwtnmnt ahall, under oath, uaka
lpplloatlon, jointly to the Oovernor, th8 At-
tornoy General -6 tA8t8te Tna8nrer.wftlng
forth in &&ail the MO888it for U&l& 8UOh
rurplur r808, reoelpt8, ape0 L 1 rUnd8 or other
4Yafiable iUIId8Md itedZ the PUrpo808 for
whloh the 8UPI) al’8 t0 be (LIIe . Uti.88 th elp
plloatlon 18 approve6 by 8t leart two et the
three peraonr arorementloned the 88~31~8 fO08,
reoelptr, rpoclal funds or other available
iUJid8'rhallnet b 0 lxp0na06. Any iteiti 88t out
in the applloatlon oan be deleted by deblelon
$ a majrirltyor th8 thrse p8r8onr aforementloa-
All lpplloationr whloh are approved or.
a&a m.tstb4 Bigned by th080 tot343 torpsrovo
or dew .aaw. said applloatlan8, arter apprw-.
al or rejeatloa rhul b rlU4awlth -6 retained
by the state Au&t&r ror a prrlod 0r 81x month8
alter ths lxplratlon er the blennlltmending
Eon. J. E. l6oD&ald,.Ccimtalreloner,
page 18
August Sl, 1941 #hall remala op8n to pub-
Mb
ii0 in8pOOtiOn 8cid p&06.
&ring Ail 8U.r~h8
ree8, reoelptb, 8peolal fUid8, or other avall-
lble.ruUaa 011huta at thO da 0r laah year or
the blemium 8hal.lrevert to the Waeral Rere-
nue Fund or thi8 State UUh8# othorwlreprohlb
ltrd by law, or rpale88otherwl8e provldrd hero
in. Ho ralary paid addltlonal employee8 8hall
lxooed the am0unt henla approprlatod ror 8iml-
hi po8ftiOU8. All dl8bursOmOnte #hall be ma8
on warrank:irsUOd by the Comptroll0r on thO
state Troa8uq.a
Th8 above que8tlon I8 an8w8rea in the negitive
on the authority of eooniermoe opinion Ho. O-lsgl or
thi8 dO&WtmULt by Hon. RiOhUd W. FairOhild, A88i8tMt
Attorney Uenoral.. In thl8 o#nlon the aL'Limitatlon or
Paymntr* Claune 18 lxhau8tlvrl.y aay2,06, it8 oolutl-
tutloaality uphOld, -6 the Board.8 authority a8rin06
*8 NlathIg Ody t0 8&~3i&?!e8 &I rUZId868diOatOd Or do-
toted to a department~8 U8a lnd.b o n~ r lt,
but not appr07~
prlatad to da department l18OwherO than ln th8
qAmlt4tlon of Paymntr* 01au80.
opinion Rd. 0-lSJZ1dater that In the (kmr-
al D8partmntalApproprlatlon Bill, 1.e. Senate Bill
Ho. 427 or thc‘rorty-8ixth Leglrlattir 4her0 are tu0
8epmi.8 >Md di8tin8t Ola8808 Or apprOpri4tiOM Iwda
rrom +hwg. reooipt8,and apeelal iirnd8”.
Therr'two 88-b aEd di8tinOt 8la88@8 lr. d8-
8OribOd ln language upon whloh we cannot lmprovr ln the
ro.$lcnriag
paragraph of the opinion:
We are thus ootironted rlth.tho problem
of whOthor the Leglalature intended thr."ll&ta-
tlon 0r Paynb3ntrmOlaurreto apply only to tho8e
fn8tMOO8 where It ha8 by the OpOolal rider ap- ,.
pen686 to the pnrtloular departmental approprla-
tlon lppropriatedthO 0. ~plur in the 8pOolal
rttha't0the 8380and bon&t 0r the partloular
drpartmnt, or, on the ether hand, wor8 the Word8
*8xt38pti8 0thOmirO proria06* Intended to llir-
lmte th8ae 8pOOiriO appropriation8 or th8 r~rplu8
from thy ap$lloatlon or the *Limitation oi .
Hon. J. E. HOWMId, OOmmi88iOMr, page 1s
Payments" olawe, and wa8 the olau8e, thereron,
intonaea a8 e oonditional lp roprlatlon or tho8r
8UrQilU~S uhioh might 8Xi8t in 8~Oi.d fund8
ln lnetanoer rhere the hgl8latur8 had b
to the partioular departmntal l
ppropriat
-68 no lrrort to plaoe auoh 8urplu8r8 at the
di8pO8al Or th0 partiOdar dep%rtLaMt?”
It- b8 Ob88rYOdthat th8 8tIrpitU3intAO
Jaok-Stallion Fund orrakd nnaer Eou80 Bill 1po.12 or
the Forty-ilfth kglrlature ran8 with* the rint ola*sl-
rloation 8lnoe it 18 appropriatedto the de aa benerlt
0r the Jaok St8lllon Dlrlrlon by th8 8p8alal r'.derap- .
p8nded to th8 D8partmnt or Agr1oultu.m l pproprlatlon.
Th8 qu88tlon a8 to whrther the "Llmltatlon ot
m~nt8”Ola U80
lppliO8 t0 thi8 8la88 Or 8oFfiU8 18
M8WONd in Opinion m. o-imi i8 rOiiOW8:
"* * * It WOIdd 8USI t0 b0 BIMirO8t
that the 4gi8iatur0 aid not m-6 that the
U8&tatlon 0r Paym8nttr'olawe 8h0ala apply to
ruoh 8 plu8ee a8 mn d0rmt8ly appropriated
%:by the % gl8lature to the we of a partloular
departm8nt by.*peolalrider to th8 departmental
lpproprlatlon. To hoid otherwlti, 80tilab8 t0 _
8ay that the bgl8latur8 intOn to oreatr an
4b8IXd Urd Bd8OhiOYOU8 8itUatiOn OalOUhtiY8 tO
lmpalr materially the runotlons of 8tate &worn-
zmnt, aad to re8ult lu gr8at lnooaY0nlenor in
It8 ldmlni8tr8tlon.w
Jt 18, therefore, our opinion that the balanod
0r the4Jao'k-stallion
F~a.approprlated in a lump 8um to
the bonrtlt and u8e 0r th8 Deparlmnt 0r Agriculture 18
not rubjeot to the *Llmltatlon 0r Paymnts* olau8e -6
the Jaok Stallion Division 18 not obliged to obtain th8
approval or the Slmltatlon or wym8ntrw Board to legl-
timate expenditures 0r money8 ln 8ald 8urplu8e8.
TAO r1na.lqueetion to be 8II8WNd 183 ror what
porgoeee are the money8 fn the 1temiZed lump 8um appro-
priation, oon8lrtlng or a rurplur ln the Jaok Stallion
Fund, uuavallable?
Eon. J. f. HoDonald,~Commi8,8loner,page 14
ni the rh8t plaoe, the balanoo or tb road
Oannot be U8Od r0r 8upplOmentlzg tin38pOOiiiO itmu
ror whloh a aerinite 8~ ha8 bO*n appropriated, 1 . l.,
item 64-b (an in8peotor at l8twt86 8alax-y or $1800)
and 64-o (rwt, heat, light, postage, t8lephone, prlnt-
lng 8upplles -6 Oontlngent $lO5O.~annually). An lx-
pm388 prohibltlon to thl8 lrr0Ot 18~oontalned I.0thO
motion ot th8 00neral ILlbr co tha D8partmental Ap-
proprlatlon Bill h0aaea "Salary and Other proYi8ioM"
a8 r0ii088:
herein provided
w(b) me lppc6prlatlon8
UN t0 be OOMtNOd a8 th8 MLirum 8UM t0 be
appropriated to and ror th8 oereral purposer
named hOnla, -6 th8 amount8are intoadO to
oover and ahall oover the lntlrO oorrtor the re-
8pOOtiYO itOlll8 8d th0 8u <il BOt be 8Uppb-
gmntea rr0m any other 8ouroe; a nd, lx o epat8
Oth Oti80 prOVid86, a 0Oth elrXpOndit~O8 8hau
b8 z!adO,nor 8hall any other obligation8 be in-
O-2-06 by any department or thi8 stat0, pr0viaea
:horrver that nothing herein 8hall prevent any
dopartm0at head rr00 paybig1088 than the PuLLI-
mum amount 8et rorth hOrein ror any ralaried
QO8itiOIl8."
se004dly, any portion 0r thb 8urphi may not
be a806 ror wtrareling lxpm8ew. mob lxpeaditure~ i8
prohlbltrd la tbs &moral Rider under wTraYellng xx-
pM80", a8 rOiiO88:
w.(a)It i8 provided that no exp8naitun
rhall be made ror traveling axpenses by any da-
partment 0r thi8 State in lXOO8S or the amouat
or money itemlud horein ror 8aid purpose.* * *=
Itbm6C6 - wTravellng Expen8e" - under th8
Jaok Stallion ltemlzsd appropriation In the Gmeral
DOpartmentdl Appropriation%ll ha8 beeh.retoedby thi
Governor. oiYing lrr8Ot t0 thi8 W&O, 88 haY0 the 8EW
situation a8 if the Leg181ature had amde no approprla-
tlon ror traveling expenre8 ror th8 J&Ok Stallion Dlri-
8lon. ThO lb0ve quoted prOYlsl6a Of the Genetie Rider
to the Departmental Approprlatlon Bill 18 an absolute
.
AOn. Ji i. MoDonald,Commhdoner, page 15
prohIbitionagalnrt the ixprndltur8of a greater amount
than that 8p8olfloallyalla6 uhloh amount lcithlr In
8tanOO 18 nil. For rea8min.gwhloh nil1 8upport thl8.
con8truOtlonroe opinlon~goi O-1159 or thl8 depart2nent
by Hon. Cacll Cammaok, Isrlrtant Attorney General.
In oonelu8lonin anmr to YOollr 8pOOiriO ln-
quiz-y it 18 our opiniontbtthe lr r 00 0tr the Oovemor~r .
veto 18 to lllmiuate the 8p8OifiO item8 64a, (Bookkewer)
and 64-d (Trrrellx p en8e)under the rpeolal Jack Stallion
r frfmthe General DepartmentalAppropriationRill,
. .) Senate RiQ 4z7 0r th8 Forty-8ixth&giclhtUN
but that the lump 8~m approprlatlon ln ths 8peolal r iau
0r *any twr and/or balloOe8” 0r the ~Jaok Stallion
Sp8oLal Fund, which -8 not ret006 br the Oovernor, 80pla _
be availableto th8 Jack-StallionDiYiriOn or the D8-
pm-nt or Agrloiltur8rorth8 auploymentor aeor88ary
p8r8onnel and ths p4yeent or 8uch q8larlrs aa other ex-
pa808 a8 are lnourredin the enforoement or the prod-
#loa of th8 ~Jaok~stalllonAOt, H. 8. Ho. 18 oi the Forty-.
fifth ~gi8latUn, with the eXpr888 8xOeption Of tNYel-
p~Q011888 Mb t& lUppi81~d.T.& tff rIUidSiOr 8p3Ou10
.
Tru8tlagthatthe above fullyan8wer8 th8 in-
quiry in your letter, we are
Youre’ very truly
A’f’NhEYQEHERALOFTEXAS
aJr(Simed)Dlok Stout
Dick Stout
A88i8tant
DSrOB
APPROVED Aug. 51, 19s9
(sign8a) c0ma 0. y~ann
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
APPROVED
OPmIoIi COW
BY B:W. B.
OHkIRW~